Category: play
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Blancanieves
There was a moment about midway through our viewing of Blancanieves when I thought to myself, There’s no way this movie can possibly have a happy ending. So even though it’s called Snow White, don’t think Disney, think Grimm. The film opens with the champion bullfighter, Antonio Villalta, in his final match against half a… Read.
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blinky lights
I got a call this morning from the fraud detection unit at my friendly neighborhood bank. “We detected some unusual activity on your debit card,” the agent on the other end of the line explained to me. “Did you place an order for a pile of electronic parts and blinky lights, and pay way too… Read.
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philosophical repose
It was the kind of day that a thoughtful man such as myself could only ponder over two martinis. One martini just would not provide enough pondering time. Which reminds me of a song: Immanuel Kant was a real pissant who was very rarely stable Heidigger, Heidigger was a boozing beggar who could think you… Read.
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Goodbye
I just love these guys. Read.
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clean-up
Spent the afternoon cleaning up the space under the basement stairs where I’d been storing a whole bunch of flat cast-off wooden paneling, gypsum board and backer board against the eventuality that I might find a use for it someday. Well, guess what? I’ve been hauling that crap around for ages and I’ve never touched… Read.
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headless
Is there a movie in which Jack Nicholson gets his head sawn off? Because I just had a dream that was an extended movie trailer for the sequel. In the original movie, Jack got his head sawn off while performing some rather questionable services. He appeared to be hiding under a pile of wet leaves… Read.
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movin on up
I bought it. It’s mine. I took that hot liquor tank off his hands. This is it, the gateway to grain brewing. When I got started brewing beer I didn’t think I’d ever be interested in brewing from scratch, but after reading up on it all week long I have to admit it sounds very… Read.
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fishy
I’m happy to report 100% success at Our Humble O’Bode’s first cookout of the season. I wasn’t so sure I’d be able to pull it off at first when the Weber, which I had broken down to pieces to make it easier to store, stubbornly resisted all attempts to reassemble it, but when I figured… Read.
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Casablanca
At dinner last night before we went to see Casablanca, My Darling B said she worked with someone who had never seen it. Think of that. There are people among us – they look normal! Just like us! – who have never seen Casablanca! How is that physically possible? There are some things that can… Read.
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bubbles
Here it is, the ultimate answer to life, the universe, and everything. Read.
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