Haymarket Books is giving away Ten Free Ebooks for Getting Free including titles like How We Get Free, Hope in the Dark, and Let This Radicalize You that look like good reads to help us rise to the current moment. (via Kottke)
Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas – ★★★
Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas
As someone who didn’t grow up on this I don’t really get it. Sweet story, pretty below average music and not nearly enough of it. My youngest loves otters more than anything in the world right now and still just barely held her attention.
Rating: 3 stars
Letterboxd besties
Zero matches for my top 4 but decent number matching 3.
Link: Letterboxd besties. Does anyone have the same top four as you?
The Move. A short by Eric Kissack.
Interesting and less than 10 minutes long. Worth a watch. (via Kottke)
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – ★★★½
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2.5 stars for first half, 4 for the second half. One too many storylines but enjoyed it quite a bit once all the real/living world setup stuff fell into the background.
Rating: 3.5 stars
Google Photos thinks Marble Falls is in Thailand
People scared of AI becoming sentient, yet google photos is still not smart enough to intuit that I didn’t hop over to Thailand during my trip to the Texas Hill Country.
“Red” Behrend?
I missed my chance when starting a new job last month to tell everyone my nickname was “Red”.
Link: Sachse HC Mark “Red” Behrens on new Texas WR commit Kaliq Lockett
Willie Mays passes away at 93
Willie Mays passes away at 93.
Mays was always the most mythical to me of all those legends from the 50s and 60s, maybe because of the great black and white footage of him in centerfield and of course “The Catch.” His 660 career home run total was as memorable to me as 714 and 755.
Pinched a nerve
I am “pinched a nerve washing the dishes” years old I guess.
Spent the morning in debilitating pain but now just in miserable unable to move or sit or lay down pain thanks to steroids and muscle relaxers.
Southwest Airlines adds direct flights for Texas-Michigan game
Southwest Airlines is adding nonstop flights from Austin to Detroit for Texas fans traveling for Texas-Michigan game in September.
I’d be interested to know if any other airlines do this sort of thing or if it is unique to Southwest. Or maybe due to Austin being a really big but not THAT big city with lots of direct flights to places.