Downtown of a small town in the middle of winter, late at night when nobody’s around. Cold enough that the snow squeaks under your feet as you walk, but no wind at all. Just the memory of the smell of sub-zero air makes me think about a destination with warm walls a nice cup of hot tea waiting for me.

Why yes there is, from the 19th century. But it’s not about abortion, so surely is unenforceable.

To Kill A Mockingbird

And read the book.

But billionaires are the only source of jobs and if nobody is there to buy yachts how will the trickle-down economics work?

Good for him, Kevin is one of my favorite people.

I really miss Smodcast.

Did they find the Grail? And a weird knight from the crusades that speaks perfect English?

Whenever this guy’s name pops up, I remember Courtney Love, on the red carpet for something, was asked her advice to young actresses. She responded something like “don’t be alone in a room with Harvey Weinstein.” She had an extremely promising acting career, but dropped off the face of the earth after that remark.

Fuck Harvey Weinstein.

The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982). Not gory, so much as gooey.

The Babadook.

The Mist. Based on a book by Steven King. King admits the movie ending is better than his own.

10 Cloverfield Lane. It’s standalone, don’t worry if you haven’t seen Cloverfield

Annihilation. The bear freaks me out.

Event Horizon. Sci-Fi/Horror

Original Ghostbusters from 1984.

Gremlins

No One Will Save You. The ending is weird, but the suspense is top-notch.

The 'Burbs. Classic Tom Hanks comedy.

Tremors.

What We Do in the Shadows

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hlW0W03_pA

It sounds like things are working exactly as intended.

I never understood this. When I was a wee lad I wanted a car that sounded just like KITT. Completely silent.

I once walked down to the local ice cream dispensary to get a cone of some type. But they were short-handed that day, and had closed the walk-up window. So I walked over to the drive-thru window.

They would not serve me without a car. Instead of closing the drive-thru and making drivers get out of their car, they closed the walk-up window, and wouldn’t serve any walk-ups at the drive-thru.

Fuck drive-thrus.

You can’t have any pudding until you eat your meat.

Like others have said, change your passwords, activate 2FA if available, never reuse passwords etc, etc, etc.

I have been getting repeated warnings for unsuccessful logins to my Microsoft account for some time now. I’m guessing some bad actors are just throwing whatever leaked passwords they have hoping for hits. I have 2FA turned on and a password complex enough to deter dictionary attacks, so I’m not really concerned.

I truly have no effing clue what is going on with MAGA and Russia. MAGA has some kind of love for Putin, despite Republicans absolutely despising the Russians (COMMIES!!!) since before WW2 ended.

When the Soviets invaded Afghanistan, Reagan wet himself. He couldn’t get weapons into Afghani hands fast enough. Now they roll over and beg Putin to rub their bellies. Vance is using the tension with China as an excuse to abandon Europe.

He’s saying he wants to let Putin have Europe so we can focus our military on China.

Behind the Bastards podcast episodes about how the US and GB destroyed this little piece of paradise.

How the British Empire and U.S. Department of Defense Murdered an Island Paradise

Part Two

“Jar Jar is the key to all of this.” – George Lucas, during filming of The Phantom Menace

We already have “biodegradable” plastic made from corn starch. It’s not truly biodegradable, I reserve the right to wait for more information about whether barley starch is any better.

Not evil enough. Can’t even get good heroin anymore.