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With special guest, Charlotte

With special guest, Charlotte

So I’m sitting up late working on a design in the living room and there’s a terrible Syfy movie on in the background about giant spiders. I glance up from my laptop just in time to see a real, live, unacceptably large spider hiking up the wall directly behind the television. If the movie was [...]

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Skinner’s pigeon.

Skinner's pigeon.

After my petty Netflix complaints in the previous post, I spent an inordinate amount of time and effort searching for something to Watch Instantly. This turned into an evening of rating several hundred movies to bump me over the 1000 markĀ  –and finally settling on something to watch and falling asleep 5 minutes into it. [...]

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Be prepared, girl scout!

Be prepared, girl scout!

As a fan of the supernatural thriller type movie I am happy to suspend disbelief to a degree beyond that of my more obnoxious spoil sport nerd friends. You can even hit me with some preposterous fringe bullshit like aquatic apes or hilarious hybrids or really stretch string theory if you want, but when your [...]

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Save the boys from pianos!

Save the boys from pianos!

In an accidental feat of awesome timing, Don Netflixed The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T and we watched it on Sunday before even realizing Monday was Dr. Seuss’s birthday. (Thanks Google!) This live-action musical is visually interesting and perfect for a Dr. Seuss tale. The sets and costumes, and even the musical instruments have all [...]

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I have conquered science! Why can’t I conquer love?

I have conquered science! Why can't I conquer love?

This post contains spoilers for the 1935 film Mad Love starring Peter Lorre and Francis Drake. Please do not read below the cut (or photo if you’re reading this via the feed) if you have not seen this film and plan to, and aren’t already familiar with this or the story The Hands of Orlac. [...]

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