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Max's Musings

by Max Griffin 🏳️‍🌈

Rated: 18+ · Book · Writing · #2041762

A math guy's random thoughts.

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Raven

Mar 2, 2025 at 10:16am
In response to "What we've been watching on TV, birthday edition"

Happy birthday!! We watched Reacher...last year sometime I think? It's ok if you just don't think too hard about the economics of any of the things the criminals do. Or about circulatory systems.

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JACE

Mar 2, 2025 at 10:09am
In response to "What we've been watching on TV, birthday edition"

Thanks, Max.

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Max Griffin 🏳️‍🌈

Mar 2, 2025 at 10:00am
In response to "What we've been watching on TV, birthday edition"

JACE

--BTW, Regarding Henry is available to rent on Amazon.

Max Griffin 🏳️‍🌈

Mar 2, 2025 at 9:58am
In response to "What we've been watching on TV, birthday edition"

JACE

, I do remember Regarding Henry. You're right--the thematic material is similar. There's a scene where he's amazed to see his daughter tying her shoes and asks "Who taught you that?" She says, "You did."

I remember seeing that scene with my daughter, and I asked her who taught her to tie her shoes. She said, "you did." I have no memory of teaching her, but she did!

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JACE

Mar 2, 2025 at 9:47am
In response to "What we've been watching on TV, birthday edition"

Your list sounds just like our TV playlist, although my wife doesn't care for Reacher. We love Irrational.

Did you ever see an old movie, Regarding Henry? Harrison Ford stars in this 1991 movie. Very similar to the plot of Doc. Loved that movie. I believe it's time to see if it's streaming anywhere.

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BIG BAD WOLF is Merry

Mar 2, 2025 at 9:40am
In response to "What we've been watching on TV, birthday edition"

Been watching playthroughs of a game called Rimworld. Looks interesting.

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Seabreeze

Feb 26, 2025 at 10:15am
In response to "Soundtrack, Feb 26, Melancholy Baby"

Nice. I love just about anything played on a piano.

Max Griffin 🏳️‍🌈

Feb 7, 2025 at 12:39pm
In response to "Soundtrack, Day 4, Hallelujah"

Allan, that's a nice rendition. Here's another by a group I like.

Allan Charles 🐾

Feb 7, 2025 at 11:33am
In response to "Soundtrack, Day 4, Hallelujah"

I absolutely love this song. It gives me goosebumps every time. This is personally my favorite cover of the song:

🐕GeminiGem🎁

Feb 6, 2025 at 3:36pm
In response to "Soundtrack, Feb 6, Come Sail Away"

I became a rabid Styx fan in the early 80's. At one point I had all the vinyl they had released, but those are long gone. I rely on greatest hits CD's or a Styx mix on Spotify. This song comes up often. I always wondered about the line about climbing aboard the starship, but not enough to research it or anything like that, LOL

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February 19, 2025 at 10:28am

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Soundtrack, Feb 19, You Belong To Me

Earlier in "Dreamin' Life Away"

, Dante made a Faustian bargain while the Dies Irae ominously drummed away in the background. In "Chapter 8--You Belong To Me"

, he gets the pay-off. Since he's time-travelled to the 1950s, I wanted a song from that era that reflected the cost of his big break. The lyrics for the 1952 song, "You Belong to Me," fit perfectly. Patti Page covered it in 1952 and rose to number 14 on the Billboard singles chart.

The version that I remember, though, is the one linked below, the 1962 release by the Duprees. Here, the all-male quartet crooning the lyrics "you belong to me" gives it an entirely different subtext. I remember thinking even back then that the lyrics were disquieting. Clearly, they are saying that the girlfriend "belongs to" her boyfreind. Not that he wants to be with her, or misses her. The lyrics declare ownership. The Duprees version rose to number ten on the charts, probably due to their soothing boy-band rendition.

In any case, the song's mood fits the 50s and the lyrics fit what's about to happen in the chapter. It's all metaphor, of course, but by the time the chapter is over, Dante's on his way to success--at least, in his slipstream dreams--and the price is his soul.

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