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The Fly, 1986 — ★★★★½.  Just how many Cronenberg pelvic exam scenes have you watched, would you say?
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, 2023 — ★★★★½.  Are we finally done with Pixar’s boring smoothness??
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The Odd Couple, 1968 — ★★★★★.  Ohhhhhh nooooooo I am the same age as Jack Lemon in this film <hurts back opening a window>.
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This is exactly how a Stephen King novel starts.
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Escape Room, 2019 — ★★★½.  I guess I’m not the only one who constantly thinks about 1997’s Cube!
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I want to do a messy holiday rope light situation, but can’t figure out which rope lights people use. Any suggestions?
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About twice a year I think about how much impact that paper towel TED Talk guy had on my life.
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Finished reading: Ninth House (Alex Stern Book 1) by Leigh Bardugo 📚
Not for me, but maybe something good for adolescent boys to read?
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Finished reading: The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin 📚
<immediately checks out second book in the series>
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Finished reading: Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson 📚
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The Pale Blue Eye, 2022 — ★★½.  Two men attempt to solve the mystery of why everyone in this movie has so many different accents.
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Currently reading: Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson 📚
Unnnnghhhhh why is Kevin Wilson such an excellent writer? People who loved Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, read this next!
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Finished reading: Talking to My Daughter About the Economy by Yanis Varoufakis 📚
Confession: I am still too dumb to undestand 60% of this. The first third, though, was excellent!
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Day of the Dead, 1985 — ★★★★.  Like watching a Halloween zombie parade (in a good way). Clown zombie! Ballerina zombie! Solider zombie! Doctor zombie!
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Finished reading: The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin 📚
<immediately checks out second book in the series>
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The spelling of “monotonous” is so repetitive and boring.
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Finished reading: The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn 📚
Now I want to live a hard-knock, bootstraps WWII-era life that someone writes about beautifully.
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The Amityville Horror, 1979 — ★★★½.  Mad dad axe scene…but before The Shining came out??
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The merge from Chamberlayne onto 95/64 East is absolutely insane! It’s incredibly dangerous, there’s no way it meets whatever safety standards.
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Enys Men, 2022 — ★★★½.  ~plant vibes~
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 1992 — ★½.  There’s a girl on the court!!
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El Conde, 2023 — ★★★.  I feel like I need to read three books and then watch this again.
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Uhhh did I interrupt some sort of private waspy gathering?
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Just really critical stuff.
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Ages ago, I titled the new employee introduction section of my work’s internal newsletter “Welcome to the party, pal!” and no one has said a single word about it.
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