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Depeche Mode was one of the few bands that managed to consistently come up with creative new songs that were still unmistakably their own over the course of decades.  Mr. Fletcher will be missed.

Okay, I am officially ready to promote Christopher Pike into the top three along with Jean-Luc Picard and Ben Sisko.

I caught The Hunt for Red October on cable over the weekend. It was as good as I remember it, Sean Connery's accent notwithstanding.
 
I really wish Alec Baldwin had stuck around for the other Jack Ryan films. Harrison Ford is good, but he's just not Jack Ryan.

The soundtrack's good, too.

Finally saw Bill & Ted face the Music.
 
I wasn't up to running a game Saturday so my group decided to have a movie night instead.  I remember reading a review when it dropped that it was exactly a 3rd Bill & Ted movie.  If you disliked the older ones you would dislike this one in the same way, but if you found the old ones fun or charming, then you would feel the same way about this one.

I really agree.  It *felt* like a 3rd in the series, not just a decades later nostalgia pic.  The musical duo's increasingly desperate attempts to unite humanity via the power of Rock, combined with their surprisingly successful run at Fatherhood made for a fun time.

Amateur!
 

I didn't want my coffee THAT dark.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife: A surprisingly enjoyable decades-later sequel. Nothing will recapture the magic of the original, but this was very well done.

The lava my life.

Why did the cross-eyed teacher lose her job? Because she couldn’t control her pupils.

WhaT do prisoners use to call each other? Cell phones.
 

What do you call it when a dinosaur runs over, around, and through obstacles?
 
 

Several years back, I was joking with my doctor and asked him about placebo, and he helpfully explained that they were available in a variety of forms from multiple manufacturers, and that people seemed to feel that name-brand placebos were more effective than the cheaper generics. He also noted that some people experienced side-effects when taking placebos.

I'll be there, but I'm taking this year off from running. 
I'll hang out now and then in the Lurking Fears room.