Friday, December 12, 2025

Robot Carnival

In a post-apocalyptic world, bewildered communities survive subsistently, gettin' 'er done anyway they know how, the survivors of technological armageddon. 

In a mad intensely uncanny contrast a giant vehicle crosses the land, like a moving city complete with robots putting on a show as they pass by.

The show compels as it immerses spectators in clever anime vignettes, romantic and humorous and terrifying and awkward a diverse spectrum of narrative fiction. 

Young romance in flummoxed variability soaring and cresting as it flows, boldly attempting to balance their emotions with civic duty and familial bearings.

The clouds sweetly billow and transform as laidback reckoning elusively matriculates, the shapeshifting cardiac lithe admixtures frothing and foaming throughout the sky. 

Frankensynoptical reanimation electronic Lazurinthine glib ambition, nonchalant nurture necessitous invention the cold weary resourceful meaningful strife. 

Age old conflicting absolutist loci the cruel haughty ruler the rebellious upstart, lost in battle interminable lexicon lesions loquacious latitude linger. 

Lifelong longing idyllic identities carnival construct latent obsession, pasteurized pygmalion novel Narcissus the great wide open into the light. 

19th century Jaegers powered with batteries paving the way for macroscopic mischief, why hellbent on flamboyant destruction when there's still so much life left to live?

Robotic revelry animate hatchlings conscious constituent microchip cadre, throughout the city inaccessible recess fluid frenetic feverish fastening. 

A less encapsulating monumental magnum a humble toy robot dazzles young children, their father happy to have shared the sensation with the modest intent to cultivate wonder.

They never let their robots get out of hand, the apocalyptic scenario never arose.

Just modest life and creative expenditure.

Family and friends.

Holiday Seasons. 

Thursday, December 11, 2025

Becoming Santa

Santa, always keen to diversify the phantasmagorical features of his origins, finds himself offering another alternative depiction of North Pole life, which boldly suggests he will one day retire once his daughter finds a suitable mate, at which point he'll kick back and ball, in this cute and cuddly romantic comedy.

Many traditional components of Santa's existence are still disseminated, the casual legend of the magnanimous hombre who shares gifts and toys on Christmas Day.

Elves still adorn his workshop with diligent industrious intricate moxy, their resourceful knowhow having exhaustively expanded to crucially create electronic devices.

The reindeer are still a' flourishin' in a giant barn with tales to tell, Rudolph disappearing for most of the year before sleekly showing up on Christmas Eve.

Yet there's a time limit on Santa's tenure and his daughter has found a reliable substitute, who lives and breathes Christmas 24/7, and is humble and jolly and chill and self-sacrificing. 

He doesn't know she's the daughter of the most gifted toymaker in the land however, and awkwardly stumbles into the folklore with eager surprise and determined shock. 

Suddenly learning that he'll indeed become the heralded Claus oft referred to as Nicolas, he gingerly excels at lauded merrymaking, while his rival suitor fills him with dread.

Nonetheless, the film's kind and understanding and emphasizes training and trial and error, natural doubts and inherent discountenance audaciously blended with comprehensive resolve. 

It's not something to master instantaneously it takes time and patience to learn, possessing a spirit which emanates mirth no doubt a prerequisite hearty in bloom. 

Thus even Santa, like many mortals, one day found himself tasked with vision, and dug in deep and got 'er done after many mistakes initially squeezed him.

Fortunately, the zone was compassionate and exceedingly filled with chance and roll call. 

As fair and encouraging as it was indefinite. 

The Holiday Season. 

Effervescently flumed. 

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

The Good Dinosaur

The adventure quest, out on your own, suddenly dealin' with inherent chaos, the wilderness hostile, your family long gone, evergreen boughs, improvised discipline. 

A young dinosaur falls into a river and is wildly washed away downstream, achingly awaking the next dismal morning to find his lonely self in a far distant land.

He isn't blessed with survival skills and is wholeheartedly fearful of everyone he meets, habitually shy and awkwardly candid he haphazardly strives on down the line.

Fortunately, a young "critter" whom his father tried to get him to kill, efficaciously rewards him for letting him go and industriously comes to his nimble aid.

Intuitively timorous, the young dinosaur recoils, but as time passes finds himself more at ease, life-threatening encounters consistently emerging which encourage growth and hearty mettle. 

With intermittent intervals of mischief and play, the adventure takes on open-hearted multiplicities. 

Debonair reflexes in bloom. 

On the trek through nebulous lands. 

Treeplanting was probably the closest thing I ever did to something like this, it was brutal and harsh and difficult a substantial challenge to be confronted. 

I planted around 75 trees on my first day and made around $7.00, and since it cost $25 to stay in camp (the food was bountiful and amazing), I was functioning with a serious deficit. 

I had spent $800 on gear and had to pay that off as well, and it rained every day for the first week, and after that the bugs were totalitarian. 

Thus, it was either do nothing, make no money, and sit around getting soaked or eaten by bugs, or learn how to do it and make some cash and return home with money for the winter.

I therefore worked while it was raining and resiliently defied the legions of mosquitoes, and planted 1,007 trees on my 6th day, hitting 3,000 4 or 5 weeks later.

I was 140 pounds forever before that spring but I ate so much I've never gone below 160 since.

Treeplantings like the army for environmentalists.

So many insane days. 

And cool animal encounters. 

*You can make a ton of money if you work hard. It's crazy tough though.

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Jiang Ziya

The realm of the demon scurrilously oppresses the unsuspecting people with wicked cunning, until the gods take fluent cardigan mercy and affably supply a kind-hearted champion.

The foes clash and battle and destroy until beauty and wonder fade from the Earth, and all that's left are wanton reflexes bombastically seeking mortal ruin.

Eventually, the fighting stops and the kind-hearted warrior is tasked once again, to see if he is ready to rule the gods with bold decision and incarnate reckoning. 

Banished to a frozen wasteland with many others whom he once fought, he can't sit still and humbly contemplate while tempting questions lithely fluster.

He sets out in search of answers sympathetically unable to obey commands, the compelling drive to aid his new friend in resolute question upheld unbidden.

Yet a higher level of executive functioning officiously scrutinizes his acts meanwhile. 

Attempting to cataclysmically transform.

Kind-hearted reason into absolutist sufferance. 

Does leadership command the unprincipled devotion of warlike jaded contradictory cynicism, or do compassionate alternatives modestly contend with thoughtful levity and playful understanding?

The bellicose leader will no doubt attempt to sincerely seem laidback and humorous, while the decent individual will at times employ strength and discipline to get things done.

But at the end of the day the kind-hearted leader facilitates consistency and open-minded trust (Augustus Caesar/Claudius), while the self-obsessed demagogue extracts envy from decay in a constantly shifting foundationless masquerade (Tiberius/Caligula). 

If you study your nation's leadership going back for hundreds of years, if democratically affiliated, you'll find multivariability. 

Thus Clement Attlee defeated Winston Churchill - how did that happen? - in 1945.

And Biden defeated Trump.

Only to be thrown under the bus for his troubles. 

Friday, December 5, 2025

The Living Daylights

The Cold War once saw fierce international antagonists, cautious regarding thermonuclear war, but still aggressively advancing opposing ideologies. 

Both sides demanded zealous loyalty from civilians, professionals, and soldiers, and should you even joke about defection grand bureaucratic impositions would immobilize you.

Seeking international fluidity a Soviet informant risks defection in The Living Daylights, the British Government open to emancipatory accommodation should he share with them compelling intel.

An elaborate plan is put into place and the tenacious traitor finds his ticket West, ebulliently awaking in celebratory high spirits in a theoretically safe house in the United Kingdom. 

Yet the Soviets condemn the treachery and swiftly come calling for the disloyal comrade, boldly snatching the foolish hamstring from right under MI6's smug noses.

But was it the Soviets who destructively acquired him or is someone else playing an even riskier game?

Duping intelligence agents around the world.

With the audacious hopes of selling contraband.

I always thought Timothy Dalton was given a raw deal with the James Bond franchise, I rather liked The Living Daylights and find it a thrilling engaging spy film.

It would have been tough to overcome the impression held amongst the public at the transitionary time, that Pierce Brosnan would make a great Bond after his performance in Remington Steele. 

Still, don't let the outcome cause you to overlook The Living Daylights, it's a hidden gem that's easy to dismiss since it obscurely contends between auspicious giants (saw it in Prince Edward Island). 

In a lot of Bond films you quickly discover what the terrorist agents are up to for instance, but The Living Daylights keeps you guessing with fast paced reversals and indelicate election.

In contemporary times, it's been 4 years without a Bond film that's a sacrifice of at least a figurative billion, doesn't the franchise make hundreds of millions every two to three years and if they don't release a film haven't they awkwardly eclipsed themselves?

Ah well, a new film is to be released but not till 2028 states Google. 

Cool to see Denis Villeneuve directing. 

Hopefully he also gets the next Star Wars franchise.

Thursday, December 4, 2025

Miracle on 34th Street

It often seems like the jaded objective concrete materialistic obsession, is a feature of contemporary times which didn't exist in bygone days. 

The lack of spiritual enlightenment often attributed to common sense, seems like it wouldn't have existed long ago when cultures were more fantastically grounded. 

But if 1947 is the time marker which correspondingly took place 78 years ago, the agile contention that the present is less imaginative loses momentum in Miracle on 34th Street. 

For within its festive reels we find compulsive dismissals of the Holiday Spirit, and exacting rituals tempestuously inclined to rid its culture of compelling levity. 

Does the indefatigable spiritual not viscerally sustain scientific experiment, through the steady encouragement of alternative endeavours that strategic reasoning would have never conceived on its own?

Does the existence of incorporeal ethereal intangible dynamic being, not facilitate unorthodox thinking that leads to new developments in scientific theory?

We find stale and overwrought examples of traditional skeptical and cynical thought, dismissing the essence of Christmas with contemptuous vitriol in 34th Street.

Even as the remarkable benefits of harmless play lead to exceptional results, bitter acrimonious characters still crudely objurgate Santa's existence. 

Even as he exhaustively displays a meticulous knowledge of toys and where to find them, while speaking different languages with intricate foresight and linguistic flexibility, he's still excessively critiqued by agnostic stipulations from a roundabout age, and even thrown in a mental institution for boldly defending lighthearted humour. 

Should spiritual folk condemn the scientists to an improvised world of non-traditional reckoning, or should psychiatry and reason clerically expel all otherworldly thoughts from cultivated continuums? 

Does a grounded focus on reason and science not lay the framework for reliable consistency, while alternative arrangements cosmically endowed exalt sleigh bell sensations in ceremonious flight?

Does the fortuitous blend not effortlessly synthesize yin and yang with reflexive sanity?

That brings about open-minded efficiencies? 

Magic and moonbeams.

Hot cocoa. 

Gingerbread. 

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Turumba

A traditional family nestled in the Philippines makes its living selling toys, lively animals made from paper mâché earn them a modest yet ample living.

The father is the village "Cantor" and leads a procession at the Turumba Festival, a local honour cherished and respected throughout the peaceful laidback countryside.

His family sells its toys at that same festival where it makes enough to live on throughout the year, their creations sought after viscerally due to the lifelike detail of their composition. 

Indeed Grandma oversees each toy's production and never withholds her well-meaning criticism, should her grandchildren employ less vigorous industry in the application of their art.

Time honoured modes of intricate manufacture collide with postmodern demands, however, when amazed toy sellers from a foreign land effectively hire them to thrive in abundance. 

Production vastly increases and soon many people from the village are hired, from 500 to 25,000 delicate toys definitively made with burgeoning expertise. 

But something's lost through the sudden transition and even though much more money's being made, free time to converse and relax or hike and explore fades into the disciplined background.

No doubt tempting to elaborately excel in lucrative crafty business endeavours, and to readily supply sought after local jobs with robust impacts and substantial reckoning.

The manufacture of their toys does little harm to the local environment, and therefore doesn't recklessly pollute the mountainous terrain they freely call home.

Free time to spend spiritually enriched with emphatic energy in the pursuit of life, can lead to a less stressful existence as the years pass with zest however.

There's a sense of pride and comprehensive achievement in the maintenance of fluid enterprise, but is the impoverished machete man not also rich with coveted free time to spend in the jungle?

As the Holiday Season swiftly approaches and the inherent glitter dazzlingly tantalizes, it's encompassingly intriguing to efficiently work and secure sufficient funds to commercially accommodate. 

But without the spiritual eagerness those emancipated hours resting with family and friends, does the season not lose some of its limitless value in the stoic determination to ceaselessly labour?

Different answers to different people but chillin' time is certainly important.

It's also cool to have lots of cash. 

The age old dialectic.

Acutely manifest. 

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

The Blob

A quiet night in the peaceful countryside picturesque and romantic, delicate and adoring, a young couple familiarizes itself with the night sky through active stargazing and vigilant discernment.

When a gigantic meteor from deep within space suddenly lands nonchalantly nearby, a local woodsman out for a stroll in the vicinity taking a closer look.

At first everything seems fine it's just a rock harmless and nondescript, but after it cracks open a translucent goo gesticulates and wavers with distressing undulation. 

The woodsman picks it up with a stick and then brings it to his hand for closer inspection, where it smothers his skin and absorbs his bones with greedy invasive absolutist hunger.

The young couple arrives to find him overwhelmed with pain and helpless frustration, they immediately agree to give him a ride to a local doctor who agrees to see him.

Back in town everything seems fine shenanigans alight - a dull even intensifies.

As the encumbering goo increasingly expands.

Aggressively digesting.

Every human it encounters.

It's clear that imminent space danger is posing a limitless unprecedented threat, and the grandiose resources of the entire world should be excessively deployed as a countermeasure. 

A giant interconnected web of satellites should gallantly cloak the world complete, to boldly save our economic interests and definitively ensure that nothing gets through.

If North America, in consultation with the United Nations, comes up with the imposing ubiquitous design, aesthetically vetted by Québec, and humorously lampooned by Ontario, the effective blueprints should be ready in a fortnight, after which security will be impeccable. 

Threats from space should only modestly take up around 3.5% of global budgets, and should we hunker down and buckle up there's no freakin' tellin' how much "ground" we'll cover.

I used to think the night sky was just a peaceful tranquil dome, effortlessly excelling at facilitating dreams and coordinating wise immaculate dominion.

But with the tangible threat of the enemy it casually obscures it must be tamed.

Like the frontier from The Last Starfighter.

Let's get 'er done!

Just in time for Christmas.

Friday, November 28, 2025

Big Trouble in Little China

Ageless limitless magical constellations symphonically scintillating voltaic vibes, unleashed sorcery conjured warlockdown inherent conflict improvised strategy.

Delivery scheduled, an outspoken trucker makes his way across North America, treating those listening to random outbursts of concrete wisdom and tough-talking jive.

Exoterically sermonizing on diverse subjects with bold declarations and happenstance harkening, he makes his way to San Francisco where he joins some friends in a night of gambling.

It's a special day for his closest bro since his innocent betrothed is arriving from China, whom he needs to meet at the nearby airport later that morning without further delay.

They make their way to the arrival zone but aren't the only ones awaiting her presence, a troubling group of angry ne'er-do-wells hoping to swiftly steal her away.

They succeed and bring her to Chinatown where she's recruited by a local business.

Avidly sought after by our heroes.

Who courageously seek bold conjugal virtue. 

Big Trouble in Little China is a hardboiled cult classic from a different age, when special effects were becoming less hokey and everyday people where cinematically kind.

We therefore find a compelling example of laidback wit and charming candour, making quick decisions with inspiring bravery even if he lacks esoteric wherewithal. 

It's the kind of campy industrious fortitude classically interwoven into action-packed chaos, that strikes an eternal bedlambience which constructively nurtures wilderness whimsy. 

If the filmmakers involved hadn't sincerely given 'er with monumental gusto the results may have been less memorable. 

John Carpenter habitually excels at encouraging strong performances. 

With exceptional line after exceptional line.

Unabashed and confident.

On down the road. 

Thursday, November 27, 2025

The Garfield Movie

Ye olde Garfield comically elucidates the decadent steps to satiation, going above and beyond modest humble take out to supply himself with everything on the menu.

His habitual endearing shenanigans see the traditional maintenance of gormandized excess, his enabling kind-hearted oblivious owner freely facilitating ambitious plans. 

Nevertheless, he accidentally finds himself in trouble one dismal and lonesome day, when none other than his legitimate father comes to his daring rescue with ferocious courage.

Garfield and his father are estranged the younger holding an ironclad grudge, blaming dear old dad for abandoning him as a child to a cold and isolated subsistence lifestyle.

His father tries to explain but Garfield ain't a' listenin' to what he has to say, their reunion made even more awkward when an angry nemesis suddenly outwits them. 

They're tasked with stealing thousands of quarts of milk from a local dairy known for its security.

The only one who can aid their struggle.

A resigned bull jaded and lovelorn.

Garfield was huge in my youth he had just come out and was quite the sensation, I still have the first dozen or so books with treasury compilations and holiday specials. 

Did he encourage other lazy underachieving characters like Bart Simpson or Peter Griffin, I can't determine if there's a direct link but similar viewpoints widely circulate? 

I was surprised to see Garfield off his game in this incarnation he's fraught with error, indeed he's the overconfident dismissive fool who unintentionally disrupts their meticulous strategy.

I remember him succeeding unilaterally in the '80s and often encountering self-aggrandizing serendipity, I wasn't sure if I had just forgotten his occasional misfortunes or if the comic had become less mischievous in recent decades.

I fondly remembered ordering take out pizza with tasty breadsticks and lasagna dishes, as I watched Garfield devour legions of cheesy mouthfuls indelicately unconcerned with weight or diet.

The boundless enthusiastic unaffected gains of fictional characters. 

With a bit of editing, effortlessly blooms.

Garfield at Large, posthaste ad infinitum. 

Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Voyage to the End of the Universe

A multifaceted communal space vessel patiently travels throughout the universe, destined to land on Alpha Centauri with the hopes of encountering alien life.

They harmoniously deal with the consistent boredom and stoically embrace their interminable routine, remaining awake for most of the journey instead of simply sleeping in cryo chambers. 

With 40 crew members the potential for multiple different conversations and interactive alternatives, leaves many contented and active enough to overcome haunting claustrophobic anxieties. 

They exist hundreds of years in the future where free thinking minds have championed peace, and as they smoothly accelerate through different solar systems they meet phenomena unknown yet familiar.

An old spaceship from Earth in fact which was wildly occupied by thrill seeking gamblers, which wasn't ready for the journey to deep space and slowly succumbed to murderous sickness.

An unforeseen deadly dark star adamantly blocks their progress as well.

Its radiation causing the entire crew to slumber.

Adventurers frightened they'll never wake up. 

Not often you see celebrated commie cinema from the vilified Eastern Bloc no less, with its lucid focus on communal life and general commitment to studious exploration. 

It's pioneering sci-fi a cut above what I've seen so far from that distant time (the 1960s), its elaborate sets and reasonable schematics not as antiquated as some older movies.

The introduction of the "capitalist" spacecraft with its reckless gambling and weapons of mass destruction, makes a clever differentiation from the less volatile communists who sought newfound knowledge and peaceful integration (in the movies). 

It would be exciting to head into space on a miraculous ship destined for unknown galaxies, but the small town nature of its restrictive boundaries may have driven me crazy as time went by.

With no nature walks or animal sightings it would be like winter all the time, difficult to generate the same robust enthusiasm when there's little hope of extracurricular excursions. 

But if you could consistently descend to uncharted planets that would totally be motivating, and go for walks through rugged bush never before encountered while searching for food.

Star Trek does make spacelife sound fascinating if don't face destruction every episode. 

It would still be distressingly confined though.

Unlike the metropolitan island. 

Tuesday, November 25, 2025

The Butterfly Murders

After a period of great destruction, peace settles in Ancient China, the various factions and sects and clans tired of the senseless and brutal killing.

But unease remains in the troubled aftermath as simply getting along with one another requires effort, and extant tensions and widespread jealousies bitterly encourage internecine melodrama. 

Around this time, feverish and brittle, a tale of insects revolting circulates, indeed the emergence of killer butterflies outrageously terrifies the superstitious. 

A castle lies uninhabited except for the resident lord and lady and their maid, who, to avoid the slaughter of the butterflies, have taken to hiding underground.

Sternly visited by the upright leader of a different clan they lithely accommodate, yet mysteries abound delicately within the sombre lair frenzies notwithstanding. 

The legendary thunders are ceremoniously summoned after the strange death of the distant ruler, to see how he divided up his kingdom in stalwart deluge and unbecoming gore.

Their unique gifts are not enough to overcome the misguidance however. 

As unrest strikes and chaos descends.

With ruthless wingéd covetous metamorphosis. 

I haven't seen many old school martial arts films with a sinister focus on honour and treachery, I've never even seen Bruce Lee's films, it's a puzzling shortcoming I need to work on.

The Butterfly Murders, if indicative of a scheme, introduces a fast-paced in-depth action thriller, inherently necessitating suspicion and attention as it wildly indoctrinates incessant lesion.

Calculated mistrust and bewitching loyalties formally clash with inquisitive stewardship, unsettling murders and inarticulate chrysalids defiantly imploding sanctimonious stealth. 

An intricate script intriguingly accentuated with robust character and nondescript collusion, thrown together with ecstatic haste which at times leads to opaque delineations. 

I classically misunderstood the title and thought that butterflies (or transformative individuals) were being murdered, and although the latter does comes to pass, I was still surprised to find butterfly killers.

With such asymmetrical flight paths how could they ever be dispatched?

Similar to bats in flight.

Imbroglio misgivings.

Rigamaroller coaster. 

Friday, November 21, 2025

The Wild Robot

A helpful and benevolent domestic robot finds itself stranded in the wilderness, on an isolated island abounding with wildlife whom it initially can't comprehend.

It requires tasks, a role to fulfill, calling and purpose, industrious discipline, but the animals refer to it as a monster and tend to avoid making direct contact.

Except for an audacious fox who attempts to help it learn natural ways, after it uses its advanced programming to study the different languages the animals speak.

Unfortunately, one troubling day, while out and about doing this and that within the forest, it takes a tumble and accidentally falls on a nest of birds and kills the mother.

A baby survives however and now has no one to guide and nurture him, the harsh wilderness stepping in to potentially claim a helpless soul.

But the robot sees a task that can be fulfilled with warmth and friendship, the gentle nurturing of the chick through kind instruction and didactic teaching.

The fox hangs around and the oddball trio makes a name for itself in the wood.

The other animals curiously taking note.

Of the non-traditional heartwarming activities. 

If you like North American wildlife and tender stories with a tough edge, working within the tradition of Terminator films without the focus on armageddon, you may come to love The Wild Robot with sincere unabashed expressive levity, it's thoughtful and well-done and has something to offer both adults and children.

The robot's like a much less bellicose humble Terminator who eventually learns the value of life, and how hard work and honest self-sacrifice produce sweetly flowing constructive communities. 

It even builds a winter lodge that the animals stay in to keep warm together, it's like drinking-in-the-Jungle Book's-lagoon times 1,000 in terms of exceptional cool fictional animal gatherings (there's a lynx, an opossum [they cute!]), porcupines, a bear, raccoons, deer, everything, the wildlife coverage is phenomenal!). 

With the elegant message, the eloquent lesson to move beyond limits and calculation, by employing kindness and warmth and empathy to the curation of life wherever it's found.

The variety is multidimensional and it effectively blends technology and nature.

Please train A.I to love animals. 

How could they pose a systemic threat?

*I'll be watching this on a yearly basis for sure. Probably in the winter. Loved it!

Thursday, November 20, 2025

To Live & Die in L.A

*Spoiler alert.

A dedicated cop three days from retirement investigates a lead and winds up dead, his partner vowing to swiftly find whoever killed him no matter what.

The suspect is a high-end counterfeiter nefariously known for exacting copies, but how to get in touch everything's been blown there's no simple way to track him down.

A skittish informant shares information relating to a different case, which at first seems somewhat useless until it's given a self-obsessed spin.

Money is to be exchanged between mutual no-good-nicks routinely unsupervised, and if they can quickly scoop up that loot, they'll have what they need to be in the running.

Unfortunately, they're cops, and this means they'll have to break the law, ethically aligned to the code of conduct indefinitely excelling in righteous caution.

They decide to go for it anyway and only barely escape with their lives.

Thinking congratulations abound.

Until they find out they've robbed one of their own. 

It doesn't start out well ye old To Live & Die in L.A initially seems like it lacks depth, at least when compared with Endeavour or Frost or Columbo it strikes one as lacking intricate detail.

Friedkin's no obnoxious slouch however he'd already refined detective films way back when, and therefore seems to be ironically playing with uptight conventions through comedic irony in the opening moments (the veteran cop's methods at the beginning are really sloppy). 

But as it unreels the bold and resultant unpredictable awkward yet resonant trajectory, audaciously revels and madly impresses with infantile ruses and crackerjack shakedowns.

Chaos, it's total chaos that keeps building 'til everything's fubarred, and wildly viewing the undisciplined nutjobs can't help but encourage cheer and applause (this is fiction not reality).

That is what seems like an old school bad movie which is somewhat undeserving of its cult status, insanely jukes and effectively gesticulates to bravely create a unique cop film.

The lead actor doesn't even have a ceremonious death he's just blown away and forgotten.

It tricks you into thinking it's dull and conventional. 

And then unleashes renegade noir. 

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Hook

Difficult to make sense of the concept known as "aging", the process by which you gain more responsibility as time swiftly passes.

Often people have what are known as "families" which help to delineate time, the parents feeling older as they watch their children grow, the children naturally developing and changing throughout their youth.

If you don't have a traditional family and find yourself single throughout most of your life, you won't have the reliable time markers to consistently compare yourself with others.

You have to be somewhat more mature in order to put in a solid day's work, but don't have to set an example in the evening since you have no children looking up to you.

The people who do have families are tough to understand because their lives are different, and you have to watch what you say to them so you don't accidentally sound like one of their children (they control everything).

It's best to say as little as possible indeed as you go about your daily routine, not stopping to take photos of insects or squirrels for instance if in their company and you see something cool.

Although it's hard not to take these photos since they make an otherwise dull life more interesting, and liven up a blasé day where patterns emerge to be adjusted.

You may wish not to mention the movies you've been watching and the books you've been reading as well, you're no longer supposed to have time for these things and they can get in the way of objective reckoning.

If you found yourself telling jokes and making people laugh throughout your youth, you may need to keep your comments to yourself in the self-obsessed adult professional world.

This may lead to more silence but you also won't lose your job, or constantly be stuck with the worst duties that no one else ever wants to do.

Not easy to be rigid all the time though especially when you're bursting with energy and comment, a book of ideas is a healthy outlet should serious demands occupy your attention.

You don't want to teach youth to be ridiculous all the time as they change and grow, since the working world is serious and you don't want them to be unprepared. 

But you don't want them to be stiff and overbearing throughout every typical working day either, so that they can get along with other people and don't find themselves wholeheartedly stressed. 

I honestly think many married adults have a tough time figuring out how to act as well.

But usually find a chill working solution, awkward conversation, lighthearted bearings. 

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Tokygo-Ga

Nightclub nectar enriching recreation innate entertainment dazzling alms, seductive maze labyrinthine lorbit Byzantium burnish impulsarcadence. 

Diligent lifetime ceaseless production steady centripetal narrative niche, domicidewinder conjugal cloudburst merrymaidentyne nuptial nerve.

Spacious economy hesitant movement bold captivation disciplined dogma, resilient fortitude experimentation focused creativity longitude larvae. 

Reliable crunchie consistent conversion understudy unction enveloping flick, able craftspersonship intricate angle vehement volume stoical syntax.

Inherent angst-ridden dissatisfaction fleeting obsession cataclysmic birth, Fitzcarraldo finesse herculean hubris wilderness welfare courageous dawn.

Electronic hardwired hammerstein hospice dubious dojos Pokemoonstruck-chuck, compulsive standardized addicting caution robotic revelry covert charisma. 

Unflagging wonder itinerant treatise curious roots inspiring levity, shared admiration decent distinction honest endeavours lighthearted lattice.

Stifled malignance deconstructed dommage delicate stewardship familial curation, consequent mischief storytime sentiment mysterious lullaby frenetic fables. 

Watershedwaylaid curvaceous current tidal imagination robusterbar, campy improvisation innocent divergence communal construction industrious populace. 

Octopickwicycle lion canisterlinger wolverminestronecold jellyfishmongermaine, oceanic fluid volcandid eruption sugar sweet sodelay energon cubes.

Billowing Brandywine nonchalant flow inquisitive scale meteoric concomitance, algebraic chordinance renegade fugue sharpened asymmetry cleffervescent rhythm. 

Distinguished exacting bulbluster track homme de chemin de ferreticenturion, stylistic filmmaker civil auteur urbane citizen engaged existence. 

Half to check out Tokyo some day.

Especially the food.

Wish they'd ease up on the whale hunting.

Otherwise a fascinating culture.  

Monday, November 17, 2025

Hard Eight

Avuncular reckonings substantially haunt an old school gangster embracing retirement, the laidback harmonious chill distillation emphatically deducing resonant calm. 

He finds a lost and helpless individual awkwardly seeking an income and shelter, and goes through a lacklustre introduction to win his trust things still uncertain.

He shows him some tricks-of-the-trade to help him earn a modest living, time passing as nimble confidence slowly builds and friendship blossoms.

L'amour traditionally envelopes as the young understudy finds a partner, spontaneous marriage one day emancipating lovelorn daydreaming recklessly strewn. 

While hostile disrespect suddenly complicates with animate distressing despondent chagrin.

The old school mobman finding himself bellicosely tasked.

Through hopes of aiding young lovers in conflict.

Attempts to luminescently alter the opaque path of a troubled young adult, is fraught with the unsettling passions orthodoxly upheld by the casino life.

World-weary acquiesced good natures fail to anticipate bold romantics, and the maladroit random unpredictable dissonance wildly accompanying disciplined faith.

While others who attempt to grandstand find themselves lacking vigorous excess, the residual outcomes of routine and habit excessively indicative of tearjerked dysfunction. 

I wouldn't let the shocking display wholeheartedly showcased in ye olde Hard Eight, effectively dissuade you from acts of kindness as the years pass and wisdom emerges.

It's never antiquated, outdated, out of style, to virtuously care for your fellow men and women, and the more you can do at whatever lifestage the more is accomplished through literal grace.

It could just be helping out at a soup kitchen or joining Big Brothers or volunteering at shelters, with millions of people simultaneously engaged it's a bone fide network paying it forward.

Not the most uplifting film, difficult to watch at times, it's challenging.

Strong performances still abound.

Especially from Samuel L. Jackson. 

Friday, November 14, 2025

Chronicle of a Summer

Happiness can be difficult to find if you spend your time consistently looking for it, questions seeking to discover if you're happy often encouraging disgruntled malaise. 

A blissful state of visceral integration can immersively flourish if unacknowledged, the conscious interrogation of the waking dream potentially producing unsettling affects. 

In the final episode of the original Twin Peaks series Marcus Aurelius is quoted, Waste no time arguing what a good man should be, be one, so the saying goes, the meticulous depth into which ethical discussions sink often generating misery, if you're not interminably disposed they can go on ad infinitum. 

Attempting to apply the morose despondency to the lighthearted nonchalance often found when working, while attempting to inspire a higher state of awareness, often gets bogged down in manifold detail, and leads to greater confusion as opposed to widespread lucidity.

Simple solutions sweetly flowing with unobtrusive easy-to-follow-messages, can lead to more lasting results as melodramatically demonstrated by advertising. 

For the people who see through the ads and constantly feel aloof and cynical, a comprehensive literary bearing with lengthier more convincing arguments may help.

If they seek the dynamic realization of their arguments in a mass restructuring of postmodern society, they may find frustration routinely abounds as they spearhead colossal change.

If they can settle for elaborate books which imaginatively delineate alternative reconstructions, without radically attempting to implement their designs, if such designs demand shocking changes to the smoothly flowing status quo, and discuss things amongst themselves, they may find peace for a time, if they aren't just indefinitely accustomed to doom and gloom.

If they attempt to implement abstract theories that even they have trouble understanding, without thinking through the startling consequences the intense remodelling is bound to have, woe may be widely disseminated as we see happening in the United States these days, where stubborn idealistic governmental impositions are obstinately ruining a once robust economy.

If only things were certain like they seemed to be earlier on in life.

The more media you consume, the more jaded.

While happiness can't be found without consuming more media.

Unless you stop thinking about it.

Go with that flow. 

Thursday, November 13, 2025

Owning Mahowny

I suppose I've never really had enough money to gamble without having to worry, it seems more like an activity for crazy rich folk who don't have to fret about breaking the bank.

It must still be strange to bet millions of dollars on improbable outcomes and unfavourable odds, to think what else you could have done with the money never entering into the equation.

If you bet that kind of money and win you would have an insane amount of cash, and if you stopped playing you could do so much more than you were able to do when you first started out.

It seems that people keep playing and playing however no matter how much they win or lose, the wild thrill of the opulent status effectively driving them to fiscal oblivion. 

With money to burn it's unfortunate but not as crushing if you're extremely wealthy, not as crushing as when people take their hard earned wages and throw it away on feverish chance.

The thought of never working again no doubt inspiring many a gambler, but if you wind up having to work so much more isn't the difficult situation awkwardly compounded?

There's Kipling's quote about gambling where the gambler bets an insane amount of money, and loses and walks away just as contented as when he started playing.

That kind of mindset would be incredible perhaps that's what he really meant, that there's no need for money or riches as long as you're confident in your abilities. 

Yet there's confidence in your own skill along with the dependence of your growing family, which may be less enamoured should you lose ye olde life savings. 

It's counterproductive to discuss gloom and doom like a freakin' Jinxy McJinxerson, there is still the allure the enticing chance the miraculous dreams the daring reverie. 

I have a hard time watching when characters like Mahowny just won't leave the table though, and sit back while the lavish winnings slowly fade then disappear.

It's always sad to see when you intently focus on what could have wildly been, that seems to be the lifestyle though totally a peculiar way to live.

At times I wonder what the owners of the casinos do with all those insane riches.

It must get boring having so much to spend.

If you don't risk everything.

From time to time. 

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Mulan

Way back in the 1980s and ye olde '90s it seemed inevitable, that people would be chosen to play active roles based on their abilities as opposed to race or gender.

The continuous dissemination of progressive narratives interactively found in books, TV and film, encouraged the equitable development of equal opportunity across the land.

The absolute was definitively critiqued and humorously lampooned in multifarious flux, thousands upon thousands of alternative viewpoints productively shared with evocative gusto.

The open-minded ethos and shifting conclusions weren't wholeheartedly adapted by many, however, the subconscious desire for lucid answers effectively delivered much more enticing.

Not just for mathematical problems but for sociocultural and political dilemmas, their inherent fluctuating resilience and inconclusive nature somewhat frustrating. 

In mathematics class, it's often enjoyable to find the right answer, indeed to know there's an actual answer that can be resolutely considered correct.

In language studies, it can be just as fulfilling to find multiple theses and reasonable alternatives, since concrete responses ne'er suffice due to multilateral layers of ambivalence. 

Applying multiple layers of ambivalence to the exacting study of mathematics, systematically seems rather comical when effectively challenged by harnessed answers.

Just as the manageable adherence to absolute answers seems somewhat ludicrous from linguistic perspectives, as culturally broadcast again and again by various sitcoms in the United States.

But as the '90s faded, and new technologies become more prominent, the old school ambiguous linguistic efficiencies began to lose ground to mathematical absolutes.

And Trump found himself elected again by a people seeking political absolutism.

The spirit of the '80s and '90s is still out there no freakin' doubt, but it's not as widespread as it used to be in many regions across the U.S.

But where it still resides equal opportunity likely also exists, and should young Mulans vigorously seek non-traditional roles they will hopefully find them. 

It's so distressing to see such incredible intellects like Kamala Harris or Hillary Clinton defeated by a guy like Trump (it's not just that they lost, it's that they lost to a guy like that).

Who seems like he would have failed kindergarten.

Because he never learned to share. 

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Husbands

Mercurial mirthful Magellan mystery enigmatic gusto monte criscujo, dogged levehemence gainsalient scorbeau sustenance shiver reflexive retinue. 

Libramen scales scrub-a-dub daunting personification vainglorious jibe, somnambullseyesoaring rhizombeatrice crock vocalculatricepad decadent Dagoba.

Swampulpy hiyabbaclad tinkering billow rummage rodiner liver & onions, slippery chastised ebullient chagrin masquerading manual umbilical choral. 

Shotputtering gambits pirouette puma Winnebago eject atmosphere intake, saline solution o' brotherhood brine fraternal fusion stimulus sequin. 

Coven kojackles wandering whiplash improvised escapades Chester & Himes, stucco stilt swayward sentient snuggles doctrinal slamjam neologhost incisor. 

Sophisticated rogues endearing enlightenment incoherent meander jocose extemporaneity, lively doodle-doo embellished yelpin extraneous chumdrum enticing agency. 

Levinas loci delirious play unbridled dojo scarab Rosetta, vitriol viscous volatile vacuum impertinent digression flotsam flotilla. 

Seasonal serenade caterwaul twinkle syntactical swoosh cohesive calibre, nebulous nestle alias Octo visage voxtrotting granular glow.

Salicin silo silhouette circuitry ramshackle brevity ephemeral lounge, transmutative chrysalis indifferent pupa refrained metamorphosis butterfly shrug.

Out on the road itinerant slacking inspired siesta counterpoint pinion, supersonic glide distracted dementia helmsman yeomanic yodel-hoot-hoot.

Undisciplined dogma incarnate innocence laity logjam compelling theatre, verboasting variables catalogue schism rewording inversion articulate friends. 

Good idea to travel around sometimes.

Take a load off. Unwind.

I don't where to go or what to do.

Something different.

Something familiar.

Monday, November 10, 2025

The Lonely Wife

Nestled in an imposing residence quietly adrift along literary shores, a humble wife beseechingly awaits the anxious return of her daring husband.

He's exceedingly disposed to constant work and distracted attention, his habitual return inexhaustibly encouraging thoughts of duty and custom and privilege. 

A life of the mind imaginatively begets a fluid multifaceted dynamism, gently overflowing with tempestuous whimsy adamantly delineating mutated reverie.

A playful cousin less prone to diligence mischievously arrives to help run the paper, and is soon secretively and aloofly tasked with finding ways to eclipse the tedium.

Epic discussions temperately clad munificently hale cerebral senses, uncertain abilities actively invested with novel synergy and declaration. 

Both interlocutors timidly convinced they could one day publish their bold material, creative acts of embowered fertility interactively sew once barren plains.

The compelling dialogues swiftly improvised offer more than comments on l'écriture, the unforeseen discovery of a kindred spirit mellifluously manifesting infatuation.

Her sure and steady distant husband unaware of the nimble blossom.

Which emerges unrequited. 

For the bland despondent eternal dawn.

Exciting to see a thoughtful film which eagerly concerns itself with writing, from conception to publication to reception various stages un/resolved.

Rare to see universal expenditure vehemently crafting books and poems, extended insights into vast repositories of distinct discerning alternative accents.

Wholeheartedly enriched much more encompassing than a brief and limited character count, less enamoured with glib encapsulation and more akin to multilayered exhibition.

The liberal editor is distressingly bewildered when his trusted assistant suddenly robs him, and he discovers his wife's shocking desire for someone else who leaves for another.

For the new country, the post-colonial birth, which he has tirelessly been cultivating, he soldiers on with open-minded comprehension of stoic trust and humanistic confidence.

A feverish account of idle dreams.

Lost and scouring the refined wilderness.

Emboldened feeling exotically dismayed.

Sly temptation lithe and blaring. 

Friday, November 7, 2025

The Endless Summer

Breathtaking beaches uproarious waves sensational surf convivial currents, pioneering endeavours athletic industry artistic scale efficacious spectacle. 

Engaging sector emergent market enthusiastic culture bodacious vibe, energetic boarding luminary leaflet enchanting undulation graceful trajectory.

Harmonious rig inordinate threshold lighthearted grand stand inventive variance, glistening gestures shimmering circuits reflexive griffons salubrious impulse.

Instinctive excellence courageous altitude disciplined dorsal fortuitous fins, endless exhibition inexhaustible passion equator crescent sprightly vicissitudes. 

Wilderness shade sunblasted sourdough improvised safari incessant campaign, dolphingerlimpbiscuit zebrazentropical choral reef metro inland populace.

Flippant flapjacoby's rogue vermillion upstanding wriggle circumlocution, breakdancing poise ceremonious shrug complex cohesion oceanic ride. 

Catamaramble brineheld nitrogen shuffle fugaseous flambé bbq ballast, exotic sands inquisitive audience carefreeform fantasia goo goo g joob.

Sacrosanct studies nightingale noug street car constella latent address, swirling serenity composed sedation dimpulscarlet dreams laconic lounging.

Accoalaladel convective vibrations lollipopcycle tootsie rollcall, roundabout camelotion mountains and skies xeroxbury bristles focal point Fresca. 

Watermelobalconstruct sustenance stew oracular mist counterpoised elevation, summittens smolten pinnacult swathe longitudinosoaring bytorrentulada.

Demeter descendants evergreen gaelicorns globetrotting recital multitudinous movements, compelling lifestyle exciting climes unrelenting medley versatile surf. 

Not such a bad way to live.

More cred in Canada and Québec if you stick it out threw the winter though.

Must be good for your leg muscles.

Nimble natation. 

August offseason. 

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Hopscotch

Routine exception clever coordinates inchoate introduction compassionate spawn, familiar fraternity neutralized networks mutual limburger lynchpin liaisons.

Intricate reconnaissance fluid expedients delicate interactive international nougat, systematic habitual collegial recognition emphatic cautionary loquacious logic.

Officious oversight inaccurate onslaught misaligned matrices clippity-clop, disengaged highlights inordinate vireo fantastic flight disciplined inspiration.

Holistic happenstance brilliant foundations spontaneous bullwhip matador mosey, excessive entitled hyper-reactivity magnanimous model turnpike transmission.

Malleable movement motorized maestro land-air-and-ocean beatific breeze, centripetal atrophy sorghum surveillance novel expectations diabolical whimsy.

Temperamental tutelage acquiesced admiration bamboozled predictions subsumed zinzilla, splayed distended torrential tarot inelegant ambience awkward vigil.

Hop-skip-and-a-jump splotch-clocktopus intrigue convivial controversy dilettante diction, mendicant mojo swoop-and-swirl-scimitar immaculate mercantile mirthful misanthropic. 

Frenzied fulminations gaunt galavanting obscured trajectory discursive dissonance, inexact pinpoint saccharine ceremony Bangladesh fleece curricular traction.

Furtive intermittence imprecise intersection olfactory intermingling Goldilocks gong, insoluble pellet rocky solution unstable bunker viscous virtuoso. 

Captivating construct surfeit shenanigans lighthearted lacuna tantalizing toro, uphill elevation praiseworthy poignancy individual index cardshark contemplation.

Exoteric risk infuriating tentacle extreme temperance ocular cult, new moon neophyte starstruck serendipity jungle gymnastics wilderness warren.

Piecemeal orchestration emboldened hypotheses fugacious fortunes mischievous maven, Horton-who handiwork erudite craft incisive brouhaha frenetic fuel.

Laidback long field definitive drives contracted lithe smoothly-flowing gesticulation, gridiron gallantry medieval mentat mandolin mojo audible jazz.

Classic post-World-War-II distrust of authority.

Walter Matthau given 'er.

Ye olde George Baker cameo. 

Cool chill take on the old school spy film. 

Friday, October 31, 2025

People of a Feather

Bustling brainstorm acute observation tantalized tutelage incumbent warmth, quiet excursion restive grassroots familiar faces communal camp.

Narwhal neoclassical beluga blessing bowhead breathtaking robust emergence, resident ricochet tenement tendrils lyrical loonstruck age-old-agility.

Vibrant traditions familial currents resilient routines ecological emphasis, concrete composure lithe Lithuwainfleet oceanic antiques contemporary crucible. 

Walrus vocal bohemian bearings arctic foxtrotters silky-smooth-seals, environment clasp local-candlestick-clutch tough rugged terrain isolated dimension.

Eider duck Danzigzag furnace-like feathers symbiotic cerveza pulmonastery, vivacious pluck convivial quacking ancient catharsis homeward bound.

Insulated foreground vehicular vessels shipshape subterranean flow, ecstatic elastic dainty dynastic islander daring geometric drizzle.

Latent insatiable hypnotic heptagon hippity-hopping painstaking Pluto, Dorothy daguerreotype offshore omittance burrowing plasticine shutterbug shrug.

Coy ventilation humble trajectory thoughtful behaviour patient contemplation, resonant courage capable cavalcade scientific construction brigade tectonics. 

Levitating plume atmospheric intensive elderberry wrinkle-in-tantamount-time, elective elocution democratic droving hydroelectric-heuristic-haste.

Popcornithological implicit seedling germinating hybrid synthetic somandrake, orbital thrush inquisitive oriole ambitious nuthatch formidable Blue Jays!

Solar capacity transmutable light molecular beams reservoir stake, skyrocket cymbal interplanetary musing nondescript neologism crack-of-the-bat!

Those eider ducks are hardcore.

Can't believe they winter in the arctic.

Good fortune for the hearty residents.

Cool relationship.

Coruscate clime. 

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Rare Birds

Remote resonance off-the-beaten-track entwined recalcitrance compact equation, bucolic bombardment routine resilience insistent surging featherwing fuse. 

Demonstrative dell innocuous isthmus impending storm volatile stream, heritage hospice floral jitterbug solemn serenity energon cube. 

Multifarious mechanics saccharine shake exuberant scooping canucklehead cream, bolted expression Zealous ZaZounds barbershop moonshine phosphorescent glow. 

Bookworm synecdoche literate gong legible slide grandstanding gala, iota cordial remonstrance nettle neurasthenic newberg mettlemorn girth.

Glacial bubbly effervestibulletin jingle-jang-chime quenching massage, wavelength demeanour frequency fasting jocalculus warm-up behemoth distillate.

Kalamahula-hoot nostrombone cowl clavichord capsule admixture sum, staircase sidewinding macabre matrices administration tangelo templar. 

Quilted patchwerewithall intricate industry steaming illustration simmering stew, Richmond Hill candles koala Annex Etobicoke junction Danforth Danube.

Greyskull cackle cauldron wager Benedict ramble Hollandaise hue, castigatewayward vitriol volume letterhead lathe Chamberlin cheek. 

Chillackadaisical Daedalus liberty byzantine barricade conundrum flout, tetristwatch momen Great Northern Lights sandblasted seedlings campy texture. 

Galinvictus glide soaring discursives furtive velocity clandestine curve, billoaded bases sonorous swing circumference synergies hey hey Blue Jays!

Frosty this morning.

Still wearing my coat.

Had multiple warm drinks.

The excitement: Go Jays Go!

*A Canadian film favourite.  

Friday, October 24, 2025

Bird

Whirlwind wonderland jawdropping jounce conceptual sceptre deconstructed dimple, vortex envisioned chaos sustained cheerio coconut symphonic skewer.

Unique composure novel necessities poetic ninja rhythmic surge, dactylling diatribe harangue Hansel insistent melody Rockabear riff.

Stone's throw thermalamoot miniscule metre Existenzylophonetic calibration, hazy hammersteinway bachelor caraway seditious seedling tumultuous swell.

Shiver-me-Limburger tarnation standard tangential phenomenon furtive forecast, erudite execution calisthenic cobra winding colonnade jitterbug tithe.

Home on the estranged voluminous trailblaze pioneer palette vibrating colgate, cataract conduction Nellifont nestle phlemperor filament digestive grain.

Hogwarticulate spellmellotron Vulcan oracular exemplar fuse, whistle-stop vacuum spiritual cleanse intensified furlough dugout dominion.

Deep Space sashay tenderhook wince cascading widget cycloverdalliance, longlasting mutated bulbous stanza insolent slang folksy vernacular.

Vibragnome hustle ethereal strata victual umbrage saxonite surfeit, vellicose galaxy interstellar strive dazed universal lunar renegade. 

Restrained tranquility Jacoby hi-jinx juniper jello smooshy siesta, surmounting excelsior antique implosion shinguardian Hawthorne busheldon stoke.

Honeydew hivernal shenanigan cluster freeway acceleration impending alacrity, arcade imbroglio Norwegian Wood extensive bewildering galvinous extract. 

High stakes rendition transister showcase bulletin fervideo ventilation, optical buzz serendipitous swoop aerodynamic versatile temperament.

Ferocious febrile adrenaline nocturne 'toberber salience Blue Jay Way, grand-slam aficionados Hogtown Heartisans pitchfork swerves incredible baseball!

This is amazing. 

An exceptional team. 

Can score a shit-ton quickly.

Forever feisty. Flexible. Formidable.

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Fly Away Home

Inherent invention multilateral marb innocent imagination flexible stretch, tender transitions warmhearted Wonka interspecies communication feverish flight.

Globular travel international swing wingéd impetus New Zealand to Canada, newfound niceties alternative temperatures featherweight frost icy climate.

Snowbird bamboozle magnetic mince meticulous swell august precision, familial flock ancestral vibrations jetstreaming jaunty lyrical gleam. 

Blossoming friendship fatherly feats improvised stereo sequential swerves, decibel datacomb digital lattice stentorian pizzazz harnessed creativity. 

Integral grease elliptical lightning Himalayan hive geastern buzz, exceptional bats defiant pitching above average onslaught routine amazement.

Wide-eyed distinction go-go-gadget gambit fledgling fingertips candy cane claws, novel constellation shapeshifting morph transmutative twinkle sinuous skies.

Gravitron grist midway Micawber fortuitous float Aughraceful glide, horizon haste tantalizing timbits toastie thermaltesers Carmichael Clyde.

Banff bivouac Brighton Tadoussac torque Balhalla bluster Hogtown treatise, socket circumvention sandblaster Stetson carcafewelcome auspicious spawn.

Accoglade cynosure riotous mesmer cacophonous cackle rosebud stream, diagonal crossroads visual spectrum hypertext hillside billowing splatter. 

Cycling incessant bubbly mottle insectivore circuit efficacious singe, Myrtle mirth mythos pineapple panjam collarbone calquli wrestlin' rhizome.

Vanilla extract integral essentials World Series tenure athletic dawn, Blue Javonlea aerodrome diamond quintessential tumult truculent leagues.

Plexiglass pinball sturgeon in general lemonade quinertia volatile swing, orthographic oxy boromulus scythe laureate knickknack baccallamatrix. 

Automatron-kong riddelicate ding-dong malleable alloy platypus hatch, Riverdale oaken curvaceous stride exceptional solar continental thrive.

Fly Away Home is really well done.

Worth checking out.

Even if you're skeptical of the family friendly. 

Go freakin' Go Jays Go! ⚾

Friday, October 17, 2025

The Birds

Acute antennae belvedere bristles Solomon's mines toga extraction, copious comatose riddling rhzanythemums certifish-friar Tsk-Tusk Atticustard.

Gourmet grammerstone Althuscenario libretto l'oeuvre amorphous glob, Lazarus Beemsters minty MacGyver meteor mocha-cha hospice 'renade. 

Volatile vociferrous binoclover cuddle vehicule vixen saturnine dip, festive decor enigmatic microtiobse thistle expedient catacomb clutch.

Awkward accensual macabre mistel totemperate Calaway stillwater clan, cavebear curmudgeon anatomical hue particulate curdle lexicon smudge. 

Indisposed diligence Wituka wink bucolic embraceway durable danchor, stumbling sermonte carlotion wheelhousecall sitar sequester adamant strike. 

Demonstrative drizzle emphatic voluptuous stallion synchopita patter coblatter, mythical mastodon sashay seclusion stepsilon stammer catalisp flam.

Johnson and Johnson Special Agent Swanson forested flackery hillside hallow, somnolent starburst innocent glide inundated satchel levinous chime.

Brittle boxspringboard martian saguaro extraterrestrial salient entity, orbital thrusters ballroomy cusp stad piñachostie residual elegance.

Rummagpie slamstringed cornate cudgellatin instrumental zounds skyward soaring sedation, baseline barometer chumdrum hobeat vocalibration rhythmic fugue. 

Battalion breeze formidable flock bedazzling Blue Jay carneige hobnibble. crucible cavalier camplified chorus edifice feisty resilient team.

Sodapop buzz effervescent vessel ceremonious shade salubrious standoff, off-kilter word smithmus smithereen resonance sequent schemata Jetson jocose.

Featherwing Zodiak pluminescent style bellicose beak truculent treatise, October lore steamwhistle station eloquent stash Go Jays Go!

Birds usually don't attack like they do in the film.

Even saw a bunch on the road today.

They kept intermittently flying forward while I was walking.

Looked like a fugue.

That was cool. 

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Follow that Bird

Felicitous flight aerodyne embarkation alighted levity inquisitive heights, immersive slipstreams variable winds feverish turbulence bodacious balance.

Gigantic globular cutesy contagion magnanimous marrow Sesame stride, galavanting jimbobway exceptional Ovaltine didactic alignment gregarious gear.

Minerving mosey glad-handing herdsman kimojosemite gossamer glide, concentrated industry dusty chrome-dome Bedknobs & Broomsticks slathering smidgen. 

Vegetarian vamousse Loch Nessential Nantuck enveloped vitaminstrelevation motif, curious canteroom adventurous alcove revolving recess Brandywine burrow.

Inveterate speedbumpercartoon collision reluctant rangoonies Flight of the Navigator, unbridled impediment cisternpike stew copacetic cauldron bewitching babble.

Orion olfactory waffulsome snackery corrugated clampshade zesty piquantro, camalmac misty perforated grease caramel husker saccharine vista.

Tumultuous trestle collateral climb mountainwide metre fiducal ring, ocharon chunnel international cradle limber moomoogie Cadillac stone.

Q-berticalico flash insulation membrainy pinto osmosis yule, Danka Shein Webster Miriam marmalade Oxfjord fettergent Wimbledon whims. 

Skedaddle soarizon flannel flaubergine cotton coruscation liquid elixir, cous-cous-chartreuse eccentric incantation spellotron medley alphabeticalized. 

Inherent learning instructive goodwill heartwarming hyasynth-sentient-sizer, overwhelming friendship collegial cadre alert exclamation Fuji felucca.

Synergy smoothie dolphinneus flax octopi tentacles chipmunk chitter, chatterbox chimpan colossal Kodiak interrogative kitty lexicon luge. 

Autobus oakwood vestibule browse seaside serenity improvised voyage, freeform excursion visual vortex campy cuddles innovative fun.

Nice to travel around sometimes.

Even when you don't know where you're going.

Keeps things interesting.

Can be fun with a car. 

Friday, October 10, 2025

Thunderball

Bullseye backwater Northern discretion metropolis moxy rummaging rituals, ye olde Big Smoke exclamatory bastion jamboree janglinter-stellargo sweepstakes. 

Strategic caution animate build-up ignited anticipation stepping-stone schema, stoic exactitude creature coagulate disciplined doctrine autumnal cloak. 

Sugarbeat sway bungalow diphthong arrhythmic mojo soaring centennial, intrepid ensemble offbeat syncopation novel Nostromo depth-conradicals. 

Nuclear Norbert surmiser stealth dragon-boat bulletin infernal ruckus, metallic mechanized Mordecai mocha silicon stammer electromagnetism. 

Caribbean swagger cephalopodlings reflexive rambling cicada flutter, lakeside loceanic non-chalant nestle invigorating voyage intricate mission.

Icy exterior fermenting frost indelicate disposition streamlining fleuve, extracurricular severe centigradiant ewokkie-talkie treetop tenacity.

Ballroom maneuver freeflowing rush serendipitous shakedown acute commiseration, deputized famished disintegration gargantuan glade embowering silchouette. 

Embellished chou-fleur stuffingerlineage poetatomtomahawk squashtonbaby, gravelveetartartan pumpkinkstandardice rollcutivivation turkeenerf-herdermal.

Scoop-gobbledegook disproportionate pita puffin fastiduitedious stilts, clement vocalibre exseedentary boogie-woog nerverdure modest matriculates. 

Blastercine hommage home run derbeelze ladda-scrabba-blue-jabba crucible crunch, intermittent Ojibway incremental Algonquin Thanksgiving inninjas Six Nations stride. 

Forestéd-talons feverish flights supersonic swoop aerodyne lather, take-off-eh-sucré heightening exhibition skydomicîle-sambience Roger's zentripetals. 

Felicitous sentier trailblazing teamwork warlockerroom staff efficacious bearings, integral artistry verge virtuosos orbitathletism inherent fun.

 Nice to see the leaves changing colour.

Chlorophyll candour.

Neticulous nesting. 

Many thanks family and friends. 

It's been a good year.

Many animal sightings. 

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Lightning Over Water

Ajax buffer meticulous maestro productive career improvised formulae, bulletin balance loquacious lecture sculpted sympatico chill expedition.

Fatherlike fervour intricate thesbianage neophyte nestle directorial dialogue, laidback jettisongbird chillaxed churl emojingle jive priceless expenditure. 

Codagwoods curvature clever cast iron retinewtonian gossamer gravity, enjambment dangle dimple disclosure fiddlestick fetters Zorba xyloafin'.

Finicky nitro Sambuca solace infinite exacting icyclic soma, volatile matter stringent immersion local brilliance versatile flow.

Modest cobalzac cascading quantum incandescent quibble striking composure, salient swaggregateway metric inducement focalabreeze fold indifferent dazzle. 

Boundless endeavours inexhaustible energy idyllic drive counterpinpointment, inherent amusement Cherubim charm papillon panacea indefatigable glide.

Brokered enthusiasm leveraged accent cuneiform gala inscrutable swerve, barge-of-the-light-brigade buoyant bramble-onwards torrid tenacity exuberant douse.

Miraculous misthmas thunderous vertices illuminary lightning indelible storm, congenial quartermast evocative winds furtithing twister bedevilled ballast. 

Limitless industry interactive excursions knowledge and knowhow penchanterbury, steamwhistle turret engineer ne'erwithal locomotartargisan impulsive initiative. 

Eclectic viewing panoramic vistas Blue Jaycent artistry feverish flight, otter agility cast'or syndication minkwellingtitan rebellious bearings.

Urbannock wilderness gymnastic hustle métrobinesting conglomerate codicil, imaginative starlings soaring slamdestine playful tributaries exotic voyage.

It's fun watching lightning over water.

Tough to get pictures though with your phone.

Even if there's a lot and you just keep clicking and clicking and clicking.

Looks beautiful regardless.

I'll try for the video next time.

Friday, October 3, 2025

Man is not a Bird

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Bewitching boisterous brouhaha bedlam sonorous seniority tantamount treasure, centripetal rosebud mischievous masquerade frisky flamboyance fluorescent mica.

Lyrical lashing empirical protocol curmudgeon cruelty catalyst cantanchor, indigent disciple stoic itinerance apocryphal cadence recrudescent ruffle.

Borgnine embodiment resilient knowhow wainscotting whisper charcuterie, mastodon munchies salsaccharine swagger agglomerate drove compact Whitherspoon. 

Adjacent envelopment borderline betrothal conjugal quagmire doughty daillagency, crystalline kalamazoologee-willikers sandstone swashbuckle Mirabel mocha.

Fission fossilicone ice creamerrymaking quicksilver confection licorice slush, insurgent impacmanic plasticine pinion olfactory ore insurmontevideo. 

Excessive utterance moomoo mervishbone carnivalessence bucolic crater, stuccometeorious malamute melt grilled carburetorso non-descript orbit. 

Forestorative pasteurized glade embowering Berma Bogota bushwhack, penitinkarousel Doritotoga intergermainstay august o-line.

Invaluable temper Elysium lattice Vanderbeek bullion wingéd ugnaught, acquisitive unction undertiptoejam elusive capsulu festive Flinflon. 

Recalcitrance Mulliniks Fjordan bellwether Barfield bartartar alkaloid Moseby, souvenir shuffle carcajou hi-jinx mandrake exhibition marmaducalisthème.

Symphonic synergies jambiguous jounce Beethoven glow-worm orchestral swing, velveteen muster galvanized aggregate countryside clamber bakery blush.

Sashizzle cistern dazzling depitome euphemizerlatintin Calcutta crunch, quotidian epics interminable fortunes electrified finance bustling Botswana.

Happenstance hive.

Imbroglio depot.

Mechanized maestro. 

Really cool music.  

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Mysterious Object at Noon

Clementine fiddlestick cursory 'thusela Flamenco berm androgynous fathom, underground fissure transformative treatise celluloid succulence discursive scorn.

Rummaging rambles intuitive grace bodum battalion hookah heartstrings, phantasmagorical imprecise phase illusory cadre gormandized gallop.

Pulsating puma crackerjack jive humuscle brandish verdant exterior, coagulate coma gelatin frisk intrinsic artisan alcoven citrus.

Animate bristle miscellaneous pimple saturated libation lunar eclisp, illegible tome inedible smorgas buffeted morn grandiloquent hollow.

Evocative barbe enigmatic trestle scaffolding immersion epsilon orb, orchestral filament ancestral verse crisp Caladan calm divergent swathe. 

Quarantine cordial eccentric auburn particular quart infusive willow, Dionysus dagnabbit zoot alors fresh formica fervour macaroon medley.

Basilisk banshee serpentine standard convective baritone accordant sizzle, obsidian jingle curvaceous crucible increment accolade composite plaudit. 

Articulate gamble inefficient meticule popinjay placenta roving dial, Avalon chainsay murky 'marole chatterbox chug phalanx 'catessen.

Adamant chanting fuselargesse alacric schemata cerebral swerve, marigoldenizen lemondrop shades chimney top china utensil torque. 

Iguana gallancelot eclectic gathering skyline sedation decibel vibe, creative celerity bewitching tiger storytime sediment constructive flow.

Narrative nurture inquisitive ensemble clandestine cast gregarious geyser, affable Aragorn certified shuffle interpretive twizzler seditious slush. 

Elephantine vigour chinchilla 'crobatics wild distillations tacit instalments, galactic stern wilderness whimsy collective innovation laidback invention. 

Totally keeps things local.

Offering a slice of Thailand. 

Leads to The Iliad down the road. 

Conceptual inclusive mutation. 

Friday, September 26, 2025

Liz and the Blue Bird

Melodious mirth composite solo camaraderich band symphonic clef, tumultuous trill disputatious rest exclamatory incline innate serendipity. 

Resolute cohesion intricate vehemence lighthearted dangle focused embraced, enriching attunement métrognomic pulse mellifluous measure confident flutter.

Contiguous tone intermittent essentials inadvertent remonstrance succulent pulp, iridescent flora contumelious chatter concerting diffidence opaque ebullience.

Interminable longing sustained infatuation heartfelt curiosity unrequited bloom, conspicuous sublimity inaccurate tension imprecise declension inarticulate canter. 

Supple seclusion immaculate maestrobe salubrious succour intuitive gamble, conducive celerity feverish foibles electric ensemble galvanized pewter. 

Fulfilling abandon bucolic synergies antique innovation provincial charm, widespread inclusion deconstructed exclusivity in/elegant auspices warm variation.

Nurtured stardustbowl fecund exertion wildlife immersion wilderness jive, ample exactitude munificent snacks victual velodrome gregarious gathering.

Twilight enrichment fortuitous fathom aggregate equipoise distilled serenity, felicitous fervour unsolicited schema crepuscular cauldron meticulous mint.

Evergreen gossamer intertwined oboe immoderately sewn tempestuously titled, sweetly flowing maelstrom oceanic crust sonorous brine routines indisposed. 

Elastic voluminous visceral vortex disciplined instinct improvised sea, folio flummox byzantine barter labyrinthine largesse tantalizing temperance. 

Viscid teamwork worthwhile spirit humble membership cast iron elixir, harangue hive exuberant buzz tostito tale ventriloquist vellum.

Meandering moat cardio Castlegar open drawbridge fugacious flutter, studious friendship opalescent chums musical mischief innocent soul. 

Cool when schools have music programs.

Burgeoning melodies, chill virtuosos. 

Forging tight bonds, then breaking free.

So much unrehearsed style.

Rhythmic celebration. 

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

The Flavour of Green Tea Over Rice

Relaxing excursion convivial break exotic dispersal elastic filiblust, campfire calibration seasoning salts magnanimous muddle rejuvenut bath. 

Imposing dialogue informal chat catty charisma bold independence, atemporal misgivings eternal qualms disengaged impertinence freeform infusion.

Standardized nutrients neophyte nestle cozy conception laidback latitude, down-to-earth domicile unwound domesticity lightning Jack jingle-jang adept vacillation. 

Consistent composed calisthenic complementary constituent chex dissolved declamation, readymade robust flexible convenience auspicious quotient propitious drive.

Dismissive dachshund querulous cosign indisposed floater accolade anchor, extracurricular mingling magpies extraneous augers vigilant vows. 

Concrete compression abstract illusion synthetic soluble exhaustive grove, burgundy bannock prevalent diphthong jeremiad junction jocose discretion. 

Incorrigible stamina inveterate votive brazen bombast fortuitous fathoms, interminable grumble gargantuan hoodwink styrofoam flange formica magnum. 

Molten mimosanguine cherubimplosion decadent parlance cynosure snuggle, sedulous saccharine sinuous stature old fashioned broth intuitive scripture. 

Cuneiform creed archaic lime insolent belfry chatterboxspring, prosaic ineptitude stigmata blossom roseate reticence laconic luge. 

Honest deciduous bay leaf honeysuckle saturnine rings ineffable clemency, sandlot satyari engrained oscillation undulating embers swamplified soda.

Varmint Venetian vestibule vestige ricochet reverie armadanone, esophagus intel eccentric enigma storytime stealth narrative nurture.

Piggybank formulae catatoned down comatotiose slumber grouchy siesta, tourniquet traction inductive dalliance interactive construct innocent chime.

With the definitive closure of the cinema, a struggling marriage is saved.

Not to be critiqued and lambasted. 

Keen dissemination. 

Charitable reckoning. 

*I can't eat rice. Keto diet.     

Friday, September 19, 2025

Love Streams

Dashing delirium wurlitzer wishbone Kanata construct generous fusion, nebulous nightlife exotic elegance curious candidate finagled foment.

Bohemian research acute acquisition novel expenditure cozy collective, gossamer gathering improvised quota koala carousel visceral verse.

Ambivalent anchor Cervantes sash maladroit mosey articulate ramble, sugarfree solace direct illusion whippoorwill twirl evocative whirlwind.

Sombre divorce resigned declarations strict conclusion unforeseen outcome, calamitous critique tear-jerking jostle filial exclusion atemperate coda.

Atypical advice convivial counsel popinjay potash refurbished loom, constituent cavalier chortling kombucha salient sojourn vehement vase.

Sudden imposition reified reunion elusive child-rearing Nantucket nurture, inspired fraternal mischievous play intuitive revolt bold indiscretion. 

Occasional warmth paternal cohesion charming invention agile imagination, insouciant bearings rebellious burnish PTA nightmare artistic garb.

Disconsolate accident knick-knock-ninjitsu blatant bamboozle distressing fold, latent aggression habitual angst concrete folly baffled intentions.

Symphonic siblings chaotic orchestration swelling libretto compelling surges, dutiful company familial frittata sincere compassion eloquent strobe.

Distillate jubilee innocent clay unrehearsed remodelling campy admixture, soulfulbright aggregate domestic misfortune damning austerity discerning girth. 

Constructive teamwork contiguous clasp itinerant commune sporadic libra, jungle gymnastics dynamic dogme evergreen forest pyjambalaya. 

Bivouac browse menagerie mending auspicious adorable animal friends, in/variable groupings deciduous drumbeat invaluable semblance kettlecorn clan.

Undaunted optimism hastening grace laidback congregation fortuitous present, affable ancestry tumbledown tangents ludicrous license carnival crescents. 

No sense at all what's going to come next.

What does come encourages anticipation. 

Inherent romance.

Love Streams.  

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Shadows

Reflexive reckoning attuned impulse acrylic observation succinct insight, unleashed imagination daylight denizens nocturnal novices piecemeal grain.

Introductory vision complimentary sizzle albeit accolades staggered supposition, efficacious trill evocative stumble Danube delineation tacit nectar.

Abstinent agency expressive candour absent alternatives awkward obsession, journeyman jousting flamboyant browse unsettling occasion suffice satisfaction. 

Bold embarkations gillyweed jambrose confident claim exclamatory quip, adamant Oakley controversial dispute energetic galvanguard delving implosion.

Hesitant hamhocked contumelious bellow clumsy clandestine disengaged squawk, unmatched expectations disparate gloom determinate giblets uninspired smirk.

Chillaxed infatuation mutual accords sustained experiment jovial gravity, inquisitive bachelor elegant damsel unheralded retreat sudden summation.

Wallaby whimsy animate censure balustrade blinkers innocuous blinds, laidback lighthearted sincere digressions creative atmosphere streamlined levity.

Unfortunate morose prejudicial frontiers unintegrated distrustful cultural horizons, family matters contemptuous histories soulless calculation hardboiled fetters.

Callous concoction nightingale glam material mental misguided malignance, indigent malady volatile venom distressing disease perennial dissonance. 

Freeform innocence tackling digression youthful curiosity individual poise, public variety iridescent blend interracial networks burgeoning friends.

Silhouette synergy adhesive swathe sweetly flowing stanza convective cloth, immersive integrity vehement wilderness embryonic ether latent sagesse.

Meanwhile conversation building block blueprints recital talisman delicate discipline, windy restorative equaneme vibe cautious exploration jaunty juke jive.

Cassavetes's directorial debut kinetic overflow compelling difference, lithe unexpected unannounced transitions vibrant characters inherent vortex.

His writing's brave like his films. He makes you want to trust him.

In the Criterion booklet.

Living the dream.

*Surprised more people don't follow his example and finance and make their own films. 

Friday, September 12, 2025

Ordet

Dishevelled madness emphatically accompanies a scholarly son who embraced study, and took grand imposing theological works to distressed soul and body and mind.

Even amongst an upright people from a severe age religiously endowed, this devout son seems neigh unreachable according to quotidian scripture. 

Upon the farm, one of his brothers is raising a family without faith, his wife dutifully reproaching him yet still conjugally resigned.

His other sibling wholeheartedly seeks the adoring hand of a tailor's daughter, who believes in different spiritual traditions his father scorns with vehement sacrilege. 

Yet united through familial bonds they nurture strength and disciplined fortitude, resolutely caring for one another with kind pastoral bucolic eagerness.

The little children believe their uncle who predicts the future and heralds spirits, with the sincere trusting uncorrupted eye of wondrous observant faithful innocents.

Complications shatter the harmonious simplicity when routine child birth welcomes constraint, and bewildering death despotically envisages humbling loneliness and stoic resolve.

The insane blunt stark reincarnation proclaiming sheer and utter disillusion.

Before objective patience and despondent synergies boldly reawaken slumbering ecstasy. 

Strange to see grim volatile criticisms awkwardly dividing a farming village, acquiesced demographic consistency effectively determining biblical denomination. 

So many divergent alternative faiths vicissitudinously claiming divinity, with fisticuffs and arguments and drills literately fusing spiritual discord.

Ordet's style of film is something I'm not used to a direct illustration of imaginative belief, wherein which archaic lecture and austere fervency generously coalesce with narrative affection.

Was there once a time when religious tales showcasing family life and exotic miracles, widely dominated domestic markets inquisitively inhabited by the faithful?

Was faith so strong that supernatural and otherworldly films created revenue, and were in a studio's best interest to modestly disseminate with robust vigour?

Like the western it likely faded with the secular passage of peaceful times, in the constructive wake of blinding wars which reduced humanity to so much rubble.

Discursive realities monumental trends enthusiastically enriching coffers.

Novelty to trend to anachronism.

Back to school.

Chapter and verse. 

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Daybreak

Athletic whimsy diligent comport innate reliability vigorous anime, disciplined strata convivial charm tight-knit community innocent resilience.

Balanced routine enveloped induction auspicious outfit improvised quiver, amber osmosis symbiotic strut inquisitive mesmer experimental drive.

Friendly expressions voluminous meaning honest reflection versatile worth, turn of the century meaningful moxy exercised spontaneity literate bloom.

Starbright sensation sudden emergence curious question lighthearted llama, delicate domicile surgical smittens florescent felicity gracious hiboollience.

Dashing indiscretion momentous immersion declarative supposition agile excursion, habitual harmonies melodious mantra affable amorous adorable accolades.

Healthy holistics nutritious dairy salubrious snack dependable sustenance, widespread delivery calculi cornerstone baccarat burnish instructive allay.

Unforeseen angst alternative measures arhythmic acrimony stupefied stanza, expedient regrouping semantic seduction voluptuous vaudeville alluring stake.

Intermittent mosey reluctant dialogue grumpy disposition shoreline smother, amusing persistence compelling candour unexpected orbit volatile gravity. 

Calumnious clash loquacious observatory fluid intensity starstruck ceremony, indifferent cadence complacent temper reticent vibe worrisome waivers.

Supple simplicity aloof largesse uncertain insistence carefree cascade, wondrous levitation modest serenade transisting solace whirlpool waves.

Mendacious explanation unabashed charlatan daring enigma eccentric spool, entwined continuity sincere exaggeration eloquent verbosity conspicuous charm.

Inherent distaste laconic displeasure unconvincing swank cacophonous crescendo, diabolic dénouement shocking altercation audacious talons maligned honour. 

Sufficient duelling incarnate eclipse old fashioned imbroglio dynamic darling, lavish la bamba bellicose bulletin fusillade flack aggrieved diagnosis.

Innovative soul structured sympathy hardworking composure elaborate mandate, constructive compassion tenacious tragedy atypical conflict candlelit character.

Still holds up almost a century later.

Loved the speech to the crowd.

Oil and water, latent misfortune.

Manifest irritation. 

Callous calamity.