The usual seat-of-my pants randomness. Starts EBM-y, then gets goofy with some mashups, then darker oontz-oontz again to wind it up.
Geekery
Whatever I’m geeking out about at the time.
📚 Here There Be Dragons by John Peel
65/2023 – ⭐️⭐️
Possibly could have been an interesting take on the Preservers, or a fun TNG-crew-in-a-medieval-society romp, but was marred by bad character decisions (we must stay undercover in a medieval human society, so Geordi and Worf obviously can’t come, but sure, bring the Bajoran Ro and the android Data, that totally makes sense) and overly unfortunately stereotypical plotting decisions (Ro, of course, is nearly immediately stripped naked and placed in jeopardy of sexual assault, and Troi is later threatened with the same, because what other peril would women face?). Even the titular dragons barely make an appearance. Any interesting bits are far overshadowed by the rest.
📚 Clarkesworld Issue 206 edited by Neil Clarke
64/2023 – ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Standouts in this issue for me were James Van Pelt’s “The Long Mural” and Louise Hughes’s “The Parts That Make Me”.
📚 Uncanny Issue 55 edited by Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Monte Lin, and Betsy Aoki
63/2023 – ⭐️⭐️⭐️
My favorites this issue were Naomi Kritzer’s “The Year Without Sunshine”, Cecil Castelluci’s “We’re Looking for the Best”, and John Scalzi’s “Speed Racer’s Long Road”, which actually has me thinking about rewatching Speed Racer, which I haven’t seen since it first hit video.
📚 A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
62/2023 – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1993 Hugo Best Novel
This definitely holds up, and I really enjoyed re-reading it. From the concept of various zones where FTL travel (and higher technologies) are possible as they get further away from the center of the galaxy, to the exploration of group intelligence with the Tines (packs of dog-like creatures that are singular sentient entities when in packs of 4-6), it’s a really excellent read.
🎥 Mean Girls
Mean Girls (2004): ⭐️⭐️⭐️
I’d never actually seen this, so after coming across a trailer for the upcoming remake, we decided to watch the original. I knew I knew a little bit about it from years of cultural osmosis, but I hadn’t realized just how many quotes and memes came from this. It was fun to watch, definitely funny, and I can definitely see how it has stuck around. But I also noticed a lot of things that, in 2023, didn’t play quite so well, and will be interested to see how Tina Fey updates it twenty years later.
🎥 Asteroid City
I don’t always entirely get Wes Anderson’s films, but I invariably enjoy watching them. His directorial eye and style is great, the deadpan affectation in absurd circumstances often makes me laugh, I’m never bored…and by the end, well, it was weird, but I liked it.
🧪 Test Post 21 of Several
Test twenty-one of several as I try to troubleshoot blog issues. Will probably be deleted later. Sorry for flooding your feeds.
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Disable Emojis(I wonder….)- Relevanssi
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🧪 Test Post 20 of Several
Test twenty of several as I try to troubleshoot blog issues. Will probably be deleted later. Sorry for flooding your feeds.
- Posting from: WordPress web interface.
- Images: One, from Media library.
- SOM post delay: 30 seconds.
- Emoji in title: One (🧪).
Active plugins:
- Share on Mastodon
- WP-Optimize
- Docket Cache
- Classic Editor
- Classic Widgets
- Easy Markdown
- VS Meta Description
- GP Premium
- Akismet Anti-Spam
- Disable Emojis
- Relevanssi
- DX Out of Date
- Posted Today
- CP Media Player
- Term Management Tools
Test Post 19 of Several
Test nineteen of several as I try to troubleshoot blog issues. Will probably be deleted later. Sorry for flooding your feeds.
- Posting from: WordPress web interface.
- Images: One, from Media library.
- SOM post delay: 30 seconds.
- Emoji in title: None.
Active plugins:
- Share on Mastodon
- WP-Optimize
- Docket Cache
- Classic Editor
- Classic Widgets
- Easy Markdown
- VS Meta Description
- GP Premium
- Akismet Anti-Spam
- Disable Emojis
- Relevanssi
- DX Out of Date
- Posted Today
- CP Media Player
- Term Management Tools