I was watching a wildfire expert a month or so ago talk about how snow won’t necessarily put out fires. That they can smolder under blanket of snow (provided there’s oxygen and fuel) and then spring back when the snow is gone. That’s about as 2020 as you can get, right there.

I reread the original Jurassic Park a few months before seeing Fallen Kingdom and I have to say there are a lot of callbacks to the original work. One of the key concepts was the warning that genetic engineering would be the new nuclear arms race. Fallen Kingdom (starts to) pay off this warning.

The nice thing with PCs being digital only is that there are several competing marketplaces (Steam, MS Store, GOG, etc). They compete for my business and drive prices down (at least on less-than-new games). PS and XBox will have the same problem that Apple does, one store controlling the prices artificially.

I don’t know about you folks, but Pompeii: Secrets of the DeadUltimate Viking Sword sounds kick ass.

These were recommended by my optometrist:

I got about 10 seconds in before my ears locked up. What happened to the simple beauty of the human voice? Maybe it’s my theater training, but the amped up autotune and other filters just make this unbearable.

Oh 2020. You make me hate you so much and then you do this to bring me back. It’s the ultimate abusive relationship.

Whomp whomp.

Does anyone know if this is actually good advice or did Trump put someone in charge of children’s dietary concerns that’s a former employee of a baby food company (or someone looking to work for them in a 6 months)?

Filed under: No Shit Sherlock

My “secret” to quarantine weight loss:

B+ here. They ask that you try to donate plasma if you are in the rarer groups. But, they need all the blood they can get. Massive shortages right now due no blood drives being held.

They’re morons that can’t grasp complex concepts so they knock over the table, fling feces, and rant and rave so they can feel better about their inadequacies.

No, the VO was covering exactly what was going on on screen. Not covering missing details, actually talking over what was happening right there. That’s just fucking stupid. Just let the scene play out, we don’t need the information spoon-fed to us.

I wanted to love Revenge of the Mummy, but when we rode it in 2016, we all walked (limped) away in pain. Like Matterhorn-level soreness in our necks and backs. Way too rough.

Season 3 is now my go-to example when people don’t know what Plot Armor is. I’m going to see this thing through to the end, but that was really pushing my suspension of disbelief.

Now how will the owners of Hobby Lobby get their “Relics”?

I had a Fire that I got tired of really fast. Now I’ve got a Chromebook that flips over and becomes a tablet and it’s much better.

I’m sure the neckbeards will be thrilled.

That pasty, fat fuck would die of a heart attack if you just showed him the waterboarding equipment.