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No, it's not surprising, and, beyond a bit of childhood nostalgia, I won't really miss it. I've similar feelings about Sea World. My Dad worked with the design team on the original show tanks for the Orlando park, and we went to an invite-only preview day before the park opened in the Fall of 1973. But I have no desire to go back to any of their parks now.

Ringling Brothers Circus to close after 146 years. More quietly, it looks as though the Cole Bros. Circus closed in 2016. They wintered in the town where I grew up, and I'd seen them when I was a kid. They were one of the last circuses to use a big top tent (my church would borrow that tent for a parish festival fundraiser every year).

I don't have a problem with God, it's His fan clubs that I can't stand.

"Quit fawning over me!"

It actually doesn't look all that appealing. Now, I'd probably eat the items separately, or in small groups....

Another Stu Phillips theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BINijYepahA

(has dreams of being a velociraptor)

Congratulations! We had 'em under the house when I used to live in Central Florida. We also had a family of skunks, which made it real interesting when a loose dog would chase the possums under the house (the smell went away very rapidly, usually with the yipping sound).

Soon to be chronicled in the documentary, Rouge One.

Quam bonus porcus!

What do you mean, "Low Ink Warning"?

That's so last year....

Superman--watched this one again about a week ago, found that I really enjoyed the lead-up, but became somewhat bored with the Luthor land scheme story. Superman II--watched this one again yesterday, mostly enjoyed it. Superman III--Oh, my. I'd forgotten just how bad this one was. Hulu's holding my place right around the halfway mark, but I sincerely doubt that I'll go back to it. Mr Selfridge--working may way through the final two series on Amazon Prime. Consistently enjoyable for me. Smallville--somewhere in the middle of season 6. I had missed a fair number of episodes (working nights, WB being very bad about announcing start of season), so I've started from the beginning.

The Whopperito is actually pretty good, compared to other stuff that ends up on Burger King's menu. It looks like it was a seasonal item here, though, and is no longer offered at the outlet at my work. BK is one of the places that I go in the building when the employee dining room is terrible, but it's not a restaurant that I seek out when I'm not at work.

It looks like an avant-garde bikini with Kevlar inserts, though it probably looked better in the original form on Halle Berry.

Obviously, fans of the rock band, Porcupine Tree.

And some of the worst grossing movies, as well: Heaven's Gate, for example, is 325 minutes as a workprint, 219 minutes for the original theatrical release, and 149 minutes for the "edited" version for wide release. It made $3.5 million on a $44 million investment in 1980. The Greatest Story Ever Told started out as a 4 hour 20 minute epic (in a roadshow theatrical release), but was trimmed multiple times, until it finally had a general release of 2 hours 17 minutes. It's never made back anywhere near enough to cover production costs. Cleopatra in 1963 had the distinction of being the highest grossing film of the year ($26 million) while still losing money (production and marketing cost $44 million), and is notorious for almost bankrupting 20th Century-Fox. The director originally screened a 6 hour version for the studio, but was forced to cut it down to about 4 hours for the premiere. It was cut down to 3 hours for general release, so that theaters could get in more showings in a day.

But where will we get the Soylent Green then?

I've owned the boxed set of JI for well on 30 years now. I was lucky to pick up Lands of Mystery from Aaron Alston's website over a decade ago, and so my copy is signed by him.

My late wife strongly disliked beards, until I shaved off my goatee and moustache. She shook her head, and told me to grow it back, adding that I looked like Crazy Guggenheim*. So, it's only in a mirror universe that my evil twin is clean-shaven. *Unfortunately, she was pretty much correct on this.

Is there no sign of light as we stand here in the darkness? Watching the sun arise Is there no sign of life as we gaze at the waters? Into the strangers eyes And who are we to criticize or scorn the things that they do? For we shall seek and we shall find Ammonia Avenue If we call for the proof and we question the answers Only the doubt will grow Are we blind to the truth or a sign to believe in? Only the wise will know And word by word they handed down the light that shines today And those who came at first to scoff, remained behind to pray And those who came at first to scoff, remained behind to pray When you can't hear the rhyme and you can't see the reason Why should the hope remain? For a man will be tired and his soul will grow weary Living his life in vain And who are we to justify the right in all we do? Until we seek until we find Ammonia Avenue Through all the doubt somehow they knew And stone by stone they built it high Until the sun broke through A ray of hope, a shining light Ammonia Avenue