• Daily Rabbit hole 2

    Daily Rabbit hole 2

    So far I’m not living up to the “daily” part of this rabbit hole series. It occurs to me that maybe this series would be better suited to my other blog, Overthought Pop. But then I would probably have to pick some sort of pop culture thing to analyze in the context of my thoughts.

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  • Daily RABBIT HOLE 1

    Daily RABBIT HOLE 1

    I’ve decided that I need to write a little bit each day. I was originally thinking I might just write these and save them as drafts ad infinitum, both as a sort of stream-of-consciousness diary and as potential fodder for other, more coherent posts. I could publish them as well, but then that would be

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  • Grown-up dreams

    Grown-up dreams

    I have no idea if I was even thinking along those lines when I was five! I know I was a few years later. I think when I was five I was bopping around, playing with my Fisher Price Little People toys and watching the Brady Bunch! That said, given that my blog is called

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  • Ween, mang!

    Ween, mang!

    So last spring I was able to reconnect with my weird, bright and wonderful college friends again through a sad occasion, which was the untimely loss of the beating heart of our friend group, Mr. Eric J. Lawrence. One of Eric’s favorite bands, which in turn became a college favorite for all of us, was

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  • Favorite Films of the 1900-1910s

    Favorite Films of the 1900-1910s

    This is the first entry in a series of posts that will feature my favorite movies through the decades. I decided to start with the 1900s and 1910s as separate posts. However, after starting my initial draft, I had to put it on hold after realizing I really had no idea what my favorite films

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  • The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)

    The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)

    For my thoughts on this film, check out my other blog, Overthought Pop:

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  • Favorite Films of the 1920s

    Favorite Films of the 1920s

    Time for my second entry in the “favorite films through the decades” series. So now we come to the 1920s. As with the 1900s, I have a little difficulty selecting favorites from this decade, but it gets a little easier. A quick Google search brings up the most obvious choices that are probably the ones

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  • “Light” Escapist TV

    “Light” Escapist TV

    I’m really enjoying the new PBS / Masterpiece reboot of All Creatures Great and Small. I can’t compare it to the original as I’ve yet to see that one. But it’s a beautiful escape into the Yorkshire countryside in the 1930s. Nothing, however, can beat the sun-kissed bliss of The Durrells in Corfu. This series

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  • Christmas Record Collection

    Christmas Record Collection

    Every year on Black Friday, I start getting really excited about Christmas, but I refuse to go to any big box stores to participate in the commercial extravaganza. Instead, in what seems to be becoming a “day after Thanksgiving” tradition for me and my girls, I stopped by one of my favorite secondhand stores, The

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  • The Kinks

    The Kinks

    If I’m writing about all the mid-60s music and bands that I love, I should probably start with the Zombies; after all, it was their song Brief Candles that inspired the title of my blog.  However, I have a greater love for The Kinks, and, having just experienced listening to a fun Apple Music playlist

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