Resident Alien and life on this planet

We're living in uncanny times, and Resident Alien expresses that. It's a dangerous gambit to make an alien learning to ways of America, the gimmick can get old quick. There have been some interesting lines, and funny moments. I also like it that the female stars don't have Cameron Diaz proportions. But when the muslim girl makes friends with the boy who sees the alien, that gets me wet in the eyes. Hey I just got why the British call being emotional "wet". They had the stiff upper lip in World War 2, and had to get saved by their children. Americans have rugged individualism but it's so they can be nihilistic partiers.

Resident Alien has 10 episodes. It's a little Mork and Mindy, it's a little X-Files, it's a little Eureka and Northern Exposure, and part Our Idiot Brother. I don't like the day drinking jokes. I wonder if there's an uptick in human moments since Darth Vader was our president.

I wonder if we're increasing our tolerance for reality. Teen adoption. It's like The Perks of Being a Wallflower up in here. I watched Perks last night and quite enjoyed it. I think I have to watch the movie first, because if I read the book first, then I don't like the movie. Perks had domestic violence, like Resident Alien.

You can learn to be a doctor off Google, that should make a lot of doctors happy.

Alan Tudyk is a favorite because of his role as Wash in Firefly, and Gerhardt, who can't take care of plants, in 28 Days. Him playing basketball is hilarious, he does a pretty good weird alien. I didn't know he was Sonny in I, Robot. I watched that last night, an almost perfect sci-fi movie. Will Smith really has a good career of picking awesome scripts. That's one star I will see his movie because he's in it. I don't really believe in the star system. He's the exception to the rule.

I'm trying to think about what show has a predictably timed twist. Every show. A cliffhanger ends every episode.

I love the friendship between Sara Tomko playing Asta Twelvetrees and D'arcy Bloom played by Alice Wetterlund. They talk a lot about guys, but I think their friendship passes the bechdel test.

I've always liked the idea that kids see reality most clearly.

I love the friendship between the sheriff and his deputy. Their karaoke scene is amazing.

Nathan Fillion is the voice of the octopus!

The series has been renewed!

Manet and Degas

Brilliant video explaining the exhibit. Go to the Met and see the exhibit! It's really quite special. In the last gallery the painting this sketch is based off of, of the execution of a Mexican president. The painting has been cut into sections, and the surviving Degas has reassembled them. NY Times review

The case for Harris

Motley Kamuka Blog endorses Kamala Harris. In general, Trump just wants to lower taxes on the rich, and do nothing, sell whatever influence he can to line his pockets. Apparently the emoluments clause in the constitution has no teeth. Harris has a set of ideas about policy that are fairly middle of the road. In most countries she's would be seen as a centrist. Spin about her radical agendas are exaggerated. I'm not sure how he got past " grab them by the pussy ", but he did and here we are. Women: Obviously the idea of giving women pregnancy tests at the borders of the state, and then if they come back and don't have a baby, they go to jail, isn't really what most women want. Pick Harris. I understand if you think abortion is murder, maybe you've been told that by the Catholic church, which has the same ideal of Buddhism that you don't kill--so follow your religion for yourself. Not everyone is Christian or Buddhist or even has a religion. Women are ...

AOC

Dark Brandon meet Dark Alex. I see her advising the republicans to stick to their guns and never compromise. They don’t want to do anything, only obstruct. So they don’t actually need to be unified. Chaos isn’t organized. This is fine. Read all about it from Heather Cox Richardson , a historian who covers current events. "As their policies threatened to lose voters by concentrating wealth upward and hollowing out the middle class, Republicans increasingly warned that minority voters wanted socialism and were destroying the nation to get it. Trump rode that narrative to power, and now tearing down the current government is the idea that drives the Republican base." While we're at it, here's another funny photo from the Onion: And then: I listened to the Times podcast about George Santos . He basically lied about, I don't know, 80% of his resume, and has a mysterious $700k in his "corporation" which has no clients. So he's a Russian or Chinese plant, o...

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