Josh Adams

-- it will be awful for a lot of people who will lose their jobs and I really don't want to see this merger happen for that reason. But if you're a creative, an entrepreneur, an investor, then it's time to start planning because the opportunity to fill an entertainment vacuum will present itself.

The ultimate result of the attempted monopoly being created by the prospective merger of WB and Paramount is its own collapse. Unification of businesses in an industry doesn't create growth of the unified business. It creates a drought of interest. Audiences turn elsewhere and new business grows. --

All evens out eventually.

Not a bit. Gigs being canceled when freelancing is fairly common, but it sucks when it happens in such a narrow window. When you're freelancing, you cast a lot of lines unsuccessfully and even when you get bites, plenty of gigs just get away from you. It happens. I'm used to it.

My wife just discovered a photo of herself was being used on an NYC government website for community outreach. While she is the most stunning woman in the world, it's nice to have government confirmation.

Man, in the last two weeks, I had three gigs lined up and all three gigs canceled. Might have to buy some new deodorant cause clearly I stink.

He did leave the board. I don't know exactly the reasoning, but that could be it.

Seeing Jack Dorsey making massive layoffs at Block and embracing AI is pretty disheartening. I hope that mindset doesn't make it over here. Bluesky is the best thing that has happened to social media and communication in ages.

I lifted a washer/dryer yesterday. I did it with three other people, but I think it's still pretty impressive. Anyway, I think I'm two inches shorter today because of it.

I showed the film to my daughter and we got to the end scene at the Temple of Light and my daughter goes, "finally music that isn't techno!" And I just say, "wait for it." And a few seconds into the scene the music turns to techno. She was going to scream. I loved that soundtrack.

By all means, politicians, start your speeches by telling us about the small town you grew up in and what relatable jobs your parents had in an ineffectual way to endear yourself to us...

That it is.

It's a pretty brutal line. There may be one or two, or forty more lines like that in the film that are just hard to stomach.

I struggle to enjoy any MK adaptation without Linden Ashby and Cary Tagawa. That said, as a kid, I may have watched Mortal Kombat Annihilation dozens of times with very forgiving eyes.

Yea. That was definitely a better place to stop than where I stopped.

I love that of all the gifs, this is the one that would probably irk more MK fans the most as Liu's victory over Shang Tsung was definitely not a flawless victory. Regardless, I love this movie so much.

I put on the original 1995 Mortal Kombat film. I love this movie.

Yea. That is absolutely correct.

Alright. I gave it everything I could. I can't watch anymore.

I'm vibing with the look of despair on Ted Cruz's face as he's forced to swallow his pride and clap for the leader of his party. He can't even fly to Mexico to get away from this.

They've got to stop making everyone stand up for applauses before the State of the Union. It takes Barron Trump twenty minutes just to rise to full height.

I guess. I'm honestly baffled as to why I'm watching it. I could be watching something more uplifting and fun like Graveyard of Fireflies or The Boy in the Striped Pajamas...

I'm going to give this State of the Union five minutes. I don't even know why.

Gotta say, I'm kind of excited about Scream 7. I think the Scream movies are a bit of a guilty pleasure. Scream 6 had probably my favorite opening of any of the sequels but the movie itself was just okay. Still, would have liked that creative team to have continued on 7.

Oh, I practically have a standing order for heating blankets for my wife. She lives off of them. I've never been big on heating pads or blankets cause I think I generally run a little warm.

Been taking a little personal time. Also got buried under snow again and I'm effectively useless for 24 hours after shoveling eighteen inches of snow. For those who don't know, we live on a farm, so there is a lot of paths and long driveways to shovel. Trying to get back to work now.

New PC. It's pretty juiced up, too. For some reason it's struggling across the board to run properly. Low FPS on games. Some games won't even launch. A lot of games freeze. I have a friend who is going to come check it out when he can get up to my neck of the woods.

My PC keyboard glows all sorts of brilliant colors and my PC freezes faster than Mitch McConnell at a podium...

I'm becoming a real expert in PCs while trying to get my new PC working. My diagnosis: PCs are designed to annoy me.

Been doing character sheets, turnarounds, expressions all week, and I've now got "You Spin Me Round" stuck in my head.