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Tom Yossarian Joad

Tom Yossarian Joad's Journal
Tom Yossarian Joad's Journal
March 9, 2024

Watching Poor Things on Hulu.

I'm halfway through and had to take a break as it seems to be hitting on several very serious topics and hitting some unexpected depths. I am enjoying it so far and impressed with the creativity and art direction so far.

March 7, 2024

If you are looking for a good British murder mystery with witches

AMC+'s Sanctuary: A Witch's Tale is a fun bit. First episode is a bit awkward in setting up the series but still kept my attention for a bingewatch.

March 7, 2024

Pennsylvania woman saw a bear jump a fence before it attacked and thought, 'This is it -- I'm going to die'

A Pennsylvania woman who was attacked by a bear while letting her dog out said it's a miracle she survived the backyard encounter Tuesday night.

"I just kept thinking, 'I can't believe this is happening. This can't be happening.' I'm being attacked by a bear," Lee Ann Galante, 55, said Wednesday from Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh. "I thought this is it — I'm going to die."

Galante said that prior to the attack, her neighbors in Butler Township had captured a mother bear and her cubs on their home cameras and that the animals had previously gotten into with her bird feeder. But it had been weeks since anyone had seen the bears, Galante said.

And then on Tuesday, Galante got an extremely close look at a black bear. /snip

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/animal-news/pennsylvania-woman-saw-bear-jump-fence-attacked-thought-m-going-die-rcna142125

March 6, 2024

With apologies to Mr. Sendak

There's gators in my bathtub
a lion on the lawn.

Hornets in the cupboard
And it ain't even dawn.

hairy bats in the attack
a grizzly in my chair

and oh don't get me started
on what's crawlin' in my hair

Maurice tried to tell me
'bout these wild things and their ilk

and how they change when you ain't young
no longer drinking milk.

February 26, 2024

Rick and Michonne are back.

I'm guessing not a lot of fans here for the pulp series but I loved the new chapter.

February 21, 2024

I don't need NetFlix to see Stranger Things...

I live in Alabama.;

February 21, 2024

Oklahoma non-binary high schooler dies after physical altercation

OWASSO, Okla. – Located in Tulsa County on U.S. Highway 169 six miles north of Tulsa’s city limits, this city of 39,328 persons is grappling with conflict and accusations after Nex (Dagny) Benedict, a 16-year-old Owasso High School non-binary sophomore, died after a physical fight in a restroom at the school.

However, according to school officials there was no notification or staff awareness of the fight until the young student had been taken to hospital and later died. The Owasso Police Department is now investigating the circumstances surrounding the student’s death.

According to the local newspaper, the Owasso Reporter:

On Wednesday, Feb. 7, around 3:30 p.m., police were called to Bailey Medical Center by the parent of a 16-year-old Owasso High School student who allegedly had a physical altercation at the campus earlier that day, according to the police report.

/snip

February 17, 2024

The Brothers Sun on Netflix

Michelle Yeoh does a bang up job in this eight parter that seems to be hoping for a return given the after credits scene. Drama, Kung Fu and some LOL comedy made it an enjoyable watch for me. And don't get me started on the best nod to Jurassic Park of the year.



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