The extended edition of Peter Jackson’s The Fellowship of the Ring sets the tone of the Lord of the Rings cinematic trilogy with an incredible prologue: Galadriel, wise Elf descended from Feanor, maker of the Silmarils, proclaiming the history of the One Ring. During the prologue, Galadriel comes to the tale of Isildur, the last […]
“Harlan’s detectives: They dig, they rifle and root. Truffle pigs. I anticipate the terminus of gravity’s rainbow.” “Gravity’s Rainbow.” “It’s a novel.” “Yeah, I know. I haven’t read it, though.” “Neither have I. Nobody has.” – Benoit Blanc and Marta Cabrerra My sister wonders why I love Knives Out so much. Murder mysteries are not […]
In January, I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. It’s a bugger as far as diseases go. For some reason which science is not entirely certain of, my colon and rectum are inflamed to the point of developing ulcers. So whenever poop (there’s just no talking around it, I’m sorry) passes through my digestive system, it […]