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Just finished DAGGERS IN DARKNESS.

I’ve already read DAGGERS IN DARKNESS, obviously; but I wanted to see if any of my suggestions were entertained. At least one was! That’s a good feeling.

Tweet of the Day, COCAINE BEAR MOVIE edition.

I will so watch a movie about Cocaine Bear.

Elizabeth Banks to direct bear-centric thriller COCAINE BEAR for Universal.

The film is based on true events from 1985; a 175-pound bear accidentally consumed over 70 ponds of cocaine that was dropped it from a plane by a smuggler.

The exact details of the film are under wraps. pic.twitter.com/kpcvyMnsL9

— Screen Queens (@screenqueenz) March 9, 2021

H/T: @SonnyBunch, who… may not know of Cocaine Bear?

03/09/21 Snippet, PIGEON.

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And since I was feeling so fine, I decided to indulge myself with another drink at the bar. I typically don’t, since saloons are places where I work; but I was off early, wasn’t I? And it was pleasant to stand there with my beer, and hear all the critters around me. There was Big Man Grey and his friends, all amiably looking over a crowd they couldn’t quite understand; and the mice and lizards under the floorboards and in the attics, with their bright little flickers of thought. I even fancied I could ‘hear’ the little droning death-cries of all the fleas and lice as they passed under the bug charm Mrs. Annie had insisted be put up over the main doors. The Oasis was the cleanest tavern in Gnome’s Folly, and by all the gods it would stay that way.

And then I heard a thought that wasn’t clean at all. Clear as day, too: I’m gonna enjoy killing that son of a bitch later tonight. And, just like that: the night was no longer fine.

‘Always Upsettin’ Somebody.’

Always Upsettin’ Somebody, Neck

Snyder Cut briefly leaked.

Oops: “In a moment sure to please some fans while devastating those who weren’t quick enough to take advantage of it, HBO Max hit a bit of a speed bump Monday night when the highly-anticipated Zack Snyder’s Justice League debuted on the streaming service just over a week ahead of its scheduled debut.” Not for long, and it’s gone now, but I imagine that there was truly majestic screaming involved.

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PS: Not deliberately, I think: they’ve been ruthless about scrubbing all evidence of the leak. Takedown notices and copyright violations a go-go.

So, I tried the Outriders demo.

…That’s a really messed up game, man. I’m not saying I’m not having fun with Outriders, because I am. But the tonal shift was kind of epic. I’m giving serious consideration to picking up the full game… and keeping my kid away from it.

The ‘But is it stupid ENOUGH?’ KUNG FU trailer.

So, I have a complicated reaction to this KUNG FU trailer… no, I actually don’t. I like watching pretty women do martial arts. I’m sure the rest of it is stupid, but if it maintains a sufficiently high stupid-to-throwing-people-through-windows then I guess I don’t much care.

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PS: I know, I know. I’m shallow that way. Sue me.

The GUMSHOE 3 Bundle of Holding.

I have most of the GUMSHOE games in this Bundle of Holding. TIMEWATCH and THE FALL OF DELTA GREEN in particular are fun; if you haven’t picked them up yet… well, there’s a Bundle of Holding, hey? Sort of convenient, that.

Moe Lane

PS: I have a playtest credit for TFODG, by the way. Dunno if that’s a selling point for others or not.

03/08/21 Snippet, PIGEON.

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Let me get this out of the way: I cheat at cards. I like doing it, I’m not going to stop doing it, and I don’t care if you disapprove. I don’t cheat poor people, because they don’t have any money and nobody really minds if you take a rich person to the cleaners; but it’s my job to separate a fool from his money, and I’m good at it. Don’t like it? Stop reading.

Still here? Excellent. You’re clearly a discerning reader. So let me tell you about how I cheat at cheating.

The poker game at the Oasis was down to four, after the rest of us had genially divided up the fifth’s money between us. And I was thinking about letting the other three fight it out; the fifth had been a real good pigeon from the west, nice and fat and even good-natured enough about being skinned in a ‘real Outlands poker table.’ The pigeon was now at the bar, having a whiskey in a dirty glass, and pretty soon he’d be going upstairs with one of Mrs. Annie’s girls. He had gotten what he wanted out of the evening; why couldn’t I?

I should probably mention here that the fellow wasn’t an actual pigeon. Just to avoid any potential confusion.

‘General Taylor.’

General Taylor, The Longest Johns