I was working outside, decided it was way too hot, then decided it was a great excuse to come knock out some bullets... because an all new Bullet Sunday starts... now...
• New Marriott! New James Marriott is here! Weird video, as usual, but the song is one of my favorites he's ever done. It's always a pleasant surprise when musical artists keep pushing forward like this...
His previous release was darn good too...
His new album, Don't Tell the Dog, will be released on June 13th.
• Holiday Road! Even if Rogue One sucked (spoiler alert, it most definitely does not suck), we'd still have one of the most terrifying scenes to come out of Star Wars. And it loses none of its impact no matter what you do to it...
That's Darth Vader unleashed as you'd always imagine him. And, hey, isn't Holidy Road a great song? Makes me want to rewatch Christmas Vacation for the hundredth time. But here's an interesting factoid... Holiday Road was played in all the National Lampoon's Vacation movies EXCEPT Christmas Vacation. And, here's another one for you... did you know that Kesha covered the song last year?
I always love it when somebody decides to make a cover song their own by putting some kind of spin on it that's different from the original.
• Justice for Luko! Mickey 17 came to HBO Max and it's surprisingly good, which I wasn't expecting given how it failed hard at the box office, not even making back the money it cost before marketing. I didn't know much about it other than I wanted to see it because Bong Jo Hoon is a genius...
It's a great story that's expertly told (which I did expect). It's also got something to say. Worth a look if you're into thoughtful sci-fi.
• 5+5=10!
Well this is interesting...
"That'll be five dollars, mate.'
"Do you have change for a tenner?"
"I do not."
"No worries, mate!"
RIIIIIIP!
You really do learn something new every day.
• New Fraser? I kinda lost track of Man Can Cook because while it was fun at first, it ended up being always the same thing... a guy cooking while his dog (Fraser!) sat there. But the other day Facebook had this video in my feed...
Dan is likely not planning on trading in Fraser permanently, but it's nice that he realizes he needs to try different things from time to time.
• Young Hotness! Nothing quite like running across an old driver's license to make you realize how old you've gotten!
Dang. so hot back then. No idea what happened. I'm talking about my signature, of course. I'm just as hot as I've always been! My signature is a complete mess now.
• Feed. Hungry. Kids! I'm going to put this riiiiight here...
The fact that lunch programs in schools aren't free to any child, regardless of money or paperwork, is abhorrent. The fact that there are people who are perfectly happy to let children starve says all you need to know about where humanity is at right now. These kids have absolutely no control over their circumstances, and people need to stop acting as if they've somehow done something wrong just by existing.
And now back to our regularly-scheduled nonsense.
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On the situation about “free” school lunches…..the whole thing really pisses me off, and I’m coming from what I feel is a conservative perspective. Yes, there will be some people who will take advantage of the system and if that is an ACTUAL concern, then make school lunch free for everyone!
I know it doesn’t seem to make conservative fiscal sense, but it makes great fiscal sense IF you look at the bigger picture. It’s common sense that on a per-unit basis making more lunches would be cheaper than making fewer lunches. Undoubtedly school lunches are designed to be healthy and just because a family can afford to provide private lunches, it doesn’t mean they are providing HEALTHY private lunches, or as healthy. Provide lunches for all students and figure out a process to allow parents to opt-out.
While I cannot provide the names of any specific studies, I am certain that there are studies that show a direct correlation between student nutrition and education success. Common sense says that a student that is not suffering from hunger or avoidable hunger-related health issues will do better in school. Doing better in school, hell…..just getting an education, has a direct correlation to success AFTER school. It makes rather selfish fiscal sense to spend SOME money now to improve student nutrition/health so we will be less likely to have to carry said student(s) “on the dole” as adults.
Will some take advantage of free school lunches, definitely….but the overall money savings would offset that (my presumption, but still…) and if everyone can get a free lunch, how would that be “taking advantage”?
Mickey 17 is on my watch list. I tried to catch it in the theater, but it left too soon.