Mostly so I don’t need to look at his ugly mug, I’ve been reading my news for years. And while I’ve always loved the pomp and circumstance of the inauguration, I’ve booked a weeklong trip to a North American country that did elect a woman, just so I can completely tune out. We’ll all come back to it in one way or another as time goes on and fortunately I can read your newsletter after you’ve done the hard work.
This all tracks! I’ve been pretty much avoiding all politics except for text-based news. I put BSG on about 3 weeks ago for a rewatch. Then I rewatched Foundation (even with its obvious flaws) and have been catching the weekly episodes of The Silo. And while it doesn’t align with the whole*overcoming something* ethos, Lower Decks has new episodes airing now too. 😁
lol. I have watched that twice (Poker Face). Foundation is something I can put on and not pay that much attention to but is visually cool, like most of the stuff on Apple since they’ve taken over the *prestige TV* moniker from HBO (imo, at least). I’ve literally watched more non YouTube content in the last 2 weeks than I have in probably the 6 months combined. My streaming subscriptions are finally paying for themselves. Next up will be finishing off “Northern Exposure” from where I stopped watching early last spring. My sister texted me last night with “do you have any way for me to watch Rick & Morty s7?”. To put this in perspective, my sister, 50, does not own a TV and literally got her first cell phone a little over a year ago when she started grad school (fwiw, she’s not a total Luddite. 😁. She has a Mac and an iPad). The need for escape is definitely going around - bigly.
Oh, and thanks for your earlier recommendation of Scalzi’s *Starter Villain.* Might be time to revisit the exploits of Charlie, Hera, & Persephone. I wonder what those foul mouthed dolphins are up to?
I had a “Baltar 2004” t-shirt, iirc. Ah, when I was young and naive.
You and Ana started me watching BSG again and I thank you!
Mostly so I don’t need to look at his ugly mug, I’ve been reading my news for years. And while I’ve always loved the pomp and circumstance of the inauguration, I’ve booked a weeklong trip to a North American country that did elect a woman, just so I can completely tune out. We’ll all come back to it in one way or another as time goes on and fortunately I can read your newsletter after you’ve done the hard work.
This all tracks! I’ve been pretty much avoiding all politics except for text-based news. I put BSG on about 3 weeks ago for a rewatch. Then I rewatched Foundation (even with its obvious flaws) and have been catching the weekly episodes of The Silo. And while it doesn’t align with the whole*overcoming something* ethos, Lower Decks has new episodes airing now too. 😁
No, not Foundation. That was an objectively awful interpretation of Asimov's work.
At least stream Poker Face. Natasha Lyonne is spectacular
lol. I have watched that twice (Poker Face). Foundation is something I can put on and not pay that much attention to but is visually cool, like most of the stuff on Apple since they’ve taken over the *prestige TV* moniker from HBO (imo, at least). I’ve literally watched more non YouTube content in the last 2 weeks than I have in probably the 6 months combined. My streaming subscriptions are finally paying for themselves. Next up will be finishing off “Northern Exposure” from where I stopped watching early last spring. My sister texted me last night with “do you have any way for me to watch Rick & Morty s7?”. To put this in perspective, my sister, 50, does not own a TV and literally got her first cell phone a little over a year ago when she started grad school (fwiw, she’s not a total Luddite. 😁. She has a Mac and an iPad). The need for escape is definitely going around - bigly.
Oh, and thanks for your earlier recommendation of Scalzi’s *Starter Villain.* Might be time to revisit the exploits of Charlie, Hera, & Persephone. I wonder what those foul mouthed dolphins are up to?
Lol that BSG election is a doozy. Don’t say I didn’t warn ya!