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Adam
@astranchida.bsky.social
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Movies, horror, sports, music, Tolkien, nerdy stuff, games, sarcasm, dad-life & general shenanigans.

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Adam @astranchida.bsky.social · May 30
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Keeping my “pin my Nosferatu reviews” streak going (No. 3).
#FilmSky
A ★★★★★ review of Nosferatu (2024)
So my wife, who has grown out of new horror movies and doesn’t always enjoy the weird ones and never loved The VVitch, suddenly had an urge to watch The Northman a month or so ago. That went about as ...
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36/??? Here we go again…

DMX - …and Then There Was X

It mostly took me until post high school to get into rap. I liked Cypress, and Rage if they count, but I liked DMX as soon as I heard him in 8th grade. Top 3 all time for me, east. RIP dog

#NowSpinning #NowPlaying #Vinyl
DMX’s …and Then There Was X on vinyl displayed on top of a record player with some fall decor, including a pink pumpkin with sunglasses clearly painted and crafted by a genius-child.
November 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Don’t enjoy raking leaves? Dont do it! My annual PSA:

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Leaf it be: Skip the raking this fall. It's better for the environment
Put down the rake. You can feel good about leaving your leaves wherever they fall. Letting them be is actually better for the environment and for your yard.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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I mostly committed to Stranger Things S3 - sidebar: I think its the best season (?) - but I had to give some love to the one, underrated gem of a film, I did get to this week:

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#LetterboxdFriday #FilmSky 🎥
The Criterion Collection cover/poster for “A Scanner Darkly,” featuring a sea of green plants a man with a backpack is walking through, below a sky of blue flowers.
November 14, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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A satisfying dusk sky:
A bare tree in front of a brick building with gray-blue clouds with a light-yellow sky peeking through from the top, fading to a gray-purple/pink closer to the horizon.
November 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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“If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.” Jack Kornfield

You’re allowed to pause.
You’re allowed to choose differently.
You’re allowed to care for yourself, too. 🧡

#kindness #positivity #SelfCare

Picture by @Anxiety.Positive
A bright, uplifting digital illustration on a white background. The heading reads “You are allowed to:” in bold black text beside a yellow smiling face. Beneath it, colourful shapes each hold handwritten phrases: red for “sleep in late,” blue for “change plans,” orange for “make a new decision,” purple for “treat yourself,” yellow for “take breaks,” green for “stop feeling guilty,” turquoise for “say no,” pink for “say yes” and “talk about your struggles,” and lilac for “not have answers.” The style feels warm, friendly, and encouraging, reinforcing permission, care, and self-compassion. Artwork by @Anxiety.Positive, shown in the bottom left corner
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Starting to almost expect 4th quarter comebacks from the #Bears (against bad-to-mediocre teams) is a sad but much-appreciated delicacy.
November 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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#Last4Watched +2 and a lot of splatter this week, as I more or less wrapped up my Halloween-movie-fest goals for the year. A few stragglers will be scattered throughout November for sure though.
#LetterboxdFriday #FilmSky 🎥
Movie posters and ratings for: •The Return of the Living Dead (4) •Poltergeist (5) •Hatchet & Hatchet II (both 3.5) •Dawn of the Dead, 1978 (5) •Braindead, aka Dead Alive (4)
November 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Still coming to terms with spooky season ending…
Molding, decaying pumpkins getting soft and curling-in on themselves, amongst leaves and a skeleton propped on a wooden birdhouse decoration. Pie pumpkins similarly decaying and molding in our post-Halloween 2025 reality.
November 7, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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My on/off again spirit animal.
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Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time
Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time
November 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Just had a super-creepy experience booking a Dr. appointment with something which was clearly advanced AI, but went the deep-fake route by adding background phone rings, office murmurs etc.

I hate this disingenuousness. We need more human connection these days, not more tech isolating us all.
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Colorado voters have approved raising taxes on households earning over $300,000 to fund meals for all public school students, raise salaries for school meal staff, and bolster SNAP at the state level.
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Not sure you should have to work so hard to score against the Bengals, but ok. #Bears
November 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Snagged this beauty and the Donovan “Greatest Hits” on the cheap at Reckless Records before the David Byrne concert tonight. Great success.
Vinyls of Donovan’s “Greatest Hits” and a blood-splatter clear edition of “The Return of the Living Dead” soundtrack.
November 2, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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My daughter apparently requested the original Halloween theme during her 2nd grade dance party today 🥹

I’ve never been more proud.
October 31, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Happy #Halloween to everyone out there 🎃

May your doors and floors creak, your shadows creep and your spooks today run deep.
October 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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I completed the Nightmare rewatch (skipping the remake, at least this season), Zombie’s Halloweens and a couple Universal masterpieces I haven’t watched in a very long time this week. A little more than a #LastFourWatched, but proper for a #LetterboxdFriday on Halloween; yay! #FilmSky 🎥
Movie posters and ratings for Rob Zombie’s Halloween (3.5), Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (2), Bride of Frankenstein (4.5), Rob Zombie’s Halloween II (1.5), The Wolf Man (1941, 4.5) and New Nightmare (4).
October 31, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Took off work tomorrow, so it’s officially #Halloweekend time over here, and I need it 🎃 Got the Cthulhu onesie ready go for the 2nd grade party, a neighborhood that embraces the holiday, and only about 7 or 8 more horror movies I really wanted to get to this season… plus David Byrne on Saturday!
October 31, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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The waiting room I’m in has old episodes of The Munsters playing.

Everything’s coming up Milhouse today!
October 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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You know him, you love him...

Happy Birthday to ALF
BOTD 10/28/1756 on home planet Melmac.

#filmsky 📽 #tvsky 📺
a stuffed animal wearing a bow tie and a white shirt is holding a piece of bread .
Alt: a stuffed animal wearing a bow tie and a white shirt is holding a piece of bread . Alf
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October 28, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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35/??? is one of those classic greatest hits collections everyone seemed to have one way or another growing up.

It’s a damn great one for sure.

#NowPlaying #NowSpinning

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Chronicle: The Greatest 20 Hits

#vinyl
CCR’s “Chronicle” bifold on top of a record player surrounded by fall and Halloween decorations.
October 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Making up for last week’s shortage, and then some. I’ll call three Halloweens and three Nightmares,l in a week, plus a couple of classics, a success any time of the year.
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #FilmSky 🎥
Movie posters for Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, A Nightmare of Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, Halloween H2O, ANES 4: The Dream Master, the Invisible Man (‘33), Halloween: Resurrection and ANES 5: The Dream Child.
October 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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My #LastFourWatched is a little shy this week. #LetterboxdFriday
Movie posters for Army of Darkness, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 and Halloween 5.
October 17, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Finished Stranger Things S2 again. Though a step down from S1, it does eventually get great, and - no matter what - it’s fantastic for the Dustin/Steve pairing alone.
October 16, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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Somehow we’re halfway through October already, so I’m giving some other horror favorites, I’ve never featured as a favorite before, some love. Happy hauntings 🎃
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Movie posters for The Evil Dead, As Above So Below, The Cabin in the Woods, and Last Night in Soho.
October 16, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Some other highlights from my morning stroll.
Sunrise over Lake Michigan and a gazebo in the foreground. Sunrise and beachfront. Three dark rocks in the sand warmed by the sunrise, and Lake Michigan in the background. Sand hills on the beach with shadows created by the sunrise off screen.
October 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM