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The Month in Theaters April 2024 The Month in Theaters June 2024

The Month in Theaters April 2024

Russell Michaels May 6, 2024
This was a very good month in theaters. 14 movies in theaters, with one repeat, and an...
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Music Monday: It’s Spring, Let’s Emerge! Let’s Emerge!

Music Monday: It’s Spring, Let’s Emerge!

Bryan O'Nolan May 6, 2024
"Let’s Emerge!" is Pye Corner Audio’s – known to his mother and his friends as Martin Jenkins...
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Saturday Morning Gaming: Fallout 76 Reviewed Fallout 76 Reviewed

Saturday Morning Gaming: Fallout 76 Reviewed

Jaybird May 4, 2024
I've played it enough to reach a tentative conclusion, I think. Fallout 76 puts the cart before...
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POETS Day! Arnold on Dover, Hecht on Arnold Matthew Arnold

POETS Day! Arnold on Dover, Hecht on Arnold

Ben Sears May 3, 2024
Matthew Arnold’s literary personage stands in contrast to his father’s upright example. And then it doesn’t. And...
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Two Boys At The Circus

Clare Briggs May 3, 2024
Movie of a man -- err, boys.
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Weekend Plans Post: The Best Bagel Sandwich

Jaybird May 2, 2024
I, apparently, make *REALLY* good food.
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Campus Insurrections? Campus Insurrections

Campus Insurrections?

David Thornton May 2, 2024
It’s time to call out the fringes on both sides for the lawless demagogues that they are...
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Musical Complaints and Compliments about the Fallout 76 Radio Station Fallout 76

Musical Complaints and Compliments about the Fallout 76 Radio Station

Jaybird May 1, 2024
As I wander about the Appalachian Wasteland, I listen to a handful of original songs, some covers,...
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YouTube vs. The World YouTube Audience

YouTube vs. The World

Russell Michaels April 30, 2024
The case study of Screen Junkies Plus vs. the Mythical Society should be studied for how to...
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The Letter 2024-04-30 Movie C8228 (05.16.16)

The Letter

Clare Briggs April 30, 2024
Movie of a man receiving letter from three year old son.
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Dog Gone Kristi Noem

Dog Gone

David Thornton April 29, 2024
Trump might be able to shoot a man on Fifth Avenue and get away with it, but...
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Music Monday: A Great, If Flawed, Musical Hadestown

Music Monday: A Great, If Flawed, Musical

Bryan O'Nolan April 29, 2024
This past Wednesday my wife and eldest son went into Boston to the Wang theater to catch...
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Moving Time 2024-04-29 Spouse C2225 (04.29.12)

Moving Time

Clare Briggs April 29, 2024
Does Friend Husband step up?
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You Don’t Have to Be An Expert To Enjoy It 2024-04-28 Golf C0921 (06.09.14)

You Don’t Have to Be An Expert To Enjoy It

Clare Briggs April 28, 2024
The B of the G.
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Saturday Morning Gaming: Fallout 76 Fallout 76

Saturday Morning Gaming: Fallout 76

Jaybird April 27, 2024
I haven't watched the Fallout series but my buddy did and he said "DUDE, WE NEED TO...
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“Boy Kills World”: Bloody Good Fun Boy Kills World

“Boy Kills World”: Bloody Good Fun

Russell Michaels April 27, 2024
"Boy Kills World" is definitely good...It knows what it is and relishes in it.
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Over The Fence Baseball C0126 Celebrated Scenes #4 (05.16.08)

Over The Fence

Clare Briggs April 27, 2024
Celebrated Scenes #4
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POETS Day! A Bit of Light Verse Light Verse

POETS Day! A Bit of Light Verse

Ben Sears April 26, 2024
What’s an otherwise famous dead English poet named Jonson to do when the Doctor hogs the name...
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Time is Ticking for TikTok SCOTUS Upholds TikTok Ban

Time is Ticking for TikTok

David Thornton April 26, 2024
While we disagree on the issue, my son did have a really good point. “If TikTok...
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The Biggest Fish Y’Ever Caught 2024-04-26 TDoRS C5113 (04.23.16)

The Biggest Fish Y’Ever Caught

Clare Briggs April 26, 2024
Days of Real Sport
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