Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

While I think Skyward Sword's soundtrack is the best in the series, and that Breath of Wild's was the weakest, I will say they saved EVERYTHING for this piece of music, which doesn't just weave a bunch of themes together, but delivers it at 150%..

How many interlocking pieces of Zelda lietmotif can you count in this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieSz7F8MgqA

Thoughts Before Bed

"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence."
"It's not extraordinary. It's just. Wierd"
"That requires weird evidence."

George Lowe
1957-2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OcqGrZaRdM

Weird question. Do any other right-handers use the left handed controls on their phones cause they primarily use or left handed?

Lefties using right handed controls?

It's 7:30 and I'm awake.

How do you daytimers do it?

Working on cleaning house on time for tomorrow's job start and watching the Richard Donner cut of Superman II.

Even with all its flaws, I prefer this cut to the others. The bad guys really feel threatening, the movie feels far more serious. It's really weak in the Niagra Falls sequence (which is Richard Lester footage, and just the bare minimum to tell the story) and the East Houston sequence (which originally took place outside Washington DC and never filmed), but otherwise far stronger than the theatrical.

Um...

A++ Parking Job

These new Star Wars shows are kinda wierd.

It was never about "won't someone think of the children?!"

https://www.kxan.com/news/texas-politics/texas-house-bill-ban-gender-affirming-care-transgender-adults/amp/

Woke up with this in my head, so now it's in yours: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzLT6_TQmq8

Me after seeing Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Governor Janet Mills standing up to Trump to his face: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qillJj5RXUs

After three months I've reclaimed my living room!

Texas is now trying to crominalize all gender transition surgeries, not just for kids. In fact, the house bill was written ABOUT banning surgeries for trans kids, but then had them stricken to criminalize all surgeries.

"The bill, H.B. No. 3399, amends existing Texas law regarding procedures and treatments for gender transitioning, gender reassignment, or gender dysphoria, specifically addressing the use of public funds for these services. Key changes include the removal of references to "children" in the context of prohibited procedures, thereby broadening the scope to apply to individuals of any age. The bill prohibits healthcare providers from performing surgeries that sterilize individuals, administering certain prescription drugs that induce infertility, or removing healthy body parts, while also outlining exceptions for specific medical conditions and ongoing treatments initiated before June 1, 2025."

https://www.transvitae.com/texas-bill-seeks-to-ban-gender-affirming-care-for-all-ages/

House Bill 3399: https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/HB03399I.pdf

Looking very 1938 these days.

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/27/iowa-civil-rights-act-transgender-protections-vote-house-file-583/80546396007/

If there's anything I've learned from decades of tech support and phone repping, it's that if you're angry, are you angry at the person or the situation. And which is more to blame?

Even if the person is at fault, if the situation caused the problem, be angry at the situation.

Thoughts Before Bed

"What is a man but a miserable pile of secrets."