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Year: 2015

Star Trek Continues continues with E05: “Divided We Stand”

Mon, Sep 28, 2015
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I think this is actually the weakest STC episode yet, storywise. But the original series had weak episodes, too, so that’s part of the tradition.

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Where Are the Women? Miss You Already

Mon, Sep 28, 2015
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A stellar example of a film that allows women to be fully human, including as scared, as asshole-ish, and as ignoble as men are allowed to be onscreen.

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Miss You Already movie review: best friends forever, for real

Mon, Sep 28, 2015
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Authentically female in how it gets inside a lifelong friendship between two women, and as wisely funny as it is sharply poignant.

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Paris videos: the bells of Notre Dame

Sun, Sep 27, 2015
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Including a noontime chime…

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Nigel in Paris: face to face with gargoyles

Sun, Sep 27, 2015
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Featuring one of my most favorite photos of Nigel ever…

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Nigel in Paris: the empire of the dead

Sun, Sep 27, 2015
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Nigel was uncharacteristically quiet after our visit to the catacombs and his confrontation with his own mortality.

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Paris photo: solar panel tree

Sat, Sep 26, 2015
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On the banks of the Seine, near the Musee d’Orsay.

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Nigel in Paris: secrets of the Louvre

Sat, Sep 26, 2015
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Of course everyone goes to the Louvre to see the Mona Lisa, but there are other cool things there too.

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open thread: Doctor Who: “The Witch’s Familiar”

Sat, Sep 26, 2015
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[This post is not behind the paywall.]

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Nigel in Paris: post-impressionable pig

Sat, Sep 26, 2015
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“Let’s go for a swim!”

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