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Melanie Griffith and Joan Cusack in the movie Working Girl

The movie #WorkingGirl proves that 80s hair is the best hair.

Iowa Lawmakers Pass Bill to Eliminate Transgender Civil Rights Protections (Gift Article) If signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds, the Republican-backed measure would eliminate state civil rights protections for transgender Iowans.

Ashamed to be an Iowan today.
Iowa Lawmakers Pass Bill to Eliminate Transgender Civil Rights Protections. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/u...

Life is hard when Steve Bannon suddenly becomes your hero

A lady in the hospital labs waiting room has her phone game at FULL VOLUME. People, this includes the ads. You guessed right: It's super annoying.

William Labov, Who Studied How Society Shapes Language, Dies at 97 He laid the foundation for sociolinguistics, and he showed that structures like class and race shaped speech as much as where someone lives.

.@risenc.bsky.social Thanks for the excellent obit on William Labov, one of the figures on the Mount Rushmore of linguistics. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/24/u...

The Jesus Way by Eugene Peterson book cover

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20/20

DVD is dead. Long live DVD. Tech’s takeover of show business has turned everything into streaming. The only recourse is to focus on the physical.

"A Blu-ray won’t suddenly sprout advertisements or disappear from your collection. It’s one of the reasons that buying DVDs has felt so empowering this year." www.avclub.com/death-of-dvd...

Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry book cover

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19/20

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee book cover

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18/20

It's a Wonderful Life 75th Anniversary colorized Blu-ray box

It's a Wonderful Life 75th Anniversary colorized Blu-ray still image: George & Mary Bailey and family

I love black-and-white movies qua black-and-white movies, but tonight my wife and I are doing our annual viewing of "It's a Wonderful Life" with the recent Paramount colorized Blu-ray, and it's actually quite well done.

The Secrets of Barneveld Calvary by James Calvin Schaap book cover

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17/20

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16/20

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15/20

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14/20

We had a pretty big ice storm and were stuck inside all day on Saturday. I took advantage by watching seven movies — one short of my record!
Inspection
Faces
Brats
Barbarian
American Dreamer
Am I OK?
Blood for Dust

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13/20

Let the record show that the best episode of The Muppet Show is the one with Elton John (S2E14).

Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell book cover

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12/20

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11/20

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10/20

Age yourself with a movie you saw in the theater.

The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

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9/20

The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language by Rodney Huddleston and Geoffrey K. Pulliam book cover

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8/20

A New Kind of Christian by Brian McLaren book cover

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7/20

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6/20

Citizens Against Mailing Kitties

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5/20

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4/20

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3/20

A Great and Glorious Game : Baseball Writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti

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2/20