HobbyScope
Movies, Games, and Whatever Else Comes to Mind
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Here’s A Good Movie I Forget About
You know what’s a good movie that I always forget about? Moneyball. Flipping through the ol’ movie collection, I happened upon this gem of Hollywood baseball and thought, “Oh yeah! I’ve been wanting to watch this again. Lucky me, because today is that day.” My brain apparently likes to reward me for stumbling across things…
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Saturday Morning Cinema: The State of Fast & Furious
While visiting my daily interweb haunts, I saw this article about the Hobbs & Shaw movie, or the full title Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, which made me nod my head in agreement at the title alone. Watching the Fast & Furious movies has always been an enjoyable experience, and I get genuinely…
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Dude, Mountains
Have you ever just been thinking about those huge piles of rocks cutting through the country and think, in your best stoner voice, “Mountains, man. Mountains.” I tell you what, mountains are absolute wonders when you think about it. Here are these massive, miles high protrusions of Earth’s crust. They have the power to completely…
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Dominant Personalities That Run The World
The office environment is not a place for the introverted, the hesitant, and thoughtful. At least, that’s how it often feels. Introverts are those that draw energy from solitude, able to talk to others but not buoyed by the interactions. Hesitant individuals are interrupted and talked over, riders to ideas forced upon them by those…
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The Old North Church
As I log off from another hour spent exploring the Commonwealth in Fallout 4 and now sit watching Nicolas Cage go crazy trying to steal the Declaration of Independence, I reminisce about a recent trip to the heart of the American revolution. Boston is a nest of history, full of sights and stories. A visitor’s…
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Saturday Morning Cinema: AFI Top 100 Edition – Wrapping Up the 90’s
#92 Goodfellas Martin Scorsese received plenty acclaim for this mob-fueled story of Henry Hill. He probably could’ve received more and may have been chasing it with similarly stylized subsequent films. I’m not going to apologize for thinking about gangsters when I hear the name Scorsese. This movie is beautifully entertaining in the way the characters…
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Saturday Morning Cinema: AFI Top 100 Edition – The French Connection
Though I had never seen The French Connection prior to viewing it for my crawl through AFI’s Top 100, I was at least aware of it through Gene Hackman’s image on the poster and the memorable hat he wears.
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Headline: Man Who Criticizes Others for Not Taking Care of Their Stuff Drops iPhone Without a Case
I dropped my iPhone without its case, story inside…
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Are You My Type: Getting Personal with Personalities
What if I planted the fascinating seed in your mind that our interactions with others are incredible collages comprised of thousands of variables stemming from our individual personality styles? While no expert on the subject, I believe personality styles are innate and adaptive.
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Working on Vacation: Get a Handle on Burnin’ the Candle
Vacation is supposed to be for you. Do you let it? There’s always a temptation to keep up with the professional world even when you’ve made a commitment to step away for a day or two. How do you handle those days? Do you disconnect or do you check in?
