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Blogocentric Formulations
Logocentric (adj). Regarding words and language as a fundamental expression of an external reality (especially applied as a negative term to traditional Western thought by postmodernist critics).
Sometimes I just write whatever I feel like. Other times I respond to prompts, many taken from the following places:
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August 29, 2025 at 4:32pm August 29, 2025 at 4:32pm
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Day 3929: On this day in 1997, Netflix was founded by American entrepreneurs Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph. Originally a DVD-rental company, it later moved into streaming, content creation, and live programming. It's available in 190 countries. Do you watch Netflix in your home? If so, do you think they offer a good selection of programming? If you don't use Netflix, what streaming service do you use?
I've been a Netflix subscriber since the direct-mail DVD days! And since the rise of the streaming era, I now subscribe to most of the streamers out there: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Apple TV+, Peacock, Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+, Paramount+, HBO Max, YouTube Premium, Dropout TV, etc. Part of it is for work (I often have to check credits for other programs), but it's mostly because I enjoy watching all kinds of shows, and there's good stuff on every streamer.
If anything, I think Netflix might offer too much programming. They seem to really churn things out, and have been accused of not really investing in their programs the same way that traditional broadcast television does. There's so much content, it's hard to keep track of it all... and Netflix is by far the highest volume distributor in town.
 
Day 2659: Who was born on August 29, 1915 and also died on August 29, 1982. This same person was involved in a scandal and reprimanded on the Senate floor. Can you name something their famous for besides the scandal?
I'll admit that "being reprimanded on the Senate floor" is not the first thing that comes to mind when I think of Ingrid Bergman. She's one of the most celebrated actresses in cinema history. She has three Oscars (one of only four actresses to have won three times or more), two Emmys, a Tony, and four Golden Globes. She worked multiple times with famous directors like Alfred Hitchcock on commercially successful films. I'd be shocked if the "scandal" that got her reprimanded by the United States Senate is on many people's Top 5 list of things you'd associate with Ingrid Bergman.
And boy, that reprimand was sure a sign of another time, huh? For those reading this that aren't familiar, Bergman began having an affair with her director (Roberto Rossellini) on the set of their film Stromboli, and Bergman became pregnant with their first son. That's it. And what happened in response?
Senator Edwin Johnson accused the actress of "perpetuating an assault upon the institution of marriage" and called her "a powerful influence for evil." Art Buchwald was allowed to read her mail during the scandal, and recounted that she received over a dozen large mail bags full of mail from conservatives, calling her a a bitch, a dirty whore, etc. Funny how, in my research on this scandal, I don't think I read anything about Rossellini getting any kind of criticism for his role in the affair, even though he was also married (to his second wife) at the time. Incidentally, he then cheated on Bergman with the woman who would become his fourth wife. 
Prompt: If you were to write a letter to a loved one in Heaven, who would receive it and what would it say?
At this point, I'd probably be writing a letter to my mom, and filling her in on everything that's happened with my family over the past five years. She only had about a year (and a pandemic-curtailed year at that) with the kids while we were fostering them before she passed, and one of my biggest regrets is that she didn't have more time with them, and that they didn't have more time with her. My mom loved kids, and she spent as much time as she could with ours before her health took a turn.
If there were a chance to write and know that she'd have a chance to read it, I'd probably go on and on about all the things I've experienced as a parent, and all the way I've watched my amazing kids grow up.
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