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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).

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Asterix

about 6 hours ago
In response to "Watch List - August 2025"

So what did you think of Caught Stealing!

That's the only movie I watched in August.

Cubby ~ Camping again

about 6 hours ago
In response to "Watch List - August 2025"

I always enjoy reading your Watch Lists!

Witchy Woman

Sep 6, 2025 at 9:51pm
In response to "Scars and Unforgivable Sins"

The scars internally are harder to see in a positive light but they've made you who you are as much as the external ones.

Jayne

Sep 6, 2025 at 9:30pm
In response to "Scars and Unforgivable Sins"

Excellent entry.

Dawn Embers

Sep 6, 2025 at 7:58pm
In response to "Scars and Unforgivable Sins"

Reminds me of the song by Godsmack - Under Your Scars.

Witchy Woman

Sep 4, 2025 at 12:26pm
In response to "Google QC, Cozy Homes, and WdC Spiritualism"

I think Google has lots its roots and chose greed instead of maintaining integrity. And I hate that Ai jumps into every search I do. It's frustrating.

I remember those days of juggling entertaining with kids sleep schedules, I agree they were challenging.

Bodhisattwa Parekh

Aug 30, 2025 at 6:29am
In response to "Netflix, Ingrid Bergman, and Letters to Heaven"

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AlyCatAuthor says HI!

Aug 29, 2025 at 9:54pm
In response to "Netflix, Ingrid Bergman, and Letters to Heaven"

I have only subscribed to Netflix on the rare occasion they have the show I want to watch. I don't watch a whole lot of TV. I mainly watch YouTube, for how-tos and occasional updates from people I like. I did have a lot of friends who subscribed to the DVD version of Netflix when we were in college. It's so interesting how far things have come.

It does seem rather silly for Ms. Bergman to get called out for the affair and not her affair partner also. I have to agree that it's pretty tame compared to many in Hollywood today, and no one is calling them out on the Senate floor anymore. In fact, the adulterers may inhabit the Oval Office with little to no consequence. But that's none of my business.

I'd write to my MIL who passed right after the pandemic also. She never got the chance to meet my newest little one and it hurts my heart every time I think about it. I'd want her to know all the things my baby is doing and how much she's growing.

Witchy Woman

Aug 29, 2025 at 6:18pm
In response to "Netflix, Ingrid Bergman, and Letters to Heaven"

I couldn't find anything Rossellini being reprimanded by the senate either. Bergman did not deserve the humiliation, all affairs take two.

StephBee

Aug 29, 2025 at 5:43pm
In response to "Netflix, Ingrid Bergman, and Letters to Heaven"

Lots of content here, Jeff.

#1 - my husband subscribed when it was just a DVD service. He's now into streaming the platform and if anything, I would give Netflix for reinventing themselves and keeping themselves relevant in the social zeitgeist.

#2 - Ingrid Bergman? I would have never guessed. Heck, that's the normal for Hollywood these days. Few marriages really last in that community.

#3 - I would probably write it to my maternal grandmother.

September 9, 2025 at 12:33pm

#1097006

Watch List - August 2025

To qualify for my Watch List every month, the following has to be something that I've watched that's new to me. It doesn't necessarily have to be a current show, but it can't be reruns or rewatches of something I've already seen. So if I'm including it in this list, it means this month is the first time I've watched it. I'll put "DNF" (Did Not Finish) next to anything that I stopped watching and have no immediate plans to finish.

Movies

The Amateur
The Bad Guys 2
Caught Stealing
Freakier Friday
Highest 2 Lowest
Jurassic Park: Rebirth
K-Pop Demon Hunters
Relay
The Smurfs Movie

I've been seeing a lot more movies in theaters lately, thanks to a new Regal Crown Club Unlimited membership and a friend of mine who got one too, so now we see the late showing of a movie almost every weekend, after the kids are in bed one night. That's how I ended up seeing Caught Stealing, Highest 2 Lowest, Jurassic Park: Rebirth, and Relay, all of which I generally enjoyed for different reasons. Relay was probably my favorite of the bunch, which was a decent thriller starring Riz Ahmed about a corporate whistleblower mediator who gets in over his head, but Highest 2 Lowest (a Spike Lee remake of a Kurosawa film) was really engaging as well.

There were also quite a few movies I saw with the kids and, other than The Smurfs Movie, they were all pretty good. The Bad Guys 2 was a great sequel to the first movie (which I really enjoyed), and Freakier Friday was a lot better and more heartfelt than I was expecting. But the real surprise was K-Pop Demon Hunters which was actually really, really good. The songs are incredible, and the movie itself is pretty good with a solid message. My kids are obsessed with it right now and have watched it a dozen times... and honestly, I'm right there with them rewatching it.

Television

The Bear (Season 4)
Better Caul Saul (Season 1)
Countdown (Season 1) — DNF
On Call (Season 1)
Paradise
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (Season 1)

I was pretty disappointed in the fourth season of The Bear, which didn't really work toward anything. The entire season was presumably about the restaurant trying to get a Michelin star... but then they spent the entire season on "character development" episodes and by the end of the season, there was no mention (let alone resolution) to the restaurant storyline. It felt kind of like they were just stalling for time and telling everyone "come back next season and maybe we'll move the story forward!"

Countdown and On Call were a pretty generic action/thriller and procedural, respectively, and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man was a solid series from my employer that I finally got around to watching the finished episodes of, and I finally started watching Better Call Saul, which was really entertaining and well done. My favorite show of the month, though, was Paradise, a post-apocalyptic murder mystery from Dan Fogelman that was really well acted and well produced.

TOP PICK:
K-Pop Demon Hunters

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