Author: Mark Alexander

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Afternoon Tunes

Yeah, that’s my newest Sony CD Walkman. I bought it labeled “untested – for parts or repair” to fill up my last shadow box and it’s one of those rare “untested” beasts that not only looks great but is actually completely functional. This one’s a keeper and will not end up under glass.

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This Appeals To The STAR WARS Geek In Me

Reminds me very much of an underground desert house I designed in the summer of ’77, still deep in the thrall of the first STARS WARS movie. Those plans are long gone, possibly thrown out when my folks sold their house in ’81. I mean I knew exactly where they—and multitudes of my other works—were when I moved out a year earlier, but afterward…no clue.

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Where I Begrudgingly Admit A.I. Has Its Uses

I figured out how to add the comments/comment count link to each individual post automatically without having to remember to do it.

Or should I say, Google’s A.I. (is that Gemini?) figured it out. It required a bit of tweaking on my part, but now it’s working, and I didn’t have to spend months learning PHP in order to do it.

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Underrated

I’ve always felt Constantine was a vastly underrated film.

Damn…now I’m going to have to go watch it.

Although I must admit, I found Matt Ryan’s portrayal of the titular character on the short-lived television series much sexier. That was another one of those series that unceremoniously got canceled on a cliffhanger. Bastards.

Addendum: I always confuse this one with The Ninth Gate, another vastly under-appreciated bit of horror.

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This Fundamental Aspect Went Right Past Me

I may have been a little hasty in my initial judgment of BACKROOMS. Obviously YouTube is now overrun with analyses and deep dives, and after watching many of them I have to admit I missed a fundamental aspect of this film and what the Backrooms are, that may ultimately change my opinion of the film.

The Backrooms are a modern-day metaphor for A.I. I mean think about it: at a cursory glance they’re a copy (although sometimes admittedly strange) of the real world. But the deeper you look, the more fucked these rooms become. And the still-lifes? The renderings of living humans is horrific. The same goes for modern-day A.I. On the surface, A.I. generated content looks okay, but the deeper you look at it, the more errors stand out: people with six or more fingers, legs missing or completely out of whack, eyes that just aren’t right, and dozens of other things.

And if you generate a picture and want A.I. to do it over again to change something, it moves further and further with each generation from your original intent. It’s unnerving, much like what you see in the Backrooms.

An interesting take on the film, to be sure. I may have to go back and see it again…

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Grandpa Sundowner Was Having A Moment…Again

From Mock Paper Scissors:

“This is an IHOP, Sir.”

According to hisself, he’s perfect:

Harry Sisson
@harryjsisson.bsky.social

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— KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 (@kojamf.bsky.social) May 31, 2026 at 3:04 AM

(Here’s the text of his humble brag of a FOURTH DEMENTIA TEST —no link for obvious reason)

The results of my Physical Examination, taken at Walter Reed Military Medical Center, and just released, were extremely good. Unlike other U.S. Presidents, none of whom have ever
taken an approved, high difficulty, Cognitive Test, I scored a perfect 30 out of 30, considered “extreme intelligence.” Are the Dumocrats really surprised? In fact, this is my fourth such test, all PERFECT or, 120 correct answers out of 120 questions asked! It is very rare that anyone gets a Perfect Score, especially when achieved four times in a row. All people running for President and Vice President should be forced to take high difficulty Cognitive Tests. Congress, and the Dumocrats, should demand it! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Oh, really?

Trump’s Truth Social posting over the last hour or so is completely batshit insane. Get a load of this nonstop nuttery.

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) May 30, 2026 at 2:56 PM

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