First2Go
@bbenston.bsky.social
Bitter, angry drunk living in the Boston burbs. Former software engineer, now HS ELA/Social Studies teacher. Extreme boardgaming nerd. "Woke pornographer". Play a mean classical piano - looking for collabs!
It's an open sewer of a movie, but I love love love Bad Santa.
Sue me.
Sue me.
a man with a beard is wearing a santa claus outfit and making a funny face .
ALT: a man with a beard is wearing a santa claus outfit and making a funny face .
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December 26, 2025 at 3:33 AM
It's an open sewer of a movie, but I love love love Bad Santa.
Sue me.
Sue me.
The Nazis get melted by the ghostly wrath of God, and we're left with an incompetent but well-meaning government of "top men". Think I'll take it.
a man in a hat is covering his mouth while looking at a gold object
ALT: a man in a hat is covering his mouth while looking at a gold object
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December 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The Nazis get melted by the ghostly wrath of God, and we're left with an incompetent but well-meaning government of "top men". Think I'll take it.
That ending of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind just isn't fair.
December 10, 2025 at 4:48 AM
That ending of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind just isn't fair.
A Gentleman in Moscow, by Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
Watergate (Thomas Mallon) by Alexander Payne
Black Moon (apocalypse horror) by Jordan Peele (or Bong)
Watergate (Thomas Mallon) by Alexander Payne
Black Moon (apocalypse horror) by Jordan Peele (or Bong)
November 26, 2025 at 5:48 AM
A Gentleman in Moscow, by Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
Watergate (Thomas Mallon) by Alexander Payne
Black Moon (apocalypse horror) by Jordan Peele (or Bong)
Watergate (Thomas Mallon) by Alexander Payne
Black Moon (apocalypse horror) by Jordan Peele (or Bong)
Bakersfield, CA.
Five Easy Pieces, part of North by Northwest, the ending of Thelma and Louise, but it'll be memorialized forever by a beer-drinking orangutan.
Five Easy Pieces, part of North by Northwest, the ending of Thelma and Louise, but it'll be memorialized forever by a beer-drinking orangutan.
November 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Bakersfield, CA.
Five Easy Pieces, part of North by Northwest, the ending of Thelma and Louise, but it'll be memorialized forever by a beer-drinking orangutan.
Five Easy Pieces, part of North by Northwest, the ending of Thelma and Louise, but it'll be memorialized forever by a beer-drinking orangutan.
TEH WORKPLACE could stand to be "ruined", burnt to the ground, nuked from orbit (it's the only way to be sure), and rebuilt with more protections/leave/bargaining power. The ladiezzz have been slacking in the ruining department. Sheesh.
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
TEH WORKPLACE could stand to be "ruined", burnt to the ground, nuked from orbit (it's the only way to be sure), and rebuilt with more protections/leave/bargaining power. The ladiezzz have been slacking in the ruining department. Sheesh.
Just call me Guv McGovernorPants. You know, for maturity's sake and respecting the office and stuff.
November 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Just call me Guv McGovernorPants. You know, for maturity's sake and respecting the office and stuff.
The Paranoid Style of "Common Sense" in American Politics
October 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The Paranoid Style of "Common Sense" in American Politics
OMG an actual NPR reporter responded! This is amazing before I walk the dog.
I'll let you alone, but I'm one of those weirdos who discovered horror in middle age and now my wife and family are probably incredibly concerned. (The avclub's 'best of horror' lists are a secret obsession.)
I'll let you alone, but I'm one of those weirdos who discovered horror in middle age and now my wife and family are probably incredibly concerned. (The avclub's 'best of horror' lists are a secret obsession.)
October 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
OMG an actual NPR reporter responded! This is amazing before I walk the dog.
I'll let you alone, but I'm one of those weirdos who discovered horror in middle age and now my wife and family are probably incredibly concerned. (The avclub's 'best of horror' lists are a secret obsession.)
I'll let you alone, but I'm one of those weirdos who discovered horror in middle age and now my wife and family are probably incredibly concerned. (The avclub's 'best of horror' lists are a secret obsession.)
Have you given Cregger's other movie a shot? You may never go down in the basement again. Or any basement.
October 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Have you given Cregger's other movie a shot? You may never go down in the basement again. Or any basement.
Thanks for this. To me, the far darker question is how far Trump's purge of the military services has gone, in getting rid of anyone who might reject obviously illegal orders.
What do you think about a return to the 1973 War Powers Act? Not a panacea, but a start IMO.
What do you think about a return to the 1973 War Powers Act? Not a panacea, but a start IMO.
October 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Thanks for this. To me, the far darker question is how far Trump's purge of the military services has gone, in getting rid of anyone who might reject obviously illegal orders.
What do you think about a return to the 1973 War Powers Act? Not a panacea, but a start IMO.
What do you think about a return to the 1973 War Powers Act? Not a panacea, but a start IMO.
Couldn't he have saved everyone the time and put a slide deck onscreen that said MILITARY: NO HOMO?
Wouldn't have satisfied the 3yo need for attention, I guess.
Wouldn't have satisfied the 3yo need for attention, I guess.
September 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Couldn't he have saved everyone the time and put a slide deck onscreen that said MILITARY: NO HOMO?
Wouldn't have satisfied the 3yo need for attention, I guess.
Wouldn't have satisfied the 3yo need for attention, I guess.