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Let’s ALL watch a movie

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A man dressed in full subway construction worker gear sits down two seats away from me, with a woman seated in between us, and pulls out a Galaxy Note or some such phone of ridiculous size. He starts up a video player but doesn’t plug-in any headphones. We’re in a subway stop with a train loudly… Continue reading Let’s ALL watch a movie

Commitment

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I spend a lot of time trying to be funny for strangers. It’s an addiction. However, I still have more fun in small groups of people, the way most people enjoy themselves. Though a truth about comedy is that just because someone makes their friends laugh, doesn’t mean they’re funny to the outside world. People… Continue reading Commitment

Super Soaker?

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I am not a child nor do I have children, so my sense of what makes a commercial for kids’ toys these days is skewed. My only reference for this is old Crossfire ads which are undoubtedly an inseparable part of any person’s brain who is around my age. The other day, this changed, as… Continue reading Super Soaker?

America says, “shove it England,” again

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The phrase, “the book was better,” is one of the most annoying things a person can say about a movie. An apple is not an orange and a movie is not a book. Most of the time I wonder if a person actually likes the book better or if a) they feel obligated to say… Continue reading America says, “shove it England,” again

Seeing Movies Fashionably Late: Forrest Gump

I am a huge fan of movies. I see lots of movies because I enjoy seeing them. I get movies in the mail, I DVR them, I go to the theater occasionally, et cetera. As many movies as I’ve seen though, there are literally thousands of movies out there and I haven’t seen most of… Continue reading Seeing Movies Fashionably Late: Forrest Gump