Lion ponderings

 Lions have been equally laid off when they were entering a busy phase & when they were entering a slowdown.  Booming business was about as relevant as mud.   It would be shocking if lions were still employed next summer.  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------    Patrick Stewart's death at 86 from dementia adds another data point to the life expectancy equation. They never disclosed when he was diagnosed, other than saying it was brief. There's no more paparazzi tracking these details down like there was 40 years ago. His last interview was typed in July 2026.  He was last in public in 2024, keeping with the traditional figure of 2.2 years for that age.  Social security at 62 is more likely if lions can only expect to reach the mid 80's.  The RMD's & the ACA are the only wrinkles, but probably won't matter.   A scenario emerged whereby the old man would move in with ...

 Wagon Master was considered by some of the internet to be the original free man road trip movie. The catchy title revived a memory of some kind of favorite childhood movie, but no such movie existed.  It definitely wasn't the stuff of childhood excitement.  The wagons barely roll west at 2x. They were definitely not free.  The trials of water scarcity, Indians, outlaws, road building, overturned wagons & hormones abounded.  There were definite echoes of donner party lore.     A re-enactment of such a large wagon train would be impossible now.  It would have to be AI generated from past footage.  1950 being that much farther in the past, Monument Valley as it appeared in those days intrigued.      The wagon master was actually 2 wagon masters.  The alpha male got the brunette & the beta male got the blondie.   In reality, the chearch members wouldn't have anything to do with them & they wouldn't ...