Tag Archives: media

Why I don’t watch the news (and why this journalist hates it)

Posted on December 2, 2020 by smellincoffee

I can’t remember the last time I watched televised news; it was around 2008, I believe. If I hadn’t stopped by the time I read Amusing Ourselves to Death, that would have been its death knell. The video in sum: … Continue reading →

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Back to Lost Heaven

Posted on October 9, 2020 by smellincoffee

Eighteen years ago (!!!!!) I fell in love with a game: Mafia, by Gathering of Developers. A third-person shooter set in 1930s America, telling the story of a young cab driver who is drawn into a crime family. The setting, … Continue reading →

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Reading on the Road: Shiloh’s Bloody Hill

Posted on August 17, 2020 by smellincoffee

“The world was suddenly out of kilter, as though the beauty of the bright Tennessee sunrise was merely a prelude to death, and that nature, with all her morning splendor, was mocking mankind’s folly.” – Winston Groom, Shiloh 1862. During … Continue reading →

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COVID has infected my gaming

Posted on August 9, 2020 by smellincoffee

Between the corona chill and the sweltering heat outside, I haven’t been doing much out-and-abouting with friends  —  I had a close circle who I was seeing every weekend, but  now it’s more of a every two-weeks kind of thing … Continue reading →

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Literary humor in RDR2

Posted on August 1, 2020 by smellincoffee

I’m currently wrapping up my fourth playthrough of RDR2, and am continuing to discover new things.  Recently while looting the body of some poor unfortunate (he had a case of bad manners, which I remedied with liberal application of fisticuffs) … Continue reading →

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Music to dump tea by

Posted on July 4, 2020 by smellincoffee

  Once an honest man could go from sunrise to its set Without encountering agents of his state or government But a sorry cloud of tyranny has fallen across the land Brought on by the hollow men who did not … Continue reading →

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Tully WAS known as the Roman king of coke

Posted on June 12, 2020 by smellincoffee
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It’s not a problem, it’s…a…passion….?

Posted on May 29, 2020 by smellincoffee
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Some favorite bits of corona culture

Posted on April 28, 2020 by smellincoffee

This is just a quick post to share some of my – — well, it’s there in the title.  Presented in the order that they come to mind. “One Day More” “Sh%t Southern Women Say in a Pandemic” “When this … Continue reading →

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Quarantine Gaming

Posted on April 17, 2020 by smellincoffee

I’ve been gaming a bit more in the last month or so as a result of La Corona, so I thought I’d share a few screenshots…..because I can. I was told to cook. No one told me when to stop. … Continue reading →

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