Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Review Tuesday: The Witch (Original title: The VVitch: A New-England Folktale) 2015

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The Witch
(Original title: The VVitch: A New-England Folktale)
2015
An early 17th century family is banished from their community for their strict views religious views ends up prayed upon by magic and witchcraft. 
We first attempted to see this movie YEARS ago based on the reviews of friends. At the time, however, the pathetic speakers in our television wasn't able to handle the deep-bass voice of Ralph Ineson playing the role of the family patriarch, William. So, a little more than a year ago we finally got around to watching this, again, once we got a proper sound bar and sub-woofer tube that can handle this man's voice. 
 
This family was banished from their community for their strict religious beliefs and wanting it imposed on everyone. The governor was having none of it and sent them off. The family selected a spot, and began their life anew. Things seemed fine until the baby son vanished mysteriously while being watched by the eldest daughter, Thomasin (expertly performed by Anya Taylor-Joy). The descent began at that point. A serious of mishaps, strange things, and accusations fly within the family. Of course, there are many occurrences that defy explanation. Since this takes place circa 1630, there were not many things to attribute these weird happenings other than being the work of evil and darkness.
 
The direction and production values in this movie are outstanding. There's a level of realism that's almost surprising bordering on unsettling. That leads to one difficulty. They speak an old English, couple that with a lot of whispering and it can be a little difficult to follow. Mrs. Baxojayz fell asleep a couple times during the movie. She simply lost interest. 
 
The most compelling part of this is that it was written based on actual accounts from that time period. So this movie is a compilation of curious reports. Some people will scoff and say that this is proof that religion is BAD, but in the 1630s, there were a great many unknown things in this world and when bad things happened, it didn't seem out of line to blame it on evil, black magic, and sorcery. While this movie did have some creepy scenes, I found it intriguing and it held my interest the entire time. Worth watching!
   
 
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Tuesday, October 15, 2024

agita \AJ-i-tuh\, noun:
  1. Agitation; anxiety.
  2. Heartburn; indigestion.
Agita was coined in America in the 1980s. It comes from the Italian word agitare meaning "to bother."
 
Bacon Wrap
A) Verb. To take something that is already in a positive state of being and then elevate it to an unprecedented level of excellence by modifying or adding to it.
B) Verb. A deal sweetener.
Andre really bacon wrapped the deal by offering to deliver that muthafucka to LaRon's aunntie's house where he stay at.
The pizza shop hottie really bacon wrapped my order, she hooked it up with a free calzone AND extra ranch sauce.
If the bouncer isn't taking your $20 and is asking for more money, bacon wrap the deal by whispering a haiku in his left ear.

History
  • Gregorian calendar: was adopted by Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain; the Julian calendar ended the previous day, October 4, and the intervening 10 days were deleted (1582)
  • Abraham Lincoln: was encouraged to grow a beard in a letter he received from 11-year-old Grace Bedell (1860)
  • The Great Dictator: Charlie Chaplin's scathing satirical film attack on Nazi Germany was released (1940)
  • I Love Lucy: one of television history's most popular sitcoms debuted (1951)
  • Department of Transportation: was signed into existence by LBJ (1966)
  • sound barrier: was broken on land for the first time, by RAF pilot Andy Green in Black Rock Desert in Nevada, 50 years and a day after it was broken in the air by Chuck Yeager (1997)
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Birthdays
  • Virgil 70 B.C.
  • Friedrich Nietzsche 1844 - German philosopher
  • Mule (George) Haas 1903
  • John Kenneth Galbraith 1908
  • David Carroll 1913
  • Jan Miner 1917
  • Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. 1917
  • Robert Walker 1918
  • Mario Puzo 1920
  • Lee Iacocca 1924
  • Jean Peters 1926
  • Peter Haskell 1934
  • Linda Lavin 1937
  • Barry McGuire 1937
  • Marv Johnson 1938
  • Dick Lotz 1942
  • Penny Marshall 1942
  • Don Stevenson (Moby Grape) 1942
  • Jim Palmer 1945
  • Victor Banerjee 1946
  • Richard Carpenter (The Carpenters) 1946
  • Roscoe Tanner 1951
  • Tito Jackson (The Jackson 5) 1953
  • Jere Burns 1954
  • Tanya Roberts 1955
  • Sarah Ferguson 1959
  • Mark Reznicek (Toadies) 1962
  • Ginuwine 1970   

   
  
 
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Monday, October 14, 2024

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Columbus Day 2024






Usually for Columbus Day I go on my usual rant asking the question, why is this considered a day of Italian heritage? The Italians wouldn't back the expedition that Columbus proposed. He had to turn to Spain to get his trip going. So shouldn't we be celebrating the Spanish for their cleverness in backing this man and his notion of traveling West to get to the East? The Italians did NOTHING for him.

It's also brought up that we shouldn't celebrate anything for Columbus because he didn't discover anything. The Vikings had visited "The New World" centuries earlier. Yeah, they did, and there were no permanent settlements and the knowledge was lost to Europeans for years. Once Columbus discovered land and the possibilities it possessed, there was a new race to stake claims in the New World. He provided us with a reason to move on from Europe. 

But lately I have been reading some very unsettling messages. We shouldn't celebrate Christopher Columbus Day because he is the single biggest perpetrator of crimes against humanity the world has ever known. To me, this claim is off base. We are in the process of rewriting history now. Somehow we expect people hundreds of years ago to be on the same wavelength that, really, only a few of us are on today. To this day, there is still slavery, genocide and mass murder around the world, yet no one will say or do anything about it. We can't tell the Middle East what to do, but Columbus should've known better? And, yes, I am well aware of the notes and letters Columbus had written about how easily enslaved the natives would be and the terrible things inflicted upon them directly as a result of his occupation. Similar atrocities were commonplace all over the world in those days. Slavery wasn't new at that time and was never pretty.

The truth is humanity is always evolving. Many cultures have grown and progressed since the dark times that found slavery a perfectly fine industrial model and inequality among the races and sexes perfectly acceptable. What I find unacceptable is blaming important historical figures for things that we now see as unjust. 

Now can we celebrate a holiday for a man who, effectively, doubled the size of this planet for mankind?
 
 
 

Monday, October 14, 2024

utile \YOO-til\, adjective:
  • Useful.
Utile comes directly from the French word of the same spelling which also means "useful." It entered English in the late 1400s.  
 
Struggle Bus 
  • Used to metaphorically describe a difficult situation, as in hard schoolwork. The word struggle can also be used in conjunction with other modes of transport, describing the depth to which one is struggling(i.e. struggle scooter, struggle skateboard, struggle footwear).
Student: "Y'all, I have 6 papers and 4 tests within the next 2 weeks. Definitely on that struggle bus!"
 
Holiday
  • Columbus Day (US)
Trivia
How old was Christopher Columbus when he went to sea for the first time?

  • 14.
History
  • Battle of Hastings: the last Anglo-Saxon king of England fell to William the Conqueror during the Norman conquest (1066)
  • sound barrier: was broken for the first time by a person, United States Air Force test pilot Chuck Yeager, who flew a secret experimental Bell X-1 jet at supersonic speed (1947)
  • Peace Corps: the idea to send American volunteers abroad was first mentioned by JFK when he was a presidential candidate (1960)
Birthdays
  • William Penn 1644 - Penn was the colonist that founded the Pennsylvania colony for Quakers.
  • Dwight David Eisenhower (U.S.) 1890
  • Lillian Gish 1893
  • E.E. Cummings 1894
  • Eugene Fodor 1905
  • Allan Jones 1908
  • John Wooden 1910
  • C. Everett Koop 1916
  • Bill Justis 1926
  • Roger Moore 1927
  • Robert Webber 1928
  • Melba Montgomery 1938
  • Ralph Lauren 1939
  • Cliff Richard 1940
  • Tommy Harper (MLB) 1940
  • J.C. Snead 1941
  • Billy Harrison (Them) 1942
  • Udo Kier 1944
  • Al Oliver (MLB) 1946
  • Justin Hayward (The Moody Blues) 1946
  • Charlie Joiner (NFL) 1947
  • Marcia Barrett (Boney M) 1948
  • Sheila Young 1950
  • Harry Anderson 1952
  • Greg Evigan 1953
  • Beth Daniel 1956
  • Arleen Sorkin 1956
  • Thomas Dolby 1958
  • Keith Byars (NFL) 1963
  • Karyn White 1965
  • John Seda 1970
  • Jimmy Jackson 1970
  • Doug Virden (Sons of the Desert) 1970
  • Natalie Maines (Dixie Chicks) 1974
  • Shaznay Lewis (All Saints) 1975
  • Usher 1978
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