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Lots of things happened while I was on vacation and generally disconnected.

Congressman William Jefferson was indicted. No big surprise there, since he’s been under investigation forever. It was big national news however. It even made the Daily Show, which we were able to watch because our condo had cable. It’s always a treat to see [...]

I ran a screen of partially pre-written posts last week because Xy and I were on vacation.
Herewith, a brief memoir of our week in Vero Beach, Florida.
We arrived (after driving thru Tropical Storm Barry) at the tail end of a love bug swarm. Supposedly these insects are prolific all along the Gulf Coast, but I’ve [...]

Woo to the hoo. We’ve reached the final letter of the alphabet. We watched three films that began with Z.

Z (1969) This is a French film but it is set in Greece. Since I speak neither French nor Greek, my confusion was minimal. The story concerns violent political intrigue and is based on real [...]

Three films that start with Y.

The Yes Men (2004) This documentary chronicles the global adventures of a pair of ingenious and ballsy political pranksters. New Orleanians will remember these guys impersonated a HUD official and declared the re-opening of the housing projects. (That event took place after this film was produced.) Just after Katrina I [...]

Everybody knows that X is the coolest letter in the alphabet, yet there was only one X movie on my list: X: The Unheard Music (1985). It’s a documentary about the band, X. The band is great, but the movie is merely good with some great moments (and of course great music). I think the [...]

We are rapidly closing in on the end of this three-year video adventure. For those just joining us, we’ve been watching all the movies I’ve always wanted to see, but somehow never did… in alphabetical order.
We now present those titles that begin with W. That’s double-u, not Dubya. My apologies to any who might [...]

The spammers are finally breaking me down.
I’ve had the same e-mail address for over ten years, maybe as long as twelve years. I have learned not to publish the address on the web, but it’s easy to figure out: it’s the letter “b” and that funny “at” symbol, followed by rox, of course, and ye [...]