Category Archives: Social Issues

The waiting …

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I have been dealing with a variety of issues over the past year and a half that have been stressful, to say the least. My life has been plagued with, let us say … uncertainty. I used to say it was like being on a roller coaster, but now I think it is becoming more like a ride on the Vomit Comet.

To quote Arlo Guthrie (totally out of context) … “you may know somebody in a similar situation or you may be in a similar situation, and if you’re in a situation like that, there’s only one thing you can do … sing it the next time it comes around on the guitar …”

Extant

Internet, News, Opinion, Review, Science Fiction, Social Issues, Space Travel, Technology, Video

Smart, sexy, intriguing sci-fi. Starring Halle Berry. Deep and multi-threaded. Well written and well acted.

I’m watching it via AmazonPrime. You should watch it any way you can.

http://m.imdb.com/title/tt3155320/

On second thought don’t start watching it. You won’t be able to stop … and sleep will be a thing of the past.*

 

 

* if you have the ability to binge-watch it as I am doing via AmazonPrime.

Safety Break

News, Rant, Social Issues, Stuff, Welcome to the Future

Remember Adult Swim?

No, not the one from Cartoon Network. The original adult swim of 10 minutes every hour at your local Home Owner’s Association (HOA) community pool. It was originally used to give the lifeguards a break and give adults the ability to swim laps without interference from the kids. 

Today at my local pool, which I began attending to walk laps for exercise (32 laps = 1 mile*), we were told at 10 minutes before the hour that it was Safety Break and EVERYONE had to get out of the pool for 10 minutes. Apparently there was an age discrimination lawsuit filed (and won) in California against Adult Swim. Now HOAs across the country are avoiding Adult Swim for fear of lawsuit.

I suggest they play Safety Dance during the Safety Break.

 

* the swim lane section of our pool is 25 metres long … one lap is 50 metres, one mile is 1609 metres … do the math

1980 Damascus Titan missile explosion

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Watching the PBS documentary Command and Control on NETFLIX as I type. 

This is truly scary.  If the Hydrogen Bomb warhead had detonated all of Little Rock would have been incinerated and millions of additional people downwind would have died from the fallout.

WATCH THIS DOCUMENTARY (Full YouTube version below)

https://www.netflix.com/title/80107656

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/command-and-control/

http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2543

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Damascus_Titan_missile_explosion

 

Thankfully an incident similar to this could never* happen today …

  

* where is that sarcasm tag

Death in Paradise

Fiction, Humor, Internet, Relationships, Review, Social Issues, Stuff, Video

My newest diversion … watching Death in Paradise on NETFLIX. British TV. Murder mystery. Crime solving. Humor.

A British inspector is transferred to Saint-Marie’s police department, but he hates the sun, sea, and sand. The series follow his investigations into murders on the island.

Actually the reviews below aren’t that favorable and include spoilers … but I am only on the second episode and I am enjoying it so far. I guess all shows eventually run their course.

Watch it if you can … (or not)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_in_Paradise_(TV_series)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1888075/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pvmf6