Four out of today’s five flicks are foreign, but that’s just the alphabet — not many American movies fall between Ks and Kw.
Reading so many subtitles has made me restless, eager to see some good old American schlock, where the conversations are in English and inane, often interrupted by gunfire or explosions or dames in bikinis. … [read more]
Hey, I read a book. I do that a lot, but it’s usually one of the same dozen books over and over again. Books outside that dozen tend to bore me, and are never finished. … [read more]
This snake cartwheels to escape danger
Don’t miss the video, at the bottom.
At a Seattle museum, young volunteers answer the call to preserve phone history
Woman who rescued injured crow keeps getting ‘thank-you gifts’ from birds
How botched executions were handled in centuries past
On the inside, looking outside, looking in: Joe Matt’s Peepshow
‘At war with the obvious’: the everyday genius of William Eggleston – in pictures
[1956] Loco baseball, by Eddie Lawrence
[July 2026] Los Angeles Dodgers visit the Trump White House
Too many elections scolding us to VOTE BLUE NO MATTER WHO have produced a hell of a lot of Democrats not worth voting for — they’re spineless, courage- and principle-free, and not merely unwilling to oppose fascism but reaching across the aisle to welcome it.
our 102nd weekly open mike
Let’s see what happens when your host (me) has nothing to say. Step right up, speak your mind, tell a story, sing a song, whatever. … [read more]
The Krone Experiment (2005)
On a regular, recurring basis, a small but frightful phenomenon pushes up from the bowels of the earth, bursting out at a different location every time. … [read more]
Always I teeter on the brink of sanity, but I’ve never yet toppled over the edge. It’s happened to so many others, though, good people lost. … [read more]
our 101st weekly open mike
Let’s see what happens when your host (me) has nothing to say. Step right up, speak your mind, tell a story, sing a song, whatever. … [read more]