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Thoughts on USWNT After 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Two years ago I wrote an article following the 2019 World Cup (creatively titled, Thoughts on USWNT After 2019 World Cup). Now …

Tooting the Pipe

I fell in love with the flute when I was around 5 years old when I saw the daughter of one of …

Thoughts on USWNT After 2019 World Cup

The United States Women’s National Team won the 2019 World Cup*. This was critically important for women’s soccer. It gives the USWNT …

Supergirl Season 4 – Some thoughts following episode 15

Supergirl season 4, episode 15, “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” Presented us with a number of topics that I want to talk …

Holiday Watch: A Veteran’s Christmas

Grace Garland (Eloise Mumford) is a Marine Captain who has just been discharged from the military. As she travels snowy roads on …

Supergirl Season 3 – Some Post-season Thoughts

The third season of Supergirl is now in the books and, overall, it’s been…well…a bit of a mess. Obviously I’ve got a …

Supergirl Preemptive Season 4 Villain Plea

Given the CW’s track record on superhero show plots, I fear that Supergirl might succumb next season to the trend of giving the …

Supergirl Season 3 Commentary – Random New Year Thoughts

I got into a Supergirl discussion where a few topics were raised and explored. No firm conclusions were reached, as is usual with …

A Few Comments on Holiday Movies, Reviews, and Stuff

I decided early in the fall that 2017 was going to be a Television Holiday Movie Review-free year for me. It’s true …

Supergirl – The James Problem

We are two and a half seasons into Supergirl, and one main character is still mired in a search to find himself: James …

Crisis on Earth-X – Random Thoughts

The ambitious four-series crossover event, Crisis on Earth-X, is now in the books and it was everything I’d hoped it would be and …

Supergirl Season 3 Commentary – Two Things to NOT Do

Supergirl has a singular character problem. That is, the show has one character about whom the audience has built up certain expectations …

CWDC 4-way Crossover 2017 Guesses

The now annual big, splashy CWDC crossover is a little over a week away as I write this. Except for the really …

Supergirl Season 3 Commentary – Alien Me

The writers of Supergirl season 3 have taken what might be the most interesting tack for an on-screen Supergirl story: treating her …

Supergirl Season 3 – Early Season Thoughts

In this period of days between Supergirl season 3 episodes 3 and 4, I feel the need to talk about some stuff about …

Speculation on Who “Wins” the Game of Thrones

As I write this, there are nine episodes left of the HBO series Game of Thrones (Season 7 Episode 4 just aired). With …

Mixed Feelings on America’s 242nd

I’ve wanted to write a post for the 4th but I’ve been constantly stymied. I want to praise the ideals of the …

Supergirl Season 2 – Still More Miscellanea

I recently posted two articles where I listed a lot of miscellaneous thoughts I had about the CW show Supergirl following its season …