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Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Random Thoughts: Ballsy Move by Linda Koop

Tweets from November, 2020:

2020-11-01: Ballsy move by Linda Koop.
2020-11-01: Linda Koop throws Trump under the bus (but with plausible deniability).
2020-11-01: Tonight's the night to set our clocks back. I just realized that because of coronavirus we don't use our cars enough for it to matter. Wait six months and hope it'll be under control
2020-11-01: "Boris Johnson accused of 'giving in to scientific advisers' as England heads for lockdown." Sounds like something a medieval cardinal might warn the Pope against concerning Galileo. "Giving in to science." Let that sink in.

Between the World and Me (2020)

Between the World and Me (2020): Documentary. Readings from Ta-Nehisi Coates' 2015 letter to his son, passing on his wisdom of what it means to be Black in America. Faithful to the book, even more relevant in this year of Black Lives Matter. See the movie, then read the book. B+

See what I thought of the book: "Between the World and Me".

Friday, November 27, 2020

Hillbilly Elegy (2020)

Rotten Tomatoes

Hillbilly Elegy (2020): Forget the book. The movie is not a look at white, working-class alienation in hollowed-out steel and coal country. It's a soap opera about three generations of a dysfunctional family. Mostly depressing. Critics hated it; I kind of liked it. B-

Read what I thought of the book here: Review: Hillbilly Elegy.

Thursday, November 26, 2020

POTD: Little Egret

From 2019 11 19 Aswan

Happy Thanksgiving! What kind of bird is on your table? Surely not one of these beautiful birds. Today's photo-of-the-day is from the Nile River near Aswan, Egypt. The Nile riverbanks are home to countless birds. Today's photo is of a Little Egret.

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Succession - Season 2 (TV 2019)