I'm getting caught up on previous episodes of the who cares about the Rock Hall podcast @evelynmcdonnell.bsky.social and was very pleased to hear you bring up Katell Keineg. My late wife played her quite frequently on her radio show.

Here in Kansas City, it's $20 a month for four films a week. If I see all four films in a particular week, that brings each movie down to $1.83.

I just listened to your appearance on @twit.tv "This Week in Tech" @jp2e.bsky.social. I learned so much from you about the smart home and locks.

Happy hundredth birthday to Mel Brooks! Not just funny, but a real mensch. He not only agreed to be interviewed for Lisa Hurwitz's film about the Automat, he gave her a bunch of really great filmmaking advice…and wrote and sang a theme song for it!

I'm looking at this as a replacement for my brother's 2000 Ford Ranger which is on its second transmission, and it doesn't do anything except carry appliances and move a ton of gravel occasionally, and has never approached a hundred miles in a day. One I can charge overnight at 3 cents kw/hour.

I just ordered a three month supply of nine different medications from Mark Cuban's Cost Plus drugs for *less* than the copay my insurance company demands! I know some people have issues with him, but realistically this is the best thing any billionaire has ever done for me. @mcuban.bsky.social

Listening to @twit.tv "Media Club with Micah" about "The Fifth Element". Milla Jovovich is also a very talented singer-songwriter, so Leo was correct when he pointed out that she was a rockstar. youtu.be/fQ_I_aWsaRM?...

Me and my brother are at KC Pride #pridekc

A piece of data on the efficacy of hypnosis, @dansavage.bsky.social My late mother delivered me and two of my sisters under hypnosis. No drugs, the osteopath implanted the post-hypnotic suggestion that she would feel no pain and that it would be a beautiful experience. She swore that it was true.

There's a 12-ft tall bridge in Kansas City, that inspired some pretty awesome art:

We need to bring the Japanese film "Exit 8" back, and do a double feature with that and "Backroom".

Listening to the Material podcast, and Andy @ihnatko.bsky.social bemoaned not being able to go in and change all of his past tech predictions. Could be worse! I was working for Forrester Research which memorably titled one of their reports "Amazon.Toast"

People who don't believe Robert Pattinson can act have never seen "Good Time".

Could I ask you to include my friend Mardi in your prayers @padresj.bsky.social? She's in St Luke's hospital in Kansas City Missouri.

My favorite line about that was "What machine did you think they were raging against? The dishwasher?"

If you get a chance, read Roger Corman's autobiography "How I Made 100 Films in Hollywood (and never lost a dime)" He convinced Hamill to do this film, in exchange for his first directing gig. "Do this film for me, and you'll never have to work for me again!" @markhamillofficial.bsky.social

I managed to see all four of my AMC A*List films this week. My subscription costs me $21.98 per month. If I see four films every week, each film costs me $1.83. Yeah, I'm seeing brand new films on a giant screen for less than the cost of most streaming services. And then includes 3D, IMAX & Dolby.

Just saw my dentist for my yearly check up. I'm 65, and I'm doing surprisingly well with my tooth and gum health. I take a daily streptococcus salivarius K12 supplement, mainly to reduce the possibility of Covid infections, but it's apparently done wonders for my overall oral health.

The funny part is, nobody has actually flipped a burger at McDonald's in 30 years. They have a top grill that comes down on top of the bottom grill, cooking both sides at once. youtube.com/shorts/D72JG...

How I remain covid safe while seeing movies. I'm retired, so I can see them on less popular days, like Mondays. I wear a @flomask.bsky.social in public areas of the theater. And the air quality at AMC is excellent:

I can't get over Running Up That Hill becoming a pop hit in the US. My late wife and I met in 1982 because we were both huge Kate Bush fans, and thought nobody in the Midwest had ever heard of her. I'm getting teary-eyed eating breakfast in the McDonald's hearing it on the background music.

10,001 Maniacs.

I know you said besides World War II, and I apologize, but if you don't know about Operation Fortitude and GARBO…the greatest liar the world has ever known. Created 27 fictitious agents Helped crack Enigma Vital part of D-Day Winning top honors from BOTH sides! It sounds insane but it's all true!

I'm getting caught up on @twit.tv Intelligent Machines. Guest Ian Bogost discussed the idea of intellectual property. I was reminded of what Thomas Jefferson said about the idea:

As predicted by @dansavage.bsky.social - who has been urging his readers and listeners to stock up, even if they are not people who have PiV sex, for their friends, family, and loved ones.

I'm going to take a day of #groundsource #heatpump training tomorrow with my brother. I don't have any business reason to do so, I just would like to know more about the subject. Hopefully I will be knowledgeable enough to answer questions.

To quote Peter Cook's Sir Arthur Streeb-Greebling: "I've lived a long time. I've been distorted, I've been misrepresented and I've been quoted accurately, which is perhaps the most appalling."

George Lucas only did three films. A dystopian science fiction expansion of his student film. A deeply heartfelt film about his teenage years. A serial in tribute to the serials he'd loved as a child. The last took over his life and ruined any chance of directing anything else. Heartbreaking.

Thank you for bringing up this important point. The most thin-skinned person ever occupy the office hasn't attended this event in 5 years. Did this happen before the comedian got on stage?

I read "Modernist Cuisine" about a decade ago, and there were numerous sidebars. One of the most interesting, was how canned and frozen fruits and vegetables were actually fresher than "fresh" that had spent days or weeks degrading in a truck.

Getting caught up with @twit.tv "Macbreak Weekly". Why didn't Apple have Todd Rundgren as a musical guest? He's been an Apple developer right from the very start, having written the first paint system for the Apple ][, as well as the incredibly popular Flofazer screensaver? @ihnatko.bsky.social

In the venue to see the Ukrainian band Yagódy at Johnson County Community College.

The video game & movie industry has totally lied to you about brothers who plumb. I was helping my brother this morning, replacing a piece of 100-year-old pipe that had clogged down to the size of a nickel. No princesses, damn few gold coins #superMariogalaxy

I have sobbed uncontrollably to this song from the soundtrack to the film Grace of My Heart, thinking about the loss of my wife.

I'm Covid careful, and see movies in the theater. I'm lucky enough to be retired, which means I can see films weekdays and early in the day. Here's the carbon dioxide meter reading for the theater I'm in right now. AMC air quality kicks ass!

Don't forget this news report from 2019, when the FBI opened Epstein's safe, and left all the hard drives sitting on top while they went off to get a warrant, and came back to find them all in a suitcase belonging to one of the lawyers. www.yahoo.com/gma/fbi-agen...

Seeing The Wellermen tonight at Knucklehead's Garage!

There's a 50% off flash sale going on with my favorite respirator! You can get the adult mask for only $44.99! No code necessary, but move quickly if you've been thinking about getting one. (I'd buy one except that I already have three.) @flomask.bsky.social www.flomask.com/collections/...

One of my favorite podcasts is "The Director's Cut" by the Director's Guild. Features one director talking to another, and doesn't have any ads. At all. pca.st/episode/7847...

I got my ticket for Monday's Early Access screening of #ProjectHailMary! I had to create a Fandango account, and I thought I would have to be paying full price right up into the very end, but I was able to use my AMC A*List. Not at my favorite theater, but I can walk home from this one.

I can hardly wait for #projecthailMary. I love what this critic said: "The awe of Kubrick, the wonder and whimsy of Spielberg, the focus and intensity of Interstellar meets the technical prowess of Gravity to blend all of our modern sci-fi, and to add humanity to it."

Best pair of posts:

Why does this remind me of this Onion classic? theonion.com/4-copy-edito...

I am curious whether any young people who discovered Kate Bush via "Stranger Things" have explored the rest of her catalog, and if so, what they think? I've been a Kate fan since 1979, and met my wife of 41 years via Kate's music. #KateBush #StrangerThings #RunningUpThatHill

I need to make sure @jeffjarvis.bsky.social sees this.

This is who runs this account. (It really is impossible to overstate just how weird my childhood was.)

Seeing The Henhouse Prowlers tonight at Knucklehead's Garage in Kansas City. #bluegrass

Just watched this interview by New Yorker editor David Remnick of Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brown about the Epstein files. Highly recommended! @jkbjournalist.bsky.social youtu.be/ySTt2AeeWQw?...

Hey @paris.nyc, I shared your Consumer Reports "Lead in Protein Powder" article with a bodybuilding friend, who had just been told he has stage 2 liver disease. It turns out his favorite snack has a California Prop 65, and that might be the thing damaging his liver. Thanks so much for your work!

At Kansas City's Knucklehead's Garage seeing The Last Revel, an Indie-Folk band from Minneapolis.