There are definitely worse things in the world, but all the hideous AI being used for NFL promos is pretty bad. I wish they'd go back to those PS3 graphics. Those had charm.

There's a new car in the apartment lot and it has AZ plates and a plate frame with the name of a Tucson dealer and I really want to welcome another AZ to MN transplant, but it seems unwise to just sit next to their car until they come out.

I’ve had several strangers give me their unsolicited advice on the dangers of chemo, usually at parties. They’ll suggest that I ignore my doctors and use homeopathy instead, speaking to me like I’m a fucking idiot who needs to be graciously saved from my ignorance.

NEW EPISODE OF WIZARD JAIL!! Please listen to our dumb show about this forgotten '80s cartoon!

When the new TV finally arrives and you're no longer left alone with your own thoughts:

NEW REVIEW!! The Betrayal, a bleak samurai drama on Blu-ray from Radiance Films (@filmsradiance.bsky.social):

TV broke. I’m most worried about my poor “followers” in my Conan Exiles game. I hope they know I haven’t abandoned them. Poor fellas.

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UPDATED REVIEW!! Creepshow 2 on remastered 4K UHD from Arrow Video:

It may be a super basic opinion, but I think Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a fantastic movie and if you haven't seen it you probably should.

I dunno, man, all this moral policing of people who do or don't put their flags at half mast feels kinda like political correctness to me.

Very much not interested in the Emmys for various reasons (a big one being that I don't watch most of the shows up for awards), but I was uncharacteristically invested in Cristin Milioti winning. She was the best thing on TV last year.

The helplessness you feel when you order food delivery and can see on the map that the driver is hopelessly lost. There should be a "text a hint" option on the app or something.

Who knew that Weapons would make such a good triple feature with Kuei Chih-Hung's Hex and Bewitched? I was trying to watch something completely different, but here we are!

art Chao Feng #Alien #xenomorph

I started playing Conan Exiles again with my buddy Chad gain and we're mostly just quietly building things instead of raiding villages or exploring the map together. It's nice.

As someone who JUST started playing Helldivers 2 about a month ago, I can definitely understand the Verhovian satire flying over the heads of 90% of its players.

unbelievably stupid people

She's a gamer now.

The month of September marks my 23rd year as a Minnesotan and 15th birthday of my stems cells.

NEW REVIEW!! Bollywood horror classic Veerana on standalone Blu-ray from Mondo Macabro (@mondomacabro.bsky.social):

…and yes, he DID say homosexuals should be stoned to death, but let us focus on his less violent, more constructive rhetoric, such as…um…hmm…uhh, oh dear not that…umm, please standby…

NEW REVIEW!! The Cat (1992), an insane Hong Kong genre mash-up on Blu-ray from 88 Films (@88films.bsky.social)

Yes, that is Mario. Lots of Marios.

I don't know, I think it all sounds like good news.

Remembering 2020. Being locked inside. Being really weird on Animal Crossing.

Another thing I found in storage. This was a handkerchief someone gave me as a child and I always thought it was hilarious and kept it all these years:

It's always great to get the classic gialli remastered for 4K, but my collection is particularly thirsty for obscure titles with good reputations too!

Feeling a lot of 1985 MOVE bombing energy in the air lately.

NEW EPISODE OF WIZARD JAIL!!

Might be me! (it's not) @hankgreen.bsky.social, I was told when I got my 2nd BMT, that they used cord blood from two different sources (a two-unit cord-blood transplant). I didn't learn about the chimeric DNA until I tried to get a 23 & Me report & they were super confused.

Found in storage. About 15 years ago (jesus I'm old), @yolandekleinn.bsky.social and I watched this episode of Star Trek the Animated Series and made a bunch of buttons to hand out for our friend's birthday party.

Back in the early '00s, Stuart Gordon was planning a Re-Animator sequel called House of Re-Animator in which White House staff would call on Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs) to help cover up the death of the US president (William H. Macy). Seems like an idea worth revisiting.

NEW EPISODE!! 55. Oops, I Married a Witch Movies, feat. Luana Saitta (@minillajovovich.bsky.social) of Defend Your Trash Movie (@trashmoviepod.bsky.social)

Happy Yes Day!

This looks so uncomfortable.

It's genuinely fucking weird to me that people are so afraid of immigrants.

Cleaning out storage and I found the hat I wore every day in high school to cover my mohawk, until someone referred to me as "the guy with the hat" and I realized I didn't want to be "the guy with the hat"

New episode on Patreon. I'll have links for the final live cut on Tusday.

Multimillion dollar idea: An Asian buffet, dim sum style, where you can get a pedicure while you eat. I'm calling it a Buffeet.

OH! Lanthimos's Bugonia isn't just similar to Jang Joon-hwan's Save the Green Planet – it's a genuine remake! That's actually exciting. We'll just ignore how truly awful most English language remakes of 2000s era Korean films have been.

A few people seemed to like that old high school band flyer I posted yesterday, so here's a few more. Keep in mind that these were made by a 16/17 year old in 1996/97/98.

I remember joking in 2020 that Buttigieg was The Smiler from Transmetropolitan, but just saw someone say Newsom is The Smiler and wholly shit are they ever correct. Can't wait for the next, even more Smiler-like guy the dems put up for president!

Oh wait, sorry, my high school band once opened for At the Drive-in. It turned out the venue did ZERO advertising, so only our friends and family and a couple of people that saw a flier I personally made showed up.

I saw Elliot Smith - who I had never even heard of and only went to spend time with my friends - and his band was stuck in a different city on a delayed flight, so he did an all acoustic solo set. A one of a kind experience that I feel guilty for experiencing, bc I wasn't a "real" fan. Then he died.

Livestream the llama costume contest shortly! Look for me in the crowd! Blue and white hat and glasses!

I try to be open minded, but we're watching a cow show (like a dog show, but cows) and the judges are describing udders and "femininity" in such erotic terms.

Minnesota State Fair today. #mnstatefair