am I the only one that is missing ‘Hope’ between Faith, and Love in the headline?
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Earth, Abides by George R. Stewart from 1949. In a lot of ways it is the link between plague narratives of the past and those of the modern era. Stewart was a professor of English at UC Berkeley and also wrote a solid book on the Donner party Ordeal by Hunger. Read more
“I’ve only read the first Spenser and did not care for it, way too much Chandler worship.” Read more
I watched it all over the weekend and it was fine..
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now I want an againg buddy carpenter film staring Ford and Ironside.
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last time I checked there were several other countries with film/TV industries that have been very happy to have D list Hollywood types in their productions. Read more
“Tell us our futures, Dean Koontz.” Read more
more Trump wanting to be Woodrow Wilson and failing...
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If the new Ghostbusters don’t have this in the film somehow they are leaving money on the table..
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my tactic was to answer and ask the name of the company they are calling from.. at which point they would hang up. I am not sure what the words I would need to say to get them to stay on the line are.
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Homicide: Life on the Streets (aka a Year on the Killing Street) - (TV/Book) Read more
Parking lots could be for out door cooking of BBQ? I wonder if this is all part of the food tuck eco system.
also time to revisit Warren Zevon’s Down in the Mall.
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they have been promoting it all over Hulu (and maybe youtube) for the last several weeks
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you get a star for invoking the great H:LOTS ..
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yes is the case with many cultures, however - World History/ Great Books/ Drama/ Art History/ Geography/ Lit/ Western Civ (at least when I was in school) was taught/focused on ; Mesopotamia - Egypt - Greece - Rome - Spain - France/England - USA ... with options for Asia, Africa, South America and the Indian… Read more
TL;DR most people don’t know anything about the Nordic people, their history, arts, lifestyle and culture.
Unless things have changed since I was in school in the 80s and 90s Nordic history, mythology and culture is totally MIA. Sure there might be a few places with large population of people of Nordic descent where… Read more
I was more pointing to the Marvel films and the shows like Vikings as opposed to those produces in the Nordic countries.
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there are people who worship Odin out there, many are in black metal bands ;)
and if ‘dead’ religions are open for use then I would assume that the religion of the Inca and the Aztec are fair game...?
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pretty sure the Greeks were colonizing well before the Norse...
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