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Showing posts with label actual history. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 7, 2020

In a Time of Virus: Days With No Meaning

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I'm not writing these posts so much for all of us going through this *now*.   When this is over, I'd like to remember what...  happe...
Monday, March 30, 2020

In a Time of Virus: That First Week in Lockdown

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We've been in some form of lockdown since March 13th. In some ways, this hasn't been entirely different from the nearly two years ...
Saturday, March 21, 2020

In a Time of Virus: Start of Lockdown

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The first thing I remember hearing was that people were hoarding toilet paper. It had a "man bites dog" element to the news - ...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2020

In a Time of Virus: Not Seen In Generations

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Sometimes you read about World War I or II and you wonder what you'd have been like in those circumstances.  What would it be like to be...
Friday, March 13, 2020

In a Time of Virus: People are Terrible in a Crisis

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I'm not going to lecture you on COVID-19/ the coronavirus.  You know what it is.  The plan was not to return to work on Monday (it'...
Saturday, January 11, 2020

War Watch: 1917 (2020)

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Watched:  01/11/2020 Format:  Alamo Slaughter Lane Viewing:  First Decade:  2020's If you are planning to see this, see it in th...
Friday, January 10, 2020

Balloon Watch: The Aeronauts (2019)

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Watched:  01/02/2020 Format:  Amazon Streaming Viewing:  First Decade:  2010's This movie never states that it's based on r...
Monday, January 6, 2020

101 Years Gone - Theodore Roosevelt

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"The old lion is dead." - cable from Archie Roosevelt to his brothers serving in Europe, 01/06/1919 Theodore Roosevelt passe...
Sunday, November 3, 2019

Sayles Watch: Matewan (1987)

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Watched:  11/02/2019 Format:  Criterion BluRay Viewing:  4th, I believe Decade:  1980's Back in the go-go 1990's, I stumbled...
Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Hitch Watch: The Wrong Man (1956)

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Watched:  08/21/2019 Format: TCM on DVR Viewing: First Decade:  1950's I had no idea what this movie was about prior to giving ...
Thursday, August 8, 2019

In the wake of two mass shootings

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This weekend saw two mass shootings. You don't need for me to tell you why those shootings happened, or describe the tragedy of what o...
Sunday, July 28, 2019

Apollo 11 - 50th Anniversary and PBS's "American Experience: Chasing the Moon"

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The past couple of weeks marked the 50th anniversary of the first manned lunar landing, thanks to the crew of Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong,...
Monday, July 22, 2019

NASA Legend Christopher Kraft Merges With The Infinite

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If you ever get a chance, read up on the amazing history of NASA.  It's fascinating today to see some of the unknown stories of the ...
Tuesday, July 9, 2019

A Picture Tour of Locations from "Anatomy of a Murder" - my vacation pics from the U.P. - Part 2

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The week of the 4th of July, I was in Michigan's Upper Peninsula to visit some old family stomping grounds.  The Marquette/ Ishpeming...

A Picture Tour of Locations from "Anatomy of a Murder" - my vacation pics from the U.P. - Part 1

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This year marks the 60th anniversary of the release of Otto Preminger's Anatomy of a Murder .  If you've never seen it, it's...
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Friday, June 28, 2019

WWII Watch: Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

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Watched:  06/25/2019 Format:  TCM on DVR Viewing:  First Decade:  1970's A fascinating oddball of a movie - part epic, part rec...
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Monday, May 27, 2019

Memorial Day

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Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Way TL;DR - Tracking Superheroes from Source-of-Shame to $2 Billion Dollars in 2 Weeks

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The kids today will never *quite* appreciate what Marvel pulled off, starting with Iron Man and continuing on with this week's mega...
Thursday, April 11, 2019

Noir Watch: Border Incident (1949)

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Watched:  04/08/2019 Format:  Noir Alley on TCM on DVR Viewing:  First Decade:  1940's ...so... We've essentially not only...
Monday, April 1, 2019

The Dropout - Podcast and ABC 20/20 feature

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I'll be honest - after watching the Netflix doc The Inventor , I'm still stuck on the saga of Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes. A...