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The Lost World (1925)
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Surprised that I'd never seen this, pretty sure I read the book as a kid. The 1925 film adaptation of H.G. Wells' "The Lost World".
A silent movie, now in the open domain, the reconstruction in sepia and black and white, no shortage of claymation dinosaurs, and, for the time, remarkably well done.
The animator (special effects guru) was Willis O'Brien, who later worked on "King Kong".
Perhaps most remarkable is how precisely the plot is recycled for every single dinosaur movie since - the "Jurassic Park" franchise especially comes to mind.
Worthwhile.
Epstein's Little Back Book
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While on the topic of "Reckoning" there is the matter of Epstein's Little Black Book.
Article via Mother Jones: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/10/i-called-everyone-in-jeffrey-epsteins-little-black-book/
A well written indictment of the world we live in. And still there is no reckoning...
Covid: The Reckoning
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To sum it up, like too much of our history, there has been no reckoning.
We've grown too used to normalizing numbing injustice, incompetence and criminality. This is yet another example.
An excellently written article, thoroughly researched and well documented on a topic nobody cares to discuss:
Link: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/03/covid-us-death-rate/626972/
Rave
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Finally, after 2 years of lockdowns an above-the-board honest-to-goodness rave.
Bloody hell these have been a long couple of years.
So - R. Jr. is in town, he wants to drink & party, me, drinking too much a habit, it's lost it's celebratory meaning. So I talk him into the rave.
A community hall.
A disclaimer here, typically a good rave wouldn't be at a community hall. They're outdoors, camping, in the forest under the stars, fairy lights lighting the paths...
But - we'll take it. This is as good as it gets for the moment.
300 + people, small community hall. And it's good. The DJ's, well, I've heard better - the theme of this one is "Masquerade" and so everyone is wearing a Venetian half-mask, which adds a little spice to the night's festivities. I'm a little bitter I could find none to my taste, especially as a mask so greatly improves to my appearance...
Of the crowd, perhaps 75-80% are women, as per Kootenay standards, largely beautiful, the remainder of the men, incapacitated, "Took-too-much", or dressed in pink Tu-Tu's, it's shooting fish in a barrel, really...
Outside, having a smoke, I'm accosted by a tall, apparently beautiful but masked blonde....
"Why are you lurking out here...?"
I indicate my cigarette.
"Where is your son?"
I'm flattered to be recognized, if only as his father. But with that comes the realization that whereas once I was - superficially only - regarded as not such a bad catch, my reign is over...
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