And yet very possibly not the worst person nominated for that specific vacancy.

Samuel Alito, a federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, was nominated four days after her withdrawal and subsequently confirmed.

Yeah, that asshole is nobody’s favorite.

Yes. The “Ginger”/“It” hype was off the charts. People were legitimately wondering if it was going to be some sort of jet pack or something.

Tell that to the civil engineers who designed spaghetti bowls full of splits and left-exits and ignored surface street routes and mass transit so even when the freeways are moving at the speed limit there is enough traffic that there is no guarantee there will be enough space to move over at the perfect time.

This is a lovely enough idea for actual intercity travel, and it only takes a couple of clueless asses to make that frustrating, but I see people who think it’s actually realistic in populated areas and I shake my head.

Literally. They are all forming some kind of axis… of evil…

Note to that Katalin Novák, part of Orban’s party, had to resign due to the fallout from pardoning an asshole who was in jail for pressuring child victims to withdraw their testimony against a literal pedophile.

I like Rogue One a lot, but I can’t quite love it. To me, it’s a 6/10 war movie in lovely Star Wars cosplay and with ample fan service that runs maybe 2:1 on the side of the fun versus the cringey. In its favor, I am an absolute sucker for a well-storyboarded space battle, a weakness in almost every other SW media since ROTJ.

TLJ hit me in the exact right spot with what I felt like it was trying to set up, and once you make the initial mistake of resetting the galaxy ala TFA, I thought it was a reasonable, compelling, and occasionally touching set of next steps.

So this is fantasy, but we’re all friends here right? I honestly don’t recall if I watched two or three, but I admit I kind of enjoyed the first entries in the “Mythica” series. Imagine LOTR ambitions on a Clerks budget, with a commitment to a very soft PG-13. IIRC, the production company is based out of Utah. The supposed “highlight” is that each one features a perfunctory cameo from a very bored Kevin Sorbo. Don’t worry though, Mister Jeebus Creep always leaves after one or two scenes. They’re quite awful by almost any measure, but I dunno. Something about the sheer balls to do a full-on high-fantasy franchise with absolutely zero money was compelling. It was also an early mover in the trend of unashamedly setting your D&D gang to film.

For better known (and actually sci-fi) guilty pleasures, I thought Jupiter Ascending was kinda stupid fun. Also, apparently I’m supposed to be ashamed of liking The Last Jedi, but with the possible exception of Andor it’s my favorite SW of the Disney era; perhaps a different shade of meaning on “guilty” there. Finally, as a kid I was also into The Adventures of Briscoe County, Jr, which does count once you watch a few episodes, and I never quite forgave the X-Files for being more successful.

Well… that’s a thing… that people made… with an Oscar-winning lead. Maybe the trailer is not doing it justice.

I hope. Because the trailer looks too depressing to be funny, too adult-themed to be family friendly, too half-assed to be horror, and too hokey to work as magical realism.

In Europe, Miele are supposed to be very good.

We have a Dyson rechargeable for small pickups. It’s nice, but nowhere near worth the hype. Lots of ABS and technology that is legit, but hardly revolutionary like they claim. I also had to replace the power-tool style battery after about three years, which is fair but unremarkable for a plastic box full of 18650 cells.

I don’t know about buy it for life, but an Oreck XL is a good value and easily repairable. We had one for about 12 years. It ran through many bags, about half a dozen belts, one puppy-chewed power cord, a few disassemblies to remove foreign objects that were too big for its rather small intake, and one replacement wooden brush cylinder. I doubt the consumables and repair parts even hit a hundred bucks for over a decade. When it finally went (cracked interior housing that refused to respond to super glue and cable ties), we just got another. In the interim, it’s just a good flat-floor vacuum. We have a random cheap-ass hoover with attachments for nooks and crannies, and because it gets little use, it’s lasted quite a while as well, though it wouldn’t last a year if it were the “main” vac.

I love Ten Yard Fight. It’s like the dev team in Japan had one guy who “totally knows American football!” and he explained it to the rest of them while they were all out drinking, and then the next day they were provided with 5 minutes of footage from the Burt Reynolds version of The Longest Yard.

But all in the best way.

Mutant League Football on the Genesis. The then-current Madden engine, but all the players are pulled from some sort of sci-fi horror comedy, while still somehow very tuned in to the history of the NFL.

Bribe ref to stall your opponent’s drive.

Murder ref to get things back on track.

Avoid those land mines!

The boat, named Amidala, alerted the maritime rescue centre…

Sith Orca confirmed.

You’re right. Funny how language can evolve, like if a phrase from an obscure German sociologist takes on a colloquial meaning not quite in line with its academic definition in the original treatise. 🤣

This is probably the best thread in a while for all of us Lemmings to display our true selves to each other. I love it.

theY are sOund aNd fury, Signifying nOthiNg.

Yonson=Jonson=Ben Jonson obviously wrote them all!

And Photographic is pronounced as /f/, yet we don’t insist on JPhEG or JFEG. Language is weird, and people often decline to create an acronym from a set of initials that could theoretically be one (“CIA”), or make an acronym where it may not initially seem natural (“HMMWV”).

Choosy nerds choose gif, soft G. :-)

I was thinking a Joint Fotographic Experts Group format.

Fair enough, LOL, though the second half of my comment still holds. I also need to buy some gin for my giraffe.