Author: Chris S.

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The Horror

Horror films: not a fan.

Never seen a Nightmare on Elm Street film.

Never seen a Friday the 13th film.

Never seen a Halloween film.

It.

The Shining.

Scream.

Never seen any of them.

Army of Darkness doesn’t count, even though it’s technically the 3rd film in a series.

Horror comics, on the other hand, are something that I’ve recently gotten into, thanks to folks like Dirk Manning, Kasey Pierce, and Dan Dougherty.

Not sure why I can read it, but not watch it.

And it’s not like I read horror novels, either.

Just comics.

It’s a change of pace from the usual Marvel/DC superhero books that I grew up with.

Go check ’em out!

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Shawarma!

I finally tried it today!

It came from a food truck outside of work.  Chicken shawarma wrap.

Not bad, salad was good, too.

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Baseball

My desire to play table top baseball appears to be directly influenced by how well the Giants and Mets are doing in real life.

Right now, both teams are below .500, with the Giants (38-63) dead last in the NL West, and the Mets (46-51) in 3rd place in the NL East.

Alas.

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Saturday

I started the day with an early screening of Dunkirk.

From the standpoint of a history and World War II enthusiast, it was a great story, well told.

From a film standpoint, it was a good movie.  I can see it getting nominated for awards, and Christopher Nolan may actually win an Oscar for directing.

But because my tastes differ from an Oscar voter, the movie was simply ‘good’.  Entertaining, compelling, but not a film for everyone.

3 stars out of 4.

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So many trailers released for so many things that I’m waiting for.

Of them all, the Justice League and Thor: Ragnarok trailers were my favorite movie related ones (Ready Player One gets an honorable mention).

The TV ones were plentiful, with all the CW series and Star Trek Discovery shown.

So much to look forward to in the future.

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The Panda’s back.

I don’t know how I feel about this, to be honest.  I believe in second chances, and this season is a wash, so what does it hurt?

Pablo Sandoval was young and made a dumb choice, like many young, dumb people do.

We’ll see what happens.

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SDCC 2017

Truth be told, I do miss going.

I just don’t miss the planning, travel, lines, and crowds.

The smaller cons around here take care of that itch to attend a con.  I just miss seeing folks I know who go to SDCC.

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7 Months Later

And still no podcast.

I’m just as unfocused as I’ve been over the past few years, with a new shiny attracting my attention more often than usual.

Arrrgh.

What kills me is that there’s so much that I could be talking about but generally keep to myself, or post on social media Facebook.

Maybe if I come up with an actual format…