(no subject)

1. Things I enjoyed tonight:

Glass of wine -- Malbec with a touch of Vin Rose.
Vegan Paeolo Home Made Chocolate Chip Cookie by Stylish -- weirdly enough delicious
My soap opera -- which has heated up and is rather good at the moment
The latest Un-Canny X-men Comic...

2. It's raining, and they've overheated my apartment again. So I'm hot. Also wanted to do laundry this evening, but alas, the universe had other ideas. So will do it Saturday. There are days that I'd give anything for my own washer and dryer. I really miss those days...long ago and far away.

Oh well, this is better than what I had before. At least I didn't have to lug it down three flights of crooked steps and five blocks to a laundramat, only to discover no machines are available. Lugging it to the basement and back is nothing by comparison. Will do it on Saturday.

3. Boom Comics Buffy the Vampire Slayer #3

So for a bit there, I wondered if they decided to make Angel a big vampire bat with a soul that destroyed vampires? ( spoilers )

4. The Brexit Referendum May Hinge on Something that Happened in 1604 -- sigh, just when we thought Brexit couldn't get any crazier or convoluted, it does.

I can't decide sometimes whose government is nuttier the Brits or ours, right now, I think the Brits are winning. But just wait...we thought the same thing back in 2016, look how that turned out.

According to the news this morning, the Doofus is fighting with Senator McCain (yes McCain is dead, glad you noticed. No he's not come back to fight...the Doofus is fighting a dead man who has long since moved elsewhere.) But on the bright side, he appears to have given up on the Wall, at least momentarily -- I'm guessing the national emergency caused by the massive mid-west floods may have had something to do with it.

Other than that -- I've been avoiding the news to preserve my sanity. So say we all, right?

5. Disney Acquired 20th Century Fox - The Deal Has Gone Through.

(After we saw a bunch of trailers at Captain Marvel Screening)
Movie Buddy : Let's see Disney has Captain Marvel, Avengers End-Game, Frozen 2, Toy Story 4, Star Wars 9, and upcoming Spiderman and all this year? Wow.
Me: You forgot Dark Phoenix.
Movie Buddy: That's 20th Century Fox
Me: Not anymore...

Disney now owns most of Rupert Murdoch’s former empire, including the 20th Century Fox movie and television studio, which includes the “X-Men,” “Avatar” and “Simpsons” franchises; Blue Sky, the “Ice Age” animation studio that is based in Connecticut; the National Geographic and FX cable networks; most of the streaming service Hulu; and Star, a fast-growing television-service provider in India.

They forgot the Buffy, Angel, and Firefly properties.

Hmmm.......

( Foreign Markets are forcing Disney to sell off properties to abide by their antitrust statutes )

Interesting article, but not a pleasant one. Doesn't present humanity in the best of lights or any of these men for that matter.