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Choosing the Top-Tier MCU Films, Fast
I should be working, not blogging, so I’m gonna make this really quick. Captain America: The Winter Soldier — To me, this marks a turn in the entire franchise, because it’s a spy movie first, a superhero movie second. That … Continue reading
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Enjoy the Golden Age of TV While It Lasts
Last week, prompted by a question in class, I reflected on my all-time favorite shows and then followed up with some additional lists of faves. When writing it, I had to make a conscious choice not to fill it with … Continue reading
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Solution 2
I never got there on my previous post, which was already too long. The second solution to the problem of Top Five All-Time Shows list is to make a whole bunch of Top Five All-Time Shows Sub-Lists. So here I … Continue reading
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My Top Five Shows
Today a few students asked me what my all-time top five favorite TV shows were, and I was unexpectedly stumped. Yes, a couple of them occurred to me, but instead a whole lot of inadequate possibilities swam before me. How … Continue reading
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Schrödinger’s Blog
So obviously I’m trying to blog on here again, and Jen asked me about it the other day. “What do your students think?” “Oh, they don’t know about it,” I said. “I haven’t told them.” So here I am, blogging … Continue reading
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Finding Meaning in a Tired World
I read this awful piece from the Wall Street Journal by Andy Kessler the other day, and I’ll probably make all you students read it too. It begins thusly: It will perhaps not shock you that this former hedge fund … Continue reading
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What’s Wrong with the MCU?
Certain members of my family have been of this opinion for some time, but after seeing Black Panther: Wakanda Forever this weekend, I’m having to face up to it as well: The MCU has lost its way. About a year … Continue reading
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The Case for Recasting T’Challa
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever releases this weekend, a movie that I wasn’t sure would get made two years ago. When news broke that Chadwick Boseman had died of cancer, the tragedy went beyond just losing a tremendous actor and, by … Continue reading
My COVID Wall
Two years ago today, I sent away my AP Lang class with a flippant, “If we never come back from spring break, it’s been a pleasure being your teacher.” Hilarious. Of course, we didn’t come back from spring break in … Continue reading
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Goings On Around the Internet
Have you heard of joro spiders? Do you like sleep? If you said no to both, learn about this enormous new* species here. Photo Credit: “Joro Spider” by jdnx is marked with CC BY 2.0 I am very excited for the new Obi Wan … Continue reading
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