Nice to see the cleaned up print. As I recall, the only notable change I saw was adding the spider walk, which brought it a little closer to the book - I can’t consider that to be a bad thing.  It was fun to see the audience shaken up by something they didn’t know was coming.

If that’s true, I’ll take one black mark off his record. That scene was wretched.  But the film earns others.

I have a VERY feminist friend who watched the Exorcist, and her only comment was “Absolutely everyone smoked. The woman, the priests, the cops, everyone. EVERYWHERE. That’s disgusting.” Be careful of attributing today’s perspectives to ancient examples. The ‘anti-feminism’ on display here was a symptom of the times,…

I saw it first in many years ago while I was in college (HBO, not broadcast TV). I lived alone at the time and it creeped me out very well (not as well as Alien or The Haunting of Hill House, though). Fortunately, I got to see it again about twelve years later with a group of college students who had grown up with…

I saw it first in many years ago while I was in college (HBO, not broadcast TV). I lived alone at the time and it creeped me out very well (not as well as Alien or The Haunting of Hill House, though). Fortunately, I got to see it again about twelve years later with a group of college students who had grown up with…

The third movie is a good story with a bad script. I’m not a fan of Blatty’s direction either, though the jump scare is literally the only time I’ve ever found myself on my feet in the theater (facing the exit) without realizing I had jumped up.

Pelosi says he needs prayer. And a time-out.

“It’s not just him” is not the same thing as “It’s me.”

“Right between your earlobes, darling. That’s where culture grows.”

Yep. Very first thought:

Replace? ABSOLUTELY NOT. Assist? That has some promise. Accident cams? That sounds pretty useful too, assuming you’re not the problem.

If you keep candy until the next year, it’s not the candy that’s cheap.

It’s not just alt tags. Disability access used to be completely defeated by Flash. There are many MANY ways that a web page’s javascript reliance can bring screen readers to a halt. Fortunately there are answers to most problems, and putting those answers into your own code just requires research and work. But…

Walking on an escalator is probably a modestly greater risk to your health than climbing up or down stairs, just because you are walking on a moving surface. But, I think the greater issue is that the forces created by people walking on the escalator (particularly going down) introduces some significant new forces…

I’m inclined to believe the police didn’t kill him (five years until parole doesn’t seem to justify a risk like that), but I suspect they’re quite capable of connecting his name to a drug crime on tenuous grounds in order to assist one of their own get out of prison time. But I’d be really surprised if his death…

But connecting a star witness to a drug crime sure does help the appeals process along. Especially if said witness is can no longer testify.

The problem is that voters are not universally motivated the same things. Obstruction IS a political landmine - to those who actually believe that governing is necessary. Trump’s followers don’t believe that. They think their corner of the world will coast along just fine with almost no government oversight at all.…

I’ll bet his word of the day calendar is mostly three-letter words and accompanying stick-figure drawings.

I find A&W (store-bought) horribly sickly sweet. That wasn’t an issue when I got it at the restaurant back when I was young, but that was many years go.

I am so looking forward to NYC refusing to host Trump’s Presidential* Library. The question is, will NJ refuse it? How long will that list grow? May be we’ll get to visit the Trump Library in Bucktooth Flat, Mississippi.