Another day of back to back AI implementation meetings. I think this company is stuck in a sunk cost fallacy scenario, because so far it seems like this software is really just making everyone's life harder all so we can essentially have Clippy micromanaging people.

A pipe dumping sewage into the Potomac feels too on-the-nose to not be some kind of cosmic symbolism. Like, if you’re a person of faith and you are looking for a sign. It’s here.

I turned on Caravan of Courage for a minute this afternoon (or rather, it rolled over from another thing I was watching on D+ while I made dinner). I think if it had been made as a Rankin Bass style stop-motion special (which is 100% the vibe) it would be way more of a cult favorite oddity.

Acceptable! She absolutely has the right vibe for Amy.

Really looking forward to picking up my pulls later this week. Absolute Batman, Muppets Noir, the end of Ultimate Spider-Man. It's been a great time to be into comics.

Hot take: NeverEnding Story is about a boy escaping to fiction after losing his mom. Artax in the swamp is sad, the rock biter letting The Nothing take him is sad. That's the point. The world crumbles, but you press on and keep finding hope. "Fixing" it with AI loses the message.

30 years of Muppet Treasure Island. I’ve learned since it came out that it wasn’t as universally well received as my own enthusiasm would have had me believe. Still one of my favorites. Pirates, Muppets and Tim Curry. What more could you want?

Have they made a minion movie following up on the floating minion from the first Despicable Me?

GOAT is really good! My only real beef is that I feel like they were given studio notes to really hammer the “dream big” message, and there is definitely the stink of punch-up jokes here and there. All that said, the movie on the whole is a lot of fun and very very well designed.

I’m halfway through Ella McKay and MAN this is a real nothing of a movie.

Booked my Disney reservation for May 4th. I know I’ll regret going on that specific day, and I know I’ll complain, and I know it’ll probably rain again. BUT… I don’t know. Maybe they’ll finally bring back those peanut butter muffins.

Two notes on C.O.P.S. 1) the Cookie Jar logo occupies WAY too much real estate on the DVD cover art. 2) imagine this show, but from the perspective of people protesting against superhuman cyborg police violence.

I miss when there was a ton of social pressure on music acts to not be corporate sellouts. What happened to our rebellious spirit?

I have wanted to type this into about 20 emails this morning. Not sure what's going on this month.

Okay, I don't think this is going to have much to do with the comic it's based on, but I'm in. Looks weird and Nic Cage-y and it'll be fun to talk about, I'm sure. youtu.be/HgMbkitzhEM?...

(Passes out from intensity of seeing a bag fumbled that bad)

How am I just learning that someone actually build a working Sonic Underground guitar? See, human craft. AI WISHES! youtube.com/shorts/I5Evy...

$450k for a 1200 sqft townhouse? And it's located on a congested road between a shooting range and train tracks, down the road from a cult? Tell me more!

I'm doing tax stuff at work and I hear a group of volunteers having a memorial for a teammate. Out of the solemn conversation I head "HEY!...LISTEN!" One of these people has a Zelda fairy ringtone. I think our youngest volunteer is 75. The power of Zelda reaches across generations.

The viscacha looks the way I feel so far this year.

Man, that Doorman episode.

Finally watching Wonder Man. Trevor and Simon might be the most interesting MCU characters. Can’t believe I slept on this.

My take on this week’s Starfleet Academy is that I’m sad that the comics (which are actually interesting) are probably the only place I’ll ever see Sisko again. BUT there were reveals in this one that had me close to choking up. I continue to really like this show. Good Trek! 🤷🏻‍♂️

There’s a manga on the Shonen Jump app that is two chapters in, and I’m feeling really good about, but that means I’ll be really bummed if it can’t deliver on its premise in a satisfying way. The danger of being an early adopter. Worked out for me with DanDaDan and Delicious in Dungeon though.

Fell down a Zillow black hole and now it’s 1am and I can’t find the townhouse I was ogling even though it’s nearly 100k outside my range. If I made what I make now in the 90s, I could have been in such a dope house.

I watched a snowboard big air event, ate lunch to the luge, explained curling to my family while delaying game night, and watched skiing. Like… I don’t watch sports ever, but I get sucked into these. Maybe it’s because I live in a subtropical climate and snow is otherworldly to me.

This was the “head-to-head” in a game of Blockbuster I played tonight. The table let me keep rattling off robot movies. It took A WHILE. Anyway, “Robots”: B- for story, A on humor, A+ for being ahead of its time with character animation, and extra credit for a wonderful “art of” book.

There have been some high points to the opening ceremony, but it's kind of been a snoozer. Also, what was up with that atrocious AI video? Like, even puppeted flash animation would have looked 1000% nicer. I like the choice to wear silver parkas though. Jiffy-pop chic.

The person carrying in the country name blocks looks like they’re cosplaying a chipotle burrito.

Vance clapping along, wondering why the Italians aren’t speaking English.

I wish people would stop getting baited into those "men don't like women with nose rings/tattoos/short hair/basic rights" posts. I'm tired of seeing them on my timeline. And the original poster always has a name like Name[numbers] and has existed for two weeks. Be smarter, friends.

I get why type casting is such a big problem for some actors. Like, I’ve seen Alison Brie in stuff that wasn’t Community, but there is a part of me that looks at this image and sees Annie in a DnD episode.

Looking forward to this. Of course, I'm also looking forward to Danielle from Animalogic ranking the accuracy of the dinos. We've come SO far since Walking With Dinosaurs. youtu.be/y4ZBSzYUTL0?...

Muppet hoodie acquired. Why are hoodies so expensive now? Or is it that Old Navy is so reasonable and that’s usually where my warm clothing comes from?

Okay. I did the due diligence. Watched the D23 preview, the live premier and streamed The Muppet Show. So like… fingers crossed we get more. Honestly, aside from a few weird voices, my only beef is that I think they overuse the canned laughter. I’d just as soon drop it for back stage stuff.

Okay, LEGO. You have my interest.

Like, remember when The Muppets (2011) came out? Even if you weren’t totally on board with everything, there was still this hope for the future of these guys. This is like that. Lots to love, minor gripes. I hope they can carry this energy to something great.

Is the production more expensive, slick and modern than ever before? Yes. Are some voices off? Sure. All adjustments. BUT… the heart of The Muppet Show is there, and I enjoyed the crud out of it. I only hope Kermit only gets more Kermity over time. I think he has it in him after this.

We need more anger over the Earth to Ned erasure.

So far the D23 live event for The Muppet Show is a lot of people being passive aggressive about Disney closing MuppetVision 3D, and Kermit’s weird voice.

Just engaging some coworkers in some Men in Black talk (as one does). Regardless of how much I enjoyed 3, I hold that despite sequels, numerous games, comics (original and later), a reboot, and a ride, only the cartoon really understood MiB's potential. And that is my hill to die on.

I want to live in the reality where Prodigy lasted seven seasons and was successfully merched. Alas, all we have is placeholder images of a phaser and the Protostar. Star Trek is great at planning stuff that never comes out.

Crazy that the only person we seem interested in holding accountable for the Epstein thing is a woman.

My nephew (who works for Universal) reminded me that Universal still has a ton of Dinosaur stuff. I was like "oh yeah." Makes me feel a LITTLE better.

For years and years convention center parking was $5. It was eve free a few times. Now it’s $40 per day. See, this is why I park by the Red Lobster and hope my car doesn’t get towed.

Once this guy is out of power I think it would be nice to go to wax museums with a hair dryer to melt him in effigy.

And speaking of Disney and its inability to sell dinosaurs… Now, maybe it’s because of my own bonkers childhood and mental health guff, but I think The Good Dinosaur is misunderstood and great. It’s so weird that it was sold as a zany comedy.

FWIW, I thought Dino Land USA was a fun idea. Alas, tomorrow Gertie the Dinosaur and the Rex in Toy Story Land will be the last dino representation at Disney World.

The bummer thing about losing photopass with the Disney annual pass is that I lost my old ones as well. So the picture of a woman slapping me on the Dinosaur ride, thinking I was her boyfriend who convinced her to ride a “scary” ride is something I can now only describe. RIP Dinosaur ride.