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The Anthem by Ayn Rand

In most cases, I review stuff that I like. The rest are things that left some sort of clear impression on me and made me think. The Anthem is not either of those, but I still thought it was interesting enough to review. This is one dystopia that has been thought out. Most dystopias are […]

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anime Essay

Sports Anime

Sports anime are to me, a gateway to a type of person or people whose ilk I would wish to have more in my life. Those sorts of people who always give 100% and are excited by a challenge, etc. It is hard to have ambition, work rate and determination for everyone needs to do […]

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Quotes to Ponder #34

Part of being a hero is knowing when you don’t need to be one anymore. Alan Moore

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The Moon and the Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham

Someone once said that “Great Men are rarely good men” in the sense that they totally buy in the moral codes, honors, duties of our or some ideal, society. The same is true for Strickland the main interest of this novel. I wouldn’t call him a protagonist or antagonist. He is what the novel is […]

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best of TV

Favorite TV Shows/Anime Seen in 2020

1 The Americans I have never had as strong an emotional reaction as I did while watching The Americans, the show finale most of all. It left me so desolated, hollow, empty. I think I needed two days to cope with the end of the show. And it wasn’t just mopping and looking at the […]

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Quotes to Ponder #33

The Brain is Wider than the Sky. Emily Dickinson

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best of film

Favorite Films Seen in 2020

I don’t really follow current media. Characterizing me as a neophobic or anti-hype would probably be quite the precise depiction. That is the reason why my lists of favorite things from the year past usually feature a few things that came out in that year. Now that I got that public announcement out of the […]

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Quotes to Ponder #32

When you light a candle , you also cast a shadow. Ursula K. Le Guin