• On Literature, Books

Reading Ulysses’ “Oxen of the Sun” (to oneself, aloud, and just in general)

3 years ago

On the experience, specifically pain, of reading as instanced with reference to the modernist masterpiece "Ulysses" by Irish writer James…

  • Idle Reflections

Upcoming: An Excellent SEO Presentation, Colorado ASMP, Saturday, May 14th

3 years ago

Announcement for the ASMP Colorado event at which I will be giving a presentation entitled "Top 7 SEO Tips for…

  • Monthly Reading, Viewing Report

Narcoleptically Read & Watched: April 2022

3 years ago

How do you read and watch narcoleptically? Binging series and reading sparingly, here and there.

  • Monthly Reading, Viewing Report

March 2022: Read & Viewed, with feeling

3 years ago

All of what was read and watched during the month of March 2022, especially James Joyce's "Ulysses" and the 1986…

  • On Film, Movies, Cinema

“Night Hunter” (2018) is no “Night of the Hunter” (1955)

3 years ago

"Night Hunter" (2018), a weak serial killer thriller, is no "Night of the Hunter" (1955), a film next to "Citizen…

  • Monthly Reading, Viewing Report

Blithely Read Ulysses, Watched et al.: Feb 2022

3 years ago

In February 2022 I started reading "Ulysses" by James Joyce, "Odyssey", watched "The Killing" (1956) and other things like the…

  • On Literature, Books

Fragrant Excerpt from Joyce’s “Ulysses”: 5, Lotus Eaters

3 years ago

One of several forthcoming asides on the book "Ulysses" by James Joyce. Lead us not into temptation.

  • On Film, Movies, Cinema

Stanley Kubrick’s “The Killing” (1956): Misanthropy Run Amok

3 years ago

"The Killing" makes murder a spectacle, something beautiful, peopled with a group of ne'er-do-wells whose destruction we will undoubtedly enjoy.

  • Monthly Reading, Viewing Report

Lasciviously Read & Watched: January 2022

3 years ago

Each of books and films lasciviously read and watched (respectively) during the first month of the 2022nd year of our…

  • On Literature, Books

“The Silence” by Don DeLillo: Electromagnetic Pulses and Voiceless Narration

3 years ago

Don DeLillo's "The Silence," is a strange novel featuring an electromagnetic pulse and empty narration