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Name a non-LOTR character who could resist the one ring.

As a hardcore Trekkie, any visit to the Los Angeles area must include a pilgrimage to one of Star Trek’s holiest sites. L’Rell was disappointed we didn’t get to meet any Gorn.

Grizzly bear attack in Ashton, less than an hour’s drive from me. It’s close to where L’Rell and I go hiking sometimes. Checked my bear spray, which expired. Replacement definitely forthcoming.

Griffith Park is a beautiful area with a spiderweb of dozens of trails. We hit as many as we could and took in some fantastic views.

Next stop on the grand SW/Pacific coast tour. This would make a good name for an album, just thinking.

I’m a big fan of @chris-cuomo.bsky.social. A recent podcast with he had Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson was a fascinating discussion about science, religion, philosophy and belief.

L’Rell and I took a three-week trip to see the southwest US and Pacific coast. She is such an amazing travel companion - we explored and hiked miles every day. This is White Rock, N.M., where the opening scene for “Silverado” was filmed.

“Glory to you . . . and your house.”

It’s not really a ferment unless it comes from the Ferment region of France.

RFK Jr on what he'll eat during the Super Bowl: "I am on a carnivore diet so I just eat meat and ferments, and I'm very happy with that. So I'm probably going to have yogurt."

Honestly, seeing the Empire as a bureaucracy was one of my favorite parts. I was waiting for Major Partagaz to pass out an organizational chart with solid and dotted lines.

The first reporter who says “Yeah, every historian says you’re the most stupid, fat, stinky egomaniac president by a wide margin” will get fired but the GoFundMe page for them will raise a million dollars.

Karoline called Trump a “student of history”. Of all the thousands of lies she’s told, this might be the lyingist.

I'm thankful for my German Shepherd, L'Rell, who busted my lip with her head while playing; now I'm spending Thanksgiving holding a tissue to my lip.

Nasty evening. 42 degrees and rain. L’Rell can’t understand why I went inside after only 10 minutes of playing. #LifeWithAGermanShepherd

This is one of the reasons that when this fat fuck dies, the parties and celebrations will be legendary.

Driver 8

To the surprise of no one, Sam Alito loves killin' people.

1. The Alternative Factor 2. Code of Honor 3. The Muse (DS9) 4. Ex Post Facto 5. These Are The Voyages

Vacuuming while watching Arkansas in the college World Series; as soon as I finish, L'Rell comes up from the basement and plops on the couch. "I'm here to refill the dog hair you just vacuumed up." The circle of life.

May be my favorite day of the year. NCAA college baseball tournament, 8 super regional games, all day long. Doesn’t matter who is playing, I’m a pig in slop.

I’m watching the men’s college World Series; L’Rell noses my hand to go out. I say “after this inning” and she audibly huffs her displeasure.

I'm thinking in the video game Stray, the cat is Gordon Freeman's cat. The city the cat must navigate looks quite like City 17 from Half Life 2, and the cat spends an inordinate amount of time navigating ducts.

Deep, deep red Idaho Falls, yet a couple of hundred folks turned out for the MayDay protest. Honored to join them.

Love it! Tennessee state rep Gloria Johnson proposed renaming Tennessee’s anti-DEI bill the “White Fragility Act”.

I opened this post and my dog, L'Rell, started howling. Can't figure it out.

Continuing watch of “Ruby and the Well”. The latest episode has a comical/suspenseful “hide and escape without being detected” scene that is such a faithful homage to the Marx brothers. I love it when current shows do stuff like this.

Schumer’s decision is an unconscionable surrender that shows he does not have what it takes to meet this moment, and the charade he pulled yesterday makes it even worse. Time for new leadership in the Democratic Party.

Watched the first episode of a fantasy series “Ruby and the Well”. I’m piqued enough to keep going.

“I hope, Senator, after you've lost, and the Empire reigns over the galaxy unopposed, you will find some comfort in the knowledge that you fought according to the rules.” — Saw Gerrera

Trump expected Zelensky to roll over and be a lap dog, and when he didn't, he and Vance had a tantrum that would put a two-year-old to shame.

So, in Star Trek: Discovery, Elon Musk is mentioned as a historical figure alongside the Wright brothers to be remembered. That sure as fuck didn't age well.

Current read is Camp Damascas by @chucktingle.bsky.social, and it's scary, tense, and so enjoyable. Gives me flashbacks to my time as a teenager at Camp Alabama in NW Louisiana.

That's why I'm doing a rewatch of MST3K. Today's episode: "The Giant Spider Invasion" with a parody of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" and Tom Servo bellowing "Jeeeedddd!".

Fuck @amyklobuchar.com, you are blinded by senate “congeniality”, decorum and fear of reelection that you are going to pussy out and collaborate with the republicans.

During the Superb Owl, I like to lurk in a right-wing bulletin board and chortle at the melt of the white supremacist posts. "Woke" commercials, "woke" public service announcements, NFL is "woke" for saying "Choose Love", "why do so many commercials have Black people in them?".

First class for the Kennedy Center honors next year: Lee Greenwood Ted Nugent The Village People Mel Gibson Billy Ray Cyrus Kid Rock Rush Limbaugh (posthumous)

One of the things I despise about Trump is how he has to turn around his "executive orders" and show his signature, like a five-year-old shows their parents their drawing of a cat.

Finished an Australian mystery/sci-fi series “The Kettering Incident” set in Tasmania. I only know about Tasmania from the Tasmanian Devil cartoon. It’s quite lovely. The series was a good watch, although I hope season 2 is in the works.

So, @abbyphillip.bsky.social just did a “Jim looks at the camera” when Scott Jennings just let loose with one of his idiotic, Trump-fluffer statements. I love it.

The bow on top would be if there is a sign at the entrance that says "Work Makes One Free".

Thoroughly enjoyed BBC’s “The Jetty”, a tight, well-done 4-episode mystery set in Lancashire.

Musk didn’t mean to give a nazi salute; he simply couldn’t control his mechanical arm, like Dr. Strangelove.

Our walk today was on a path through a snow-covered cemetery. I noticed cross-country ski tracks on the snow over the graves, which is not cool. I'd like to think the ghosts did something harmless but annoying to the skier(s) like hiding their car keys.

God, it's a sad day when it is a victory for Trump's designee for the EPA head to say "climate change is real".

Stagecoach robbery.

Don't you dare turn your eyes away from history, even the awful, scary parts. If you don't watch it with your own eyes, you rely on others to tell you what you saw. We must all bear witness to what's coming.

CNN is nothing more than professional wrestling. Scott Jennings might as well be Bobby “The Brain” Heenan on segments featuring him. How far you’ve fallen, CNN.

Saw this on our walk today by the river. Looks like someone is a fan of our 40th president.

The Donner party’s shopping carts also met an unfortunate and gruesome end.