Friday Ephemera (684)
I thought it was a sandwich. || Choose your weapon. || Thief deterred with wetness and warmth. || And the winner is. || Today’s word is irony. || “Euphoria overload, gotta spinny.” || The good, the bad and the gayageum. || Good to know, I guess. || Houseguest of note. || Hold space to fly straight, a one-button game. || Strange gull detected. || The thrill of fungus. (h/t, Elephants Gerald) || The rise and fall of the movie poster. || Perhaps a tad excessive. || Place your bets. || Big plane scenes. || Car park scenes. || Sporting scenes. || Today’s other word is parenting. || School-board meeting pushback. || Upscale catfight. || He thought it was a caravan. || Elvis, the unreleased recordings. || And finally, “I do have this huge aura of feminine energy.” And very busy hands.
Should you be tempted, you can follow me on Twitter.
Very skillful, but the tempo is a little too fast. The original better matches the mood of the film.
best summation of a Twilight Zone plot
Surprisingly entertaining.
Ditto. Although it isn’t a patch on Jonathan Coulton’s version.
Reminds me of the universal limerick:
There once was an X from place B
Who satisfied predicate P.
Then X did thing A
In a specified way,
Resulting in circumstance C.
I thought it was a sandwich.
The Earl is turning in his grave. Just as Prince Andrew spun on this one.
And the winner is.
It’s the dog world’s version of this.
Strange gull detected.
Here comes a stingray, there goes a manta ray
Sporting scenes.
This is all I could hear watching this.
Tourist makes remarkable discovery about natural spring with steam rising from it.
You got me.
Choose your weapon
Did anyone else see the giant rat behind the counter?
Should’ve been boiling oil.
*follows Twitter account Thieves Getting Fucked*
Often Asians isn’t it – they seem to be very good at this sort of shit.
Often … (better see myself out)
“I thought it was a sandwich.“
Ad campaign for Subway’s new footlong sub is not a success,,,
“He thought it was a caravan.“
‘The craft, which has an engine…’ Not hyperdrive, I’m guessing..?
Morning, all.
I was re-watching Karaoke and Cold Lazarus a couple of years ago. 1996 seems so long ago.
“Diversity” and dishonesty.
Never seen them. Any good?
Erotic scenes.
It’s a sort of two-part story, with an intermission of four hundred years, and of the two, I prefer Cold Lazarus. It’s a bit heavy-handed and doesn’t entirely work, and I gather it’s not Potter at his best; but there are some interesting ideas and some stirring moments. The politics is predictable and crudely caricatured, but the camp dystopia is quite funny. Someone described it as “Dune dressed by Liberace.” Frances de la Tour is fun to watch, and some of the score, by Christopher Gunning, is quite good, too.
A mixed bag, let’s say.
LOL. One for the ‘maybe’ list then…
Unfortunately, Twitter seems to have changed the way it works, so that it’s insisting I sign in before viewing anything. I don’t want to do that, and didn’t have to until today.
Any thoughts from anyone on how to get round this?
That’s odd. Are you browsing incognito?
How camp can one gay guy be?
He’s positively flaming. And given the context, the words “stay you” have a certain unintended irony. Also, if you’re standing in snow, maybe swap the crop-top for a goddamn coat.
Same Twitter login required here as of today. Not using Incognito. Oh well.
Twitter is also requiring me to log in. Not using Incognito.
Unfortunately, Twitter seems to have changed the way it works, so that it’s insisting I sign in before viewing anything. I don’t want to do that, and didn’t have to until today.
Me too: initially seen in Brave, but it also applies to all the other browsers I have installed – not browsing incognito or anything.
It is still possible to embed a Tweet in a post so that it can be read by anyone.
Here is an example.
Finally! I no longer have to wade through the river of effluence that disgorges from society’s nether orifice that is Twitter.
I wonder if my attention span will grow back?
Deleted all Twitter cookies. Login still required.
“Proud Democrat.”
Pronouns, naturally. So, parody, or unwitting honesty?
I invoke the law of Poe!
As so often, it is difficult to tell. I mean, it’s essentially the same message as you’d find in the New York Times and other ‘progressive’ publications, only stated a little more… clearly.
Either way, clarifications have ensued, and quite a lot of blocking is underway.
Madam, we don’t have time for your shit.
Not entirely unrelated.
https://twitter.com/ericareport/status/1674449561702776832?s=20
She doesn’t seem very nice.
I think he’s excited to be in the ladies’ bathroom.
Social interaction of note.
Similarly…
I didn’t regret watching it, and some bits are good. There are some interesting ideas in there. I even liked the gratuitously floaty lab chairs. But it is, as I say, a bit heavy-handed. A lighter touch would have made it better, I think.
Using Safari on an ancient phone, no luck getting around the Twitter sign in. Ah well.
Looks like there is a way to get around the Twitter login requirement thing: replace twitter.com in the URL with nitter.it (and apparently there exists a browser plugin that will do that for you). How long that will work for, I don’t know.
It may be a glitch or sabotage by Musk’s hard left new CEO, but if the twitter login crap continues, it is is bit of a PITA but Nitter can be used to see David’s voluminous twit links, e.g.,
Can also be used to go VFR direct to a twitter user.
I wonder if WordPress offers a comment box plugin for embedding Tweets.
There is a wpDiscuz Embed addon, which enables readers to embed pretty much any social media, along with videos, etc., but it has implications for loading times, appearance, cost, etc. And then there’s the likelihood of someone screwing something up – and of me having to faff about trying to fix it.
Good reasons to avoid it.
I have been tempted by some of the bells and whistles available, but they do tend to slow things down, and they do add potential for screw-ups, and they would all end up on my annual bill.
Besides which, I would guess that the Twitter issue will be temporary.
Twitter is now demanding I sign in to view any of the titbits on offer.
Ah well, I likely have better things to do.
Yes you do: Searching for more tidbits to post here.
Unwitting, certainly, whether honest or no.
Though I often wonder why, I do like David Thorne’s little excursions.
Links to twitter don’t do it for me. I am not a member!
https://twitter.com/TaraBull808/status/1674622607755448320?s=20
Someone has been very naughty about the “proud democrat” lady.