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Anthropomorphizing Trump

07.25.2019 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

Frog taking control of the other animals in an Aesop fable

I posted a comment on Facebook and the Twitters: “The news anthropomorphizes Trump.”

Where the hell did that come from?

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Categories // Prattle Tags // anthropomorphism, donald trump, news, press, robert mueller, say anything

10DMC #day8: Ghost in the shell

07.13.2019 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

Scene from the montage in Ghost in the Shell, with ferry under city with colorful signs

Very few movies even approach what is, for me, the gold standard of science fiction: Blade Runner. One of those is Ghost in the Shell.

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Categories // Prattle Tags // 10dmc, blade runner, ghost in the shell, movies, posthuman

10DMC #day7: Life of Brian

07.10.2019 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

Scene from Life of Brian, with "Romans go home" painted on entire wall of official building

In August, Life of Brian hits its 40th anniversary. I feel old.

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Happy birthday!

07.04.2019 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

Fireworks

It’s my younger kid’s birthday, and the city is going to put on a fireworks show!

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Follow-up:
Matthew Walker’s Why we sleep

07.03.2019 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

I cannot recommend this book highly enough.

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Categories // Prattle Tags // ariana huffington, follow-up, matt walker, sleep, ted talks, what I'm reading

10DMC #day6: The Aristocats

07.01.2019 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

The Alley Cats--bass fiddle, piano, accordian, guitar--from The Aristocats

I’ve always been more a cat guy.

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What I’m reading:
Matt Walker’s Why We Sleep

06.04.2019 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

If Amanda Fucking Palmer has been “having a passionate affair” with a book—if “the information [in that book] is literally, physically, technically changing [her] life on a day-to-day basis”—well, I figured it might be worth a read.

And so far, it has been.

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Categories // Prattle Tags // amanda palmer, books, carol dweck, matt walker, procrastination, sleep, steel, ted talks, tim ferriss, what I'm reading

10DMC #day5: Star Wars

04.04.2019 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

Destroyer chasing Leia's shuttle

There are only two movies that I saw at least a dozen times in the theater. Star Wars is one of them.

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10DMC #day4: Flashdance

04.02.2019 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

Famous water scene in Flashdance

On Day 4 of the 10 Day Movie Challenge, I was accused of having lost focus. I was supposed to be listing movies that impacted me, but, one commenter said, “This seems more like the women who impacted you, Greg.”

I should be careful about protesting too much, methinks.

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10DMC #day3: Blade runner

02.10.2019 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

If I’d listed this “10 Day Movie Challenge” in order by greatest impact, Blade Runner would have been first, hands down.

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