I'm kinda glad that I always found Slayer's music pretty boring. Or like, it's exciting for the first few seconds, then boring after that.

The whole evolution of "snowflake" as an insult is weird. Like, I think it was originally meant to apply to the overly-entitled sensibilities of privileged, left-leaning millennials (which I accept is a real thing that exists, even if not at the magnitudes that many on the right seem to think); that is, young liberals…

I've been feeling progressively more troubled from seeing Conway on various news shows: unlike many other happy Trump supporters, she doesn't seem naive, misled or confused - she seems like an intelligent person who 's totally aware of what she's doing, trying to convince us all why we shouldn't worry at developments…

I made it a little farther: to the second pity laugh, at about 43 seconds.

I recently got a forty-year-old Soviet-produced medium-format camera lens, and it wasn't working, but it turned out that there's a step-by-step YouTube video which takes you through the process of dismantling, fixing, and reassembling the lens - I followed the instructions in the video, and now the lens works! It's…

I'm sure it's a fine and well-made film and all (and I liked Whiplash a lot) but I don't think I'll ever see it because I don't think I can will myself to care about the struggles of two super-cute people as they try to come to terms with how in love they are with each other and how cute they are, or whatever.

Naomie Harris was kinda amazing in Moonlight

The unfortunate thing about David Boreanaz's success is he's also, it is said, a total asshole. I got this information from a guy who's worked as an extra in a lot of film and TV - he says that most successful actors are perfectly nice people, but there are a handful whom everyone knows to avoid, and Boreanaz stands…

Trumpday, Trumpday, Trump-y days!
Trumpday, Trumpday, Trump-y days!
Trumpday, Trumpday, Trump-y days!
Trumpday! What a day! Trumpin' all week with Trump!

Does the evil one rule all the others with an iron fist/paw?

Eh I'd rather wait for the American remake where the cats are all CG and maybe also space aliens.

Huh I was just listening to Slowdive yesterday. Not really much more to say than that, and that they're a really good band, so good for them.

The worst thing Obama did, of course, was when he illegally spied on his political rivals in the 70s. And don't even get me started on the '68 DNC riots or, as they're known, the 'Obama riots.'

I think about Children of Men a lot; it's just really, profoundly sad that it just keeps getting more and more relevant over time. Like, we all just saw a train coming but somehow couldn't figure out how to move out of the way.

On the subject of CAN's wide-ranging influence on later bands: I'm fond of Radiohead's cover of "Thief": https://www.youtube.com/wat…

OK but have you thought about how offensive that statement is for those of us who are Dippin' Dots?

I'm kinda torn about this. On the one hand, I feel like people should probably be able to espouse even the most noxious views without fear of physical violence, but on the other hand it's just awesome to see Nazis getting punched in the head.

Not sure if it's been mentioned already, but my favorite NEA controversy predates the more-famous Mapplethorpe and Serrano cases: it's from the mid-60s and involves a one-word poem by the then 22-year-old Aram Saroyan. How could a one-word poem raise the sort of ire usually reserved for graphically scatological,…

Yeah, the problem with this photo isn't even that it's obviously a staged photo-op - politicians do those all the time - but that it's such a tacky, thoughtless, verifiably untrue photo-op.

Then we get to have a glorious utopia… populated entirely by Trump supporters!