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A New Look at Old [Scientific Research]

A New Look at Old [Scientific Research]

I have a new hobby in my TV and movie consumption: watching old shows and movies from the 70's and early 80's.  I am not exactly sure why I started gravitating toward this time period, but I think it might be serving as a tool for my own apparent need to put my life (and my parents' lives) in context.  The movies and TV shows I've been gravitating toward were made mostly during my lifetime and in that period in particular a period that I don't have any cultural awareness.  I was born in 1

April 28, 2010 No Comments Full Story

Netflix killed the Video Store

My home away from home, Big Lots, has recently been flooded with previously viewed DVDs for $3 each. I don't buy movies very often, but I am always on the lookout for a copy of Willow or some other Fantastic Fantasy Film to add to my small collection. I didn't think about where all these DVDs were coming from till we wandered into Glenmark Center the other day and saw that Video Warehouse is going out of business. It reminded me that Video World is also gone - the shop in Clarksburg was the l

February 27, 2010 No Comments Full Story