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August 11, 2023

“I can’t forget, and I hope she doesn’t remember”

-Saul Williams, reading from She

Thu Aug 10 20:44:45 2023

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Left as an exercise for the observer: There are flags and signs you can buy that say “Jack Smith Making America Great Again”

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Thu Aug 10 00:41:39 2023

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Maybe I was just a unaware young man, but when I was a kid, I don’t remember knowing or caring much about author’s politics like we do now. If Robert Heinlen popped onto the scene, now, there’s a chance that his (now obviously) conservative views would have been dismissed by some because they are conservative views. Yet I acknowledge that If I had read Starship Troopers in my teens it might have induced me to enlist because it wasn’t (at least to me) a satire like the movie ended up being.

So what do we do about Scott Adams? Dilbert was funny for many years, and I suppose if I were to go and reread a couple anthologies, my reaction would be colored by the Trumpish ass-hat he presents as these days.

Anyways, in my recent rereading of Stranger in a Strange land, I was reminded of this.

https://beautyshared.org/rodins-fallen-caryatid/

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Wed Aug 9 14:56:22 2023

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https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/planetary-defense-nasa-dart-mission-asteroid

Ramming an asteroid with a rocket leaves boulders flying around. I wasn’t shocked, and I’m not even a planetary physicist.

https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/planetary-defense-nasa-dart-mission-asteroid

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Tue Aug 8 22:49:41 2023

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Virgin Records and all that came after is an amazing success story. It all started with a depressed 19 year old named Mike Oldfield. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCbyu9S1WPI

MIKE OLDFIELD - “Work In Progress” (Non-album, Rare and Unreleased Tracks) - New Mastering Digital CD to download : send a message to paulbriex@gmail.com 01. Single [1974] 00:00 02. Alternative Collaboration 04:24 03. In Dulci Jubilo [Alternate] 11:42 04. Argiers 14:24 05. Blue Peter 18:21 06. Pipe Tune 20:26 07. Cuckoo Song (Praetorius) 23:51 08. Wrekorder Wrondo 26:56 09. The Sailor’s Hornpipe 29:27 10. Jungle Gardenia 31:05 11. Mike’s Reel 33:42 12. The Path 37:30 13. Orabidoo [Alternative End] 40:54

…………………………………………………. R&UT Other rare tracks here : https://www.facebook.com/RareAndUnreleasedTracks/

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Tue Aug 8 22:13:42 2023

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I have many reasons to love Longmont.

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Mon Aug 7 22:37:08 2023

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Well this is exciting. I have been hanging on to an old Intel Core Duo. I have an I7 tower that I’ve not been using to its potential, so I tried to clone the drive from the old system to a similar sized drive for the new system. I considered it a crap shoot whether the windows partition would work on the new one. First boot didn’t work, but the second time i tried to boot into windows it came up.

This thing is fast!

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Mon Aug 7 08:53:59 2023

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Edited to correct: I guess I am wrong. Don’t quit your streaming services … yet. The actors haven’t asked us to do so yet.

I’d still like to hear your favorite movie commentaries. I guess I have a skewed selection of friends, I know many people who still have the shiny circle things…

Many of us have a bookshelf full.of DVDs. This is what they are for. Already seen them all? Bet you didn’t watch all the director commentaries. Some of those are hilarious. Two of my favorites:

Zardoz: made 20 years after the movie, mentions his other movies Deliverance and Excalibur
Wag the Dog: my favorite moment is when they describe being invited to lunch with Bill Clinton. He asked what they were shooting and the response is great.

What are some of your favorite movie commentaries?

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