David Erik Nelson's Blog, page 28

Kinda weird, but it seems that a non-dark ROBOT CHICKEN is actually *more* disturbing than a standard skit…

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Go Watch Tim Egan’s Short Horror Film CURVE! (UPDATED: fixed embed/link)

Why I bring this to your attention today: Unlike a lot of very short horror films, this one actually constitutes a complete horror story worthy your time, not a set-up for a jump-scare or splatterAs is often the case with the horror that really catches my eye (“like a fishhook in an open eye“), this is a female-led meditation on how one processes traumaI like any film where the real...

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One Upside to the Pandemic Bankruptcy of Chuck E. Cheese…

was that we all got to learn about “concept unification”: (source) A fantastic corporate euphemism that yielded the following corporate training videos, which are simply astounding found-footage horror flicks waiting to happen. If this isn’t the origin of the Five Nights at Freddy’s video game series, then nothing makes sense anymore.

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Holy moly, JUUL is Remarkably Evil™

I knew about some of this (like the JUUL school presentations—which, as a former teacher and admin, struck me as a stunning professional dereliction that somehow managed to dwarf the enormous amoral grossness of JUUL’s marketing department; well done, fellow educators!), but other bits (like the nicotine salts) were news to me. An elucidating 3mins. Watch.

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Shut up! Stop What You’re Doing and LOOK AT THIS!!!

This is a real product that actually costs $25 and it’s awful. LICKI Brush. Lick Your Cat. BONUS: According to many reviews, many cats seem to hate this pricey, perverse thing. Heck, the cat featured on the sales page looks like s/he hates it:

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The Far-from-Obligatory Annual Award Eligibility Post

It’s that time of year again. If you’re the kinda person that nominates stories for the Hugo, Nebula, etc. Awards, I’ve got exactly one qualifying story for you to consider this year: “All Hail the Pizza King and Bless His Reign Eternal” (F&SF, July/Aug 2020) (review, review, review) If you are a person who might nominate stuff and need a copy, I can send you a...

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Beats per Week: “THXDAVE”

The triumphant return of Beats per Week: a “weekly” project I haven’t updated in over three years. Darkened Violins ·

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Happy MLK Day Everybody!

I sorta love that this is from Sandler’s fifth (and final) year on the show and he still flubbed his opening line.

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Don’t wanna get into why I’m reading up on Little “Saint” Hugh of Lincoln Today…

but for those looking for insights into why the Defeated PotUS is obsessed with an absolutely anti-factual narrative of a rigged election, this is worthy reading, especially the “Royal Intervention” sub-section: The difficulty remains as to why King Henry and his servant John of Lexington would have believed the accusations in the first place. … While the decision to act belonged to the King...

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