what Dave thinks about movies, books and everything
{4.5/5} “This ability we have will save more lives than it risks. Let the Oud reshape the ground. Sona will ‘port to safety. Let our crops fail. We’ll ‘port to another Clan and trade for food. This is the most important Talent ever discovered by Om’ray and we must never fear to use it.” Rift […]
{4.5/5} “The exiles would change whatever Clan they tried to join… Sona offered what she’d never imagined — the possibility of living apart from other Clans, to be themselves, to risk only themselves. To become something new.” Riders of the Storm by Julie E. Czerneda, published in 2008 Aryl and her fellow exiles are headed […]
{4.5/5} “Runners dared go beyond where Om’ray were tolerated. Never to trespass on the Oud — no one was that stupid — but where no others would go… Runners weren’t of one family, or one Talent, though those with the ability to sense imminent change were persistently if quietly courted. They were risk takers, not […]
{4/5} “You let one ant stand up to us, then they all might stand up.” A Bug’s Life, released in 1998 Every year the ants harvest a bunch of food and leave it for the grasshoppers, who come and eat it and then leave. But this year Flik accidentally knocks over the pile of food […]
{4.5/5} “You missed this one. I knew it was there, but I didn’t tell you ’cause I hoped one day I’d be brave enough.” A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder season 1, aired in 2024 Pip has to do an in-depth project for school and she decides to revisit the murder of Andie, an older […]
Since there were some important settings to change in Windows 10, it’s not surprising the same is true with Windows 11. I found a couple of articles that have some overlap but cover some key topics, including getting rid of ads and notifications. The first one is from CNet: 7 Default Settings You Should Probably […]
Android phones have some default settings that you will want to change. Stop Google from receiving information you don’t want them to have. If you have one of these phones, watch this video from the people at Useful Things: Your Android Phone Tracking You and Listening. TURN THIS OFF
{4.5/5} “I’m used to being scared. I’ve been scared ever since my uncle got printed. But I killed people today. And now I feel like a bad guy. Just like the people who killed Uncle Wendall.” Dollhouse: Epitaphs by Andrew Chambliss, Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen, published in 2012 When the apocalypse happens most people […]
{2/5} “Spy Kids have always been able to beat the bad guys because adults over-think things. But to a kid, everything is possible.” Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World, released in 2011 Wilbur Wilson has a reality show where he hunts for spies. But he doesn’t know his own wife was a […]
{4/5} “You forgot something.” The Secret World of Arietty, released in 2010 Arietty is 14 and goes with her father on her first borrowing expedition. They go into the area of the house where the humans live. The humans are giants compared to them. They grab a sugar cube in the kitchen, but then drop […]