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March 3, 2021
Tweet of the Day, When The Godpigeon Says, Perch On Scorsese’s Head… edition.
…you perch on the head, see?
Did I…did I just witness a pigeon murder?! pic.twitter.com/dmfTqVTE0p
— Earthling (@ziyatong) March 3, 2021
Via @BrianFaughnan.
March 2, 2021
The ‘It Could Be Worse’ VOYAGERS trailer.
It says something about me that my reaction to the VOYAGERS trailer was Thank God. It’s not a remake of that time travel show. I mean: it looks really, really dumb, sure. But at least it isn’t a nostalgia-fueled remake.
03/02/21 Snippet, MARKET DAY AT THE PECZ.
Long day, catching up.
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Attend me, Cascadia Silversong.
Silversong looked up, not bothering to stifle a groan; and, sure enough, there was the ‘demon’ again, parading around in yet another possessed songbird. This latest manifestation of Camio sounded slightly different, and not just because of the faint trickle of blood running down one leg. He was looking kind of… manic? It really was hard to tell.
“You’re in my office,” she pointed out. “So who’s attending who? And have you ever thought about picking animals that are maybe a little sturdier?”
No other creature in the forest sings as sweetly as these, Camio chirped. Their pain is a delicate harmony of pain and loss. Even now this one screams, inside its tiny head. Would you like to hear it?
“Not really,” she replied. “I’ve never been what you’d call musical. So, why are you attending me?”
You are insolent.
Silversong gave the ‘demon’ a faint smile. After a moment, the houseplant on the desk next to where Camio was perching caught on fire. The purple-green flames briefly illuminated her face as she said, “And your point is?”
The HPL Historical Society fundraiser was successful! …Also, their account was hacked and @TwitterSupport is being useless.
Oh, hi, Twitter Support! Note that your website is still calling mine dangerous. Why are you doing that? How the heck do you expect to keep getting away with this level of not-talking-to-people when you finally monetize your subscribers? Is this really what y’all wanted to do with your lives?
…Anyway: the HPL Historical Society had a fundraiser to help buy up a bunch of Lovecraft’s letters and donate them to Brown University’s existing HPL collection. They have succeeded. This, at least, is good news.
Apropos of nothing: I want Bruce Campbell to play Plastic-Man.
I know, I know: the article was about Bruce Campbell probably being in the new Doctor Strange movie*. That’s a Marvel picture, and Plastic-Man is DC. Still, he’d be perfect in the role.
There’s gonna be a lot of weirdness in that movie, by the way. The way it’s written will apparently allow callbacks to every other damn movie that’s Marvel-based and Disney has access to. Which is to say: most of them, really.
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*Nothing confirmed, but Sam Raimi is directing DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS, and he always puts Bruce in when he can. Also: if so, called it. Although that one wasn’t hard.
The COMING TO AMERICA Honest Trailer.
…Wow. That IS Wakanda, isn’t it? Also: I hadn’t realized that Arsinio Hall decided to go have a family life than a career. Respect.
March 1, 2021
‘Cry Little Sister.’
Maybe me and the eldest will watch it this weekend.
03/01/21 Snippet, MARKET DAY AT THE PECZ.
I did get a little done.
Patreon!All across the former parking lot — and presumably the entire PECZ — there were sudden commotions as people started writhing, foaming at the mouth, and lashed out with whatever weapons they had at hand. Most of them were promptly grabbed and subdued by the nearest bystanders, but at least two broke free of the rapidly-coalescing mob and charged…
“I think they’re heading for the offices!” Elizabeth yelled to Janet as they tried to intercept the two runners. “One of them has a sword!”
“Yeah, I see it!” Janet felt bad about snapping like that, afterward: after all, what if she hadn’t? Admittedly, it would have been hard to miss since the cultist was running full-tilt while holding the sword high, and two-handed. But this was apparently combat, now. People missed things in combat.
This part of the old parking lot had some pretty weird footing; apparently a crazy-mage had come howling through in the first days of magic and melted every hovercar he could before exploding. That left a lot of baked-in, slippery plastic that was only now starting to show any signs of weathering, but the cultists ignored it, in that fun way that they sometimes had. But the slickness gave Janet an idea. Was it a smart idea? Well, she’d just have to see.
Welp. THIS day got black-holed.
I could not concentrate on a damned thing. More class time and integrating in-person / remote learning is going as well as can be expected. Note: everybody involved is operating at 10/10. It’s just been a freaking day, and I am not done yet.
