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Dear Readers,      This post is to announce that in the near future, I plan to begin a slew of posts regarding none other than cheesy Christmas romance movies: Lifetime, Hallmark, Netflix, the works.  Last night I started putting together a list of all the cheesy Christmas movies I've seen that were made in the last 12-ish years.  The list is 14 titles long-- and counting!  I plan to give summaries, totally judge the movies, and hopefully analyze them as if they were pieces of literature.  I have also begun a post on the worst chick-flick I have ever seen.  Sadly, I realized that to make it anywhere near the analysis I have planned in my head, I will have to watch the movie yet again, so that one might not be ready before Christmas.      Some of the titles I will talk about are: The Spirit of Christmas The 12 Dates of Christmas My Santa      Get ready for the sappiness, the cheesines...

     I hope the title of this post isn't too misleading, since I do not at the moment intend to write a lengthy post on the topic subject of Star Wars as a coming-of-age story.  One could write a whole book on this, and I'm sure somebody already has.  Rather, I am interested to gather some statistics.      About three years ago, it became clear to me that there are young people in this country who somehow never saw Star Wars until college or later, and when they saw it professed that they didn't really get it.  It made me sit back and think about how everyone I knew who was a Star Wars fan-- or who at least had some sort of place in his heart for the films-- had seen it for the first time as a child.  Is this a common theme, or is it only a coincidence?  Parts of the story only make sense as I rewatch the films for the first time in ten years, so why do they especially resonate with the young?  Clearly, Luke ...

     This post is a test.  I will possibly keep this as my actual blog, but maybe not.  I am trying to figure out what to name it, how the design should be, etc.      Hang in there.