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Movies reviewed this week: Murder on the Orient Express and Free Fire.

Movies reviewed this week: Mauvais Sang.

This post is a cleaned up version of a live-read Twitter thread I posted today; I’ve been doing those as the mood takes me, and it’s a kind of fun, lazy way to review tabletop RPGs. My wise friend Ginger noted that I should be collecting these on the blog. I half-thought I had been but I was wrong! Thus, here we go. (It might be entertaining to compare my speed-written text with what happens after I have a chance to re-read it and wince at my clumsier phrases.) I just received “The Mechanism,” a Night’s Black Agents convention scenario by Gareth Hanrahan, as a bonus with one of my other Pelgrane Press orders. As I read the first scene, I realized the loosely written approach was interesting to me, so I figured I’d share.

Movies reviewed this week: Extra Ordinary.

So yeah, I did a Patreon and then I ran out of steam. I figured now was as good a time as any to finish laying out the writing I completed: thus, I now have a 38 page Las Vegas Feng Shui sourcebook. I think it’s reasonably useful as is, although there’s a lot more to be done. Enjoy! (PDF, 8 MB)

If coronavirus isn’t gonna get me to start blogging regularly again, nothing will, huh? To quote myself on Instagram: We’re doing just fine. We’re self-isolating — shopping once a week, not socializing at all, sane amount of food in the freezer, working from home. We drove down to Magnuson Park this morning and were happy to see it wasn’t crowded. Walked down to the water, admired a couple of ducks, waited for people to pass by on the main path, walked back to the car. ...

“My father is no different than any powerful man, any man with power, like a president or senator.” “Do you know how naive you sound, Michael? Presidents and senators don’t have men killed!” “Oh. Who’s being naive, Kay?” Whitey and Billy Bulger (original) were, during the 70s and 80s, the flip side of the Massachusetts Kennedy mystique. The world knew the Kennedies; Boston knew the Bulgers, and recognized them — one politician, one gangster — as two of the most powerful men in the city. ...

Movies reviewed this week: Never Let Go and …And the Fifth Horseman Is Fear.

Movies reviewed this week: The Beast Must Die, The Black Vampire, Panic, Razzia, Le Doulos, Any Number Can Win, A Colt Is My Passport, and Branded to Kill.

Movies reviewed this week: The Gentlemen.