At first glance, this might look like an article about Doctor Who, but it’s more than that, and I hope you’ll read it even if you don’t know Gallifrey from Guyana.
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The end of movies and television
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Kiss Me Deadly, and a few other films
A Kiss Before Dying (1955)
Robert Wagner, young and kinda sexy, plays a college student whose girlfriend is pregnant. This would upturn his plans, but not to worry, he finds an unorthodox solution. … [read more]
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Anything goes: 9/12/2026
our 97th 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]
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And now the news: 9/11/2026
No bullshit 9/11 retrospective ‘think pieces’ on this 25th anniversary. None of that blah blah blah. Just this one mention, a reprint, a factoid often forgotten that shouldn’t be:
GW Bush White House approved departure of Saudis after Sept. … [read more]
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Late days with Mom
I’m an old man, and my mother is even older than me because that’s the way things work.
She’s 93, and was still sharp as a dagger until March, when she underwent heart surgery. … [read more]
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And now the news: 9/8/2026
President of the United States goes batshit on social media, again
… [read more]Everyone except (maybe) Trump himself knows he’s cuckoo without any Cocoa Puffs, but Republicans love Trump and Democrats love Republicans so nobody will do anything about it until Trump nukes Ottawa.
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Kismet, and a few better movies
King-Size Canary (1947)
An animated cat tranquilizes a mean-looking dog in order to safely ransack a kitchen, then drugs a canary with “Garden Jumbo Grow” fertilizer, which instantly makes the bird big as a fridge, the better to taste its drumsticks. … [read more]
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And now the news: 9/5/2026
Trump threatens to end trade with some countries if Fed doesn’t cut interest rates
Trump demands all Canadian companies doing business with the US move to America ‘immediately’
Virginia mom gets 6-month suspended jail sentence for letting 5-year-old walk to the pond
… [read more]When I was 5, my parents were OK with me walking two blocks alone to the store or six blocks alone to kindergarten, but they’d give me a lift if it was raining.
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Anything goes: 9/5/2026
our 96th 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]
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Kings of the Road, and a few more films
Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)
“This is our home, and no damned spiders are gonna run us out.”
William Shatner plays veterinarian to a remote ranchland corner of Arizona, where first cattle and then people are pestered by spiders of unusual number. … [read more]