I watched:

WE ARE THE 80'S

WE ARE THE 80'S

WE ARE THE 80'S

FAMILY GUY:
"The Elle Word". When Quagmire starts dating a mystery woman, Peter, Joe,
and Quagmire go on a stakeout and discover her to be the librarian.
Wow, someone even freakier than Quagmire! Thank you, Skyrizi! The b-plot was amusing, but Brian should remember his leash ep from the first (or second season).

FAMILY GUY:
"A Real Who's Hulu". The Griffins spoof "Only Murders in The Building",
"The Dropout", and "The Bear."
Spoofs of three shows I have never seen, but Dropout seemed familiar... did Family Guy do this before? I distinctly remember something about a
personality test machine that wasn't quite ready, so someone made it give quasi-random results and everyone believed them to be true.

FAMILY GUY:
"China Doll". When Stewie sees a tag on Rupert reading "Made in China," he heads off to China to meet Rupert's family.
I couldn't get interested in the plot because it was already established that Rupert was made in America when he was recalled by the company.

KRAPOPOLIS:
"Stravos Live and in Concert". Tyrannis’ favorite singer Stavros is in town! But he also happens to be the favorite singer of Athena and her radical followers. Deliria goes on a little getaway.
This one was OK, but I was amused that Shlub committed "oonga boonga" on the queen ant.

KRAPOPOLIS:
"Baby Boom". Aphrodite's Fertility Fest is here and baby fever is at an all time high. Deliria is convinced it's nothing but a scam, but Stupendous may
be falling for it; Tyrannis tries to relax at a bathhouse but it's proving difficult to let loose.
I liked Aphrodite making her stage appearance in a giant clam shell and it being a scam to sell baby shower gifts.

KRAPOPOLIS:
"Ty Greek Wedding". Ty is getting married... which would be great if weddings weren't hotspots for familial bloodbaths! Ty plots to skip out on his own special day; Stupe bonds with her future uncle-in-law, while Shlub puts on
his dancing horseshoes.
I enjoyed the tripling down on the Prince and the Pauper plot but I didn't catch the bride's father's name until late in the show.

What did you watch?

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On 5/5/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

What did you watch?

Thanks to a combination of factors, primarily my job promotion at the
start of the year, I worked pretty much all day yesterday. (I'm hoping
to get to a point where this becomes less necessary later on!) So all I
got through yesterday was soaps, and golf:

golf - Scottie Scheffler has apparently found his grove again, after
being out of the winner's circle for a while. But he was the
"post-to-post" leader at the Byron Nelson, and ending up winning by
about 8 strokes! (That's right! - The next guy was 8 strokes back of Scheffler!) Meanwhile, Jordan Speith was third for much of the day, but finished in fourth place... Dunno what any of this will mean for the
rest of the golf season - we will just have to see...

soaps: Fri's ep's for both.
DOOL - Nothing relevant happened. Except I wonder if they are
setting this up for NuSophia to lose the baby (would probably be a
welcome development at this point, as we would lose both NuSophia, who I
don't care for compared to OldSophia, and her annoying Mom). Meanwhile,
in an obvious red herring move, they want us to think that Johnny shot
EJ (as if!).
GH - This was more interesting. Brook Lynn tells a shaken Tracy
about the baby she gave up for adoption; at the end, Tracy demands to
know Brook Lynn's son's whereabouts from Lois. Dante challenges Lulu
about her feud with Brook Lynn and her still being in love with him.
Carly gets home and immediately looks up Nina to get the details and to continue to plot against Drew. After hospital tests confirm that Drew
was drugged, dummy Willow seems to believe that Drew was set up; at the
end, Willow catches Carly with Nina, and may have heard them plotting.
At the college beach party, Josslyn and her handler manage to get the
flash drive away from Emma, but Joss is unable to get the drive back in
Emma's possession in time, which may mean Joss will be found out. And
the teens, Danny and Rocco, crash the party, and I think Rocco drank so
much, he got alcohol poisoning or something (which means Danny will be
in massive trouble).

And that was it. I recorded YA Lifetime movie for later, and worked the
rest of the time.

What did you watch?

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On 5/5/2025 5:40 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

What did you watch?

Fringe S1E16 'Unleashed'. IMDb sez "A group of animal rights activists
are killed in action when trying to flee from a lab animal which doesn't
exist in nature." The glyphs spell "Peter".

Astrid Farnsworth: So this thing had the claws of a lion and the fangs
of a snake?
Dr. Walter Bishop: It reminds me of a woman I once knew in Cleveland.


And some various "Making Of" disc extras for season 1 of Fringe.

What Did You Watch?

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dirty old man.

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Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

I watched:

What did you watch?

Hey, thanks for asking!

THE INVADERS.
With special guest star Carol Lynley

THE INVADERS
With extra special guest star Katherine Justice.

TRACKER.
Trackers sister has a box of his father’s stuff (I think) that she gave to one of the women he works with so the sister hands it over to tracker
because they completely forgot that she gave it to somebody else.
Meanwhile, he does some tracking.

COLLECTORS CALL.
It’s Star Wars toys collectors! At least this was more interesting than
most weeks and of course it was on May the Fourth.

12 O’CLOCK HIGH.
The color season begins, which is the worst season and continues to star
Paul Burke, who was the worst star.

VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA
The crew of the Seaview fight stock footage from the movie of a giant
octopus



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On 5/5/2025 5:40 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

On 5/5/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

What did you watch?

Thanks to a combination of factors, primarily my job promotion at the
start of the year, I worked pretty much all day yesterday.

Not sure if that should be congratulations or condolences.

(I'm hoping

to get to a point where this becomes less necessary later on!) So all I
got through yesterday was soaps, and golf:

golf - Scottie Scheffler has apparently found his grove again, after
being out of the winner's circle for a while. But he was the "post-to-
post" leader at the Byron Nelson, and ending up winning by about 8
strokes! (That's right! - The next guy was 8 strokes back of Scheffler!) Meanwhile, Jordan Speith was third for much of the day, but finished in fourth place... Dunno what any of this will mean for the rest of the
golf season - we will just have to see...

soaps: Fri's ep's for both.
   DOOL - Nothing relevant happened. Except I wonder if they are
setting this up for NuSophia to lose the baby (would probably be a
welcome development at this point, as we would lose both NuSophia, who I don't care for compared to OldSophia, and her annoying Mom). Meanwhile,
in an obvious red herring move, they want us to think that Johnny shot
EJ (as if!).
   GH - This was more interesting. Brook Lynn tells a shaken Tracy
about the baby she gave up for adoption; at the end, Tracy demands to
know Brook Lynn's son's whereabouts from Lois. Dante challenges Lulu
about her feud with Brook Lynn and her still being in love with him.
Carly gets home and immediately looks up Nina to get the details and to continue to plot against Drew. After hospital tests confirm that Drew
was drugged, dummy Willow seems to believe that Drew was set up; at the
end, Willow catches Carly with Nina, and may have heard them plotting.
At the college beach party, Josslyn and her handler manage to get the
flash drive away from Emma, but Joss is unable to get the drive back in Emma's possession in time, which may mean Joss will be found out. And
the teens, Danny and Rocco, crash the party, and I think Rocco drank so
much, he got alcohol poisoning or something (which means Danny will be
in massive trouble).

And that was it. I recorded YA Lifetime movie for later, and worked the
rest of the time.

What did you watch?

I had some movies on as background noise and watched:


How to Train Your Dragon (blu-ray) 2010 animated movie about a group of
Vikings that for generations have been hunting and killing dragons.
Then one day a young misfit Viking named Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) befriends
a dragon and together they teach their sides to stop fighting. Gerad
Butler voiced the father in this movie and reprises the role in the live
action version. I noticed a couple of scenes from the live action
trailer are word for word from this movie. Overall it was OK.


How to Train Your Dragon 2 (blu-ray) 2014 sequel which picks up with the continuing adventures of Hiccup and his dragon. I really wasn't paying attention as I doing other stuff, but this one seemed to be better than
the first.


How to Train Your Dragon 3 (4k disc) 2019 sequel which once again has
Hiccup and his dragon saving the day. It was mostly background noise,
I'd occasionally look up to catch the plot or a scene, and this was
probably the best of the three. After glimpsing how good 2 was, I kept
meaning to pay closer attention to 3, but never did. This is one of
those series that I actually like the movies, but I'm never in the mood
to watch. This was my first time watching 3 since seeing it in the
theater, and even then as I recall, I liked it a lot, I just never felt
like watching it again.


Raya and the Last Dragon (4K disc) 2021 Disney animated movie set in a
fantasy land where people and dragons used to live side by side until
the dragons were all wiped out while saving humanity. The same threat
that wiped out the dragons and almost wiped out humanity returns to
finish the job. Raya (Kelly Marie Tran) goes on a quest to find The
Last Dragon (which coincidentally has a glow) and save the world. It
was pretty good.


The Last of US (HBO) - "Day One" - I don't know why, but I'm still
hanging in there. So on this week's episode of the Walking Dead Ellie
and her girlfriend make their way to Seattle. There was also a much
more interesting b-plot involving Jeffrey Wright as a soldier dealing
with a group of religious extremists.

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On Tue, 6 May 2025 02:45:51 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
wrote:

On May 5, 2025 at 7:18:57 PM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

Thanks to a combination of factors, primarily my job promotion at the
start of the year,

What's tne new gig and what are the new responsibilities?

He's now teaching the "Cultural Significance of Taylor Swift" block of >instruction.

Which would probably be the most popular class at the school.

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On May 5, 2025 at 7:18:57 PM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

Thanks to a combination of factors, primarily my job promotion at the
start of the year,

What's tne new gig and what are the new responsibilities?

He's now teaching the "Cultural Significance of Taylor Swift" block of instruction.

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Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

Thanks to a combination of factors, primarily my job promotion at the
start of the year,

What's tne new gig and what are the new responsibilities?

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On 5/5/25 7:18 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

Thanks to a combination of factors, primarily my job promotion at the
start of the year,

What's tne new gig and what are the new responsibilities?

Essentially, I now oversee all freshman classes in the department, which
means I also have to do things like hire TAs.

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On May 5, 2025 at 8:12:40 PM PDT, "shawn" <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

On Tue, 6 May 2025 02:45:51 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
wrote:

On May 5, 2025 at 7:18:57 PM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote: >>

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

Thanks to a combination of factors, primarily my job promotion at the >>>> start of the year,

What's tne new gig and what are the new responsibilities?

He's now teaching the "Cultural Significance of Taylor Swift" block of
instruction.

Which would probably be the most popular class at the school.

Hence the promotion!

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On May 5, 2025 at 7:59:39 PM PDT, ""Ian J. Ball"" <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 5/5/25 7:18 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

Thanks to a combination of factors, primarily my job promotion at the
start of the year,

What's tne new gig and what are the new responsibilities?

Essentially, I now oversee all freshman classes in the department, which means I also have to do things like hire TAs.

Welcome to management. I hope you like it better than I did.

When I got promoted to supervisory special agent-- like the famous SSAs from CRIMINAL MINDS-- suddenly everyone's personal problems became my problems to solve. And unlike on CRIMINAL MINDS and every other TV show and movie, the
boss doesn't really continue to do the fun stuff in the field.** You sit
behind a desk and send the youts out to do that stuff and report back to you. So I was basically a cop stuck behind a desk for the last four years of my career.

I should have just stayed a GS-13 and rode it out to the end.

**(The only show that gets this right is Missy Peregrym's FBI. The SAC--
played by Alana de la Garza-- stays in the command center and directs the agents in the field and the analysts in the field office. You never see her
out running her own ops or knocking on doors looking for suspects the way you do on so many cop shows.)

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BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

May 5, 2025 at 7:18:57 PM PDT, Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com>:

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

Thanks to a combination of factors, primarily my job promotion at the >>>start of the year,

What's tne new gig and what are the new responsibilities?

He's now teaching the "Cultural Significance of Taylor Swift" block of >instruction.

Hahahahahaha

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Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 5/5/25 7:18 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

Thanks to a combination of factors, primarily my job promotion at the >>>start of the year,

What's tne new gig and what are the new responsibilities?

Essentially, I now oversee all freshman classes in the department, which >means I also have to do things like hire TAs.

Congratulations

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On 5/5/25 9:00 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

On May 5, 2025 at 7:59:39 PM PDT, ""Ian J. Ball"" <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 5/5/25 7:18 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

Thanks to a combination of factors, primarily my job promotion at the >>>> start of the year,

What's t[h]e new gig and what are the new responsibilities?

Essentially, I now oversee all freshman classes in the department, which
means I also have to do things like hire TAs.

Welcome to management. I hope you like it better than I did.

I did think about it. But the deciding factor was taking on this new
role at my main job meant I could drop my second job (though, so far, it
looks like an overall pay cut - that should hopefully change over summer
and fall....) - a job that I was getting severely burned out on grading
the lab reports for the last several years (I've worked the second job
about 18 years!).

The new job means I can work from home more, and do weird hours for it,
which I like overall.

But it's definitely been a hassle in some ways I wasn't totally prepared
for...

I basically need to ride out this "new" job for 5 or 6 years, when the
"magic boxes" start unlocking for me at age 60! O:)

When I got promoted to supervisory special agent-- like the famous SSAs from CRIMINAL MINDS-- suddenly everyone's personal problems became my problems to solve. And unlike on CRIMINAL MINDS and every other TV show and movie, the boss doesn't really continue to do the fun stuff in the field.** You sit behind a desk and send the youts out to do that stuff and report back to you. So I was basically a cop stuck behind a desk for the last four years of my career.

I should have just stayed a GS-13 and rode it out to the end.

**(The only show that gets this right is Missy Peregrym's FBI. The SAC-- played by Alana de la Garza-- stays in the command center and directs the agents in the field and the analysts in the field office. You never see her out running her own ops or knocking on doors looking for suspects the way you do on so many cop shows.)

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