Zachary Steele

For all who celebrate, a very blessed Opening Day to you. May it bring you joy and peace, and may your chosen ones perform with effort and good health, so you may, in turn, keep your blood pressure under control.

Amen.

You know, for the longest time I had the hardest time grasping what "gaslighting" meant. Just couldn't get there.

The last two months have fixed that.

Happy Gotcha Day, Winnie! You snuck in just under the pandemic wire 5 years ago today. Sure, if you had your choice we'd be a 1 cat family (yes, we know Nikko isn't a cat but rather a spawn of evil in a cat shaped body 🙄), but you're still Queen Winnifred the Regal and no one can take that away. ❤️🐈

Thanks, Leslie! 🙂

Bookshelf: Broadleaf Conference founder takes position with Hub City Printers ink must run in Zachary Steele’s blood. Before he founded Broadleaf Writers Conference and before he wrote the novel “The Weight of Ashes,” he owned and operated a bookstore in Decatur called...

An "it me" in the AJC today. Behind a paywall, so some of it is blurred (unless you subscribe obviously).

Thanks to Suzanne Van Atten for the article!

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Thanks, Andrea! Hope all is well with you!

I don't know the overall stats, and it does matter regionally, but in recent years he's right about 30% of the time.

I'd be happy to be right about anything 30% of the time.😁

Groundhog Day: Punxsutawney Phil sees his own shadow Punxsutawney Phil has forecast six more weeks of winter in North America after seeing his shadow on Groundhog Day.

"This is one time where television really fails to capture the true excitement of a large squirrel predicting the weather."

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Groundhog Day on Objectively Intelligent: player.captivate.fm/.../270a6c50...

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Rise and shine, campers ... It's Groundhog Day!
Easily one of the best Bill Murray films. Drop your favorite lines or gifs, give it a listen, see the movie, and watch that first step. It's a doozy!

On all platforms, free on zacharysteele.com or here: player.captivate.fm/.../270a6c50...
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To all my author friends, I hope you will come visit and celebrate new books with us. To my book friends, come shop, pet Zora, the most wonderful bookshop cat in the world, and meet our amazing staff and dedicated volunteers.

More to come. Time for some meds.

Big news! I've accepted a job as manager of Hub City Bookshop! It's a fabulous opportunity and I'm looking forward to being part of the @hubcitypress.bsky.social family.

Nikko's really nailing that high note in Bohemian Rhapsody. Cat's got game. Gotta give him props.

Maybe you like the Mummy, maybe you don't. But it's time Brendan Fraser was given more credit for his previous films, including one underrated film that showed his range (albeit in a comedic way).

Hop on board for a revisit of The Mummy. It's fun.

Do you have any favorite Fraser films?

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Thanks! 🙂

Snow way. Snow problem, dude. Snow big deal, I don't care.

Um. Snow. I don't know.

I guess all you peoples in the ATL area stole all the snow, but it was enough here for a few hours of fun and pics w Jess and Sadie. That's a win.

So if you love the movie, listen in. If you just want to be entertained and see what it is this podcast is all about, this is the one. Listen and laugh along with us. I triple dog dare you.

While we talk about the film, and that's fun enough, this is one where we went all over the place, talking about bb guns, hunting carpenter bees and Star Wars figures, and how HBO gave an entire generation of young boys an easier way to see nudity. And Fraggles.

Hey, so you're probably watching this today or tomorrow anyway, so here's a bonus episode this week to add some background to a Christmas classic.

Merry Christmas

Available everywhere and free at zacharysteele.com/the-objectively-intelligent-podcast/.

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My Junior Editor was back on the job this morning. Hope is we'll have things cleared out for the holiday break. I don't have the heart to tell him his vacation time doesn't kick in until next year. I'll probably send him an email from the beach.

#cats

My editorial team has punked out on me. So hard to find good help.

#cats #editing

Review: Duality Life is a constant parade of decisions, influenced at their core through years of joy and pain, through triumph and trauma. But what becomes of us when the weight of life’s heavy hand is too much f…

I had the privilege of watching DUALITY, the latest play written and directed by Anthony Laura.

I've offered my full thoughts in a review, which is now up at zacharysteele.com/review-duality/.

#review #theater #play #actors #acting

From its lasting themes, to the clerical error that made it a classic, to its ties to Seasame Street, we dig into the 1946 Christmas tale (giving Mary her due credit) and discuss why it means so much to so many.

It's not only time to head back to Bedford Falls, but it's time to dig into my (likely) unpopular take on IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE.

Free on zacharysteele.com or available anywhere podcasts are found.

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Nikko is not a fan of quantum physics.

It's definitely been on quite a bender the last few months!

Because 2024 is drunk and being an annoying prat. I mean, I'm glad it was here. Better than not seeing it at all. But it needs to go home now.

Open to your suggestions.

So, as one who is not prone to throwing or attending parties, a question for those who do: You know that one guest that, sure, yes, you invited, and when they got there it was all swell and entertaining, but then as the event wears on they become downright unpleasant? How do you get them to leave?

Kicking off the holiday season with the oft-debated classic, Die Hard. It's great, but that's not much of a debate. The debate is: Is it a Christmas movie?

I have the definitive answer!

Available on all platforms or free at zacharysteele.com.

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Just a little sneak peek from today's dual birthday celebration for Jess and Sadie!

This place is awesome.

At Darby Acre Farms and Safari.

So, admittedly, I hadn't seen It's a Wondeful Life until last night. Today Germ and I are recording an episode of Objectively Intelligent on it. I have opinions, some of them likely unpopular.

But I am curious: What is it about this film that you love, or that you don't?

#movies #itsawonderfullife