OPEN BAR: NO CISNORMATIVE ELVEN PATRIARCHS ALLOWED

[Cain]

Some guy joined the army after 9/11 and ended up shooting a bunch of people in Iraq (because of reasons).  Clint Eastwood made a film about it, with his usual subtle and nuanced approach to political issues.

[Eater of Clowns]

Some guy joined the army after 9/11 and ended up shooting a bunch of people in Iraq (because of reasons).  Clint Eastwood made a film about it, with his usual subtle and nuanced approach to political issues.

[Cain]

Sadly there is no scene where Chris Kyle talks to an empty chair.  Though Kyle did claim he beat the shit out of Jesse Ventura, a claim that was subsequently proven false (in a court of law, no less.  Defamation suits are very hard to win in the US, but Ventura did so).

He also voiced a whole bunch of unsavoury opinions about Iraqis and basically said it was fun to torment them.

[Demolition Squid]

Grandfather update!

He's surprised the doctors by making an impressive recovery in the past few days. Apparently they rate these things on a scale of 0-15 and he was at a 5. He is now at a 10! My parents saw him today and he responded to their questions with blinks. He also seemed to smile when my mum said that she'd be back to see him next weekend... and she's convinced he was glaring at my grandmother when she moved into his line of sight. I'm a bit loathe to read too much into that, but...

Either way, really good news. He's made it past 7 days. At 10 days, the doctors plan for the next month. He's definitely not out of the woods yet, but given I was expecting him to be gone by today, I'm really hopeful. Especially since - according to my parents at least - he seemed very aware and quite coherent (my dad noticed he seemed to be trying to push himself up into a sitting position and asked if that's what he wanted, and he blinked for yes).

It is far too early to have any great expectations, but it is hard not to. Either way, I'm hoping to go up and see him next weekend. We're getting together an electronic photoframe to load with pictures from past holidays/events and a radio/cd player with headphones so we can hopefully give him something to concentrate on when we're not there.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Grandfather update!

He's surprised the doctors by making an impressive recovery in the past few days. Apparently they rate these things on a scale of 0-15 and he was at a 5. He is now at a 10! My parents saw him today and he responded to their questions with blinks. He also seemed to smile when my mum said that she'd be back to see him next weekend... and she's convinced he was glaring at my grandmother when she moved into his line of sight. I'm a bit loathe to read too much into that, but...

Either way, really good news. He's made it past 7 days. At 10 days, the doctors plan for the next month. He's definitely not out of the woods yet, but given I was expecting him to be gone by today, I'm really hopeful. Especially since - according to my parents at least - he seemed very aware and quite coherent (my dad noticed he seemed to be trying to push himself up into a sitting position and asked if that's what he wanted, and he blinked for yes).

It is far too early to have any great expectations, but it is hard not to. Either way, I'm hoping to go up and see him next weekend. We're getting together an electronic photoframe to load with pictures from past holidays/events and a radio/cd player with headphones so we can hopefully give him something to concentrate on when we're not there.

Oh, that is great to hear!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Sadly there is no scene where Chris Kyle talks to an empty chair.  Though Kyle did claim he beat the shit out of Jesse Ventura, a claim that was subsequently proven false (in a court of law, no less.  Defamation suits are very hard to win in the US, but Ventura did so).

He also voiced a whole bunch of unsavoury opinions about Iraqis and basically said it was fun to torment them.

Well that's... icky.

[Cain]

That's great news, Demosquid!

In other news, I am reacquainting myself with the dubious joys of online takeaway ordering in London.  BURGERS, FUCK YEAH!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

That's great news, Demosquid!

In other news, I am reacquainting myself with the dubious joys of online takeaway ordering in London.  BURGERS, FUCK YEAH!

Mmmm, burgers!

The  last burger I had was one of those horrifying yet wonderful 2-for-$2 McDonald's cheeseburgers. America, fuck yeah!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Unrelated; I love it when people ask if you'll be home at a certain time so they can come pick something up, and two hours later they haven't arrived and it's too fucking late to go run the errands you meant to run today.

It's my fucking favorite.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Well shit, I think I'm coming down with something.

[Ben Shapiro]

That's great news, Demosquid!

In other news, I am reacquainting myself with the dubious joys of online takeaway ordering in London.  BURGERS, FUCK YEAH!

Mmmm, burgers!

The  last burger I had was one of those horrifying yet wonderful 2-for-$2 McDonald's cheeseburgers. America, fuck yeah!

Sheep, Gluten destroys lives!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

That's great news, Demosquid!

In other news, I am reacquainting myself with the dubious joys of online takeaway ordering in London.  BURGERS, FUCK YEAH!

Mmmm, burgers!

The  last burger I had was one of those horrifying yet wonderful 2-for-$2 McDonald's cheeseburgers. America, fuck yeah!

Sheep, Gluten destroys lives!

I am fairly certain that most people don't even know what gluten is.

[Doktor Howl]

What the hell is American Sniper and why am I supposed to be mad about it?

Never heard of it.

It's basically Clint Eastwood throwing Grand Torino out the window and dipping his reputation in a bucket of used condoms.

Sort of like Frank Miller.

Anyway, it's about a guy who was good at being a sniper, terrible about being a human, and got shot on his own range back in the states by some guy that was also using the range.  I never heard what the end result was with respect to exactly what happened, because I didn't care.

[Q. G. Pennyworth]

So, if you're choosing to make a movie about a secret society that's supposed to protect the world from itself... and you set your movie in the country that built a huge empire for white people on the backs of brown folks and is still struggling with the fallout from that imperial era, and some of the ongoing sources of global conflict are a direct result of being dicks to the brown people who lived in one of your colonies... and you cast Samuel L Jackson as your villain... maybe you might want to cast at least one black kid as someone training for that secret society? Maybe?

[President Television]

So, if you're choosing to make a movie about a secret society that's supposed to protect the world from itself... and you set your movie in the country that built a huge empire for white people on the backs of brown folks and is still struggling with the fallout from that imperial era, and some of the ongoing sources of global conflict are a direct result of being dicks to the brown people who lived in one of your colonies... and you cast Samuel L Jackson as your villain... maybe you might want to cast at least one black kid as someone training for that secret society? Maybe?

What movie is this?