...but the plague had other plans, Part 8.

Meedyah Morsels #232.
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Part 1. (New Mutants cancelled)
Part 2. (Rough waters ahead)
Part 3. (Black Widow cancelled)
Part 4. (Cinemagic closed)
Part 5. (Comic book delivery halted)
Part 6. (Wonder Woman delayed)
Part 7. (CW shows delayed/possibly canceled)

*Sigh* the one I was dreading....

Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2020 2021)

Its been pushed to March 2021.

And, summer is officially destroyed.

:-(



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Isolation marathon (Part 1). (MM #231)


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Isolation marathon (Part 1).

Meedyah Morsels #231.
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With all the new shows shut down for quarantine, time to dig into my stockpile....


Star Trek: Fan Collective
(2006-2008)

A pretty damned good cross-section of the Trek universe for the beginner and the fan.

Don't know who Q is?
Watch the Q set, you'll know who Q is.
Don't know anything about Klingons?
The Klingon set will give you an earful of their culture.
You'll be an expert.

Lotta overlapping doubles if you get 'em all, but there's still enough new stuff between them.

Most of the best ones of all the series are in there.

Only a teeny handful that I think are missing.
Like "Emissary", for DS9, or "Birthright", for TNG and the Klingons.

Dunno if these are still out there to buy.
Glad I got 'em relatively new.

Just got done burning though 'em all a couple days ago.
You can hold out for 2 weeks with these babies.


Star Trek: The Kelvin trilogy.
(2009, 2013, 2016)

Star Trek (2009), Star Trek Into Darkness, and Star Trek Beyond.

Back to back to back as bonus episodes to TOS?
Beautiful.
Even Into Darkness.
Loved it.
Especially coming off the episodes, and Picard.


The Keep (1983)

Michael Mann's first movie.
About some Nazis that guard a Romanian fortress that has strategic value, and then they set loose an evil wizard ghost who looks like an action figure.

From here in comments...

I'm finally watching "The Keep".

Young Ian McKellan in old age makeup doing an old man voice is like he's doing an impression of his older self that he saw with a time machine.

Wild!

For comparison, young Shatner as his old self wasn't even close, Patrick Stewart as his old self wasn't even close, but McKellan nails it.

Also..

And, seen it now.

There's neat imagery in there, and the style is cool if you're into Mann's early MTV music video style, but it didn't really rock my world.
Cool to see as a piece of film history.
I can see why it has a cult following.
I liked the comic book villain look of the evil ghost.

Yeah, it was nifty, but I don't think I'd watch it again.

And finally...

And, the sex scene probably would have made my pants explode if I saw it when I was 13.
But nowadays with all the porn out there?
Eh.

And, that's those.
Now, to catch up on accumulated podcasts, and then back to Trek.
Probably the animateds, and the classic movies.



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Star Trek: Picard (2020)

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Finally!

The buildup to get here-

• Picard announcement.
• Picard casting.
• Picard title and logo.
• Picard poster.
• Picard cast/characters update.
• Picard TV Guide cover!
• Picard ship & character updates.

They did it!
They fixed the damage of Nemesis
If it ended now, TNG has a much better ending than Nemesis, and that's all that matters, the rest is gravy.

Now, for the gravy....

-Seven!
-Hugh!
-Riker!
-Troi!
-Maddox wasn't an idiot after all!
-The tradition of Data's family tree being ret-conned continues like wildfire!
-Data's story gets a better ending than Nemeshits!
-We find out what happened between Nemeshits and the future scenes in Star Trek 2009, and then after that, so JJ-verse is tied up too.
-And, minor detail, but a Discovery-verse Constitution class pops up for a sec, so Discovery is shouted out to, and thus canonized.

Was it perfect?
No.
Did it need to be?
Nope, it just needed to be better than Nemeshits.
And it was.
In spades.
We're good now.
"We", being me and the TNG era part of the franchise.
Apology accepted.
Took way too fucking long for us to get here though.
But, better late than never.

Anything else I could say would be spoilers.
Hell, there's probably spoilers in what I have posted if you know how to interpret it.

Anyway, definitely gonna get it on disk release to add to my Trek collection.


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The Mandalorian (2019) (MM #186)


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I'm late on this cuz of all the plague stuff, but here we go....

Rosario Dawson is Ahsoka in Mandalorian season 2.

Clone Wars and Rebels were already live-action canonized with the connections to "Rogue One", but this connects Mandalorian to the main saga better.

There's talk of Ahsoka getting a spinoff if she's received well enough by the Mando fans.

Very clever, Lucasfilm.
First, you make Mando, which has all the stuff fanboys like, then you ease the other stuff in from animation and comics, and build out from there.

Mando is the Iron Man of the Star Wars Disney+ universe.

Anyway, for people who didn't watch the cartoons, which is most people, Ahsoka is Anakin's apprentice.
She premiered in the Clone Wars animated movie (happens between Clones and Sith).
They weaved her around the prequel trilogy by having her framed for a crime, and then being found innocent, but she still quit the Jedi in disgust anyway (which is why she's not in Sith).
Then she came back in Rebels (which is between Sith and Hope).
Then Rebels jumped ahead to sometime after "Return Of The Jedi", which is where Mandalorian happens.

So, looks like even more the future of Star Wars is on TV.

Mando season 2 is shot, so the plague won't effect it.



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Part 1. (New Mutants cancelled)
Part 2. (Rough waters ahead)
Part 3. (Black Widow cancelled)
Part 4. (Cinemagic closed)
Part 5. (Comic book delivery halted)
Part 6 . (Wonder Woman delayed)

Another one I saw coming....

As I said here...

And someone on one of my shows brought up, just the stupid writer's strike back in the 00's gutted TV for years, and even popular shows lost their momentum, and got cancelled.
"The Sarah Conner Chronicles", was one of those.

We could lose "Batwoman", or "Flash", or "Stranger Things".
Or all of 'em.
It could happen.

Yep, Next week's Batwoman and Supergirl have been pulled, and Flash and Legends were reruns yesterday.

*Sigh*
Assuming the worst, that they never come back, Flash, Legends, and Supergirl all had good runs.
Batwoman however was just getting started.
That breaks my heart.
*Sighs again*



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Part 1. (New Mutants cancelled)
Part 2. (Rough waters ahead)
Part 3. (Black Widow cancelled)
Part 4. (Cinemagic closed)
Part 5. (Comic book delivery halted)

This one I DID see coming...

Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)

Pushed to August.

For now.
Assuming the plague is easing up by then.
Trump and his Wall Street piggies want to "turn the economy back on", and kill everyone for the sake of their precious stock portfolios as soon as possible.

Sons of bitches.

Whelp, Ghostbusters left to go.


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Part 1. (New Mutants cancelled)
Part 2. (Rough waters ahead)
Part 3. (Black Widow cancelled)
Part 4. (Cinemagic closed)

Well, shit, I didn't see this one coming....

Diamond Comics Distributors has shut down.

You know, our old friends who murdered the comics industry in the 90's and were allowed to keep existing.

Yep, so if you were looking forward to new comics to get you through isolation/quarantine, kiss those goodbye.
Double down on your collection of oldies if you've got em.

I've got 'em.
Out the wazooo.
But I was looking forward to new Ghostbusters to keep me sane.


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I MISS the 90's!!! (MM #225)



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Stuff from Facebook #44.
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Like I said last time, they refill quick!


The cycle of abuse.

March 10, 2014 

Grim thought of the day: 
Ever sit and wonder how many victims of elder abuse used to dispense child abuse when they were younger? 
I sure do. 
Now you will too. 
Enjoy.


Dave's Old Porn.

March 10, 2013 

"Dave's Old Porn", with Dave Attell makes me misty eyed. 
Can't wait for the DVD release. 
I was hopping around in my chair squealing like a schoolgirl going "OMG!! I've seen that one! 
Dave and Kathy Griffin are appreciating my favorites along with me!". 
It's MST3K for perverts. 
I'm so happy. 
Thank you, Dave.


Fat person hunger.

March 12, 2014 

You skinny folk out there will never understand a fat person's hunger. 
It's...it really is like the hunger of a zombie. 
I had steak, potato, and salad for supper, and stopped, ONLY because the food has to make it 'til the end of the week. 
ONLY reason. 
If there were more, I would fucking eat it. 
I could keep going right now. 
I could tear into a fucking cow, and have room for cake. 
No, it's worse than being a zombie, it's a zombie with a couple vampires stacked on. 
You just don't understand.


Million dollar idea.

March 13, 2017 

I've finally clicked to the realization that (at least in fiction writing) there's no such thing as "a million dollar idea". 
Harry Potter wasn't a magic lottery ticket that could land in anyone's lap, it was a million dollar idea for J.K. Rowling. 
What there really is, is the idea that resonates for you that you can commit your creative energies to. J.K. poured all that work into Harry Potter, because that world and set of characters spoke to her. And, she had the talent to execute it properly. 
But, even that can be dissected down to resonance and commitment. 
So, lose the idea that there's a "right", or "perfect", idea. 
That'll put you in paralysis. 
Find the idea that's fun for you to write without being a slog. 
If it's a slog, you're probably being pretentious, and/or writing for someone else, and not you.


Murder board.

March 13, 2013 

Okay, here's a movie trope I'm getting sick of. 
Whenever there's either a detective, or an evil conspirator, there's always that fucking shot of their giant cork board coated with photos, and yellowed news clippings, and the people in the photos and clippings are sometimes connected with colored strands of yarn, and it's this ugly mess, and the papers have stains on them. 
They're often tacking and staining precious original copies of things. 
And then, on top of that, the person has a fucking computer. 
For fuck sakes, scan all that shit, and organize it properly. 
Use a spreadsheet. 
Make some folders. 
Get a system. 
I know, I know, it's a lazy way to dispense information to the audience, but the digital age is making this scene ridiculous. 
Think of something else.

And the update...

March 13, 2018 

Riverdale goofed on this trope by calling it "a murder board", now everyone does.


Spring rain!!

March 14, 2014 

I think I have a positive allergy to Dial's Spring Water soap. 
The one in the blue package. 
Seriously, I think it goes through my skin, and effects me. 
My mind races like the fucking Flash, and I feel like I could beat up the ocean. 
I have to make sure this soap keeps coming. 
Yellow Dial will depress me again.

The covid19 hoarders must have gotten word somehow, they're only leaving behind yellow Dial.
Pricks.


Cat and dog people.

March 17, 2014 

Y'know, I can get people who like dogs over cats, and cats over dogs, but I don't get people who HATE whatever the other one is. 
You tend to get it more with dog people. 
Dog people tend to HATE cats. 
Like, some even want to see them hurt. 
You even see it trickle into media, with movies where it's humorous to hurt and kill cats. 
I don't fucking get it. 
A lifeform that's done you no harm, and you want it to suffer. 
I think it bespeaks a deep insecurity. 
That's all it can possibly be. 
I'm no big dog fan, I'm introverted, I don't want anything slobbering all over me, but I don't want to HURT the fucking dog, it's just being a dog. 
I'd really like to know the deep nuts and bolts of what that's all about.


Poltergeist remake.

March 19, 2015 

At first, I was outraged at the "Poltergeist", remake, until I remembered, the original was a ripoff of a "Twilight Zone", episode, which itself was re-ripped off as a Simpsons Halloween episode. 
So...okay, fuck it. Bring it on.

Eh, I think the remake did okay financially, but it didn't leave much of a cultural imprint.
It got forgotten pretty quick.


Black moods.

March 19, 2015 

Y'know, in hindsight, if in the 90's school shootings had taken off in a BIG way, and every single high school had a shooting at the exact same time, and wiped out all of generation X, and prevented generation Y and Z, and the boomers and WWII-ers all died off, and America just ended with a whimper, and the Mexicans and Canadians came in and moved into everyone's houses for free....I'm having a hard time seeing that as a bad thing. 
Or, maybe I'm just in one of my black moods.

Well, coronavirus is gonna chew away the population pretty well.
So...there's that, depressed past-me.


Whiny bitch villains.

March 22, 2013 

Y'know, every superhero story, and/or action film, has a defeated bad guy all like "argh!! Curse you Plasma Man!! I'll get you next time! Hahahaa!", or some horseshit, but....I've never seen a real villain act that way. 
Never seen ANYONE act that way. 
When you brutalize and humiliate a villain, and break a villains power, they become victims. 
There's a lot of whining, and crying, and "how could this happen to me?", and "What did I do to deserve this?", and "you big meanie, everything was wonderful, and you ruined it!", and just this big vomit-cloud of self-justification, and kvetching. 
I'm gonna have to put a lot of that into Jade-Shade methinks. 
That, and pitiful crying-for-your-mama "Saving Private Ryan", deaths. 
That's what really happens.

And the update...

March 22, 2020 

This is why Punisher always goes for the head shot. 
Saves a lot of irritation.


Brain code.

March 21, 2016 

(Reacting to an article titled "What is consciousness, and why do we have it?")

I can tell you what it isn't. 
An invisible spook that survives death. 
If it existed, it would be measurable, because it's supposed to pack the power to animate your body.
And if it were measurable, you could make a counter-agent, and then you could imprison it. 
And if you could imprison it, you could flush it into other bodies, and cure death. 
And if it were the cure for death, Phizer and IBM would be teaming up on that shit, because it would make them the first trillionaires. 
And if you think big business doesn't want more money, you need to be put into a padded cell. 
Big business doesn't believe in it, the same way nobody believes in it. 
Cuz you all cry at funerals. 
Your deepest instinct knows that dead is dead. 
Your true self foils your bullshit. 
So, invisible spooks out of the way, it's brain programming. 
And it's not going to be hard programming either, it's going to turn out that virus and malware programmers make more sophisticated shit than our consciousness. 
Because you've got to figure, we all decompress from our genes. 
That sperm and egg has everything in it. 
There's no way that something that comes from a sploodge through a broken rubber has a transwarp tachyon brain with unsolvable code. 
Only fevered pride tells anyone different. 
Get over yourselves, human race.


Coronavirus.

March 12, 2020

Everyone's dead.
Everyone's already dead.
They just don't know it.

The teensy percent who survive the virus will wish they hadn't once the Dow hits zero.

When the economy collapses, it'll take civilization with it.

Every man, woman, and child will die.

Here's the death that awaits you.

Probably murder for your goods.
And it'll probably get a little rapey before they finally let you die.

The armed will hold out for awhile, but bullets are finite, and wave after wave of hungry gangs will just keep coming and coming until the ammo runs out.
They'll march into your weapon fire until they get through.
They won' be human anymore, fear won't work.
Nothing will work.
Nothing you ever hung your hopes on will work.

If you go on the run like the guy and his kid from "The Road", that'll buy you a little time.

But then starvation will get you.

Your ribs will pop out, your eyes will sink in, your limbs will go all bony, and soon, your body will have eaten itself to the point there's nothing left to keep you going.
The pain in your stomach will be indescribable.

And then, when you finally die, the flies and maggots will get to your corpse.
A swarm of bottle-flies will split your skull.
And they'll carry away your skeleton across the moon like Elliot and ET on the bike.

Skeletons across the moon will be a common sight in the new world of horrors.
Rape gangs with laugh and cheer as they swig your liquor cabinet.

There is no hope.
Absolutely none.

SO!!
Let's talk about suicide!!
I recommend everyone run to the bookstores, and buy up every copy of "Final Exit", and distribute it to family, friends, and neighbors.
They'll need it.

We'll see how close my predictions were next year!!
;-D


And there's that batch!
See you next time!


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Sodas!!

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A new one, an update, and a bunch of reruns...


Limitless cucumber seltzer.

Foul.
I dumped it down the sink.
The first soda in my entire life I couldn't finish.

I knew going in I hate cucumber, but I was hoping it was gonna be a surprise, like Cel-Ray, or the grass flavored Harry Potter jellybean, and be good.
No.
It's not sweetened, it's not synthetic, it really tasted like cucumbers.
You can even taste the fucking seeds.
Glah!
Ppppt!!
Pluh!!


Canadian Crush flavors!!!!

From here.

They also have a jillion flavors of Crush.
Blueberry, lime, pineapple, fruit punch, grape, cherry, strawberry, and the standard orange.
That's just the ones I can remember.

I couldn't stand not knowing, so I finally did a deep Google rabbit hole dive, and found them all.

They are....

Orange, Grape, Strawberry, Cherry, Pineapple, Lime, Cream Soda, Blue Raspberry, Peach, Watermelon, Grapefruit, and Birch Beer.

I've had birch beer before under other brands.
It's hard to describe.
It tastes like tea-berries.
What do tea-berries taste like?
Um....
Faintly minty, but not quite minty, kinda medicine-y.
It's a subtle clean taste.
Not strong like Moxie, or Dr. Pepper, or Rootbeer.
It's kind of the anti-matter opposite of those.

Anyway, birch beer tastes like tea-berries, and tea-berries taste like birch beer.
Except tea-berries are a teensy bit sweeter.
They have red skin, and white guts, and the guts are grainy like a bean.
They grow wild at the base of birch trees.

Anyway, you know what the other flavors are like if you've eaten candy in your life, or have a Coke Freestyle.

Speaking of Coke Freestyle...


Coke Freestyle.

Here.


Moxie & Cel-Ray.

Here.


Polar Seltzer.

Here.


Citra & Citrus Frost

Here.


Buffalo wing soda.

Here.


Pumpkin pie soda.

Here.


And once again...

A tribute to fallen sodas.



And, that's that category for future sequels...



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Munchies & Crunchies #28
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So, the story stuff in the last 5 entries got far away from me, so let's turn them back into regular food posts, what say?


Jellies, Jams, & preserves.

Boysenberry jam (seedless).

From here.

Saw this on one of my "foreigners try America's grub", type of channels.
They were going apeshit over this.
I naturally became curious.

Holy shit, why did I wait until age 44 to have this?
This stands victorious as the best jam ever!
We have a new champion!

Boysenberry is a hybrid of several kinds of blackberry and raspberry, and the jam tastes like blackberry and blueberry with some other undescribable highlights.

Yep, it was good stuff.
But I have to go to a grocery store far out of town to get it, so....probably the last time I'll have it for a helluva while.
It was nifty to try, anyway.


Apple butter.

Ditto boysenberry.

So, I tried this in the 80's, and liked it.

But, my best friend at the time, now my ex-friend, let's call him Dave, ruined it for me.
(Long rambling story cut)

So, anyway, 40 fucking years later, I bought my own fucking apple butter for myself Monday.
I couldn't even remember what it tasted like anymore.

Eh...it's all right.
It's like applesauce blended to babyfood smoothness with cinnamon, and almost raisin-y undertones.

But, there's no raisins in the ingredients.
Just apples, and apple cider.

It's just *wavy hand* on toast.
I don't think it would go good with peanut butter.
The texture isn't right.
Too soggy and soft.
The peanut butter would dominate it.

I think it would be good on like, banana bread, or pumpkin bread, or zucchini bread.
Something dry and sweet and spongy.
Y'know, to soak it in.

Or, pork chops.
It would be good as an applesauce substitute on pork chops.

It was good stuff.
I killed it that week.
Finally finished a jar.
The curse is broken.

I wouldn't have it again.
It didn't rock my world or nothin.


Baggah Burgahs!!

From here.

Me & my folks used to get "baggah burgahs", in the 90's, which was a sack of whatever was cheap, usually Mickey's. If you could fill a sack for 6-10 bucks, you were in a for a feast.

Oh, not gourmet vittles for sure, but you were gonna be stuffed to the rafters.

Looking at Mickey's menu in another tab, you can actually get way more for your buck now.
You can get a McDouble plus a side for 2 bucks.
So, every second burger of the old deal, you can turn to fries, and/or cheese sticks.
Or, they have 2 single cheeseburgers for two bucks, which is one a buck, which means you can stuff a bag for 10-20 bucks depending on how many people you're feeding.

Say...what's the difference between a double-cheese, and a McDouble?
*Investigates*
McDouble has one slice of cheese instead of 2.
*Shrugs*
They really gouge you for that second slice, I guess.
Okay then....

Now let's look at BK....*summons it up*
Nope, double cheeseburgers are a buck 69, BUT, single cheese burgers are a buck, you can fill a bag with theirs just like Mickey's.

You can still stuff a bag with 10 double-cheese for under 20 though.

BK went through a phase where their smallest burgers were double-cheese, or Whopper Jr.
Glad to see the singles are back.

Yep, the big three chain burger joints are still a good bargain.

Course, nowadays, get drive-through, and come home and throw the bag right in the microwave to kill the corona.
And wash your hands.


Beef & Broccoli

From here.

So, I'm eating beef n' broccoli with garlic sauce while watching "Ferngully".
It gets to the part where Tim Curry as Hexxus is singing "toxic love", (which I still think sounds like "toxic lunch", sung in the chorus), and when he gets to the line "Filthy brown acid rain! Pouring down like egg chow mein!", I got a little bit of a kick I happened to be eating Chinese.

Kind of a 4-D movie thing going on there.

Yep, that was a good memory.
But, I haven't had that meal in ages.
My faves these days are Egg Foo Yung, or General Tso's Chicken, or whatever combo platter has the crab rangoons.


M&M's!!

From here.

So, last Christmas, I was looking at my Christmas M&M's, and a memory came back to me...

In 2013, there was an M&M's ad where the yellow M took his shell off, and danced naked to "I'm sexy and I know it", by LMFAO

Then, later that year, we had a family birthday party where there was a DJ playing that song, and the little kids danced to it.

It was funny.
Good times.
In spite of one stick in the mud who we don't talk about anymore.
Life's too short for parade pissers.
Especially these days.


Jolly Rancher!!

From here.

So, I voted in the primary, and they were handing out Jolly Ranchers (and mints, and butterscotch, it was an assortment).

And that's all that happened.
I eat Jolly Ranchers un-burdened by anyone else who may have eaten them.

Just like I enjoy the following recipes un-burdened by anyone else who may have cooked them.
And the very fact that they're everywhere online shows they're not exactly copyrighted creations unique to anyone good or bad.

Peanut butter squares.

Ingredients-

1 cup butter or margarine, melted
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 cup peanut butter
1 ½ cups semisweet chocolate chips
4 tablespoons peanut butter

Directions

Step 1
In a medium bowl, mix together the butter or margarine, graham cracker crumbs, confectioners' sugar, and 1 cup peanut butter until well blended. Press evenly into the bottom of an ungreased 9x13 inch pan.

 Step 2
In a metal bowl over simmering water, or in the microwave, melt the chocolate chips with the 4 tablespoons peanut butter, stirring occasionally until smooth. Spread over the prepared crust. Refrigerate for at least one hour before cutting into squares.

And...

Symphony brownies.

INGREDIENTS

1 box of brownie mix for 9x13" pan (or your own homemade brownie recipe)
Ingredients called for on brownie mix
3 large (4.25 oz each) Symphony candy bars with almonds and toffee chips

INSTRUCTIONS

Mix the brownies according to box directions. Spray a 9x13" pan with non-stick cooking spray.
Pour 1/2 the brownie mix into the pan (it won't seem like very much!).
Unwrap the 3 candy bars and place side by side on top of the batter in the pan. 
Don't break or chop up the candy bars, they will be whole.
Pour the remainder of the brownie mix over the top.
Bake according to directions on the brownie box. Let cool, cut, and serve.


And there we go!!!



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Meedyah Morsels #225.
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Yep, I've been binge-ing old Star Treks, and as I've said many times, the 90's were the heyday for Trek's greatness, especially DS9.

And that got me thinking about my big 90's thing I did 3 years ago (holy shit!!), and that got me reading through it, and that made me smile, and realize, with what's going on, I MISS the 90's!!

I mean, I moped at the time about my jobs, and my smoking crater of a love life, and the inner demons public school burnt into my soul, but I actually had it really good.

And if nothing else, I got to see the rise of geek culture.

So....here's that rerun.


Krazy For Decades 2: Wasted! Youth!

Or, as I'll now know it forevermore...

I Miss The 90's!!!


And, here's the add-ons.

Media.

• Twin Peaks.
• Fangoria.
• Daria & Connors.
• Joe Bob.
• Evolution of franchises.
• Movies I was waiting for #4.
• Trek covers.
• Picard TV Guide cover!
• Jennifer Aspinall.
• Tenchi Muyo OVA 4 & 5.
• A nostalgia two-fer.
• I still love Star Wars.
• The history of Marvel's collapse and resurrection.
• Xtro revisited!
• Happy 30th anniversary, 1990!!!!
• Happy 20th anniversary, The Krazyfool Show!!

Foods.

• More 90's food.
• School lunches.
• Condiments, sauces, and spreads
• Stove Top with chaaawwwps!!
• Governor's!

There, those reruns should definitely keep you busy....

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...but the plague had other plans, Part 4. (MM #224)



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...but the plague had other plans, Part 4.

Meedyah Morsels #224.
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Post 36 away from 3000 posts!

Part 1. (New Mutants cancelled)
Part 2. (Rough waters ahead)
Part 3. (Black Widow cancelled)

And there goes...

Cinemagic.

I called it.

Cinemagic is hanging in there, but they've closed all their locations outside of Maine, and Maine will likely go pretty soon.

I thought they'd dilly-dally another week, but Governor Mills just took the decision out of their hands by banning gatherings of more than 10 people.

And there goes "big movies of 2020".



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...but the plague had other plans, Part 3. (MM #223)



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...but the plague had other plans, Part 3.

Meedyah Morsels #223.
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Post 37 away from 3000 posts!

Part 1. (New Mutants cancelled)
Part 2. (Rough waters ahead)

And, there goes....

Black Widow (2020)

Yep, just got cancelled.
It was looking pretty inevitable.

All the biggest chains are closing until further notice, so there's nowhere to play the thing.
Cinemagic is hanging in there, but they've closed all their locations outside of Maine, and Maine will likely go pretty soon.

New Mutants and Black Widow down, Wonder Woman and Ghostbusters to go.
And then my summer will be totally destroyed.
:-(



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The Bigass Incredible Hulk Rerun. (MM #222)


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The Bigass Incredible Hulk Rerun.

Meedyah Morsels #222.
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Post 38 away from 3000 posts!

Well, the future of movies and TV may be doomed, but I've stockpiled enough goodies for a rainy day, or in this case, a fucking tsunami, so...

Here's "The Bigass Incredible Hulk Review", again.

I think I managed to keep it breezy and funny throughout.
Enjoy!



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Well, there goes everything for this blog...

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Well, there goes everything for this blog...

Meedyah Morsels #221.
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Post 39 away from 3000 posts!

More gloomy coronavirus impact talk...


So, yeah, New Mutants is cancelled/delayed.

As are a shitload of other movies.

As are a shitload of shows.

So, even if I manage not to die, and/or have family die off on me, and everything goes smooth, and this plague is just a frustrating inconvenience....the movie industry is going to be gutted, and worse, the movie theater business is going to be gutted.

My local theaters might not be able to weather the pounding, and close.
Theaters have a razor thin profit margin, and mostly off their fucking popcorn (that I never buy).

So, even if the delayed movies come back, there might not be anywhere to go see them.

And this assumes they don't delay even more.
Assuming everything stays as it is right now.
Assuming we don't lose the target dates of Black Widow, Wonder Woman, and Ghostbusters: Afterlife.

And someone on one of my shows brought up, just the stupid writer's strike back in the 00's gutted TV for years, and even popular shows lost their momentum, and got cancelled.
"The Sarah Conner Chronicles", was one of those.

We could lose "Batwoman", or "Flash", or "Stranger Things".
Or all of 'em.
It could happen.

Everything dangles by a thread.

For absolute sure, the theater movies are gonna get pounded.
My "big movies of (insert year)", series, that's gonna be noticeably mutilated, if I get to do it at all this summer.

The big thing that gets me out of the house socially, and that keeps me sane, I might fucking lose it.
I don't know what I'm gonna do with myself.

And all of this awaits me out the other end of the tunnel if I can manage not to die, or end up homeless, or something.
That's my reward.
A gloomy fucking world where my favorite thing is wrecked.

It's a fucking bummer.
A fucking bummer.

I guess I can lean more into my goofy stories, but damn, I love the movie reviews.
They make me happy.
Regardless if other people give a shit about 'em.
*Sigh*
The next few weeks, and coupla months are gonna be interesting.
And not in a good way.

Stay the fuck tuned, I guess...



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New Mutants is....awww...fuck!!! (MM #220)

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New Mutants is....awww...fuck!!!

Meedyah Morsels #220.
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Disney/Fox Part 17
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Post 40 away from 3000 posts!

Shit!! Coronavirus!! Shit, shit, shit!!

Yep, Disney finally flinched, and cancelled Mulan (don't give a shit) and New Mutants.
There goes my movie plans for April.
I'll probably be more worried about whether me and/or my family will die or not.
So, probably minor inconvenience in the bigger picture.
Still.
Dammit.
Two fucking years, and now another delay.

Oh, and there's the third poster if it even matters anymore.

After that, there's "Black Widow", "Wonder Woman 1984", and finally "Ghostbusters:Afterlife".
Any of those get delayed it will upset me, but Ghostbusters will just fucking kill me.
But again, I might be dead by then.
Whether it's delays, or death, the universe just doesn't want me to see that film.

*Head shake*
Fuuuuck.


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Disney/Fox Part 16: New Mutants is really happening! Part 2


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GB: Afterlife composer. (MM #219)


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Liars and cowards, Part 5.

Stuff from Facebook #43.
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They refill quick!
Here we go again!


Homophobic dysmorphia.

February 14, 2020

Homophobia is a helluva thing.
It's like body dysmorphia, where no matter how much you starve yourself away to a skeleton, you still see a fat person in the mirror.
Except for homophobes, it's WORLD dysmorphia.
They think if they accidentally think a gay thought for a nanosecond, God will blow them up with a lightning bolt.
And that to merely refrain from being a bigot and a bully against LGBT people will also get the lightning bolt.
IN SPITE OF that God sits idly by while millions of kids are diddled by clergy every second of every day.
They can't see the actual world they're existing in.
It's the fat person in the mirror for them.


Gun-nut bullshit Part 3.  (Part 1 here, Part 2 here)

February 18, 2016 

Look, 2nd Amendment supporters, the only argument you need, and the only one you should really use, is "I like guns, and I'm not doing any harm, leave me be". 
The "topple a tyrannical government", shit doesn't fly, because 1. drones 2. that isn't the reason it was put in place, it was so slave owners could put down a revolt. 
The "good guys with guns stop bad guys with guns", argument doesn't fly, because most people killed by guns are killed by guns in the home. 
Cases of crimes stopped by a private gun owner are really fucking rare. 
More often you end up with a Trayvon Martin situation. 
And if shooting criminals lowered crime, places where gang members kill each other should be utopia by now. 
They're hellholes. 
Seething hellholes. 
Rotting oozing seething hellholes. 
I'm just saying, the bad arguments don't help. Stick to "I like guns".


Dream child, defect child.

February 22, 2018

I look back at my time in special ed, and Sweetser, and all the sadistic psychological manipulation, emotional torture, and outright bullying they employed, and I think I finally know why. 
I used to always think it was to get their rocks off, and get a power trip, and fuck yeah, that's a big part of it, it always is. 
But for people to think that's moral, they had to have an erroneous belief in place, and I think I know what that belief was. 
That kids with emotional problems are faking it for attention, and if they just get abused enough, the "fun", will go out of "the game", and they'll magically snap out of "the act", and turn into good little robot children. 
They had no compunction hurting "weird Mike", because "good Mike", was under there bawling to be let out. 
I'm dead certain this is what they sold my parents on too. 
I could have told them. 
"Good Mike", never existed. 
"Weird Mike", WAS "good Mike". 
Just fucking accept him. 
He's not going to be a doctor or a Navy hero like your friends fucking kids. 
Not too coincidentally, this is the same mentality employed by gay conversion camps, and anti-vax people. 
Your dream child is underneath this defective child, and the defect can be cut away.


Playing nice for dead bigots.

February 22, 2018

"Even if you didn't agree with all his beliefs...", is code for "he was a fucking bigot, but we're being nice because he's dead, because we're vaguely superstitious". 
I've even seen liberals do this. 
Fucking stop it. 
You gonna do "even if you didn't always agree with him..", when Trump dies? 
Fuck no, you ain't. 
You're gonna be standing next to me peeing along with me. 
Knock that shit the fuck off. 
Who do you think you're impressing? 
It ain't the other side, they hate you anyway.

And the update.

February 22, 2020

Even more relevant with Rush's death clock ticking down.


Evil people can't say their shit out loud.

February 25, 2018

Y'know, if your beliefs can't stand the test of being spoken aloud on camera, or to the face of your opponent, or both, your beliefs are fucking evil. 
Assholes trying to twist Black Panther into being racist against whites, they can't say that shit to a small black child on video without looking like absolute trash.
They say it on social media.
None of these Republican scum saying shit about teenage shooting survivors dare say it to their faces.
They say it on Twitter.
None of these assholes whining about Wonder Woman, or Rey, or Admiral Holdo, or Rose, dare say it to a little girl on camera. 
They say it on Twitter. 
They're fucking cowards. 
Always remember that. 
And always call them out on it that way. 
Tell them to say it to someone's face. 
They can't. 
They CAN'T. 
My beliefs don't have this flaw. 
I'd GLADLY tell Trump to his face he's Putin's cum dumpster. 
In those words. 
Get me the platform. 
Youtube that shit. 
I'd gladly ask Wayne LaPierre if the guns keep the screaming children's ghosts away. 
Hook me up with that, and Youtube it. 
I got no problem sleeping at night after that happens. 
All the internet warriors on the right? 
They can't say that. 
There's a conscience problem with their bullshit. 
And a courage problem.
Funny how that happens.


How to be an absolute mess.

March 11, 2014

Here's how to end up a suicide at 30, or a liver cancer patient at 50. 
Care what people think about you. 
Especially people that hurt you. 
Live up to standards your heart doesn't agree with. 
Seek the acceptance of people you hate. 
Parrot their values. 
Especially the ones you know in your deepest sense of reason not to be true. 
Bury your true feelings under wave after wave of fear and guilt. 
Watch as much television as possible. 
And FM radio. 
Be a gossip. Then worry about being gossiped about. 
Blame yourself. For everything. 
Be really hard on yourself. 
Be a team player. 
Go with the flow. 
Let others think for you. 
View the world in terms of "winners", and "losers". 
Torment yourself whenever you see the needle on your social gauge dip over towards the latter even a little. 
Keep up with the Joneses. 
Covet. A lot. 
Be self conscious. 
Did I mention care what people think? 
Good, because do. 
Be jealous and possessive in relationships. 
Add drugs and alcohol to this mix whenever possible. 
That really makes things interesting. 
And most of all, set your highest standard towards "society", because boy, if there's an entity that really has it all figured out, its "society". 
Follow these simple rules, and you can live the dream of being a gibbering twitching neurotic wreck.


New Popes.

March 11, 2013

Why does anyone give a shit about who's going to be fuggin' Pope? 
It's just gonna be another shriveled old white bigot. 
It's not gonna be like "oh WOW! Angelina Jolie is Pope! Life will never be bad ever again! I'm so excited!!". 
No, it's not gonna be the slightest bit like that. 
Simmer the fuck down.


Blowing the lid off "blowing the lid off".

March 12, 2013

I'm half-listening to this pope shit off the TV in the next room, and I'm thinking about all the scandals, and atrocities, and horrors of the past, and how Chris Hitchens wrote a whole book exposing Mother Teresa as phony and evil....and it occurs to me...you can't "blow the lid off", anything anymore. 
There's no such thing as "blow the lid off". 
No one cares. 
If you exposed Watergate today, people would shrug, and go play fuckin' Angry Birds.

And the update...

March 12, 2017

Trump has had 50 lids blown off, and his fanboys/fangirls didn't even twitch.

And the newer update...

March 12, 2020

Yeah, yeah, I predicted Trump yet again. 
But Trump isn't new. 
Iran/Contra was worse treason than Watergate, and no one cared then. 
It started right away. 
The apathy and defeat started right the fuck immediately.


Plenty of money for NASA.

March 12, 2018

I've been hearing "we're going to Mars in the next 20 years!!", since I've been old enough to talk. 
No we aren't. 
Not until 2 things happen. 
And they both require cantaloupe sized balls. 
1. We nationalize the weapon's industry, and seize all the profits those pigs have been sitting on like a dragon with his horde. 
2. We actually enforce the fucking Johnson Amendment, and rip tax exempt status away from all these fucking churches that endorsed Republicans, which is fucking most of them. 
That's trillions of dollars these pigfuckers have been sucking out of society for decades. 
And there's your NASA money for a moon base, a mars ship, a Europa probe, a whole web of planet finding space telescopes, and Space Station 2.0. 
It's all right there. 
Just take it. 
We militarily heist other countries for way less.

And the update...

March 12, 2020

Yep. When it comes to space, I'm prepared to go full Commie. 
Every nightmare the NRA ever had, I'd do it.


Coronavirus/we're fucking doomed.

March 11, 2020

Whelp, we're up to a 1000 cases. 
When it gets up to 2000, we're doomed. 
According to the exponential numbers (Facebook friend) shared. 
So, if you had plans past April, kiss those goodbye. 
Even if the bug doesn't get you, the collapse of civilization will. 
I'm not a fucking prepper, so I'm gonna be dead. 
I dunno how long I'll stay on as the death comes. 
Until the electricity goes, I guess.

This counted as "liars and cowards", because the dipshit media was trying to soothe everyone with bullshit, but the scientists knew better.
Now they're all but admitting it's the end of the world.

Yep, it was a good run.
I had a lot more to do, but them's the breaks.
:(



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Weird/humor/musing stuff, Part 4. (SFF #42)



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