lucius septimius 10/26/2020 5:29:27 AM

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Occasional Reader 10/26/2020 6:36:31 AM

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In #1 lucius septimius said: Felix gets laid in this one.

Felix may not be the all-around superspy stud that Bond is, but he beats Bond handily in being  a master of disguise.

lucius septimius 10/26/2020 6:40:51 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 2:

I always wonder what it would have been like had Jack Lord continued playing him through the rest of the Sean Connery films.  I have to say I've like the most recent incarnation.

Occasional Reader 10/26/2020 6:57:02 AM

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So my knee is less painful/tender this morning, but is still "wobbly" and I'm trying to be very careful (and leave the leg brace on at all times except to shower).  I'm... hoping for good news from the Ortho tomorrow, along the lines of "rest and anti-inflammatories for another week and you'll be right as rain".  Hoping.  Hoping.

In less important matters; so I watched a lot of TV yesterday; among the offerings, the sci fi movie Ad Astra.  [Semi plot spolters ahead]

I found it disappointing.  It starts off as a very visually interesting movie, that shows promise in terms of offering a well thought-out vision of what a near-ish future (late 21st century) would look like, as far as space exploration.  But then the wheels come off the whole "science" part of the fiction.  Most notably; the spacecraft shown in the movie appear to be good ol' chemical-powered rockets, and are, indeed, referred to as "rockets", with no mention of hyper-drives or anything of the sort.  The hero takes a rocket from Earth to the Moon; okay. Then another rocket from the Moon to Mars, seemingly getting there in a matter of hours, perhaps a day.  And then that same rocket is "requisitioned" to go to.... Neptune.  Which is kind of like flying a helicopter from JFK airport to Manhattan, and then having that same helicopter requisitioned to fly to, oh, say, Sydney.  The hero ultimately goes to Neptune and back to Earth, arriving home with seemingly about a week and a half growth of beard (and there's no suggestion of "cryo-sleep". etc., in fact, quite the opposite, we're subjected to his interminable internal monologue throughout the trip).  Huh?  It took Voyager 1 twelve years to get to Neptune.  And if  getting to Neptune is, at this point in time, like taking a cruise to Europe, why aren't they doing it all the time?  Instead, our hero's journey is described as only the second attempt to get there, the first having occurred 29 years earlier.

Anyway.  Nerd rant off (for now). 

vxbush 10/26/2020 6:59:45 AM

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In #3 lucius septimius said: I always wonder what it would have been like had Jack Lord continued playing him through the rest of the Sean Connery films.  I have to say I've like the most recent incarnation.

Wouldn't that start to seem like. crutch for Bond, though? If he always started being the movies, it would really be a two-man show. Just a thought.

Morning, campers. Office. is a "brisk" 59ºF. this morning. I'm getting pissed that this hasn't been fixed yet.

Occasional Reader 10/26/2020 7:22:53 AM

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In #3 lucius septimius said: Jack Lord continued playing him through the rest of the Sean Connery films

He certainly came across as the most formidable Felix (among other things, actually getting the drop on Bond, when we first meet him (Felix)).

I have to say I've like the most recent incarnation.

Jeffrey Wright is an excellent actor, but I'm not so crazy about his take on Felix. He just bangs a little too hard on the oh, look at how world-weary and cynical I am.  (With a big dollop of Yankee-bashing "... because I'm on the wrong side" in Quantum of Solace.) 

Occasional Reader 10/26/2020 7:42:04 AM

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Great moments in "progressive" virtue-signalling:

So I'm getting an Eddie Bauer ad (in another window, with Instapundit open) that shows a stack of their blue jeans, and which proudly proclaims, "Each pair is made with seven recycled bottles" [accompanying image of a crumpled plastic soda bottle].

Um... I don't really want blue jeans that are made out of plastic, do you?  

vxbush 10/26/2020 7:53:15 AM

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In #7 Occasional Reader said: So I'm getting an Eddie Bauer ad (in another window, with Instapundit open) that shows a stack of their blue jeans, and which proudly proclaims, "Each pair is made with seven recycled bottles" [accompanying image of a crumpled plastic soda bottle]. Um... I don't really want blue jeans that are made out of plastic, do you?  

It's either that, or they using the plastic soda bottles as weights to hold down the threads for the warp/weft (whichever one it is that needs weights to hold the threads straight). 

Yeah, I got nothing. 

Occasional Reader 10/26/2020 7:57:42 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 8:

Either way, it's just a bizarre advert. 

Company: "We use recycled plastic to make our jeans!"   

Consumer: You use recycled what to make jeans?! 

buzzsawmonkey 10/26/2020 8:08:03 AM

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In #7 Occasional Reader said: Um... I don't really want blue jeans that are made out of plastic, do you?  

Plastic?  That stuff made from petroleum?  The same petroleum that one of our presidential candidates wants to eliminate?

Occasional Reader 10/26/2020 8:14:02 AM

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Kosh's Shadow 10/26/2020 8:46:17 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 1:

Better than my dream Saturday night. See yesterday's pub thread

JCM 10/26/2020 9:06:24 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 11:

Gavin can suck my drumstick.... 

buzzsawmonkey 10/26/2020 9:34:34 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 1: Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 12:

It Was a Dream...

JCM 10/26/2020 9:36:03 AM

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turn 10/26/2020 10:02:13 AM

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In #15 JCM said: 15 If I lived in CA I take a picture of everyone crowded around the Thanksgiving table send it to Gavin with the caption come get me copper!

Then put the mask on the Thanksgiving Turkey! 

turn 10/26/2020 10:04:48 AM

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In #13 JCM said: avin can suck my drumstick.... 

Then stick it up his a#%! No way is our family going to live our lives through his dictates. It’s Thanksgiving as normal for us.

turn 10/26/2020 10:07:29 AM

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Reply to turn in 17:

I seriously doubt he’ll abide by his own dictates. Some clever reporter ought to sneak a few shots with him and his family huddled around the dinner table mask-less. 

buzzsawmonkey 10/26/2020 10:10:54 AM

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lucius septimius 10/26/2020 10:14:51 AM

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Reply to turn in 18:

I suspect there will be a few well-publicized and arbitrary attempts to enforce the Diktat.  It's the arbitrary nature that raises a stupid policy to the level of tyranny.

turn 10/26/2020 10:32:42 AM

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In #20 lucius septimius said: I suspect there will be a few well-publicized and arbitrary attempts to enforce the Diktat.  It's the arbitrary nature that raises a stupid policy to the level of tyranny.

You’re probably right, especially the part of well publicized. I can see the media covering any violations as if it were “breaking news”, maybe even running several segments accompanied with dire Covid statistics. 

Occasional Reader 10/26/2020 10:35:50 AM

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In #18 turn said: I seriously doubt he’ll abide by his own dictates. Some clever reporter ought to sneak a few shots with him and his family huddled around the dinner table mask-less. 

Come now, Newsom and his ilk don't celebrate Thanksgiving; they celebrate God-damnAmerica-ing, or something like that. 

lucius septimius 10/26/2020 11:59:07 AM

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In #22 Occasional Reader said: they celebrate God-damnAmerica-ing, or something like that. 

Native American Genocide Day.  The mark the occasion by injuring their knees and burying hearts in the yard (you're already half way there).

Occasional Reader 10/26/2020 12:10:47 PM

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In #23 lucius septimius said: The mark the occasion by injuring their knees

Ah, so that was my motive last Thursday night... 

Occasional Reader 10/26/2020 12:12:08 PM

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In #23 lucius septimius said: and burying hearts in the yard (you're already half way there).

Indeed, I am.  Say, how did you know about that?  I thought I kept my heart-burying activities pretty discreet (waited until late at night, etc.)... 

/wait, waddya mean it's supposed to be "my" heart?  Nobody told me that... 

buzzsawmonkey 10/26/2020 12:13:17 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 25:

Hey, you've already got a wounded knee, so you're halfway to that whole "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" thing...

JCM 10/26/2020 12:14:18 PM

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lucius septimius 10/26/2020 12:22:32 PM

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buzzsawmonkey 10/26/2020 12:28:04 PM

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In #28 lucius septimius said: When do I get my handmaid?  Or was that another leftist lie?

They'll all be sex robots---machine-made handmaids, if you will...

Occasional Reader 10/26/2020 12:28:33 PM

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Biden blasts George Trump 

Occasional Reader 10/26/2020 12:32:04 PM

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In #27 JCM said: New mandate coming soon

I, personally, would not date that man, but you do you...

Occasional Reader 10/26/2020 12:50:14 PM

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doppelganglander 10/26/2020 1:34:07 PM

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turn 10/26/2020 1:47:15 PM

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In #32 Occasional Reader said: So, I think I'm going to break down and actually vote by mail.  I'd intended to cast my (utterly useless) vote in-person, just to be sure it was counted; but in my current condition, I don't relish standing on line for any period of time, nor trying to outrun the Antifa crazies who may be lurking around the polling sites..

The suspense of having a marked ballot sitting on my desk finally got to me so I voted early and dropped in the vote box at the local library. I’m of the same opinion, probably utterly useless out him in Kalifornia.

As I was walking away I overheard a man who was also dropping his ballot off say to some nearby library workers “I hope this isn’t a Republican ballot box”. And the workers actually chuckled and one said something like no, it’s for all ballots. Unsurprisingly I didn’t see humor in this and figured that my vote just got canceled out right there.

Alice in Dairyland 10/26/2020 2:13:53 PM

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In #34 turn said: figured that my vote just got canceled out right there.

Think of it this way.  You just cancelled his.

turn 10/26/2020 2:17:18 PM

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In #35 Alice in Dairyland said: Think of it this way.  You just cancelled his.

I’ve been thinking negatively lately haven’t I? I’m sorry to bring this to the blog, I’ll have to work on this. Think positive turn!

Kosh's Shadow 10/26/2020 2:27:47 PM

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Kamala Harris laughed when asked if she would advocate for a "socialist or progressive perspective"

Laughing at us

"If you like your economy, you can keep your economy"

Alice in Dairyland 10/26/2020 2:30:27 PM

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Reply to turn in 36: It's hard not to be negative lately.  Everywhere you look, somebody is telling us how horrible everything is.  I'm surprised the suicide numbers aren't higher than they are.  It can be very depressing to hear it all the time.  I'm hearing a lot of people talking about California surprising us this year though.  They don't think it will be a landslide there or he'll even win, but California is not quite as blue as it once was.  That gets other people thinking and the ball rolling for the future.  I take that as a positive thing.  Maybe one day...

Kosh's Shadow 10/26/2020 2:30:54 PM

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Well, that's settled. Putin says he sees nothing criminal in Hunter Biden's dealing.

“Yes, in Ukraine he (Hunter Biden) had or maybe still has a business, I don’t know. It doesn’t concern us. It concerns the Americans and the Ukrainians,” Putin said, according to Reuters. “But well, yes, he had at least one company, which he practically headed up, and judging from everything he made good money.”

He added: “I don’t see anything criminal about this, at least we don’t know anything about this (being criminal).”

Alice in Dairyland 10/26/2020 2:37:36 PM

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buzzsawmonkey 10/26/2020 2:59:28 PM

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doppelganglander 10/26/2020 3:04:36 PM

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Reply to turn in 34:

Your vote isn't wasted. I firmly believe that Trump will win a sizeable minority of votes in California, New York, and other blue states - enough to push him over the top in the popular vote. 

turn 10/26/2020 3:08:54 PM

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Reply to Alice in Dairyland in 38:

Thank you for the encouragement. Yes things here in Kalifornia are not as bleak as they may seem, especially considering the stranglehold on information and government the leftist have managed. On the bright side, all of my good friends are conservative, so I’m not all alone! 😊

Alice in Dairyland 10/26/2020 3:12:18 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 42: Sure sounds like it.  All the organic rallies breaking out for him all over.  These are just grassroot groups, the official campaign is not involved in these at all.  New York and California are the most surprising.  Our little community has an ATV rally for him almost every Saturday!  Of course, these guys don't really need a reason to ride, they just like to ride, but it heartwarming to see none the less.  Their ATV's are all decked out with Trump flags and banners.

Alice in Dairyland 10/26/2020 3:14:37 PM

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In #43 turn said: all of my good friends are conservative,

Think of all the votes they're going to cancel!  Be sure to thank them for their service.

Kosh's Shadow 10/26/2020 3:28:38 PM

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Getting back to blog work.

Time Zones. I changed the database schema to support them, but it isn't being used.

Hope I don't need another database schema change - that caused about 2 days of blog unavailability, but it would be shorter this time.

Kosh's Shadow 10/26/2020 3:29:06 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 46:

The time zone database changes were done months ago. 

Kosh's Shadow 10/26/2020 4:23:04 PM

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In #37 Kosh's Shadow said: Kamala Harris laughed when asked if she would advocate for a "socialist or progressive perspective" Laughing at us "If you like your economy, you can keep your economy"

How do you pronounce her name? Commie-la Harris

Alice in Dairyland 10/26/2020 4:42:16 PM

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In #46 Kosh's Shadow said: that caused about 2 days of blog unavailability

OMG! Please don't do it before the election.  I can figure out the time zone differences, maff ain't that hard.  Losing the blog during the elections would be though.

turn 10/26/2020 5:00:19 PM

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