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Death on the Nile
So, which way does your brain cast? Forward or back? Sideways? Are there other options? Mine is stuck on “forward” most times, forever modelling the next sequence of events in nervous partial disregard of whatever is in front of it, right now. It makes watching a movie, or particularly a few movies in a row,…
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“The Republic doesn’t exist out here”
Here I am again: early-praising something that I’m sure will turn out to be heartily disappointing, or incomplete, or about Luke Skywalker, or will reach its endgame to reveal that it was actually the detailed backstory of Grand Moff Jerjerrod all along. (Looking at you, Karn.) But I cannot help it: as someone on the…
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Mindfulness of breath
I feel so good. I feel so damn good I’m a bit pissed off at how good I feel. How dare I feel this good? Me, in the year two kay two two, Pandemic Year Three? This good??
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Westeros is Hell
Many, not all, fantasy worlds that create substantial fandoms have, at least in some small part, an aspirational aspect that drives the identification. They build and require a sense that (regardless of the plotting), the story landscape or story rules are enviable enough that you kinda wish you could live within them. It’s what gives…
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Mindfulness of body
It was when I was in a painful forearm plank, describing the Flex Mentallo character from Doom Patrol to my trainer, that I realized my life had changed rather dramatically in the past month.
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