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Another nice weekday off!
It all worked out pretty well today after working on a Sunday. Had to see my doctor for the six-week check-in, so no need to schedule time off from work and then I took in a movie, review pending! First … Continue reading
1924: Vladimir Lenin dies
As awful as he was, Lenin was like all humans…complicated. A couple things I will say in his defense: compared to Stalin, he was an amateur dictator and although many morons put him incorrectly in the company of Stalin, Hitler, … Continue reading
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Here’s to the book that derailed my 2023 resolution to read over 10 books in the year, it ended up being six. This heavily researched tome about Lincoln and a few of his cabinet members is pretty amazing. Too bad … Continue reading
1974: The Six Million Dollar Man
Before Battlestar Galactica pushed it out of the Sunday-evening spot, I think this was the show most kids loved to watch to discuss on the playground the next Monday morning. It was also blamed (or responsible) for numerous kids doing really … Continue reading
Repo Man
First up for my favorite and a movie that influenced me from 1984…the cult fave and cable staple Repo Man! It was produced by Mike Nesmith with unknown Emilio Estevez in the lead alongside Harry Dean Stanton and Tracy Walter. Beyond … Continue reading
Posted in Eighties Tutorial, Movies
Tagged Dystopia, Eighties, Satire, Science Fiction
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Coldageddon ’24 continues
Very humorous residents along my drive toward Round Rock in recent days. The upside is it will be mostly over tomorrow as we crack 0° C in the late morning. Then we will have a little setback through the weekend … Continue reading
Other than the usual cat dustups, we’re managing the cold
The cartoon above is true any type of day, namely with Agamemnon and Isis, the two who cuddle the most. Not sure what goes through their tiny little brains. Experts say it’s alpha shit. I think it’s them being dumb. … Continue reading
How fitting that today is also the Iowa Caucus ’24!
I know how my experience, circle of friends, circle of co-workers, etc. etc…it’s all anecdotal but I’m dying to find out where these morons live. How pollsters and ‘reporters’ succeed in finding such a rich vein of stupid! I’ve met … Continue reading
My Stars are doing pretty well for 2023-24 season
Last night we lost but I’m not really too worried. We remain in first place and it was only the Chicago Wolves who are having a crap season. The officiating was better than when we were playing the Rockford Icehogs. … Continue reading
Metztli is ready for the big freeze
It’s coming this Sunday, Freezageddon ’24! Even though there is no snow nor ice in the forecast, Austinites are already hitting the stores to stock up on toilet paper, Wonder bread and Topo Chico! All the people with F-350s and … Continue reading
Truth in advertising!
How I just wish this atrocity wasn’t made in the Austin area, or closer to Bastrop. Either way, it’s the ugliest and most impractical piece of crap since the El Camino or DeLorean and with less horsepower. You can find clips … Continue reading
RIP Jennell Jaquays née Paul Jaquays
Another great first-generation contributor to D&D and other role-playing games passed away yesterday. Jennell Jaquays may not have been around during the days when Gygax, Arneson, Johnson and other early TSR employees were getting the game off the ground. Nor … Continue reading
Ferrari: Must See
Several years ago, there was the hit movie Ford v. Ferrari, I liked it but I was still cheering for Ferrari because Ford has always (and still does) made shit cars with the horrible DNA of its founder in them. Henry … Continue reading
1994: Alea iacta est, c’mon, roll “Austin!” – Austin 30 Part 1
It was on this day, around this time, I said, I no longer could stand living in a place where having an education and having critical thinking skills…is a liability. As we obviously know now, Illinois is only superficially a … Continue reading
1994: Valeri Polyakov leaves for Mir
Despite the Russians being demonized for their dictator’s invasion of Ukraine, we should not poo poo on its people’s pretty awesome accomplishments in moving the whole human race forward in Science nor Space Travel. On this day Dr. Polyakov went … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, History, Science & Technology
Tagged Nineties, Space Exploration
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