Are you calling me old? Oh no you didn’t!

Indeed, and welcome my brother! (Or sister, since your handle is ambiguous.) Another couple of movies that benefit from the theater experience are 2001: A Space Odyssey and Spartacus. Kubrick knew how to make use of a wide screen. 

The 5 speed was the Mazda 5 speed. The downside to it was reverse was way too high ratio, and it could have used a granny low. Instead it was essentially a 4 speed with overdrive. That said, it got pretty good fuel mileage so there were upsides too. That 300-6 is indestructible, particularly in the last few years…

I know I saw other movies in the theater prior to Star Wars, but that’s my first memory of a movie theater experience. I was a month or two shy of 10 years old. I have vague memories of going to see Escape to Witch Mountain in the theater, but I don’t remember the actual experience. Pretty much anything prior to Star…

I dunno about “best time in a movie theater,” but I can lay claim to being of an age that I saw Star Wars in first run in the theater, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Matrix, and Guardians of the Galaxy all in the first opening week or so. I’d say that’s a pretty good record for a geek these days.

Any post that mentions Raiders of the Lost Ark in the same post with Lawrence of Arabia and Knives out get’s a star from me.

I’ve had that very conversation with idiots from other parts of the country who base their opinions on Portland on what they’ve seen on Fox “News.” In their eyes Portland is nothing but a constant series of city-wide riots, all caused by Antifa.

I know. I had a 1969 Datsun pickup that was a workhorse. It hauled all sorts of crap, and never complained. I probably should have kept it, but it was ancient when I sold it. The seat sucked, and the heater only barely worked. Still ran like a top though. It was a time of big changes in my life so it was one of the…

It was originally titled Salute of the Jugger internationally and runs a bit longer. Try to find a copy of that. The differences aren’t that great, but there’s a pretty decent denouement at the end that is missing from the American cut. 

Man, I work down at the local port these days, and the longshoremen just love to drive around in their little pickups. Almost all of them are Ford Rangers from 20-odd years ago. They keep going and going and going. I think there’s one newer Chevy Colorado down there, but everyone fights not to have to drive it.

I’ll just leave this right here: I like the Rivian, but it’s barely a pickup in the same way that a Honda Ridgeline is barely a pickup. And none of the others rate as a pickup truck either, with the possible exception of the Bollinger.

Get as close as you possibly can, preferably to the driver’s door, and bonus points for kicking the ass of your car over in such a way they can’t possibly back out. Take pictures of how you did not scratch their artificial penis.  Buy some ice cream and wait.

A friend of mine’s sister was a US Marshall. She’s an absolute psychopath.

I’m not going to speculate on whether or not she needs to be under conservatorship (hell, I don’t know) but there can be no possible argument that she should have the right to fire any conservator placed over her and allow the court to appoint a new one. Particularly when her current conservator is her father, and…

I admit the joke isn’t mine, but I don’t remember where I first heard it.  Could have been one of his?  Back from the day when he was the weirdest comic on the circuit.

It’s only available in Japan.

He was awesome in Jojo Rabbit.  He got to be the hero and everything.  Twice!

I thought Sam Rockwell was the perfect weasel who had failed upward his whole life, in a situation way over his head.

Hahaha!  I remember that conversation.  It happened many times between many groups of people.