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Bola Negra and You Can See Everything

I could have watched La Bola Negra for another 2 hours. That’s how enjoyable it is. I was surprised that I ultimately came to really like the present day character, because generally, I usually don’t like present day characters as … Continue reading →

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IYKYK

I’m thinking of starting a business (online of course), of T-shirts with the acronym IYKYK and underneath an image. For example: this one. Now somehow Andy Warhol was able to use Campbell’s soup to make art, so I should be … Continue reading →

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Random TV and Movie thoughts

When I was in college, sometimes we’d ask each other what high school was like and a common jokey answer was, “Did you see Carrie?” I suspect that we’re going through a kind of “dark age” of movie and television … Continue reading →

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Television stuff

CARRIE. I don’t understand why they are giving away all the new plot points in both the “This season on Carrie…” trailer, as well as in the story telling itself. I mean they basically just let you know in the … Continue reading →

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Breaking Bad, by Vince Gilligan

Season 5 Anthony Hopkins said playing Hannibal Lector was easy. Simplest thing. Just make him polite, he said. That’s kind of what Jesse Plemons did with this character Todd Alquist who shows up in Season 5. I remember being much … Continue reading →

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Reality again. by Reality.

I’ve come to realize because I’ve been watching about 18 or so seasons of Top Chef on demand, all of which I missed when I stopped watching television 10 years ago, that there are several types of reality shows.

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Breaking Bad, by Vince Gilligan

Season 4 I’ve lost all my notes so I’ll just go by what I remember and what I can recall from Wikipedia’s descriptions of each episode. I couldn’t remember when it was that Gus Fring, played by Giancarlo Esposito, walked … Continue reading →

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Just say Bonwit Teller

The article in the Times today is about Trump outpacing the court in illegal construction, etc. Building it before they can decide. This is his normal speed of business — at least as far as construction goes. And if you … Continue reading →

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Rest

My will states that I should be cremated and then my ashes and the ashes of my dogs buried together with a marker in a cemetery in upstate New York which has been, to a small extent, a family cemetery. … Continue reading →

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Goodness

The news that Galliano has withdrawn from the Met Gala costume party is good news, although what we’re getting, of course, is not the actual story. What almost certainly happened, especially after Alice Tisch wrote to the board and told … Continue reading →

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