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…But “Better Call Saul” does something else, also. Juxtaposed with the in-color “past” which is the bulk of the show, is black-and-white footage from Jimmy’s future: on the run from his former life, living under an alias, working at a Cinnabon in a mall in North Dakota.
Let me make sure you’re following: Jimmy’s past is presented in full color, but his future is in black-and-white. It lacks color.
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A commentary on the 2019 Book of Common Prayer’s service for the “Reconciliation of Penitents”.
First, you enter. You have been waited upon. You are welcome in this space, have a seat.
Idly do people talk about “leaving the world at the door.” That is not true here. Bring the world with you —your cares, problems, stresses, sins, failures, collapsing dreams, the smell of where you just were, the thoughts which occupied you from your car to this little room, the screaming of children (yours or someone else’s), and the million things you need to do when you leave here —all of that bring with you. Leave none of it out.
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I recently saw the new commercial for Google Pixel 8 which highlights the device’s AI-enhanced “best-take” application feature. You can watch it here […] My first response was to laugh, modestly but not quite quietly. There is an Office episode (season 2, episode 21) in which Michael Scott does the same thing with photoshop. The result (which is the featured image above) is less than impressive.
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…what makes a good Christmas film good is the degree to which the film levies an apocalyptic judgement on the world and redeems it…
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