How to write a first act the Pixar way
On the Toy Story 3 extras disc, there's a segment called “Beginnings: Setting a Story in Motion,” in which the...
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Techno-renewal and other life updates
Last week was fairly difficult for a variety of reasons, but it ended pretty well. After difficult-family-anniversary stress on Tuesday,...
Harold and Maude
(I wrote this entry in July, but was reluctant to post it at the time. Now that I'm ready to...
The Song and the guy named Jed
I have no idea whether the new movie The Song is worth seeing, but I was mildly intrigued by the...
Excellent feminist movie: Made in Dagenham
I just rewatched the 2010 movie Made in Dagenham. It's even better than I remembered it: feminist, laugh-out-loud funny, occasionally...
Women in _Whiteout_
Finally watched the movie of Whiteout last night. It's a thriller set in Antarctica, in which US Marshal Carrie Stetko...
Interim entry
I posted here a whole bunch toward the beginning of WorldCon, mostly about the Hugos, and then switched to Facebook...
Lucy and the Guardians at the box office
When I saw the trailer for Lucy a few months back, the movie looked pretty bad to me, but I...
Assorted notes, loosely connected to Sara
A few notes more or less pertaining to Sara: On Thursday, driving home from the memorial service for Sara, I...
Some links about Narnia
I just read a lovely, excellent piece by Molly McArdle on the joys, and failures, of Narnia. “I write as...
Captain America: Winter Soldier
Saw the new Captain America movie with Kam a few days ago. Short version of my reaction: I loved it....
Birthday week
I was going to try to do my usual birthday-week thing this week, spreading out fun stuff over the course...