Monthly Archives: March 2011

Should Have Been 4 Posts

1. Last Friday was the best Fall-of-Sauron Day ever. No, I can’t talk about it. But someday the world will know, and then it will say, “What is he talking about again?” 2. You know how it is when somebody … Continue reading

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Batman Strikes Out, and 2 Pix

I rewatched Batman Returns recently. It’s a visually beautiful movie. It reminded me constantly of an over-the-top production of an opera–an impression helped along by a lushly operatic soundtrack by Danny Elfman. For visual effects CGI can’t rival, the movie … Continue reading

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Have a Reely Good St Patrick’s Day

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Thinking…

Springy thoughts in the Great Black Swamp.

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Sorry About This…

… but I’ve decided to close the comments on this blog permanently. It’s not you, reader: it’s the spambots. More than 99% of the comments here are spam, and it seems utterly pointless to spend my time weeding through them. … Continue reading

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Putting the Just in Adjustment

The Adjustment Bureau, like every third movie out of Hollywood these days, is based on a Philip K. Dick story I haven’t read (in this case “Adjustment Team”). I have to admit that the Great Dickening of our times baffles … Continue reading

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