Month: February 2016

My RedState post on the South Carolina Democratic primary.

Found here.  Well, they had it, and they called it for Hillary Clinton right off the bat, and she crushed Bernie Sanders, and… they barely managed 368K voters.  Which beat the adjusted target number of  235K that I suggested would be “fair,” but was still far below the 500K that they managed in 2008. Those guys are having a real enthusiasm problem.

After watching this Supergirl clip, I cannot decide:

Is the utter absurdity of the computer programming language here a reason to not watch Supergirl, or a reason to watch the show? I cannot quite decide. No, really: even I could tell.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1amlKw9dR3k

“Oscillating variable matrix.”

oscillating-variable-matrix

“Inversion pathway.”  …OK, that one exists, but mostly apparently in terms of organic chemistry. At any rate, the jargon-babble here is something awesome to behold.

Movie of the Week… end: “Castle in the Sky.”

Yes, it’s anime.  But Castle in the Sky is anime that was done by Hayao Miyazaki, which means that it’s a) gorgeous and b) perfectly safe to watch with your teenage kids. It’s kind of steampunk, heavy on the derring-do and light on the grimness: the air pirates are all kindly and the zeppelin quasi-German army types can’t shoot worth a dang. If you just want to sit in front of the television for a few hours and watch something made by somebody who really knows how to draw clouds in motion, this is one of the movies you want. I found it refreshing. Continue reading Movie of the Week… end: “Castle in the Sky.”