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Saturday Morning Cinema: AFI Top 100 Edition – Setting the Stage
If film’s Mount Rushmore had room for 100, it could consist of the AFI Top 100 Greatest American Films of All Time. At least, I assume it could, right? The American Film Institute is the expert, so I’m sure they would know. I haven’t seen all the movies on the list and can’t pass proper…
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The Snow Blower That Saved My Relationship
A plump frosting of glistening white snow covered the street. It covered the brown grass, the driveway, and the sidewalk. Monstrous drifts rose high off roofs and locked families in their homes. Flakes sped down from the sky to nestle with their brethren, absorbing the world’s sound and leaving a wake of silence. A hearty…
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Where Have All The Lego Gone?
Remember when Lego let you enter plausible worlds of imagination? You could venture into medieval kingdoms, take on pirates, or leap into the unknown of space. Each world, or time, had protagonists and antagonists with exquisite set pieces to create, well, worlds. It could be a completely immersive experience. There were no movie or TV…
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The Portal
Let me tell you about the portal. This particular portal is always the place we want to go but never where we want to stay. It is home to purple monsters and sometimes Thanos. The door in is always open but seldom allows inhabitants out unless they have the special crystal. It locks you in…
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A Reflection On Zero Super Bowls
I once had a dream of my super team making the super game that gives the winner super feelings. My team, however, is a perennial disappointment. Even when they’re good, they go to exquisite lengths to disappoint in the end. Instead, I have witnessed Super Bowls occupied by Aikman, Roethlisberger, Manning A and Manning B,…
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Saturday Morning Cinema: Baseball Movies #4 – Field of Dreams
I’ve got to do it. “If you build it, he will come.” The voice and line that transformed an Iowa farm and added another baseball-related movie to Kevin Costner’s filmography. Field of Dreams has never been high on my list of favorites due to a memory from some point in my life of it being a tad…
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Photo of the Day – 8/28/18
An office job can lead to office drab, so having a buddy to make meetings more interesting can save the day. Also, it’s a great conversation starter along with helping identify any Star Wars fans in the room.
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500 Words: The Man Makes a Stand
Shots rang out in their wake, and bullets whistled a sonic symphony as they zipped by, embedding themselves in whatever interrupted their path. The man pushed his quarry forward, but captivity had sapped the elder man’s strength and senses. “You have a gun too, don’t you,” the older man asked, his question soaked in rhetorical…
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Saturday Morning Cinema: Baseball Movies #3
Oh look, it’s Saturday Morning Cinema on a Sunday night, because my Saturday was filled with zero initiative and activity. It was beautiful. Despite my exercising exactly why Saturday’s exist (aka rest and relaxation), there are more baseball movies to watch, and the next recipient of the SMC treatment is The Natural. Imagine you have a,…
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500 Words: The Man’s Return
The train barreled into the station bringing with it a barrage of desert detritus. Those waiting at the stop shielded their faces with whatever filter was readily available. While the masses looked away and waited for the storm of dirt to settle, one man pushed through, his head tilted down to let the wide-brimmed hat…
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