Category: Sci-Fi

I don’t subscribe to Apple TV, so I rely upon Bismo to not only tell me what’s worth watching, but to invite me to watch with him.

First, it was Severance. Currently, there is Plur1bus, which is Vince Gilligan returning to his X-Files roots.

Both are sci-fi series about social isolation. A small group of people who, in distinctly different ways, are separated from everybody else. With Severance a voluntary, lobotomy-like operation literally cuts people off from one part of themselves. In Plur1bus, the disconnect is involuntary.

I’ve been checking in on Dilbert’s Scott Adams, to see how he’s doing with his cancer treatments. One of his followers has suggested Pluribus to Scott, who is a Trump follower.

One reason why I bought a vintage JVC VL-5 turntable, was to play my original copy of this album, on the same model of turntable I used to first play it in 1979. The reason is personal, as one of you knows!

Wherever and whenever there’s an emergency, INTERNATIONAL RESCUE is ready to answer the call for help!

I am so sick and tired of “Here’s Why” being tacked on to every frickin’ headline. I hope its use is fading.

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The name “Biggles” was used for laughs numerous times by Monty Python. I’d always thought Biggles was just a silly Python name, but it was a long running series of stories and books in England. There was a Biggles TV series in 1960.

This 1986 movie adaptation, Biggles: Adventures in Time (the American title), was recommended to me. It’s Peter Cushing’s final screen appearance. I haven’t watched it yet.

P.S. Definitely worth a viewing! Lotsa silly fun, and some very impressive war scenes, both on the ground and especially in the air.