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Rotten Tomatoes critics give it a 55% splat, 2nd lowest of major movies out now. MetaCritic rates it lower. McKay's movies are not particularly pointed in their satire and, as time has gone on, have increasingly settled into their preferred form of a harangue.--New York Magazine Don't Look Up is a blunt instrument in lieu of a sharp razor, and while McKay may believe that we're long past subtlety, it doesn't mean that one man's wake-up-sheeple howl into the abyss is funny, or insightful, or even watchable.--Rolling Stone "Don't Look Up" makes a few decent points and gets a chuckle or two, but mostly, it is leaden when it could be farcical, sluggish when it could be screwball. This end of the world comedy should have just been more fun.-- Salon There's nothing more excruciating than watching very famous people work entirely too hard to be funny.--Newsday "2021's "Mars Attacks !""--review (I think that's a put-down of "Mars Attacks"/ Tim Burton). "Jokes with a flatness we haven't seen since Paris Hilton nudes"--review I thought the only funny thing in the movie was the general scamming for a couple dollars in the waiting room, and that wasn't even done well.

It's a disaster movie but unfortunately the disaster is the movie.

Dick's seems to be open strong for sex, not spelling, bless their heart:

Saw a couple pieces yesterday that Dunst and Smit are favorites for Best Supporting Actress/Actor so if Cumberbatch overcomes Will Smith to win Best Actor it would be only the 3rd time ever I think that one film got 3 acting awards. ( of course there is no Best Actress nominee from the film.)

I'm afraid it's the opposite: The vaccines don't stop one from catching Omicron and the emergency staffs and walk-in doctors offices are at skeleton staff from ex-employees refusing to take the vaccine on top of those who catch Omicron themselves in spite of vaccination. I guess so long as emergency rooms and urgent care stay staffed during the surge we'll get through this. (The "Great Resignation" plays a big part too. ) There's a reason the National Guard is being called out for this surge. What concerns many now is that even though Omicron seems mild in most people, the two major antibody treatments for those hospitalized with it are not effective on it while the third is but is in short supply. The Pill to cure is just getting out. Big article in The Economist this week on it. Totally paywalled and too long to reprint but summed up here. As The Economist explained, “once someone is so sick as to require hospital treatment, doctors may have fewer options available for Omicron than for its antecedents. Previous strains could often be treated with drugs called monoclonal antibodies. Omicron seems oblivious to most of these, and supplies of those that do affect it, newly developed versions made by GlaxoSmithKline and Vir Biotechnology, are limited.” Indeed, a recent study from researchers at Columbia University suggests the omicron variant of COVID-19 can evade COVID-19 vaccines, antibody treatments and booster shots, making the virus more transmissible,"" Someone better be awfully good-looking to tempt me in January.

wow- It struck hard quickly. Today I called for a doc visit at Kaiser with anyone on duty for a recurring bite or allergy or something popping up several times head to toe. They agreed I need to see someone but 1st appointment with any medic is 2 weeks. I didn't dare ask about a dermatologist appointment with my life expectancy. In better times it took a month. and then today this pops up on Twitter that Baltimore is already out of ambulance crews and fire trucks have to transport people. don't get sick for the next couple months !

His regular saturday night parties are pretty MALish.

Dougie Meyer has several MAL events in DC. (all with clothes check)

Good news! 2020 was a severe lockdown when discretionary spending was very low. People spent much more on discretionary spending in 2021 coming out of that lockdown and have the ability to since they saved so much in 2020. As your experience, it looks like we're back to 2019 levels even though we're not back to prior normal otherwise. I've seen a story or two that at least in Europe, people have spent about 20% of what they saved in 2020 in late 2021. I'd suspect by now it's higher. (and Americans aren't known for saving more than Europeans lol). https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/17/post-covid-revenge-spending-is-costing-americans-765-more-a-month.html If Omicron is as harmless as people hope and no other disaster appears soon, I'd expect a big spending upswing by spring. (until we spend our savings up especially soon). Great graph.

Certainly will be nice if the very early indications of less harshness hold. My main concern now is that most of the early infections in any surge or new variant are the young where serious cases are rare, and it takes a while to reach to the more sequestered elderly. But as quickly as Omicron spreads, we should know it's effect on the elderly soon. Hospitals are going to get full from shear numbers I fear, however mild it is.

I put off watching this even though Anthony Hopkins got the Best Actor Oscar for it (and Olivia Colman is great). It's a story of age-related dementia taking control and makes you think of the last time you lost your keys or forgot a name as you watch the terror. But it's filmed from the aged person's view of a bizarre constantly-changing world. It takes a while to get over the depression of watching. It's on Amazon for $3.99 but free with a 2-month trial 99-cent Amazon add-on subscription to Starz.

A list with Spencer and The Father at 1 and 2: https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2021/12/27/10-best-movies-2021-ranked-spencer-power-of-the-dog/8981524002/

Every Christmas during undergrad at home working at a men's clothing store. Terrible pay and official discounts but omg some of the young guys who would come in all friendly and need special attention and fitting because of their muscles.They really appreciated me going in the fitting room with them.

I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my granddad and not in terror like his passengers. "Don't Look Up"

You mean Harrod's Knightsbridge, which many Kensington hotels and restaurants call themselves now too. And of course a lot of eastern Knightsbridge is calling itself Mayfair, where the status migration ends.

Sentencing is always more important than guilt which is usually assumed today. It can be probation or many years prison depending on how the judge views things like priors, acceptance of guilt, use of government office, endangerment, conspiracy, etc. Sentencing guidelines themselves can be a wide choice once these guidelines are decided by the judge. Of course once a case becomes political all bets are off.

He's short and 35 now and lives in Prague. https://pbc.xxx/wiki/Peter_Malik https://www.facebook.com/jakub.antena

That was probably BlueBoyBar and WhyNot? Club 24 also never really did very well. Amsterdam should be gay brothel ground but just isn't. I did overnight a 5* Swiss from BB once but he was the only decent one there. Hamburg, Koln, Berlin and even Dusseldorf and Frankfurt really have more of this stuff. The German Bahnhofjunge tradition.

even though it's the location of many "Kensington" hotels and restaurants 😏

well that saves us some trouble of going to theater to see it today. I'll wait until it's free on Apple TV 1/14/22. thanks, I had some reservations about Coen/McDormand/Washington doing a 2hr Shakespeare but early reviews were good.

We need a volunteer to find out how many shots you can get and not grow extra fingers and toes. 🤣

That's what Fauci said about Coronavirus in early 2020. There's a good piece in today's BBC about not assuming Omicron will rapidly abate or is so harmless to all age groups it will eventually reach. In the UK the many first cases are young people. We're not sure what will happen when Omicron hits the elderly

exactly 3 months since my booster and I plan a 4th shot for new year's. I've read in a VA study of many thousands that the shots start to wane in over-65's especially after 100 days and by 4 months it's down considerably. I wish there was more publicity on this. it's critical info.