When we moved from Philadelphia to Bethlehem, the two things I missed the most were WXPN and The Ritz Theatre. You could listen to XPN on the Internet, and NetFlix helped satisfy my desire for independent and foreign films even though you needed to wait for them to come out on DVD. So, what were [...]

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Day 10 and the sheep are still finding their way into the garden, apparently being dropped by parachute from helicopter. I spent the cold, frosty morning stringing barbed wire across small entrances and re-establishing fencing that I had planned to remove completely. So much for having an unobstructed view of the forest. Actually, we plan [...]

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Blogger re-established the ability to publish to your own domain name, so please update your bookmarks. (You should have been automatically re-directed.) I’m still working on getting just verticalbones.com working, but it’s been awhile since I mucked around with CNAME records and DNS, so cut me a break. Or, laugh at me if the domain [...]

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I was first introduced to John Cassavetes work in film school. My professor, Ray Carney, actually wrote the book Cassavetes on Cassavetes. He started us with Minnie and Moskowitz, which at the time was hard to come by. I didn’t check to see if it was on DVD today, but if you want to see [...]

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I did enjoy Serenity, but ultimately, I guess I couldn’t get over the whole Buffy factor. I never saw Firefly though I understand there are vasts legions of dedicated fans. I’m sure they LOVED the film. Without any of this previous baggage and a better director, this could have been great a great pic. The [...]

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