Gregg P.

#1sentencereview of “Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning”: Overstuffed, convoluted, both thrilling and dull, with some stunt sequences that are great (biplanes!) and others that are misfires (submarine snoozer), MI:TFR is a perfect example of too much plot getting in the way of the story.

3/3 … giving them an almost ridiculously ham-fisted grift to “stand up to you” about (which, when you concede it was a bad idea, will cost you Absoltuely Nothing) in order to shore up their own support would be a pretty good one. Just sayin’.

2/3 … if you were getting a ton of flak and concerned feedback from your cadre of callow, bootlicking sycophants that their constituents and fans were beginning to turn on them due to their obvious, blatant abdication of responsibility to the Constitution and truly astonishing lack of backbone …

1/3 Look, I’m not saying this whole “$400M plane gift/bribe” scandal is just another smokescreen, but.

A treasured classic Irish poem for you this St. Paddy’s Day:

Riamh ag dul a thabhairt duit suas
Ná lig tú síos riamh
Ná rith thart agus tú a thréigean
Riamh ag dul a dhéanamh tú ag caoineadh
Ná rá slán a fhágáil
Ná bréag a insint agus tú a ghortú

Sláinte!

Well, that blowed up real good. Very efficiently, if you will. No notes.

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Uh yeah, you better fucking believe it.

Ingraham: If these midterms don’t go the right way, Democrats are already planning to impeach President Trump. That is the truth. Investigations are going to start and they’re going to be going to town on the Republican Party

#actionalert (IN)ACTION ALERT! Remember. Tomorrow, Friday, February 28, is the first national day of resistance. BUY NOTHING. NO FACEBOOK OR X ACTIVITY EITHER.

Just a little reminder …

Frankly, it may be what got us in this mess in the first place. Too much “ listening to both sides,” not enough “punching Nazi motherfuckers in the face.”

Finally got around to deleting TweetEcks account. Just a tiny little “fuck you, you Nazi shitbag” moment that I enjoyed quite a bit.

Spread the word!

I wish the world was flat like the old days / Then I could travel just by folding a map / No more airplanes, or speed trains, or freeways / There'd be no distance that could hold us back

My son and I are now fancy hat bros!

Drinking Guinness on a Saturday, watching Whiskey on a Sunday!

Tonight a bartender a) decided that I was a chef based on my drink order (Negroni) and b) said I looked like I was about 37. He was tipped very well.

Note that the rest of the cast is excellent, and it’s a very well written show. Highest recommendation.

As a lifelong Harrison Ford fan, the best thing about “Shrinking” is watching him actually act again. He’s been coasting for 20 years: it’s good to see he still has some chops.

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“For though I walk through the valley of death (Randall’s) I shall fear no Michael for you are with me (Midnight Syndicate’s “A Ghostly Gathering”). Thy rod (left earbud) and and thy staff (right earbud) comfort me.”

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The scourge that is mountain cedar pollen has me on the ropes. As soon as the shows up I start Zyrtec/Flonase/etc. before the counts soar so the burning eyes/non-stop snot part is under control, but instead I feel like I have the flu. Chills, body aches, headache, etc. This stuff is the WORST.

Hang in there Josh - we need your voice.

Annual “Best Sandwich of the Year” post-Turkey Feast photo. Yum! #whatscooking

#1sentencereview of “Wicked”: There’s a continuity error where Michelle Yeoh has her hands clasped in one shot but then they are at her sides in the next, but otherwise it’s kinda perfect, solidly directed with pitch-perfect casting of born-for-this Ariana Grande and the astonishing Cynthia Erivo.

Read this too late and discovered the “secret” - very cool, and worth not spoiling for others!

YouTube video by Republic Records Defying Gravity (From Wicked The Soundtrack)

I love Wicked despite its flaws. The good songs are all front loaded, everything after the show stopper “Defying Graivty” is a bit of a slog, the plotting is uneven, etc. But the movie version? Can’t wait to see it. Jeez do Erivo (especially) and Grande utterly shred the Big Number. Tears!

Another travel first: potential bomb detected while going through security. Lots of uniformed people suddenly yelling “STAND STILL DO NOT MOVE STAND STILL” everywhere, followed by 45 seconds of making nervous small talk … and then “ALL CLEAR” and everything goes back to “normal.” What a world ….

Note my reflection in the center, wearing shorts and a red t-shirt. You’re welcome