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Bugger. 'The Wire' Star Lance Reddick Dead at 60 (tmz.com) Edit: For a further note -

Well I'm trying to semi-self isolate because one of the guys I was in the office with on Monday popped positive for Covid. Added fun, since dad had a round of chemotherapy this week. So far I'm still negative for Covid, so hopefully that continues. Although I might push it to spend most of next week working from home and not bothering to go into the office at all. On other matters, an important question.... Am I putting together too many stabby tools for my Mandolorian? And will I actually get a clear stretch of good enough weather to finish it off before Star Wars Celebration?

On a slight tangent from politics, but on the slice of "stand your ground" law down in Florida... https://www.local10.com/news/local/2023/03/10/charges-dropped-against-man-arrested-for-road-rage-shooting-on-i-95/ In June 2021, Eric Popper got into a road rage incident and fired his gun at someone. The Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office just dropped the charges against him. In a "Stand Your Ground" state, you can lose your temper and fire your gun for no reason, or at least that seems to be the suggestion some people are aiming for...

I saw this and found it somewhat amusing and kind of interesting. "USA Cultural Regions Map" I mean, none of those cultural groupings are official in anyway, but from this side of the pond and the handful of folks I know over there... That does seem a fairly accurate breakdown of regional identities that Americans seem to use.

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-03-10/dungeons-dragons-honor-among-thieves-five-fast-reactions https://variety.com/2023/film/reviews/dungeons-and-dragons-honor-among-thieves-review-chris-pine-michelle-rodriguez-rege-jean-page-1235549630/ Looks like the early views are all saying it's a fun film.

Shall we start you off on the crazy rabbit hole that is https://tvtropes.org/ for your further education and obscene amount of tabs it can leave open on your browser?

Noticed the X-Files was accessible via DisneyPlus and had some nostalgia going through season 1 in the background this week. Kind of amusing to see how they take all those conspiracy theories so few people were aware of back in the early 90's. It just reeks of that cultural time zone. Also, caught the new Luther "film / extended episode" that Netflix released today. Wasn't hugely impressed, even with Serkis sinking into the main bad guy role.