Moe Lane's Blog, page 75
April 21, 2025
So, I just had a moment of raw horrified terror on the movie front.
For one terrifying second I thought that they had made a sequel to AIRPLANE!… starring Tom Arnold. But it turns out it’s just Asylum doing a ripoff. I don’t really recommend clicking that second link, by the way. It will just make you nostalgic for the waning days of the Twentieth Century, when they knew how to properly make T&A flicks…
#commissionearned
My mini-review of SINNERS.
Short version: …my God.
Slightly longer version: in even a somewhat unjust universe, SINNERS will be on the Oscar shortlist for Best Picture, Best Director, and various permutations of Best Actor/Actress/Supporting Whatever. If it doesn’t get any of those, then Hollywood is even worse than we think it is. The film is more than you think it is. A lot more. I won’t spoil it for you, but let me put it this way: I already went and bought the soundtrack, and so should you.
IOW, this is my favorite movie of the year now, and I don’t expect anything to dethrone it. I’ll be happy to be proven wrong, but I won’t be.
#commissionearned
04/21/2025 Snippet, THE ICE AWAITS.
I can make this work for Unfiltered.
I knew Europa was gonna be cold, but I never figured it to be so heavy. I thought all the moons out here would be weak enough to let me fly like the earthworms or marvins did, back home. Nope. Best I can do here is bounce.
Just like it was at home.
No bouncing on the job, though. When you’re working for Salmaria Corp, they make you shuffle. Safety first! The thought makes me laugh as I muscle a couple of tons’ worth of reinforced flexpipe to the slurry tank. One good saltwater leak-and-spray, and it won’t matter how good my insulation is…
Not that there was a leak. There never is. This isn’t the old days.
Pope Francis has passed.
I have the same response as my old friend.
Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis. https://t.co/iZxaV2N0Wt
— (((Not That Crown, Maybe))) (@CrownMaybe) April 21, 2025
April 20, 2025
Back to normal tomorrow.
More or less. I hope everyone had a good Easter.
Patreon Microfiction: A Research Topic is a Research Topic.
Look, sometimes it doesn’t matter what the research is. Sometimes it does. But, really: A Research Topic is a Research Topic.
Patreon!
48 hour notice on locking orders for the Fermi Resolution Worldbook!
Once existing orders are locked, I will finalize the Special Thanks section and submit the worldbook to DriveThruRPG. Once they are approved, I will release the digital copies. Note that I expect the PoD coupons to be distributed later, because we will need to go through the print proofs and make sure that everything is in apple-pie order.
After all of that, I will concentrate on the adventure.
If you are a backer, now is the time to grab any last-minute stuff or upgrades. If you are not a backer, pre-order now because the price for the digital copy will go up!
Happy Easter!
11 Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb 12 and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.
13 They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?”
“They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.” 14 At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.
15 He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?”
Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.”
16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.”
She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).
17 Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
18 Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her.
April 19, 2025
Connectivity issues continue.
See you tomorrow.
