Bowing down to peer pressure, I’m actually getting one of these jackets.
Though I’m going to be making a slight modification to this patch:
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Tomorrow
The Flash
Across the Spider-Verse
Best Spider-Man movie ever?
Maybe. I still have a soft spot for 2004’s Spider-Man 2 and Homecoming.
But this is one of the best Marvel films released in a while.
And one of the best comic book films released in a while.
Visually it was better than the first Spider-Verse film.
One hell of a story, too.
And a great cliffhanger.
Recommended. Go see it!
Bard Test II
Prompt:
Write an episode of star trek in the style of three’s company
Sure, here is an episode of Star Trek in the style of Three’s Company:
Five Years
Vida
Among the players from my childhood who I remember, there is Vida Blue.
Looking up his stats, he had one of his best years (other than his 1971 Cy Young/MVP year) with the Giants in 1978. It was one of this 6 All-Star appearance years, and led the Giants pitching staff in wins with 18.
Later his career brought him to TV and radio, doing pre or post games shows with the Giants, and he was usually paired with Bill Laskey, who was a teammate and close friend of his. You could see their friendship during TV appearances and hear it on the air when they did radio together.
I’ve never met the man, but from what I saw and heard of him, and from everyone who did know him, he seemed like a genuine nice guy, always friendly and smiling.
As Marty Lurie said to open his pregame show this morning, “We’ve lost a good one.”
Rest in Peace, Vida Blue.
Roller Coaster
They were right: this is the best Marvel film since Endgame.
I still like Shang-Chi a little bit more, but I’ll give credit where credit is due.
As my nephew said, the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy is as good as the Captain America trilogy, it holds up as it’s own sub story.
It’s no secret that this subset of the MCU is my favorite.
This movie was an emotional roller coaster from start to finish, mostly stemming from the story of Rocket.
Just when you think the story is going to throw you into total sadness it comes back to an action or comedy or drama scene, shifting how you feel at that moment.
There were great moments throughout the movie, including the two credits scenes, and even the imagery during the credits themselves.
There’s a couple of great cameos in this one, too.
Highly recommended. Go see it!
Bard Test
I decided to give Google’s AI a test by giving it the following prompt:
“story outline starring Jake Banner, anti-terrorist operative”
For those keeping score, Jake Banner was a character that I dreamed up in sophomore year in high school, circa 1983. This was LONG before 24 starring Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer.
I didn’t even realize that I used the ‘J.B.’ spy initials (James Bond/Jason Bourne/Jack Bauer) until so much later (early 2000s?).
Prompt results: Continue reading “Bard Test”