Month: December 2017

MOVIE REVIEW: DOWNSIZING

DOWNSIZING is sort of a medium level of interesting. And I guess that’s just damning with faint praise. It might make you examine your life a bit but probably not take any action because of it. The idea is that they’ve found a way to shrink humans down to about 5 inches tall. That way, we’d consume and pollute less and thereby possibly save the planet. The incentive to undergo the procedure is that your big-world money goes a long way in small-world. If you liquidate your assets, you could buy a dollhouse-sized mansion and have enough cash leftover...

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TV REVIEW: THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL

I binge-watched THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL on Amazon. I love this show! I was thinking that the dialog and delivery style is Gilmore Girls-esque; so I looked it up. Same creators. The comedic timing of everyone in the cast is a thing of beauty [are things of beauty?]. Whatever. The show is good. Check it out if you have Amazon...

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Quotations

“All faith is false, all faith is true. Truth is a shattered mirror strewn in myriad bits, while each believes his little bit the whole to own.”
– Sir Richard Frances Burton


“It’s been my experience that most leaps of faith are preceded by a shove.”
-Goldie, “I’m Dying Up Here.”


“Those who would trade essential liberty for a little temporary security deserve neither and will lose both.”
-Benjamin Franklin


“Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.”
-Groucho Marx