Captain's Log, Stardate Whisky Times. Giving the crew shore leave on McClelland's Planet for the night.

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Captain's Log, Stardate Whisky Times. Giving the crew shore leave on McClelland's Planet for the night.

Why is my coleslaw "Star Wars" branded? What possible advertising synergy is there between these?! "Luke, I am your father, and you need salads to stay regular!"

Yes, gen-most-important-ever, you invented protests and they change the world, which is why the '60s flower power protests ended all war, and '80s protests ended Apartheid (not the sanctions and Nelson Mandela's followers), and '90s-'00s protests ended global trade. ?
Socially awkward people uni…te… stand quietly in corners not making eye contact and looking at our phones. ?
HomePod/Alexa arguments all week:
Rosencrantz: Big Brother is terrible digital Stasi, that's why I use HAL 9000!
Guildenstern: HAL 9000 has muddy audio. Skills in Big Brother are more useful, and surely there's no profit in spying!
Repeat. ?
"Where are you going?"
"I have to return some videotapes."
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SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch about to go! ?
Micro Monday: Anyone in a conversation you've been in, but only if they never post real politics.
So did the Superb Owl hurl that spheroid, and see its shadow, and have some really exciting ads for products, services, and terrible all-consuming megacorporations? I was busy, mostly on videogames.