A Certain Point of View: Writing, Film and Stuff

A glimpse at a part of my Blu-ray collection, courtesy of my member page at Blu-ray.com. Some of the movies I own in 2019 were ones that I bought for Mom during her last four years; I kept them for sentimental reasons.  Hello and welcome once again to Bloggin' On, the "blog-within-a-blog" section of A Certain Point of View. It's Tuesday, November 25, and as I write this it is mid-afternoon here in my corner of Florida. The weather outside is nice, right now it's mostly sunny and the temperature is 72℉ (22℃); the low is expected to reach 51℉ (10℃) tonight, but I don't foresee myself venturing outside for any reason. I should at least try to sit out on the front porch with a book and get a bit of fresh air and sun, but I don't have any desire to do so. A little while ago I saw on my Amazon account that the home media release of  It: Chapter Two is available for pre-order, so I did that. Warner Bros. is dropping the various videodisc (Blu-ray, 4K UHD ...

Image Courtesy of NaNoWriMo Greetings! Welcome to another edition of A Certain Point of View, the blog that I started almost nine years ago. This is the 1,213th post overall and the 395th for 2019. Back in January, I resolved that I'd have at least 365 posts written and posted by December 31; now it looks like I'll end the year with a minimum of 400 posts, perhaps even 430, if I don't slack off for the rest of November and write at least one post a day in December. Anyway, it's Friday, November 22, and it looks like it's going to be a cool autumn day here in my corner of Florida. According to my Weather app, it's 70℉ (21℃) outside under sunny skies; the forecast high is expected to reach 77℉ (25℃), with some cloud cover moving in later this afternoon. Today is also the 56th anniversary of President Kennedy's assassination in Dallas, Texas, by Lee Harvey Oswald. I was only eight months old at the time so, naturally, I don't have any recollect...