If you care about things like acting, or people, go see "Orphans." I'm overwhelmed by what I saw tonight.

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"Orphans" was amazing. Powerul, funny, cruel, humane, empathetic. I was speechless at the ending.

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Seeing Lyle Kessler's "Orphans" with the girl.

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Visiting the KLBE Air Museum

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Over the years I have leveled up my Blender3D skills.

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Fox apologizes for “error” in news story that created the impression Eagles players knelt during the national anthem.

Context matters. Good journalists should go out of their way to avoid creating a mistaken impression. Fox News apologized Tuesday after receiving a torrent of criticism over the network’s use of photos of various players for the Philadelphia Eagles kneeling in prayer, creating the misleading impression that they were demonstrating during the national anthem. The…

Downtime with the boy.

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Screening of "Indentured" (short film the girl and I filmed in January)

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“for every cliché of a barista or bartender with a liberal arts degree, there were ten with a degree in business.”

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My parents doing their daily crossword puzzle.

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An interesting analysis of Trump’s rhetorical strategy.

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