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The most romantic story ever told

A pile of paperback books. Most of them are works of Shakespeare, but the top one is The Love Hobo by Scant Waterflow. On the cover a couple is kissing while a man sits eyeing a bottle in the background.

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September 29, 2026

Come on over- we’re burning eggs!

A shelf of books. One book is in front of the others. It's titled Terrible Breakfast Recipes: What to make when you want everyone to say "No thanks, I'll grab something on the way to work." There is a picture of some greenish French Toast in a paper tray. The Author is Debbie Moltingbird, Author of They'll Think They Were Poisoned."

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September 26, 2026

Recent book finds

A paperback book titled I Missed the Space Bus to My Space Office.

A paperback book titled I Think It's the Robot from Spaceballs.

They don’t make books like this any more.

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September 26, 2026

Movie Pass Adventures: The Room Next Door

A horizontal slice of Tilda Swinton's face, showing her right eye and the right side of her mouth, from The Room Next Door

My first movie of 2025!

…and it’s not great. This is Pedro Almodóvar’s first English language movie; maybe the rhythms of English don’t flow as naturally for him, and it’s effecting his directing and editing. Lots of stiff exposition, including a couple of scenes with dialogue so hamfisted that people laughed. Still, it’s mostly Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton, and they’re often watchable.

Oooh! A new thing I’m doing!

I track the movies I watch on Letterboxd. When I log a movie, I can accept the default poster, choose one of the available alternates… or UPLOAD MY OWN. My goal this year: create technically accurate but misleading posters for every movie I see. This is the first one I’m posting: