“What’s your favorite movie?” When you write about movies, you’re asked this a lot, and for most true lovers of film, the question borders on the absurd. Out of this inexhaustible, endlessly varied art form, who could be expected to choose a single favorite, for all time?

In life, change is constant and relentless. Perhaps that’s why we take comfort in the little things that remain the same: King Kong is back on the big screen after a 29-year hiatus; the Empire State Building remains the tallest building in New York City; and love conquers all, no matter how diminutive your stature.

I live in a third-floor apartment, and the ledge outside my living room window is extremely popular with pigeons.

While the winter sports season gears up, local athletes are beginning to get recognition for their hard work in the form of awards and nominations.

Salt River Project’s “preferred route” for a new 69-kilovolt power line through south Tempe is along the west side of the Loop 101 freeway from Guadalupe Road to Ray Road, and the utility is negotiating with Tempe and Chandler officials on the cost of burying the line in the freeway corridor between Warner and Ray roads, a utility spokesman says.

Dr. Maria Menconi, the likable superintendent whose effectiveness has been widely acclaimed since she took office in 2002, has announced plans to leave the Kyrene School District at the end of June, a year before her contract expires.