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CSotD: Friday Funnies (Timing is every part)
The previous week has been one synchronicity after one other.
This Joy of Tech cartoon could be legitimate anytime, however we’re on the very begin of autumn and, whereas the leaves have solely simply began turning, I’m excited about a run up the Champlain Valley and thru the Adirondacks in about three weeks when the leaves will likely be at peak and my automobile will lastly be out of the physique store.
That final half is a separate “timing” subject — crunched the bumper in July however supply-chain points have meant it may possibly’t be mounted till October 5. One final half ought to are available in Monday.
The bigger timing subject is that, with leaf-peeping season simply across the nook, social media is flooded with ridiculously high-filtered pictures of leaves put out by varied tourism teams. When the sky and the water are additionally yellow, purple and orange, you’ll be able to guess the leaves have been retouched.
I bear in mind when my in-laws got here out from Colorado one spectacular fall and mentioned that they had at all times thought the calendars had been an exaggeration. They had been surprised that the panorama might actually appear to be that. (I felt the identical manner the primary time I noticed the Rockies.)
Effectively, now folks somewhere else actually are seeing phony footage of autumn, because of the Nature Fakers who don’t have any religion in genuine magnificence.
Think about if some NYC tourism board used a fish-eye lens to make the buildings look taller, or added psychedelic colours to the Statue of Liberty’s robes.
After I take that drive, I’ll convey a digicam, however I’ll largely hold it on the seat and simply dig the leaves for what they’re. There are events once you actually ought to seek out life extra attention-grabbing than something in your telephone.
BTW, in the event you’re pondering of coming to take a look, here’s an interactive predictor. The leaves will likely be in 3D and panoramic view.
So long as I’m raging towards the current, this Rabbits Against Magic (AMS) got here alongside simply as the problem was raised of constructing a James Bond film with a lady enjoying Bond.
I’ve lengthy been fed up with a era fixated on remakes. Now I see that Fred Savage is producing a brand new model of “The Marvel Years.” I’d really feel completely different if Ron Howard had been re-doing the Andy Griffith Present, since Howard has so many later achievements that it wouldn’t seem to be some middle-aged man getting a perm and unbuttoning his shirt to attempt to relive his youth.
This all started when Hollywood found that individuals don’t just like the unknown and started sprinkling spoilers all through the approaching sights so folks might chuckle and applaud when these scenes confirmed up within the precise film.
After which they only began remaking every part to keep away from any surprises.
Gol durn it, after they record “The Magnificent Seven” or “Heartbreak Child” on the TV grid, it must say “the actual one” if it’s the actual one.
In the meantime, I don’t thoughts a brand new Bond movie with a lady lead, although, in fact, you’ll be able to’t name her “James Bond,” so that you’d should give you a brand new, feminine identify for her.
How about “Modesty Blaise”?
Talking of names, Jimmy Johnson omitted the prospect to reference a little bit of Arlo & Janis (AMS) trivia this week.
These had been the Days, my buddy.
Timing on this Frazz (AMS) isn’t all that astonishing, because it’s the beginning of the college 12 months, however we had a dialog on the park simply this week with a trainer about moving into the brand new 12 months, since, over the summer season, it’s straightforward to turn out to be used to having the ability to sit down as soon as in awhile and go to the lavatory everytime you need.
I bear in mind some years in the past a trainer commenting to me that, after she had her child, going again to the classroom was how she regained bladder management. She was laughing, however she wasn’t joking.
There’s most likely a narrative to be written in what a 12 months of Zoom lessons did to all that bodily self-discipline, however I’m retired.
Wiley Miller brings up the kind of story I’d be extra more likely to write, with this Non Sequitur (AMS).
At a well-run firm, the precise compromise is that you would be able to get the rattling shot or you’ll be able to depart, and this Twitter thread on the ramifications of refusal and unemployment insurance is simply the kind of explainer I liked to sink my enamel into, as soon as upon a time.
The author particularly cites Utah regulation, nevertheless it’s fairly common: In case your employer makes an inexpensive request and also you refuse to do it, it’s the identical as voluntarily quitting, irrespective of whether or not you truly stroll out or wait round to get fired.
Vaccination is an inexpensive request and also you received’t acquire UI in the event you aren’t keen to meet an inexpensive request.
Juxtaposition of the Day
(Dark Side of the Horse – AMS)
That is a kind of occasions once you cease and say, “Wait, didn’t I simply …” and should scroll again to test.
It additionally brought on me to cease and surprise what autumn is like in Finland, the house of Darkish Horse, and it seems to be very much like it is here in New England, but with reindeer. And, equally, without having for filters.
It additionally left me questioning if Scott Hilburn went to his native mall to take reference pictures of lamps, or simply Googled them.
And it jogged my memory of senior 12 months in school, after we had an artwork class that included a session of determine drawing. I bumped into the mannequin downtown a number of days later and it was all I might do to keep away from saying, “I didn’t acknowledge you along with your garments on.”
Figured she’d already heard that one.
I used to be pretty lately married, so I wasn’t making an attempt to choose her up, however right this moment’s Pros & Cons (KFS) jogs my memory of the times after I would have been.
Because it occurs, this Beau Brummels track got here up on my playlist yesterday and jogged my memory that, whereas Cat Stevens was proper that the primary lower is the deepest, it’s the close to misses that stick in your thoughts.
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