Posted by Nolan Dalla on Mar 30, 2022 in Blog, Rants and Raves |
The biggest loser in the now-infamous punchslap seen-’round-the-world thrown at the Oscars on Sunday night wasn’t Will Smith, nor the Academy Awards. The biggest loser was comedy. More precisely, stand-up comedy.
Comedy might be dead given what happened. Real comedy. Freewheeling comedy. Ad-lib comedy. Impromptu comedy. All dead.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Mar 30, 2022 in Blog, Personal, Rants and Raves |
What’s this, you ask?
Well, it’s been a while since I posted one of these, which is a rundown of my “best things” in the whole universe to “worst things” rankings.
The things I love are at the top, then it goes from bad to worse. You get the picture.
(Ranked 1-100 from Best to Worst)
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Mar 29, 2022 in Blog, Politics, Uncategorized |
AN UNCONVENTIONAL CONVENTION — EDITION 188
Name a famous person who deserves a thorough historical reexamination and revision.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Mar 28, 2022 in Blog, Politics, What's Left |
The University of Florida Apparently Thinks Karl Marx was a Russian
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Mar 28, 2022 in Blog, Movie Reviews |
Is there a point where someone simply doesn’t belong on stage anymore?
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Mar 28, 2022 in Blog, Personal |
I have to share this photo of my former superior, which is really cool. She granted me permission to do so.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Mar 27, 2022 in Blog, Movie Reviews |
It’s Oscar night. And the social media universe is lit up with inflammatory comments from the “I don’t care” crowd.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Mar 27, 2022 in Blog, Politics |
Sometimes we find courage and compassion when and where we least expect it.
Courage in politics is so rare as to be capricious. We’re shocked when we see it.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Mar 26, 2022 in Blog, Essays, Politics, What's Left |
Things were going about as well as we could have hoped in the Ukraine-Russia war, particularly from an American foreign policy standpoint.
Without committing American/NATO forces on the ground or enforcing a dangerous no-fly zone, U.S. involvement in the conflict appeared to strike the perfect balance. Ukraine was not only defending the homeland valiantly, many reports indicated the situation could be deteriorating badly for the Russians. In other words, Ukraine might ultimately pull this thing out, survive, and become stronger than ever. Let’s hope.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Mar 25, 2022 in Blog, Music and Concert Reviews |
SUPERSTITION
Subtext: Enjoy the musical life. Enjoy!
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