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At 44, just realized that the phrase “The Pot Calling the Kettle Black” is that the pot thinks the kettle is black because the black pot is reflecting off the kettle’s stainless steel surface. Also, It’s wild that the people who define what our national priorities are have different priorities than the nation.

Also, I am starting a random/weekly newsletter to cut down on emails I inundate people with, reduce clicks, reduce clutter, and sort of have a Uncle Fishbits Clearing House to help alleviate how messed up our lives our with email, etc. Like mind and body, you gotta put in the work. I *know* the hypocrisy of whining about tech addiction and then sending 100s of emails is insane. I want less of, well, everything. Reminds me of Robert Smith’s “Exploding Boy” and why he wrote the song (I drink too much, eat too much, think too much…ha! I’d like to explode. It would be a beautiful death. – Robert Smith on The Exploding Boy being himself, 1985). Honestly, it’s like Max Headroom’s “Blipverts”. Also, I don’t want to get into tangents…. but I am sort of surprised they haven’t made a literal real version of Running Man, yet.

BUT.. in doing the work to be better, I do sorta wonder if I burnt all your attention such there’s no way you’ll get through this, but in achieving balance and working to make other lives and my life overwhelmed with stuff… I’ll do it once, and in one place, and we’ll see how it goes.

And I like to cite my sources, so:

SCIENCE

  • Although it makes us look like a virus like Covid, this is very interesting and cool. This is tracking all known and existing satellites around earth, and MAN THIS IS TOO MUCH: Low Earth Orbit Visualization https://platform.leolabs.space/visualization

 

 

That real physics is happening and I get what a flip and burn is because of the Expanse means you’ve all seen the various epic realities of this thing landing, and you get it’s so special because it looks like a movie… but is not… 2 things:

  • The Flip and Burn is unreal, but this take on it shows you how much is happening:

Then- something that broke the week broke the day… broke our minds. We landed something on Mars in a way that also reduces the magic because film has stolen our imagination. THIS WAS REAL LIFE.

  • Also, I really want an ontological or existential discussion if we should even “try”:

 

Some of my recent posts

I had been in a pretty dark place, and actually had a pretty profound breakthrough. Sea change or “switch” moment of life, spun on a dime. I am writing much more now, so organizing a lot of it into a book that I’ve been writing, but also a long post than the below one. But I think it’s get the point across, with some Rick and Morty:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GENERAL VIBES

 

  • Soggy Nugget Demon Chef is misunderstood but talented

 

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MOVIES AND TELEVISION CONTENT

It’s wild when you enter that “we’re almost finishing this show and now we’re never going to have content like this that we love ever again”, but then a watershed moment opens and it rains down on you. First… we’ve turned to youtube content heavily. Seth Meyer’s a Closer Look is a nightly “Youtube on the TV” moment. But the science, the culture, etc… amazing stuff out there. I’ll try to highlight some great channels. One that isn’t too daunting is this… a deep dive into the magic of film by expert intelligence. Very popular, but if you slept on it, start with the Coen brothers one… Every Frame a Painting.

 

  • TV: A brighter and more optimistic version of Dark or Stranger Things, and also complex and weird enough it is definitely not for the kids, “Tales from the Loop” is the humanistic sci-fi fantasy you want right now. We’ve finished a lot of AAA shows lately, and w/ Better Call Saul leaving us, 25+ seasons of TV are on hold, and finding new stuff is scary. The Boys, which is hilarious, and Lauren agreeing to start the Expanse, well it’s the first time Amazon has held all our top tier programming. =) Well done, Amazon.

 

 

MUSIC

 

  • The Adagio for Spartacus and Phrygia by Khachaturian isn’t just my favorite piece, but inexplicably this beautiful shot and performed piece is the SLOWEST and most delightfully unrushed version I’d ever heard. I love the quote of someone else who said “Mozart made music for fancy rich people, and Khachaturian made music for the Gods”. This is why humanity should survive. This piece alone.

 

DAFT PUNK, 4K IMAX… ALIVE! CAST THE BIG GUYS TO THE BIG SCREEN MY FRIENDS

POLITICS

or skip that very good above tweet thread, and go to article: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-much-longer-can-this-era-of-political-gridlock-last/

 

  • It is truly, TRULY bonkers to think that Trump’s MAGA GOP is so relentlessly toxic, that people want to STUDY IT. –> Far-Right Platform Gab Has Been Hacked—Including Private Data The transparency group DDoSecrets says it will make the 70 GB of passwords, private posts, and more available to researchers, journalists, and social scientists. https://www.wired.com/story/gab-hack-data-breach-ddosecrets/

 

  • Changing landscapes: malls were a boondoggle, and I think we’re onto mixed use dec of sports centers as the new investment boondoggle. that being said, community colleges and small colleges are going to fail harder than churches and a lot of weird real estate that will need to be reimagined will be coming up to market, and I wonder what we could create. WORTHLESS-VILLE!!

SOCIETY & CULTURE

  • Should humans exist on a cosmic scale, or should we simply wait for the end of our sun and die?

 

  • In the “camping is a shit show” arena, you can’t let normal supply and demand drive up camping spots to price out, well, the people who need camping the most… so getting camping spots is like lining up for concert tickets in the 90s and setting 30 alarms and 90 calendar appointments. It is GARBAGE. What’s more is the money left on the table from empty sites booked on tues-thus for entitled people arriving Friday just booking the spot to hold it, and it goes unused. I could rage… but this is what we’re talking about: Want to go camping in Lake Tahoe this summer? It might already be too late. https://www.sfgate.com/renotahoe/article/camping-Lake-Tahoe-Bliss-State-Park-15997991.php

 

 

  • This weird piece is short (the great links extend it, like the 1 star target reviews), interesting and curious…. but also charming in a way, tho I don’t adore brandlust. Still, I get the normalcy of something mundane and prosaic that become comforting. –> The Soothing Allure of Mini Brands Vicarious food shopping simulates a lost pleasure, even when what you’re shopping for is a tiny jar of Skippy Creamy Peanut Butter. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/arts/mini-brands-supermarket-sweep.html?smid=tw-share

 

  • I have to say, I was in F&B when Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential came out, and I loved it, but I’d never tracked any of his travel shows just b/c “I get it”, and it’s how I travel. Now I need to watch it all, because this single Twitter thread reminded me of everything we’re excited to return to, and everything divine in life: traveling with a loved one and culturally learning about the world and people that are not you, and namely, EATING. “The prime aim of life is self discovery… to do so through pleasure is better than to do so through pain” – Oscar Wilde misquote…. but what a delight:

  • THIS IS SO FUNNY AND WELL DONE!

 

https://twitter.com/julialmarcus/status/1367159066531880961?s=10

  • OH YOU BANKSY!

  • Brother in law sent this, “THIS IS FUN YOU GET TO SEE WHAT I DEAL WITH”, as he is an ER nurse. This is not fun:

 

 

@atpfitnesscork_One year on ???? #lockdowns #covid #funny #fyp #ireland #irish #summer #herwegoagain? original sound – user8221693519185

 

 

 

some social posts people liked this week

This week, there was some nostalgia train that hit me. Frustrating with looking at bad title cards on streaming services and bad watchlist UI, I miss going in with a friend or partner and picking a movie to watch, and going home to watch it. The Netflix “browse endlessly plan” is nice, but I JUST WANT TO WATCH SOMETHING. Also, I copy/pasted a bunch of Horror VHS covers from the 70s-90s because you know they all scarred us. I still am amazed in modern day that those covers were just everywhere. CAN’T WATCH THE MOVIE YET BUT HERE TAKE SOME PSYCHOLOGICAL DAMAGE WITH YOU. Speaking of:

https://www.reddit.com/r/nostalgia/comments/lw6r71/your_local_vhs_store_and_seeing_every_movies/

https://www.reddit.com/r/horror/comments/lwcs9q/the_vhs_horror_movie_cover_art_that_enthralled/

 

  • It do be like that:

https://www.reddit.com/r/videogames/comments/lttc5q/it_do_be_like_that/

 

Well, the Evangelicals are gaslighting themselves with worshipping a Golden Calf, err Trump

Skyrim taunts me so.

 

 

  • LASTLY… why we’re here:

It’s so funny, because my phone was blowing up on a group text and realized it was some delayed messages pinging and was immediately annoyed at myself, and its why I decided to think deeply about interactions and how I can change them. I can’t believe what I put you through. Basically, sign up for my unclefishbits newsletter (up top, on the right), and your basically signing a petition to get less emails from me.

MFW WHEN THE GROUP CHAT DOESN’T STOP, BUT I REALIZE IT’S MY FAULT RIGHT WHEN TEXTING EVERYONE TO SHUT UP

 

  • OH.. and we’re going to build a festival for I Think You Should Leave, but we’re all too absurdist sardonic to have a real conversation. That thread is hilarious.

https://www.reddit.com/r/IThinkYouShouldLeave/comments/lxb1j1/s2_confirmed_netflix_marketing_will_make_more/

  • Lastly, not sure how inline images embedded in blog posts work within imgur albums, so dropping this here in case it clutters 90 VHS titles lol

The VHS Horror Movie Cover Art that enthralled and captivated you in your youth, from the late 70s to early 90s.

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