Category Archives: General

Teaser Tuesday with Bobby

Posted on July 7, 2026 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT is “Books with ____” in the title. I…don’t really have anything, so here’s doubled-barrelled RFK. Teaser Tuesday “All of it — all the words about whether Bobby Kennedy is a ruthless, mechanical rich guy or a genius mellowed … Continue reading →

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Happy rebellious Fourth!

Posted on July 4, 2026 by smellincoffee

I hope my fellow Amerikaner had a joyful, rebellious Fourth. I myself treated red lights like stop signs, and stop signs like caution lights. (Downtown Selma has a sick obsession with useless red lights: they’d make an anarchist of anyone.) … Continue reading →

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June 2026 Moviewatch

Posted on July 1, 2026 by smellincoffee

Another long moviewatch post, this time mainly because I was very chatty about the movies when I made my notes. Ella Enchanted,  2004.  I saw Anne Hathaway. I clicked “play”. Simple as.  Then I heard Eric Idle offering narration and … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday + Old Websites

Posted on July 1, 2026 by smellincoffee

Today’s prompt from Long and Short reviews is, “Websites we wish still existed”. The first thing that comes to mind is the old 3DO forums: 3DO was a game-publishing company that did several very different series, including the Army Men … Continue reading →

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June 2026 in Review

Posted on June 30, 2026 by smellincoffee

Well, dear readers, we are six months into 2026. Time to look and see how I’m doing on my reading goals. One happy bit of news is that I found a new binge-able artist. The last years I haven’t done … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday and Thoughts on Drafting

Posted on June 30, 2026 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT is books we’re looking forward to being released, but the books I was anticipating have already been released (GIRLS, etc) and the next book on my radar (Rod Dreher’s Warning to Weimar America or whatever final title it … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesdays and High School Reunions

Posted on June 24, 2026 by smellincoffee

Today’s prompt from Long and Short Reviews is, “Have You Ever Attended Your High School Reunion? Why or why not?” Well…no. I graduated in 2003: by 2013 we were all facebook friends. My high school class didn’t even talk about … Continue reading →

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Ten Books on my Summer TBR

Posted on June 23, 2026 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT is books on our summer reading list; as I normally do, I’m going to look back at the last quarterly TBR to see how I did. As it turns out, I batted .500 again! The ones I missed … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday + Know Before You Go

Posted on June 17, 2026 by smellincoffee

Today’s prompt from Long and Short Reviews is, “Something to know before visiting my country or city”. Well, for starters, don’t come between May and October because most of the year we endure the Great Sticky Siege. As regards Selma … Continue reading →

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Five Days in November

Posted on June 16, 2026 by smellincoffee

In his memoir of working in the Secret Service, Within Arm’s Reach, Dan Emmett said that he was inspired by seeing an agent on television jump onto the presidential convertible during the JFK assassination to join the service. That agent … Continue reading →

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