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Monthly Archives: June 2012
Super belated RIP for Ray Bradbury
It was sad to hear about the passing of Ray last Wednesday. He was a terrific author whose stories have permeated the West (I need to make a Picayune glossary to save everyone the trouble) long before I was born. … Continue reading
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Las Vegas VIII or 2012 is cast!
Our annual vacation together almost slipped through because of other obligations (namely house/catsitting), work (Somara’s on a project, I’m trying for at least two promotions), Summer movies and whatever. We finally put plans into action which required some karma, aka begging … Continue reading
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Be sure to catch the transit of Venus!
I need to set up a reminder to catch this because Venus going visibly across the Sun is an important historical and scientific matter. The Guardian gives a solid rundown here. Astronomers in the 18th Century sent scores of people all … Continue reading
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DC reboot part seven: Not quite Vertigo but still not for children
It has been over 100 posts since I discussed the latest chapter in the DC reboot. I apologize for dragging my ass, like you care, but I haven’t really received any kind of Comments so I’m going to default with…if … Continue reading
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Backyard cats finale
There’s been no sign of the kittens nor their mother in over a week. So I’ve concluded the irresponsible neighbors stole them and have since moved out; school let out recently and certain children aren’t around. It’s a pisser. I … Continue reading
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Summer of 1982 IV: Poltergeist
We now hit the half-way point to the Summer of 1982 and this entry the first movie I actually saw in theaters 30 years ago. Poltergeist is a fairly important movie for several reasons: It got actors JoBeth Williams and … Continue reading
DC announced which “major” character will now be gay…
…and now let the fanboys, homophobes, reporters stuck working on a slow news day, so on wring their metaphorical hands over this while the rest of us living in the real world, shrug our collective shoulders, then get on with … Continue reading
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Happy Tenth Birthday Nemo
Today is when we decided this would be Nemo’s birthday. We aren’t exactly sure how old he was the day Somara rescued him from the ditch. The emergency vet put Nemo’s initial age around a few weeks, thus we went … Continue reading
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Happy Tenth Birthday Anna
A happy day to my Chicago-based niece! I think she gets to celebrate twice, obviously her birthday with a some kind of party/dinner (something) to acknowledge being in the double digits. The other would be school letting out, I think … Continue reading
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