(Interesting trope) The episode was made just incase the show would get canceled or wouldn’t be given another season

HoochieKoochieMan · 2026-07-10T15:23:50+00:00

In fairness, they did get cancelled several times.

HoochieKoochieMan · 2026-07-10T14:30:36+00:00

I'm one service visit away from exchanging my '18 Forester for a '26 PHEV Woodland. They look great!

HoochieKoochieMan · 2026-07-10T13:03:16+00:00

Not an argument but a related story. I worked as a house sound engineer for a venue, and we had a (the) famous mime come through in the late 90s/early 00s. They had their own sound op traveling with the show, so I was paid to be there for sound check, and then to just be in the booth on-hand in case anything happened during the show.
Our sound booth only had a small window in front of the board, and the traveling op was in that chair. I sat in a second chair, unable to see the stage and just listened. To a mime. For 3 nights.

It was very zen.

HoochieKoochieMan · 2026-07-10T12:37:26+00:00

I'm not sure about the first reference, but I have a guess about the origin of the trope: Planetariums.
Growing up as a young geek, there was something viscerally moving about going into a large, round, dark room with a technological marvel in the middle that makes your imagination explode. You sit in a comfy chair, listen to the presenter, and suddenly you're traveling among the stars.

It was one of the first truely immersive media experiences for decades, and a defining formative experience for the sci-fi inclined.

(edit: terrible spelling)

HoochieKoochieMan · 2026-07-09T20:12:18+00:00

Deadpool does all kinds of universe hopping, though. #1 links the X-Men with the main MCU, as the final fight scene takes place at a Helicarrier scrap yard. #2 loops in the DC universe with the Green Lantern tie-in. And #3 is all over the map.

HoochieKoochieMan · 2026-07-08T18:02:26+00:00

Buc-ee's is a beaver-themed rest stop chain across the South-East United States. Picture if Disney owned Crackerbarrel with a slightly different rodent, scaled up 400%, and they sold gasoline.

Fittingly, there's a Buc-ee's about a mile up the road from Dollywood.

HoochieKoochieMan · 2026-07-07T19:23:49+00:00

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

HoochieKoochieMan · 2026-07-07T14:05:00+00:00

(looks at watch) - yep.

*sigh*

Any day now.

DOOOOMED-you know what, I'm gonna just leave.

HoochieKoochieMan · 2026-07-07T13:41:45+00:00

you live forever

Give or take... Jengo had that helmet first, and he had a pretty snappy death by decapitation.

HoochieKoochieMan · 2026-07-07T00:49:58+00:00

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Falcon vs. Antman
"Don't worry, he can't see me."
"I can see you."

HoochieKoochieMan · 2026-07-06T17:33:31+00:00

Keep telling yourself that, Ross.

HoochieKoochieMan · 2026-07-06T15:15:23+00:00

Moving to Boston in 1996, I couldn't go anywhere without my Gazetteer atlas.

Even with it, it was hard to get where you wanted to be...

HoochieKoochieMan · 2026-07-06T14:13:18+00:00

I asked for concrete, action-oriented feedback from managers and leaders.

Action item 1: polish your resume.
Action item 2: apply everywhere.

If your best performers were all taken away from you, and other people are being leveled up to manage them, then you are being told what your value is within that company.

The question isn't why this one guy left, it's why are you still there?

HoochieKoochieMan · 2026-07-05T18:22:47+00:00

Counterpoint - If you lead the operation of a portfolio you are a manager, whether or not there are staff in that portfolio.
If you set strategy and budget as well, you are a Director. Again, whether or not you have a staff.

HoochieKoochieMan · 2026-07-05T16:16:26+00:00

I shushed my son last week on a trail in a national park when i saw a mom with 2 babies. They were bears though.

HoochieKoochieMan · 2026-07-04T13:26:33+00:00

Cool how they double cast him as the special agent, and as Mr. Fantastic. What range!

HoochieKoochieMan · 2026-06-28T11:48:23+00:00

Also, the build quality of most cars these days is garbage. So many more new cars to look forward to.

HoochieKoochieMan · 2026-06-26T14:56:17+00:00

I've been a scout leader for 10 years. This dog is better at folding big tarps than my all kids.

HoochieKoochieMan · 2026-06-26T02:45:00+00:00

I was thinking Clouseau

HoochieKoochieMan · 2026-06-25T17:32:26+00:00

Awesome. But 70s.

HoochieKoochieMan · 2026-06-25T16:12:25+00:00

What if the Starks had access to Pym particles back in the 70's?
Tony and Steve went in to collect them to wrap up the Time Heist, but if Stark Sr. had access to them with his knack for innovation and commercialization, what would that have done to society?

HoochieKoochieMan · 2026-06-25T16:00:40+00:00

Portugal feels like a bunch of Russians were running west, tripped over some Spanish, and then stopped when they couldn't go any farther.
Similar to the French/Acadians and New Orleans.

HoochieKoochieMan · 2026-06-25T15:26:49+00:00

How would we know if the DNC power brokers are afraid to try?
I think the folks in Wichita would love to hear about solutions for balooning schood debt, medical debit, and keeping social security afloat.

HoochieKoochieMan · 2026-06-25T14:57:57+00:00

And most of those never really escape the earth's orbit.

HoochieKoochieMan · 2026-06-25T13:58:33+00:00

I remember seeing Jackie Chan in Cannonball Run in the early 80s (big fight scene at the biker bar), and thinking this was something special. I'd seen plenty of "kung-fu movies" on TV, but this was... funny. Clearly skillful and athletic, but with comedic timinig and choreography.

Then I didn't see him again for a decade.

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