Category: Miscellaneous Mockery

Well, sad news from Saint Louis. The Tivoli theater on the Delmar Loop has not only closed its doors but has been bought by a church. This would be sad news on its own, but the Tivoli is where generations of kids participated in the midnight showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. If the…

So this is the previous … This is the progress … And this is the goal. More contrast on the flowers and I am done.

Martin Scorcese said that Casino was “all story, no plot.” I liked Casino a lot, though, I think because I didn’t need to hear the “why” behind any of the narrative. I just assumed that life in the Mafia is violent and chaotic and random. Life in table tennis is violent and chaotic too, who…

8:00 pm Monday night: I am watching the credits to the 2025 recorded version of Merrily We Roll Along and I am astonished to see it was based on a 1934 play by Kaufman and Hart. And then I am gobsmacked to read that K&H’s 1934 version was told with the same backward narration. 6:00…

I think I am not the only one this week to wonder about mileage. (Because of Artemis, of course, not gas prices.) Evidently measuring statute miles in feet and inches is deficient. I suppose that’s why we ended up with terms like “a country mile” and “as the crow flies.” If you’re navigating huge expanses,…

Astronauts are back and safe. I can stand down. I can’t tell you how much I’ve been on edge these past ten days. Gary didn’t help this morning when he shared the heat shield worries. Anyway, good work NASA, you waited until April this time. Excellent work on the animated graphics in particular. Early on…

So this is the previous … This is the progress … And this is the goal.

They have begun to release the images of the far side of the moon. No one at NASA is talking about the alleged green tint. Disappointed Photoshop users everywhere immediately took the ohotos and cranked up the color saturation. I won’t show you an doctored example. However, I did zoom in on the Earthrise photo…

Okay, this is Sunday evening, and I have a comment for the astronaut giving notes on the far side of the moon. You mentioned two key things. Evidently some parts OF THE MOON are brown, and some are tinged green. So stop rhapsodizing about the Terminator. Tell me more about the green. Lime green or…

It is a shame that the president has chosen the same day and time for his public speech on the current war in Iran. Is he competing with the moon for attention? I bet the astronauts are pretty excited. It really is a shame the toilet has been working only on and off. I would…