Author Archives: Michael-Patrick Harrington

The 2nd annual Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga film festival

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In honor of Star Wars month, the 2nd annual Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga film festival begins tomorrow!

This will confirm that I have no significant other and no children (who might enjoy the festival). It’s just me and Duke, and he’s in it for the cookies.

PS This is the CORRECT viewing order.

Saturday

The Original Trilogy
Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)

Sunday
The Prequel Trilogy
Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)
Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)
Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)

Monday—Memorial Day
The Sequel Trilogy
Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)
Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017)
Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

Feel free to celebrate in your home!
Popcorn is not optional.

Sophie Lloyd!

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Great to see Sophie Lloyd get some press!

“I want to keep metal alive”: Meet the influencers bringing metal to a new generation
A new generation of influencers are introducing music fans to metal in a whole new way – and they’re taking over social media

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I’m not a Catholic or even a Christian (nor am I an atheist), but this article hit home.

Politicizing Biden’s faith is pastoral malpractice
In a letter released May 1, San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone stated that pro-choice Catholic politicians should be banned from receiving the Eucharist. At the U.S. Conference of Catholic ...

Change = Progress

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The murder of George Floyd seemed to change everything, but did it?

#blacklivesmatter

George Floyd died one year ago. When does change = progress?
POLITICO takes measure of a nationwide reckoning on power, politics and race — from Corporate America and white activism, to a grieving Minneapolis neighborhood and ongoing police violence.

Win Kindle copies of my new books!

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Giveaway Time!
 
I am giving away 100 Kindle copies of BOTH of my new books. The giveaways are being done through GoodReads.com. Click on the links below to enter for a chance to win a free Kindle copy of one (or both) of my latest books: Everything’s Ephemeral and Get Out, You Ghosts.
 
The giveaways ends on June 22nd.
 
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https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/324688-get-out-you-ghosts-stories-from-the-workshops-volume-ii

The New Difficulty

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Excellent essay on how to deal with relationships where one party is aligned with disregard and hate.

But in my experience. it’s incredibly difficult to adopt this stance, though it makes perfect sense. You end up hating the decision. It sucks.

No, I Won’t Agree To Disagree About You Supporting Trump. You’re Just Wrong.
To Whom It May Concern, We recently found ourselves in a now-familiar location: hopelessly stuck in an unnavigable impasse on our respective paths, unable to find a way forward. And, as in so many times before, when the friction became too great and the exchange too heated and the tension too uncomf…