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scans_dailyIn the comments to these weekly posts (and only these posts), it's your chance to go as off topic as you like. Talk about non-comics stuff, thread derail, and just generally chat among yourselves.
Last week, I forgot that Divali was upcoming, so I hope it's not too late so say "Let this Diwali burn all your bad times and enter you in good times." to those who delebrate it.
The UK continues to spiral in nine completely different directions, including at least three not found in the usual four dimensions of space and time. We're still in the EU until the end of January, at the latest (for now), we're probably NOT having a second referendum, because two of the parties who thought it was a good idea have now have changed their minds, but we will (probably) be having a new General Election, in December (which may prove challenging, as a lot of places usually used for voting will have booked up with Christmas events (So schools will have their Christmas concerts etc) and no one trusts promises the current Government makes given their track record of breaking the law when it suits them, and students who may be registered to vote at home may be still at college, or vice versa, depending on the date. Lewis Carrol wouldn't have dared put this level of nonsense in "Alice in Wonderland".
(Though I liked the comment that the Government which created the "Fixed Term Parliament" Act is now seeking to circumvent it, because though they categorically refuse to support a second eferendum on the the most far reaching economic change this country has faced in over half a century, is now wanting their third General Election in five years...)
POTUS 45 also announced the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leadesr of the so-called Islamic State/Daesh in Syria, one of, if not the, most wanted men in the world. But even then, the announcement came in terms one might associate with describing an action movie, rather than a co-ordinated military strike involving actual people, and it didn't take long for the criticism about his allies to start.
He also had the unusual experience (perhaps due to rarely appearing in public unless it's a rally or an official meeting) of being publicly booed when he attended a World Series game, and a section of the audience even started chanting "Lock him up! Lock him up!". So THAT'S what karma sounds like.
In news completelely unrealted to the above, research has shwon that narcissist's are generally happier people... HORRIBLE people, but happier, with less stress in their life. So not giving a crap about anyone's opinion than your own DOES have some benefits for the individual person, of no one else? When they phrase it like that it does seem sort of obvious.
An interesting set of photo's of protestors in Hong Kong.
John Legend and Kelly Clarkson have recorded a modified version of the sometimes controversial song "Baby, It's Cold Outside" to clarify issues of consent. The new version includes the exchange;
"What will my friends think? (I think they should rejoice)
If I have one more drink? (It's your body, and your choice)."
As a naive guy I'd always read it as the lady looking for a reason to stay, but I can absolutely understand why people are unsettled by lines like the lady asking "What's in this drink?" in this day and age.
The second trailer for The Mandalorian has aired, with a launch date of November 12 on DisneyPlus
And also from that corner of a galaxy far, far away, "Game of Thrones" writers David Benioff and DB Weiss, are no longer involved in writing for the Star Wars verse as had previously been announced.
Gender non-conforming actor Jacob Tobia has been cast as Double-Trouble, a new to animation (if not the classic toyline) character for next season, a non-binary shapeshifting mercenary who can appear as anyone.
Last week, I forgot that Divali was upcoming, so I hope it's not too late so say "Let this Diwali burn all your bad times and enter you in good times." to those who delebrate it.
The UK continues to spiral in nine completely different directions, including at least three not found in the usual four dimensions of space and time. We're still in the EU until the end of January, at the latest (for now), we're probably NOT having a second referendum, because two of the parties who thought it was a good idea have now have changed their minds, but we will (probably) be having a new General Election, in December (which may prove challenging, as a lot of places usually used for voting will have booked up with Christmas events (So schools will have their Christmas concerts etc) and no one trusts promises the current Government makes given their track record of breaking the law when it suits them, and students who may be registered to vote at home may be still at college, or vice versa, depending on the date. Lewis Carrol wouldn't have dared put this level of nonsense in "Alice in Wonderland".
(Though I liked the comment that the Government which created the "Fixed Term Parliament" Act is now seeking to circumvent it, because though they categorically refuse to support a second eferendum on the the most far reaching economic change this country has faced in over half a century, is now wanting their third General Election in five years...)
POTUS 45 also announced the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leadesr of the so-called Islamic State/Daesh in Syria, one of, if not the, most wanted men in the world. But even then, the announcement came in terms one might associate with describing an action movie, rather than a co-ordinated military strike involving actual people, and it didn't take long for the criticism about his allies to start.
He also had the unusual experience (perhaps due to rarely appearing in public unless it's a rally or an official meeting) of being publicly booed when he attended a World Series game, and a section of the audience even started chanting "Lock him up! Lock him up!". So THAT'S what karma sounds like.
In news completelely unrealted to the above, research has shwon that narcissist's are generally happier people... HORRIBLE people, but happier, with less stress in their life. So not giving a crap about anyone's opinion than your own DOES have some benefits for the individual person, of no one else? When they phrase it like that it does seem sort of obvious.
An interesting set of photo's of protestors in Hong Kong.
John Legend and Kelly Clarkson have recorded a modified version of the sometimes controversial song "Baby, It's Cold Outside" to clarify issues of consent. The new version includes the exchange;
"What will my friends think? (I think they should rejoice)
If I have one more drink? (It's your body, and your choice)."
As a naive guy I'd always read it as the lady looking for a reason to stay, but I can absolutely understand why people are unsettled by lines like the lady asking "What's in this drink?" in this day and age.
The second trailer for The Mandalorian has aired, with a launch date of November 12 on DisneyPlus
And also from that corner of a galaxy far, far away, "Game of Thrones" writers David Benioff and DB Weiss, are no longer involved in writing for the Star Wars verse as had previously been announced.
Gender non-conforming actor Jacob Tobia has been cast as Double-Trouble, a new to animation (if not the classic toyline) character for next season, a non-binary shapeshifting mercenary who can appear as anyone.
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Date: 2019-10-29 12:16 pm (UTC)Recently I felt the sudden, inexplicable urge to go out and buy The Outer Worlds. I think it was because I realized that I could get a copy twenty dollars cheaper. But I think that excitement has gone away now. Anyway on launch they jacked the price up by ten dollars, so that’s that over with. I look forward to buying a half -priced copy, in the magical future year of 2020.
Fallout 76 has been in the news again. Naturally it’s been bad. “Pay for your own private servers, expect they’re not really private, or well run.”
Oh, look that Baker Street Irregulars comic, is apparently getting a TV show.
Oh look, Benioff and Weiss Star Wars trilogy has been put on hold. Thank goodness.
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Date: 2019-10-29 01:43 pm (UTC)I can think of two or three, and that's without looking at the previous Baker Street Irreglar series the BBC has made.
Back in1983 we had "The Baker Street Boys" and in 2007 we got
the movie length "Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars" which might have led to a series, but didn't.
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Date: 2019-10-29 09:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-10-30 12:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-10-30 01:21 am (UTC)