Taxi Girls - Static
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On New Year's Eve of 2024, I wrote, "If we finally get a Taxi Girls
full-length next year, it may very well be my album of the year for 2025!"
Well, I w...
720 Ollie
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[image: This discovery was key to his demonstration of regular/goofy
symmetry violation, which won him gold in the theory portion of the X
Games.]
Getting Reacquainted with The New Avengers
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Last year I mentioned a company in Australia called Imprint that has been
putting out some impressive Blu-rays of classic television shows. One of
their m...
Song Sung Blue
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*Let's take a short trump break, well, at least to start*...we watched the
flick *'Song Sung Blue' *on Netflix...man, I can't recall the last time we
we...
Tom Waits - Ebbets Field, Denver, CO, 2-19-1975
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Here's yet another Ebbets Field radio broadcast. This one stars Tom Waits.
I believe that, out of all of the sixty plus Ebbets Field recordings that
I've...
The jump-break feed is best for engagement
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[image: Children jumping]
You've got five *feed options* in Settings:
[image: A dialog box titled "Allow blog feed." "Use Jump Break" is
selected.]
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Become
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Become
Car skidding slightly in the snow rain
Wet shimmer of pavement reflecting full moon light
The shapeshifter gathers itself just behind the fir...
THE KID’S STILL IN THE PICTURE
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When I yanked myself out of Hollywood … both the place and the career … I
was 58 years old. I migrated quickly to Florida … Miami Beach, to be
specific …...
Back? Where?
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It seems to be fairly easy for me to say that I'm "back", but where? I'm
back... home? Where is home? Because it feels wrong to say that home is the
yell...
RATS - NIGHT OF TERROR (1984)
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DIRECTED by Bruno Mattei
SCREENPLAY by Claudio Fragasso & Bruno Mattei from a story by Bruno Mattei
STARRING - Ottaviano Dell'Acqua as Kurt
Geretta G...
Behold: Doraemon
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I have a very special little Doraemon that I bought from a BOOKOFF Super
Bazaar in Matsudo, just outside of Tokyo, for ¥400 (about £1.86), and today
I wo...
BENJAMONSTER NEWSLETTER: May 18, 2026
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Welcome to my Monday newsletter! This week, I am looking at my Top 12 Most
Anticipated Summer Shows plus the most recent episodes of *Hacks *and* Margo's
G...
The Mad King Meets the Stage – Tickets on Sale Now
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Wars aren’t won by those with most cause, but whose story’s best told. Join
us at the Tournament of Harrenhal! We are thrilled to announce (albeit
later th...
Black Box - Fantasy
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"*Fantasy*" is a song by American band Earth, Wind & Fire, which was issued
as a single in 1978 by Columbia Records. In 1990, Italian group *Black Box*
r...
A Hummingbird in Winter
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I was minding my own business when several people tagged me at once on a
post in a local portmanteau Facebook group, MOV What's Happening. It's kind
of a l...
New St Marcus Pet Cemetery
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I don't know about other moms, but I love a cemetery when I need to kill
time in the car and I am looking for shade. Idling our cars on a black
asphalt ...
The Undead: Cursed, Restless, and Enchanted
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The term "Undead" refers to those who have died, but by some means continue
their presence (either their body, spirit, or both) in the world. The
Undead ...
My Top 25 of the Last 25 - Movie Trailers
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I've thoroughly enjoyed all the "Best of" lists celebrating the
superlatives of the first quarter of the twenty-first century. And I'm
going to be fashio...
A Gaten Matarazzo sort of evening
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We finally started the final season of *Stranger Things* last night. I
know, a long time coming.
Once we didn't prioritize it as soon as it came out, th...
Tiny Tim
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*"I'd love to see Christ come back to crush the spirit of hate and make men
put down their guns. I'd also like just one more hit single."*
*Tiny Tim* ...
my 2007 dolls
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my mom has this cute picture of her and one of our dogs framed, but it's
taken some damage over the years, i've been trying to find the original so
i can...
The Dying Light (2026) - Ann Cleeves
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The Dying Light is the fourth novel in the Two Rivers series featuring
Detective Inspector Matthew Venn which began in 2019 with The Long Call.
Series aut...
Psychobabble's Psychedelic 500: #300 - 276
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Welcome back to *Psychobabble's Psychedelic 500*, in which I count my
personal fave psych songs from 500 all the way down to #1! Today, let's see
what's ...
A Soft Golden Meadow -- Poem
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*Author's Note*
This one is my most recent poem, written moments before posting it. This
poem is deeply personal, and touches on a part of me that I di...
Giant Gobstoppers
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by Sara Johnson, 1st Sunday
Unusual rock formations dot the globe, often in hard to reach places, and
showcase nature’s wonders. Be it volcanic erupt...
Renaissance of the Real
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Painter and author CYNTHIA VON BUHLER writes about art, surrealism,
animals, and the future of human creativity in the age of AI.