“Ran”. I’m pretty sure Seagal hasn’t run anywhere in years, judging by his recent Bulgarian tax dodges masquerading as films. I’m not even sure he can still walk; in one of them there was a scene where they were clearly just moving the camera around to make it seem like he was walking while he stood still.

Currently reading Mark Kurlansky’s latest, Paper: Paging Through History. It’s not just a history of paper but of related subjects like written language and printing. It’s a fun, engaging read, as all his books have been.

Reviled by who? I love this movie; everyone was great in it but I would single out Viola Davis. And that Cliff Martinez score, gorgeous. Sure, it was doesn’t have a 12-minute wordless shot of a guy in a taxi or whatever, so I guess it’s not ART.

I’ve always said that in a real world Galt’s Gulch everyone would die of cholera in the first 90 days because clean water regulations are tyranny 

the state’s history created the culture that contributed to Phoenix’s demise

I like Henry Cavill. Maybe he can get plugged into all the roles that Armie Hammer got kicked out of.

Hot dogs are kind of a thing in Iceland. Like, how in this country Chicagoans are very proprietary about their eponymous hot dog style. Icelandic weiners (heh) are mostly lamb, and are traditionally dressed with both raw and fried onions, catsup, sweet brown mustard, and remoulade. The bun is steamed and has to still…

I’ve listened to Maintenance Phase from the beginning. I was already listening to You’re Wrong About, Michael Hobbes’ other podcast, when they started it and of course he cross-promoted it. The Moon Juice episode is one of my faves. “What the hell is cordyceps?!”

Still not more bonkers than Amanda Chantal Bacon’s “food diary”, most of which contains things that can not be confirmed as “food” and which I’m pretty sure is actually just a monstrously expensive and all-encompassing eating disorder:  https://www.elle.com/beauty/health-fitness/a28600/amanda-chantal-bacon-moon-juice-f…

Don’t listen to your friend Billy Zane, he doesn’t seem like a cool dude at all!

Fun fact about “Iron Eyes” Cody, he grew up down the road from where I live now. Kaplan, Louisiana has a local reputation for possessing such a strong accent that even other Cajuns—a notoriously thick and borderline incomprehensible accent to outsiders—think they talk funny.

Pretty sure he just chose getting paid. That Police Academy money is long gone. And Davi will do anything for a paycheck. Wasn’t he in that Turkish propaganda movie about Jewish organ thieves?

For fuck’s sake, calling a Chinese-American woman “wonton” is just lazy. You know, in addition to being racist.

I’ll have to have my mother watch this, she’s asked me several times over the past few years what this QAnon thing is. But usually around the time I’m attempting explain what “adrenochrome” is (or more accurately, what these deranged lunatics think it is), she throws her hands up and yells THESE PEOPLE ARE INSANE and…

I associate the saying with George Costanza losing his shit because someone won’t get off a pay phone.

No, my gripe is specifically about stuff created for Zoomers by older generations, not anything created by Zoomers. I mean I only have TikTok to go by, but those kids seem to have a sense of humor all right.

Last night I just started Paul Tremblay’s The Cabin at the End of the World, which is off to a heck of a start. On audio I’m listening to Robert Kolker’s Hidden Valley Road, a non-fiction book about the family of 12 (!) siblings, half of whom eventually developed schizophrenia, which helped drive a lot of the modern…

I’m not a fan of Allen’s and part of it was the incessant stammering and nervous throat-clearing, which always seemed like affectations designed to disarm. Hearing how cold and calculating he was on those phone calls affirmed that. He didn’t even sound like the same person as in his movies and public persona.

Who would win in a fight between the Memphis Pyramid and the Knoxville Sunsphere?

Cruz still does what the party wants him to 99% of the time, in spite of all the jokes about how much everyone hates him, even other Republicans.