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I learned, rather abruptly, about an hour ago that Stephen Hawking, one my heroes has died. I thought of a film loosely based on his life story and about the review I wrote of it several years ago. Fitting

Years ago, I had a weekly feature on my blog where I showcased some great sites I had discovered. Haven't done it in a while, and I've discovered a few really cool sites I've saved to share sometime. Enjoy...

Breakfast at Tiffany's always reminds me of that Seinfeld episode. George tells Jerry that it's the book they are reading for book club and Jerry replies with "Truman Capote?" George: Yeah Jerry:

We had so much fun the weekend Fire and Fury was released, we decided we were going to read a different book together every weekend. Well, maybe not together, but concurrently. Since the whole family was

Having seen almost all of the films nominated for Oscars, we went looking for something else last weekend. As I read through the names of films, Terri responded to one of them with excitement - Red Sparrow.

Only had time for one movie this weekend and we had to make it fit within a tight window, so we saw a movie we weren't relaly stoked about - Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. We both love The Rock, have

Writing (Original Screenplay) All solid nominees this year, but my favorite is Get Out. Like most horror movies, things fall apart a bit at the end, but it’s a really original and thought provoking story.

Every time I see a film, I try to remember a few of my favorite quotes. I always include them in my posts about the films, but I thought today I would post two of my favorites from each of the best picture

Every year for the Oscars we put together a menu inspired by the films nominated. I’ve posted the menu here twice before (here and here). This year’s menu is not quite as elaborate as some. Here it is.

The tea is going out. The interruption is staying right here with me. The best art makes one ponder - or contemplate. This film did that for me. I wasn't looking forward to it. The trailer made it look

When I saw this contest today, it didn't take me long at all to decide which movie to choose. Thelma and Louise I loved this movie so much. As I've written about many times before, I go into most movies

I f–king died today! I went on an Audible binge about a week ago to start finishing books I’d already started. Naturally, I started with the shortest ones. :) The second one I finished, on Monday, I think,

As a follow-up to my last video, I thought I'd do a quick demo of how to parse JSON using Python's json module. I kinda go down the wrong path in the video, but it demonstrates a couple of useful things.

A friend of mine asked me to look into how he might use the API at whattomine.com on his website, which led to the creation of this short demo. I mention a couple of things in the video on which I'd like

We went to see the Oscar Nominated Short Filmes over the weekend. We started on Friday night with the animated films. They were all really good this year. Negative Space It was nice and short, quirky and

Sometimes a movie has one quote that wins best quote of the movie without any real competition. This is one of those movies. I’ll share only part of it so we can share in the inside joke if you’ve seen

Vanilla enjoying a Starbucks "pup cup"

There is a very nice park about a mile from the house with miles and miles of trails. We like to take Vanilla there a few times a week if it's dry. I found these pictures from a walk from more than a year

Don’t say what, Dixon. We could not wait to see this film. I was disappointed. The only redeeming part of the film, if you ask me, were two excellent performances by McDormand and Rockwell. She was excellent.