Not Much Really Compares To Her

 

Sinead O'Connor, "Your Green Jacket"

From her last album.  She'll mainly be remembered for her early work but the talent was always there.

R.I.P. Sinead O'Connor.  It'll be hard to explain to younger folks how she was trashed and humiliated for telling the truth.

Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer is really two movies -- one about building the atomic bomb, the other about the political fallout from building it.  At three hours, it's still way too long and both the beginning and ending drag.

That middle sweet-spot is something though.

Nolan also really stumbles by using a "black and white" effect.  Problem is, he uses it for both flash-backs and, very liberally, for flash-forwards.  It's weird.

Cillian Murphy is great, but Robert Downey Jr. as the bad guy is really given a lot more to do which is also surprising.

It's not quite a failure, but definitely not a success either.

Go Home Mandu, You're Drunk

Lots of stuff going on.  The summer job is great -- I'm counseling young folks on their own summer jobs and enjoying it a lot.  Some announcements and such coming soon too.

Wow, Maryland summer is hot.

Alas

Orioles seem to have used up all their rocket-sauce.