Have you checked the maker’s site?

None of these ideas are my original thoughts. I’m paraphrasing a bunch of other folks.

Similar things happened to music in the 1960s and movies in the 1970s. The old system had fallen apart and no one in charge had any idea what to do. The only thing they could think of was to throw cash at anything that moved and hope for the best.

That’s why in the 1960s you could have bands as diverse as Frank Zappa and Bob Dylan, and Sha-Na-Na and Iron Butterfly etc etc all getting a chance. They guys [it was 99% men] who understood Sinatra and Bing Crosby just went with whatever the kids seemed interested in.

Same thing in the 1970s with movies. ‘Star Wars’ was a giant gamble, but the studio heads figured they had to try something.

Cut to today. Entertainment industry has figured out how to keep the machine moving. We’ll keep getting Taylor Swift and Marvel movies until the next generation stops paying.

Obviously, this is only scratching the surface.

My hat’s off to Lindsay if she’s finally gotten her act together.

Cringiest thing I ever saw was her and Charlie Sheen in Scary Movie 5

Try to keep meeting new/younger people and look at/listen to new media.

Most things don’t change overnight, so you won’t have to make a giant leap right away.

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https://youtu.be/Xle3I-5nfpI

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/quantum-physics-imaginary-numbers-math-reality

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/quantum-physics-imaginary-numbers-math-reality

Nontechnical article explaining the concept.

I saw that coming a mile away.

That’s a whole other issue.

in my opinion, Bush Jr. was going to invade Iraq no matter what. 9/11 was just the excuse.

Which is why you vote against the GOP in every election.

They have been wrong about everything since Nixon.

Oil man Cheney wanted to open Afghanistan to a pipeline project.

Gore probably would have used special ops teams to locate and extract bin Ladn.

Also, the Taliban destroyed statues of the Buddha that had stood for centuries. That happened in March of 2001. The Bush administration didn’t want to hurt the oil deal, so they let the Taliban go ahead. Gore might have done more to stop the destruction. Seeing America take a firm stand on a minor issue might have deterred the Afghans from allowing bin Ladn to hide there.

Another thing. There was a report issued before the 9/11 attack. If Gore had been President, the White House might have acted to stop the attack.

Afghanistan was protecting bin Ladn. I think any President would have taken action.

Might be time to step away for a while and let the batteries recharge.

Go out and do something you’ve never done before.

She deserves a wider audience.

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Gaiman stole all his best stuff from underrated author Tanith Lee.

“Night’s Master” is the first of her Flat Earth series. A demon king spends his days in his magnificent palace and his nights seducing and/or terrorizing the humans.

“Death’s Master” continues the story. Death reluctantly takes a bride, and is forced to destroy a city of immortals.

Showing up naked is always a good way to get a party started.

From an episode of Animaniacs.

Bernadette Peters was playing a cat.

“The worst sin in life is playing too hip for the room.”

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Old school special effects and Raquel Welch in a skin tight wet suit.

https://youtu.be/U3ZMor5UFyY

Edit = A lot of people think this movie was based on an Isaac Asimov novel. The truth is that Asimov did a novelization of a script written by Harry Kleiner, based on a story by Otto Klement and Jerome Bixby.

The novel let Asimov flex his muscles and come up with all kinds of ways the miniaturization process could have worked.

Yeah, I’ve seen some long term experiments out there. Decades of assiduous research, probing the depths of the problem. Vigorously and with attention to the smallest details. And copious notes.

A couple of my favorite aging quotes.

“A man has three ages; childhood; young adult; don’t worry you look fine.” No idea who said it.

“A man isn’t old until there are no women his own age he finds exciting. A woman is old the first time she looks for a dress to make her look younger.” Xaviera_Hollander

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xaviera_Hollander