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For this fifth season of Doctor Who, showrunner Russell T Davies retired, and one of the show’s best scriptwriters, Steven Moffat, took command. … [read more]

Well, here’s some good news. I’ve passed the Walgreens background check, and an email tells me I’m hired. Yippee, I get to stock shelves and run the cash register and tell people the wrong aisle to find wet wipes. … [read more]

Live report from the terrifying occupation of the lawn at University of Michigan
    Excerpt: “…
I really don’t feel terrorized or threatened yet. Let’s walk through,
give everybody a chance to assault me or insult me or terrorize me…”

CRANKY OLD FART’S BROWSER HISTORY #422  [archive] MAY 14, 2024

Right-wing thugs who attacked UCLA anti-genocide protesters appear to be same perps from violent anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-vaccine protests
    Excerpt: … The demonstrations, part of a broader right-wing effort to sow unrest and undermine an alleged “liberal agenda” at US schools, have at times been marked by violence and drawn far-right participants from around the region, including people associated with local Proud Boy and Three Percenter militia chapters and fundamentalist Christian churches. … [read more]

There’s no knowing why, but from Saturday night to Sunday morning, I slept 16 hours straight.
Or at least, ‘straight’ by my definition, which means waking up every 45-90 minutes, and then falling asleep again. … [read more]

Girl Asleep (2015)
Streaming free at Tubi

Greta is the new kid in a new school, where enemies are easier to find than friends. She’s 14, unsure of herself and others, and her only friend is an odd but outgoing boy named Elliot.Her … [read more]

[For full effect, play the music now.]Jack Horkheimer’s father owned a printing shop, and served more than two decades as the mayor of Randolph, Wisconsin, where baby Jack was born. … [read more]

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The Fugitive (1963-67)
Streaming free at Internet Archive

So there’s this guy, Kimble. He comes home one night, and finds his wife’s been murdered. … [read more]

Giant (1956)
Streaming free at Internet Archive

Almost 3½  hours long, Technicolor, and big as Texas, Giant is indeed large. I’d seen it many years ago, and remembered it as a sprawling soap opera, maybe the lost pilot episode for Dallas,
but basically empty.It’s … [read more]

Most of the jobs I’ve applied for do not exist, I’m convinced.
For whatever reasons, someone’s been told to run job listings, but they’re not
actually hiring.Applying … [read more]