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sw*itch ~ a short treatise
The problem of philosophy is it simply does not hold up against the desctructive ape-like nature of violence. But, over time,...
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edwardianjackal
Apr 22, 20221 min read
sw*itch - You're Flying, Do Your Arms Hurt Yet?
It was here that I landed, you still in the air Here that I struck the rock and stone While tailwinds propelled you to the fore How will...
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edwardianjackal
Apr 21, 20221 min read
sw*itch - If You Look Back, You'll Turn to Salt
...keep those eyes forward, and don't look back there's nothing there, you know this as well as I it's less than smoke, much less than a...
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edwardianjackal
Feb 14, 20221 min read
sw*itch - Red II ~ 14FEB22
the army battalions stand in their most resplendent array and in numbers ne'er seen afore their reddest banners unfurled R E S O L U T E...
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edwardianjackal
Nov 7, 20211 min read
November 2021: NaNoWriMo
In approaching NaNoWriMo for this year, it's obviously been a very difficult one for all of us. However, sometimes miracles happen,...
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edwardianjackal
Oct 15, 20211 min read
Poem: Athena Born, Cast with Adorned Armor Full
Formidable and incomparable warrior, Athena Nascent may be As before, unborn, as my affection for you - Definitive whole, yet not...
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edwardianjackal
Sep 18, 20213 min read
Visit: The Last Bookstore, DLA
There are very few bookstores left, even the big chains struggle. But, very much alive and well, is The Last Bookstore in Downtown Los...
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edwardianjackal
Aug 1, 20212 min read
Bond ~ No Time to Die (Billie Eilish's Credit Sequence)
In Billie Eilish's No Time to Die the (always) moody, tremulousness and tension filled songstress interlaces the romantic context of the...
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edwardianjackal
Jul 23, 20212 min read
Hemingway: Poetry
Me: "The myth stands as it will yet the ideal is what is sought Firmness, determination - ideals of the young man in a different time...
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edwardianjackal
Jul 6, 20213 min read
Richard Donner and The Twilight Zone
Richard Donner passed away yesterday (Monday 05JUL21 at 91. The term iconic or prolific is apt - Donner's career reads like a quick hit...
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edwardianjackal
Jun 27, 20214 min read
Fourth of July '21 Reading
Quick and handy guide to some patriotic leaning books and poetry for July 4th, 2021.
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edwardianjackal
May 30, 20214 min read
Edwardian Jackal Guide: 2021 Father's Day
Get a hop on Father's Day with this deep dive across varied sites to come up with some off-the-beaten path ideas.
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edwardianjackal
May 26, 20213 min read
The Source of Death - Netflix's The Sandman
Jack explores a long lost flame with Neil Gaiman's Death.
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edwardianjackal
May 8, 20211 min read
The Tower As it Stands
Dismiss it not for it is stone upon rock rock upon earth, a firmament built upon a decade, pouring strength, sinew, care to stone desire,...
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edwardianjackal
May 1, 20212 min read
Memory of my Father 5/2
An extant photo, 1950s wallet sized - A boy with greased black hair, a light natural wave, and Starkly blue eyes (I've heard young clerks...
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edwardianjackal
Apr 27, 20211 min read
Listen: Podcast ~ Best Picture Review of 1956
Did another deep dive of the top movies of 1956 with Not Enough Time for Movies' Mike - exploring how and why Around the World in 80 Days...
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edwardianjackal
Apr 26, 20213 min read
"Tiki Pop" Taschen
Picked up a copy of Tiki Pop at the Bower's right before the pandemic - and what great Taschen book to pore over and again. Like most...
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edwardianjackal
Feb 28, 20212 min read
"The Postman Always Rings Twice", Criterion Channel and Lana Turner
BLOG: “The Postman Always Rings Twice” Criterion Channel https://www.criterionchannel.com/the-postman-always-rings-twice The Criterion...
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edwardianjackal
Feb 7, 20212 min read
Alfred Hitchcock's "Haunted Houseful"
Books weren't exactly plentiful back in 'the day' - it was fairly rare to own more than a few books and an entire library of worthwhile...
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