I figured it was associated with the military as WW2 would have come to an end 10 years beforehand so it would still be in the public zeitgeist but it is just so odd and out of place with his country club tennis outfit.
Thanks for posting this, it was interesting to read as I know nothing on the topic.
The real reason for my reply though is to say; congrats dude, it must have been a long struggle with weight and health to be this dedicated to go from morbidly obese to fit and healthy at the age you did.
Seriously, well done and congratulations; keep up the good work!
Ok… oddly I am coming to the defense of my small hometown.
Robles means Oak (Tree) in Spanish. The full name of Paso Robles is El Paso De Robles which means the The Paso of the Oaks.
Pasta Robles would be blending two languages together and would mean Oak Tree Pasta.
I think the name would make more people, from various cultures and language backgrounds, upset than just naming a pasta restaurant Oak Tree Pasta.
Also, there are already enough pasta restaurants in Paso, a quirky name like Pasta Robles wouldn’t fair well against their established competition.
BUT if a Vietnamese or Indian restaurant were to open with a fun Paso Robles themed name then I think it would do well regardless of the name. The redneck fortress looking Big Bubba’s Bad BBQ was the only place to get semi-legit BBQ in Paso for a long time despite the name and venue. I guess they have recently rebranded to Bubba’s Smokehouse & Spirits but the redneck fortress aesthetic is still on full display.
An older German hippie/IT master gave me this advice when we were in language school together in Japan almost 30 years ago.
“Water, rest, sex, ginger and garlic… not in any specific order but get as much of these as you can when you have a cold.”
Henrick, if you are reading this, thank you for the advice, it has served me well in life. If nothing else it helps improve my mood. I hope you and Lorna are doing well.
My Mom would make me drink Cranberry or CranApple juice when I felt a cold coming on to help prepare my body for the coming battle for survival. Really anything with antioxidants and vitamins would do but I have found Cranberry/CranApple juice helps with the onset of a sore throat too.
In the same vein a more modern solution I use than the Cranberry/CranApple juice is to put Emergen-C/Airbourn in some warm water with fresh-squeezed lemon juice and honey.
Also, don’t fight the fever if it isn't extreme, that is your body’s defenses at work, dampening that through meds seems to prolong the cold. I try not to use any medication except for nasal spray, throat lozenges or sleep aids if I can, otherwise I just let the cold run its course.
It’s a stretch but Mark Duplass’ character, Phil, is a scientist and researcher for a company that did imaging research before creating/discovering the doorway into the Backrooms. I’d like to think that at one point of his career he was an x-ray tech of some sort.
So kinda, sorta, maybe a movie about a x-ray tech as I know nothing but the bare minimum about what x-ray techs do so I’d like to believe they explore weird parallel dimensional limbo spaces.
Not that you would have known this but I didn’t see the Minion’s movie this past weekend specifically because the local Drive-In has had it listed as coming soon for a couple weeks. They change what is showing once a week (every Friday) and the only indication what might be showing next week is their Coming Soon section.
It is old school, the place is falling apart to some degree and the same people have been running it for as long as I can remember but it is a good non-corporate experience. It looks it was built in the 50s and except for fresh coat of paint from time to time it hasn’t changed much since. They only have one screen that does double features each night so it is kinda hit and miss if you want to see a specific movie.
Anyway, I just found it funny that they would have gotten some ticket sales from me specifically if it was at the outdoor option this past holiday weekend which is what you said was specifically why they didn’t get as much sales. Objectively what you said is true except for the edge case I represent.
Maybe this weekend though!
As an aside, I wish there were more outdoor movie experiences. I’d love to have some sort of outdoor park/movie screen options instead of all these big megaplex cinemas. I saw the Obsession/Backroom double feature at the drive-in a few weeks ago and it was a lot of fun being able to openly talk about it without bothering other viewers.
Safety doesn’t only come from solidarity and numbers, danger comes in many forms and through many means.
Kyle Gass’ comment threatened the safety and security of everyone involved with their international tour, employee, fan and etc at a time of heightened political tension.
Cancelling the tour was to the benefit of others and should not be seen as Jack Black agreeing with Donald Trump or disagreeing with what Kyle Gass said, it was the responsible thing to do.
The two things can be true.
Are you honestly saying that Tenacious D cancelling their tour endangered everyone?
Tours involve a lot of people, ensuring the safety of all of those people is one of the responsibilities of the performers and other decision makers. That is hard to do against a rabid fan base of Trump supporters that Kyle Gass/Tenacious D pissed off.
If Kyle Gass’ comments only affected him or Jack Black then I am sure they would have just ignored the backlash or made a simple apology. His comment didn’t just affect the two of them but everyone who worked on the tour, including the venue employees, promoters and anyone else in their proximity. Putting the livelihood and safety of the people you are responsible for is an entirely different situation than just acquiescing or giving into the MAGA crowd. It is about being responsible with the platform you have and protecting those who may be hurt by how you use that platform.
It sucks it went down the way it did as they clearly aren’t Trump supports but taking responsibility to protect others they care about was an empathetic and responsible thing to do for the thousands of people they put at risk during their international tour as any future concert could have become a target.
Jack Black is not a dumb guy and every thing I have seen or heard of him beforehand gave me the impression that he is a caring and warmhearted person. I can easily see a person like that would make a choice to take the reputational and financial hit to protect his fans safety and wellbeing.
It wasn’t about whether Kyle Gass was right or the fans didn’t agree with it. Kyle Gass and Jack Black didn’t want to gamble the safety of their fans by stepping into a huge ongoing and developing international political quagmire.
I heard Tony Gilroy requested to shorten it down to 2 seasons from 5.
Originally he envisioned each season was one year Before the Battle of Yavin (BBY). So season 1 was 5BBY to season 5 being 1BBY leading up to the events of Rogue One.
After completing season 1 he realized he didn’t want to spend the next decade or more doing this show as it took so long per season.
So he altered the deal, so to speak, and shortened each season down to four 3 episode arcs that make up the twelve episodes of season 2.
I read that in an interview before season 2 aired, seemed legit reasoning to me. Would have loved to seen the full 5 seasons but man, I get it, there are probably other projects he’d like to work on over the next decade.
“Despite all my rage I’m still just a rat in a cage”
&
“So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell
Blue skies from pain
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you could tell? Did they get you trade your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
Did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?
How I wish, how I wish you were here
We’re just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl
Year after year
Running over the same old ground
What have we found
The same old fears
Wish you were here”
I’ve ridden in a few Waymo’s before, in SF they can be more dependable or easier to get than other ride options. I never felt like I was ever in danger in one.
Within my handful of experiences with them I’ve never had to use the help button or features to request assistance from a tele-operator but it was clear that they weren’t trying to hide the function from the passengers as the feature was explained and clearly labeled.
A friend who uses them often told me of the one time he needed to ask for assistance when their Waymo was stuck behind a doordash scooter with its hazard lights on that was either delivering or picking up and blocking a turn lane in downtown SF. The Waymo didn’t know what to do to get around it, my friend hit the button for assistance, a voice came over the speakers asking how they could help, my friend explained the situation and the tele-operator drove the car to safely navigate the situation. He said it was probably 1.5-2mins of tota inconvenience with 75% of that time was him wondering if he should hit the help button or not.
I understand a lot of AI implementation, such as Amazon Fresh or other business models have been hiding offshored human assistance within their “AI” features, which I do agree with you is deceitful but my experience with Waymo was not that. They did not hide or obfuscate that function and feature of the service but actively informed the passenger of its existence.
Granted, I haven’t ridden in one for almost a year at this point and I only did so in the SF market so things may have changed since or are different elsewhere.
Also, I can’t say that I follow the news intently about Waymo, I know they have run over a couple cats but I hadn’t heard anything about them killing people. Has that happened?
Brown noise helps me stop random intrusions and provides calm and focus. I use the Star Trek TNG Enterprise D engine noise piped into my earbuds, headphones or home speakers.
I go into a meditative state when it gets really bad, like pushing everything to the side and focus past it all.
I’m 47, I don’t know how old you are but I’ve struggled with this throughout my life along with the other sensory stuff I have (emotion > color, Concept > shape, perceived emotion > color, mirror touch, texture > color/shape and a few other types of synesthesia). I have found that practicing to calm my mind, mute my senses and practice holistic balance in my life has greatly improved my quality of life.
I do not know how debilitating this is for you but it greatly affected my life. Realizing that I cannot stop my mind or isolate myself and live a fulfilling life. I learned to acknowledge these things and live with them as a benefit. The best analogy is that I surf the waves of my thoughts and no longer let the waves crash over me. Or like emotional/mental aikido. Learn to turn it to your advantage and empower you instead of letting it overwhelm you. Figure out triggers, isolate them and understand them.
Anyway, if you struggle with this you are not alone. There aren’t a ton of us out there but there are others. Don’t fight against it but learn to live in balance with it. When I did my life greatly improved. I have skills that no one else has and while people do not know what it comes from they can tell that my insightfulness, pattern recognition, logical decision making, memory and creativity are very different from the usual sort.
Apologies if this comes off as preachy, you may have your thing on lock already but 7 out of 10 times the person who I am discussing this stuff with who has something similar doesn’t. I will always be learning new tricks or hidden features and I am always looking for tips from others I interact with in the wild.
I figured it was associated with the military as WW2 would have come to an end 10 years beforehand so it would still be in the public zeitgeist but it is just so odd and out of place with his country club tennis outfit.
What is the deal with the tattoo on his hand?
Homo Sapians
Thanks for posting this, it was interesting to read as I know nothing on the topic.
The real reason for my reply though is to say; congrats dude, it must have been a long struggle with weight and health to be this dedicated to go from morbidly obese to fit and healthy at the age you did.
Seriously, well done and congratulations; keep up the good work!
I wish you all the best with your journey.
Ok… oddly I am coming to the defense of my small hometown.
Robles means Oak (Tree) in Spanish. The full name of Paso Robles is El Paso De Robles which means the The Paso of the Oaks.
Pasta Robles would be blending two languages together and would mean Oak Tree Pasta.
I think the name would make more people, from various cultures and language backgrounds, upset than just naming a pasta restaurant Oak Tree Pasta.
Also, there are already enough pasta restaurants in Paso, a quirky name like Pasta Robles wouldn’t fair well against their established competition.
BUT if a Vietnamese or Indian restaurant were to open with a fun Paso Robles themed name then I think it would do well regardless of the name. The redneck fortress looking Big Bubba’s Bad BBQ was the only place to get semi-legit BBQ in Paso for a long time despite the name and venue. I guess they have recently rebranded to Bubba’s Smokehouse & Spirits but the redneck fortress aesthetic is still on full display.
An older German hippie/IT master gave me this advice when we were in language school together in Japan almost 30 years ago.
“Water, rest, sex, ginger and garlic… not in any specific order but get as much of these as you can when you have a cold.”
Henrick, if you are reading this, thank you for the advice, it has served me well in life. If nothing else it helps improve my mood. I hope you and Lorna are doing well.
My Mom would make me drink Cranberry or CranApple juice when I felt a cold coming on to help prepare my body for the coming battle for survival. Really anything with antioxidants and vitamins would do but I have found Cranberry/CranApple juice helps with the onset of a sore throat too.
In the same vein a more modern solution I use than the Cranberry/CranApple juice is to put Emergen-C/Airbourn in some warm water with fresh-squeezed lemon juice and honey.
Also, don’t fight the fever if it isn't extreme, that is your body’s defenses at work, dampening that through meds seems to prolong the cold. I try not to use any medication except for nasal spray, throat lozenges or sleep aids if I can, otherwise I just let the cold run its course.
YMMV
It’s a stretch but Mark Duplass’ character, Phil, is a scientist and researcher for a company that did imaging research before creating/discovering the doorway into the Backrooms. I’d like to think that at one point of his career he was an x-ray tech of some sort.
So kinda, sorta, maybe a movie about a x-ray tech as I know nothing but the bare minimum about what x-ray techs do so I’d like to believe they explore weird parallel dimensional limbo spaces.
Backrooms
Not that you would have known this but I didn’t see the Minion’s movie this past weekend specifically because the local Drive-In has had it listed as coming soon for a couple weeks. They change what is showing once a week (every Friday) and the only indication what might be showing next week is their Coming Soon section.
It is old school, the place is falling apart to some degree and the same people have been running it for as long as I can remember but it is a good non-corporate experience. It looks it was built in the 50s and except for fresh coat of paint from time to time it hasn’t changed much since. They only have one screen that does double features each night so it is kinda hit and miss if you want to see a specific movie.
Anyway, I just found it funny that they would have gotten some ticket sales from me specifically if it was at the outdoor option this past holiday weekend which is what you said was specifically why they didn’t get as much sales. Objectively what you said is true except for the edge case I represent.
Maybe this weekend though!
As an aside, I wish there were more outdoor movie experiences. I’d love to have some sort of outdoor park/movie screen options instead of all these big megaplex cinemas. I saw the Obsession/Backroom double feature at the drive-in a few weeks ago and it was a lot of fun being able to openly talk about it without bothering other viewers.
What if it is a drive-in theater?
It is actually recommended that you don’t leave it on there as it leaves more surface area in the container for contamination or bacteria to grow.
“Oh, Mary!” on Broadway in NYC a couple weekends ago.
Safety doesn’t only come from solidarity and numbers, danger comes in many forms and through many means.
Kyle Gass’ comment threatened the safety and security of everyone involved with their international tour, employee, fan and etc at a time of heightened political tension.
Cancelling the tour was to the benefit of others and should not be seen as Jack Black agreeing with Donald Trump or disagreeing with what Kyle Gass said, it was the responsible thing to do.
The two things can be true.
Are you honestly saying that Tenacious D cancelling their tour endangered everyone?
Tours involve a lot of people, ensuring the safety of all of those people is one of the responsibilities of the performers and other decision makers. That is hard to do against a rabid fan base of Trump supporters that Kyle Gass/Tenacious D pissed off.
If Kyle Gass’ comments only affected him or Jack Black then I am sure they would have just ignored the backlash or made a simple apology. His comment didn’t just affect the two of them but everyone who worked on the tour, including the venue employees, promoters and anyone else in their proximity. Putting the livelihood and safety of the people you are responsible for is an entirely different situation than just acquiescing or giving into the MAGA crowd. It is about being responsible with the platform you have and protecting those who may be hurt by how you use that platform.
It sucks it went down the way it did as they clearly aren’t Trump supports but taking responsibility to protect others they care about was an empathetic and responsible thing to do for the thousands of people they put at risk during their international tour as any future concert could have become a target.
Jack Black is not a dumb guy and every thing I have seen or heard of him beforehand gave me the impression that he is a caring and warmhearted person. I can easily see a person like that would make a choice to take the reputational and financial hit to protect his fans safety and wellbeing.
It wasn’t about whether Kyle Gass was right or the fans didn’t agree with it. Kyle Gass and Jack Black didn’t want to gamble the safety of their fans by stepping into a huge ongoing and developing international political quagmire.
I heard Tony Gilroy requested to shorten it down to 2 seasons from 5.
Originally he envisioned each season was one year Before the Battle of Yavin (BBY). So season 1 was 5BBY to season 5 being 1BBY leading up to the events of Rogue One.
After completing season 1 he realized he didn’t want to spend the next decade or more doing this show as it took so long per season.
So he altered the deal, so to speak, and shortened each season down to four 3 episode arcs that make up the twelve episodes of season 2.
I read that in an interview before season 2 aired, seemed legit reasoning to me. Would have loved to seen the full 5 seasons but man, I get it, there are probably other projects he’d like to work on over the next decade.
Interested as well.
I need to move some D&D games to another platform.
“Despite all my rage I’m still just a rat in a cage”
&
“So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell
Blue skies from pain
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you could tell?
Did they get you trade your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
Did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?
How I wish, how I wish you were here
We’re just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl
Year after year
Running over the same old ground
What have we found
The same old fears
Wish you were here”
I’ve ridden in a few Waymo’s before, in SF they can be more dependable or easier to get than other ride options. I never felt like I was ever in danger in one.
Within my handful of experiences with them I’ve never had to use the help button or features to request assistance from a tele-operator but it was clear that they weren’t trying to hide the function from the passengers as the feature was explained and clearly labeled.
A friend who uses them often told me of the one time he needed to ask for assistance when their Waymo was stuck behind a doordash scooter with its hazard lights on that was either delivering or picking up and blocking a turn lane in downtown SF. The Waymo didn’t know what to do to get around it, my friend hit the button for assistance, a voice came over the speakers asking how they could help, my friend explained the situation and the tele-operator drove the car to safely navigate the situation. He said it was probably 1.5-2mins of tota inconvenience with 75% of that time was him wondering if he should hit the help button or not.
I understand a lot of AI implementation, such as Amazon Fresh or other business models have been hiding offshored human assistance within their “AI” features, which I do agree with you is deceitful but my experience with Waymo was not that. They did not hide or obfuscate that function and feature of the service but actively informed the passenger of its existence.
Granted, I haven’t ridden in one for almost a year at this point and I only did so in the SF market so things may have changed since or are different elsewhere.
Also, I can’t say that I follow the news intently about Waymo, I know they have run over a couple cats but I hadn’t heard anything about them killing people. Has that happened?
I think it is possible but just not probable.
I’d like to believe that at least.
Brown noise helps me stop random intrusions and provides calm and focus. I use the Star Trek TNG Enterprise D engine noise piped into my earbuds, headphones or home speakers.
I go into a meditative state when it gets really bad, like pushing everything to the side and focus past it all.
I’m 47, I don’t know how old you are but I’ve struggled with this throughout my life along with the other sensory stuff I have (emotion > color, Concept > shape, perceived emotion > color, mirror touch, texture > color/shape and a few other types of synesthesia). I have found that practicing to calm my mind, mute my senses and practice holistic balance in my life has greatly improved my quality of life.
I do not know how debilitating this is for you but it greatly affected my life. Realizing that I cannot stop my mind or isolate myself and live a fulfilling life. I learned to acknowledge these things and live with them as a benefit. The best analogy is that I surf the waves of my thoughts and no longer let the waves crash over me. Or like emotional/mental aikido. Learn to turn it to your advantage and empower you instead of letting it overwhelm you. Figure out triggers, isolate them and understand them.
Anyway, if you struggle with this you are not alone. There aren’t a ton of us out there but there are others. Don’t fight against it but learn to live in balance with it. When I did my life greatly improved. I have skills that no one else has and while people do not know what it comes from they can tell that my insightfulness, pattern recognition, logical decision making, memory and creativity are very different from the usual sort.
Apologies if this comes off as preachy, you may have your thing on lock already but 7 out of 10 times the person who I am discussing this stuff with who has something similar doesn’t. I will always be learning new tricks or hidden features and I am always looking for tips from others I interact with in the wild.
DM me whenever.