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Drinking-In-Euroland

See, they don't know what a "Martini" is, all they know is the Martini brand vermouth which comes dry (white) or sweet (red). Now I don't mind at all that they prefer their local Martini brand over the cocktail - but the thing is they don't even know that such

First-Man

This great (fictional) story of Neil Armstrong's journey to the moon only suffers from the same failures of expectation as the great Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk. Dunkirk is a cinematic masterpiece of mood, photography, and editing, never intended to be a history lesson -- and immediately criticized for not explaining history,

Solo

Feels great to talk about a Star Wars movie without having to deal with family legacy, the qualities of The Force, or the great arc of the universe. Solo -- or in full, Solo: A Star Wars Story -- is just a fun film that does decent enough justice to

Two-Film-Catchup

Queen Of The DesertRan across Queen of the Desert the other night. Looked somewhat interesting - then I read that it's directed and written by Werner Herzog. OK, ready for crazy, but its nowhere to be found. For those who've seen the Herzog filmography - Aguirre, Kaspar Hauser, Stroszek, Woyzeck,

The-Last-Jedi

Wow. Never heard so much criticism of a Star Wars movie so quickly. It took months for the hate against Episode 1 to surface, and 2 and 3 were (relatively) warmly received as being better. Nevertheless, I also remember the harsh takes against "Return Of The Jedi" for its creaky

Cpt.-Jesse-Campbell

... and the 17th Aero Squadron in The Great WarI've finally completed scanning and transcribing my grandfathers diary and a few letters. They're all available at https://netrc.github.io/jdiary/#Introduction Not quite definitive, I'm still tracking down some names and other info, but I think that the map I've

Eclipse

Besides the genealogical tour of Savannah, we also drove up to Charleston to see the eclipse. A couple days of beautiful -- but very hot! -- weather, then the clouds started to roll in Monday morning. We were invited to a friend-of-friend's house on a river a ways north-east of

Ad-Blocking-Rationale

Seeing a bunch more discussion about the use of ad-blockers for news/content web sites. Here’s a good link with interesting data about why people use ad-blockers You’ll see that the main criticisms from people is that a lot of ads now are “annoying”. News sites (as I'll

Way-Too-Much-Nest-Battery-Info

Some extended notes and description of Nest battery and HVAC issues… My storyVery quickly - Nest thermostat installed two years ago. Last night, no A/C on at all, Nest appears dead, little green blinking light. Call Nest, check voltages, suspect odd bevior from blower electricals, recharge the Nest via

Grim-Visag'd-War

Chirstopher's Nolan's Dunkirk is a masterpiece, best of the year. Two main points: Dun-ceptionTurn's out that Nolan's Inception wasn't just a movie, but re-introduced a new way to frame story-telling, not with flash-backs, but with multi-track, multi-timescale story lines. That's sounds bizarre but it enables three different stories, with three