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Jan. 31st, 2019 09:09 am1. Good Place S4 Teasers...
Eh...decidedly mixed feelings regarding this.
( teaser spoilers for S4 from the show-runner of the Good Place )
2. Read THIS story about Lorena Bobbit Gallow this morning.
And what struck me about the article was:
The documentary mostly unfolds in 1993, the dawn of Court TV and a proliferation of gossipy daytime talk shows. In Rofé and Peele’s hands, the 24-hour news cycle becomes a voracious, multiheaded monster that eventually engulfs everything. “There is a third character to this story besides Lorena and John and that is us, society, and what we did with the information we had available to us,” Peele said.
The rest of it is pretty triggering, so you may not want to read. But that statement I found interesting and important. I think it's what fascinated Jordan Peele.
Been thinking about how we create our own narratives and often our narratives or the one's we've created aren't real.
3. US Midwest Freezes While Australia Burns, the Age of Weather Extremes
I was telling a co-worker yesterday that I prefer moderate temperatures and climates. Actually I prefer moderate everything -- which is why I'm struggling at the moment. Because everything has gone "extreme".
Although the weather is wonky. According to the news the high today is 16, next Thursday, it will be 56 and raining. This makes it very hard to put clothes away or know what to wear. Also hard on the sinuses.
OTOH, I prefer this to several weeks of frigid temps. So...no complaints.
Cousin told me it is not -60 in Chicago as the stupid media is telling you, but actually -25. It was -30. And today the windchill will go away, so it may get warm enough for her to go across the street and pick up groceries. By warm enough, she meant above 0.
Eh...decidedly mixed feelings regarding this.
( teaser spoilers for S4 from the show-runner of the Good Place )
2. Read THIS story about Lorena Bobbit Gallow this morning.
And what struck me about the article was:
The documentary mostly unfolds in 1993, the dawn of Court TV and a proliferation of gossipy daytime talk shows. In Rofé and Peele’s hands, the 24-hour news cycle becomes a voracious, multiheaded monster that eventually engulfs everything. “There is a third character to this story besides Lorena and John and that is us, society, and what we did with the information we had available to us,” Peele said.
The rest of it is pretty triggering, so you may not want to read. But that statement I found interesting and important. I think it's what fascinated Jordan Peele.
Been thinking about how we create our own narratives and often our narratives or the one's we've created aren't real.
3. US Midwest Freezes While Australia Burns, the Age of Weather Extremes
I was telling a co-worker yesterday that I prefer moderate temperatures and climates. Actually I prefer moderate everything -- which is why I'm struggling at the moment. Because everything has gone "extreme".
Although the weather is wonky. According to the news the high today is 16, next Thursday, it will be 56 and raining. This makes it very hard to put clothes away or know what to wear. Also hard on the sinuses.
OTOH, I prefer this to several weeks of frigid temps. So...no complaints.
Cousin told me it is not -60 in Chicago as the stupid media is telling you, but actually -25. It was -30. And today the windchill will go away, so it may get warm enough for her to go across the street and pick up groceries. By warm enough, she meant above 0.