Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.

-W.B. Yeats, The Second Coming

So that sucked. Ken Dorsey gets executed, and I would very much like to explore a trade with the Giants to get Daboll back. Joe Fucking Brady gets another shot at offensive coordinator after putting the Panthers into the turf under Matt Rhule. War crimes are answering war crimes; there is a non-trivial chance we will intentionally elect a felon president and have to seriously discuss whether he can pardon himself; Creed and Nickelback are somehow culturally relevant again.

I’m sorry this is a downer post. And not even a “fun downer” post, like watching Fozz’s brain melt in real time while watching Emily in Paris. One of the adopted-mother-figures I’ve collected over the years caught COVID while undergoing chemo. I had intellectually made peace with the likelihood of her passing soon, but I didn’t think it would involve a ventilator.

Like most of my generation, I was raised in  part by television. I also tend to be a raw nerve who looks to distractions when feeling vulnerable. SO- this week’s list will be Best Things To Watch To Dull Existential Pain.

1. The Muppet Movie

2. A Knight’s Tale

3. Night Court (Season 3 and after)

4. Scrubs (non-preachy episodes)

5. Return of the Jedi

6. Robin Hood (Disney animated version)

7. Monster truck rally

8. Death at a Funeral (British version)

9. Event Horizon

10. Hunt for Red October

11. Firefly (Episodes 1-7 only)

NOTE: DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES WATCH

-Jurassic Bark

-Brendan Fraser episodes of Scrubs

-Transformers: The Movie (1986)

-Any other Transformers movie (because they suck)

-Serenity