Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- A well done guide to trying to understand the current state of quantum mechanics.

- Ingrid Bergman in 1971 talks about what it was like on the set of Casablanca.

- Which countries get the most paid vacation days. The US really lags behind the rest of the world. Even workaholic Japan gets double our paid vaca days.

- Idris Elba is the man. More common sense like this please.

Idris Elba is the Man

Stringer Bell Explains Name Change to "Climate Emergency"

 

This helps explain why all of a sudden the climate alarmists now want to change the name to "Climate Emergency." Climate Change is the new Worldcom (or Death Grip if you prefer).

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Victor Davis Hanson says that 2018 was a pretty good year. And I agree.

- 34-years ago a KGB defector predicted modern America.

- Heh Heh

- Nicholas Kristof ups the ante on VDH and says that 2018 was not only a good year but the best in human history.

- Mind-melting study says our universe is an expanding bubble in another dimension. Not "mind-melting" just hard to wrap your brain around.

- Why Netflix hired Spencer Neumann as its new CFO. The coming battle between Disney and Netflix will be interesting to watch.

- Heh Heh

Idris Elba as James Bond

There's a report circulating that Idris Elba is the favorite to replace Daniel Craig as Jame Bond.

I'm of two minds on this. I love Elba as an actor. His role as DCI John Luther makes him one of the top cops in TV history while his role as Stringer Bell simultaneously places him as one of the top criminals in TV history. That's quite an acting daily-double.

The reason I'm not sure on this is not because he's black. That doesn't make a difference. The reason I'm not sure is his age.

Daniel Craig is 50-years old and he last played Bond in 2015 when he was 47. Craig looked old and tired in Spectre. Craig's first Bond film came out when he was 38 but was shot when he was 36-years old.

Elba is about to turn 46-years old on September 6th which is why I think this rumor of him as Bond is just a ruse. Timothy Dalton was 41 when he took over as Bond in The Living Daylights. And Dalton looked too old - at 41! Elba probably would be 48 by the time a film was actually made.

If I were a betting man - I'd bet against Idris Elba being named the next James Bond. He's just too old. 

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Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- And some people wonder why people can't take global warming seriously

- Good news for Luther fans

- Agreed - this is what coaching is all about

- Which is why they changed his name from Frederick the Awake

- Heh heh - awesome!

- Possible Northern Exposure revival. Always wondered why that show is not available on streaming services.

Heh Heh

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- The white guy in the Black Power salute photo from the 1968 Olympics was just as much a hero

- Yesterday was Dick Van Dyke's 90th birthday

- Heh heh

- Great story - Stephen Tobolowski on working with Steven Seagal on The Glimmer Man

- One badass grandma

- Pat McAfee is a good man

- When are suicide rates the highest? Not the holiday season

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Is it cruel to ask an acoustic guitar player at a bar (trying his best) to play Free Bird?... Heh heh - good point... Now that Mount McKinley has been changed back to Denali - can we also get Istanbul changed back to Constantinople?... Heh heh - another good point... Who knew? The word "fad" is actually an acronym for "for a day"... Heh heh - a third good point... I initially thought the Internet was saying that Idris Elba was "too sweet" to play James Bond - a point I could see. Then I learned it was actually "too street" which is crap... Good interview with comedy iconoclast Norm MacDonald... Once it is pointed out to you that if Hillary Clinton was a Harry Potter character she would be Dolores Umbridge - you'll never see her the same again... Actually this could explain a whole lot...