Monthly Archives: December 2022

Hm

No news is good news. I guess?

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Merry, Merry

Merry Christmas to all who are celebrating it; happy weekend to all. https://soundcloud.com/brianne-becker/charlie-brown-christmas-time

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Swords and Celebrations

A Happy Fritz Leiber Day to you and yours.

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Frosty

Even a little chillier than was prophesied—colder than I ever remember it being in the Swamp. Here’s hoping everyone subject to winter’s winds has shelter and heat.

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Scale vs. Scale

While looking up something today, I got lost in the dictionary (an almost daily occurrence around here). I ended up finding out that scale in the sense of “a calibrated line” (etc.) isn’t related at all to scale from a … Continue reading

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“Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind…”

Happy solstice to my fellow-Tellurians. All others, proceed at your own risk.

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Morlock in Time and Space

Just in time for Christmas (and the Solstice), Tales from the Magician’s Skull No. 9 arrived. It contains a Morlock story I’m especially proud of–“Three Festivals”. Among other things, it’s an homage to the great Rahsaan Roland Kirk, whose “Three … Continue reading

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Cave, canis.

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B+ Movie: ME & MY GAL

Executive summary: this is an interesting pre-Hays-Code comedy/melodrama that’s worth watching at least once. Spencer Tracy and Joan Bennett star in this fast-moving but minor movie, directed by Raoul Walsh in 19 days and written by at least seven people … Continue reading

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Go Do That Voodoo That You Do…

Typo of the day: He said saidly (for an intended He said sadly). Saidly.

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