Not all those who wander are lost
Quite good.
Justin Timberlake is a former college football star, now an ex-convict, who starts to mentor a flamboyant young boy named Sam.
Actually, the kid steals the show in most scenes.
It’s an important film. Many important issues 2021 addressed in a serious way.
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If you’re celebrating seeing Donald Trump and the worst of his deplorable followers driven off social media, thank Stacey Abrams.
She devoted years to building the Democratic Party in Georgia. Wrote a book about voter suppression and co-produced an Amazon Prime documentary, “All In: the Fight for Democracy.”
People in the know credit Stacey Abrams for flipping the 2 Senate seats from Republican to Democrat.
NOW the Biden team has control of all 3 branches of government for 2 years.
NOW the Biden team can enthusiastically regulate BIG TECH.
NOW Twitter, Facebook and pretty much every other major platform is banning Trumpy hate speech.
Thanks Stacey.
Troubled Blood (2020) is the fifth novel in the Cormoran Strike series …
I ASSume Galbraith is a moral man — respecting human rights.
Cormoran Strike is as irritable and irritating as ever.
We can’t imagine why partner Robin Ellacott likes him as a boss — or for possible romance.
Happily, Robin finally divorced her husband. What a relief.
Troubled Blood is well written. But I enjoyed it least of the series, so far.
The 40 year old cold case is too long, too slow. I definitely couldn’t get into it.
More insight into Strike’s odd family was interesting. In fact, all the other story lines were engaging.
I’ll definitely be continuing with the series, even if it turns out Galbraith is a horrible person in real life.
The Inevitable is a 2016 nonfiction book by Kevin Kelly that forecasts the twelve technological forces that will shape the next thirty years:
Though it might sound scary, the book is surprisingly upbeat and optimistic about the future.
Kevin Kelly (born 1952) is the founding executive editor of Wired magazine, and a former editor/publisher of the Whole Earth Review.
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling is a treat.
A young adult novel, it’s ideal for younger kids too.
I grew up with Carol Johnston, the gymnast who was featured in the Disney TV movie Lefty (1980)
Nobody called Carol “Lefty” back at Altadore. We called her Carol, one of the best gymnasts in the club.
It was difficult for any other gymnast to complain about anything as Carol worked even harder — and never complained.
Carol passed away on May 11, 2019 due to complications from Early On-set Alzheimers, by the way. Sad. But her legend lives on.
She’s still a role model for gymnasts with physical challenges.
Aven Green loves to tell people that she lost her arms in an alligator wrestling match, or a wildfire in Tanzania, but the truth is she was born without them.
And when her parents take a job running Stagecoach Pass, a rundown western theme park in Arizona, Aven moves with them across the country knowing that she’ll have to answer the question over and over again.
Her new life takes an unexpected turn when she bonds with Connor, a classmate who also feels isolated because of his own disability, and they discover a room at Stagecoach Pass that holds bigger secrets than Aven ever could have imagined.
There are sequels.
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When you challenge a Trump supporter to defend the toddler’s latest indefensible lie, crime or moral outrage, they very often deflect by calling for “civility”. Let’s look for common ground.
That’s bullshit, of course. I ask that they instead unfriend me instantly.
So far as I’m concerned you’ll burn in the same Hell as this anti-Christ.
Forgive? Sounds good
Forget? I’m not sure I couldI’m not ready to make nice
I’m not ready to back down
I’m still mad as hell and
I don’t have time to go ’round and ’round and ’round …
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Of many movies and books I’ve recently reviewed trying to become more aware of my white privilege, White Fragility is best.
That surprised me as the author is White writing for a White audience. Writing for me, a privileged white male who believes he’s anti-racist.
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White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism is a 2018 book written by Robin DiAngelo about race relations in the United States.
An academic with experience in diversity training, DiAngelo coined the term “white fragility” in 2011 to describe any defensive instincts or reactions that a white person experiences when questioned about race or made to consider their own race.
In White Fragility, DiAngelo views racism in the United States as systemic and often perpetuated unconsciously by individuals….
DiAngelo linked to a study pointing out that children aged 3 upwards believe it better to be White in the USA.
She points out that white, males avowing to be Christian and heterosexual are at consistent advantage. Everyone else at a disadvantage, especially Black Americans.
That’s systemic racism.
The book is popular but has had a fair bit of criticism, as well.
Personally, I learned a lot. On the other hand, it’s not well written: too academic, frequently repeating the same bullet points.
Also, I wouldn’t sign-up for one of DiAngelo‘s lectures nor diversity training workshops. I find her arrogant and too defensive with those who challenge.
And here’s how comedian Ron Hart learned about his white privilege in 1994. As the only White guy in a comedy club.
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When your All-Lives-Matter friend has a birthday, be sure to message:
“All Birthdays Matter”. 😀
According to professor of critical race theory, David Theo Goldberg, “All Lives Matter” reflects a view of “racial dismissal, ignoring, and denial”.
Philosopher Chris Lebron describes “All Lives Matter” as a “disingenuous retort” that misunderstands the problem raised by Black Lives Matter proponents.
On Real Time with Bill Maher, Bill Maher expressed support for use of the “Black Lives Matter” phrase, stating that “‘All Lives Matter’ implies that all lives are equally at risk, and they’re not”. …
A one woman investigation into her White Privilege.
Best part is when she went to meet her High School boyfriend. He had been in prison for 14 years. Out and clean for 3 years.
“Hello, Privilege. It’s Me, Chelsea” follows comedian Chelsea Handler as she confronts and explores her personal and cultural impacts around white privilege.
Handler travels around the country speaking with a wide range of people on the topic of race including fellow comedians Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish, and W. Kamau Bell, anti-racism writer and activist Tim Wise, a Republican women’s group in Orange County, CA, college students at an open mic night, and her former high school boyfriend in New Jersey.
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