Imagine if they’d let it end when Agrestic burned? It would be remembered as an unblemished gem.

”hope that our relationship will only grow stronger in the coming years”

This hits different given the rhetoric of her husband and his (nominal) boss.

I see. A little bit of everything, lol.

Heavy clickies are my favorite, but heavy anything will do nicely. I usually dislike reds and anything lighter, but the actual Cherry Reds on a little Ducky I got used are decent.

Well don’t leave us hanging! What did you get? I prefer Kailh Box Navy.

The Office (US) could have ended when Jim proposed in the rain. It maybe should have ended at the wedding in Niagara. Dear god it definitely should have ended when Michael left. The rest was just a shambling husk with nothing to say and tired gags.

Parks and Recreation also flanderized everybody (on a show that didn’t have much room to spare with how delightfully silly everyone already was as of season 3) and brought on new blood that didn’t work. I still haven’t seen most of the final season.

1. The repeated use of “showcase” instead of “show cause” just makes me sad. Copy-editing used to be a thing.

2. He apparently still cheated under the rules at the time, and apparently, like, a lot, or else he was so utterly useless that he didn’t know what was going on at the program. If anything, sounds like he should sue “Down in the Holler” UT, the boosters and Phil Fulmer.

3. “Pruitt was 16-19 overall and 10-16 against SEC opponents.” Good luck with that damages figure, buddy. LOL. Good times. Go Gators.

From Springfield.

As a Jags fan, Minshew magic was really fun, though only for a team where being about .500 in one’s starts is a drastic step up. Sounds like he’s got the full-time-starter bug out of his system, at least barring a good run if/when Mahomes gets hurt. Apparently his Wonderlic and ability to digest a playbook are off the charts, so he should be able to follow the Backup/QB Coach/OC career path at some level if he wants to.

Sweet.

I’ve been reading the Honor Harrington books, but they’re getting harder to wade through. They’re… uneven.

Going to finish the one I’m on

and then take a long break. First stop will be the first “Captive’s War” book from the Expanse guys.

Yup. Anyone other than an equity partner is literally a little money machine made of meat. A third-year will bill 2000+ hours (and most can bill maaaaybe 80% of their working hours) at $800-$1200 per hour and take home maybe $300k in salary and bonus.

Well, then there’s the Indiana Jones brainstorming session with Steven Spielberg and Lawrence Kasdan.

G — He’s thirty-five, and he knew her ten years ago when he was twenty-five and she was only twelve.

G — It would be amusing to make her slightly young at the time. S — And promiscuous. She came onto him.

G — Fifteen is right on the edge. I know it’s an outrageous idea, but it is interesting. Once she’s sixteen or seventeen it’s not interesting anymore. But if she was fifteen and he was twenty-five and they actually had an affair the last time they met. And she was madly in love with him and he…

I guess by the time the movie gets made, between script changes and casting decisions, nothing is certain and 17-22 is probably most likely, but George is a product of his time and place, and not exclusively in good ways.

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George Lucas was notoriously ambivalent and dismissive towards the EU. The one character he was super stoked to get into his version of the sequels?

Darth Talon. IYKYK, otherwise do a quick search once you’re not at the office.

My man has some issues to sort out, or maybe he already has, and he has some specific kinks he wants to evangelize.

I’m looking forward to the James Bond crossover, Quantum Entangled.

I haven’t seen it, but do you get the sense that the movie wants us to think of Marin as a narcissist, or is she presented as sympathetic? I don’t often enjoy movies with protagonists who are shitty people, but it’s a valid choice.

Pecan. Jesus. RIP your knives.

“you get one pass”

LOL, I hadn’t thought of that, but you’re not wrong. I like that. 🤣

act white and straight

This is really what it comes down to. They don’t think of themselves as racist/sexist/homophobic because they don’t (all) reflexively reject someone because their innate characteristics. Instead, your obligation is to identify and adhere to certain cultural touchstones, political beliefs, and historical narratives. If you do that, then you don’t make them feel uncomfortable and you can be dissolved in their acid bath part of their melting pot. They’re also slightly more tolerant of people whom they code as weak or politically apathetic. Woe unto the person who thinks that you can be both different and assertive, though.

Can’t be fiftieth in education if no one does the rankings!