Ummmm…
UMMMMMMM….
Jul 272021
Jul 272021
This was supposed to be out a year ago, now it will (hopefully) be out for Thanksgiving. It looks pretty promising to me… this trailer makes it look slapstick-free, a straight-up drama/horror. Obviously, that’s not how it’ll end up playing out, but this approach is interesting.
Jul 262021
Former Senator Barbara Boxer victim of assault and theft in Oakland’s Jack London Square
San Francisco region, so for any other victim, this likely would not be considered a “crime.” Whether it will be here, given the political nature of the victim, remains to be seen. And then there’s this line:
There was no suspect description available.
Someone strong-armed a former Senator in broad daylight, and nobody knows what the assailant looks like? My ass.
Jul 262021
Some might consider this very brief video (at the link) to be NSFW, but all it actually shows is a de-brancher in a logging operation. With bonus googly eyes and arms.
Jul 262021
People are debating whether this is on the up-and-up, or whether it’s a troll operation of some kind. Either way, it’s fairly hilarious.
https://www.dallasjustice.org/college-pledge
Talk is not enough. Commit yourself towards taking action and making sacrifices to correct centuries of injustice. Open up spaces for Black and LatinX communities by refusing to send your kids to Ivy League and US News & World Report Top 50 schools and encourage friends, neighbors, and family members to do the same.
On the one hand, conning gullible wokies is always good for a lark. On the other hand, it’s their kids who would theoretically suffer. On the gripping hand, wokies abandoning the more expensive universities in favor of “underpriveledged” will lead to the “underpriveledged” getting burdened with *extraordinary* levels of student debt, coupled with either degrees of no particular value, or a failure to attain degrees because expensive educations tend to be difficult and demanding ones.
It might be interesting to see if anyone signs up, if the website actually publishes names, and if anyone carries through.
Jul 262021
Not to be outdone, rains in India apparently precipitated a rockfall in the mountains. The rocks clobbered and destroyed a pretty sizable pedestrian bridge. Nine were reportedly killed in the rockfall, though it doesn’t immediately look like anyone was on the bridge at the time. The area affected by the rock fall was pretty vast, though.
Jul 252021
I’ve watched a number of videos produced by a Russian couple who have a pet cat. Sure, we all like cat videos… but their cat, “Messi,” is a slightly subscale puma that lives like a house cat. Every video I’ve seen of this critter makes me want my own pet puma. And then I put a few seconds thought into it, look at the scratches I get regularly from my normally-scaled house cats who aren’t even trying, and I think better of the idea. Sure, Messi seems astonishingly well behaved. But pumas are not domesticated. One day I think Messi might remember what he is, and then the next video won’t feature the Russian couple… it’s just be the remaining one.
This video from a week ago, for instance. They give Messi some pills. This is a process I’ve had to do myself, and I always come out of it bleeding.
Nope.
NOPE.
Jul 242021
Not content to let Germany and China get all the watery glory, other nations have joined in on the Fun With Flooding:
202o was the year of the pandemic and the idiot protests. 2021 has been off to a slow start, but weather looks like it might be in the running for crappiest part of the year, world-wide.
Jul 242021
Dr. Henry Wu said in “Jurassic Park:”
You’re implying that a group composed entirely of female animals will… breed?
What an embarrassingly outdated notion. Educate yourself, Dr. Wu! Do better!
California Gives Female Inmates Condoms, Plan B After State Forces Them To Stay With Transgenders
Somebody is trolling somebody.
Jul 232021
Two boxes with fifty copies of “SR-71” showed up yesterday. Woo! These will be signed and with any luck at all sold.
As previously mentioned, I’m working on a pair of 18X24 prints to go with the signed copies. if you’re on the mailing list, you should have recently received a message (or three… email continues to be problematic) about this.
Here’s a glimpse of the work in progress.
