DAILY CALL SHEET: APRIL 30, 2024

Kiss Me Deadly (1955) Hoping to make a big score, private investigator and utter A-hole Mike Hammer looks into the torture/murder of a random woman he gave a ride to. As secrets are uncovered, the innocent die first, leaving the creeps behind to use, betray, and kill anyone who gets in their way. By the end, only a pathetic few are left to slink away into the radioactive darkness. With Robert Aldrich at the wheel, film noir arrives at its inevitable destination, the grim void of total self-destruction.

TIL: A December 18, 2017 article in Psychology Today notes that the majority of amassed research suggests that religiosity [higher levels of religious belief and practice] is associated with lower rates of depression, anxiety, substance use disorder, and suicidal behavior. In short, no matter if the issues that lead a person to commit self-destructive actions are a result of biological, psychological, or environmental factors, religion can help.

I HAVE SOME NOTES: As I hoped, making these quick notes/sketches on my daily Scripture readings is helping me retain things better, and thus learn a thing or two. Alas, probably all of you who look at these posts are learning is how strange my mind works.