Friday Notes (Oct 2, 2026)

I'm off to a late start (it's nearly noon) starting this early-in-the-month Friday Notes post. The delay is because I spent several hours this morning updating my Movies page (which lists my favorite movies as well as my rating system). I'm not done updating it; I want to add some lists of films … Continue reading →

Weather Notes (9/18/26)

For a bit over a year now, I've included various monthly weather charts and observations in the Friday Notes posts. In some cases, those sections were lengthy enough to call for their own posts. (Which would also keep those not caring about my local weather out of said weather.) Therefore, as of … Continue reading →

Human Revolutions

Back in 2023, I happened to read Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2011), by Yuval Noah Harari. I ended up not impressed by the book [see Sapiens: The Book] but did find two aspects of it compelling and memorable: the idea of our facility with fiction, and the idea of game-changing human … Continue reading →

Sci-Fi Saturday 9/12/26

The last edition of Sci-Fi Saturday reported on the science fiction books I've read recently (for a rather generous definition of "recently"). This edition reports on the recent science fiction movies (and some TV shows, mostly animated). Early warning: among the ones new to me, there is only one … Continue reading →