Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Best Films/TV of 2022: First Draft

 As of this writing, I haven’t seen several of the awards season predetermined favorites, but this should change between now and mid-January:

THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

PETIT MAMAN

HAPPENING

MEN

ARMAGEDDON TIME

NOPE

HATCHING

RESURRECTION 

SPECTOR

SR.

THE DROP OUT

THE LAST MOVIE STARS

GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY 

HONORABLE MENTION: TAR, THE FABELMANS, CRIMES OF THE FUTURE, ELVIS, BROS, WATCHER


Translating a NEW YORK TIMES quote re Warnock defeating Walker

Below is the measured account of Herschel Walker’s electoral defeat.  But “soul searching” is wishful Grey Lady journalism:  Republicans will wait until the spring of 2024 in hopes that Trump will be enough of a wounded mastodon before opting for either the odious Ron DeSantis or a return to Bush-era dog whistling to straddle both the moneyed don’t tax us establishment and the easily duped. knowledge-averse Trump base.  And “tether itself” means “chain tightly in hopes of repeating the same playbook but praying for a different outcome.’

NYT: “Mr. Walker’s loss will almost certainly lead to soul-searching for a Republican Party that must decide heading into the 2024 election how firmly to tether itself to a former president who has now absorbed powerful political blows in three successive campaign cycles.”


Monday, December 5, 2022

New Poem: TEARS THESE DAYS

 they come easier at my age

 don’t know if it’s from staring too long at a tablet 

 maybe it’s flashbacks from the irresolvable past

 perhaps a reminder to enjoy and not dread the future 

Saturday, December 3, 2022

New Poem: MEL AND KANYE

 Mel dug a deep hole

 so Kanye could dig it deeper

 both using Jesus as a Holy Shield

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 Jesus voices his disapproval 

 but Mel still has a career

 and Kanye keeps setting fires

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 people freeze in place

 say can you believe this

 think they’re insulated from danger