My Dinner With Andre the Giant

Metal lunch box that says “u.s. mail” on the side with a thermos sporting a fast running stick figure “zippy” zip code character.

This gen x kid rocked this not at all dorky zip code lunch box in the mid 70s.

Tell me you've never actually seen The Terminator without telling me you've never actually seen The Terminator.

Typing this from Burls, it's true that the vibe of the city has shifted in the last 20 yrs in ways locals notice & don't like, but it's a shift happening in LOTS of small towns. Also true that like many lib cities, it's hard to get ppl to agree to the low income housing that will help the problem.

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My starting word was the word! First time ever!

It’s a sign from the heavens that this article was published on my birthday.

Streets of Fire is such an odd duck of a movie. Absolutely iconic visuals (and Willem Dafoe!) but Michel Pare can’t really carry it. Good double feature with The Warriors (also Walter Hill). Miracle Mile is great.

Maybe the specific details matter less than the big fact that she dies. Like, if Bones had saved her, they’d have had to kill her to save the timeline? So the deets in the obit are fluid, or something. Spock knew them, but they didn’t actually matter.

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FYI your post made me dust off my Letterboxd and I think I'm going to actually start using it, so thanks!

Safe. Not a Todd Haynes fan -- though I haven't seen it since it was in cinemas. I just remember it feeling like they ran out of money and just stopped making it, rather than writing an ending. It had a creepy, cold, Kubricky vibe, but no. 🤷‍♀️

It's a very good list. My immediate thought was that it's missing Stephen Soderbergh's Schizopolis. There appears to only be one film on there I actively dislike and a few I haven't seen. Squee!

I know this is serious and concerning, but all I see is (yet another) AI butthole graphic.

Stalling an EMB 145 In March of 2008 I got stuck in Houston, TX trying to come back from SXSW. My father in law, Larry, is a pilot instructor for Continental Express and teaches in…

throwback to 2008 and my stoned laugh as this EMB145 swept-wing commuter jet stalls and plummets from the sky.

What heady time to be alive. Truly the peak of American culture, right there. Honestly, this was an outstanding burg.

I love that Spin Doctors song!

Double rainbow across the sky!!!!

Pot o’ gold, here I come!

Would Mr. Spock ever use emojis? 🖖🤔

That maturity and realism was in the DNA of the original show too, evident in many episodes, just masked by campy f/x. Agreed TMP gets a bad rap. It’s too long, but a solid Trek film - one of the best in the franchise. 🖖

That maturity and realism was in the DNA of the original show too, evident in many episodes, just masked by campy f/x. Agreed TMP gets a bad rap. It’s too long, but a solid Trek film - one of the best in the franchise. 🖖

I love how in Mission Impossible: TFR they are fighting against an AI that wants to control the information super highway. The script could have been written in 1993.

A side-by-side comparison of two images. The top is a frame from Andor depicting a video screen showing a surveillance shot of Dedra Meero with a grid and text (in Aurebesh -- the in-world language of Star Wars) superimposed on the screen, like a data readout. The bottom frame is from George Lucas' fist-ever science fiction film, "THX-1138," and it shows a video screen with Robert Duvall's main character on it, and a VERY similar grid and text readout. The Andor graphic is a clear and obvious replica of the one from THX, because the graphics artists who made the on-screen text are clearly superfans.

I see you, Disney f/x nerds.

A Hater's Guide to the Burlington Creemee Scene A guide to some popular Burlington creemee destinations that asks the tough questions, such as: Are these creemees actually good?

This rundown of local creemee spots by @sevendaysvt.bsky.social's Chelsea Edgar is excellent and a fun read. For non-Vermonters, "creemee" just means "soft-serve" but when done right, has a higher fat percentage. #vermont #creemee

lol, and also ew.

I have a cat that likes to jump up on the counter next to the toilet and rub its face against my torso as I stand and do my business. No boundaries at all.

Closeup of a tortie short hair cat

Cat.

Just realized Dukes Mayonnaise is available in a store near where I live for the first time ever. Excited to see what all the fuss is about. #bigweekendplans

Evans, not Edwards. lol

Funny, I watched this a couple weeks ago and had no idea it was Gareth Edwards, but I DID notice how uneven it was, w/ some really inspired action (literally reinventing how car chases work in the opening, and extra fun kills), and OMGWTF bad dialogue & exposition. It makes sense now.

Spent the last 10 minutes trying to play Andor and restarting the Disney app and my RokuTV and nothing. Just a black screen. Fucking frustrating.

Pope Leo XIV didn't once urge people to 'be woke' "To be called 'woke' in a world that sleeps through suffering is no insult - it is Gospel," a meme featuring the quote read.

Nice sentiment. Not really something the pope said. www.snopes.com/fact-check/p...