Author: DOuG pRATt

That New Phone Feeling

The Pixel 8a provides such a different experience from the 4a! It’s bigger and it’s heavier, and it’s… it’s… uh… did I mention it’s bigger and heavier? The battery lasts a lot longer, but I was doing fine with the 4a’s battery until its runtime was cut in half by that mandatory Android 13 update.

Google Pixel 8a with Otterbox Commuter case as seen by a Pixel 4a

Noteworthy Passings

Twin Peaks pushed the limits of network television beyond anything ever seen before. Co-created by David Lynch, who directed a half-dozen episodes, the series’ premise was shocking and it would never have aired if the subject matter hadn’t been presented in the surreal way that it was.

Jules Feiffer started in Will Eisner’s cartooning studio. His essay “The Great Comic Book Heroes” for Playboy in 1965 was well-timed for the Pop Art era. It was expanded into a popular and groundbreaking book.

Feiffer wrote the screenplay for the Mike Nichols movie Carnal Knowledge. Nichols talked Prue’s bestie friend, Cynthia O’Neal, into accepting a role.

America’s Decline Begins Again

Melania looked like she had just come from Jimmy Carter’s funeral. Goodnight, America.

And there’s this. How do the Evangelicals feel about it? If he doesn’t issue all of those “J6” pardons he promised, then we’ll know he’s signaling to his followers that he doesn’t need them anymore.

Update: Well, he did it. It wasn’t an insurrection to prevent the transfer of power. No, it wasn’t a riot, it was a love-in.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/20/politics/january-6-2021-capitol-riot-pardons-trump/index.html

This is the country we must now live in. I place the blame on Mitch McConnell for allowing it to happen.