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bohemian robots in spaaace!

Nine Planets Without Intelligent Life is “a philosophical road comic about two unemployed robots on an improvised interplanetary voyage of self discovery.” Understatedly fantastic.

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did you bring enough to share?

In the old Bill Cosby Show, Chet Kincaid was a PE teacher who, in one memorable episode, substituted for an algebra teacher. (Come to think of it, that episode was probably my first exposure to algebra!) Does anyone remember the … Continue reading

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links ’n’ stuff

It’s odd to learn that Don Knotts and Dennis Weaver, who died recently, were born in the same year. Knotts always seemed older than he was, and Weaver seemed younger. I may have mentioned that I read a lot of … Continue reading

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the Danish matter

You may have noticed that I have not demonstrated solidarity with the Danish press by helping to publicize the “Mohammed” cartoons. That could be because I fear for my safety, or because I hate Western freedoms, or because the cartoons … Continue reading

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the wonderful thing about standards

is that there are so many to choose from! Elsewhere in the wonderful world of webtoons, how to stand out from the crowd.

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cinema 1965

侍 Samurai aka Samurai Assassin (dir. 岡本 喜八). Talk, talk, talk, talk, bloodbath, End. How To Murder Your Wife (dir. Richard Quine). Phooey. For comedy we make some allowance for a contrived story and an immoral resolution, but this one … Continue reading

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my tastes are not always unshared

For Dad‘s birthday I sent him the first season of Northern Exposure and of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I am gratified to hear that both he and Mrs Dad are enjoying them; Ruth particularly raves about NX.

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