Gerald So
@sogerald.bsky.social
I run THE FIVE-TWO #Crime #Poetry weekly: https://poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/ and FANS OF #RobertBParker: https://matrix.to/#/#rbp-fans:matrix.org I often post about TV, film, fiction. Also https://masto.ai/@sogerald posting to writing hashtags.
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Gerald So
@sogerald.bsky.social
· Feb 6
Very Much So
Personal blog of Gerald So, poet, writer, editor, moderator, reviewer, stories, books, TV, film.
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Previously on My Life Called So, in March '23, I quit Twitter and have been on Mastodon alone until today. Here, I'll chat w/ friends and promote projects. (I don't want to use Masto mods' limited resources for my BSP.) I also still blog, mainly at geraldso.blogspot.com.
How much you want to bet AI is used to detect AI?
February 16, 2026 at 1:09 PM
How much you want to bet AI is used to detect AI?
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Just because I keep seeing those "I checked this piece and it's written by AI" - this is an old article of mine, before AI was available. So could we not?
February 16, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Just because I keep seeing those "I checked this piece and it's written by AI" - this is an old article of mine, before AI was available. So could we not?
Feb, 16-22 at THE FIVE-TWO #Crime #Poetry weekly, "Saturday at the beach" by @craigkiirchner.bsky.social
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YouTube reading: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7eB...
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YouTube reading: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7eB...
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Craig Kirchner
SATURDAY AT THE BEACH I’m driving to the protest at the beach thinking I’ve become that old man that so many times I drove by and though...
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February 16, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Feb, 16-22 at THE FIVE-TWO #Crime #Poetry weekly, "Saturday at the beach" by @craigkiirchner.bsky.social
Text: poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/2026/02/crai...
YouTube reading: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7eB...
Submit your work: poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/p/guidelines...
Text: poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/2026/02/crai...
YouTube reading: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7eB...
Submit your work: poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/p/guidelines...
I was assigned WUTHERING HEIGHTS in 12th grade. I checked it out of the library but couldn't retain what I read. I managed to pass English class anyway somehow.
February 16, 2026 at 11:11 AM
I was assigned WUTHERING HEIGHTS in 12th grade. I checked it out of the library but couldn't retain what I read. I managed to pass English class anyway somehow.
I'm feeling optimistic about a theme song for the new Rockford pilot. Beverly and Timberman also produced JUSTIFIED and ELEMENTARY, which had great theme songs.
My worry about the new Rockford using the old theme is probably for nothing. Shows no longer have time for themes. 😢
"I want a theme song. Cut from the rest of the show, not the theme song."
"I want a theme song. Cut from the rest of the show, not the theme song."
February 15, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I'm feeling optimistic about a theme song for the new Rockford pilot. Beverly and Timberman also produced JUSTIFIED and ELEMENTARY, which had great theme songs.
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Chocolate Filled King Cake: Mardi Gras dyingforchocolate.blogspot.com/2026/02/choc...
CHOCOLATE FILLED KING CAKE: Mardi Gras!
Who doesn't love a good King Cake ? The season for King Cake extends from the end of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Twelfth Night and E...
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February 15, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Chocolate Filled King Cake: Mardi Gras dyingforchocolate.blogspot.com/2026/02/choc...
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This city is home to people of countless faiths. But no matter what you believe, one thing unites us: we are all New Yorkers. We will not allow ICE to terrorize our neighbors.
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Welcome The Stranger
YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office
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February 15, 2026 at 5:15 PM
This city is home to people of countless faiths. But no matter what you believe, one thing unites us: we are all New Yorkers. We will not allow ICE to terrorize our neighbors.
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It's taken me this long to start wondering, "Did Angel have a P.I. license or did he simply operate unlicensed. like Matt Scudder?"
I mean he pretty much moves from Sunnydale to L.A., has business cards made, and starts advertising. I'm thinking no license.
I mean he pretty much moves from Sunnydale to L.A., has business cards made, and starts advertising. I'm thinking no license.
February 15, 2026 at 5:03 PM
It's taken me this long to start wondering, "Did Angel have a P.I. license or did he simply operate unlicensed. like Matt Scudder?"
I mean he pretty much moves from Sunnydale to L.A., has business cards made, and starts advertising. I'm thinking no license.
I mean he pretty much moves from Sunnydale to L.A., has business cards made, and starts advertising. I'm thinking no license.
If enough ppl in 2024 had thought, "I saw Trump incite the Jan. 6 insurrection on TV and he's a predator; I'm not voting for him," things would be going much better.
February 15, 2026 at 4:43 PM
If enough ppl in 2024 had thought, "I saw Trump incite the Jan. 6 insurrection on TV and he's a predator; I'm not voting for him," things would be going much better.
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My advance review of @alisongaylin.bsky.social May 12, 2026 third Sunny Randall sequel, ROBERT B. PARKER'S BOOKED:
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ROBERT B. PARKER'S BOOKED by Alison Gaylin
In Gaylin's third Sunny Randall sequel, the latest book by Randall's splashy benefactor, Melanie Joan Hall, is savaged by popular anonymous ...
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February 11, 2026 at 4:23 PM
My advance review of @alisongaylin.bsky.social May 12, 2026 third Sunny Randall sequel, ROBERT B. PARKER'S BOOKED:
chatterrific.blogspot.com/2026/02/robe...
chatterrific.blogspot.com/2026/02/robe...
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The Five-Two is full for February but has five slots open for March.
Also, April is Nat'l Poetry Month, when I hope more eyes will be on the site.
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Also, April is Nat'l Poetry Month, when I hope more eyes will be on the site.
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Guidelines
by Gerald So Publishing an original poem each Monday, THE FIVE-TWO's purpose is to bring current and historical wrongdoing to light, wheth...
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February 11, 2026 at 1:21 PM
The Five-Two is full for February but has five slots open for March.
Also, April is Nat'l Poetry Month, when I hope more eyes will be on the site.
poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/p/guidelines...
Also, April is Nat'l Poetry Month, when I hope more eyes will be on the site.
poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/p/guidelines...
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Feb. 9-15 at THE FIVE-TWO #Crime #Poetry weekly, "Say Her Name" by Jennifer Lagier
Text: poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/2026/02/jenn...
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_ii...
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#ReneeGood
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#ReneeGood
Jennifer Lagier
SAY HER NAME For Renee Nicole Good While stormtroopers terrorize our neighborhoods, assault senior citizens, peaceful protestors, a bla...
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February 9, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Feb. 9-15 at THE FIVE-TWO #Crime #Poetry weekly, "Say Her Name" by Jennifer Lagier
Text: poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/2026/02/jenn...
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_ii...
Submit your work: poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/p/guidelines...
#ReneeGood
Text: poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/2026/02/jenn...
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_ii...
Submit your work: poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/p/guidelines...
#ReneeGood
Having no reason to observe Valentine's Day, I prefer to live through it and look back, grateful to have made it.
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"Gotta Wonder" by Gerald So
YouTube video by Gerald So
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February 15, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Having no reason to observe Valentine's Day, I prefer to live through it and look back, grateful to have made it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b72h...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b72h...
BONES was fun and Boreanaz was funny in it, but he still played ex-military turned G-man and had to represent those as nobly and strictly as they're often portrayed in fiction. Playing Rockford, he has no need to live up to expectations of fictional institutions nor many fictional PIs.
February 15, 2026 at 9:25 AM
BONES was fun and Boreanaz was funny in it, but he still played ex-military turned G-man and had to represent those as nobly and strictly as they're often portrayed in fiction. Playing Rockford, he has no need to live up to expectations of fictional institutions nor many fictional PIs.
For the 1st or 2nd time, NBA All-Star Sat. Night slipped my mind. In fairness, I haven't had a sports TV package since before the pandemic. One site called All-Star Weekend the NBA's marquee event. I would have gone w/ the NBA Finals, like the Super Bowl is the NFL's big event.
February 15, 2026 at 9:14 AM
For the 1st or 2nd time, NBA All-Star Sat. Night slipped my mind. In fairness, I haven't had a sports TV package since before the pandemic. One site called All-Star Weekend the NBA's marquee event. I would have gone w/ the NBA Finals, like the Super Bowl is the NFL's big event.
I started reading the Spenser novels b/c I'd seen SPENSER: FOR HIRE, and right away I thought the books blew the TV show away. Fans of original Rockford should root for the reboot b/c the reboot will bring new fans to the original.
There are also times popular adaptations don't represent the source material that well. motivating ppl to put up more faithful adaptations, such as Edgar Wright's RUNNING MAN or, I hope, a future Spenser TV show or movie.
February 14, 2026 at 7:03 PM
I started reading the Spenser novels b/c I'd seen SPENSER: FOR HIRE, and right away I thought the books blew the TV show away. Fans of original Rockford should root for the reboot b/c the reboot will bring new fans to the original.
This is becoming like NFL football. 9 of 10 things the Trump admin does are impeachable. It's only a matter what you're going to flag.
February 14, 2026 at 6:09 PM
This is becoming like NFL football. 9 of 10 things the Trump admin does are impeachable. It's only a matter what you're going to flag.
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i recently told someone that the best thing about the super bowl is that it is the one day of the year that you get to eat fritos with impunity. strangely, they looked at me as if there was something more to it than that.
February 14, 2026 at 6:01 PM
i recently told someone that the best thing about the super bowl is that it is the one day of the year that you get to eat fritos with impunity. strangely, they looked at me as if there was something more to it than that.
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Post the wins.
BREAKING: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shuts down due to lack of funding
February 14, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Post the wins.
I liked how quickly Jim Rockford came up w/ pretexts and fooled execs at various companies w/ minimal cosmetic disguise. Ten years later, Axel Foley would do similar.
"I'm a building inspector. Stop what you're doing, please."
"I'm a building inspector. Stop what you're doing, please."
February 14, 2026 at 2:50 PM
I liked how quickly Jim Rockford came up w/ pretexts and fooled execs at various companies w/ minimal cosmetic disguise. Ten years later, Axel Foley would do similar.
"I'm a building inspector. Stop what you're doing, please."
"I'm a building inspector. Stop what you're doing, please."
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As it’s Pink Halloween, this being Valentine’s Day in the writer Robyn Wilder’s brilliant coinage, #RecipeOfTheDay just demanded to be these Custard Cream Hearts! I rather think you should make a batch for yourself. www.nigella.com/recipes/cust...
Custard Cream Hearts
I have what I like to think of as a Wildean thing about reproducing artifice by more natural means. Thus, in How To Eat, I gave a recipe for digestive biscuits, and now I find myself propelled towards...
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February 14, 2026 at 11:00 AM
As it’s Pink Halloween, this being Valentine’s Day in the writer Robyn Wilder’s brilliant coinage, #RecipeOfTheDay just demanded to be these Custard Cream Hearts! I rather think you should make a batch for yourself. www.nigella.com/recipes/cust...
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WORD FACT
The name Valentine means “strength, capacity, worth” (Latin “valentia”), and is related to modern English words like valour, value, valiant, evaluate, convalescence, avail, ambivalence, valid, and equivalent.
This Valentine’s Day, validate your valour by valuing your equivalent.
The name Valentine means “strength, capacity, worth” (Latin “valentia”), and is related to modern English words like valour, value, valiant, evaluate, convalescence, avail, ambivalence, valid, and equivalent.
This Valentine’s Day, validate your valour by valuing your equivalent.
February 14, 2026 at 9:23 AM
WORD FACT
The name Valentine means “strength, capacity, worth” (Latin “valentia”), and is related to modern English words like valour, value, valiant, evaluate, convalescence, avail, ambivalence, valid, and equivalent.
This Valentine’s Day, validate your valour by valuing your equivalent.
The name Valentine means “strength, capacity, worth” (Latin “valentia”), and is related to modern English words like valour, value, valiant, evaluate, convalescence, avail, ambivalence, valid, and equivalent.
This Valentine’s Day, validate your valour by valuing your equivalent.
Speaking of reboots, Sony is developing another CHARLIE'S ANGELS movie.
I'd reboot it as three women PI friends forming an agency. Tie it in to Charlie, if you must, making one of the three PIs is Charlie's daughter.
I'd reboot it as three women PI friends forming an agency. Tie it in to Charlie, if you must, making one of the three PIs is Charlie's daughter.
February 14, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Speaking of reboots, Sony is developing another CHARLIE'S ANGELS movie.
I'd reboot it as three women PI friends forming an agency. Tie it in to Charlie, if you must, making one of the three PIs is Charlie's daughter.
I'd reboot it as three women PI friends forming an agency. Tie it in to Charlie, if you must, making one of the three PIs is Charlie's daughter.
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Lois Maxwell was born in Ontario on this day in 1927. In 1962 Maxwell was offered the roles of Sylvia Trench or Miss Moneypenny. She opted for the latter and appeared in a total of 14 Bond films with three difference actors playing 007.
#JamesBond #dates #OTD
#JamesBond #dates #OTD
February 14, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Lois Maxwell was born in Ontario on this day in 1927. In 1962 Maxwell was offered the roles of Sylvia Trench or Miss Moneypenny. She opted for the latter and appeared in a total of 14 Bond films with three difference actors playing 007.
#JamesBond #dates #OTD
#JamesBond #dates #OTD