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Pat Dunlap Evans
- Apr 11
- 3 min
I am Pro-Life and Pro-Choice, Aren't You?
I so dislike the term "pro-life" because most of us are "pro-life," in that we want all lives to be nurtured and respected. But what the...
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Pat Dunlap Evans
- Apr 8
- 2 min
Why Did I Swear at a Stranger, but More Importantly, Where can I Stream "MI-5"?
Why Did I Swear at a Stranger, but More Importantly, Where Can I Stream "MI-5"?
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Pat Dunlap Evans
- Apr 3
- 3 min
Pat’s Version of French Onion Soup
Pat's version of onion soup combines ideas from the recipes of a number of top chefs. There are options to make this less-sodium as well.
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Pat Dunlap Evans
- Feb 20
- 3 min
A Triangle of Some Silly Satire
One other Oscar-nominated film Bill and I streamed recently was The Triangle of Sadness. I'm not going to delve deeply into this one. It...
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Pat Dunlap Evans
- Feb 14
- 4 min
A Pretentious Bore
Okay, so we sat through Tár, a film about a lesbian classical music conductor who finds herself in hot water for the same abuses that...
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Pat Dunlap Evans
- Feb 10
- 2 min
4.5 Stars for The Banshees of Inisherin
Summary: Set in 1923, on a remote island near the west coast of Ireland, The Banshees Of Inisherin follows lifelong buddies Padraic...
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Pat Dunlap Evans
- Feb 9
- 3 min
Spielberg: Again with the Same Ol' Story
A Pat-Oh-Meter Review of "The Fabelmans." Our Tuesday night streaming of the Oscar-nominated film was “The Fablemans,” written, directed,...
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Pat Dunlap Evans
- Feb 7
- 2 min
All Quiet on the Western Front
A Pat-Oh-Meter Review War is Hell. War is gruesome. War is futile. Politicians are fools. Generals are obsessives. We've seen these...
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Pat Dunlap Evans
- Feb 6
- 3 min
Everything Everywhere All at Once
A Pat-Oh-Meter Review First off, the title should be modified to say, "Everything Everywhere All at Once Over and Over and Way too Long."...
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Pat Dunlap Evans
- Jan 15
- 3 min
4 Stars for "Hamilton" in Honolulu
If you have not yet seen "Hamilton," do. You will be amazed and enlightened, especially if you do a bit of prep first. It's a fun show, very
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Pat Dunlap Evans
- Jan 1
- 1 min
Happy Black-Eyed Peas!
I went to the store to buy a pack of dried black-eyed peas, wondering if they are as much of a New Year's tradition on Hawaii Island as...
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Pat Dunlap Evans
- Dec 13, 2022
- 2 min
A Facebook Christmas Story
I've been trying to sell my vacuum on Facebook Marketplace for about a year. It's a relatively new vacuum, high-end Sears canister model...
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Pat Dunlap Evans
- Nov 16, 2022
- 3 min
Edsel-Mouth Should Park It
May Donald Trump's announcement to run for the White House be as much of a failure as Ford's launch of the Edsel.
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Pat Dunlap Evans
- Nov 4, 2022
- 2 min
Goodbye to Elon's Twitter!
I took great pleasure in deactivating my Twitter account on November 3, 2022. I'm not a celebrity, so my 1,100 followers may not even...
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Pat Dunlap Evans
- Oct 25, 2022
- 1 min
Just Who is Bigoted and Hate-Filled?
A real estate agent in Lakeway, Texas, jumped on several of my Facebook posts, even though I don’t even know her and we are not...
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Pat Dunlap Evans
- Oct 11, 2022
- 2 min
A Delightful Chain of Inconveniences
Living on Hawaii Island can turn from delightfully perfect to maddeningly frustrating when you want to buy something you really want,...
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Pat Dunlap Evans
- Oct 4, 2022
- 2 min
Be Careful on Facebook Marketplace
Be careful on Facebook Marketplace. I've sold lots of stuff on that site, and most of the time the experience was a good one. But I just...
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Pat Dunlap Evans
- Sep 8, 2022
- 1 min
A Queen in a World of Kings
When I was a young girl, my mother woke my sister and me in Dallas to watch Elizabeth's coronation on our 21-inch, black-and-white TV. It...
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Pat Dunlap Evans
- May 17, 2022
- 5 min
Pat’s Ukrainian Borsch With Pork
I did not make Ukrainian borsch as a noble gesture to support Ukrainians against their evil invaders. But while making the soup, I did...
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