Category: Daily Life

Picoreview: Winter Soldier

June 23, 2025

Picoreview: Winter Soldier: Still the best movie in the MCU for my money. So, like, I’m watching these in order, right? And after First Avenger, Disney+ spins up Winter Solider and I was 15 minutes into it, dangit, before I realized Avengers came between them. So I had to stop and go back to watch Avengers, which is honestly tonally a bit of a shock in the midst of the Winter Soldier setup. But anyway, yeah, it certainly played up how completely unexpected Winter Soldier was after Avengers and then…

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Picoreview: Avengers

June 21, 2025

Picoreview: Avengers: This remains a pretty solid film, although wow his costume was awful in this one. Well, the cowl is awful. The body of it is fine. But wow. I thought at the time that its strength was that for once, Joss Whedon hadn’t made it sound exactly like Joss Whedon, and all else aside, that remains true. In retrospect there are a few really Whedony things that make my teeth clench – although it could have been in Ultron, I think this is the one where somebody falls…

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on holiday

June 20, 2025

I’m on holiday and have been doing a reasonably good job of not working. I’ve been reading a lot. I have, in fact, exceeded my yearly reading goal by several books already! Go me! And! Yesterday I cleared off my at-home desk, which was emotionally very good for me. And! …no, that’s about it. I’ve been watching the entire MCU Captain America storyline and am up to Falcon & Winter Solider now, though I haven’t started it yet. But, as I said before, part of being on holiday is teaching…

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Recent Reads: The Angela Marchmont Mysteries

June 19, 2025

Recent Reads: The Angela Marchmont Mysteries (Kobo || Amazon (affiliate) || B&N) God almighty, I haven’t done any recent reads posts in nearly a year, which is crazy because I’ve actually BEEN reading. I’ve burned through this entire series in the past couple of weeks. Very enjoyable, if you like 1920s-era cozies. In fact, in the past year, I’ve read almost everything Clara Benson has written, and they’re all good fun. I’d recommend starting with the Angela Marchmont books, which I didn’t. I in fact read the Freddy Pilkington-Soames Adventures…

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back in the trenches

June 18, 2025

After 50k and then a week with a cold, I spent ALL WEEKEND asleep, my friends. ALL weekend. I went to bed early. I napped. I went to bed early even after napping. I napped MORE. I went to bed early AGAIN. At that point I really didn’t expect to sleep well, but…I did. I managed not to nap yesterday, went to bed at a reasonable hour, and was RUDELY awakened by my alarm this morning, despite imagining I might actually wake up a bit early due to all the…

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