I have developed a ganglion cyst on my left middle finger. It's position and funky effect on my nail is from osteoarthritis.
It is my favorite finger to flip someone off with, so now the focus is on the large scabby cyst (ripped the delicate overstretched skin off at work) than my angry middle finger salute. It will go away eventually, and doesn't really hurt unless I accidentally bang it on something, but what a fucking time to have it out of commission!?!?!
I have to rent a tux for Jr for his summer music festival in June in British Columbia. But he’s going to be there for two weeks. Usually the tux rentals are like just for a few days so we’ll have to see if it might end up making more sense to just buy the damn thing.
The order, once finalized by the Drug Enforcement Administration, moves cannabis out of Schedule I classification — the most restrictive category under the Controlled Substances Act, alongside heroin and LSD — to a Schedule III classification, which encompasses substances with accepted medical use and a lower potential for abuse, such as ketamine and Tylenol with codeine.
Back in 1992 this movie made it to the UK. It was hyped to fuck.
I was in my first year of university and had long dark hair. A friend in the same student flat had long blond hair. So of course, he was Garth. I borrowed a black baseball cap from some bird on the the fourth floor and we went to see the movie.
It's a bit silly. Fun though. We were Wayne and Garth to each other ever after.
I actually can't remember his real name. Maybe Stephen? Amazing computer scientist. Currently works on the LHC.
"Sup Garth?"
"Looking at strange attractors. It's really interesting"
"Cool, I'm trying to model Riemann tensors for relativity and use them to fling muppets across the universe"
I subbed in a curious little cinematic oddity from 1972, a British/Spanish co-production called "Horror Express".
How's this for a movie? A loose (and unofficial) adaptation of John W. Campbell's "Who Goes There?" (the same source material for John Carpenter's "The Thing") done as a multiple murder-mystery, set in Victorian times aboard the Trans-Siberian Express, and our heroes are Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing as a pair of scientists. We've got missing evolutionary links, wonderfully bizarre music, a Rasputin-looking motherfucker, and surprisingly good practical effects. Also, Telly Savalas turns up as a Cossack.
Yakuza gangsters are harassing an upscale hotel in Japan, and their goonish behavior is driving customers away. So the hotel hires an anti-yakuza expert to deal with it; a seemingly-meek lady who politely tells the goons to f**k off. She's tough and funny, and ultimately, she wins. The movie was a HUGE hit in Japan.
And then the yakuza "probably" (I think definitely) murdered Juzo Itami, the writer/director.
So that’s an awful story, but it’s an optimistic movie. I can't believe it's not more talked about in film history. How many movies got a popular, award-winning filmmaker murdered? And yet it’s kinda forgotten.
I wish I'd done the intro differently, but it is what it is.
Because of course, why not?
I have developed a ganglion cyst on my left middle finger. It's position and funky effect on my nail is from osteoarthritis.
It is my favorite finger to flip someone off with, so now the focus is on the large scabby cyst (ripped the delicate overstretched skin off at work) than my angry middle finger salute. It will go away eventually, and doesn't really hurt unless I accidentally bang it on something, but what a fucking time to have it out of commission!?!?!
I have to rent a tux for Jr for his summer music festival in June in British Columbia. But he’s going to be there for two weeks. Usually the tux rentals are like just for a few days so we’ll have to see if it might end up making more sense to just buy the damn thing.
Open thread:
I want AI to organize my apartment enough so that I can have the maid service come.
You can imagine my confusion when I read "mono" as being "monaural" instead of as being "mononucleosis."
Everyone in the UK was very confused as mono isn't a term used there.
At least I never heard it in my entire education.
https://youtu.be/TZgVjOcCSu4?si=HNE6kWvPvkQXuUWP
Somebody to Love
can anybody find me...
Are we aware of this?
The order, once finalized by the Drug Enforcement Administration, moves cannabis out of Schedule I classification — the most restrictive category under the Controlled Substances Act, alongside heroin and LSD — to a Schedule III classification, which encompasses substances with accepted medical use and a lower potential for abuse, such as ketamine and Tylenol with codeine.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/18/trump-pot-reclassification-cannabis-stocks-medicare-cbd.html
Didn't OHJB start this ball rolling near the end of his term?
Even Trump can't stop the tide.
What do you expect? He's only one man against eleven.
Neither could old King Cnut.
Yeah, but he was a wise man making a point.
Trump is just a prat.
Back in 1992 this movie made it to the UK. It was hyped to fuck.
I was in my first year of university and had long dark hair. A friend in the same student flat had long blond hair. So of course, he was Garth. I borrowed a black baseball cap from some bird on the the fourth floor and we went to see the movie.
It's a bit silly. Fun though. We were Wayne and Garth to each other ever after.
I actually can't remember his real name. Maybe Stephen? Amazing computer scientist. Currently works on the LHC.
"Sup Garth?"
"Looking at strange attractors. It's really interesting"
"Cool, I'm trying to model Riemann tensors for relativity and use them to fling muppets across the universe"
"You're weird, Wayne"
"Fancy a pint?"
"Sure"
I can see it! And it is excellent.
https://substack.com/@fukuisanyesota/note/c-119709107?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=2knplb
"PARTY TIME! EXCELLENT!"
I LOVE IT
That was some seriously silly fun! Thank you, Zig!!
***We're all said to have descended from Solomon Mycock, a 19th Century farmer and publican in Buxton.***
[Erupts in uncontrollable laughter]
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cql7eennngvo
If you say it over and over again it starts to lose it's meaning.
But then it comes back.
https://youtu.be/xTPdU_07YZY?si=9WRSK6pp3Nqij8MY
Love Kills - the ballad
It's mostly ever made me wanna die, so I get it.
Glad everyone enjoyed "Wayne's World".
I subbed in a curious little cinematic oddity from 1972, a British/Spanish co-production called "Horror Express".
How's this for a movie? A loose (and unofficial) adaptation of John W. Campbell's "Who Goes There?" (the same source material for John Carpenter's "The Thing") done as a multiple murder-mystery, set in Victorian times aboard the Trans-Siberian Express, and our heroes are Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing as a pair of scientists. We've got missing evolutionary links, wonderfully bizarre music, a Rasputin-looking motherfucker, and surprisingly good practical effects. Also, Telly Savalas turns up as a Cossack.
I'd watch that.
It's on Tubi. But make sure you choose the version I watched (pink and white poster) - it's a beautiful modern restoration.
Pluto needs more commercials. NOT!
Obligatory Hype My Movie Blog post:
Well, I don’t really have anything that fits with tonight's movie. So I'll just mention a post about a different 1992 film.
https://librarydvdlove.substack.com/p/minbo
Yakuza gangsters are harassing an upscale hotel in Japan, and their goonish behavior is driving customers away. So the hotel hires an anti-yakuza expert to deal with it; a seemingly-meek lady who politely tells the goons to f**k off. She's tough and funny, and ultimately, she wins. The movie was a HUGE hit in Japan.
And then the yakuza "probably" (I think definitely) murdered Juzo Itami, the writer/director.
So that’s an awful story, but it’s an optimistic movie. I can't believe it's not more talked about in film history. How many movies got a popular, award-winning filmmaker murdered? And yet it’s kinda forgotten.
I wish I'd done the intro differently, but it is what it is.
Since the movie is over, I'm just saying:
https://substack.com/profile/5870326-appalachian-in-thailand/note/c-245662001?r=3htkm
Foreign object!
That was fun in a retro uncomfortable way. Thanks Ziggy!
Thanks Ziggy! Thanks EveryWonk! See you all next week!