Medical Myths Debunked
I feel Dr. Yasmin should do a new COVID-19 version…
Author: Bjorn Munson
Writing
Writing Advice from Neil Gaiman
I’ve been talking with several people offline about writing, so my web wanderings led me to this compilation by motivational YouTuber Evan Carmichael. I’ve seen many of these clips before, but it was nice to see them in one place. I especially like the notion of walking toward the mountain (which I’ve heard other people speak of in other terms) as well as the notions of where ideas come from (which may be worth a…
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Nobody’s a Nobody
It’s a busy week, so just one post. I don’t know who needs this bit of delightful wackiness, but someone you know does.
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Lego Organizing: The Adam Savage Method
Having been clued into the number of wonderful Adam Savage videos, I stumbled across this video, which shows the Mythbusting alum take on the daunting task of organizing Legos in the thorough way he is wont to. We have found working on Lego sets to be a very good use of our indoor time during the pandemic, so I’m not sure if we’re going to try something this thorough, but it does give one ideas…
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Farscape Comic Con Panel
The time-tested pop culture event that is the San Diego Comic Con is virtual this year thanks to the pandemic, so I believe the videos are online sooner than ever before. On Monday, I posted the Star Trek panel, but as longtime readers may recall, I love Farscape, so of course I watched this panel:
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Star Trek Comic Con Panel
The time-tested pop culture event that is the San Diego Comic Con is virtual this year thanks to the pandemic, so I believe the videos are online sooner than ever before. So, of course, I’d watch the Star Trek panel…
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That Planet that’s a Large, Gaseous Cloud
No, not Neptune. No, not Jupiter. Don’t make me say it. Okay, fine.
Raves Various and Sundry
“I’m standing in a very happy place right now” Behind-the-scenes of Hamilton
As I mentioned the other week, we saw Hamilton along with a good many millions of people at the beginning of the month… and that’s led to listening to the soundtrack non-stop the following weekend, at least one rewatch so far, and delving into all sorts of reading and watching of supplemental material. Just about none has topped my theater geeky glee quite like seeing Adam Savage looking at the props used in Hamilton. As…
Acting Various and Sundry
O.G. Theater, Live This Saturday!
I was about to do a theater post anyway today, but I had to go ahead and share this. Per this article by David Gordon, the National Theatre of Greece will be doing a performance of The Persians from the historic –and we’re talking anciently historic– theater of Epidaurus this Saturday, July 25th. The YouTube link is here. Get your O.G. (Original Greek) theater on!
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20 Minutes Later into the Future
Max Headroom is one of those series I definitely need to rewatch, as it feels like it’s disturbingly more prophetic than we’d like these days. Bryan Bishop over at The Verve has put together a lengthy oral history of the show and pop culture phenomenon. Check it out!