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Yeah yeah yeah, they're an evil multinational evilcorp. But damn this ad is good.
John Birmingham
Jul 31 4
"A man seeking revenge for the death of his puppy. I almost got into it with a friend over on the Book of Face after he seemed to diss Charlize Theron’s The Old Guard as a John Wick Chick Flick. …
John Birmingham
Jul 31 6
Back into lockdown in 3...2...1...It's not much consolation—well, none actually—but at least I called it. To be honest, I'd prefer not to have the filthy 'rona back and on the lo…
John Birmingham
Jul 29 14
I don't know if there are any other Patrick Rothfuss fans around here, but this one is hurting. I can't even remember when I first picked up The Name o…
John Birmingham
Jul 28 10
Rocky without the music.This is delightful. It’s the grunting and the self affirmations I find so… familiar.
John Birmingham
Jul 28 2
The Pleasure of Watching Charlize Theron Throw a PunchI watched The Old Guard as soon as it dropped and loved it bigly. I’ll review in the next full newsletter, but for now please enjoy this great b…
John Birmingham
Jul 27 9
from The Seven Stages of Drinking Martinis
John Birmingham
Jul 27 2
Apocalypse greens.Gonna guess I'm not alone in imagining that with a couple of basil plants and a tomato vine I could ride out the end of the world. You can see a…
John Birmingham
Jul 26 12
David Bowie and some friends sing HEROES and it's fantastic.This is a great version of a song I didn’t really dig much in the original form by Bowie. (Yeah, sue me). There is something wonderful and uplif…
John Birmingham
Jul 22 9
Workout worthy podcastsI don’t really dig on spoken word for working out. I have a bunch of embarrassing dad rock playlists for cardio and strength and I normally just…
John Birmingham
Jul 20 13
When your time runs out.Had a small clean up this weekend, tossed some rubbish that’d been building up in my office, got rid of an old and much loved pair of runners th…
John Birmingham
Jul 19 7
I got a bad feeling we’ll all be back in lockdown soon. Well, maybe not Elana. She’s living large in the enchanted realm of Westralia where they mount …
John Birmingham
Jul 14 9
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