Recorded live before a global audience on Thursday, February 3, 2022.
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The Stratosphere Lounge | Episode 311
Recorded live before a global audience on Thursday, February 3, 2022.
Recorded live before a global audience on Thursday, February 3, 2022.
Recorded live before a global audience on Thursday, February 3, 2022.
18 replies on “The Stratosphere Lounge | Episode 311”
I’ve been enjoying Doomcock but my neighbors that are hearing him are turning blue. I’m much more optimistic about the Book of Boba Fett than he is. I don’t think its weak or has weak episodes. Yes the mods are weak but that’s intentional, they are redshirts. They had to do that desert story mixed with more recent events to avoid him being stuck in the desert a slave. While in most cases they showed it instead of saying it; even Temuera Morrison says Boba talked to much. Then in the next two episodes he is not shown at all and says nothing when he’s on camera. The same people that complained about him saying to much complained about him saying nothing. Disney is now rewriting and reshooting episode 7 in response to comments from episode 5 and 6. They are heeding Doomcocks warnings. I’m not sure what they are changing. On several Youtube channels and on twitter I and a hundred others have made suggestions. I would love it if they take one of mine up. My predictions for Ep 7 are on the blog on this site.
I’m doing planet maps and history’s now on my DeviantArt page. I have several more in the works but because space travel is slow with fast contact after most of the planets developments and biosphere are only 10 to 20 years old. Its not quite the same universe as Bills. I was working on it before he started but his work inspired me to put my bad art on DeviantArt. https://www.deviantart.com/wesbee/gallery
I’ve been shopping in a virtual reality, with a shopping trolley, in Second Life 17 years ago. Zuckerberg can’t even think of something original to do with his Facebook/ meta VR proposal.
Europeans aren’t the only people with no concept of the size of the US. When Our son was in the USAF stationed in South Carolina, some of his buddies were talking about how they wanted to drive across to California for the weekend. We’re from Oregon, and our son had experienced some long road trips: Up and down I-5, over to McAllen Texas (3 days to cross TX) and on into Mexico and back; to the Grand Canyon, and over to Kentucky where his sister was in college.
He told his friends he didn’t think it would work and asked his Dad how long a drive it would be.
I don’t think Zucker is trying to connect with normal people with the sauce references. He might be talking in code for his circle, like Nancy Pelosi with her fridge full of ice cream. She’s not talking about ice cream. Look up the coded speech for the awful emails that were uncovered by Wikileaks. The bbq is likely referencing the gross liquid that is extracted from victims as adrenochrome.
The former satanist, Zachary King describes it s appearance.
You get a good sense of what happened to the 19th and 20th primarchs by hints Leeman Russ gives.
They begin to really carve themselves in a unique light when you get deeper in to the Primarch origin stories, where the books are titled mostly as the names of each.
One of my favorite short stories is from Heralds of the Siege, The Board is Set. I love both sides with Angron as my personal favorite. I just wish the content was not so expensive, especially since they are ebook.
I recommend publishing date reading order.
As for more accessible… well, the IP gets sold for use all the time. Heck, I have a Risk version of 40k. It is better than the vanilla Risk imo.
And I think the Short Sun Cycle, by Gene Wolfe is the masterpiece of science fiction.
I should add that i think games workshop is being an IP bully reaching Metallica levels during Napsters height. This comes off really bad, considering how much they stole from the Battletech universe, from solar sales, legion armor, to drop pods.
I’ve followed the comment sections very closely for the last 6 years or so. They are in full retreat. They have nothing.
I never knew the song “convoy” was associated with protesting the 55 NMSL. But I have 2 vivid memories of it.
In 3rd grade maybe 1974, our school art teacher said “OK kids, in order to raise awareness, we are going to be making paintings with the theme of “55 Saves Lives” because it makes you safer.” Like dutiful little subjects we all got to work on our paintings.
In the mid 1990s I was full of testosterone, part of a worldwide club of RX7 enthusiasts, and a member of the National Motorists’ Association because I liked to drive FAST. In 1995 there were hearings in congress over it and some woman from California (probably Boxer) tried to argue that “humans were never meant to move faster than 10 MPH and their senses can not deal with speeds above 55”. I was like “who is this ####ing IDIOT who doesn’t know the difference between velocity and acceleration? If that were true she wouldn’t be able to get up and walk to the bathroom on a plane!!?!?!” So yeah… Science.
Hey Bill, you called it right.
Today in the National Post the Canadian Military tells Ottawa to find someone else to evict the truckers!
What’s that I hear in the distance?
BANJOS!!!!!
(I LOVE the sound of banjos in the morning, it sounds like ….VICTORY)
I saw that contrast, too – Don Draper: sexy alfa male vs Jon Hamm average beta male
MST3K – the original shows – were genuine works of art – I loved the satirical riffs dished by Joel, Tom Servo, Crow and Gypsy. Many of their references required a pretty solid knowledge base in classical literature and cultural periods in-compassing major time spans. You couldn’t get the jokes if you were stupid. The interlude sketches featuring the guys interacting with the mad scientists was equally funny. I have many happy memories of me and my son watching MST3K every Friday night between 1988 and 1996. I even liked Mike Nelson pretty well, but Joel was the best.
I get a real thrill when Bill, Steve or Scott or one of the members here has appreciation for the same stuff I like. Makes me feel smart😉
Thanks for taking my question Bill (at the 1:25:00 mark for anyone interested), and I stil submit that you! are! ILLOGICAL!!!
Florida? FLORIDA?? You think driving across Florida at 55 MPH is a problem? Try driving across Texas at 55 MPH. A real study in patients, and in how much coffee you can stand to stay awake.
BTW, is it still considered “across” Florida if you’re going north/south?
(Ok, he talks about driving across Texas — I hadn’t gotten there yet.)
Another almost 3 hour STL. I didn’t ask questions, I just enjoy the show and the comment section. Great show Bill. See you next week.
I know its bad form to comment twice in a row but at about the 1 hour 36 minute mark Bill makes a great point about taxes and payroll deductions. I actually looked at my tax documents for the first time in my life (I am only 24 so that isn’t absolutely terrible but still) and I paid in all four categories combined over $20,000 in taxes. It made me so mad I could barely contain myself. Imagine if everyone looked at how much they paid in taxes, there would be a revolt the next day.
It is just as bad here in Canada. I am in a 25% tax bracket, and I am retired. I do prefer to owe the government each tax year. That way they don’t have any more of my $$ than they can get. To top it all off, we still have to pay taxes on what we buy with our already decreased income. Don’t get me started on the Carbon Tax.
Half way through and great episode as always!