Whoa! It’s been almost a year since I put anything here! Studies are on hold because of Covid and other commitments. So is this journal, by the look of it, too. I think I’ll try to be more diligent. I still have a few more film reviews and essays that I could post. Here is…
Author: Rex the Strange
My history with hats
I love hats. I love the way they look and I love the way they feel. I’ve been told I look good in hats. I think everyone looks good in hats if it’s the right hat. A hat performs many functions. In wintertime it conserves heat – most of the heat in one’s body is…
Time in Film
Since we’re about halfway through the movie reviews, it’s time to share my mid-term paper for the film class. I think it’s one of my best.
Inside the Secret Service
This is an essay that I wrote for my course in criminal justice – it’s a report on a speech delivered by a guest speaker; a former secret service agent who was a friend of the instructor. I thought it might make a nice change from the movie reviews.
Blade Runner (1982)
While discussing films with a coworker I realized that I haven’t posted anything in a while so here is another film review.
Dear CNN,
I’m sure you have been inundated with emails and comments during the current news cycle, however, it would be remiss of me not to point out a detail that has been palpably overlooked in your commentary regarding George Floyd, Derek Chauvin and the other officers involved in the incident and the ensuing protests. While this…
The King of Comedy (1982)
It’s the middle of the night and I can’t sleep. What is one to do? Why, post a film review, of course. It’s been a while since I posted one so read all about what I consider to be an unsung masterpiece of cinema: Martin Scorsese’s The King of Comedy.
Buzz-terms we should avoid
A lot of buzz-terms have cropped up in our modern technological world. Not buzzwords; most are phrases, thus I refer to them as “buzz-terms”. I suppose that would make “buzz-term” itself a buzz-term or, rather, it will be if it catches on. Not all buzz-terms are bad. Some suit a very specific purpose, filling a…
Fun with socks
I took a hospital tube sock that I got during one of my recent surgeries… …and filled it with polyester fiber-fill; the same stuff that I use in my knitted creations: I then tied off the end to make a mouse wrist support: Naturally, the Cat With No Name wouldn’t leave it alone, so I…
World War V
That is, World War V; V for Virus, not World War V; V for Roman numeral “5”. It’s only the third world war but make no mistake, it is a world war. I justify this assertion, thusly: The world has not seen such widespread cooperative action against a single enemy since World War II (both…