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The TV is set up. But what about that reading?

Feb 3

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Relatively speaking, it's a minor issue.

Feb 1

(NOTE: This post is now free). Watching a war film in war time.

Jan 27

Watching, listening, thinking, writing...and not.

Jan 24

Apparently there's a glitch in the system.

Jan 21

Thoughts on finding "Shetland," how "The Last of Us" kindles the question of humanity, Oscars, my new experiment on watching movies, long running series…

Jan 20

A movie bigger than its biggest metaphor has ample amounts of ambiguous wonder.

Jan 19

Early non-spoiler thoughts on the buzz-heavy HBO zombie apocalypse series.

Jan 17

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