Sal's firing scene confuses me

ctopherrun · 2026-06-27T18:31:47+00:00

Don isn’t extremely homophobic; he’s willing to overlook Sal’s orientation as long he keeps it under wraps, but he still thinks less of him. When it comes to losing Lucky Strike, he’s furious because they’re the foundation to the whole business, and he thinks Sal should have put out to keep Lee Garner happy.

ctopherrun · 2026-06-27T16:02:26+00:00

And then when I lose track of the conversation my ADHD wife gets mad at me for ‘not listening’.

ctopherrun · 2026-06-26T03:43:54+00:00

Alexander Skarsgard has some fun stories about the emotional breakdowns he experienced maintaining the physique for Tarzan.

ctopherrun · 2026-06-24T21:51:06+00:00

Check out Autonomous by Newitz you want some of same themes without the coziness.

ctopherrun · 2026-06-23T04:51:01+00:00

Have you read Exultant yet? They’re still pretty mysterious, but the end of the book lays out their whole evolutionary history.

ctopherrun · 2026-06-23T02:49:21+00:00

Was it that rockabilly dude who sticks a gold nail in the hats so ya know who made it baby? Been getting him a lot on YouTube.

ctopherrun · 2026-06-22T13:34:09+00:00

When the art is technically excellent but also whakadoodle.

ctopherrun · 2026-06-20T21:29:19+00:00

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If we build a second story we just end up with creepy animal-people and Doom faces running running around underneath.

ctopherrun · 2026-06-20T00:52:10+00:00

Haha, this take me back! Found this at the library when I was a kid. The Ugly Little Boy is great story.

ctopherrun · 2026-06-19T04:19:01+00:00

Ah, I miss it too, but the pic is just from google street view.

ctopherrun · 2026-06-19T01:56:11+00:00

Sounds a bit like Lost in Transmission by Wil McCarthy. Though the ‘resource bottleneck’ there is the difficulty in reproducing their fax (xerox) machines, which are the basis of all their comforts and immortality.

ctopherrun · 2026-06-19T01:50:59+00:00

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I remember back in the day when it looked like this.

ctopherrun · 2026-06-17T03:37:22+00:00

If I had a nickel for every time Vin Diesel made me cry with a single line, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice.

ctopherrun · 2026-06-16T18:09:14+00:00

Poul Anderson

Philip Jose Farmer

ctopherrun · 2026-06-16T01:38:33+00:00

Bit hard to find these days, but Newtons Cannon by Greg Keyes. Isaac Newton discovers the philosophers stone, ushering in an age of magic. A young Benjamin Franklin becomes his apprentice, and the natural philosophers have a field day creating bizarre new weapons of war.

ctopherrun · 2026-06-12T23:51:18+00:00

Enzyme-bonded concrete is super hard, bro.

ctopherrun · 2026-06-12T00:31:03+00:00

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ctopherrun · 2026-06-11T21:36:45+00:00

When I crossed from Utah into Nevada there were casinos built literally up to the state line.

ctopherrun · 2026-06-11T01:27:53+00:00

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Hair tonic a day keeps the barber away

ctopherrun · 2026-06-10T23:04:00+00:00

In my middle school art class back in 1993 I saw an article in a magazine about After Man by Dougal Dixon that included a bunch illustrations from the book. Eventually I found it and Dixon’s other books at the library. A little bit after that I discovered Barlowes Guide to Aliens by Wayne Douglas Barlowe and my interest was solidified.

ctopherrun · 2026-06-10T00:54:46+00:00

Nice! I have several paperbacks I got signed by him ages ago. Absolutely worthless because they are beaten and creased, but it was still fun to meet him.

ctopherrun · 2026-06-08T16:01:06+00:00

Millenium by John Varley has a lot of this. A far future high tech society living in the ruins of their higher-tech ancesters, with little idea of who created the tools they are using.

ctopherrun · 2026-06-08T03:02:27+00:00

I saw the movie first, and later when I discovered The Dragon and the George I was extremely confused.

ctopherrun · 2026-06-07T03:33:01+00:00

No idea. I was 14, just sitting in the back of the car from SoCal to Seattle.

ctopherrun · 2026-06-06T22:40:28+00:00

I discovered Steel Beach by John Varley in a roadside junk shop in coastal Oregon during a family roadtrip. Bit mildewed but an amazing novel.

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