Archive of entries posted on 6th June 2017

Tuesday Night Open Thread

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One of the problems with trying to watch all of the original uncut movies that received the MST3K treatment is that some of them are only available in their original language.

Many of the films were dubbed in English, and some even greatly edited with plot changes. Having to watch a Russian or Japanese film and read the subtitles is a challenge at times.

But tonight, you have a challenge. You have to lead the discussion. It’s Tuesday Night Open Thread. You pick the topics for discussion. Or just tell a joke. Or share words of wisdom. Or stupidity. We don’t care.

Who wants to start?

I Guess It’s a Switch from “Unexpectedly”

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[High Praise! to Stilton’s Place]

In what’s become a very noticeable trend in the mainstream media, “news” reports now consist largely of predictions about what might happen according to ethereal spirit voices who can not be named…

Seriously, the news headlines we’ve been reading lately say “Trump is expected to withdraw from Paris Accord” and “Investigations into Russian collusion are expected to heat up,” and “Comey is expected to testify that Trump pointed a gun at him and demanded (in perfect Russian) that he halt the Flynn investigation and hand over his wallet.” And all this while largely ignoring actual news which they didn’t expect, like yet another month of skyrocketing job growth for everyone except red-headed comediennes.

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Hi. It’s Frank.

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Hey, you all remember me, right? I know I treat this blog like redheaded stepchild lately and barely ever come around. It’s not because I don’t like you — I have gotten so much out of writing for this blog and I’d be nowhere without you readers — it’s just a how life has changed sort of thing. When I started this blog, I was 23. Now I’m… much older and have a family with three kids to take care of. My time is very limited. And that plus how I’ve just gotten sick of politics, I’ve basically focused any free time I have for writing novels which is the writing I enjoy the most.

I have a new novel coming out later this year, have a completed first draft of another novel (which I’ll be needing some test readers for soon), and am deep into writing a sequel to Superego (which I’m having a lot of fun with). Still, I’ll see if I can find some time to write a blog post or two if I can finally think of some things I’d like to write about. Keep ’em short and easy. Plus, I felt like I just needed to say “hey” and that I haven’t forgotten about you all. I miss the heydays of blogging.