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The 11/22/63 Miniseries

Okay, I loved the book 11/22/63 from Stephen King, and I had heard about the upcoming miniseries starring James Franco, but man, seeing this trailer just now?  I am sooo pumped to see this.  The last shot from the trailer with Oswald’s perspective from the book depository (which I totally recognize having visited there myself earlier […]

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The Bleak as F*ck “Revival”

I had briefly mentioned my thoughts on Stephen King’s Mr. Mercedes and found it inoffensive and enjoyable enough, but it didn’t really feel very StephenKing-y.  Since I had taken my time to actually get to reading Mr. Mercedes, it was great timing that his second novel of 2014, Revival, ended up landing on my doorstep right […]

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An Interstellar / Big Hero 6 Moviefest

So it’s been an exhausting three days as I’ve been laid up with a fever-cold combo that was quite annoying.  Started coming down with it on Thursday and while hoping it was just sniffles or maybe allergies, on Friday I woke up and it was clear I was sick with fever.  So at least I […]

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Watch SMASH or NBC will fire me

Alright, they probably aren’t going to fire me just over that, but seriously, watch SMASH.  It’s a fun, slightly soapy (okay, very soapy) show about making a Marilyn Monroe musical on Broadway.  It’s not too insider-y (which makes some critics sad and I admit, it would be cool to get a true look at the […]

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Monday Mind-dump

I’ve been lax on posting for no real reason.  It’s almost too easy for me to do, but then I don’t.  Here’s why: Tropico 4: In some respects, it’s a good thing Larry is back in NYC, as I wouldn’t have been very communicative as if I play video games on my PC, 9 times […]