The Shining 2: Electric Boogaloo

Currently watching Chernobyl, and all I can say is wow. This is an amazing show; so tragic and farcical. It's gut-wrenching to watch.

Yeah. That Liberal ad in Chinese that looked like it's AEC had "authorised by the Liberal party" is definitely not in the spirit of democracy even if it's technically legal.

I know haters gonna hate, but I liked this season much more than seasons 5, 6 or 7. Dialogue was better, action was more epic, and it sought to tell the story in more than just plot points. I think, too, it put into perspective just how difficult it is for GRRM to make all the plot points fit togeth...

I thought The Wire-esque montage was a good way to end the show. And I was happy they put in the scene where Brienne the Beautiful had to write Jaime's time in the Kingsguard - that felt the best possible homage to the books. I also didn't expect the knifing to happen so quickly - I would have felt ...

One of the things that baffled me about the campaign against Labor on tax was that Labor was proposing to cut taxes, and they would have been more substantial cuts for more people. Yet instead of campaigning on that, it let the LNP just relentlessly claim Labor was going to tax us out of existence, ...

I booked a nice restaurant tonight so I could get away from the election for a couple of hours.

brimlad wrote: ↑

17 May 2019, 13:41

a hip flask will probably help

Well, it is World Whiskey Day...

Since they've gone off book, they have the outline GRRM gave them on where the story goes, so they've been connecting plot points for 2 and a half seasons now. I can't be too harsh on them for that reason. It's Martin's story, not theirs, and Martin is taking forever because of how difficult it has ...

One final note, reading on the internet about how surprised everyone seems to be that Daenerys went super crazy. This was a person who grew up being told Westeros was her family's birthright, and that she would be welcomed with open arms when the Usurper was overthrown. The stark contrast she had s...

Main thing that annoyed me was them changing the prophecy. Damnit, Cersei was meant to be choked to death by her younger brother! Apart from that, I really liked the episode. Arya in the streets trying not to get caught up in the chaos and being otherwise useless was quite refreshing. The destructi...

Mugsy wrote: ↑

13 May 2019, 18:01

the convenience store charged me $5.

I suppose you're paying for the convenience of it. Unless there's a Woolworths next door, in which case it's baffling why anyone would use the convenience store.

He has policies?!

Australian Progressives look like the kind of minor party I like to preferences first out of principle (dislike voting for major parties - it's the luxury we have with preferential voting, where we can signal to a minor party that closely represents our views then direct preferences to the lesser of...

Do you know anything about the independent running in Canberra? Can't tell if he's a joke candidate like Palmer or serious like all the arseholes who aren't Palmer.

Both says my two local are currently unknown.

Dumping Zed will be tough given that he only needs 34% of the 2PP.

I just finished reading How Music Works by David Byrne, which really went into a lot more depth about the music industry than I was expecting. It has inspired me to pick up the guitar again, though, so that's good. Also reading Gastrophysics by Charles Spence. It's all about the science of eating, a...

I'm gonna vote on election day this year. I haven't done that since 2007 - at least for federal elections. Might even get a democracy sausage if there's one available.

After all the fuss about dragons, and half an episode of Winterfell banter, the dragon being felled so casually seemed really rushed. If we take this as stemming from GRR's outline, then the stuff in A Feast for Crows about the Dragon-horn has come to fruition.

I'd imagine the answer is that if you let the users do what they want, some users would break it bad and Apple would have a harder time fixing it. Locking it down is kind of smart for particular kinds of users (the ones with the illusion of competence), though it's frustrating for the rest of us. Ba...

You'd think that the Dothraki would be useless in anything other than a riding assault - at least for that battle.

Only consolation in it all was that it was a great sequence visually and setting the tone for how hopeless the task was.

I'm just looking forward to the final part of the prophecy being fulfilled. The only question is whether it'll be Jaime or Tyrion that fulfills it. I'm also hoping that something happens with the Robert's bastards storyline. Such a big deal was made kid that in the first couple of books, yet it seem...

After reading about the MCU yesterday, I went to check which films I had seen in it. Turns out only 1 (Iron Man).

Well, that battle was really epic. So sad for House Mormont...