In March most schools in the nation, and around the world, went to remote learning. At first people were thinking a few weeks, then a month, then it started looking like school […]
Graduation in the Time of Corona
Patti Aliventi
Once upon a time there was this website called Epinions. I wrote thousands of reviews there. I love books, movies, and television; mostly science fiction. I'm a gun-totin', meat-eatin' liberal with libertarian leanings who will voice my opinion.
Book Review – American Empire: Blood & Iron by Harry Turtledove – The Rise of the Freedom Party in the Confederacy
This is the first novel in Turtledove’s American Empire series, which picks up where his last series, The Great War leaves off. Turtledove writes a genre known as alternate history. This series […]
Star Trek: The Next Generation – Up The Long Ladder – Why the Bringloidis Episode Works Despite Flaws
Written by Melinda M. SnodgrassDirected by Winrich Kolbe This is one of those episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation that sort of leaves me scratching my head. I enjoyed it, but […]
Movie Review: The Rock – The Thrilling Duo of Sean Connery and Nicholas Cage
Written by David Weisberg, Douglas S. Cook, and Mark RosnerDirected by Michael Bay The one thing that has really drawn me to this movie several times is the blurring of the line […]
Star Trek: The Next Generation – Samaritan Snare – Exploring Picard’s Humanity
Written by Robert McCullough and Melinda M. SnodgrassDirected by Les Landau This is a meaningful episode on two accounts. On one hand, we have a situation where we learn how wrong it […]
Movie Review: Bull Durham – A Romantic Comedy in Baseball
Written by Ron SheltonDirected by Ron Shelton I don’t know of anyone who has a true love of baseball that doesn’t love this movie. In my opinion, it’s the best movie ever […]
Star Trek: The Next Generation – Pen Pals – The Ethics of the Prime Directive
Written by Melinda M. Snodgrass and Hannah Louise ShearerDirected by Winrich Kolbe The Enterprise journeys to the Selcundi Drema system to observe dangerous geological activity on many of the planets of the […]
Book Review: Love and War by John Jakes – The Impact of the Civil War on Families
This novel is the second in Jakes’ Civil War trilogy. Love and War picks up the lives of the Main and Hazard families right where North and South left off. The Mains […]
Corona Virus Diaries – June 10, 2020 & Coming Up on Thoughts From the Mountain Top
Although things are “opening up” we all know the Corona Virus hasn’t gone away. We’re at 49 confirmed cases in our county. I’m happy we haven’t seen a spike since we’ve had […]
Star Trek: The Next Generation – Q Who? – The Borg’s First Encounter
Written by Maurice Hurley and Melinda M. SnodgrassDirected by Rob Bowman One thing the writers of Star Trek: The Next Generation managed to do right from the beginning of the series was […]
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