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Warped at childhood (in a good way)
You know that Fantasia was a major childhood influence when you listen to Dance of the Hours, and realize that you just plain *can't* hear it without envisioning the cartoon -- the connection is hardwired. I am still in awe at how perfectly the imagery worked with the music...
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Dayum
I was in the stands for one of the great comebacks by the Red Sox. (Down by 5 in the ninth, led off by Big Papi, which led to my Sox motto, "It's not over until the fat guy swings". It *felt* like the moment when the Sox finally started to turn things around ( Read more... ) -
And at half time...
In an upset against perennial favorites Cars and Beer, the runaway lead was claimed by Household Goods, with a surprise touchdown from Tide followed by a fine defensive pay by Febreze ( Read more... ) -
Presidency Fatigue
Lots of people are terribly worried about "Resistance Fatigue", and there's some basis for that -- spending all day, every day for years worrying about the fight is a good way to mess with your head and just fall into eventual despair. You have to learn your own capacity, and pace yourself accordingly, because this one's going to be a marathon ( Read more... ) -
On Punching Nazis
I've been mulling over the "punching Nazis" incident a couple of weeks ago, to understand how I think and feel about it.
Really, it's not a simple one. On the one hand, I can totally understand the visceral satisfaction of pasting one to the smarmy bad guys. OTOH, as many folks have pointed out, that doesn't make it right: the Nazi preaching his ( Read more... ) -
A Half Second
[Slight spoilers for Rogue One]
Kieron Gillen (my current favorite comics writer) has started a rambling blog-like-entity in the form of emails that go out now and then, Kieron Gillen's Word Mail. Today's installment isn't up in the archive yet, and the relevant bit is from the middle anyway, so I'm going to quote from his discussion of Rogue One ( Read more... ) -
@RoguePOTUSStaff
Just had the @RoguePOTUSStaff Twitter account pointed out to me. This has apparently brewed up in the past few days -- it claims to be White House insiders who have had enough and are going to just leak away. I don't know whether it's real or not, but it's impressively *plausible*, including being just paranoid enough to have the ring of truth.
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The Gulenist Game
I've been pondering Trump's travel ban on Muslims entering the US. (Which may or may not be wildly unconstitutional, but is at best screamingly inhumane ( Read more... )
