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Soujurn on The Odyssey; from Oral Tradition to IMAX

}} article also available on Substack {{ The Police, one of the most popular and influential rock bands of the late ‘70s through the ‘80s, has a line which either perplexes listeners or becomes glossed over by those without the initiative to reference dictionaries and encyclopedias. Written by frontman Sting, their most popular song from their last album was “Wrapped Around Your Finger,” and it includes the following refrain: You consider me the young apprentice Caught between the Scylla and Charybdis Scylla was, in Greek mythology, a many-headed monster, snatching sailing men from their ships, even the ships themselves, and often...

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“Common Sense” at 250 – guest opinion and misc. resources

Today is the 250th anniversary of the release of Thomas Paine’s influential pamphlet Common Sense. This historian from Youtube (see inserted posting below) has a unique perspective. Used WOP. Lots of people right now are celebrating the 250th anniversary of Common Sense, especially politicians on the right and left. Well, okay, center left. And none of them are getting it right. John Roberts opened his 2025 year end report on the federal judiciary, the one in which he said the Constitution was rock solid by celebrating Thomas Paine. And Jamie Raskin, the Democrat in Congress, has been pushing for a Paine...

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Scamper from THE LONG WALK

WAKING WALKING || SPOILERS AHEAD || HAVE WE SEEN THIS BEFORE? || SIMILAR DIFFERENCES || CELLULOID BLUNDERING || INELEGANT ENDING Mistakes Were Made Along the Way . . . My review of THE LONG WALK 4/10 WAKING WALKING I could see why it took decades to make a feature film of one of Stephen King’s earliest stories. Although from what I’ve seen, his novel The Long Walk was drafted at roughly the same time as his first published novel, Carrie, it was among the works he later released under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. It was collected with other stories in a...

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3 New Movie Reviews

BLOOD RED SKY || MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: THE FINAL RECKONING || KNEECAP Vampires, Rappers and Daredevils, Oh-My! It’s been a while since I’ve been able to lay down an original post on this blog, what with responsibilities galore, stresses of everyday life and health concerns with myself and family, involvement in political causes, etc. I have ideas I do not have time to put to paper, but I have, while commencing my laboriously long drives for my beloved job (I mean it, I love my job) I have used voice dictation to lay down several movie reviews which I have posted below,...

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The GOP is The Most Dangerous Organization in America

guest opinion Opinion: Just cowards, enablers, and fascists in matching flag pins, Joan Westenberg writes Joan Westenberg 08 Apr 2025 3 min read The Republican Party is a hollow, decrepit husk. It is not a political movement. It is not a governing apparatus. It is not even an ideology with any internal coherence. It is a decaying vessel for a set of impulses: authoritarianism, greed, cruelty, nostalgia, and fear. And now, with the party marching in lockstep behind a man openly exploring how to violate the Constitution to seize a third term in office, it is fair to say the Republican Party...

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This is Why it’s Okay to be Angry at Anyone who Voted for Trump

guest opinion Opinion: They were warned about Project 2025, autocracy, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, and we’re suffering the consequences because of their ignorance, John Casey writes John Casey February 03 2025 7:00 AM EST I have a message to anyone who voted for Donald Trump, particularly those who thought he’d lower their food and gas bills, or those who questioned whether Kamala Harris was a good candidate: your stupidity is revolting. You deserve all the tyranny that is about to befall you — and unfortunately, the rest of us who heeded the waterfall of warnings about Trump and voted for Harris. I’m laughing about how obtuse...

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Legalized Murder is OK; ONLY In America

Celebrating… || CEO Thompson || Victims of Policy || Operational Practices || Metrics Prove the Malady|| Progress No More || Where? Celebrating a Killer is the Wrong Response I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.– Mark Twain It has been 45 days since an assailant with a 3-D printed gun shot and killed the CEO of United Healthcare on the streets of Manhattan. Immediately, before we even knew the name of the assailant, people were celebrating both the assassination and the supposed hero. Except — at least in my book — heroes do...
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Saturday, December 21, 2024, is the Winter Solstice!

Some people like to say different, however the real reason for the season is Axial Tilt. Our pale blue dot spins on its axis with an inclination, a leaning, not at a right angle to the rays of the Sun. That tilt is 23.44 degrees, and as we move about the Sun, that tilt points in the same direction, giving us the Seasons. On the Winter Solstice, the lowest latitude where the Sun can appear directly overhead is called the Tropic of Capricorn. That is where it sits on the Winter Solstice and no other day of the year. In the...

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Finally Finished – My Music Video

Well, it’s almost entirely finished. George Lucas stated “…films are never completed, they’re only abandoned.”[1. In reality, this is the clip. I’ve just taken one person out of the saying: https://youtu.be/-_DOBJazR28?si=DYX58g1OAQVHK5fO .] Well, I can understand. The video is not yet 100% to my liking, as there are certainly still a few problems. The lip-sync is faulty in a few places, one of the transitions is not yet to my liking, and one microphone shot — with the speakers in the background — is a bit too long. I also hope to have another session to shoot with the model, the...

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Homeless Heroics in Houston

Through no Fault || Overarching Crisis || Asking Ourselves || Solution Houston || Update 2407.31 One city works to solve a national embarrassment Through No Fault “When I pulled up to the house I knew something was wrong,” Art told me.  Yet it would be several days until he found out his world would soon be turned upside down. Art[1.  That is his first name; I will not be using any real second names here, substituting the one last name in this story with ‘Smith’.] greeted the well-dressed man with Brylcreemed hair and an adulating assistant returning from the front door. ...