Michael Ellis Day
@michaelellisday.bsky.social
You probably wouldn't know me, unless it was from that one thing, or maybe the other thing
It's like the Simpsons clip of Rainier Wolfcastle saying "That's the joke" being recontextualized as a meme signifying something completely different to the original meaning of that line. The social media hive mind uses the materials at hand for its own purposes.
December 4, 2025 at 12:05 AM
It's like the Simpsons clip of Rainier Wolfcastle saying "That's the joke" being recontextualized as a meme signifying something completely different to the original meaning of that line. The social media hive mind uses the materials at hand for its own purposes.
We all agree Macaulay Culkin's dad had it coming.
December 3, 2025 at 11:21 PM
We all agree Macaulay Culkin's dad had it coming.
In fact, the term "bladerunner" (without a space) was coined by SF writer Alan Nourse for a novel by that name in 1974. William S. Burroughs wrote a treatment for a film version of that book and added a space in the title: "Blade Runner." Still another writer saw that and lifted the title.
December 3, 2025 at 12:02 AM
In fact, the term "bladerunner" (without a space) was coined by SF writer Alan Nourse for a novel by that name in 1974. William S. Burroughs wrote a treatment for a film version of that book and added a space in the title: "Blade Runner." Still another writer saw that and lifted the title.
When the show didn't have to worry about making sure Mary Richards was likeable by the television comedy standards of the time, she was allowed to be more openly ironic and even sarcastic at times.
November 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
When the show didn't have to worry about making sure Mary Richards was likeable by the television comedy standards of the time, she was allowed to be more openly ironic and even sarcastic at times.
Yes! This is what people usually miss about the character and the performance. The show always surrounded her with outwardly jaded and abrasive characters (especially Lou and Rhoda, but the rest as well) so she seems more naive and unworldly by contrast, but she's not one dimensional.
November 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Yes! This is what people usually miss about the character and the performance. The show always surrounded her with outwardly jaded and abrasive characters (especially Lou and Rhoda, but the rest as well) so she seems more naive and unworldly by contrast, but she's not one dimensional.
People will be waiting in line outside the apple store when these go on sale.
November 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
People will be waiting in line outside the apple store when these go on sale.
I wonder if anyone else reading this suddenly thought of PageMaker and Freehand? (Yes, that was Aldus not Aldis but you know.)
November 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I wonder if anyone else reading this suddenly thought of PageMaker and Freehand? (Yes, that was Aldus not Aldis but you know.)
I disagree somewhat. The Third Doctor is written as dismissive and aristocratic...but Pertwee plays him as someone who isn't really that way, but is putting on a front as a defense. He undercuts the dialogue with stricken or sheepish or amused looks only the audience sees.
November 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I disagree somewhat. The Third Doctor is written as dismissive and aristocratic...but Pertwee plays him as someone who isn't really that way, but is putting on a front as a defense. He undercuts the dialogue with stricken or sheepish or amused looks only the audience sees.
As an American who watched all of these shows when they were new -- and an American fan of British tv who knows how easily context and meaning can be lost in transit -- it impresses me so much that you absolutely nail what I remember about them.
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
As an American who watched all of these shows when they were new -- and an American fan of British tv who knows how easily context and meaning can be lost in transit -- it impresses me so much that you absolutely nail what I remember about them.
Cannot wait to give Democrats the majority again so we can see Schumer and Jeffries go on TV to say "There won't be any investigations, that's ancient history, why stir up old grudges, our priority now is working with our Republican colleagues going forward."
November 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Cannot wait to give Democrats the majority again so we can see Schumer and Jeffries go on TV to say "There won't be any investigations, that's ancient history, why stir up old grudges, our priority now is working with our Republican colleagues going forward."
Well, not this particular scene, but.
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Well, not this particular scene, but.
"Pray for us. And pray for us. And pray for us. Good idea the repetition. Same thing with ads. Buy from us. And buy from us. We also buy trucks. Kenworth and Peterbilt our specialty." -- Ulysses, Chapter 13
November 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
"Pray for us. And pray for us. And pray for us. Good idea the repetition. Same thing with ads. Buy from us. And buy from us. We also buy trucks. Kenworth and Peterbilt our specialty." -- Ulysses, Chapter 13
The hell you can't hear an image. You just heard the electronic key sound effect, the purring, AND the incidental music from this scene.
November 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The hell you can't hear an image. You just heard the electronic key sound effect, the purring, AND the incidental music from this scene.
Definite Isabella Rossellini Green Porno vibes there -- and I mean that in the good way, that was a wonderful series.
November 22, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Definite Isabella Rossellini Green Porno vibes there -- and I mean that in the good way, that was a wonderful series.
I mean, I agree with everything you're saying, I just feel some people may be able to do good by staying.
November 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I mean, I agree with everything you're saying, I just feel some people may be able to do good by staying.
Trump isn't going to last and these guys are not building a system that will last. The country will need people in place to rebuild the CDC (and everything else) and current staff may try to help through malicious compliance with orders, backing up files before they're deleted, et cetera.
November 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Trump isn't going to last and these guys are not building a system that will last. The country will need people in place to rebuild the CDC (and everything else) and current staff may try to help through malicious compliance with orders, backing up files before they're deleted, et cetera.
If there were a new Mystic / I-95 train station in the vicinity of the Aquarium, with both Amtrak and regional service, that would be a huge improvement. I'd be a no on the tunnel, but electrification and a Bradley connection of some sort are both must haves.
November 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
If there were a new Mystic / I-95 train station in the vicinity of the Aquarium, with both Amtrak and regional service, that would be a huge improvement. I'd be a no on the tunnel, but electrification and a Bradley connection of some sort are both must haves.
![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
And then the YouTube videos with interesting celebrities makes the whole idea of being into film seem like fun; it gives an impression of being anti-gatekeeping when it could so easily send the opposite message.
November 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
And then the YouTube videos with interesting celebrities makes the whole idea of being into film seem like fun; it gives an impression of being anti-gatekeeping when it could so easily send the opposite message.
Very few companies are so good at explaining themselves to their prospective audience. They don't say "here is the canon of great cinema you must watch" but "there are so many great films to see; here are some of them we think are worth a closer look."
November 18, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Very few companies are so good at explaining themselves to their prospective audience. They don't say "here is the canon of great cinema you must watch" but "there are so many great films to see; here are some of them we think are worth a closer look."
People need to remember Trump hosted The Apprentice, the premise of which was "a bunch of would-be lackeys compete against each other in made up contests to win my approval, and at the very end I choose my favorite." And he's proceeded to run two Presidential administrations the same way.
November 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
People need to remember Trump hosted The Apprentice, the premise of which was "a bunch of would-be lackeys compete against each other in made up contests to win my approval, and at the very end I choose my favorite." And he's proceeded to run two Presidential administrations the same way.
This question has come up before -- even on this very site -- and I've always said that even if he's not an inspired chef, Batman will have studied and practiced cooking, for one simple reason: Bruce Wayne would be expected to know all about good food.
November 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This question has come up before -- even on this very site -- and I've always said that even if he's not an inspired chef, Batman will have studied and practiced cooking, for one simple reason: Bruce Wayne would be expected to know all about good food.