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- Returning to Outer Wilds
I picked up Outer Wilds again and finally finished the endgame. It’s a perfect, bittersweet coda to the story you uncover over the course of the game.
- Farewell to Fry’s
I’m going to miss two things about Fry’s Electronics, which shut down this week: Being able to walk in and grab random parts immediately. The decor. And yeah, there’s nostalgia for the old days, but they’re already gone. Back in the 1990s and early 2000s they really were a one-stop shop for computers, software, appliances, […]
- Preventing Notification Overload
To keep myself from getting distracted by too many notifications on my phone, I ask myself the following questions whenever a new category pops up: Will I need to act on it? (Likes/favorites are nice, but I don’t need to respond.) How time-sensitive is it? (“Your ride is here” is more time sensitive than planning […]
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi Thoughts – It’s Complicated.
I’ve seen The Last Jedi twice now. I’m still not sure how I’d rank it, but the performances are way better than most of the prequel trilogy, and the story is the first theatrical Star Wars to break new ground in ages. I’ll admit there’s a lot of stuff that happened that I didn’t like, […]
- Chess in Concert: Post-Cold War Edition
The cold-war musical Chess works surprisingly well set in the present day. UCI Drama’s production is a concert staging of the show, with the orchestra and choir onstage, and the actors carrying handheld microphones with minimal props. It works well, especially for the more 80s-pop numbers like “Nobody’s Side” and the big ensemble songs like […]
- Stars & Lightning with Cirque du Soleil
A trip to see Kooza near a giant orange balloon, during a thunderstorm.
- Star Trek: Experiencing Seismic Activity
Sunday’s earthquake hit while we were watching the new Star Trek movie. It actually fit with the movie surprisingly well. Also: what I liked and didn’t.
- Saw Transformers
I finally got out to see Transformers today. Yes, I grew up with the cartoons, the toys and the comics. Yes, I even collected every comic book from the original Marvel series through the Generation 2 series (including the prologue in G.I. Joe) through the first round from DreamWave. But somewhere along the line I just lost […]
- Stardust is Good
Went out to see Stardust with a group of friends, and we all enjoyed it. People have been comparing it to The Princess Bride, and it’s an apt comparison: both are light-hearted fantasy adventures with a love story at the heart. Stardust takes itself a bit more seriously, though there’s plenty of humor. The concept: […]
- Edward Scissorhands Sharp as Ever
We went to see a screening of Edward Scissorhands tonight. A couple of local art cinemas (both part of the Edwards/Regal chain) have been doing a weekly “Flashback Features” series since summer (or possibly earlier). The first one we went to was The Princess Bride, which was absolutely packed with people who knew the movie […]