Wife and I spent $200 on a lawyer for a will, advanced health directives, and living will. Deposited all docs with a few different relatives. It was worth it IMO, just because I wanted to get all the legal language right.

I don’t expect anything on film or TV to be as good as a long series of books, even if they’re “only” airport fantasy novels. BUT, one thing I have been disappointed in is that the weird, quasi-religious themes of the books haven’t really paid off in the series. This was brought to a head last night when Tyrion and…

I’m GenX (47 this year) and have about $200k in retirement. Furiously saving over the next 25 years so I can retire while I can still walk. Should have the house paid off in the next ten years, so that will help. But, unlike you, I had $89k in student loans to pay off from undergrad and grad school, so I’m a little…

Had a great week there last year, too. From Zagreb to Dubrovnik it was just stellar.  

Yeah, he’s enlisted material for sure. 

Not if you’re a zombie. It’s completely understandable. 

Credit to Josh Brolin for conveying a real “what the ever-living fuck?” moment through all that makeup and CGI. 

I laughed when the guards on Asgard also called him “rabbit” while they were time traveling. 

It is fucking Disney, after all. They sure as shit understand children and how to communicate to them, for better or worse.

Ah yes. That’s the perfect parallel right there!

I dunno. The hosts of Mordor were destroyed when one fat, middle-aged bachelor who lived in a hole threw a trinket into lava. Everything unraveled after that, including armies, fearsome beasts, castles, towers, and mountains. The good guys surmised a solution and, wonder of wonders, it worked. The only difference was…

Barring a serious recession AND a significant drop in stock value, Trump is going to be here for another four years anyway, as much as I can taste the vomit in my mouth even thinking it. I’ll give money, go door to door, and vote, like I always do, but I’ll bet you a crisp $20 bill that we have a Democratic Senate…

Jesus, get over it. This isn’t Steinbeck. It’s a fantasy hack and the TV show made from his books. It’s an airport page turner and nothing more. If you don’t like it, don’t watch.

There’s three more episodes, which means more death to come. 

Par for the course in all scifi. The assembled armies of Mordor were defeated by a single bachelor with no martial skill who lived in a hole in the ground.

“The Night King dies without any clear motivation...” LOL. Are you fucking serious? Jesus.

She failed her Move Silent roll but still scored a critical hit. Backstab is an overrated attack, anyway. 

That was the best episode of the Walking Dead I’ve seen in a while...

So... did they break the time travel rules for Cap at the end, or is the implication that he lived out the rest of his life in an alternate timeline, then returned to his prime timeline finally to see his friends. (The latter would make more sense if he had reappeared on the quantum launch pad, just as an old man.) I…

Seems about right. B- is the grade I’d give most of these flicks. Only 2-3 really rise above their genre. But B- is good enough for a night of edibles and big screen CGI, so it’s all good.