Category Archives: Random Stuff

5 Quick Ways the Parents in The Parent Trap Could Have Distinguished Annie from Hallie

Posted on September 13, 2022 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

There’s a scene in The Parent Trap (1998) that always perplexed me. The parents have decided to part ways, but their twin daughters aren’t willing to go along with that plan. So they make it seemingly impossible for their parents … Continue reading →

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Steve McQueen Is the King of Name Placement on Movie Posters

Posted on August 30, 2022 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I like listening to music as I write. Sometimes I find great music soundtracks on YouTube and listen to them for hours at a time. And one soundtrack I particularly enjoy is the one from The Magnificent Seven (1960). I’ve … Continue reading →

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Ode to the Bank

Posted on August 16, 2022 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Question: What do you a call a tribute to getting out of debt? Answer: Ode! And I felt I owed it to my wonderful readers to share this poem I wrote in the midst of paying off my mortgage at … Continue reading →

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I’m a Little Late Paying Off My Mortgage

Posted on August 9, 2022 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I have moved a mountain. It wasn’t as fast as it was for Enoch simply telling mountains to flee from before him. But it happened, nonetheless. I feel like there’s only one song that can sum up my feelings right … Continue reading →

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Feeling Bad for Feeling Bad

Posted on June 28, 2022 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

My fingers hurt. Nothing new there. But something strange has happened. I had intended to write a different article this week about how this website sometimes feels like my journal, but I found that it would work better if I … Continue reading →

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Unfinished Work

Posted on June 21, 2022 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Have you ever almost completed a project, but then left it for weeks and not gone back to it to finish the job? I ask because I find myself in that position right now. I recently went through my old … Continue reading →

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Is It Possible to Tell a Complete Story with No Repeated Words?

Posted on June 14, 2022 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I reuse a lot of words as I write. If you saw the first drafts of my articles before I publish them, you’d see that I say “so” and “that” far too often. It’s during the editing process that I … Continue reading →

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The Ongoing Miracle of My Hands

Posted on June 7, 2022 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I have wonderful news to share! More than a year and a half ago, I took my future into my own hands when I stopped seeking professional medical help for my arthritis. I’m awfully young to have such bad hands, … Continue reading →

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A Significant Change in My Personal Life

Posted on May 3, 2022 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Normally I don’t talk about my day job. It’s ironic that the work I do publicly tends to be something I try to keep private. I’ve worked at the same company for a little more than 12 years. That stability … Continue reading →

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My Improved Version of ‘Uninvited’ from City of Angels

Posted on April 26, 2022 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Uninvited has a hauntingly beautiful melody and terribly lame lyrics. So I rewrote them to make them mean much more than unrequited love. Continue reading →

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