Even the lyrics are great. The Soviet-era versions (a love letter to Lenin and then a love letter to Stalin) not so much, but the current ones slap.

I love that whole clip so much.

It kills me that the goddamn Russian national anthem is so much better musically. Granted, it was purpose-built rather than glomming a shitty poem onto a weird and clunky composition, but still.

That’s something I wish I could hear again for the first time. As much as I dislike the song musically, Marvin made it beautiful.

Totally. That “no true Scotsman”/NotAll[Whatever] shit causes endless problems because it allows people to individually disclaim anything that casts a bad light on whatever group they’re a part of.

Encountering Stars fans on the road makes me wish that the team had stayed in Minnesota.

One time, before a game while the band to play was practicing, the stadium announcer asked for people to stand for America The Beautiful!

Heh. That works in acting, too. One of the first things I was taught when I started doing stage work was that when you fuck up (and you will fuck up), just roll with it and the audience probably will, too.

I waffle back and forth about whether “gave proof to the night / that we still had our flag” or “and the rockets red glare / lots of bombs in the air” is my favorite part.

It is an absolutely horrendous song musically and the lyrics aren’t much better. It sucks.

It’s not even limited to the corporate world. I worked for a summer at the Post Office and the running joke every time a new casual (the official term for a temporary/seasonal worker) came in was “so where’s your dad the Postmaster?”

I was thinking of this:

Seriously. “We know you did it, man” would far more likely result in a dismissal without prejudice so that he could be retried.

If there is they can pivot to Nakia as Black Panther like I felt they should have in the first place. Even independent of Wright and her various [gestures vaguely into the middle distance], MCU Shuri sucks.

I saw the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special in a theater with a bunch of fellow nerds and it was a fabulous experience. Would love to see that happen more often, though there’s probably a tipping point in there somewhere.

I will not stand for this Hardball erasure.

Hopefully this deal means it’s safe from WBD’s clutches.

“ARE YOU NOT EN2TAINED?”

Get ready for Extreme 90-Day Ice Road Klingon House Flippers! Starring Chip and Joanna Gaines!

Certainly more promising than Zaslav getting his filthy mitts on the franchise.