maandag 30 november 2020

maandag 30 november 2020 Midnight movie - The New Mutants - a 2020 American superhero horror film. 4 Reasons New Mutants Is Better Than You Might Think. Will Sam's arm ever heal?

Harry Styles tells Ellen about the clever way the photographer for his new album got him to take off all his clothes. Admitted He Was Concerned He Wouldn’t Have Fans After Leaving One Direction. After that movie, I need something fun and mellow. Colorado governor and spouse test positive for Covid-19. Gov. Jared Polis was on CNN. His partner - Marlon Reis - has COVID-19, too.

Pressure Mounts as Americans Are in Dire Need.

The Cocteau Plan: Greed, deception, abuse of power. No freedom of speech nor freedom of choice. Watch Demolition Man. Machine on wall: You are fined one credit for a violation of the Verbal Morality Statute.

zondag 29 november 2020

zondag 29 november 2020 Alright! I'm not Alex Rogen. Watch The Last Starfighter. Elvira is blacked out again. She'll get hyper if she can't see her soaps! Elvira!

The Best and Worst Places to Be in the Coronavirus Era. I feel that Oberlin has been one of the safest places to live with the COVID-19 virus. The rate here is 0.7% positive (new cases). But... Lorain County Hits Worst COVID-19 Classification. PURPLE. It's warm enough today to wear shorts. Walk up to Tappan Square. The college kids are gone, so our town seems so void of life. This is me 11 years ago. I still wear that green jacket. Watching some Star Trek TNG. The 80's seem far away, but the future seems so close. Am I getting old? Justice is a funny episode. Hey Wesley Crusher! That kid is checking you out! Take your shirt off for him.

There's Sci-Fi (which I adore), but there's derealization. Trump gave his first televised interview after the election to Maria Bartiromo. Mr. Fake President attacks his own Republican allies, floated countless conspiracy theories, and continued to push the false claim that the 2020 election was fake. This Fake President Must Resign!

zaterdag 28 november 2020

zaterdag 28 november 2020 Midnight movie - Weird Science. Wyatt: I'm sorry, Gary, it's just I suffer from pain and discomfort due to occasional stomach upset.

Late, late movie - Interstellar. They claim that this film is the most scientifically accurate (as far as we now know) depiction of a black hole on screen. I'm riveted! The cinematography takes my breath away. Two hours and 49 minutes pass quickly.

It's 45°F... a fantasticly bright and sunny day. Only an hour-long bike ride around town. The Oberlin Golf Club seems to be closed today. Maybe it's too chilly for the golfers. Families in the neighborhood are waiting for a Firetruck Parade. The kids seem thrilled.

Back home to watch Across The Universe. I'm still in a spacey space. Jude can serenade me any time with that lovely voice.

Grogu! What a nice name for a baby Yoda! The Mandalorian episode The Jedi finally reveals Baby Yoda's real name and origin story!

vrijdag 27 november 2020

vrijdag 27 november 2020 The Deke Squad is a band and undercover team of SHIELD agents formed by Deke Shaw during his time as a resident of the 1980s. I love Deke's character a lot! I also want a Deke Squad t-shirt. Hard to believed I watched all 136 episodes. Lots of death and destruction in Season 7. Chronicom Destroyer Ships appear above the Earth. Let the Armageddon begin!

Is snow coming? Weather people are debating the possibilites. I doubt it, but data is finally becoming a bit more realistic.

How many days until Spring 2021? It begins Saturday, March 20.

The weather in Santa Monica, CA is 66°F and sunny. Nice! My dream... living by the beach. An ample amount of sunshine throughout the year. Pool parties. Surfer Dude always warms me up inside.

donderdag 26 november 2020

donderdag 26 november 2020 Billie Joe Armstrong is so aggressive with his guitar! Green Day on SNL 26 years ago...

Yaaay!!! It's the MST3K Turkey Day Marathon 2020!!!

Sadly, I am really, really, REALLY alone now. MST3K Turkey Day 2020! It's Hobgoblins! Kid snickers? No! It's that Basque Separatist Rock I've heard about! Kiss Kickers! Tom Servo... We got the stinkiest movies. Yes! I believe you!

Play Eegah! Oh, poopie!

woensdag 25 november 2020

woensdag 25 november 2020 Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, but the day I'm looking forward to is Inauguration Day. Joe Biden, please.

Trump is renovating Mar-a-Lago, ostensibly preparing for life post-presidency. Problems are developing with that plan. I say TOTAL eviction. Go Away Big Orange Monster!

Man! I love this Man! I love this mockumentary. Foo Fighters! And now a little story about a planet that spins around K2-141b. I wish Trump a vacation on Tatooine.

The days go bye... You, tiny little life-forms... Where are You?

dinsdag 24 november 2020

dinsdag 24 november 2020 Scattered across the galaxy, the team works to find their footing in the wake of losing Coulson. Start Season 6 of Agents of SHIELD. Dude, Lemons, Guy From Future, Tech Billionaire, Genius... Deke Shaw is back!

Turn on BBC. The astrophysicist in me loves this... The Beginning and End of the Universe. Thank you Prof. Jim Al-Khalili for teaching us about the mysterious and enigmatic forces which shape and mold our universe. A Journey to the End of Time. Fitz and Simmons have fought through space, time and alternate realities to find each other, and now, closer than ever, only their own demons can stop their mission. Agents of SHIELD: Inescapable. Fitz: You are being, without a doubt, the supreme, absolute worst. Seven-year-old Simmons: You are a butt face!

Uff da! Catching up with some sleep deprivation. Woke up to My Doorbell... which I don't have. No doorbell. NO! Trump owes me for 1000s of hours of lost sleep. I slept this evening, but a dream about a doorbell woke me up. “F*ck! Who is it? Trump? Who’s Trump?”

maandag 23 november 2020

maandag 23 november 2020 Midnight movie - Captain Marvel. Members of Starforce gather for a mission to rescue a Kree operative named Soh-Larr. Let the adventure begin!

Turn on France 24. Paris is beautiful especially during the holidays! They switch on the Christmas lights on the Champs-Élysées. Dom Pérignon is a brand of vintage Champagne produced by the Champagne house of Moët & Chandon, and it serves as that house's prestige Champagne. It is named after Dom Pérignon.

Two different Americas. LEFT: Americans on food lines in Texas. RIGHT: Michigan legislators at Trump Hotel drinking Dom Perignon. Michiganders Erupt After Their Maskless Lawmakers Sip Dom Perignon At Trump Hotel. À votre santé!

For a kick, I re-visit one of Trump's craziest ideas. Aug. 16, 2019 - President Trump Eyes a New Real-Estate Purchase: Greenland. The weather in Nuuk, Greenland - 26°F with light snow showers. Let Conan review the weather report.

zondag 22 november 2020

zondag 22 november 2020 Nero fiddled while Rome burned is a myth.

But Trump plays golf, skips G20 pandemic event as COVID-19 ravages US. 'Absolutely shameful': Schiff condemns Trump's golf outing.

We're in space! So, we start Season 5 of Agents of SHIELD. Enoch is a Chronicom anthropologist, sent to Earth to study and record the history of humans. Kasius - pronounced Kass-EYE-uss - is the homicidal blue bastard who rules over the remains of Earth. Kreeper!

zaterdag 21 november 2020

zaterdag 21 november 2020 Oh, no! Baby Yoda vomits up a little bit of blue barf... in the way babies are wont to do.

No more Midnight walks under the stars. It's tempting to go outside on this beautiful night. Gov. DeWine imposed a curfew on us. Ohio curfew: Here's what happens if you get caught breaking curfew.

Off Beat Cinema Queen of Blood is my Saturday morning movie. I haven't seen Queen of Blood since I was a kid. Frightening!

Nice to see Hal Sparks back on YouTube... with Johnny Million. They talk about how Rudi Giuliani is a dead chord on HSRPM.

Chilly. I love the cold wind up into my skirt. (Baggy commando shorts with no underwear). I'm alive and well. How are you!

vrijdag 20 november 2020

vrijdag 20 november 2020 Watching the Agents of HYDRA segment of the Agents of SHIELD. Very dystopian. Our heroes find themselves in their most mind-bending mission yet. Grant Ward returns!

Up with France 24. They review the French and international newspaper headlines. The real danger from Rudy Giuliani's meltdown, hair dye or not. Trump is compared to a duck... a LAME DUCK! Trump is a quack! Duck à l'Orange anyone?

It's World Children's Day! Every child has the right to a safe, healthy, peaceful childhood and to develop to their full potential. This day is celebrated on November 20th to commemorate the Declaration of the Rights of the Child by the UN General Assembly on November 20, 1959.

We still have strong winds today - WSW at 15 to 25 mph. It's 63°F and sunny, though. Out to the country for a bike ride.

Ride down the ol' Quarry Road against the wind. It wears me out.

Farewell Arecibo. Thank you, Arecibo PR for hosting the greatest telescope on Earth.

donderdag 19 november 2020

donderdag 19 november 2020 Recommended for me. Kara and Nate visit Seattle for the first time. I get to see the Market Front expansion. They linger quite a while at Pike Place Market. There's always a long line at the Pike Place Starbucks. (Nothing!) An Amazon Go store. Yum! A Filipino restaurant. 😋 Seattle of the future! GeekWire: ‘Next decade’s answer to the Space Needle’: Seattle 2030 is a post-pandemic skyscraper concept.

Enjoy the diverse cuisines of Seattle. Oh, no! Too poor! Vicarious enjoyment... How to make Phở by Eric Banh of Ba Bar. I could use a breath of fresh mountain air... KING 5 Weather. It's Seattle Day. My last refence to the Sapphire City... Watch Chronicle.

woensdag 18 november 2020

woensdag 18 november 2020 Artificial intelligence. We are approaching the point of singularity. The transition will be fused and blurred, but AI dominion will be achieved. I watched (with great fascination) Colossus: The Forbin Project 50 years ago.

Admit it! We need more intellectual capacity in these trying times. For all humanity... Accept total control. Or else!! Colossus intro.

Lucky me!! When I turned on WTSQ this morning, I heard the amazing ooh lalalalalalala song. Stephanie Miller is funny and scary. OMG SCARY! Bob Cesca talks about our crazy American politics. More than 73 million Americans just voted for a dangerous, delusional fiction. Salon article: Our politics isn't about left vs. right anymore — it's about reality vs. dreadful fantasy. Remember being stunned by this photo at a protest outside the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus.

A team divided is a team defeated. Right? -The new director Jeffery. Malcolm talks about Trump’s dangerous withdrawal from Afghanistan and the other awful things he could do on his way out the door. Monsters from the Id. This essay appeals to the sci-fi and political geeks in me. Where do we find fear of change, of the unknown? America’s id. Watch Forbidden Planet tonight.

I just had a terrible dream! There was blood and fire and thunder, and something awful was moving in the middle of it. I could hear it roar and bellow. -Altaira Morbius (TRUMP MONSTER!)

dinsdag 17 november 2020

dinsdag 17 november 2020 Adam Driver finally confronts John Oliver about his 'strange' obsession with him on 'Last Week Tonight'. Thanks, John Oliver, for the tour of your white void. It's big, bizarre and wonderful. VIDEO: Season 7 Finale: Last Week Tonight.

I enjoyed with great satisfaction the destruction of 2020.

Now, the finale of Season 3 of Agents of SHIELD. They've had some fine and crazy monsters. Creepy how Hive reveals his true form. Restless night. Up at 5:30 to hear the pitter-patter of rain on the roof. Turn on Philosophy Talk: Camus and the Absurd. Camus is one of the youngest Nobel laureates in literature. He wrote The Stranger as well as his philosophical essay The Myth of Sisyphus. Oh! These beautiful in boys in Skam France!! Needed something musical and romantic today. I LOVE YOU is the song that Lucas (Axel Auriant) is playing on the piano. Merci, les garcons!

maandag 16 november 2020

maandag 16 november 2020 Midnight movie - Venom. I love it when Eddie Brock jumps into the lobster tank.

Maveth... Some of our Agents of SHIELD friends visit this strange planet. They discover a great evil entity called Hive.

Turn on Stephanie Miller. They play clips of Barack Obama's interview on 60 Minutes. I like listening to him... a real President. Obama slammed Republican officials for backing the President's false claims of election fraud and said the allegations endangered democracy. We would never accept that out of our own kids behaving that way if they lost, right? I mean, if my daughters -- in any kind of competition -- pouted and -- and then accused the other side of cheating when they lost, when there was no evidence of it, we'd scold 'em.

Covid-19: U.S. Records 1 Million New Cases in a Week.