Shocking events everywhere we look.\u00a0 But maybe we’re not as easily shocked anymore.\u00a0 Running street battles with Americans shooting at each other used to be a shocking concept.\u00a0 Not anymore.\u00a0 It’s the status quo.\u00a0 So I better get used to all this so as not to seem behind the times.\u00a0 But when I see something interesting I’ll be sure to write down my comments.<\/p>\n
And I’ll be sure to provide some entertaining stuff too that will help us enjoy our bumpy ride.\u00a0 For instance the next two Star Trek episodes are “The Trouble With Tribbles” and “The Gamesters of Triskelion.”\u00a0 I haven’t watched either episode in decades but I know they are of the highest entertainment value and I’ll exploit them to the fullest extent.<\/p>\n
At the Daily Quote its Sun Tzu week.\u00a0 The wisdom of war and never a more fitting time for it.<\/p>\n
On the photo side I plan on doing a couple of summer retrospectives.\u00a0 This summer hasn’t been very productive for either flowers or butterflies but I want to do an insect review and maybe a flower one too.\u00a0 I also think I’ve now got enough experience with shooting hummingbirds with both the 90mm macro and the 200-600 zoom to put together some kind of an essay on what I’ve learned and some explanatory photos for emphasis and interest.<\/p>\n
As we head into the fall it’s time to start looking for horror movies for the Halloween season.\u00a0 Having already reviewed all the 1930s and 1940s classic monster movies I guess it’s time to look at some of the more up to date candidates.\u00a0 This will be a more ticklish business.\u00a0 Realistic horror came into its own in the last thirty years with stories like the Silence of the Lambs.\u00a0 But there is also some stuff that has crossed so far over the line into sadism that watching it is just an exercise in degradation.\u00a0 I will tread carefully.<\/p>\n
And of course the election will be a circus that even P.T. Barnum would envy.\u00a0 We will have a spectacle that would make Nero sit up and take notice.<\/p>\n
So stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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