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Day, Paris, Hurricane, Wrinkle, Annihilation, Sick, Writing

I’m behind. Five movies, ten days in bed, a birthday, and writing progress.

“Every Day” is a movie based around the sort of “What if?” premise that is only discussed by adolescents and drunken college students. It makes no effort at all to explain “How?” or “Why?”, and digs right into the matters of romance and ultimately ethics. Oddly enough, it all works pretty well, aided by an excellent cast. We enjoyed it. Continue reading

Winchester, Maze, Panther, Bash

Movies and a convention:

“Winchester” is a straight up horror movie that is “based on real events”. That is, the rifles are real, the company is real, Sarah Wincester is real, the house is real, and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake is real. The actual plot of the movie is pure fiction. Still, it works pretty well, and Helen Mirren is always worth watching. Continue reading

BashCon 2018

BashCon 2018 came and went this past weekend. It was pretty low on the BashCon organizational cycle (which exists because no one on staff ever has more than three years of experience). The facility is still wonderful in any case, and I usually spend my time hanging out with people I already knew, anyway. I managed to get in two RPG games (one of which ran two sessions) and two board games, which may be some kind of record for me. Continue reading

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