Sunday, November 29, 2020

The origin story you didn't know you needed

 

[VIDEO] Found this at random this morning, Eleanor from The Simpsons is the crazy cat lady. We see her as a child ready to take on the world to a courtroom where she wants to go on recess to deliver a baby and then we see the start of her becoming crazy cat lady. The comments to this video are very interesting their own analysis of her psychology.

I won't try to analyze because she's a cartoon, but who knows how many people out there have this type of story. You never know where someone is coming from in their lives. Who knows what they've been through in their lives or psychology.

However, this video is hilarious and fitting of The Simpsons. 😛

Sunday, November 22, 2020

Amtrak iconography

 

[VIDEO] This video explores Amtrak's brand identity. I remember the reverse arrow and often tried to recreated it by hand even just drawing lines as opposed to the blocks the logo represents to show my interpretation of Amtrak's logo.

I remember my first trip by train most Amtrak trains were in what they call phase three livery. Seeing that takes me back to the 1980s at least. Of course times change and the Amtrak I rode in the last two decades carries the "travelmark" logo. It's an abstract version of the rails trains are transported.

I really got to do some research on Amtrak uniforms what they had for Amtrak personnel in the 1970s seem very far out. It sees as if they tried to do that reverse arrow on everything including uniforms. Imagine that arrow on your shirt cuff or on the skirts the women wore as part of their uniforms.

I hope you enjoy this presentation by AmtrakGuy365. As you may discover in this video Amtrak and perhaps other businesses continue to move forward and get with the times.

BTW, Amtrak will celebrate 50 years next year. It's unbelievable that it's been that long since the National Passenger Rail Corporation was created to take over passenger rail operations from the railroads. I hope they do what they did after 40 years which is create heritage livery for their locomotives. Perhaps even reactivate those iconic EMD F40PH locomotives. Those are the engines I remember from the 1980s also.

Thursday, October 29, 2020

DeMuro reviews the GMC Hummer EV

 

[VIDEO] I didn't get to finish this video from Doug DeMuro but want to share with you his review of the GMC Hummer EV. I always thought Hummers were oversized and I'm sure there are people who believe these are literal gas guzzlers. Well Hummers got a reboot with this electrical vehicle treatment, so for those who care about how much gas such vehicles burn they took that aspect away.

Meanwhile I wait for this idea of an electrical Volkswagen Beetle to hit the market. Though I've heard nothing so far so probably be waiting a while. 🤷

Monday, October 26, 2020

Wrestlelamia on last nite's Hell in a Cell main event

 

[VIDEO] The card for last nite's WWE PPV wasn't entirely stacked. I would dare say it resembled a card for an NXT TakeOver. Regardless the main event for the WWE title between champ Drew McIntyre vs. Randy Orton continuing their feud it produced a surprising result, Orton taking McIntyre's championship.

I was scare of a Mick Foley spot that is one of these performer falling through the hell in a cell structure. It was close when McIntyre fell off the side of the structure onto the announcer's table. 

However, YouTube channel Wrestlelamia takes a look at the WWE Championship match at Hell in a Cell. Why did Orton finally win the WWE championship?

Saturday, October 17, 2020

Mini Clay Kits Movie Treats

 

[VIDEO] Bought one of these from an art store the other day. Seems like a cool creative project on a day off and put it on display somewhere at home. Just to show one aspect of the escapes from the real world I have.

I don't really eat movie popcorn as much as I had years ago. I don't really drink slushies and unfortunately for movie candy I'm not into licorice. But then I do usually get concession foods when going to the movies.

I just have to add this dire news of the film exhibition industry. AMC Theaters may have depleted cash reserves if there are no movies to attract a larger audience. Most theaters since perhaps August have reopened and then Regal announced they've closed again because there are no movies coming out that would draw an audience. 

At least since theaters have reopened he had Tenet which I was lucky enough to see last month. It has made according to Internet Movie Database $48.3 Million in the US and $323.5 million worldwide. It's making money, however, I consider that perhaps it would've made more if not for this pandemic issue we're experiencing.

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Trust Data, Not Lore #StarTrek

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This image was something I shared on fb at one time, I didn't know at the time this image were on t-shirts. This is an indication of my Star Trek fandom as this represents two characters from Star Trek: The Next Generation. We have Data a good android on the left and then we have his evil "twin brother" Lore on the right. We had so few episodes of this series with both of them, and unfortunately Lore was deactivated and disassembled in the last season of The Next Generation.

I could let you know of Data's fate, but you'll have to watch Star Trek Picard on CBS All-Access.

Also Trust data, not lore should be a slogan for everyday life in anything that you do or consume in your life. Yes I mean the information you take in! 

Monday, October 12, 2020

Wrestlelamia: Who will succeed Vince McMahon

 

[VIDEO] Well let me not waste your time if you're not watching this video in full. The expectation for a while has been that Triple H & his wife Stephanie McMahon would one take over where Vincent K. McMahon left off. Though I expect it will be a long time off before that happens since WWE is Vince's baby and the only way he goes away is when he's not able to run it any longer.

Of course as I see in many videos about this particular subject, there is some palace intrigue noted here. Earlier this year Triple H had been demoted reportedly from whatever role he already has. Triple H's main focus has been on NXT for the most part. It was even said in this vid that the relationship between H and Vince is often complicated.

Another wrinkle to this is Shane McMahon. McMahon took a break from WWE after 2010 to take advantage of other opportunities returned to the company in 2015. He was the storyline commissioner for SmackDown was removed from TV when SmackDown moved to FOX. He recently returned for Raw Underground although those segments haven't been seen on Monday Nite Raw for two weeks straight now.

Either way it has been mentioned that there were some expectations for Shane-O-Mac to take over creative for Raw to ease the workload of one Bruce Prichard whos overseeing the creative for both Raw and SmackDown. So who knows if Shane McMahon is successful in improving Raw's ratings he might have a case for being part of the future of WWE.

However, we can only speculate at this point what happens when Vince leaves the scene since I do believe that is a long time off.