DschwendA Quiet Place 2My first movie in a theater since, you know. I was an audience of one, which was bizarre, but that was the opposite of frightening…4 min read·Jun 7, 2021----
DschwendLockdown daysI woke up wanting to know how Cáit O’Riordan’s given name was pronounced, since Irish names are never what they seem to be, y’know, the…1 min read·May 17, 2020----
DschwendCursive, semi-cursive, non-cursiveWe have no good definition by which to distinguish cursive from semi-cursive writing in Greek.1 min read·Oct 1, 2019----
Dschwend‘Apollodorus’ Library of Myth, pt.1This is an adaptation of Sir James Fraser’s translation (because, let’s face it, it’s frightfully Victorian in ways that we are just not)…8 min read·Aug 28, 2019----
DschwendWhere i go at nightLast I went to Saigo City, some place in the future. The world is different, better and worse. Aliens have arrived, who are smarter than…1 min read·Aug 20, 2017----
DschwendThe CircleEmma Watson lands an entry level job at a Google-esque, with the help of an Scottish model turned actress, Karen Gillan. Gillan is allowed…2 min read·May 16, 2017----
DschwendThe PassengersThere was something promising about the premise: two people wake too soon from sleep stasis three decades into a 120 year voyage. There is…2 min read·Dec 22, 2016----
DschwendRogue OneI went to see the new Star Wars flick because I had finished my proofreading, had the afternoon off, and well, why not? I sat too close…2 min read·Dec 21, 2016----
DschwendThe OAThis episode (Homecoming) begins with a series of visually arresting plot points. Blonde Brit Marling runs to the edge of a bridge, looks…2 min read·Dec 18, 2016----
DschwendSloane, Ms.Saw “Miss Sloane” without knowing much about it, except that it looked better than “Hacksaw Ridge” and “Office Christmas Party” and Jessica…1 min read·Dec 18, 2016----