BILL RYAN
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Society Gets the Crime it Deserves
On "A Killing in Comics" by Max Allan Collins, and "Mrs. Bridge" by Evan S. Connell
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Today in my new FREE TO ALL Reading Project post, I look at A KILLING IN COMICS by Max Allan Collins, and MRS. BRIDGE by Evan S. Connell.
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My energy going into 2026.
December 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
My energy going into 2026.
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“Tomorrow, dogs around a fire will tell tales of humans”
Demain, les chiens, autour d'un feu, se raconteront des histoires d'humains.
Owen O'Connor
Owen O'Connor
December 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
“Tomorrow, dogs around a fire will tell tales of humans”
Watching the WILTY Christmas episode. Not much of a lineup, outside of the mainstays, who are my main reasons for watching anyway. But I wonder if the guests are so boring because nobody likes Walliams and turned the gig down when they heard he'd be on.
December 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Watching the WILTY Christmas episode. Not much of a lineup, outside of the mainstays, who are my main reasons for watching anyway. But I wonder if the guests are so boring because nobody likes Walliams and turned the gig down when they heard he'd be on.
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Gerber Singles (1974-1974): Assuming that single people were as helpless to feed themselves as babies, Gerber put out a line of single-serve heat and eat meals and desserts for adults in their signature glass jars, such as beef burgundy, sweet n sour pork, and turkey mornay
October 31, 2023 at 11:29 AM
Gerber Singles (1974-1974): Assuming that single people were as helpless to feed themselves as babies, Gerber put out a line of single-serve heat and eat meals and desserts for adults in their signature glass jars, such as beef burgundy, sweet n sour pork, and turkey mornay
My favorite Yorgos Lanthimos so far -- since DOGTOOTH anyway -- has been the one I was least curious about going in.
December 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
My favorite Yorgos Lanthimos so far -- since DOGTOOTH anyway -- has been the one I was least curious about going in.
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Nice to see Highest2Lowest so, uh, high. Didn't get its due and the reception felt like people had never seen a Spike Lee movie before.
December 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Nice to see Highest2Lowest so, uh, high. Didn't get its due and the reception felt like people had never seen a Spike Lee movie before.
2025 has been a terrible year for me keeping up with current/interesting releases, but as things stand this is my top 15.
December 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
2025 has been a terrible year for me keeping up with current/interesting releases, but as things stand this is my top 15.
Had a bad night. Slept horribly. Hello. What day is it.
December 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Had a bad night. Slept horribly. Hello. What day is it.
oh god i am so full i hate christmas all of you go to hell
December 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
oh god i am so full i hate christmas all of you go to hell
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I've seen this going around today and it's beautiful, so here's a gift link.
Opinion | Martin Scorsese: ‘Rob Reiner Was My Friend’
www.nytimes.com
December 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I've seen this going around today and it's beautiful, so here's a gift link.
She's having the time of her life.
December 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
She's having the time of her life.
It's a very @criterion.bsky.social and @valancourtbooks.bsky.social Christmas (I also got shirts, and shipping was delayed on NIGHTMARE ALLEY (Kathryn can't remember which one, I want both)).
December 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
It's a very @criterion.bsky.social and @valancourtbooks.bsky.social Christmas (I also got shirts, and shipping was delayed on NIGHTMARE ALLEY (Kathryn can't remember which one, I want both)).
TIL it's "four colly birds" not "four calling birds"
December 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
TIL it's "four colly birds" not "four calling birds"
yeah clearly my memory of how this spirit is traditionally depicted on film is all skewed
I would say The Ghost of Christmas Past from A MUPPETS CHRISTMAS CAROL comes fairly close. I always found it a little unnerving.... in a good way!
December 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
yeah clearly my memory of how this spirit is traditionally depicted on film is all skewed
I just finished watching IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU and I thought it was very good. Good morning, merry Christmas.
December 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I just finished watching IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU and I thought it was very good. Good morning, merry Christmas.
Rewatching one of *the* best Christmas movies. Saw someone on Twitter once poking fun at how serious Michael Caine's performance is. Well pardon him for doing the job he was hired to do.
December 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Rewatching one of *the* best Christmas movies. Saw someone on Twitter once poking fun at how serious Michael Caine's performance is. Well pardon him for doing the job he was hired to do.
A lovely young lady I used to work with once told me she thought I was funny, which was nice, but upon reflection, her tag to that -- that it was like i didn't know what I was saying was funny -- makes me think now that she just thought I was an idiot.
What's a compliment you'll never forget?
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
A lovely young lady I used to work with once told me she thought I was funny, which was nice, but upon reflection, her tag to that -- that it was like i didn't know what I was saying was funny -- makes me think now that she just thought I was an idiot.
I am not as miserable a person as I may sometime seem, and I believe my wife and I are going to have a very pleasant long Christmas weekend together. As the titular character says at the end of John Gardner's GRENDEL, in a slightly different context, "So may you all!"
December 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I am not as miserable a person as I may sometime seem, and I believe my wife and I are going to have a very pleasant long Christmas weekend together. As the titular character says at the end of John Gardner's GRENDEL, in a slightly different context, "So may you all!"
I love how blithely withering this description of the play is. (from SWEET WILLIAM by Beryl Bainbridge)
December 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I love how blithely withering this description of the play is. (from SWEET WILLIAM by Beryl Bainbridge)