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A few notes on our society's latest craze:
Oh my word. If Ian McKellen gets pneumonia and dies from his turn at it, I am going to be furious with whoever started this whole fad. Ian McKellen is no spring chicken anymore! We need to call it off when respected public figures like Judy Dench, Ian McDiarmid, Keith Richards, and Clarence Thomas end up in the ER.
That being said, I've noticed on FB that sure enough, the six degrees of separation are slowly trickling down to the masses.
i.e. I'll bet that over this weekend, we'll all start seeing more and more video clips of relatives and roommates who we haven't even seen in ages, all there on our screen, all doing the ALS ice bucket challenge. Eventually, Best Boy Grip and Screaming Victim #3 from Sharknado are gonna end up on my screen somehow.
Yes, I'm impressed and happy about the actual donations pouring in to a worthy cause, but I'm in no mood to watch 7 billion videos of the same activity with different faces flooding the bandwidth. This viral fad lacks an off switch, and it's only a matter of time before some well-intentioned volunteer of poor constitution winds up needing two weeks off from their hourly-wage jobs for a slew of sick days.
Oh my word. If Ian McKellen gets pneumonia and dies from his turn at it, I am going to be furious with whoever started this whole fad. Ian McKellen is no spring chicken anymore! We need to call it off when respected public figures like Judy Dench, Ian McDiarmid, Keith Richards, and Clarence Thomas end up in the ER.
That being said, I've noticed on FB that sure enough, the six degrees of separation are slowly trickling down to the masses.
i.e. I'll bet that over this weekend, we'll all start seeing more and more video clips of relatives and roommates who we haven't even seen in ages, all there on our screen, all doing the ALS ice bucket challenge. Eventually, Best Boy Grip and Screaming Victim #3 from Sharknado are gonna end up on my screen somehow.
Yes, I'm impressed and happy about the actual donations pouring in to a worthy cause, but I'm in no mood to watch 7 billion videos of the same activity with different faces flooding the bandwidth. This viral fad lacks an off switch, and it's only a matter of time before some well-intentioned volunteer of poor constitution winds up needing two weeks off from their hourly-wage jobs for a slew of sick days.
What Do Characters Think When the Book Closes?
I wonder if the characters from my favorite cancelled t.v. shows or RPG campaigns ever look up into their skies and have this sense that the stars over their heads went black, that the book cover was closed for the last time, that their existence was entombed and forgotten in a box underneath the stairs? Or put another way… Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5 “Life is but a walking shadow, a poor player who struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”
Iron Mask Deserves More Love
I rented Iron Mask (2019). If its title doesn't ring a bell, Iron Mask is the American title of the adventure/fantasy movie where Arnold Schwarzenegger is dressed as a British redcoat while warning Jackie Chan that no one escapes the Tower of London. It might not win Oscars, but it's happy with what it is. Is Iron Mask for everybody? Nope. (Some people still dislike Star Wars.) Iron Mask is hard to classify, but it reminded me of a mix among: Around the World in 80 Days, Big Trouble in Little China, Detective Dee, The Princess Bride, Dungeons and Dragons: Honor of Thieves, and Xena: Warrior Princess. Note: while my own political views regarding Putin and Xi might ordinary detract from a film which was made in Russia and The People's Republic of China, I DO think this movie deserves more love. All politics aside, I like Iron Mask. (It was also filmed in the Czech Republic, which is one of the few countries in the world that still seems to not hate my country. Thank you, Czech
My Muse Is Too Far Ahead of Me
It could be the harsher-than-usual winter weather which is sabotaging my artistic productivity in recent weeks, but I've had a frustrating type of art block where I ironically do know what I want to create. I'm inspired by someone whose work I admire, but I don't have the skills or the gear to do what that artist does. When I have time off to sit down and work on the art project I have in mind, it just ends up being busywork where all I get out of it is a reminder that I will never get anywhere close to the level of the artist whose work inspires me. It's like I'm firing a gun with no bullets. "Oh, look! That shot would have been a bullseye if I actually had bullets. Or a gun." (Then you didn't actually get a bullseye, did you?) There's this frustration where every time I'm driving or walking somewhere through the snow, I'm thinking about the art project, but when I sat down to work on it, it was a waste of everyone's time. I hate that.
Atheists and Christians and Soup
Y'know, I'll bet that when YouTube and TikTok atheists complain about organized religion, they're forgetting that back in the day, a major selling point of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (in chronological order) was, "Our God doesn't do human sacrifices." That was a really good deal in comparison to the competition! Unfortunately, I think this benefit of no-human-sacrifices stopped being appreciated several centuries ago. In 2023 A.D., it's like seeing an ingredients label which states, "This can of vegetable soup was not built with lead solder or radioactive cesium," or, "This physician washes his hands, with soap!" or, "This day care center promises to not sell your children while you're at work." I think monotheism gets a bum rap nowadays.
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Your water heater DOES take a moment to kick in, so I can imagine you were freezing for a few seconds! That sucks... get over here and let me warm you back up. 
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