Japan

A-Bomb Dome, Hiroshima

Waterworld (1995)

I have been on a mini run of “you gotta hand it to him” with regard to Kevin Costner. That run led me to dive with reckless abandon into Waterworld, a movie that I was ready to believe was treated unfairly over the years. It has not been treated unfairly. This wasn’t good.
The movie has a decent enough idea and a not-awful plot line. The premise is not subtle (the intro voiceover describes the melting of the polar icecaps, creating a world without land), but that unsubtlety to start the movie can be seen as world-building. It’s quickly just part of the movies, with a minor line here or there to remind you that the people alive today at least abstractly understand that their ancestors had really fucked up.
Read the rest...Mikey and Nicky (1976)

A year with an EV

We have had our EV now for just over a year and 11,000 miles (~4,000 miles in road trips). I want to reflect a bit on what the experience has been like in that time, and how it has changed things.
We bought a Kia EV6, 2024 Wind trim (mid range) with AWD and the tech package. The tech package includes a few cool things, like a 360 camera view, and a few kinda useless things, like a parking assist feature that takes minutes to get you into a parking spot. It also features Highway Driving Assist (HDA)(Kia’s name for it), which is Kia’s version of self-driving. It’s not that, but it is a great feature. More on that later.
Read the rest...The Doom Generation (1995)

The Red Shoes (1948)

Tags: ballet | Anton Walbrook | Maruis Goring | Powell and Pressburger | Moira Shearer | dancing
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
