Film Review: "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977)

Oh, my. One of the low points of the Bond series — when it's serious it's unengaging and when it's humorous it's intolerable.

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What can you say about the late 70s, when flared pants legs, synth music, and an inability to take anything seriously (even the Cold War) prevailed. TSWLM is one of the low points in the Bond canon, h…

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1 hour ago

Dinosaur BBQ Peanut Butter Pie https://hill-kleerup.org/blog/margie/dinosaur-bbq-peanut-butter-pie.html

11 hours ago

Well, poop.

Thanks, Sir Patrick, for many, many, many hours of entertainment. From "I, Claudius" to "Dune" to "Excalibur" to various iterations of Star Trek and X-Men.

#patrickstewart #rip

https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/backwoodsaltar/patrick-stewart-dead

4 days ago

I'm saddened to learn of the death of #WalterKoenig at age 90. While best known for playing #Chekov on Star Trek #TOS, I'll always remember him best as the sinister-but-complicated PsiCop Bester on #Babylon5 .

#RIP, sir, and thanks for many, many hours of entertainment.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/walter-koenig-dies-age-90-chekov-star-trek/

5 days ago

Hey, we're attending the tale of " #SweeneyTodd " at #CUBoulder! Yay!

7 days ago

When #DonaldTrump loves your campaign ad, it almost certainly means it's as awful as decent people have been telling you it is, and you should take it down.

#vivekramaswamy #amyacton

(unlocked article)

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10/22/us/midterms-elections?unlocked_article_code=1.K1E.TSxr.HjAzVng6pH25&smid=url-share

1 week ago

#JDVance is more disgusted that #Republicans are criticizing #VivekRamaswamy 's #Ohio attack ad on #AmyActon than he is over the ad itself. Gotta love those "family values."

The only silver lining here is that I suspect the ad will generate more contributions for Acton than for her vile opponent.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/vance-republicans-stop-whining-vivek-ramaswamy-attack-ad-amy-acton-rcna604817

1 week ago

Earlier this month I was automatically sent my #MailInBallot . After filling it out, I dropped it off at a convenient, secure drop box on Monday. The ballot was received by the county, my signature on the envelope was validated, and my vote was counted.

And at each of those steps I got an e-mail and a text message, confirming it.

Plus I got a nice virtual #Blucifer" voting sticker!

Thank you for showing, once again, #Colorado, that this system works.

1 week ago

RE: https://flipboard.com/@washpost/world-gmn4hl27z/-/a-3JzekNbwRV279pN5DlUQxg%3Aa%3A419161690-%2F0

I think he's mistranslating the word for "cannibal."

2 weeks ago

We're getting into the "If I go down I'm takin' youse guys wit' me" phase of the mob boss saga.

#trump

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-newsmax-impeached-again-lots-001337140.html

2 weeks ago

Amusing story both for the headline and for the underlying message.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/10/katie-zacharia-is-out-after-half-a-scaramucci/

2 weeks ago

The take-away from #Trump canceling the #execution #livestream is not that he has even a modicum of decency, but that if a controversial idea is proposed *by someone else* that might blow back on him, he will throw it and the proposer under the bus in a hot minute. TACO loyalty.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/10/15/trump-cancels-hegseths-plan-live-stream-fort-hood-shooters-execution/

2 weeks ago

There is a graduated, progressive #IncomeTax #measure on the ballot this #election in #Colorado, replacing a flat 4.4%, and it is remarkable that the top arguments being levied against this "bizarre/radical" measure are "It's unfair because $500K [the tipping point] isn't that much income," and "Egads, all the rich people will move away to Texas and we will be poor!"

3 weeks ago

It's time for "Barefoot in the Park" at #ArvadaCenter! Front row seats!

3 weeks ago

High Altitude Snickerdoodle Bundt Cake with Cinnamon Sugar https://hill-kleerup.org/blog/margie/high-altitude-snickerdoodle-bundt-cake-with-cinnamon-sugar.html

4 weeks ago

Every now and then I get a burr up my butt about something and have to write it out. Today it was about strategic voting and "the lesser of two evils is still evil" thinking. Feel free to skip if you don't need another #screed in your life.

https://hill-kleerup.org/blog/2026/10/04/is-the-lesser-of-two-evil-also-evil.html

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