Author: Thomas DelMundo
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July 4th is this week, so….
To the residents of San Francisco: Before you post on NextDoor this week asking, “Was that the sound of a gun?” If you don’t like the sound of firecrackers or fireworks, you’re going to have to be “tolerant” of your neighbors expressing their Pride. Fireworks should only bother you on Thursday night and a few random nights…
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Avengers: Endgame Plot Holes
1. Danvers Ex Machina. How does Captain Marvel know where in the whole damn universe to find Tony Stark and rescue him? 2. How the hell does Cap return the Soul Stone to the “original” timeline if you have to sacrifice your greatest love to get into Soulworld where it’s kept? Especially since his great…
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May the 4th be with you.
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in laughter. What, too soon?
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A Gauntlet Half-Full
In Avengers: Infinity War, Thanos presents himself as the Universe’s tragic hero, wanting to save it from the same fate as his homeworld Titan, where overpopulation destroys utopia. Explaining to Dr. Strange and earlier to his daughter, Gamora: “Little one, it’s a simple calculus. This universe is finite. Its resources, finite. If life is left unchecked, life…
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Discovering Robert A. Heinlein
Browsing the stacks at my kid’s elementary school library, I discovered three books from my favorite childhood Sci-fi author, Robert A. Heinlein. Amazingly they were 1st edition prints, wow! Oddly, I don’t think I read these three books, so I’ll have to ask my daughter to check them out for me. These three books were published in the…
