2014 recommendations

Recommendations for August 22, 2014

Alright, so: those of you watching closely (are there any such people?) will have noticed that I haven’t posted in…quite a while. As in months. There are several reasons for that, but the short version is that work got very busy, and I not only didn’t have time to post but didn’t really have time …

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2014 recommendations

Recommendations for January 12, 2014

My favorite film of 2013 was, by a fair margin, Spike Jonze’s Her. The critical reception has been pretty uniformly positive, as far as I have seen, so I won’t simply pile on. The main thing I have been saying to people to whom I’ve recommended the movie is that there is much more to …

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2013 recommendations

Recommendations for November 2, 2013

I’m starting this week off with something upsetting, so I’ll follow it up with a couple of related recommendations that are much more fun, and a new song to round things off.   Article: ” Ring of Fire: Why Our Army’s Toxic Burn Pits Are Making Soldiers Sick” by Katie Drummond This story will probably …

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