Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Gerald So

@sogerald.bsky.social

260 followers 410 following 2.9K posts

Here for friends and to promote projects like The Five-Two: https://poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/ and Fans of #RobertBParker: https://matrix.to/#/#rbp-fans:matrix.org Also https://masto.ai/@sogerald posting to writing hashtags.

poemsoncrime.blogspot.com

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Gerald So @sogerald.bsky.social · Feb 6

Previously on My Life Called So, in March '23, I quit Twitter and have been on Mastodon alone until today. Here, I'll chat w/ friends and promote projects. (I don't want to use Masto mods' limited resources for my BSP.) I also still blog, mainly at geraldso.blogspot.com.

Very Much So

Personal blog of Gerald So, poet, writer, editor, moderator, reviewer, stories, books, TV, film.

geraldso.blogspot.com

2 2 19

Gerald So @sogerald.bsky.social · 5h

"I'll take Advanced Physics for #200, Ken."

Gerald So @sogerald.bsky.social · 5h

There's POP CULTURE JEOPARDY! I would've thought regular JEOPARDY! was all pop culture as is. Pop culture shouldn't be limited to, like, TV, movies, music, fashion (etc., you see?). If JEOPARDY! weren't about the shared experience I call pop culture, no contestant would stand a chance.

1 1

Gerald So @sogerald.bsky.social · 6h

Audience phone video is a poor experience at best. I don't know that forbidding phone video drives more ppl to attend live shows.

Gerald So @sogerald.bsky.social · 6h

The other solution is to let everyone keep their phones. I was the last person to get a cell phone. I have to admit they're essential today, if only b/c most everyone has one and we outliers need one to accommodate the majority.

Gerald So @sogerald.bsky.social · 7h

As much as I'd like parents to have R&R, there's no way for some ppl to keep their phones at shows while others have theirs confiscated. If you want to be in touch in case of emergency, you can't go to a show where they take your phone.

Gerald So @sogerald.bsky.social · 7h

Michael Kay complains that his phone was confiscated during a comedy show he attended. He says he needed his phone to stay in touch w/ his babysitter in case of emergency and there should be a way for him to keep his phone b/c he isn't attempting to bootleg the show.

Gerald So @sogerald.bsky.social · 7h

I have now and then walked to and from a train station 2.5 miles away. I'd like to be able to do that in a pinch as long as possible.

Gerald So @sogerald.bsky.social · 8h

I'm not an athlete. I work out w/ bands and kettlebells to stay fit enough for housework and the occasional need to put oomph into something as I've passed 50.

Gerald So @sogerald.bsky.social · 8h

I'm not a protein powder person. I want to see how well I can do w/o supplements. I have had the occasional protein bar, but I much prefer just eating whole food.

Reposted by Gerald So

NPR @npr.org · 8h

Consumer Reports expressed concern about high levels of lead in some two dozen protein powders, but only with repeated high exposure. Here's what to know before you make your next grocery run.

A study found lead in popular protein powders. Here's why you shouldn't panic

Consumer Reports expressed concern about high levels of lead in some two dozen protein powders, but only with repeated high exposure. Here's what to know before you make your next grocery run.

n.pr

37 42 110

Reposted by Gerald So

Gerald So @sogerald.bsky.social · 3d

Oct. 13-19 at The Five-Two #Crime #Poetry weekly, "Karma" by Jennifer Lagier

Text: poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/2025/10/jenn...

YouTube reading: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjTY...

Submit your work: poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/p/guidelines...

Jennifer Lagier

KARMA “I think it’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment t...

poemsoncrime.blogspot.com

1 2

Gerald So @sogerald.bsky.social · 1d

"Perplexity AI" sounds more confounding than helpful. Did AI generate the name?

Reposted by Gerald So

Gerald So @sogerald.bsky.social · 1d

I don't have a Halloween display name, but here's Halloween-themed flash fiction I blogged in 2008. (I did just now cut a couple of lines.)

geraldso.blogspot.com/2008/10/hall...

You're welcome to comment on the blog or Like this post if you like the story.

Halloween Flash Fiction

Personal blog of Gerald So, poet, writer, editor, moderator, reviewer, stories, books, TV, film.

geraldso.blogspot.com

Gerald So @sogerald.bsky.social · 1d

NCIS: ORIGINS sets up chemistry btwn Gibbs and Lala, but NCIS fans know Gibbs doesn't end up w/ Lala. He ends up w/ three ex-wives (played by Melinda McGraw, Kathleen York, and Jeri Ryan). There's suspense if you've never seen NCIS, but if that's so, would you watch ORIGINS?

Gerald So @sogerald.bsky.social · 1d

Too many series are anxious to show links from the past to the character's known future: SMALLVILLE, KRYPTON, etc.

Gerald So @sogerald.bsky.social · 1d

This was a reaction article to the NCIS: ORIGINS Season 2 premiere: What does Lala's survival mean and what dilemma does it create for Gibbs?

My issue w/ prequel series is, knowing where the main character ends up, there's not much room to play w/ his backstory.

Gerald So @sogerald.bsky.social · 1d

There's a TV article to the effect, "What does [series supporting regular]'s survival mean and what dilemma does it create for [series lead]?"

Series regulars surviving is a good thing, not a problematic one.

Gerald So @sogerald.bsky.social · 1d

Some sites say there will be 20 episodes of NCIS: SYDNEY for Season 3. I approve, but are Australian TV seasons that long? Has SYDNEY gotten short seasons up to now?

Gerald So @sogerald.bsky.social · 1d

Halloween Flash Fiction

Personal blog of Gerald So, poet, writer, editor, moderator, reviewer, stories, books, TV, film.

geraldso.blogspot.com

Reposted by Gerald So

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

What's the difference between 'immigrant' and 'emigrant'?

11 63 480

Gerald So @sogerald.bsky.social · 1d

Jesse's backstory is having lost his job w/ the LAPD due to public drunkenness. Despite his age and tarnished record, Jesse is the most experienced on the small Paradise police force.

Gerald So @sogerald.bsky.social · 1d

Another reason ppl might think Jesse Stone is older is the average age of police chiefs in the US is 46, 11 years older than Jesse is first described; however, there's a strong sense Jesse was hired b/c the Paradise town council thought they'd be able to manipulate him.

Gerald So @sogerald.bsky.social · 4d

Correction: According to the synopsis of the Coleman sequel COLORBLIND, the man who turns out to be Jesse's son is "twenty-something," which can be as high as 29, older for ppl in their 30s trying to deny their age. Even if Jesse were 18 when he impregnated a girlfriend, that would make him 38 now.

Gerald So @sogerald.bsky.social · 5d

Has Jesse Stone grown older than Spenser? Stone was introduced at 35 in NIGHT PASSAGE, Spenser at 37 in THE GODWULF MANUSCRIPT; however, Spenser stopped at "middle-aged" while Reed Farrel Coleman's sequels gave Jesse an 18-21 year-old son.

Gerald So @sogerald.bsky.social · 1d

Meanwhile you move the original FBI to lower-leverage Monday night and use it to help WATSON's and CIA's ratings.

Gerald So @sogerald.bsky.social · 1d

Moving all the NCIS shows back to Tuesday night didn't seem a good ratings move to me, but I think the cancellation of two FBI shows had the most to do w/ it. Losing FBIs, you needed some other shows to stabilize the night. So you slot in the NCISes while making Friday FIRE COUNTRY night.

Gerald So @sogerald.bsky.social · 1d

I notice they didn't smile for the photo.

MI6 - Home of James Bond @mi6hq.bsky.social · 1d

It has been 20 years since Daniel Craig was announced as the sixth James Bond
www.mi6-hq.com/sections/art...