what Dave thinks about movies, books and everything
I attended DaCapo Chamber Choir’s final concert of the year entitled “Leonardo Dreaming.” This is the choir that I used to sing in. I hadn’t seen/heard them since this time last year. As always, it was a great concert. I wasn’t familiar with any of the pieces. The concert was at Knox Presbyterian Church, a […]
{4.5/5} “The greatest composers when they wanted to express their most sincere thoughts, feelings, dig deep into their souls. Always this form. Always. Always the quartet. If they were courageous enough.” Daniel, Robert, Juliette, and Peter have played in a string quartet for 25 years. Peter finds out that he’s in the early stages of Parkinson’s […]
{5/5} “Just hit a fire hydrant, but I survived. #Unbreakable #WhatsMrGlassUpToTheseDays #WhyNoSequel?” Leslie finds that the other city councillors are somewhat difficult to work with. Ben, on the other hand, is doing really well with his job in Washington DC. Tom comes up with another idea for a new business and tries to find investors. […]
{4.5/5} “Time travel. It’ll turn your brain into spaghetti if you let it. Best not to think about it. Best just to get on with the job in hand. Which is destroying the enemy before they’re even born and have a chance to threaten us. We’re expecting any resistance to be light, because the ancestors […]
{4.5/5} “Why Bucket, every day’s a good day for luggin’ sheep.” In the two-part “Heather Report” a new girl shows up on Berk — everyone welcomes her except Astrid, who’s suspicious of her. In the two-part “We Are Family” Hiccup finds a map leading to an island of night furies — unfortunately the map is […]
{4.5/5} “Nothing says family like squirting your 86 year-old grandmother in the face so she won’t hit your granddaughter with a fireplace poker.” Jimmy and Sabrina get married, Virginia and Burt act young because they’re feeling old, and Maw Maw gets taken away to a nursing home. Jimmy is shocked to discover that his parents […]
{4.5/5} “All things considered, I think I was doing pretty well: only occasionally did I allow myself to slip deep inside the pool of my own most maudlin imaginings. At these times I’d find a quiet, dark corner — all the better to give myself over fully to the fantasy — and picture in great […]
{4/5} “Ladies and gentlemen. I think the confusion here is that you are all very ignorant. Is that right word, ignorant? I mean stupid, primitive, unenlightened. You do not understand science, so you are afraid of it. Like a dog is afraid of thunder or balloons. To you, science is magic and witchcraft because you […]
{4.5/5} “Most times real life doesn’t measure up to what’s in our heads, but every now and then it comes pretty close.” Monte used to write western novels, and now he drinks. He’s staying at his brother’s house in Belle Isle for the summer. Charlotte and her three daughters live next door. The first thing […]
{4.5/5} “Another day in paradise.” Humans won the war against the Scavs but the Earth was laid waste in the process — the remnants of humanity are heading to Titan. Jack and Victoria are a team who will be on their way to Titan in just two weeks. For now, they must protect the giant […]