The 97th Oscars’ Best Picture Race: As Wide Open As It Gets
Breaking down all ten nominees; where I think their chances stand on Oscar night, along with some personal observations on their potential legacy
Category: Culture
Saturday Morning Gaming: Just looking for something *FUN*
There have been a bunch of games that require the knitting of brows and the occasional situation that could easily result in a rage-quit.
POETS Day! A Few Poems by Kingsley Amis as Pretense to Discuss One of His Novels
All the references to Welsh habit, Welsh ways, all the references to Wales and Welshness.
Weekend Plans Post: Time for Spaghetti Sauce Again
You don’t need to drive to Sandusky to wirehead properly.
Fannie Farmer, Mickey Mouse, and the Virtues of Cheating
It’s important to know that running on automatic, acting without thought is something we are capable of.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Menace from the Deep
With slowly dawning horror, I realized that Menace from the Deep was a pretty good Slay the Spire clone.
POETS Day! Poems Found While Reading an Essay by Anthony Hecht
I found “Beauty Extoll’d” as an alternate title so I put it in brackets, but Hecht says “Gaze Not on Swans,” and Hecht is Anthony Hecht.
Weekend Plans Post: Was Last Year This Cold?
Good golly, it’s *COLD* This weekend should be a little less cold before cold snap #2 comes down from Canada.
Lady McBiden, Pelosi First of Her Name, and the Struggles of American Royalty
Inflated sense of importance is rife among our social, political and economic so-called betters and the press is happy to play along.
Mister Baseball
There is no doubt that Bob Uecker was a very funny man. It’s hard to count the ways in which he’ll be missed.
97th Oscars Projections: Final Nomination Predictions
Luis Mendez gives his final nomination predictions for ALL 23 categories, a total of 120 nominations in all.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Curse of the Dead Gods
Chasing the Dragon between Hades and Hades II. Is Curse of the Dead Gods as good as Hades? No. But it’s five bucks and Hades II isn’t done yet.
POETS Day! Stephen Crane
An adventuring war correspondent with a predilection for ladies of the night and a life-long love of dogs is endearing in our anti-hero age.
Weekend Plans Post: One Single Good Song in 2024
“If someone can show me one good song from 2024 I’ll give you a million dollars” challenge accepted
Saturday Morning Gaming: Cryptmaster
A little bit of horror, a little bit of wordle, a little bit of typing. Cryptmaster is an all-around amazing game.
The Month in Theaters December 2024
For the final month of 2024, I managed to see twelve movies in theaters and sixteen otherwise (with three repeats,) for a total of twenty-five reviews
POETS Day! Skipwith Cannéll’s “Nocturnes”
I tried to give the new poem an unbiased look, but was bothered in the first sentence. “Iridescence” doesn’t act. It’s an effect.
A Society of Shame Attached to Everything
The problem with nagging people all the time in an effort to better them is that eventually they tune you out completely.
Induction!
The years Y = 1, 9, 36, 100, 225, 441, 784, 1296, 2025, 3025 … all follow the pattern Y = square of (1 + … + n) = 1 cubed + … + n cubed.
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