I finally got to watch Frtiz Lang’s M last night. I found it quite a stunning film, amazing in so many respects, but mostly because it was so prescient. The German film came out in 1931, yet it has all …
Hollywood, in its inability to come up with anything original, is redoing Superman with Superman Returns. I enjoyed Batman Begins, but I wasn’t blown away. I have a feeling this new Superman movie is attempting the same feat: …
Yesterday, six of us went hiking in Breakneck Ridge, NY. My sister and her friend Betsy led the charge because they’re both veteran hikers and immediately upon reaching the mountain we scaled 1000 feet in 0.4 miles. It was quite …
I just finished Kelly Link’s Magic for Beginners yesterday. I read her collection, Stranger Things Happen a year or so ago and wasn’t so blown away as everyone else was. So when I purchased MFB at Readercon I approached it …
Yesterday, when I left my apartment in the morning a construction worker said to me, “Don’t even bother. Go back inside.” At that time the temperature was about 95 degrees. I told him I was going to the gym, and …