Is The Odyssey Worth It?

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The controversial movie, directed by Christopher Nolan, The Odyssey is out today and I’m wondering, sitting here, if its worth three hours of my time to sit in a dark, dank theater to see (not to mention how much it costs to go to the movies nowadays) when I’ve heard nothing but negative critiques of the film. Those criticisms haven’t come from what I’d call professional film critics, those that work for TV or newspapers (the remaining ones in existence) but people online that have followed the making and marketing of the movie. If what I see on YouTube alone is any barometer, then it doesn’t look good for the claimed epic. I’m not one to rush out when a film first hits the theaters anyway. I’m old enough to remember Star Wars in 1977. Those lines went around the block (no joke) and when I went to see the movie months later, the line was still long for the Sunday night, 9 pm showing. that movie was a real waste of time and money. so, I’ll wait a week or two and see of there are any positive reviews by people not being paid by the studio. Plus, I think I want to see how this blockbuster, epic retelling of Homer has done as far as filling seats over the weekend.

Lindsay Graham

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Unlike many in the media and elsewhere, I do not cheer at someone’s death, even if that person is someone I disagree with politically and otherwise. So, upon learning of the sudden, unexpected[ected death of Senator Lindsay Graham, I fell quiet for a moment. According to the news it was a sudden, unexpected illness that struck him after returning from a trip to Ukraine.

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It Doesn’t Matter Anymore

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I can’t watch the news anymore. I just don’t know what to believe. It seems that all of it is some form of propaganda, left-wing or right-wing sputtering from not just politicians and administration officials (I know, that’s redundant) but the people reporting the so-called news as well. People I used to like watching, thinking they were a refreshing break from the nonsense of the day, appear more and more to me as just paid political hacks trying to gaslight the public into believing whatever it is they’re pushing at the moment (war, economy, etc.). I mean, I’m okay with people being upfront as to their opinions. I watch a variety of videos online that will take different positions on a topic. Like the Iran war, for instance.

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Tipping Point

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For some reason, I thought I had written on this subject in the past. It doesn’t mean I can’t write about it again, I just thought I had addressed it at least once and therefore would be able to plagiarize my own work, or at least just update an older post in order to satisfy my own need of publishing something, sometime. But no, I don’t seem to have written about this at all, even though I know I’ve spent an inordinate amount of time thinking about it and even grousing some whenever I see anything about it posted on social media (X specifically). Yes, if you didn’t get the topic from the title of this piece, its about tipping.

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Not Who, But Why?

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I’ve been [paying attention to the Tyler Robinson preliminary trial. Well, sort of.I’m not that interested as some are that I have spent all day watching the court room proceedings. Heck, even watching four or five minutes of it on television or online is enough to put me to sleep. nothing dramatic. No Perry Mason” or “Law and Order” courtroom moments. Just dull presentations, with even duller (is that a word?) “witnesses” giving testimony about literally nothing.

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