I like movies that begin with a train filled with Nazis going off the rails… In this case, it’s 1944’s “The Conspirators”, starring Paul Henreid and Hedy Lamarr. (“It’s ‘Hedley’!”)

TCM all-day today… Movies with Nazis…

TCM right now… “So… They call me Concentration Camp Erhardt…”

Friday can’t come too soon. The SF club’s monthly meeting is that evening. Socializing!

Writing... That chapter's first draft is finally done. I'll need to reread it, but I'll let it percolate while working on the next chapter... Then I'll read both chapters and fix them.

When people say they want Democrats in Congress to DO SOMETHING, I wish someone would suggest sword fights to settle matters. youtu.be/p_hlyLvlqy8?...

Writing... Happy with what I did tonight.

I understand why publishers will discontinue the mass-market paperback’s former, but… There’s a writer whose fantasy series I was curious about so I took a look at its trade format. The book is physically huge, basically what we used to call a doorstop fantasy in the days of the mass-market. I’m…

Halfway thru watching “The Two Towers”, we turned on the subtitles. I wish we had done so years ago. It made us realize we’d missed details all this time.

I never take New Year resolutions. No reprecipitates either.

I bought two SF omnibuses. (Or should it be 'omnibi'?)

“Earth vs the Flying Saucers” isn’t Harryhausen’s best, maybe because its overly frequent use of stock footage kept pulling me out of the story.

Add to that “Will it be safe, being myself, clumsy as I am, with that person?”

Our first-ever air fryer! Results were delicious.

Donald Trump is *very* against refugees coming through our southern border fleeing destabilized regimes so he is destabilizing the 6th most populous country south of our border

Star Trek on MeTV tonight… Landru, and I don’t mean the French serial killer…

So… 2026 is off to a great start. 🤬

Yesterday I drove ast a used-car lot where I saw what was probably the first of what will be many more. A cybertruck.

Marlowe is back from teeth cleaning…

We went to Balsam Hill’s site, figuring they’d have an after-Christmas sales, and yes they do. We had thought of going for a tall skinny Tree. Instead we went for short and wide. Either choice would have been fine. Bottom line is that it’ll make things easier for my aging self.

January 25’s theatrical release of the extended version of “The Return of the King” will be PACKED. No, we’re not watching the whole trilogy in a theater, what with our having just done so at home, but we couldn’t miss out on the chance to see the finale on a big screen. youtu.be/2H4Q_aA4QiQ?...

Why am I thinking of what happens to Tea Leoni in “Deep Impact” after the comet’s shock wave hits the eastern seaboard?

Bummer… I thought the Twilight Zone marathon would end tonight. Instead it ended early today. Instead SyFy is now showing Sharknado movies. Definitely not an improvement.

We just watched “The Return of the King”.

Twilight Zone marathon… “No Time Like The Past”… This time-travel tale starring Dana Andrews is seldom mentionned, for some reason.

It took me about four hours, but I’ve put the Holidays away…

We went to El Pinto for lunch with another couple this afternoon. Nice.

We just finished watching the 2nd half of “The Two Towers”. “Do I not also have your love?” “You have my love, Father.”

The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.

My lap has been kidnapped. Again.

SyFy’s Twilight Zone marathon starts early on Wednesday and ends on Friday evening.

We just watched the first half of “The Two Towers”. “What do you fear, my lady?” “A cage. To stay behind bars until use and old age accept them and all chance of valor has gone beyond recall or desire.” “You are a daughter of kings, a shield maiden of Rohan. I do not think that will be your fate.”

We just finished rewatching the 2nd half of “The Fellowship of the Ring”. “I am sorry I brought this upon you, my boy. I'm sorry that... you must carry this burden. I'm sorry for everything.”

Writing… It looks like I can figure out how to best do a scene while speeding along on a stationary bike.

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We finally began our rewatch. Tonight, the first half of “The Fellowship of the Ring”. “I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone.”

My cartoon for the latest @newscientist.com

Again,

AMC right now… “Return of the Jedi”… Been decades since I last saw it. I still hate the Ewoks.

I’ve been wondering about which older French actresses really resonated for me and the top name that comes up is Fanny Ardant. She’s still with us, thankfully.

The 'kin' of ‘napkin’ means "little." ‘Nap’ comes from ‘nape,' which means “tablecloth.” So a napkin is a little tablecloth. 10/10, no notes.

Star Trek’s “Court Martial” really is a great episode.

An actual Holidays present surprise from my wife… Presidential-themed TP…