Sat, 25 May 2019 03:33:24 GMT

1. Has anyone else seen the Live Telecast of All in the Family and the Jeffersons, followed by a discussion of both, that aired on ABC this week? They basically did one episode from each, back to back, as a live play in front of a studio audience. With Woody Harrelson as Archie Bunker, Marisa Tomei as Edith, Jamie Fox as George Jefferson, Wanda Sykes as Louise, along with various other.

And it blew me away. ( Read more... )

Here's the original episode that featured George Jefferson's farewell that aired in the 1970s. The iconic theme song...is a satire in of itself. And here's The Jeffersons.

2. On the way home, some crazy guy with a man-bun, a beard, and what can best be described as a Drofaki outfit, felt the need to inform me he was "Donald Trump", I just looked at him. And restrained myself from saying, that's not exactly something I'd go around telling folks at the moment -- unless you have a death wish. Maybe he does? Death by Trump? Tee-Hee. (As an aside there was an item on the news, a sort of random one, about a local man being arrested for wanting to kill Trump. For the record, I don't want anyone to kill him -- that would be horrible for everyone. Also, we'd get Pence. I want him and Pence to resign two months before the 2020 election or get impeached, one or the other is fine with me. I'm really not that picky.)

We had train delays again at Carroll Street. Yesterday it was a police investigation of an incident involving various parties on the train stopped at Carroll Street, said parties were forcibly removed from the train. Today, it was a sick passenger at Carroll Street in need of medical attention. And Carroll Street used to be my stop -- granted that was several years back, but I still go past it every morning and afternoon -- so this was just a tad disconcerting.

Theresa May resigned today. ( Read more... )

I've taken the attitude that unless I can personally do anything about any of this -- I'm not going to give a frak.

3. I enjoyed this .. How Game of Thrones Ruined All It's Characters...of course it helps that I sort of agree with the guy. I doubt everyone will.( Read more... )

The fandom is rather split on this. And I've seen multiple perspectives. At work and online. I've been discussing it with people at work for the past ten years now.
And I was discussing it with folks online long before the television series was adapted.

Although, I'm not sure I'd categorize myself as a fan per se. I had issues with it -- I did not unconditionally love it -- but then I don't unconditionally or uncritically love any work of art. I tend to be very critical of what I love. I mean part of the fun is figuring out what works and what doesn't and why. Otherwise why bother with it? (Sorry, if you are looking for an un-critical fan, look elsewhere. I think we can blame my under-graduate education for this -- they basically drilled it into me -- be critical of all things or get smacked upside the head with a D.)

But I did obviously get somewhat invested -- since I read and bought all the books.
And bought the first season's DVDs. Have long since gotten rid of them. (I got annoyed at some point.) Also read fanfic, and wrote about it. So, I guess I was a fan.

It's not worth fighting with people on. There's more important crap to fight about (not that I do, but just saying). This is just fun stuff. Sort of like fighting over Doctor Who, Star Trek, Buffy, etc -- which I have. But one would have hoped I'd have learned from doing such things and stopped...right? Sigh. No. Truth is? I like discussing this stuff. (Apparently to infinity and beyond (aka to death or until someone wants to wack me upside the head.) If I didn't, I wouldn't have a journal on DW. What would be the point?

So with all that in mind, this article Game of Thrones Asks What Kinds of Stories Ultimately Matter has been making the rounds.
( Read more... )

4. Where'd You Go, Bernadette is becoming more interesting. Go figure. Anyhow I've decided to stick with it. It has an intriguing narrative style -- the story is told through a bunch of random letters, and written papers that the narrator, a teenage girl, is riffling through to understand what happened to her mother, Bernadette.

It's also rather snarky, so it works for me.

5. Me: Well, I figured out my problem with our boss.
Co-worker: Oh?
Me: Our boss was once a high ranking member of the military. And requires deferential treatment and for people to take orders without question. And well..
Co-worker: that doesn't work for you?
Me: No. You tell me to do something, my first response is "why"? And whether it makes logical sense. If it doesn't? I won't do it -- I will fight you on it.
(I'll also repeat it back to you to see if I got it right. Me and authority -- unmixy things. I tend to question them, don't trust them, and think they are idiots by default. In short I'm the exact opposite of deferential, and have serious issues with authority.)
Co-worker: Well, at least you know that about yourself.
Me: True.

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