SCELBI Date Milford August 1, 2020 The COVID-19 Pandemic is a strange time. I'm writing this in early August, now five months into this nightmare... thinking about the year that should have been. And how much we simply couldn't do. Sigh. Way, way, way down the list of "stuff I didn't do" is, of course, … [Read more...]
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CT Movies that Aren’t Really CT Movies
Hold The Nutmeg CT Movies that Aren't Really CT Movies This page is impossibly dumb. First of all, me reviewing movies is dumb since I've never been a "movie guy" and don't have any reference points from which to review. But since I compiled and began slogging through so-called "Connecticut movies," I've come to … [Read more...]
Book Review: The Night Country
Ghosted The Night Country by Stewart O’Nan (2004) Even if this book was terrible, I'd still kind of love it. Stewart O'Nan has a thing for setting his stories in the very real places that he knows best. I'd previously read Last Night at the Lobster which is set, more or less, at the mall nearest my house. … [Read more...]
A Simple Favor (2018)
Simply Dumb A Simple Favor, 2018 Here we are... another movie set in Fairfield County and another impossibly gorgeous modern house. While the movie wasn't filmed in Connecticut, we can play that game again of "guess where this movie would take place if they named a place?" This one would be New Canaan. We can … [Read more...]
James MacDonald Monument
Old MacDonald Had a Firm... Grasp of Impending Realities James MacDonald Monument, Avon You've all seen it. Many of you have passed it 100's of times. I know I sure have. The strangely placed, impossible to read, tall, black monument on route 44 on the Avon side of "the mountain." "The mountain" being … [Read more...]
Windy Metal Garden
Black Metal Rules "Windy Metal Garden," Hartford I can't pretend that I'm a big fan of black metal, per se, but I've always had a soft spot for its absurd over-the-top nihilism and guttural lyrics. And while the Windy Metal Garden has nothing in the world to do with black metal - or metal music of any kind, I can't … [Read more...]
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dreamhouse (1948)
Bland Brandings Mr. Blandings Builds His Dreamhouse, 1948 You know what's crazy about movies? Especially older ones like this one? This movie was a short story and then a serial story and then a book and then a radio show and then a radio serial and then a television show and then this movie... And then it was … [Read more...]
263. Military Museum of Southern New England (RIP)
Awww, Shoot! Danbury (RIP) May 24, 2014 Almost exactly one year before my family visited the Military Museum of Southern New England in Danbury, its founder was shot and killed by police at his Ridgefield home. About a year after our visit, the museum's name was changed to The U.S. Military Museum. And three … [Read more...]
The Old Drake Hill Flower Bridge
Drizzy Drake The Old Drake Hill Flower Bridge Simsbury I live pretty close to The Old Drake Hill Flower Bridge, so I've been passing by it for two decades. It's just part of my life. However, I'd never bothered to stop and take pictures of it, let alone creating a page on CTMQ dedicated to it. Then a few … [Read more...]
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero (2018)
What Up, Dawg! Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero, 2018 Sergeant Stubby is honored with a memorial statue in Middletown and you should go pay your respects. Nobody likes war. Okay, that's not true. There are several chickenhawks I can name off the top of my head who love war. Then there are war movies; when done … [Read more...]
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