"Hey kids, aren't Mr. Peabody and Sherman something?

You know who else subverted traditional power dynamics and also transcended time?"

I've had the privilege of attending performances of two of these works in concerts with Maestro Williams attending: the bassoon concerto Five Sacred Trees with the Boston Symphony and Violin Concerto no 2 with the Pittsburgh Symphony and dedicatee Anne-Sophie Mutter as the soloist.

Here's a playlist with samples from many of his scores (including Heidi) spanning 6 decades:
open.spotify.com/playlist/3ph...

And here's a playlist of his concerti:
open.spotify.com/playlist/5AW...

Our conversation is inspired by this new paper from Blaise and collaborators, demonstrating the spontaneous appearance of self-replicating computer code from an initially random assortment. With obvious implications for the origin of life.
arxiv.org/abs/2406.19108

The recent Marvel Unleashed mini-series assumes the latter. I'm not sure if that is the canon you would consider authoritative on this question.

I was glad to see Arrako is still around, and it makes sense for Apocalypse to remain connected to it. It doesn't have to happen in every story/series, but I hope we continue to get glimpses of the Krakoa era legacy.

Tina Fey is the killer, based purely on the number of times her jokes have slayed me.

Giant Days, a delightfully charming book about the lives of university students.

At this point, it's got to be a bit, right?

I already have tickets for Sunday, and I was surprised & disappointed at how few tickets had been sold. I'm used to just front row tickets being left that close to opening weekend.

You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become a munster.