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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111958/
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/father-ted

Two priests, exiled to an island in the middle of nowhere in Ireland, try to make due.

A mid-1990s British comedy with a laugh track. If you aren’t positive you can handle that, then pass. It has only a few moments, but is otherwise crap.



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abandoned [ 1 ] was https://web.archive.org/web/20190313003108/http://wmii.suckless.org/ [ 2 ] the author died: https://web.archive.org/web/20140208043925/http://www.lmt.uni-saarland.de/de/aktuelles/grelich.html
https://code.google.com/archive/p/wmii/

A window manager

Forked into i3m, which has since become its own independent project.



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  1. A conscious act of will.

    • An inward version is to pursue awareness, mindfulness or the like.
    • An outward / practical version is to focus one’s thoughts on something — to reflect on or ponder over. This is the receiving end of point 3, below.
  2. Clearing one’s thoughts.

  3. “A Meditation” is a discourse intended to express its author’s reflections or to guide others in contemplation.

    • This is the “sending” end of point 1b.
      — Variously described: “Consider this deeply”, “Selah“, etc.

The first two are components of Enlightenment and often lead to the experience of an Epiphany. Some version is an instinctive aspect of genius, often seen in sharpening the saw.

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Special "letterbox" edition.

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053250/

The world learns that an old artifact is alien in origin, and set out to Venus to meet its creators.

Not terrible, but not my thing. I’m not a fan of old B-movies, and it being so old makes it impossible for me to judge it properly. I can summarize with: It has classic stiff acting and awkward writing.

  • aka The Silent Star
  • aka Planet of the Dead
  • aka Spaceship Venus Does Not Reply


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Archaeologists discover an ancient body with impossible technologies, giving evidence of a time-traveling journalist.

Quite a good movie! With a three hour run time, it was an easy binge and one that strings together seamlessly. A great story, and while it has some storytelling moments, it has unforgiving realism for its characters.

It has only a couple of awkward “like it’s totes real, yo” moments because of some characters, but thankfully it’s well-balanced and is overall absent of religion aside from the major plot point.



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