"Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright react (and cry) to The Iron Giant. They talk about choosing who you want to be and how the movie tackles life and death in a mature and age-appropriate way. Jonathan explains how the giant’s transformation from following programming to making its own choices mirrors our psychological journeys. And Alan talks about the innovative combination of CGI and hand-drawn animation and how animators articulate the giant’s emotions on a robot face."
So I just got a notice from my state Treasury Dept. that my state tax return has been red-flagged. This is not great because I did not file a state tax return this year. So that means my identity was stolen and someone filed a fake return with my name and SSN on it.
... Thanks DOGE. [Redacted] I'm glad I have my credit frozen, at least.
A good friend works for the IRS, and she says this type of identity theft occurs with a frequency. Be happy that the return was flagged; there are procedures that will help. My friend is one of the people one encounters when calling the IRS with a tax issue. She is empathetic, professional, and knows the tax code better than any CPA I've ever known.
Well, I just officially notified the state that it wasn't me. They will get back to me at some point after they investigate. I'm glad that they have a portal for this kind of thing.
Now I have to do some work to see if I also "filed" with the IRS, which is completely broken. It's almost like there was a plan for all of this.
Best pope in my lapsed Catholic lifetime. Don't let us down, Leo. Stay strong, God is literally on your side! (Been doing a lot of bad Church humor lately, sorry.)
Photo I saw this morning and which I now cannot find is going straight into my collection of great political images.
This one shows Hair Furor holding up two tiny models of his proposed Trumphant Arch, and each is quite a bit smaller than the tiny Stonehenge in "This is Spinal Tap." one can only hope that Trump submitted the dimensions on a napkin and the actual arch, if ever constructed with OUR MONEY, will be that small not only in conception but in reality.
Went to the Night of Ideas in San Francisco last night, one of 18 such events around the U.S. put on by the French consulates in those places and here in SF set in the main public library and the adjacent Asian Art Museum, with a plan to have performances and food trucks in the plaza between them.
The two events I most wanted to see - Paris Olympics music composer Victor Le Masne and SF's own notorious The Mermen - were both canceled due to rain, wind, lightning out in the plaza(!). We did see a Latinx punk/poetry group perform inside the library, quite good but perhaps a little too on the nose into common San Francisco gripes.
We each went off to a different seminar (from a choice of about 30 of them), wife to a history of French/U.S. relations and I to a panel on the arts in prisons. The panel was great, five people who work with the incarcerated, four of whom felt the prison system was so hopeless that they described themselves as "abolitionists" rather than reformers, and only worked directly with prisoners rather than through the prison system. The other one, former prisoner, was now studying moral philosophy at Berkeley and had instituted a table games night at San Quentin in which both inmates and correctional officers sat down together to play, which has apparently had quite remarkable results.
This Dance of 99 Bullshits will continue backsy-forthsy until the second half of September, when they'll foment the crisis they intend to illegitimize the midterm elections.
If a solution was really what the regime wanted, they'd have sent someone like Dennis Ross.
The notion that many, many of these fuckers will be disgraced, dragged through expensive and public trials, discovery that will do them no favors and may end up in penury and prison should inform every discussion of the lout's intentions
The Worst President Ever, Easily and Uncontestably is a mouthful, "WPEEU" ain't better and I am loathe to speak his name.
Trump: "I predict they come back and give us everything we want. And I told my people, 'I want everything. I don't want 90%, I don't 95%.' I told them, 'I want everything.' They have no cards."
So the media all saying "he's just agreed to the Iranian 10 point plan which is total defeat of the US and a total failure that will impact the whole world for generations to come." Finally registered.
He doesn't want anyone to say he's a loser, don't print that he's a loser!
Such sad trivia. As if I hadn't cried enough with this movie.
Of course I cry at at least one scene in almost every animated movie.
Cinema Therapy: "Therapist Reacts to THE IRON GIANT"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn1AW6Ui5-4
"Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright react (and cry) to The Iron Giant. They talk about choosing who you want to be and how the movie tackles life and death in a mature and age-appropriate way. Jonathan explains how the giant’s transformation from following programming to making its own choices mirrors our psychological journeys. And Alan talks about the innovative combination of CGI and hand-drawn animation and how animators articulate the giant’s emotions on a robot face."
This is one of my favorite movies to watch with my boy.
This was a favorite of my kids.
I love this movie!
SNL Weekend Update https://youtu.be/V2BjrBFpQmg
They don't bother with closed captions, which is unacceptable given they can be automated for free.
According to the President's published schedule Trump should be at the 4th tee of Executive time about now.
He's probably still trying to get it up after watching the gladiator fights last night.
Or it could just be Ottomania again.
𝘑𝘜𝘚𝘛 𝘐𝘕: 🇹🇷🇮🇱 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘱 𝘛𝘢𝘺𝘺𝘪𝘱 𝘌𝘳𝘥𝘰𝘨𝘢𝘯, 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭: “𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘬𝘩, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘺𝘢, 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵”
https://xcancel.com/Megatron_ron/status/2043290974185730515#m
Armenians would like a word.
Crimea pretends to be taking their cat to the vet
So I just got a notice from my state Treasury Dept. that my state tax return has been red-flagged. This is not great because I did not file a state tax return this year. So that means my identity was stolen and someone filed a fake return with my name and SSN on it.
... Thanks DOGE. [Redacted] I'm glad I have my credit frozen, at least.
That's terrifying. What are you going to do?
I seriously hope this works out for you.
A good friend works for the IRS, and she says this type of identity theft occurs with a frequency. Be happy that the return was flagged; there are procedures that will help. My friend is one of the people one encounters when calling the IRS with a tax issue. She is empathetic, professional, and knows the tax code better than any CPA I've ever known.
Well, I just officially notified the state that it wasn't me. They will get back to me at some point after they investigate. I'm glad that they have a portal for this kind of thing.
Now I have to do some work to see if I also "filed" with the IRS, which is completely broken. It's almost like there was a plan for all of this.
Chicago Pope chose his name wisely.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/11/pope-leo-xiv-denounces-the-delusion-of-omnipotence-he-says-fuels-the-us-israeli-war-in-iran-00868142
Best pope in my lapsed Catholic lifetime. Don't let us down, Leo. Stay strong, God is literally on your side! (Been doing a lot of bad Church humor lately, sorry.)
Photo I saw this morning and which I now cannot find is going straight into my collection of great political images.
This one shows Hair Furor holding up two tiny models of his proposed Trumphant Arch, and each is quite a bit smaller than the tiny Stonehenge in "This is Spinal Tap." one can only hope that Trump submitted the dimensions on a napkin and the actual arch, if ever constructed with OUR MONEY, will be that small not only in conception but in reality.
Perfect for the Lard a' Mango lobby.
I'll donate one of those acrylic display domes to go over it, if I never have see or hear about it again.
The kind that go yellow with age to match the hair? OK.
Well, I thought I'd go and get my walkies in between bands of showers. I thought if I cut off a mile or so, I could get it in. I almost made it.
Video of of the shameful tyrant grinning and waving as he enters a cage match to roars from ignorant assholes is so very late-stage Roman Empire.
Rubio has no jobs to do either, like be Secretary of State and try to put out the flaming world?
Went to the Night of Ideas in San Francisco last night, one of 18 such events around the U.S. put on by the French consulates in those places and here in SF set in the main public library and the adjacent Asian Art Museum, with a plan to have performances and food trucks in the plaza between them.
The two events I most wanted to see - Paris Olympics music composer Victor Le Masne and SF's own notorious The Mermen - were both canceled due to rain, wind, lightning out in the plaza(!). We did see a Latinx punk/poetry group perform inside the library, quite good but perhaps a little too on the nose into common San Francisco gripes.
We each went off to a different seminar (from a choice of about 30 of them), wife to a history of French/U.S. relations and I to a panel on the arts in prisons. The panel was great, five people who work with the incarcerated, four of whom felt the prison system was so hopeless that they described themselves as "abolitionists" rather than reformers, and only worked directly with prisoners rather than through the prison system. The other one, former prisoner, was now studying moral philosophy at Berkeley and had instituted a table games night at San Quentin in which both inmates and correctional officers sat down together to play, which has apparently had quite remarkable results.
A good night. I can't wait for next year.
Sounds great! I want to get serious about actually going next year.
Games night to humanise each other inside a system built to dehumanize.
This Dance of 99 Bullshits will continue backsy-forthsy until the second half of September, when they'll foment the crisis they intend to illegitimize the midterm elections.
If a solution was really what the regime wanted, they'd have sent someone like Dennis Ross.
The notion that many, many of these fuckers will be disgraced, dragged through expensive and public trials, discovery that will do them no favors and may end up in penury and prison should inform every discussion of the lout's intentions
The Worst President Ever, Easily and Uncontestably is a mouthful, "WPEEU" ain't better and I am loathe to speak his name.
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Trump: "I predict they come back and give us everything we want. And I told my people, 'I want everything. I don't want 90%, I don't 95%.' I told them, 'I want everything.' They have no cards."
Eat you're pudding cup, grandpa
So the media all saying "he's just agreed to the Iranian 10 point plan which is total defeat of the US and a total failure that will impact the whole world for generations to come." Finally registered.
He doesn't want anyone to say he's a loser, don't print that he's a loser!
Spell 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵 for us, Mr prednisent, will you?
"Spell 'a' for us, will you?"
Remember when he told Zelenskyy he had no cards? Then Zelenskyy pulled Ukrainian drones out from up his sleeve.
I'm pretty sure Trump doesn't actually know what "cards" means.
Thus the bankrupting of casinos.
He's really sticking to the "never back down, never admit the truth" lessons he was taught.
His is not a complex mind with a flexible mentality.
You suck at predictions, dude. Now STFU with your blathering.