Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania — a movie review

There often seems to be an inverse relationship in critics’ movie ratings to that of the movie-watching public. For instance, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. On the Rotten Tomatoes review site, the critics—as of June 10, 2023—gave the movie a disappointing 46%, based on 393 professional reviews. Meanwhile, the audience score is an overwhelmingly positive […]

10-List: Final Seasons Watched (since October 2022)

For every Alpha there is an Omega. I recently posted an article listing the ten first seasons I completed watching since January 2023. This article lists ten final seasons I’ve watched, in their entirety, since October 2022. There have been several series that I’ve watched across all platforms that had their one-and-done seasons. They aren’t […]

\m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/: Buffy the Vampire Slayer DeepWatch: Season 1, Episode 11: “Out of Mind, Out of Sight” (airdate: Monday, May 19, 1997): Part 2 of 3

15:01 – 30:00 Previously on \m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/. . . We learned that an invisible girl is wreaking petty havoc on the Sunnydale High campus. She attacked Cordelia’s boyfriend Mitch with a baseball bat in the boys’ locker room, putting him in the hospital. She also pushed Harmony Kendall, the main sycophant in Cordelia’s mean girl […]

10-List: First Seasons (Since January 2023)

Part of my struggle in keeping an open mind is to expose myself to television series I’ve never watched instead of just rewatching episodes of The Andy Griffith Show or Buffy the Vampire Slayer. To this end, I occasionally take a new (to me) series on a shakedown run. Some pass with flying colors and […]

Looking Forward (June 2023 Update): The Sedentary Pursuit of Happiness

This is the quadmonthly happiness report for June 2023. Our belief here at FirewaterCorp is that happiness is defined as always having something to look forward to. In our world, choices in entertainment play a huge role in this pursuit. Our company motto is “Read. Play. Watch. Listen.” And, then, of course: “Write About It.” […]

Babylon’s Ashes (The Expanse: Book #6), by James S.A. Corey — a review

Book #7 in James S.A. Corey’s The Expanse series is waiting for me in my library closet. Its title is Persepolis Rising, and it kicks off the final three-book story arc of the series. I could begin reading it today if I so desired. I’m an adult. A grown-ass man. In the regional vernacular of […]

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: Season 1 — a review

On its Wikipedia page, the television series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is described as a romantic musical comedy-drama. I don’t think I can come up with a better name for this particular niche. There are a lot of funny things that happen this season, qualifying this as a comedy. There’s also a heap of pathos and heartbreak, […]

Will Trent: Season 1 — a review

Since 2006, American mystery author Karin Slaughter has published thirteen books featuring Georgia Bureau of Investigation special agent Will Trent and his partner Faith Mitchell. Trent has the highest clearance rate of any GBI agent because of his innate gift to look at things from a different perspective than most people. I am unable to […]

\m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/: Buffy the Vampire Slayer DeepWatch: Season 1, Episode 11: “Out of Mind, Out of Sight” (airdate: Monday, May 19, 1997): Part 1 of 3

00:00 – 15:00 Two days after this episode aired for the first time, the band Radiohead released the album OK Computer. I mention this particular fact for two reasons, neither of which is the fact that I’m a huge Radiohead fan. Sure, I liked “Creep.” Who didn’t? Well, Thom Yorke perhaps, if the rumors are […]

Just One More Thing: Firewater’s 1-Question Questionnaire [Card Trick Secrets]

You can tell me. It’s bugged me for four decades now. How did you really do that card trick? A magician is honor bound to never reveal the secret to a successful illusion. I’m not a magician, however. So I’ll tell you. First, some unnecessary backstory. In the latter part of the 1970s, an accident […]

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