“Avengers Endgame is three hours, two minutes long.”
Thanos snaps his fingers
“It’s a lean 91 minutes.”

Watched Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. Don’t get the subtitle. Seems like instead should have been “Who’s Credence?”
It was kind of awkward how it undid a few things from the previous movie right away at the beginning (Credence still alive; Newt’s No-Maj friend remembers everything). Still, I enjoyed it and am interested to see the next one.
BTW, I like “No-Maj” way better than “Muggle.” If you called me a muggle, you better know how to cast Reparo nose.
Don’t know what else to say about it. I like how Newt is a way different hero than Harry Potter. And I like how they have a regular No-Maj guy as one of the main characters.

I don’t get people arguing the Nazis weren’t socialist. They weren’t laissez-faire free marketers. They were Nazis. Of course they wanted control of the economy.

My reaction to Apple TV+ is that I really do not want more streaming services. I’m lucky if I can watch one one hour show a night, so I don’t need more services that will spend most of their time unused.
The thing is, it’s still not economical to just buy a la carte the shows I want to watch as they often cost $20 or more a season. That’s the cost of two month of Netflix for something that will last me a week or two.
If there were a way to rent a show (most shows I’ll only ever watch once), that would be best. Used to be able to do that through Netflix DVD, but that seems so archaic now.
Streaming services are never going to allow a digital rental of their shows, though. You already can’t rent movies through Amazon after they go to a streaming service (very irritating). They want you getting their subs.
I guess I’m going to have to do more of what I did with YouTube Red (is that still a thing?) to watch Cobra Kai — get the service for a month, and then cancel. That’s still usually half the price at least of buying the season.

No one has ever correctly used the phrase “begging the question” as that is a phrase people have only ever used incorrectly.

I got the new Apple AirPods but my wife laughs at me when I wear them 🙁

“Suffocation.”
looks confused
“No breathing.”
nods with understanding
“Don’t give a @#$% if I cut my arm, bleeding.”
looks confused again

I’m thinking of dividing all the Democratic presidential candidate into four categories: Terrible, Beyond Terrible, Not Completely Terrible, Andrew Yang

I don’t understand wokeness and I won’t let my kids near it.

Man, I love the Apple AirPods. I initially balked at the price when they first came out, but they are so convenient and make it so easy to switch between what device you’re listening too. Of course, what they’re most efficient at is making you look like a huge dork.

If you just want annoy law abiding gun owners while doing absolutely nothing to stop criminals, high-capacity magazine bans are your best bet.

Oh, NOW you’re deciding to notice Creepy Uncle Joe Biden.
People who only care about things when it’s politically convenient don’t care about things at all.

The traditional gender distribution of labor is that men do everything freeing up women to wear impractical clothing.

I’m behind on my Mission Impossible movies, so I just finally watched Rogue Nation. That was a solid, meat and potatoes action blockbuster. I don’t see how anyone could have any complaints about that one; you get your money’s worth.
There was something about the look of the main villain, though, that kept me expecting him to say “This is the part in Sprockets where we dance!”

Putting the AirPods correctly into their charge case is a puzzle I always get wrong the first try.

I hate April Fools. It filled with nothing but people complaining about lame April Fools jokes.

It does seem a bit unfair that with all the really dumb Congresspeople out there, how much focus AOC constantly gets. At some point it just feels like picking on her.

I’ve come up with the solution to all our transportation problems: a train that flies.

The most annoying thing about that AOC tweet is she had to make a comment about the price of croissants all about her silly politics instead of just doing some Seinfeld type rant.
“What’s the deal with the price of croissants? Are they flying first class from France?”

Offices have “bring your dog to work,” but working from home it’s become quite obvious why there isn’t bring your cat to work. Mine has decided my Macbook keyboard is a warm place to sleep and is constantly messing up my code. Much cat tossing going on.

We have the first visit from an occupational therapist for Winchester today. I don’t want to sound like I’m underestimating my son because he has Down syndrome, but two months old seems early to worry about him getting a job.
He’s doing well, though. He can grab things. Track objects with his eyes. Roll from his tummy to his back (though not the other way yet). These are all good skills. I don’t think he’s employable yet, but he’s getting there.
Got a scare. Occupational therapist suddenly said, “Have you heard of… elephant ears?” Ends up she was talking about a pillow, but I initially thought she was talking about a medical condition. “I’m sorry to be the one to tell you this, but your son has elephant ears. t’s not terminal, but he could end up in a movie directed by Tim Burton.”
Needless to say, his new nickname is “elephant ears.”

I’ve heard this conspiracy theory that Ruth Bader Ginsburg is still alive. If this were even remotely true, then, like with the Loch Ness monster or bigfoot, you’d expect lots of photographic evidence.

When thinking about ideals versus reality, I think about when my dad was a manager of a truck dealership and they needed to hire a new mechanic. A woman applied, and the owner balked at hiring her. My dad told him he couldn’t do that as that was discrimination.
So they hired her. And a month later she got pregnant and they already had to look for a replacement. Now, my dad was right: You can’t discriminate against a qualified applicant because of gender. At the same time, I doubt the owner came away from the incident enlightened.

CAPTAIN AMERICA: “Avengers, end game.”
unplugs the Xbox
CAPTAIN AMERICA: “It’s time to go punch Thanos.”
Not sure how they stretch that out for three hours.

My 5yo son asked me if the Star Wars people are real, and I explained to him what actors are. Right after, I realized I missed a great opportunity to imitate Harrison Ford.
“It’s true. All of it.”

If women actually got paid less for the exact same work, men would never get hired.

Is anyone working for gender equality on workplace deaths?

I try to ignore the dumb stuff. I try. But when you have a whole day of people inundating you with it, it’s hard.