Earlier this year I watched Trauma Zone which takes BBC stock footage and interviews to document the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the reemergence of (essentially) Imperial Russia, from…
Another song to reconsider: how does the Jimi Hendrix cover of Hey Joe get any airplay when social movements like Me Too are raising awareness of violence against women? [I'll…
Does any arm-chair marriage counselor actually believe the couple in Escape (The Piña Colada Song) will salvage their relationship simply by switching drink preference and what time they have sex?
In the movie Big, is Susan (played by Elizabeth Perkins) technically raping a child when she (assumedly) makes love with the adult-looking-but-really-thirteen-years-old Josh (played by Tom Hanks)? Officer, really, he…
The best - and most unexpected - outcome of major league baseball's new pitch clock is the reduced time the organist has between pitches and at-bats. I've opined for years…
...though truthfully this is less meandering than an every-week frustration when doing work timesheets... My company uses WorkDay for time-tracking. I'll save my rants on time-tracking for another time. WorkDay…
I recently heard this announcement at the airport: Ms. Whomever, please return to security to pick up your left-behind item. Might it have been a right-behind item?
If The Truman Show was remade in 2023, Christof would need a North Korean-styled version or deny modern technology altogether. A TrumanOS to ensure real-world references are removed? The Great…
Yes, I understand, it's the Beatles...but how does Run For Your Life get any airplay when social movements like Me Too are raising awareness of violence against women? … Well, I'd…
Does the spate of recent anti-LGTBQ laws enacted in Florida prohibit Academy Award winners such as Cabaret, The Crying Game, Philadelphia, Brokeback Mountain, Milk and other LGBT movies from public…