I got to thinking about the concept of Van Palin and Googled it and it turns out she actually named her kid Trig Van Palin after Eddie.
One of those moments where it feels like the Internet is warping itself around my brain, offering up an individualised experience that is not to be trusted.

Tom Lehrer is STILL ALIVE?

This just trumped last week's discovery that Anne Vernon (who played Catherine Deneuve's mother in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) likewise still walks the Earth.

Maybe we need a thread devoted to this?

This better not suck

Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another Test-Screened, Confirmed to Be Modern Update on Pynchon Novel Vineland

This second, or the one that passed while I was reading this? Nothing, my mind was clear.

I'm thinking about cults.

Really I was thinking about how similar that NXIVM cult was (good doc on that a couple years ago) to what Manson was doing. And how a charismatic leader can pile up enough gobbledygook quasi philosophy and get full compliance from people. Even Scientology seems more nuanced and coherent than either of those, which isn't saying much. It's no wonder people will buy the Trumpian thought salad and make a movement of it.

Spite Zero wrote: Sun Feb 02, 2025 1:10 pm This better not suck

Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another Test-Screened, Confirmed to Be Modern Update on Pynchon Novel Vineland

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat? I hope Tom's check is in the mayo.

Maurice wrote: Sun Feb 02, 2025 10:38 pm

Spite Zero wrote: Sun Feb 02, 2025 1:10 pm This better not suck

Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another Test-Screened, Confirmed to Be Modern Update on Pynchon Novel Vineland

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat? I hope Tom's check is in the mayo.

Heh. I see what you did there. ...Yes, and I hope it's a sizable check, with many zeros. Leonardo DiCaprio? I don't know about this.

Spite Zero wrote: Tue Feb 04, 2025 5:12 am

Maurice wrote: Sun Feb 02, 2025 10:38 pm

Spite Zero wrote: Sun Feb 02, 2025 1:10 pm This better not suck

Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another Test-Screened, Confirmed to Be Modern Update on Pynchon Novel Vineland

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat? I hope Tom's check is in the mayo.

Heh. I see what you did there. ...Yes, and I hope it's a sizable check, with many zeros. Leonardo DiCaprio? I don't know about this.

Have you seen Inherent Vice? I never got around to seeing it. Enjoyed the book.

peanut butter and French fries?! lol a side joke with the wolf

what up wolf .. i'm your friend

as someone with a soft spot for some of the most meat-and-potatoes generic hardcore of decades past, NYHC really seemed to suck ass for the most part