CRANKY OLD FART’S BROWSER HISTORY #420  [archive] MAY 4, 2024

Biden’s top economic advisor rambles incoherently when asked a simple question
    Economics is about 88% bullshit. … [read more]

Gates of Heaven (1978)

This is a delightful documentary about a depressing topic: dead pets.

Errol Morris interviews Floyd McClure, who dreamed of creating a pet cemetery, and did it, and went bankrupt.

1st season     2nd season
3rd season     4th season

The Fugitive (1963-67)
Streaming free at Internet Archive

“The Fugitive — a Quinn Martin production — starring David Janssen as Dr Richard Kimble, an innocent victim of blind justice, falsely convicted for the murder of his wife, reprieved by fate when a train wreck freed him en route to the death house, freed him to hide in lonely desperation, to change his identity, to toil at many jobs, freed him to search for a one-armed man he saw leave the scene of the crime, freed him to run from the relentless pursuit of the police lieutenant obsessed with his capture.” … [read more]

A job listing came up that I’m qualified for, even overqualified — office work, asking for 2 years of experience when I have 30. The job is with the public defenders’ office, and I strongly believe that any person charged with any crime should be offered competent legal advice at no charge. … [read more]

CRANKY OLD FART’S BROWSER HISTORY #419  [archive] MAY 1, 2024

    Something’s happening here, but what it is ain’t exactly clear. There are protests on campuses all across the country, with college administrators reliably responding wrong. … [read more]

Gandahar (1987)
a/k/a Light Years (but not really)
Available on DVD from your local library

Gandahar is from French animator René Laloux, who made the trippy whispered sci-fi cartoon Fantastic Planet.

I’m skeptical that this will be of interest to anyone, but my pledge to you is always, If it happened I’ll write about it.

Had a job interview near SouthCenter at 9:30 this morning, so being a good kid I checked the bus schedule, and used Metro Transit’s marvelous ‘trip planner’ app. … [read more]

Once
daily, I take a walk around the neighborhood. Just a few blocks, no
great distance or excess exercise, and my wife always walks with me. … [read more]

Gabby Goes Fishing (1941)
Streaming free at Internet Archive

NEVERENDING FILM FESTIVAL #283  [archive] APR. 28, 2024

A kid goes fishing off a pier, and seems to be doing fine, catching plenty, until an old man comes by — Gabby, determined to show the kid his better fishing skills. … [read more]

Most of the people at my work aren’t at my work any more. We’re
working remotely during the Great Pandemic of 2020, so this story takes place “at
work,” but work is my living room. … [read more]