For those who use Mozilla Firefox as their browser, here's a neat-o-keen-o (which I just became aware of, maybe you already knew): Load ...

This series, edited by Tim Folger — and specifically this 2004 edition, edited by Steven Pinker — is filled to the proverbial brim with inte...

Just to pass along to whomever came a-calling within the walls: Thanks for not spray-painting your tag everywhere and pissing on my stuff. A...

Off the Map (2003) directed by Campbell Scott ( Big Night , 1996); starring Valentina de Angelis and Joan Allen: Snaprating=Keeper , RE-ORD...

I was asked, in the meat, if my book recommendations had a star-scale similar to my film scale. I responded, "of course". And then...

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Visiting and re-visiting my applaudables and standing ovationables, lately, I sorrowfully noticed that a few have -- for many unfortunate mo...

With alien-angels versus many colorful layers of evil (kind of like Neapolitan Ice Cream), Dean Koontz's writing is true-to-form, comfor...

Total number of films I own on DVD or video: 49 DVDs. No video (any longer). Last film I bought: Hero (Ying xiong) , 2002, directed by Yim...

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This excellent encapsulation by Mike Reynolds, of all things which are bright and moving -- fast -- through the night sky of the northern he...

In the early 1970's Robert Silverberg was an author with an agenda. Not satisfied with merely penning a story with a moral or with an u...

Friendly and attentive readers, This blogger is headed on a vacation to the White Mountains. Pine cabins, fireplaces, hiking, swimming, rea...

Because the central characters are intelligent raccoons, many may consider this a work of fantasy. In my opinion, it's simply an alterna...

To provide more timely reviews for Keeper films, (it can be difficult to catch a film at a first-run theater if following bi-seasonal revie...

Film critics — both professional and amateur — are, mostly, verbose assholes. Amateur does not mean unprofessional (in this instance) but m...

Ong Bak: The Thai Warrior (2003) directed by Prachya Pinkaew (US directorial debuit); starring Tony Jaa and Petchtai Wongkamlao: Snapratin...

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Don't spend money to dry clean your shirt. Instead, donate it to the Salvation Army or Goodwill. They'll clean it and put it on a ha...

I'm a Xoloitzcuintli (Xolo), a Mexican hairless dog. Find out what kind of dog you are at Gone to the Dogs .

The herder drives away and kills the wolf, for which the sheep thanks him as a liberator and the wolf denounces him as the destroyer of libe...

I've seen this meme around for weeks and, of course, mentally disparaged the answers of others while thinking I'd never get the tap....

     Two people in a canoe (stop me I you’ve heard this one) paddling upstream…      Even if you grew up on a lake, you may be unfamil...

          Before dawn today, I discovered a blackbird commuter byway running directly over my house.  'Dawn' begins with the ful...

Learning something new every day about the shrieking baying fools just beyond the outside limits of the glow from my campfire. My Mormon nam...

All the world's a stage and all of us merely players. We have exciting entrances and entranced exits, and each of us--in our time--play ...

My April Fools joke took a month to set up and now expose...because blog April fools jokes don't have any 'knock-knock' timing. ...

In my quest for applaudable and standing ovationable blogs, I found a blog-specific search engine: ICEROCKET . I've also added their bu...

Thanks Self-Portrait Day ...where my site is listed on my birthday, no less!