- Fans hoping for a fourth installment of the popular BBC
One show “Sherlock” should probably ramp down their expectations before they
get too hyped about the idea. Star Martin Freeman dumped some icy cold water on
that dream when was asked how long it would be before the cast reconvened and
started work on another chapter of the cult favorite show. "It's very
hard to get together," Freeman said. "But it's one of those things
where you have to at some point just go, 'We're going to do it now' - otherwise
we could be having this conversation in three years. There comes a point where
you've got to piss or get off the pot." That was a delightfully British
way to put it and as Freeman so helpfully noted, the first series of Sherlock aired in summer 2010, with a
second run following in early 2012 The success of those initial runs was a
two-edged sword for the show, as it built a devoted fan base but also created a
high demand for the show’s starts. Freeman has cashed in on that wave of fame
as much as anyone and he can currently be seen in the newly launched
small-screen adaptation of “Fargo.”
His biggest success has come as Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's “The Hobbit” trilogy. Cast mate Benedict
Cumberbatch has landed starring roles in several high-profile films, including Star Trek Into Darkness. He is
reportedly in the running for a key role in the next James Bond movie. In other
words, no one who matters is so hard up for cash or a gig that they are beating
down the door at the BBC, demanding that pre-production on the next run of
“Sherlock” episodes commence immediately or else……….
- Portland, Ore. is an unusual place. Hippies roam free,
indecent exposure is commonplace, the next big indie rock band is always
playing in a dive bar just down the street…..and churches are in the business
of baking brownies and smiley face sugar cookies for coke-addled skanks who
work filthy brass poles and grind on strangers to fuel their drug habit/put
themselves through law school. In other words, a church located in southwest Portland
is planning its next big outreach effort and the target for this outpouring of
love is a local strip club. Church members at Cedar Hills Baptist Church are hyped about
their Day of Action event and as part of their ministry on that particular day,
some of them will drop off baked goods at Sunset Strip Gentlemen’s Club located
on 10205 SW Park Way for all of the club’s employees. On the surface, this
might seem like it makes no sense. People whose idea of fun is a potluck dinner
followed by singing hymns don’t generally make nice with semi-naked
quasi-hookers whose idea of fun is taking it off to some cheesy ‘80s power
ballad, but this is actually a nice instance of people who claim to be
following the Bible’s teachings being kind to those with whom they don’t agree
on much. Besides, the day isn’t all about strippers and 300-pound bouncers in
tight black t-shirts. Church members will also take baked goods to other places
where kindness can be in short supply, including the local Department of Motor
Vehicles bureau. They will also pay back their community’s first responders by
sharing their bakes goods with the local fire department……..
- Apple Maps may be a dysfunctional cartographic exercise
steeped in tales of colossal failure, but even it isn't capable of lending
credence to the long-running Loch Ness Monster myth….right? Push pause on that
topic for a moment because over the weekend, tools around the world were sucked
in by a ridiculous rumor swirling online that an Apple Maps satellite image
showed the famed lake monster of Scotland, swimming around freely and making a
mockery of anyone who doubted its presence. Loch Ness Monster Fan Club founder Gary
Campbell cashed in by gleefully accepting and honoring every interview request
he could find to talk about the now-viral image. “It looks like a boat wake,
but the boat is missing. You can see some boats moored at the shore, but there
isn’t one here. We’ve shown it to boat experts and they don’t know what it is,”
Campbell proclaimed in one of his many, many interviews. Campbell is correct that the satellite
image discovered in Apple’s faulty mapping program shows what appears to be a
sizable ripple in the water, similar to a boat wake. He is also correct that in
the photo, there doesn’t appear to be a boat. However, numerous experts in
boat-type things have pointed out that boats and other vehicles going missing from
the satellite maps’ imagery is actually a common occurrence on account of
such programs creating their images by stitching together overlapping images to
form a coherent picture of the world below. The algorithms upon which such
programs are based can malfunction and suggesting that a sketchy image from
thousands of feet up in the air is concrete proof that Nessie is real might be
Loch Ness Monster enthusiasts might have reached their delusional zenith………
- Give Philadelphia 76ers owner Josh Harris credit. He might
be a moron, he may be delusional and his head may be so far up his own ass that
it’s making his esophagus hurt, but dude does have a big, brass pair. There is
no other way to spin the owner of a professional sports franchise delivering a
steam turd pile of a season to his fans, a season in which his team finished
19-63 and tied the NBA record for most consecutive losses, and that owner then
turning around and attempting to classify that season as a success. "I think the
season has been a huge success for us," Harris said. "Obviously, I
don't like to lose. In terms of having to live through a losing season, it's
tough…and I want to be back in the playoffs, and I want this team competing for
the championship…and that's kind of what we're trying to do, but obviously to
do that, to get to that point where you're an elite team for a long period of
time, there's no shortcuts.” Harris added that the team entered the season
knowing it would be a long one and in truth, its fans knew the same thing.
Still, Brown, general manager Sam Hinkie, CEO Scott O'Neil and coach Brett
Brown led a team built to tank through a butt-ugly season with no real bright
spots and even if it does steer them in the direction of their ultimate goal,
an owner cannot tell his fans that his team losing 77 percent of its games is
successful. Harris is a fool if he believes that fans will accept or roll with
the pile of sh*t he put on the court this season and be cool with the idea that
this year was a resounding thumbs up. If the team falls to win the top pick in the
June 26 NBA Draft or whiffs on those picks, look for the fan base to rise up
swift and strong. Harris’ second moronic remark, taken directly from the
official NBA owner’s playbook, was the insistence that the 76ers didn’t tank
the season because "we don't use that word." "We played every
game to win, and this is where we finished," he said. "It's a very
deep draft. I think we're in great shape. … We don't want to be 41-41. We don't
want to be one-and-done [in the playoffs].” On some level, that’s actually
right. The team the 76ers put on the floor did play hard and compete, but they
had no chance to being any good because they were comprised of defective,
dollar store parts that added up to 25 percent of what their opponents were.
That seems to be the new standard for success in Philly……….
- Never underestimate the shadiness of the corrupt,
communist hellhole on the north end of the Korean Peninsula. Yes, North Korea
is a place where a repressive government has moved past merely trampling the
basic human rights of its people and straight up murders those rights – and its
people – and that hasn’t change. What has changed is the world around the
corrupt, ruling
family despots of North Korea. These high-living scumbags have grown quite
accustomed to their luxurious lifestyle and with the world clamping down on so
many sources of income in a nation that perpetually antagonizes everyone in
sight, alternative sources of income are a must. What is a trapped, desperate
bunch of rich people to do when backed into a corner and facing a possible
descent into the sort of unsavory poverty in which the rest of their country
lives? Sell copious amounts of illegal drugs, of course. According to a new report
from the Committee on Human Rights in North Korea, that is precisely what the
North Korean upper crust is up to. The report cites evidence of an increasing
amount of drugs, counterfeit goods and currency, as well as legitimate
trade, being funneled through China. In conjunction with this shift, blatant
government-sponsored criminal activity is actually on the decline as
scum-baggery goes private – i.e. o a combination of “quasi-private production
and crony capitalism” focused largely on its expanding relationship with the
Middle East, Africa and especially China. Still, such corruption has the full
backing of the government, according to the report. That government is under
the Lilliputian direction of third-generation dictator Kim Jong-Un and it is
playing an alleged large role in making its drug smuggling and other illegal
activities harder to detect. Stir in a few above-board activities to make money
and the picture is murkier than ever. Those methods include expropriation of
the wages of North Korean laborers sent abroad to Africa and the Middle East
and profiting from the increased number of cellphones circulating in
politically favored hands in Pyongyang and other cities. Greed. As Gordon Gecko
might say, is good in any language……….
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