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Janissary January 2026 Consumption

Greatest hits of January: Euripides’ “Andromache”, “Manchester by the Sea”, “Civil War”, Hegel, Hegel, Hegel, Simone Weil’s essay on the Iliad, “The Naked City”.
Misses: “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” and, pointedly, “Where the Truth Lies”.

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  • 2026-02-07
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Euripides’ “Iphigenia in Aulis”

This play narrates the moments preceding the sacrifice of Iphigenia so that the Greek fleet can set sail for Troy.

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  • 2026-02-06
  • On Literature, Books Reading Journal

December 2025 Consumption (no, not tuberculosis)

Greatest Hits: Have you read Euripides? Why the hell not? Don’t tell anyone.
Worst Cuts: The Contractor with Chris Pine, The Painter with Bob Shitlips

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  • 2026-01-05
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The Perplexity of Complete Agreement, and Yet Disquiet

With each claim I find myself in agreement, the choir to her preacher, yet I am still disappointed, put off.

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  • 2026-01-04
  • On Literature, Books Reading Journal

Nervous November 2025 Consumption

Greatest Hits: Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Green Porno, The Thunderbolts. Lowest Lows: Thor: Ragnorak,

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  • 2025-12-13
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September & October 2025

Best listening experience of Sept-Oct: Wire’s 1977 album “Pink Flag”. So rad.

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  • 2025-11-03
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The Master (2012): “Where Are the Naked White Women?!”

Paul Thomas Anderson again bends reality to his will in his 2012 film “The Master”, with naked women resulting.

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  • 2025-09-21
  • On Film, Movies, Cinema Viewing Journal

Hazy July & August 2025 Consumption

Greatest Hits: Sahara, To the Lighthouse. Lowest Lows: The Bear, Rocky III.

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  • 2025-09-03
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Jejune June 2025 Consumption

Greatest hits: “To the Lighthouse” and “Sexy Beast” and Parasite”; Low blows: “Iron Man 3”

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  • 2025-07-16
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Law & Order, “Damaged”: Who Can Consent?

Aging badly, we say, so certain of our contemporary judgment. Hindsight is 20-fucking-20!

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  • 2025-06-22
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Monotonous May 2025 Consumption

Greatest hits: “To Live and Die in L.A.” and “Floating Clouds” and “To the Lighthouse”. Low blows: “City of Industry” Ouch.

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  • 2025-06-18
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Anxious April 2025: Consumption

Greatest hits: Henrik Pontoppidan, “Lucky Per”; the 2024 series “Shōgun”; the long-awaited second season of the Disney series “Andor”; disappointments: “Dance Hall of the Dead”

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  • 2025-05-15
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March 2025: Reading, Viewing

Greatest Hits: “Triangle of Sadness”, “Secrets & Lies”, “Shampoo”, and the 1989 “Lonesome Dove” series. Misses: “Ahsoka”?

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  • 2025-04-09
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Fearful February 2025: Reading, Viewing

Triumphs: “The Red Shoes” and “Picnic at Hanging Rock”! Flaubert’s “Sentimental Education”!

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  • 2025-03-12
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Enervating Enero 2025, Reading and Writing

All of the books and films don’t amount to much when political terror begins.

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  • 2025-02-07
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