After I started listening to music on a regular basis, I started getting into movie and TV scores. I love the way they could move and affect the story. They can bring tension or peace, excitement or sorrow, and half the time we may not even realize the effect it is having on us. As I started listening to more of the music, separate from the movie experience, I realized that it would be cool to mix one into the other and have a “MegaMix”, not unlike what the Newsboys did on their greatest hits album. So, I started my…
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Official Navy records of captain’s logs in the United States go back as far as 1776 (which is pretty good since that is the year the country declared independence). This idea of recording events and interpretations was brought forward through history and into science fiction world of Star Trek. The series is famous for its progressive ideas that are easily discussed in a utopian future and has some intense quotes from each episode. Most episodes have at least one official “log entry” and also a personal one from the main character of the episode. The Personal Log shows the emotions…
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I first wrote this in mid-October of 2020. It was hiding on my computer and I forgot to share it. This is a brutally honest reaction to a difficult time. We are not out of the woods yet, but I didn’t want my kind words about the TV show The West Wing to be missed. It’s been almost 15 years since the last episode of this political epic. I have watched the entire series at least three times now. My most recent viewing was within the last week. I know it is not a coincidence that the real presidential election…
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From the classic idea of humans finally getting out of their caves and searching for new land, the idea of exploration has fired the imagination. What will be over that next hill? Can we get there faster? What can we bring back home? The love of space exploration has been a main theme in my life. I started young with model rockets and movies of space travel. I observed the planets of our solar system through telescopes. Later on, I watched shows like Star Trek. Voyager is my favorite series, but I like them all. Movies like Apollo 13 showed…
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She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
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The Legend of Korra