Happy Caturday, from these two terrorists

Last week, we hosted these two little jerks at our house since the “kids” had nowhere else to hide them for reasons best not stated.

Above is the misleading, adorable Morpheus who has a beautiful gray coat with spots. He resembles a gray leopard so he’s a rare cat unless you probably find the right breeder. Morph wasn’t thrilled to be removed from his regular environment. After giving up on the bedroom because Jennifer wasn’t always around to “protect” him from the more curious others, he chose to use the kitchen cabinets as a roost to know when an “attack” was heading his way. For his going-away present, he took a big steaming dump in the car before returning to hang with his brother Orion. When he’s comfy, he’s just a nice old cat asking for scritches.

Since Orion didn’t cooperate, we were forced to take in Totoro who is also a terrible asshole bully with any cats. He proved to be of no exceptions in our house. To give you an idea how bad, he guarded two food dishes and wouldn’t allow the usual residents to eat without a fight. He cut Isis’ ear. I think he gave Agamemnon a new scar below his ear. Nubby is too stupid to do anything. Vegas already knows he’s trouble. Metztli doesn’t take much crap but she decided to let this baby have his bottle. With humans, Totoro can be somewhat better and he’s quite vocal.

I’m just grateful, our five are rather mellow and tend to keep to themselves if they hate each other. However, it’s always cute to see Isis and Agamemnon team up for warmth, lying around or grooming. Not sure if Metztli will ever given in. It’s too late with Vegas and Nubby, the former is too old, set in his ways and the latter has only a few good brain cells.

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Some people just won’t let Natural Selection do its job!

This is a rather stupid warning. A better one would’ve been to remember removing said hangar from your clothing before putting it on as I fell victim to that dumb move when putting on a hockey jersey in a rush, completely forgetting it was a nice plastic hangar from my closet. Meanwhile, how would someone swallow this thing whole to get the Looney Tunes comic effect?

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You miss one meeting and you get left out of the agenda!

Definitely some very good satire! Even the craziest KKKristian knows we don’t eat babies, many Atheists are annoying and pushy Vegans since there’s more enjoyment in ruining the consumption of meat!

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Super Retro Milwaukee Admirals jersey spotted

Spotted this at a recent Stars game! The wearer said it wasn’t an original but a re-release. It’s still pretty cool as it harkens back to when Milwaukee continued to tough it out in the IHL, competing alongside the AHL/NHL duopoly. The character definitely resembles an admiral much better the latter incarnations the franchise has gone with: a horrible design inspired by Tim Burton and now a skull thing which has more in common with pirates.

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The upcoming D&D movie will debut at SXSW

This is rather mixed news to me. Unlike the very loud minority of Gamers whining about “their culture” was hijacked by popular shows like Big Bang Theory (barely seen) and the novel Ready Player One (great book, crappy movie), I don’t have a problem. Besides, now the lily White Gamers can see how Black Americans felt when Vanilla Ice became a big deal! I don’t mind D&D stuff being more widely available and it warms my heart every time I witness more women playing or running the game! Same goes for non-Whites and transgendered people.

The down sides? Number one: I have absolutely no idea why the people behind the movie chose SXSW given how most industry assholes attending rarely play or did when they were in the “cool kids” clique or being their toadies. Hell, they’re not terribly smart managing SXSW’s core point: music and other forms of media. Number two: This is going to be a terribly crappy film. Hear me out. I saw the trailer and it screams, “LAZY HEIST MOVIE” or “OCEAN’S 11 with ELVES!” A friend said, isn’t that what D&D is about? My response was “rarely.” After how embarrassingly dumb the first flick was in 2000, it’s a good thing The Lord of the Rings succeeded. Others love to dump on The Hobbit and they’re only right on how it could’ve been just one long movie or two, three forced Jackson to seriously pad the story.

Anyway, a D&D movie shouldn’t be any different than a standard Fantasy movie. The only elements making it particular to the game are specific monsters, races and maybe throw in the game’s “celebrities” most know, aka Elminster or Vecna. TSR seemed to have the same struggle year’s ago when they made initial efforts into publishing fiction…just write a story without blatantly calling out game elements. It comes off stilted, dorky and too mercenary. Back in my GDW days, we often laughed at one in which the wizard practically said, “Stand back, I shall now cast Tenser’s Floating Disc!” I came across one in a Dark Sun novel I read for research too. The author flubbed a line from one of the characters and almost jumped into gaming jargon, I swear all he overlooked was stated how many hit dice the character would then have if he turned into this monster.

At its heart, Dungeons & Dragons evolved into a group storytelling game (contrary to Gygax’s adversarial nature) and a TV miniseries serves it better. Sure we have Critical Role on Amazon but let’s go with something more genuine, sincere and lost in the Fantasy. From the snippets, Critical Role is too self-aware and filled with clichés/inside jokes. In short, why Gamers got crap thrown at them during lunch hour in the cafeteria.

Do I want the movie to be a disaster? Nah. I will let the masses decide and maybe it does well enough like Star Trek or The Addams Family; they had great sequels overshadowing the mediocrity of their starts.

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January 2023 Header explanation!

Although Rio was released way back in 1982, by this time Duran Duran was all over the radio and I think they would go on to be the musical guest of SNL. What a fun talk that was with my classmates at Strake Jesuit, in short, liking them made you, what they would say in 1983…”a fag.” Uh oh, I think a Millenial’s avocado toast just went rotten. I endured because a classmate loaned me the album earlier and I really liked what I heard beyond the hits too.

Imagine what the facial reactions would be to the 40-year younger versions of those high schoolers found out when Duran Duran got inducted into the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame? I think they’d run to their Walkmen’s and start playing Pink Floyd’s The Wall at full blast, thinking it was a cure.

I also chose the album artwork for its lasting impact. Its simplicity via Nagel is what sells the image. Very few colors and lines. May be why I’m also a fan of Kevin Maguire’s art in Justice League, both capture so much expression with so little! The smiling woman conveys the playfulness of muse from the title track. It’s sad Nagel died pretty early (1984), he didn’t live long enough to see his style become one of the shorthands for “This is the 1980s!” in movies, Sitcoms or time travel.

Lastly, I though Rio was a good marker to usher the 40th anniversary of 1983 which was a rather eventful year in my life. It was filled with numerous moments of joy and sadness yet what helluva’ soundtrack…we’re all subjected to via Oldies Stations, my profuse apologies younger people. Why is it a favorite year though? I would have to say the latter half is the explanation; I feel I had discarded some emotional baggage from Springfield and with the right people, I found the upside to living in Houston.

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Not a good comparison today

Let’s get all the easy jokes out of the way!

  • That burning sensation? It’s the batteries igniting not gonorrhea, so it’s worse!
  • If you activate auto-pee, you’ll stop midstream for no reason or worse, lose control and whiz all over the people next to you!
  • Your skid marks are still not environmentally better!
  • Comes with pretentious, Libertarian asshole plates for your butt!
  • No guarantee you can be yet another, unfunny guest on SNL, Rick & Morty or The Simpsons.
  • May make you post juvenile, petty, lame things on Twitter.
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New passport under way! Great day off too!

One major New Year’s Resolution done! It’s only been something I have been putting off for well over a decade and then some. Shortly after I got married in 2003, we went through all the hassle of getting passports. Then I never used mine…ever! Then I let the matter sit and sit and sit. Throw in being hounded by my friends living in Europe and relatives in the Middle East. Before we divorced, Somara did utilize a new one to see those same people. Must’ve been exhausting to fly so many thousands of miles, makes Las Vegas a joke.

For 2023 I put getting this done on my short list and thanks to the wonderful staff at the UT International Center, recommended by Jeremy, it was a great experience.

Let me dial back to the recent beginning. I went to the (US) State Department’s site to get the form, awesome; however, it’s little-to-no help if you have questions. I called the 800 number, ha! Everything throws you back to the same Web page. My friend Kathy, another frequent traveller at work, proofed the form and I’m glad she didn’t roll her eyes as if I were a helpless kid (I did feel like one). Jeremy gave me the link to UT’s spot, Phew! The site again was no help on setting up an appointment via the USPS. I read UT’s page several times and decided to take yesterday, go for it. Especially when they said they were only going to take fifty applications, maybe prepping for the three-day MLK weekend? I rushed to Walgreen’s Thursday night for the photo. Another stroke of luck, the one near my house is the only one of three in Pflugerville to do passport photos; we have three Walgreens was the bigger shock. Checkbook and birth certificate located. I was set to get up early, beat the crowd. Besides, once Jennifer wakes up around 5:30 AM, I can’t easily go back to sleep.

The Austin morning rush hour traffic was lighter than I expected, only one fender-bender right before the upper/lower deck! Right as I spotted the closest parking garage at 2400 Neuces Street, I knew I found the place because there was already a line around 6:45 AM. Crap! Crap! I hauled ass, got in queue and immediately started counting heads. Once I figured I was in the upper twenties, I sighed relief. I used a whole day off and I didn’t want to waste it. A very nice lady and her son were behind me. We had great conversations. It was wonderful to meet a fellow Gen Xer who saw Star Wars in 1977, in a theater and I wish I thanked her for sharing her experience.

I want to highlight how professional, skilled and prepared the UT staff was. Thirty minutes before opening, someone had a clipboard to count how many were applying. Then against all odds, they opened early! NOTHING in America runs ahead of schedule if it’s important so suck it “Free Enterprise” flaks. Good to be out of the uncharacteristically cold weather. Someone let us know where the cut off was and the plan; they’d review everyone’s stuff, send them away and page them when it was their turn to follow through. Also, if there were errors, you’d get a chance to fix them before the final setup. Good for me! I got my mom’s official first name wrong (didn’t matter) and my first passport is missing. Neither were deal breakers. I was set, told to expect a three-hour wait. Many here would still go, ugh! Not me. I was stoked because there’s an Einstein’s Bagels two blocks away and I was starving for lox.

After having breakfast, I took in the Drag and the UT campus. See what’s changed again for it’s the only constant. Bought these awesome Italian vocabulary flash cards from the UT Co-OP, it feels smaller than when I used to hang in the Nineties. No dice on a Italian 101 text book, I guess Texas doesn’t see the importance of the language for Art History. Tried to get my coins counted at the UFCU branch, it was busted. Wandered north to scope out the new facilities UT’s Communication College moved to years ago, namely their two radio stations which like most university-based ones, students need not apply despite having a broadcasting-degree track. Glad to see they had a podcasting lab. Good luck to future applicants who aren’t trust-fund babies (Megan McCain, Anderson Cooper) or legacies (Chris Wallace, Martha Quinn) getting a living-wage position in journalism; the lack of people who didn’t come from these ranks are why our “democracy” is a sick joke. The student union had the biggest shocks. The most-profitable Wendy’s in America was gone and the place where you could get photocopies was now an eSports (right there with cornhole being a sport) hangout. Another round of Einstein’s hoping my iPhone’s battery would make it but half-way through eating, I got the page! Fortunately, I returned to the same dude who made sure I was set. We were done easily within 30 minutes, the site to watch my passport’s progression and a card to write the boss how awesome they all were!

Where am I going though? No idea yet. I didn’t pay to have it expedited. Again, I want to have it ready for the next decade. Odds favor the Netherlands to catch up with Penny and Benny before they’re married to their respective spouses! Discussed a cruise with Hoser. The lady I met earlier said a full passport is wise in case you need to fly home in an hurry from the Caribbean places. It’s practically too late to see all my nephews in Qatar, two are in college…in the Netherlands! I’ve been badgered forever by Sonia over in Switzerland. I joked with Jennifer about landed a couple job offers also, she said her response would be divorce. Fear not, we’re only ghetto married and I want her around. Italy is on my short list, namely Genoa where my Italian ancestors (great grandparents) emigrated from and we’ll see how helpful Duolingo, and the flashcards were.

Thanks again to the UT staff for getting my weekend off to a fantastic start! I only hope friends outside of Austin have some facility as impressive. Don’t get me wrong. I love the US Postal Service. I think they need to delegate this to another division or create a more dedicated one given how much more onerous the process became thanks to NeoCon and NeoLiberal foreign policy.

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RIP: Jeff Beck & Lisa Marie Presley

Such a shame that Henry Kissinger remains alive while we lost these two and hear me out on Lisa Marie.

First up is Jeff Beck who I will always regret failing to see live thanks to an ex-girlfriend in university. Back when I was a paid intern for a concert promoter, I received a free pair of tickets to see this awesome double-headlining tour of Jeff Beck and Stevie Ray Vaughn. Sadly, SRV would die in a helicopter crash six months later and just when he had turn his personal life around, namely his excessive drinking. Meanwhile, Beck had legendary Terry Bozio on drums; he was in Missing Persons and played in Zappa’s numerous noodling. Due to Carrie dragging her ass, we were late so we completely missed Beck’s performance yet were in time to see SRV’s entire set. Now I’m not a humongous fan of all the material Beck did, I mainly respected his skill level, his contributions to Rock-Pop History and it may sound pretentious…I felt he had more integrity than the overrated Eric Clapton and pervy Jimmy Page. I want to emphasize the middle thing I listed. He introduced the world to Rod Stewart who is a huge star to this day. Jeff didn’t mind lending his guitar virtuosity to any singer or musician, making him classier than me.

Now comes the death of a fellow Gen Xer and it’s sad to lose Lisa Marie go this soon. Being the only child Elvis was probably difficult given his fan base which I fear is slowly dying off. She had little privacy growing up and worse, there were probably major expectations put on her to continue her father’s line of work…being a Pop Idol given how there’s some precedent via the Carter Family, Rosanne Cash, Nelson, etc. Lisa Marie didn’t exactly set the world on fire, especially with her sham marriage to Michael Jackson and what was she thinking when it comes to Nicolas Cage? Musically, she never made any serious dent despite getting help from Billy Corgan. Acting was more generous to her as she had a few memorable roles while dating overrated director Tim Burton: Vampira in Ed Wood and the Martian infiltrator in Mars Attacks! I only hope her four children succeed in avoiding the ugly traps their mother and grandfather were sucked into and find happiness on their own terms minus people measuring against Elvis.

Thanks for everything Jeff and Lisa Marie. You both will be missed greatly.

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M3GAN: Worth Seeing…no joke

One of the best things they did to make M3GAN stand out from Child’s Play was re-edit it into a PG-13 movie because it isn’t a Horror movie, it’s an updated warning about tech and the usual bogeyman, Artificial Intelligence exceeding our control or wisdom. The film’s ancestry is descended from Frankenstein, 2001’s HAL, Electric Dreams, Wargames and Demon Seed and for good measure, throw in the movie version of The Lawnmower ManM3GAN just seems scarier as we’re inching closer to actual AIs being deployed unlike how hilarious  and implausible Electric Dreams was via a personal computer in 1984.

The premise is built around Gemma, a brilliant roboticist working for a successful toy builder tasked with making a cheaper sequel to their hit Furby-like toy. Currently, they’re dealing with a competitor making something similar for nearly half the price. Her project labelled Model 3 Generative ANdroid is her long-shot project but its shelved by the stereotypical (yet mostly true) short-sighted CEO played accurately via Ronny Chieng of The Daily Show. Everything is interrupted by the sudden death of Gemma’s sister and brother-in-law making her the immediate guardian of her nine-year-old niece Cady. Gemma is completely unprepared to care for a blooming tweener since she has spent adulthood focused on her career and share’s the obsessions of tech-oriented people as per Hollywood: collectibles kids can’t touch, writing code, changing the world, etc. Ergo, she isn’t married, not seriously involved with anyone, the house is all computerized, she drives an electric BMW…you know, what Big Bang Theory programmed into the masses.

Given Cady’s recent trauma and Gemma’s need to get work done (it may have been shot in New Zealand with Kiwi tax dollars, but the employer is quite American), M3GAN is removed from the virtual mothballs. The android and Cady hit it off quickly, not a hard sell given the kid was home schooled; another personal prejudice I’m expressing without apology. Socializing is a vital skill to teach children in order to make a functional society with fewer Gates, Musks and other self-important sociopaths who need to understand compromise and the recognizing the contributions of others. I’m also a big enemy of the Person of Greatness argument of History, having worked briefly in games.

Moving along, we’ve all seen the trailers, something goes wrong and M3GAN becomes a murder machine. How it comes about, you have to see and when you do, it’s pretty obvious what Gemma did to make M3GAN “unhinged.” Initially I feared this would be on par with the disappointing Child’s Play reboot. Glad to be wrong, the cause is more plausible given how we live in an era of sloppy, rushed code filled with more flaws than US foreign policy. You’ll see how the android also becomes addictive like an iPad, Gameboy or TV (pick a generation) while Gemma is OK with it; anything to get 10 minutes of peace! Will it change minds? Hell no! Humanity already hit the point of no return decades ago. Fear of robots/AI existed since at least my grandparents’ era (Brave New WorldRUR and The Shape of Things to Come) and as long as Kapitalism remains in the driver’s seat in the West, M3GAN will feel quaint if our descendants are alive in a Matrix-esque dystopia with their version of Xi and Musk in charge.

Alamo Extras: Commercials for Robert the Robot (Fifties), Baby Grow, Sweetie Face, Color n’ Curl Candie, Darcia Disco Doll (Seventies) and Strawberry Shortcake (Eighties); Trailers for Devil Doll, Dolly Dearest and Dolls; Alamo’s favorite killer bots: Chopping Mall and Deadly Friend; Alamo’s favorite killer dolls: Chucky in Child’s Play 2 and Herencia Diabolica (Spanish for Diabolical Inheritance, I thought it was Italian given that country’s tradition of Horror); the “Everyday” video by Weyes Blood (the act imitates a slasher movie); a twisted Tim & Eric skit called “Cinco Boy,”; and a Chinese-made stop-motion video of toys coming to life.

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2003: Illinois commutes death sentences on 167 people

In a very uncharacteristic move by a Republican, Governor George Ryan does the morally right thing by changing the fates of those 167 people. Why though? A dirty Chicago cop (I know, I need to be more specific) named Jon Burge was finally busted for using torture and other forms of coercion in the confessions of four people he had convicted. Given how corrupt current mayor Lori Lightfood and her predecessor Rahm Emmanuel remain, we can be certain Burge’s tactics remain intact. Such a shame, I still have a soft spot in my heart for Chicago despite its horrible weather, terrible tastes in culture (namely music) and failure to realize the future is leaving it in the dust as Houston will take its spot by the next census.

Sadly, this good deed didn’t save Ryan from his own well-deserved prison sentence when all the bribes he received from being Secretary of State came to light via accidents with truck drivers who shouldn’t have been licensed. Believe me, his defense tried everything to keep him out due to his age. Hard pass. It’s just a shame how many more Republicans and NeoLiberal Democrats have avoided the proper fate’s they deserve, dying in prison.

In the end I do want to praise how my former home state wisely choice this course of action. I myself used to be a fan of capital punishment. I stopped thinking it would deter crime by college as a defense lawyer in high school said, “People used to be hanged for stealing bread in England and it didn’t work.” Then in the my twenties, I remember an author on NPR explaining how expensive the death penalty is. Gas chambers have to be decontaminated after every use; the electric chair often sets people on fire (violates the Bill of Rights on cruel and unusual punishment); hanging is often slow (again, Bill of Rights); firing squad is sick and hard on the shooters unless they’re psychos; and finally, the fave, lethal injection isn’t working as painlessly as believed. So I’m more on the economic team in it’s cheaper to just keep these people alive until they die of cancer, diabetes, old age, etc. Then throw in how many innocents are amongst the guilty; we also need to have a good formula for the compensation when they’re released. Lastly, this punishment is frequently and unfairly used on non-Whites and those lacking the intellectual capacity to understand what they’ve done. I do completely understand the anger of the victims. We all want to get even for our losses. It just ends up an empty victory in the long run.

There is one stance I haven’t changed on and here the EU states agree versus the  insincere Libertarians; the State should have the monopoly on violence because we Americans are usually the State. It needs a lot of correction thanks to how much the Bags of Shit parties have privatized State functions, aka, voting is a sick joke lately. Death should remain the sentence for treason which could happen to this shitbag ex-Marine fighter pilot training the Chinese on how to land/attack aircraft carriers. Will it deter others in the armed services given the financial gamble? No. But I do feel better they won’t be alive to spend their traitorous gains given how many millions they’ve risked.

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Even the 23rd Century has lawsuits

Very funny and clever bit yet I think it was written in the UK since US/CAN-based phone numbers are only 10 digits plus toll free starts with just 1 or 800. The pranksters definitely nailed it on the woman’s hair. As for the joke about redshirts, I enjoy it to a point even if it is lazy since crew members of all the uniform colors bit the dust back in the Sixties, just the nature of TV in those days. Besides, why sue just the Enterprise, there are even more solid cases involving the starships lost with all hands: Constellation, Exeter, Intrepid and Defiant readily come to mind. Then survivors can sue the Daystrom Institute for the deaths caused by the M-5 computer’s test run during war-games against Excalibur and Lexington. Sad how I can remember such useless crap immediately.

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Scoob!

Gotta’ work on the new logo above for Pandemic Theater‘s replacement or really what existed before CV-19. Of course I know the virus is still spreading and continues to be dangerous; the goddess Capitalism decided it’s over as we’ve been forced back into our veal-fattening pens. Let’s hope the million people infected in China don’t create a super powerful mutation, putting us all back into 2020.

For the new chapter on movies I caught on a big TV instead of spending Alamo Drafthouse money to see, it’s a flick the pandemic definitely defeated economically thanks to it getting released in the heat of the lockdown, May 2020. Much like bands labelled “classic rock,” I’ve had a reconciliation with Scooby Doo. Back in the Seventies, I loved watching reruns of the original 13 Fred Silverman had made for CBS followed by the “newer” adventures afterwards when ABC became the gang’s home for years to come. The hour-long show with Blue Falcon and Dyno-Mutt would be my peak fandom days, plus I didn’t mind the cousin Scooby Dum tagging along some days.

By the Eighties I had evolved into the standard cynical Tweener and Scooby Doo was lame and formulaic. In adulthood, I felt it was overrated via the two live-action movies pumped out 20 some years ago. In truth, the first one starring Freddie Prinze Jr, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Linda Cardanelli and Matthew Lillard is pretty clever even if the musical act didn’t age well. Other incarnations came off as time fillers for the Cartoon Network. I should give a few shows/movies a second look given how audiences have become more demanding with their animation; Velma with Mindy Kaling looks promising too, I personally feel she’s a great person alongside Lind and Kate Miccuci to portray the gang’s know-it-all. Two things brought on my change of heart. Meeting the wonderful Grey DeLisle, the main voice of Daphne; and for this movie, Converse made some Chucks to promote Scoob! One pair glows in the dark!

So did this movie really kick ass and had the potential to create new fans? Probably not. At best it would have been another activity for divorced dads to use during their weekend with the kids. This doesn’t mean it was bad or awful, just not strong enough to justify how much it costs to watch in a theater. If you’re a fan of Mystery, Inc. and Hanna-Barbera’s universe, Scoob! was great and worth watching a couple more times in order to find all the nods to other characters and creators. For example, there’s a bowling alley named after Iawo Takamoto (a key designer of Scooby), the Peebles Pet Shop (from Magilla Gorilla), the villain is Dick Dastardly (Whacky Races) and a concert poster of The Banana Splits. Makes the movie a nice side piece with Jellystone which I’m sure the dumb tightwad transforming HBO Max into an expensive Peacock cancelled. I also enjoyed the updated renderings of the first show’s opening sequences/credits with Best Coast covering the theme song; the closing song remains something awful to anyone with taste, another gripe I had about Chip n’ Dale‘s recent update. My only complaint was their choice for playing Blue Falcon and Dyno-Mutt alongside them changing roles, Dyno-Mutt should always be the comic relief!

Will you regret the 90 minutes you spent watching Scoob!? No, but animation fans and/or animation history buffs will enjoy this more than the average viewer.

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Gareth sums it up pretty well

So much for the jetpacks and flying cars we were promised as kids in the Seventies. Then again, in the Eighties I figured if there was any life left, it would  be Mad Max with much more radioactive hell holes. What’s shown with the trash can isn’t much of a shock though, especially after working weekends at movie theaters; people are too lazy to not stack up their waste as if it were a game of Jenga and I readily admit the mostly teenage staff (I was one long ago too) doesn’t understand the importance of addressing it.

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Holiday Inn has just gotten weird

We took a mini-vacation away from the house, cats and dumb neighbors who love fireworks. No luck on New Year’s Eve but on the day, we crashed at this relatively new Holiday Inn. They’ve taken an odd turn since I was a kid! As per the photo above, who puts the hot tub in the main living space? The room still had a bathroom with all the necessities but I think this should be there too. If you didn’t know this about LBJ, I’d say the setup was designed for him as he was known for showering on Air Force One while continuing to talk to reporters so they often saw him in the altogether. EWWW! Overall, it didn’t really matter. We were the only people utilizing the room and one columnist once said, a hotel room is just an extended bedroom, ergo, delivery people shouldn’t be shocked by how sloppy the customers might appear.

How was this particular hot tub? I liked it. This brought back memories of the really killer tub Jennifer’s old apartment had. Need to work on a solution for our house.

I do hope they fired the marketing person behind rebooting the Don’t Disturb sign. It doesn’t connotate the resident is performing the type of self care it implies…if you know what I mean and I’m confident you all do.

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