march 28 in idea barrages

You have completed the 101 class, watching Barbie and Oppenheimer as a double feature, “Barbenheimer”. Good. Now onto the advanced lesson, watch Frankenhooker and Toxic Avenger back to back or, as we like to call it “Frankenvenger”.

One problem with Barbie’s success with people that executives will see “nuanced-but-loving satires of classic children’s property makes money!” but think “edgy dark twists on classic children’s properties will make money!” and it’s gonna generate some weird bad stuff.

I’m more a slumberjack. I don’t saw logs but I do make the sound of it.

A problem with humans & time is that the more of the folks of an age that have died, the less of their age that has truly happened for the purposes of the young now. We live such short lives and we transmit information so very poorly. Time dulls our minds as no drug ever could.

Organic mercenaries, ethically-sourced mercenaries, small-batch mercenaries. A real harm-to-table operation.

Eggs over Easy isn’t easy enough anymore. We demand Eggs over Lazy.

There is no worse thing for a human being than to confuse their wants and their needs. Certainly coincidentally, there is nothing more profitable for a business than when that happens.

Today I learned that Wilshire Boulevard is named after a quack who sold cure-all electric belts and, yes, yes that scans perfectly.