I love watching these things take off. Somehow it always looks like they’re not quite going to make it.

No Country For Old Men was such a masterpiece that it managed to be better than the book, which is a feat given it was written by Cormac McCarthy.

I have this printed and framed next to my desk. It’s a good reminder of the power we all have to live our lives how we choose and the kind of people we want to be.

I’m guessing Ankh + Invisible Joker?

My guess is polychrome with the screenshot taken at a really vibrant part of the shimmer.

I think the beauty of the killer reveal is that it changes the story we thought we were experiencing the whole time. We think it’s a detective story, maybe with themes of redemption and economic struggle and love, but it’s actually a story about the struggle of being human against the spectre of a devastating past.

The killer has sacrificed this humanity for his cause, and he hates seeing lives unfold at a distance. He thinks he’s serving some great cause but it’s ultimately petty. And we see what happens when a person gives everything up for this one purpose only for that to fail.

I didn’t pass my check to speak with the cryptid so I don’t know how that changes the perspective of the game at all. Maybe I’ll do a replay and go for it, but the existence of the cryptid just underlined that things aren’t what they seemed throughout the story.

Yeah, the secret to getting good bacon is buying it at the butcher deli counter. You can request your preferred thickness, it’s much leaner, and it’s more flavorful. Unless you’ve got a local artisan cured meat hookup available, it’s the way to go.

Nice try, John Cho’s Lemmy account

How about we be good to each other because it’s the right thing to do. And in a world full of people struggling to get by it’s what we can all offer each other. That works. If any behavior is predicated on causing other people to act a certain way it’s going to have its failures when encountering the great mess of humanity out there.

Maybe you do; I produce far more feces by replying to comments on the internet

Yeah this one for me, too. It felt like humans lost one of the people who understood them best and still kept caring about them in spite of it all. It took me a long time to face Discworld again and I had to put down Shepherds Crown for a bit at that one part.

You had me at blame Henry Ford.

I feel like The Librarian would take a lot of pleasure in finding University students with pristine collections and slipping in beaten up old paperbacks among them every now and then. The students think it’s a magic field around Unseen University but it’s actually an orangutan.

Violent World: Tribute to Misfits was a regular part of my CD rotation in the early 00’s. There’s a bit of pop punk, industrial metal, even a rockabilly track if I remember. It was a fun one.

Damn they made that leaf look so tasty.

My wife and I were having fun doing co-op on the Trine games. Coordinating your character switches to cross obstacles can be pretty fun. The Lego Star Wars games were also fun for us both to just mess around and cause chaos.

One of my favorite Halloween costumes is still a college acquaintance who came to the party as a banana slug. It was so sincere and heartwarming!

Brutal, I just beat this the other day. Must have been stuck on it a month.

Anora. The first half hour or so has a lot of party and club scenes and after a bit it feels like a tiktok feed. When it really dives into the story it gets good, with a lot of conflicting interests and very good performances. Overall my wife and I enjoyed it, and being rarely able to sit and watch a movie together lately that’s worth a lot.

You can candy the ginger, which will preserve it a bit and can be used in baked goods or eaten alone!

I have less experience with the curcuma but I’ve seen it added to smoothies. I think it can flavor some toasted nuts for a salad topping, or it can be made into a paste like you’ve done for a curry.