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Old Movie Review: Shrek (2001)

Posted on April 15, 2021April 16, 2021 By Phillip No Comments on Old Movie Review: Shrek (2001)

Side note: this particular review structure is borrowed from The Cereal Show, a podcast made by some friends of mine you should definitely check out.

“Misery doesn’t love company because things aren’t always what they seem. Deus ex dragon.”

(my tagline)

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Jehovah’s Witnesses Move Annual Convention Online

Posted on July 18, 2020October 9, 2020 By Phillip
Jehovah’s Witnesses Move Annual Convention Online

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jehovah’s Witnesses globally have moved their large annual conventions online. Across the globe, in hundreds of languages simultaneously, Jehovah’s Witnesses will be attending the program virtually.

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Editorials

Oh Walmart

Posted on July 17, 2020July 17, 2020 By Phillip
Oh Walmart

Sometimes you do things that are really dumb and then you redeem yourself with something incredibly smart.

Last month Walmart announced it was going to remove all cashiers from its Fayetteville store #359 as a test. Now this month they are going to require all patrons to wear facemasks before entering the store.

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A Quiet Place

Posted on July 11, 2020April 12, 2021 By Phillip
A Quiet Place

Picture the man. He is in his comfy chair in the living room, it’s Friday after work. There’s a pestilence on outside. Chores need catching up on. That child of yours though is aimlessly footling about the house. You know, being a kid. However, the time has come for their next chore. The man in his comfy chair raises his voice enough to be heard in the next room, “Billy! Take the trash out.”

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A Printer Reborn…later

Posted on July 9, 2020April 12, 2021 By Phillip
A Printer Reborn…later

About a decade or so ago consumer color laser printers were a mystical device existing only in your imagination. Now there is common as the lowly inkjet. I’ve had an old workhorse in service since 2011 myself. It was a fancy one at the time, but compared to today is rather mundane. It is time for me to decide though. More toner or a new printer. Right now the printer has decided for me.

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Muses and Failure

Posted on July 4, 2020April 12, 2021 By Phillip

Today we seem to make an intrinsic connection between a person and their creative output. For example, an author is hailed as a creative genius when they complete an epic or trilogy. The creativity was internal to that person, it was they themselves that created the thing. Which is the case. They put pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard and hammered out the words.

The question I put to you is where did the idea come from. Where do all good ideas come from? In a movie I find dear to me, one of the characters who is an author suffering from writer’s block suddenly has a breakthrough. Another character asks how she came to this final detail of her masterpiece, and she said “it came to me.” Another character questioned how, and she replied something to the effect of “like all good ideas, it came to me suddenly and without method.” That may or may not be the exact wording, but the point is clear nonetheless.

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Caffeine: The Double-Espresso Standard

Posted on July 3, 2020April 16, 2021 By Phillip

Brass tacks: let’s all face it, caffeine is a drug. It is legal, but it functions in your body in the same way as a drug. The half-life averages five hours. But the hit only lasts around two. Afterward, the body has processed almost half of it and the effect is tapering off and quickly leaves the “useful” level zone in your metabolism. So the boost from your 8 am zip juice doesn’t last until lunch. So even though the caffeine is still in your system for the next 3 hours you need another hit.

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Stop It!

Posted on July 2, 2020April 12, 2021 By Phillip
Stop It!

In writing we are told that the active voice is preferred. In education we are given both the syllabus and the rubric for our work. In employment we have our job description. In spirituality we have our doctrines. All of these things have something in common. They all tell us what is expected of us. Being a parent means doing the same thing. Yet when that isn’t happening or some negative behavior crops up a father will tell his children to “stop it”.

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Tickets to The Gun Show

Posted on July 1, 2020July 31, 2020 By Phillip
Tickets to The Gun Show

A man carefully opens the glass cabinet and pulls down a display case. This one has a long and storied history. It is one of the most prized in his collection. So valuable, because it was the first of it’s kind only 1100 were made. Of those only 100 for civilian use. Originally designed in 1846. When he looks upon it he sees the amazing ingenuity of a Texas Ranger combined with an American Inventor. It is his very own Colt Walker … replica. (He isn’t a millionaire after all) Right next it sits a box of 44 caliber lead shot and powder.

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Acceptance and Approval

Posted on June 30, 2020June 27, 2020 By Phillip

Let us suppose that someone you know has made life choices you do not agree with. They’ve chosen to go barefoot all year long. You disagree with this choice. You think it is wrong, dangerous, and goes against all you’ve been taught to think about caring for your feet. What are you to do? What can you do? It isn’t proper to tell someone else how to live their life. Neither is it proper to condemn a person because they made choices different than yours.

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Do the Laundry
me
If you deal your cards from love then your hand will be full of kindness.
me
If fast food places charge extra to add more stuff to an item, why don’t they give you a discount when you take regular things off?
bidirectional tomatoes
Summer camp for kids is basically outsourced parenting. I think that parents should be the ones to train their children. Not camp counselors. Not grandparents. Parents should parent. If you have children, but chose to let others parent them what exactly does that make you?
Failed Parents ?
English needs diacritics.
ĭng′glĭsh

Negativity is poison; alcohol is poison. Too much of either will kill you.

deadly
It is easy to write a book, but it is hard to write a story.
someone smarter than me
Seems to me the animated movie Robots (2005) is a kid-friendly Soylent Green. A corporation run by an evil bot creates an indigent class of “outmodes” which are swept away and melt them down for others to consume i.e. “upgrade”
upgrades are robots
Patience is taught by being patient.
me
Jesse from #ToyStory has PTSD from being abandoned. Stinky Pete is a sociopath because he’s been in solitary confinement.
I won't go back in the box

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