four ½ snouts up for bong joon-ho’s okja, co-produced with netflix in 2017 and streamed by me last night. this may be the first time i’ve gotten to use my snout-based rating system to rate a movie that is actually about pigs and where there are … [Read more...] about (:)(:)(:)(:)(: up for bong joon-ho’s okja movie on netflix
Archives for 2020
biden’s people need to negotiate a coalition government with sanders
many people in social media are aggressively and impatiently calling for bernie sanders to resign and endorse joe biden so we can get on with the general election and the business of beating donald trump. this seems reasonable if you see this … [Read more...] about biden’s people need to negotiate a coalition government with sanders
shutdown stage five: acceptance (allowance)
i live in sacramento where we have been in a locally ordered countywide shut down since midnight on wednesday march 18th. on march 19th, 20th, 22nd and 23rd i covered the first four stages of shutdown: denial, anger, bargaining & depression (see … [Read more...] about shutdown stage five: acceptance (allowance)
shutdown stage four: depression
i live in sacramento where we have been in a locally ordered countywide shut down since midnight on wednesday march 18th. on march 19th, 20th and 22nd i covered the first three stages of shutdown: denial, anger & bargaining (see those posts). … [Read more...] about shutdown stage four: depression
shutdown stage three: bargaining
i live in sacramento where we have been in a locally ordered countywide shut down since midnight on wednesday march 18th. on march 19th and 20th (see those posts) i covered the first two stages of shutdown: denial and anger. none of this is linear, … [Read more...] about shutdown stage three: bargaining
shutdown stage two: anger
as we saw in my post on march 19th, i find myself going in and out of various stages with this shut-down. stage two is anger. anger at making such a big deal. at first i was angry that people were making such a big deal out of something that … [Read more...] about shutdown stage two: anger
Shutdown stage one: denial
as i mentioned in my post of march 13, 2020 below, i have noticed myself evolving over the course of the pandemic. then recently i noticed that others were too and that different people are on different stages. what is unique to this situation is … [Read more...] about Shutdown stage one: denial
My Blog is in transit to snicholsblog.com!!
Hi, I am happy to announce that my blogspot blog that I've had here for 16 years at blogspot.com is in the process of migrating to a new dedicated domain snicholsblog.com. That will take a few days to complete (because we want all the old content to … [Read more...] about My Blog is in transit to snicholsblog.com!!
let’s eradicate covid-19 in consciousness & reality by 2 weeks of shut-down: my journey from skeptic to advocate of close everything
i have been one of the biggest naysayers around on the pandemic of fear in this covid-19 thing. i have collected the opinions of health experts who point out that people die from various flus for which we do and don’t have vaccines, that we need to … [Read more...] about let’s eradicate covid-19 in consciousness & reality by 2 weeks of shut-down: my journey from skeptic to advocate of close everything
Pay yourself first: The magic of 10% savings
It is a spiritual axiom that what you give you will receive but have you heard about tithing to yourself? Check this out. It is the easiest way I've found to increase your abundance and decrease financial stress. Read on to find out … [Read more...] about Pay yourself first: The magic of 10% savings
What if this pandemic of fear is only a spiritual fire drill to prepare us to spread love and wellness to all?
Perhaps the Covid-19 worldwide pandemic of fear is a spiritual fire drill designed to expose the weaknesses in our systems. Can we sit quietly on the lawn during our fire drill? and where are our hats? Think you cannot fully fund public … [Read more...] about What if this pandemic of fear is only a spiritual fire drill to prepare us to spread love and wellness to all?
(:)(:)(:)(:) for Jesus Christ Superstar original film digitally re-mastered wide-screen – Eerily applicable to our times
Tonight I thought I was going to a lightweight sing-a-long movie with friends, instead I was treated to a cinematic tour de force with a story eerily applicable to our time. This 2000 year old story brought to Broadway by Webber and Rice … [Read more...] about (:)(:)(:)(:) for Jesus Christ Superstar original film digitally re-mastered wide-screen – Eerily applicable to our times