Might be different up here in Canada. But up here you can either ask for a random ticket, or you can fill in a card with the numbers that you want (lucky numbers, etc…)

What are next weeks lottery numbers?

Am I having the stroke or are you??

Too many. I collect special interests.

The one that’s lasted the longest are:

Filmmaking (specifically no/low budget filmmaking) with the premise being that regardless of tools, there are things that anyone can do to improve their product without a large budget. (ie. remembering to record tone for later editing. Planning your shoot for the proper time of day. Using reflectors even if you can’t afford lights. Blocking and Business, Shooting enough coverage for later editing, etc…) A large amount of quality in low budget films comes from taking the time to actually plan things out rather than just showing up with a camera and pointing it at volunteer actors.

Things like proper blocking, shot planning, etc… are free. With digital cameras, film isn’t a commodity and there’s nothing stopping you from filming enough angles to give the video editor something to work with rather than just constant two-shots. Editing software itself is free.

Point being, there is no excuse for lazy filmmaking, even if you don’t have access to expensive equipment. Planning trumps equipment 90% of the time.

Okay…rant over.

The utter fucking nerve of these assholes.

I’m not even a christian anymore, Catholic or otherwise. In fact I’ve long since gone full on athiest.

But even I’M offended by this new level of horseshit by the Trump clown-show.

ummmm…so what’s with the knife?

It’s looking like it’s time for the Brazilian military to plan a precision strike on mar-a-lago to “arrest” the current president and hold him indefinitely for collution in drug trafficking.

The Death Gate Cycle by Margaret Weiss and Tracey Hickman

Not going to lie, I got excited for the first half of that sentance.

Because their penises don’t work anymore and no one ever actually loved them enough to want to touch it without being paid up-front in the first place.

Is this a surprise to anyone? No one is buying Nutella for the health benefits…

Bitwarden.

Paid. Not because I need the added paid features, but because I value it and want to show my appreciation for the developers.

An adorable little bag of Ricin.

Actually it’s pretty clear that part of domestication for dogs was making them less intelligent.

Had a Mastiff. Can confirm.

Quokka of course.

Precisely.

Part of the awe of watching movies (The so-called movie magic) is that at the same time as you’re in awe of the film, there’s a part of you in awe of how much collaborative work it took to create that stunt/effect/miniature, etc…

There’s no magic anymore when one can just do the same thing in Blender at home if they had enough time to learn.

Oh I’m not saying there isn’t skill involved. There’s obviously artistic skill involved.

But there’s already awards for that kind of thing. It’s a completely different skill set completely removed from the collaborative nature of film-making and film special effects.

One person sitting behind a computer, no matter how skilled, isn’t the same as a team working in tandem to create something awe inspiring.

CGI shouldn’t win cinematography or even special effects awards.

Both of those things used to be collaborative skills. Multiple people working together to make a great composition on the screen. (director, cinematographer, set designer, costumer, prop-maker, foley artist, actor, etc…)

A great shot in CGI requires a computer and rendering time. It’s not the same.

If you can do everything with a computer, than none of your special effects are special by definition.

Oh…You’ve got spiderman framed above buildings high in the sky in Into the Spider Verse? Great…cool shot…but took nothing to actually create it.

If you tell me that to get that shot you had professional stunt people doing wire work, a complex camera rig, two helicopters and high-speed camera? THAT is the special in special effect.

Made it in a computer? It’s meaningless.

“Silent Majority”

It’s always their go-to when pressed on when they’re called out.

They can’t grasp the idea that their beliefs are really that unpopular so they cling to an idea of a “silent majority” that agrees with them but is either too censored or too bullied to speak up for what they think is the truth.

Sorry buddy, there is no such thing as a “silent majority” quietly agreeing with you but afraid to speak up, you and your illiterate buddies are just assholes and your opinions are shit.

If I’m asked a question like this, my immediate thought is that they’re asking about “My fellow citizens”. I (and I’m guessing a number of others) don’t really think of our political leaders as “regular people”. They’re “The State” and therefore aren’t a part of a poll like this.

Our right and our left in government is bought and paid for by the same billionaires that own the United States.

But on the ground, regular average joe people, both right and left, are generally good in the sense that they just want to mind their own business and live their life. It’s a small, very loud vocal minority on either side that drives division.