Mars Rover Landing Site has been named after sci-fi master Octavia Butler!
NASA has pulled a most radical move, and named the Mars Rover landing site after Octavia Butler. Fuck yes! Gimme all them science-fiction landmarks on Mars!
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Monday Morning Commute: Firestarting Springbreak!
Monday is over for me, motherfuckers! The ring light has been stuffed under my computer desk. The laptop that I use to do remote work has been shuddered. Most importantly, a glorious Mountain Dew Zero Sugar Major Melon has been cracked open. Monday is over for me, indeed! I mean, I’ve drank about seven of them today, but caffeine has a more congratulatory pop when it’s ingested during the off-hours.
But, this Monday being over is more glorious than any run of the mill Monday. You see, Spring Break is next week! Which means I’m one step closer to shutting down the ring light for like seven fucking days, playing a shit ton of video games, and generally relaxing. Four fucking days to go!
Mamma mia, I simply cannot fucking wait for this upcoming Siesta.
But, being a lazy piece of shit ain’t that only thing I’m sweating this week. Nope! Folks, I got all sorts of shit on my pop cultural plate this week! Delicious morsels of cultural caloric bliss that I’m more than eager to stuff into my brain-mouth! While mixing metaphors, analogies, and all of that other shit!
In fact, guess what? I’m going to fucking tell you what I’m gorging on this week. In fact, guess what? You’re going to join me in the comments after I’m done.
After all, that’s the entire goddam function of this column! This MMC. This Monday Morning Commute!
Weekend Open Bar: One-Year Strong!
March 5. It’s officially been one year. One year since I went to my last movie, one year since I went to a fitness class, more than one year since I’ve seen a cadre of my friends. I’m trying not to hyper-fixate on all I’ve lost in these Fallen Times, especially since I’ve gotten off relatively light. You know? Like, on one hand, it’s only a year of my life. But on the other hand, it’s an entire year of parties, trips to the movies, and watching sports with friends. Considering that nothing’s promised in life, particularly your persistent existence, it’s a bit of a heavy bummer.
Blessedly, the vaccine gets closer and closer to my arm, even as my anxiety has me spiraling further and further from a comfortable existence. The dichotomy between the intellectual realization that the End of coming, and really the fractures in my battered psyche deepening is really a case study waiting to happen. S
That said, what can you do, you know? Just persist. Find joy in the small things. Eat pizza, watch horror movies, look forward to the seemingly-receding but literally-approaching day when I’ll be vaccinated and sitting in a restaurant with sSam. Or in Rendar’s backyard for a BBQ with shared comrades. It’s the only choice, and when you evaluate it, it seems a solid one.
Anyways, so that’s where I’m at emotionally. Why not keep your maudlin Captain company this weekend? Here, at the Open Bar! Physically distant, but emotionally resonant hanging!
What are you up to this weekend, friends? Let’s spend some ttime.
‘Party Down’ Season 3 Limited Series revival coming to Starz. I’m not sure if we’re having fun yet?
Man! Like, so fucking torn. Part of me is really stoked for a Party Down limited series. But at the same time? The ending to the show was fucking perfect. Perfect! Perfect.
New Nintendo Switch with 4K Support and an OLED screen dropping this year. This is it, this is my time!
I’ve been waiting for a couple of years for Nintendo to drop a new Switch, and my friends it appears my time is now! A report by Bloomberg has the company dropping a new Switch model this year, with 4K support and a new OLED screen. Oh hell yes, sign me the fuck up!
Bruce Campbell teases being in ‘Doctor Strange 2’ and bro better not be playing!
Bruce Campbell has teased the fuck out of an appearance in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Like, good grief. If dude ain’t, it’s the biggest tip-tease in recent nerd culture memory.
Space Swoon: NASA drops image of Venus that reveals nightglow on the planet’s edge. Well done, fellas!
Ey! Yo! Take this glorious image of Venus and the nightglow on the planet’s edge to the dome! It’s a Tuesday! That fucking sucks! But you know what doesn’t suck? Space!
Hit the jump to check it out, and gleam some details!
‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ series casts ‘Game of Thrones’ star Indira Varma
I don’t know Indira Varma outside of her work on Game of Thrones. But based on that shit alone, I’m cool with her being cast in the Obi-Wan Kenobi series. Now, fucking nerds! You may begin speculating as to who she is playing. Get to work.
‘Superman’ movie reboot coming and being written by Ta-Nehisi Coates with J.J. Abrams producing. Fucking hell yes!
Ta-Nehisi Coates is fucking writing a Superman movie reboot. Holy shit. Mamma fucking mia. This news gets my glands engorged. Ta-Nehisi Coates is one of my favorite essayists of the moment, and him on Superman is equal parts wonderful and surprising. Granted, the dude has taken a lap on Black Panther and Captain America for Marvel, so maybe it ain’t that surprising. But still, for him to tackle a Man of Steel movie? Fucking A.
Fossils of a Car-Sized Turtle were found in South America. Nature is fucking wild, dudes.
Okay, so this isn’t new news. It’s actually from last year. But, I just came across this shit this week, and I figured maybe it’s new to you as well. The fossils of a motherfucking car-sized turtle were found in South America, and the fucker dates back to between 13 and 7 million years ago. I say goddamn! Like, shit was absolutely popping off on this planet while this fucker roamed the Earth. Goddamn enormous beasts. It’s amazing.
Hit the jump to check out the fossils and for more details.
