Better Than Friday - 120 (Patreon)

Happy Friday ya'll.

That's my Mom's dog 'Sensei', though we refer to him as 'Hefty Jeff'. He's a Mastiff + Labrador mix. A Mastador. This was taken 3 seconds before he saw a cat and dragged me halfway across the cemetery, nearly ripping out my spine. He's a puppy who doesn't realize he has the strength of a bear. 

Have a great weekend.

1. Need to reread - Pattern Recognition by William Gibson 

I remember enjoying this, though I haven't read it in like 15 years.

If I remember properly, the protagonist is physically allergic to advertising which allows her to determine the effectiveness of a company's logo. 

Felt very modern. I think there was also a character loosely based on the music video director Chris Cunningham. 

I miss that era of history. 

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Cayce Pollard is a new kind of prophet—a world-renowned “coolhunter” who predicts the hottest trends. While in London to evaluate the redesign of a famous corporate logo, she’s offered a different assignment: find the creator of the obscure, enigmatic video clips being uploaded to the internet—footage that is generating massive underground buzz worldwide. Still haunted by the memory of her missing father—a Cold War security guru who disappeared in downtown Manhattan on the morning of September 11, 2001—Cayce is soon traveling through parallel universes of marketing, globalization, and terror, heading always for the still point where the three converge. From London to Tokyo to Moscow, she follows the implications of a secret as disturbing—and compelling—as the twenty-first century promises to be...

- Amazon

2. "Steady as a rock" 

"Yeah but I shoot with this hand..." Blazing Saddles directed by Mel Brooks. One of the absolute greatest comedies ever made.

3. Escaping Life with Thomas Mann by Elena Shalneva 

Not sure I agree with the author's convictions regarding intellect but a good reminder that I need to read Mann. I'd never heard of "Disillusionment", sounds great. 

4. FailureTotally missed these guys from the 90s, this came on the other day, I love that bass. 

5. Time to Make the Donuts 

This was before my time but does anybody else feel like this? Judging by "the great resignation" - I think plenty of folks do.