And she says she likes my sneaker, so you know she is a keeper

[sovay]

I seem to have somewhat burned out today. Have some links.

1. I am a fan of numbers stations, but somehow I had never heard of the Buzzer. One-time pads always make me think of Leo Marks.

2. The problem with Perry Mason (2020) is that right now I really do not feel up for anything that begins with a variation on the murder of Marion Parker and then people post gifs like this.

3. This COVID risk chart courtesy of xkcd makes some good points and has also earwormed me with "Dumb Ways to Die."

4. I had heard about the time Aaron Sapiro sued Henry Ford, but I had never heard "Since Henry Ford Apologized to Me." It is, in fact, still funny. "Well, I told the superintendent / That the Dearborn Independent / Doesn't have to hang up where it used to be."

5. FreezeRay is a journal of poetry inspired by pop culture and I feel most of my friendlist should know about it.

What I think I have burned out on is the needlessness of the danger in which everyone I know now lives, because of greed, because of incompetence, because of cruelty, and the difficulty is that it should not be accepted as unavoidably normal and it's not going away any time soon.

Comments

#5

[lauradi7dw]

I saw the name and immediately said "With my freezeray I will stop the world," although I intensely disliked Dr. Horrible's singalong when it was first out and haven't watched it since. But oh, my goodness, the contents. The one about "Love and Basketball" had me spluttering, it was so good. I don't know if that's supposed to be a response to a poem, but there it was.

Re: #5

[sovay]

I saw the name and immediately said "With my freezeray I will stop the world," although I intensely disliked Dr. Horrible's singalong when it was first out and haven't watched it since.

I have never actually seen that. With a couple of exceptions, I have tended to bounce hard off Joss Whedon, which means that I didn't seek him out. I associate freeze rays with Despicable Me (2010).

The one about "Love and Basketball" had me spluttering, it was so good. I don't know if that's supposed to be a response to a poem, but there it was.

I think it is an entirely legitimate response!

Re: #5

[moon_custafer]

I associate freeze rays with Despicable Me

Andrew keeps a lot of those cans of compressed air on hand, mostly for dusting his collections, but he will also occasionally deploy them on moths while gleefully yelling “Freeze ray!” in a quasi-Slavic accent.

[moon_custafer]

The problem with Perry Mason (2020) is that right now I really do not feel up for anything that begins with a variation on the murder of Marion Parker and then people post gifs like this.

Sorry. If it helps, I don’t think we see the infant murder victim’s body after the first episode, and you can probably read a summary and then pick up the story in Episode 2. Not that there isn’t violence and gore after that, but it’s all adults (so far).

With regards to the Perry Mason/Pete Strickland relationship, I make no apologies whatsoever for this: https://archiveofourown.org/works/25363852

I had heard about the time Aaron Sapiro sued Henry Ford, but I had never heard "Since Henry Ford Apologized to Me." It is, in fact, still funny.

I’m also fond of the “looks like someone got even with Henry Ford” line from Just imagine.

[sovay]

If it helps, I don’t think we see the infant murder victim’s body after the first episode, and you can probably read a summary and then pick up the story in Episode 2. Not that there isn’t violence and gore after that, but it’s all adults (so far).

I appreciate knowing. I doubt I would skip the first episode: I suspect I would miss too much other information. I may just have a low bar for child harm as opposed to historical horror shows, Arctic spirits and radioactivity optional.

With regards to the Perry Mason/Pete Strickland relationship, I make no apologies whatsoever for this

You shouldn't; it's great.

I’m also fond of the “looks like someone got even with Henry Ford” line from Just imagine.

I'm not familiar with that.

[moon_custafer]

Science-fiction comedy from 1930, starring the then-popular vaudevillian El Brendel as a man from 1930 revived in the far-off future of 1980. The line is his response to learning that everyone in 1980 gets around in airplanes rather than cars, and that all the airplane models have distinctly Jewish-sounding names. It’s also a musical.

[sovay]

The line is his response to learning that everyone in 1980 gets around in airplanes rather than cars, and that all the airplane models have distinctly Jewish-sounding names.

I approve.

(I have heard of this movie; I just forgot the title. Conceptually, "El Brendel meets 1930's idea of 1980" is not the sort of thing you forget reading about.)

[cynthia1960]

Your last paragraph x1000.

[sovay]

Your last paragraph x1000.

*hugs*

[sholio]

The xkcd Covid risk chart is ... I guess "delightful" isn't the right word here, but it made me laugh.

[sovay]

The xkcd Covid risk chart is ... I guess "delightful" isn't the right word here, but it made me laugh.

It counts!

(You see what happened with me and the song, though.)

[aurumcalendula]

...and now Perry Mason (2020) is on my to-watch list (although I'm probably going to skip episode one). It looks like Della might be queer in it too.

[sovay]

It looks like Della might be queer in it too.

I look forward to your vids.