Illustration of Gandalf from Lord of the Rings standing overlooking water. Text reads “"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring”
Holiday, early morning baseball, coffee and cloudy day. My kind of Monday.
I second!
I can’t freaking stop humming Taylor Swift’s song Bejeweled. It’s going on a week now. I love the Depeche Mode-ish beat instruments and I love the attitude of this song.
I polish up real nice!
PS, I don’t much about Swift’s albums but Midnights is prolly the best. IMHO
I share this theory! I’ve thought this the whole time.
Unpopular opinion: TTPD was not one of Taylor Swift’s best album. It didn’t have the umph/funk of Midnights, the energy and grandiose of 1989 or the rawness and memorability of Folklore. I thought TTPD was uninspired and monotonous, like rejects from Midnights put together into an album.
Health, wealth and happiness. Xīn Nián Kuài Lè!
It means only good things happening from here on today.
Indeed, indeed, God!
I think the MAGAs on X are also on Threads now, spewing misinformation and glorifying their puppet master.
Best movie this year, IMHO.
I think we should have a party to celebrate this moment!
This is so true!
Immensely entertaining to watch. And two of my favorite actors to boot. #BlackDoves #BenWhishaw #KieraKnightly
Much of the past to reflect on, and futures to anticipate. Thankful for the chance to live both. With a grateful heart, I wish you and yours a wonderful Thanksgiving.
I love this post.
Guess they got fed up with how ugly these “trucks” are.
Read The Lord of the Rings after the first Peter Jackson film came out.
#wbyeats I’ve never come across a William Butler Yeats verse I didn’t like.
Or hopefully, wake up to an arrest warrant.
I will continue to watch primarily because well, Redmayne. He’s perfection in everything he does. (Ok maybe except Les Miserables.)
The Jackal is a mystery character so the series’ focus on back stories is a no for me. The book never gave him a back story either. Heck, by the end of the book and movie, it almost felt like the Jackal never existed after all.
The 1973 film by Fred Zinnemann was thrilling and suspenseful without being action packed. The investigation, and the Jackal himself was more cerebral, less personal.
I have mixed feelings about the new series Day of the Jackal on Peacock. Love Eddie Redmayne, and I love every thing he does but I love the 1973 film so much and I can’t help but compare.
I miss Japan already.
