I'm pretty sure that's why he didn't make any public comments till yesterday, despite the first missile test being over a month ago. He finally ran out of things to talk about.

China continues to confuse and annoy me. They really could lack the smackdown on NK but refuse to, somehow thinking that an "unstable" NK with no government would be worse than what exists now. At this point, we can't expect them to do anything. But lord knows, they could probably make things happen in a way no one…

I really miss the print edition. It had great listings for NYC. But that was another time, when listings of any sort were still a thing.

Finishing up Split Season 1981: Fernandomania, the Bronx Zoo, and the Strike that Saved Baseball. Boy, there was a lot of stuff I didn't know or didn't remember about that strike, and about the ineptitude of the owners and of Bowie Kuhn (the least deserving member of the Hall of Fame). The book also gives a great…

My return to jogging goes slowly as my legs are achier than they used to be. Is it from a lack of exercise over the years, or it is just age? I don't know, but I am at least sticking with my Sunday morning jog after a month.

Honestly? I doubt it gets that bad. North Korea's capacity to attack the US is still limited. I am more worried that we start a war that ends up destroying the entire Korean peninsula and chunks of Japan with or without nukes. And that the US starts it, making us a pariah nation.

Simon's Sports Corner

A shoutdown to Tom Friedman, the not-a-liberal at the NY Times who told Democrats today things to copy from Trump, including fighting back against the rampant political correctness on college campuses, and only letting in qualified immigrants. Why? Because people vote with their hearts and not their heads, or some…

This episode also loans its name to Worst Episode Ever - A Simpsons Podcast, of which I am a huge fan. I recommend it highly to all Simpsons fans:

I only learned it recently. He's still a critic but also stuck writing a lot of news.

When CAN'T I?

Probably too much to hope Disney will offer all its classics as well. I would sooner pay for that than Dr Strange 2.

I don't turn off ad blockers for anyone unless I have to do it for work reasons. But I would consider funding AVC directly through crowdfunding. Which I also don't often do.

Nathan sure made it sound like he was let go again. Either way, I want him back. And more Noel Murray. And maybe some TVDW, now that he's been demoted at Vox.

But you've already changed the kinds of coverage you do just by getting rid of Rabin's two columns and scaling back on the sorts of things you review. "Up to 65 shows" is, these days, a bit limiting to some degree. You cut back your weekly comics review columns to biweekly. You barely review any books. Random…

Honestly? I am concerned about losing the community, but far more concerned about losing quality. I would put up with any commenting system if we could get back Nathan Rabin's columns (and a properly edited Nathan Rabin) and TV Club Classic.

Yes and no? At least according to the book I was reading. On the one hand, he was already very ill and the war was doing well without his attention. OTOH, there was a war on and there were times that generals and high ranking civilians had some trouble getting him to focus, and even if we won anyway, that was not…

Me too.

I have probably noted that my wife was a big shot in Gargoyles fandom, and helped run a couple of the fan conventions for that much-beloved show. At the first convention - which I missed by virtue of not knowing her yet - they got (with the help of Greg Weisman, who attended every Gargoyles convention for the decade…

So that's four Stephen King movies and Mr Mercedes on TV. Incredible and yet not surprising.