I was discussing the famous “You don’t have a square to spare?” Seinfeld episode, which led me to recall an episode of Moonlighting. The mere prat of a youth with whom I was speaking had never heard of the show or seen Bruce Willis with hair. Thus, I present this for his (and your) edification and enjoyment.
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Abigail Adams on #TheNew10
We can call the new bills “Abbies”.
My nominee for the new $10 is Abigail Adams, wife of President John Adams, mother of President John Quincy Adams, and the woman who kept it all together back on the farm when John was off being a founding father.
She was an advocate of the property rights of women and strongly opposed to slavery.
Through her letters with John, she exerted a great deal of influence on the formation of our country.
It’s an OUTRAGE!
I’ve been examining my reaction to emails and social media posts and I think I have a diagnosis: “Outrage Fatigue”. I am flat out tired of everything being an outrage, a precursor to the apocalypse, and the end of life as we know it.
Folks, don’t sweat the small stuff. We will get by.
And if you think your thing is bad, remember this: Winter is coming.
We will get by. We will survive.
Deal: Drumming with the Dead
I just read Bill Kreutzmann’s book, “Deal“. It was like sitting with a really stoned dude for several hours while he tells you stories that are sort of in order but sometimes not and of course you’re stoned too so you don’t worry too much about it making a lot of sense, but you can see and feel that he has some pretty strong feelings. And he has a lot of love/hate going on, and he really, really misses Jerry.
It’s good you’re back into the music, and I completely understand, Billy, why you didn’t want to have anything to do with Furthur, even though it brought a lot of happiness to the ‘heads.
Listen to a bit of Billy and The Kids. He’s doing alright now.
Support the Oxford Comma
If you have any doubt…
I will fight to support the Oxford comma until I draw my last breath. pic.twitter.com/Y0T6c3F4iI
— Alexander MacDonald (@alex_macdonald) April 30, 2015
Mad Men’s Red Wedding
As Don’s pitch is interrupted, we hear the band lead into Rains of Castemere…
Mutual Assured Destruction
Mutual Assured Destruction is a nuclear war strategy to ensure that everyone dies. In the immortal words of WOPR, “The only winning move is not to play.” We still engage in that strategy, maintaining thousands of nuclear weapons.
We’re playing again in a different space. MAD is the new strategy for cyberwar.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/24/pentagon_cyberwarfare_strategy/
Chewie, we’re home!
I am trying to maintain a cynical, distant attitude, but I know it’ll be better than those 3 prequels. I’ll be going to see this.
Chewie, we're home. @starwars @LEGO_Group pic.twitter.com/5h2LHV0dxE
— Chris McVeigh (@BrickSketcher) April 16, 2015
Action Figures
It’s The Dude. He kind of pulls the room together.
House of Cards, Season 3: Meh.
Spoiler alert, maybe.
Before I watched the US version of House of Cards on Netflix, I watched the British version*. The arcs of the first two seasons were similar, similar enough that I feared how the American season 3 would end.
Underwood’s first season was a slam-bang ride, a politicial thriller with wit and Shakespearean undertones (as well as Richard III asides). The second season lost some of the first season’s power, but kept me binging on into Season 3. I wanted to love it; I was not impressed by the arc of season 3 and its finale. The British version made a definite statement about the absolutes of ambition, loyalty and love: What would Elizabeth do for Francis? The American version swung into a predictable domestic drama: What does Claire want?.
Season 4? I’m not so sure I’m watching.
* The British version appeared as three separate series, House of Cards, To Play The King, and The Final Cut.