So, I hope your good news is that you finally got some sort of recompense for what the federal government's employees did to you. That would be something.
The worst thing about the SOTU is all the crappy takes on the talking head shows immediately afterwards. Former Dem congressmen telling me how reconciliatory the speech was when Ol' Joe yelled about vetos non-stop... or how inspiring it was when the guy promised to interfere in our lives more, that that was somehow the fix for economic woes. The amount of people pissing on us and telling us it's raining is off the charts these days... they don't even make an effort really.
I watched the SOTU mostly because I wanted to see how bad it would be. It more than met my expectations. Outright lies, distortions, misstatements, half-truths, and Ol' Joe grinning like a possum eatin' shit, as we used to say at home. It's hard to tell if his smugness is because he really believes the crap he spews or if he's laughing at all of us for him getting away with it. At any rate, I've seldom wanted to smack anyone upside the face as much as I did him last night. Intolerable. And those who run cover for him are worse.
And I sort of wish I had used a clicker and counted how many times he said "Look" and "folks". That got real grating real fast.
At first, I thought that this meant cashiers, burger flipping, making frosties, that sort of thing. But with AI, no one is exempt.
Dear Hollywood; you're next. You don't need to pay Brad Pitt $15M for a movie if you can pay the estate of Humphrey Bogart $1M to do the same damn thing. (I'm just pulling numbers out of my ass, by the way) Or even less for an AI generated NLI - name, likeness, image... but it will be all code.
About the Breaking Bad ad; I agree, I don't like it. Doesn't change the fact that the show was the greatest thing ever on TV. I couldn't tell you the name of a single TV show on network TV right now, not one. That medium needs to go ahead and die. Rather, it's already dead. They're just the last ones to know.
The safest thing that Fat Boy Smith can do is offend christians. They're not his target audience, so he won't lose a single person. But will he ever have something to say about the abysmal treatment of gays in, say, Saudi Arabia or Iran? I'll bet my house he never will. This is the safest bet I will ever make. Safer than betting that Wrexham would get hammered on the return trip to Sheffield for the FA Cup.
Also, sorry it was KNIGHTS in satan's service. Those guys earned their knighthood, don't forget it.
Look, Jim, todays "news" "letter" was a banger. Your commentary on the SOTU was all anyone needed.
Decent, not even "good" AI is going to wreck a lot of potential careers. Long ago I 'taught' my students "Dave's Good Enough Rule": If it's good enough enough, it's good enough. That is, if the average quality satisfies with adequate frequency, we'll put up with way less than perfect for a very long time. The Rule works in just about any case or instance you can imagine.
I had forgotten "Hot Stuff" comics. I enjoyed them as a kid. Mildly funny, like Casper the Friendly Ghost, and Baby Huey. Do they even make comics like that any more? For kids?
I am really unaware of manga except that it exists. I'm old and have great difficulty getting much out of video clips of it, and I've not seen a whole story.
A few things kind of off-topic, but about SOTU. 1) Did The Kiss involve tongue? Inquiring minds want to know. 2) Did Second Gentleman (Am I the only one who finds that label kind of insulting?) Doug Emhoff's parents miss a bet by not naming him Jack? 3) Why the heck was Paul Pelosi wearing a hat in the chamber? was his head beat up that badly? 4) Were there more Ukrainian 'support' ribbons or US flags on lapels? I assume on the Dem side it was way more ribbons, but on the GOP side? 5) Was I the only one to watch Kamala as she was forced to listen to that speech and pretend it was going well? If she had a thought balloon I'll bet it would have said something like "And I'm accused of word salad speeches?" She appeared on the verge of breaking into a cackle many times.
"About as rebellious as a pair of Wranglers with white socks..." Hey there Cliffy! ~Norm
"Fat Satan" is indeed a sign of the times.
Yes, I too grew up with, and have, Hot Stuff comic books. The devil you say...
Joe Biden off script on Xi? What could go wrong? As for people wanting to be in Xi's shoes (Xi's short shoes? say that 3X fast), there's Tom Friedmann...
Me, I loved the SB ad! Even Tuco is funny!
A "vindicating" kind of weird must mean the Feds are finally making restitution. So which Cabinet agency are you heading?
I watched SOTU to see how long it would take for him to (1) flub - that was almost immediate when he made reference to Schumer; (2) reference the burn pit - What did that take, 4 minutes?; (3) tell a Dear Ole Dad story that starts Well, now Joey . . . - maybe 10 minutes.
I wanted to view the State of the Union about as much as I wanted to watch the Grammys--not at all.
So, I got my wish and watched to season three finale of "The Chosen." So satisfying.
P.S. "Dressing up as Satan at the Grammys is like dressing up as a turkey at Thanksgiving: It’s redundant and you look like a child." Theft is a sin, but I don't care.
Loved, loved, loved 'Hot Stuff'!!! Gosh, life was so much better back then in, oh, so many ways. Looking back, I truly appreciate how good my life was. And if I get too forgetful, I can just turn on MeTV & watch 'The Andy Griffith Show' & know I've come home.
On another more cynical note - which you know I love - this line: "They put on a show so people who get paid to talk about it have something to talk about." - should go down in the annals of journalism.
The way that you speak truth to power - like Sheila Jackson Lee - just knocks me out.
So, I hope your good news is that you finally got some sort of recompense for what the federal government's employees did to you. That would be something.
The worst thing about the SOTU is all the crappy takes on the talking head shows immediately afterwards. Former Dem congressmen telling me how reconciliatory the speech was when Ol' Joe yelled about vetos non-stop... or how inspiring it was when the guy promised to interfere in our lives more, that that was somehow the fix for economic woes. The amount of people pissing on us and telling us it's raining is off the charts these days... they don't even make an effort really.
I watched the SOTU mostly because I wanted to see how bad it would be. It more than met my expectations. Outright lies, distortions, misstatements, half-truths, and Ol' Joe grinning like a possum eatin' shit, as we used to say at home. It's hard to tell if his smugness is because he really believes the crap he spews or if he's laughing at all of us for him getting away with it. At any rate, I've seldom wanted to smack anyone upside the face as much as I did him last night. Intolerable. And those who run cover for him are worse.
And I sort of wish I had used a clicker and counted how many times he said "Look" and "folks". That got real grating real fast.
"If a machine can do your job, it will"
At first, I thought that this meant cashiers, burger flipping, making frosties, that sort of thing. But with AI, no one is exempt.
Dear Hollywood; you're next. You don't need to pay Brad Pitt $15M for a movie if you can pay the estate of Humphrey Bogart $1M to do the same damn thing. (I'm just pulling numbers out of my ass, by the way) Or even less for an AI generated NLI - name, likeness, image... but it will be all code.
About the Breaking Bad ad; I agree, I don't like it. Doesn't change the fact that the show was the greatest thing ever on TV. I couldn't tell you the name of a single TV show on network TV right now, not one. That medium needs to go ahead and die. Rather, it's already dead. They're just the last ones to know.
The safest thing that Fat Boy Smith can do is offend christians. They're not his target audience, so he won't lose a single person. But will he ever have something to say about the abysmal treatment of gays in, say, Saudi Arabia or Iran? I'll bet my house he never will. This is the safest bet I will ever make. Safer than betting that Wrexham would get hammered on the return trip to Sheffield for the FA Cup.
Also, sorry it was KNIGHTS in satan's service. Those guys earned their knighthood, don't forget it.
Look, Jim, todays "news" "letter" was a banger. Your commentary on the SOTU was all anyone needed.
Decent, not even "good" AI is going to wreck a lot of potential careers. Long ago I 'taught' my students "Dave's Good Enough Rule": If it's good enough enough, it's good enough. That is, if the average quality satisfies with adequate frequency, we'll put up with way less than perfect for a very long time. The Rule works in just about any case or instance you can imagine.
I had forgotten "Hot Stuff" comics. I enjoyed them as a kid. Mildly funny, like Casper the Friendly Ghost, and Baby Huey. Do they even make comics like that any more? For kids?
Yes, but we have to import them from Japan now. They're called manga.
I am really unaware of manga except that it exists. I'm old and have great difficulty getting much out of video clips of it, and I've not seen a whole story.
No. No comics for kids. They're awful.
Every bit as bad as the comics for adults, maybe worse because they're aimed at children.
A few things kind of off-topic, but about SOTU. 1) Did The Kiss involve tongue? Inquiring minds want to know. 2) Did Second Gentleman (Am I the only one who finds that label kind of insulting?) Doug Emhoff's parents miss a bet by not naming him Jack? 3) Why the heck was Paul Pelosi wearing a hat in the chamber? was his head beat up that badly? 4) Were there more Ukrainian 'support' ribbons or US flags on lapels? I assume on the Dem side it was way more ribbons, but on the GOP side? 5) Was I the only one to watch Kamala as she was forced to listen to that speech and pretend it was going well? If she had a thought balloon I'll bet it would have said something like "And I'm accused of word salad speeches?" She appeared on the verge of breaking into a cackle many times.
"About as rebellious as a pair of Wranglers with white socks..." Hey there Cliffy! ~Norm
"Fat Satan" is indeed a sign of the times.
Yes, I too grew up with, and have, Hot Stuff comic books. The devil you say...
Joe Biden off script on Xi? What could go wrong? As for people wanting to be in Xi's shoes (Xi's short shoes? say that 3X fast), there's Tom Friedmann...
Me, I loved the SB ad! Even Tuco is funny!
A "vindicating" kind of weird must mean the Feds are finally making restitution. So which Cabinet agency are you heading?
I watched SOTU to see how long it would take for him to (1) flub - that was almost immediate when he made reference to Schumer; (2) reference the burn pit - What did that take, 4 minutes?; (3) tell a Dear Ole Dad story that starts Well, now Joey . . . - maybe 10 minutes.
Items ticked off, time for bed.
Whenever someone uses the word "anon", I think of Shakespeare in Love, where it seemed to be one of Viola's favorite words.
OTOH, if you write Norm Macdonald jokes and have AI put them in his voice, that would be a boon for all of humanity.
Better yet, have ChatGTP write the jokes. Totally automate the process. It becomes a virtuous circle!
I wanted to view the State of the Union about as much as I wanted to watch the Grammys--not at all.
So, I got my wish and watched to season three finale of "The Chosen." So satisfying.
P.S. "Dressing up as Satan at the Grammys is like dressing up as a turkey at Thanksgiving: It’s redundant and you look like a child." Theft is a sin, but I don't care.
I haven't watched a SoTU since Obama was elected and it's lovely.
I look back on my life and remember when I *cared.*
I kind of miss those days.
Loved, loved, loved 'Hot Stuff'!!! Gosh, life was so much better back then in, oh, so many ways. Looking back, I truly appreciate how good my life was. And if I get too forgetful, I can just turn on MeTV & watch 'The Andy Griffith Show' & know I've come home.
On another more cynical note - which you know I love - this line: "They put on a show so people who get paid to talk about it have something to talk about." - should go down in the annals of journalism.
The way that you speak truth to power - like Sheila Jackson Lee - just knocks me out.