All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain... Time to die. Rutger Hauer as Batty in Bladerunner The monologue including that line was ad-libbed by Rutger Hauer in the film adaptation of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. A lot of the novel's…
I should be doing promotion, but last month's post about gun violence and pregnancy could have easily been written this month, only with different links to different real life horror stories. Book banning efforts have also taken a darker turn, and I've obviously got a lot to say about that.…
Any regard for the wellbeing of hypothetical children begins and ends with denying bodily autonomy. Consistently.
“A movie star is not an artist, he is an art object.” film scholar Richard Schickel Recently people like Quintin Tarantino have bemoaned the death of the "movie star" just as others, some of them actors, agree with the overall sentiment but approach it less mournfully. Many attribute it to…
Man, what a weird week. As I said on social media, I'm torn between the editing I need to do, and the writing I want to do about recent events and last year's Last Night in SoHo, which I finally got around to watching late last night. It's a thought-provoking…
I'm going to do something today I haven't really done in my blog despite it being a passion of mine, and examine an episode of television. In this case it's the disturbing "24/7" episode of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman. Spoilers and dark subject matter ahead. John is a sorcerer of…
Before we get down and dirty (no, not like that) do you know what's weirdly controversial? Pizza toppings. Debates about ethical food sourcing and nutrition besides, why does anyone care what anyone else orders on their own damn pizza? Unless you're sharing a pie, it does not matter. Honestly, it's…
Years ago, I stocked a retail display of mysterious merchandise in celestial packaging. Someone had written a book about a wizard, and a movie was coming out. I found out it was a woman writing under her initials, presumably to conceal her identity since many readers shun women authors, and…
I've mentioned my novel won't be out until next spring. I also have a new story set to appear in an anthology that has been pushed back to next year (a common occurance 2020/2021 for traditional and independent publishers alike) - which meant 2021 was destined to pass without a…
I think we carry home on our backs. My Diary From the Edge of the World, Jodi Lynn Anderson While I'm not sure how I feel about its resolution, Jodi Lynn Anderson's My Diary From the Edge of the World gave me a lot to chew on. The May Bird…