Shawn Marier
@smarier
Runner of SF Conventions and Film Festivals. Norwescon, Speculative Film Fest, and now multiple Worldcon Film Festivals. (He/Him) SciFi, fandom, smof, cons, Lovecraft, Cthulhu, comics
Holy fuck, the market is actually looking at the fiscal numbers that this stock is built upon, and actually following them. If SpaceX was smart they would split off the anchor (xAI) around their neck before it kills the profitable parts (Starlink) of the company.
Tried a new jarred Tikka Masala sauce last night. It was tasty, but needed a little more heat.
The rules for the game Goblin Firework Fight suck. The 4 of us playing the my ty were completely confused by them. I think if we play it a third time we will finally play it correctly, as we learned as we went along. We gave up on the first time 3 round in.
We will see if tomorrow it drops below it's IPO price. The only part of the company which makes money is Starlink, and the xAI portion is a money black hole.
Look what just showed up. I was not expecting it to be nearly 1300 pages when I backed the KS. This book is huge.
Decorated my yard for pride. It will be interesting to see what (if anything) the neighbours say.
Even after all these years, his death still effects me. I still remember all of us gathering at the Seattle Center after we heard awful the news.
This is the first year we have live captioning, it is not perfect but as only about a 1/3 of our films have subtitles this helps those that need them.
Issaquah No Kings. Stretched about a mile, both sides of the road. For a city that 15 years ago always voted Red, the demographics have changed.
Picked up a new graphic novel. Section VII. It is a translated Polish comic book. It is basically a cross between X-Files and Delta Green, set in 1960s Soviet Poland. Really digging it.
About 3 teaspoons of this gave it the heat I wanted. Might bump to 4 next time.
My new Black Seahawks Jersey showed up. With the celebration today, figured I would wear it
So wanted to watch a spy/action series, had heard good things about "The Night Manager" for years. Saw that after nearly 10 years that Amazon just did a 2nd season. So I gave season 1 a try over the weekend. I really enjoyed it, I would rate it up there with the recent Jack Ryan series.
I had hoped to wear this yesterday, but it showed up on my doorstep this meeting. It is an official NFL jersey, so I hope someday they might actually use it in a game.
Almost all the trees are now gone in my backyard neighbor's lot. The only positive is I can actually see the mountains from my living room and kitchen window. We'll see once they build the McMansion if I can still see them
Just finished Playing Gracie Darling on Netflix. A Murder Mystery in which they do a good job of keeping you guessing if there is a Supernatural element or not. This is my favorite sort of Mystery series, so I really enjoyed it. The Australian accents helped :)
Time for a change of pace. A Spanish documentary on Depeche Mode's Mexico City concerts. One of my favorite bands of my youth.