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The Month in Theaters August 2024 in theaters

The Month in Theaters August 2024

Russell Michaels September 8, 2024
In the month of August, I managed to see fifteen movies in theaters, with one repeat, as...
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Brace Yourselves: The Debate is Coming Brace-Yourselves-X-is-Coming

Brace Yourselves: The Debate is Coming

Jaybird September 8, 2024
Only the moderators will be permitted to ask questions.
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Clare Briggs: The Great American Boozetime acouple

Clare Briggs: The Great American Boozetime

Clare Briggs September 8, 2024
I hit it better when I've had a couple.
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Clare Briggs: An Early Sketch of The Golf Outfit 2024-09-07 Marriage snip

Clare Briggs: An Early Sketch of The Golf Outfit

Clare Briggs September 7, 2024
With an additional trenchant observation
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Saturday Morning Gaming: Football Manager 2024 is this week’s Epic Game Store’s Free Game fb20242

Saturday Morning Gaming: Football Manager 2024 is this week’s Epic Game Store’s Free Game

Jaybird September 7, 2024
Knowing nothing at all about soccer, I'll instead talk about IGN's 2009 review of Worldwide Soccer Manager...
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The Days of Real Sport: The Hay Mow 2024-09-06 TDoRS snip

The Days of Real Sport: The Hay Mow

Clare Briggs September 6, 2024
In the lee of the old barn
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POETS Day! Thoughts on Part IV of TS Eliot’s “Burnt Norton” TS Eliot’s “Burnt Norton”

POETS Day! Thoughts on Part IV of TS Eliot’s “Burnt Norton”

Ben Sears September 6, 2024
It’s not a comfortable position for me because it’s rare to be right in opposition to learned...
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Russian Interference Is Back Russian interference

Russian Interference Is Back

David Thornton September 6, 2024
If I was still a part of the Republican media complex, I’d be feeling pretty uneasy in...
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Weekend Plans Post: Greek Couscous Salad ngredients

Weekend Plans Post: Greek Couscous Salad

Jaybird September 5, 2024
It's good with lamb, it's good with chicken, it's good just eating it from the container. AND...
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Russian Influence Indictment: Read It For Yourself Russia influence indictment

Russian Influence Indictment: Read It For Yourself

OT Editors September 5, 2024
A federal indictment of two employees of Russia controlled RT media alleges financing of right-wing media personalities....
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The Terrible Introduction 2024-09-05 CDT snip

The Terrible Introduction

Clare Briggs September 5, 2024
Cringe Comedy, 1916-style
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Em is on a Diet, Again On a diet, again

Em is on a Diet, Again

Em Carpenter September 4, 2024
There but for the grace of God go I, and all that.
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When a Feller Needs a Friend 2024-09-04 Feller snip

When a Feller Needs a Friend

Clare Briggs September 4, 2024
It wasn't always the case that Autumn was the best season of them all
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A Cautionary Tale Trump Biden

A Cautionary Tale

David Thornton September 4, 2024
It’s a fair question with an easy answer: Republicans don’t want to ban abortion. It would be...
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Movie of an Amateur Poker Player Catching Four Aces 2024-09-03 Movie snip

Movie of an Amateur Poker Player Catching Four Aces

Clare Briggs September 3, 2024
In the biz, this is what's known as a "tell"
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Friend Wife Loafing 2024-09-02 Spouse snip

Friend Wife Loafing

Clare Briggs September 2, 2024
They'll do it every time!
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College Football, and I Didn’t Know You Could Do That With The Game Clock College Football Comments

College Football, and I Didn’t Know You Could Do That With The Game Clock

Ben Sears September 2, 2024
Lines Written a Few Feet Away from My Television As and After I Flipped Through College Football...
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A Public Course on a Sunday Morning 2024-09-01 Golf snip

A Public Course on a Sunday Morning

Clare Briggs September 1, 2024
Warning: Tobacco Use
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Saturday Morning Gaming: Yahtzee but, like, a roguelike deckbuilder rollout

Saturday Morning Gaming: Yahtzee but, like, a roguelike deckbuilder

Jaybird August 31, 2024
A single-player yahtzee game that, seriously, mixes it up.
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The Curst of the Umpire 2024-08-31 Baseball C0171 (08.21.07)

The Curst of the Umpire

Clare Briggs August 31, 2024
"The umpire is the only man in the game whi is abused for making a mistake," says...
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  • North in reply to DensityDuck on Tariffs, The Kind You Clean with a Mop and BucketI suppose so though that ascribes a much more benign meaning to the term Deep State than I think mos…
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  • Chris in reply to DensityDuck on Air Traffic Out-of-ControlEurope would be perfect, except for the barriers, most of which have to do with our lives, and not a…
  • DensityDuck in reply to North on Tariffs, The Kind You Clean with a Mop and BucketIt does lend a lot of credence to the people who said that we shouldn't be worried about whatever Tr…
  • Jaybird in reply to North on Tariffs, The Kind You Clean with a Mop and BucketWe haven't had a positive "right direction/wrong track" number for more than 20 years. The closest w…
  • North in reply to Jaybird on Tariffs, The Kind You Clean with a Mop and BucketWhat can't be right?
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