Blood Red Planet (2000)
— MAYBE — 

This is an obviously amateur sci-fi movie, about astronauts on a rescue mission to “the Bermuda Triangle of outer space,” where 25 ships have disappeared without a trace. … [read more]

Leftovers & Links #58 
You’re in a hurry and so am I, so here’s a one-word newscast:

Good news:
• Drugs
• Lawsuit 

Bad news:
• Abortion
• Coronavirus 

Stupid news:
• Baseball 
• Dirt 

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If you’ve always wanted to sell your face in perpetuity for use in manufactured robots, sorry, you’re too late. … [read more]

For as long as I can remember, I was a tubby kid, flabbier than my “chart weight,” and teased for it by the other kids. I didn’t become truly enormous, though, until my late 20s, after a long-time girlfriend dumped me. … [read more]

Leftovers & Links #57

Ain’t it peculiar that there’s been much, much more coverage of shoplifters at Walgreens, than of Walgreens stealing millions of dollars from its employees’ paychecks. … [read more]

There will be no sex, no drugs, and very little rock’n’roll today. Instead we’re going to discuss the intricacies of denominational doctrine in a Christian church, and it might be less interesting than it sounds. … [read more]

Leftovers and Links #56 

I want my Winnebago helicopter RV. 

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An idiot in my email inbox challenged me to watch a video from Jordan Peterson. … [read more]

Be Pretty and Shut Up is a 1981 documentary that looks at how Hollywood treats actresses. I’ve heard it’s good and I’d like to see it, but hell if I’ll pay for a subscription to Mubi, which seems to be the only place it’s playing. … [read more]

Leftovers & Links #55 

On the list of things I hate, taking a dump anywhere but home is in the top 100. Maybe the top 50, depending on the place and the poop. … [read more]

Leftovers & Links #54

I had a plan once, but it didn’t pan out. Fortunately I had a backup plan, and another and another, but all of them exploded, burst into flames, and burned the building down a dozen times over. … [read more]

Leftovers & Links #53

I had to work at the office instead of from home, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday this week. The horror, the horror. … [read more]