Probably 15 minutes or so into one of the latest Netflix blockbusters, a satirical hammer to the skull about disasters that human beings so blithely and comically ignore — ha! climate change, ha! silly politicians, ha! the pitfalls of sudden fame, ha! a comet destroying Earth, ha! we’re such dunderheads — I knew that we… Read More Remember When Movies Were Good?
For a long, blissful time in my life, television existed in its rightful place. It was there when I had to, or simply wanted to, catch a game. It was right there, in the prime real estate of the living room, when I needed to turn off my brain. It was an easy way out… Read More TV for These Times
We are just back from a trip to the West Coast. “We” meaning my wife and I. “Just” meaning, keeping with the currency of JDBlogs, almost a month ago. The getaway to San Diego was the first big trip of the pandemic for Mary Jo and I, and it went largely without incident. Cross-country air… Read More Catching Up, Still
The whole idea of needles, when you stop to think about it (which I’m already realizing is probably not something you want to do), is pretty medieval. Throw in the slightly kooky concept of vaccines — which are often, but not always, an actual smidgen of the very sickness that you’re trying to avoid —… Read More Coming Out
The relentless question, even after the arguing and debating and philosophizing is all played out, lingers: Would you rather live your life willfully and happily discounting the anvils constantly dropping from the sky, or spend your days nervously looking for cover in the hopes of sidestepping a few of them as they inevitably fall? I… Read More Optimism is Hard
In North Georgia, there’s not a more glorious time of year than spring. Long-timers around here joke that it’s the best 48-72 hours of the year. Spring hits hard here, sometimes it seems out of nowhere, pushing the gloom and chill of winter aside with the suddenness of a Northerner. The Georgia summer, of course,… Read More Catching up: Spring
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