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Cake day: August 12th, 2023

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  • Tough question, because there are some great ones.

    A recent favorite from the Netflix era has been “Cry Wilderness”. The movie was laughably bad in the first place, but that just made it great for the MST3k treatment.

    So many great lines in there. Like the old man talking about how all the animals and nature are his family and friends and they voice the bird responding with “He’s not my friend. I’m not indigenous to this area. Please call the police.” That cracked me up so bad the first time I didn’t hear anything else for at least the next few minutes.

    And also the running gag around terribly unsafe firearm handling: “BANG!”

    That now goes through my head whenever a show just waves a gun around like an obvious prop instead of at least pretending it could be dangerous.



  • I think the hard part is, almost no one realizes that they felt that way until they are finally on the outside.

    I remember a really interesting article I read a few years ago that indicated the best way to change someone’s viewpoint was to welcome them into your community or group without requiring a change of mind first.

    Turns out our social and emotional needs will trump our rational or logical side almost every time.

    So you’re 100% right. What people need is a caring group of family and friends who encourage each other to question themselves in an effort to learn and grow.


  • This morning actually. I ran the sound system for a memorial service today. Young man lost to gun violence, not even 25 yet.

    Felt weird for getting choked up, because I didn’t actually know him personally. Just hard to see all those people hurting because of a senseless and violent tragedy. And rough to know that his life ended so early and all that potential was just gone in a moment.