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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.

Most of my hobby time in 2010 went to playing Living Forgotten Realms. I had a really good time doing it, for the most part. As I recall I’d been playing since early 2009; I know I started playing in Boston and it turned into our main gaming outlet once we moved down to the Baltimore area. In 2010, I decided to try and play 50 LFR games over the course of the year, and further decided to blog them all in one of those occasional fits of organization I have. This was a wildly unambitious goal, as it turned out. I wound up playing or GMing 120 games. I’m pretty sure I pushed through one or two of those in December so that I could hit a round number. ...

Movies reviewed this week: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

Movies reviewed this week: 6 Underground.