Author: Mark Alexander

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Gratuitous Dan Stevens







I’ve been watching the very trippy series Legion on FX since season one. It supposedly takes places in the Marvel X-Men universe, but I’ve given up trying to actually understand what’s going on; I’m just enjoying the ride. The visuals are stunning. The cast is exemplary. The main character, David, played by Dan Stevens, simultaneously doesn’t push any of my buttons and at the same time pushes all of them and I look at him and think, “Ew,” followed immediately by, “Hot dirty monkeysex. NOW.”

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It May Be Time To Sharpen Up Some Guillotines

From Wil Wheaton’s Tumblr:

The constitutional crisis is here

The Constitutional Crisis isn’t just happening now. It’s been happening since McConnell stole a SCOTUS seat from President Obama, and nullified the wishes of millions of Americans who voted for him.

The Constitutional Crisis is not just because Trump is a lawless wannabe autocrat. The Constitutional Crisis would not be happening if the Republicans in Congress were upholding their oaths of office, instead of taking their marching orders from the Kochs, the Mercers, Adelson, and too many clouded and shady Super PACS (including PACs that are funded illegally by non-Americans).

The Congressional GOP, lead by Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan – especially lame duck, feckless, incompetent Paul Ryan – is responsible for all the damage that Trump has wrought upon our nation. None of this would be possible if the leaders of both houses of Congress put their oaths of office ahead of their own narrow and corrupt influences.

It may be time to sharpen up some guillotines.

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Take Me Away

A lifelong fantasy that I—and I suspect more than just a few of us—have entertained is having the means, energy, and wherewithal to escape civilization and live in a cabin in the woods (hopefully not sitting on the entrance to where the Old Gods are sleeping).

Okay, maybe not totally removed from civilization. I’d still want access to things like medical care and grocery stores. And yes, I’d still want electricity, hot and cold running water, and a fast, reliable internet, but I long to be surrounded by nature and away from the constant din of modern life and the resultant stupidity that seems to be an integral part of it these days.

Currently there are several variations of home shows capitalizing on this theme. (Building Off The Grid is one that immediately comes to mind.) If nothing else, these programs have shown me what a monumental undertaking it would be and how woefully unprepared I am  to adopt such a  lifestyle.  And now having spent four years in Denver, that’s not even considering the utter inconvenience of getting from our cabin getaway to civilization and back in the winter. (Which would be much less of an issue if we all had flying cars by now like we’d been promised in the 1960s.) Maybe if I were half my current age I could consider it, but at this point it’s just a dream.

Interestingly, when I was half my current age, such a thought was total anathema to me; I wanted nothing more than to live in a bustling, neon-infused always-on urban environment.

Of course the world seemed a bit saner back then and I didn’t have any overwhelming need to escape it.

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Quote of the Day

This is just the tip of Shogun World’s prick—an experience expressly designed for the guests who find Westworld too tame.” ~ Lee Sizemore, Westworld Season 2, Episode 5, Akane No Mai

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