Sunday Morning: “Come and See” (1985)
The actors in Elem Kllimov’s 1985 film “Come and See” look into the camera until it seems like we’re staring at the bottom of a well
Monthly Archive: December 2021
OT Advent Calendar (& Hanukkah!) Day 8: White Christmas
Your Ordinary Times Advent calendar will be musical this year. Today’s tunes are “White Christmas” and “Mi Yimaleil.”
CNN Takes Bold Action In Firing Chris Cuomo On A Saturday Night
CNN has fired prime time anchor Chris Cuomo four days after “suspending” him and acknowledging “additional Information” had come up.
Saturday Morning Gaming: A year of Cyberpunk (plus some VR!)
The mod community has done more than CD Projekt.
Parents of Oxford High School Shooter Apprehended, Charged
The parents of Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley were apprehended late Friday night and now are in the same jail as their son.
OT Advent Calendar (& Hanukkah!) Day 7: Musical Crimes Against Christmas
Today is Saturday, so it is Theme Day and our theme is Crimes Against Christmas. Our Hanukkah song is “Al Hanisim.”
Donald Trump’s 2024 Campaign Will Be Insane. It Also Might Win.
Democrats must be prepared for Trump’s 2024 Campaign. Ignorance or outright dismissal would be disastrous. A passive program will not work.
OT Advent Calendar (& Hanukkah!) Day 6: Dreidel
You’re OT Advent will be musical. Today’s tunes are “Here We Come a-Wassailing” and “I Have a Little Dreidel”
What Has Joe Biden Done?
Not quite a year into the Biden Presidency, and pundits and commentators are trying to hang unliftable millstones around Joe Biden’s neck
American Sandwich Project: The Progressive Triumph of the Latke
Originally latkes were not American, but that’s the thing…send us your downtrodden and in exchange we’ll help ourselves to their recipes.
Weekend Plans Post: The Chauffeur’s Domino Mask
Noticing something, remembering something, researching something.
Stopgap Spending Measure To Avoid Government Shutdown Agreed On
Government shutdown theater might be getting a curtain call before it really gets going for the 2021 season.
OT Advent Calendar (& Hanukkah!) Day 5: How Do You Wassail Them Apples
Your Ordinary Times Advent will be musical. Today’s tunes are the “Apple Tree Wassail” and “Don’t Let the Light Go Out.”
Mini-Throughput: Omicron Edition
The TL;DR version on Omicron is: we don’t know yet and anyone making definitive claims should be viewed with suspicion. The long version is…
Do Jews Even Live in Glen Ridge, New Jersey?
All this because of one young woman raising her voice, one person asking for representation, a movement began here that created light, hope, and a feeling of inclusion for all.
Friend of the site Gabriel Malor live-tweets the oral arguments for Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health
A great thread that covers (dispassionately, as far as I can tell), the oral arguments for Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health.
OT Advent Calendar (& Hanukkah!) Day 4
Your OT Advent Calendar this year will be musical. Today’s tunes are the “Gower Wassail” and “Bring on the Light.”
A COVID Statistic That is Beyond Meaningless
There have not, in fact, been more COVID-19 deaths under Joe Biden than under Donald Trump. Eventually, we will pass that grim milestone
