Mark Katerberg

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Very few people with as much deep contextual knowledge of the conservative movement (and as skilled at connecting so many dots) as Nicole — can't wait for this one.

"The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out."

J.R.R. Tolkien

Bags 37 & 38

#lego #parenting

"It needs more to make a king than a piece of elvish glass, or a rabble such as this. Why, any brigand of the hills can show as good a following!"

J.R.R. Tolkien

Bags 35 & 36

#lego #parenting

Babe and owner

Watched Babe. Cute enough story that is probably a lot of people's exposure to temporary vegetarianism. Not sure I would recommend it to an adult, but it's great for #parenting. The dog is Hugo Weaving!

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Stand off

Watched Kick-Ass 2. Not sure how this could have captured the passion of the first one, but just continuing the plot with more characters wasn't it, particularly with gritty superheroes being played out.

HitGirl has the only interesting development, but it's pretty muddled.

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Best fight scene.

Watched Star Wars 8. The prettiest of the Star Wars films. Might be in my top 3 despite the mild bumpy parts of not for the complete reversal by the next film which ruins the previous 2 after the fact. Shame they didn't let this one rise given its great characters.

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Kendrick and Robinson staring

Watched Rapture-Palooza. Not sure if I laughed during the entire thing. Felt like every actor just doing impressions of their most generic characters with dumb background humor that had no creativity. I like this genre, but this one had no heart.

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Female lead with a machine gun

Watched The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. Fun popcorn action movie with some witty bits, it didn't stand up to the lovable characters that realistically survived amongst deeply dark folks that I expect from Ritchie's films. Good film and each main actor is good, but misses spark.

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Shout out to the amazing apps like Downcast that I'm using years later after buying them and have never changed to require a subscription.

NotNeutral cup with a Rosetta

Managed to hit a mildly acceptable Rosetta today!

#LatteArt #Espresso

Chico and Harpo playing bridge with Dumont

Watched Animal Crackers (1930). Maybe my favorite Marx Brothers film; I will never not think of the bridge scene when playing any card game. Zeppo's best film I think. Definitely wears a bit near the end, but has such highs that I forgive all.

Hooray for Captain Spaulding!

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Pullman and Kidman looking out a window

Watched Malice. What an interesting, twisty thriller. Full of names and phrases that Sorkin would use well later, but fun to see in this form. More of a "ride along" than a puzzle to solve, it has incredible moments like Baldwin's God Complex speech. Layering of plots is great too.

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Rey and Finn running

Watched Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Fun to watch with my kid. Pacing feels more frenetic than previous ones, but I still like the parallel to the first, even if it is a bit heavy handed. It's not this one's fault that the sequels are painful. Boyega shines in energy.

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Espresso heart

Doing mildly well landing this heart! Probably still need to get a lot more reps, but 3 out of 4 this week have looked great!

#LatteArt #espresso

Latte art heart

Finally threw a nice heart! Still small issues, but overall turned out great, especially for a flat bottomed cup.

#LatteArt #espresso

Map of my run

Managed to complete my second 5K in 20 years. Started #running for a Turkey Trot last year and have kept up casually. I must be middle aged since it actually feels kinda good when I'm done with it.

Cooper looking overwhelmed at not being depressed

Watched Limitless. Pretty tough watch that requires suspending disbelief on a bunch of levels, but a fun ride if you let yourself get swept away in the masculine fantasy. Very much in the vein of "all I need is to be super smart and I can change the world".

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"The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began."

JRR Tolkien

Bags 33 & 34

#lego #parenting #lotr

Finally took the plunge and added RSS support to my site to track my #nowpage updates.

katerberg.net/ is the site and katerberg.net/feed.atom is the feed!

NotNeutral cup with a tiny leaf

Got a new cup for Christmas. Still need to widen the leaves, but these are wild how much they help compared to flat bottomed ones.

#LatteArt #Espresso

Drop with cigarettes

Watched The Ninth Gate. Had some intrigue and mystery, but was eminently guessable, and the ending was fairly unsatisfying given that a bunch of the "clues" had no payoff. Depp being alone in pretty places was 90% of the draw of the film, and luckily it was also 90% of the shots.

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Freddi getting the job.

Watched Street Girl (1929). If you can get past the two insufferable leads and the tough sound quality, the side characters and comedy scenes are well worth it. Tough to see through the annoying male lead in particular though. I will always love Ned Sparks in any movie.

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Four spider people walking in nyc

Watched Madame Web. In the running for worst movie I've seen, which is a bland take. Script was bad, acting was unemotive and unemptional. Nothing interesting really was explored, and I don't remember any character's name other than the lead.

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Muppets in car

Watched The Muppet Movie (1979). Still one of the best openings of any movie, but the meta-wrapper is a bit of a bump for me. Still so much heart and full of lovable characters that I can't not love it.

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Boy on horse

Watched The Black Stallion. Seems like it should have been a snappier switch between the two halves of the film or just been two movies. Both the racing and survival was great, but it ended up feeling like I was in a double header.

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"For the Elder King shall not be dethroned while Arda endures."

JRR Tolkien

Bags 29 and 30.

#LEGO #Parenting #LOTR

Dad and me before the race

Cheer squad

Mom helping

Kiddos after their kiddo trot

Completed my first #TurkeyTrot! Never been into #running but this was still fun with the companion and cheer squad

Jamming out to Diana Ross today and man, her greatest hits are bangers. Just bopping all day. Had never heard "My Old Piano" and it has me in my feelings.

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