I thought that most of the movie was somewhere between fine and fun, but that casino planet sequence was so unbearably bad that it soured the entire movie for me. I thought it was poorly-done, ham-handed social commentary awkwardly shoehorned into a strangely long sequence. And then at the end of it, they were in the exact same position they were at the beginning. It took a huge chunk of the second act, and it basically amounted to nothing.

Most ADHD medication (ritalin, etc) is basically just medical grade methamphetamine.

I threw a plastic bottle in the trash about 4 years ago. I’m clearly the problem.

I complain about the modern world petty often, but damn some of it is nice. The other day, the dishwasher was running, the washing machine and dryer were going, the robot vacuum was doing its thing, the litter box was cleaning itself, and I was just sitting there with a beer and a good book.

Potential downside to that is that you’re at least partially reliant on other people. I had a gym buddy back in the day. We’d go M/W/F like clockwork, every week for months.

Then we missed a day and literally never went back.

Dogs poop in grass. It’s what they do. They can’t do it any other way. Having a dog means cleaning up its poop.

Sits back, lights a cigarette and says “you know, you cunts are alright”

Tear it down, boys!

Between this, the Lane Kiffin thing and bringing back ex-pros to the football team, LSU has completed their heel turn amazingly quickly.

Wow! This is the second shittiest thing he’s done on 9/11!

Can you photoshop a dick on his face?

Oh man. Streetlight strikes some emotional chords that nobody else can reach for me. Somewhere in the Between is my personal favorite album, but Everything Goes Numb is also 100% amazing songs. Plus, I swear that every time I’ve seen them live I walk out thinking “that might have been the best fucking show I’ve ever been to.”

Whatever you’re going through, I hope you wake up in a better place in a better time.

Especially in August.

There’s no bad onramp to that world. Very few of the books require you to have read the others, and there isn’t much of a strict chronology. Apparently Pratchett recommended that people start with Sourcery, but that’s not set in stone.

The lock screen on my phone says in big friendly letters “Don’t Panic”

Toaster oven is the fucking way to go. I’ve got one with a 12x12x8 capacity and 4 cook modes. I can cook so many meals, and reheating leftovers is super easy. I didn’t have a microwave for almost a decade and I barely even noticed.

The rich school near me had the same thing. Navy medic came in to describe how amazing the navy treats you. Definitely not a recruiter, though. Made very clear up front that he wasn’t there recruiting. Wink wink, nudge nudge.

There was a point where the National Socialist Party was actually socialist. But Hitler and his ilk saw a party with popular momentum, joined it, co-opted it, and betrayed the socialist ideals.

Ha. Similarly, I was at a big music festival a few years ago, taking to a random 20- something dude. I mentioned which bands I was there to see and he just yelled “YOU’RE OOOLD!” at me.

Same guy who hasn’t washed his hands in 18 years.