The perks of having a parent in the Oval Office… via NYMag, TheWrap reports:
… Malia Obama, who turns 16 on July 4, was spotted this past week working as a production assistant for a day in Los Angeles on the set of Halle Berry‘s upcoming sci-fi series “Extant,” an individual with knowledge of the production told TheWrap.
“She helped with computer shop alignments and the director also let her slate a take,” the insider said…
Malia attends the exclusive Sidwell Friends private school in Washington, DC, but classes let out earlier this month. She joined her parents on Friday in Rancho Mirage, where President Obama took in a round of golf, according to the Press Enterprise newspaper.
The President was in Southern California to deliver the commencement address at the University of California Irvine on Saturday.
If you are into 90s kiddie nostalgia, Variety has news that might be relevant to your interests:
“The Powerpuff Girls” will return to Cartoon Network in 2016, the cabler announced Monday. The reboot will include a new television series and a full licensing program that will roll out across all regions. The show premiered in 1998 and was created by Craig McCracken…
And NYMag‘s Vulture blog tweaks the specifics of dragon-chaining, per Game of Thrones:
… These days, chaining animals is generally regarded as inhumane treatment, and it’s tough to find an expert on that subject, so we found the next best thing: an expert on anchoring and mooring. Dave Bryant, a self-professed “diehard Games of Thrones fan” who works for online retailer Anchoring.com, was kind enough to attack this hypothetical problem.
Before the chain discussion, we needed to come up with some hypothetical dragon measurements, since for all of George R.R. Martin’s verbosity, Vulture was unable to track down any concrete numbers on dragon size and force. We focused on Drogon, the most troublesome of the dragons, and comparing Drogon’s size to Dany‘s, we estimated that he is 15 feet long and three feet wide, not counting full wingspan. (Reminder: We are measuring Drogon at his current size, not his full-grown size.) Meanwhile, a panel of Game of Thrones experts (translation: a bunch of people who have read the books) independently estimated that a teenage Drogon weighs about 200 pounds; this number was based on his size and on the fact that a dragon would need to be relatively light in order to be capable of flight…
Suffern ACE
Can’t believe that Buttercup would be old enough to be a college grad. Well, maybe Blossom would have finished college. Buttercup, well, she wasn’t really patient enough to make a four year commitment and probably left to start a business.
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@Suffern ACE: Come the fuck on, Princess Buttercup is old enough to have married and divorced Sean Penn.
NotMax
In actuality, there were 2 pilots, one which aired in ’95 and the other in ’96.
(Never watched any after a lone attempt because found the animation not only lazy but seriously ugly.)
Please shut the gate after leaving lawn.
⚽️ Martin
Was very nice of the President to visit us. The wingnuts were out and Orly Taitz was on hand with her birthed groupies. But everyone was really excited to have him here. OC is bluing up nicely.
TG Chicago
Respectfully, the fact that Drogon grows to full size is a spoiler (albeit a small one). I’d rather not have known that. Maybe put that below a fold with a spoiler warning?
NotMax
@TG Chicago
And they said mucking out the Augean stables was a tough job…
eemom
What, no “Aside from [lame-ass synopsis of copy and paste], what’s on the agenda [until next copy and paste]?” I must be on the wrong blog.
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@eemom: My dear, be nice.
David Koch
Should this be a big fucking deal?
Obama Just Going to Ban Anti-Gay Workplace Discrimination by Himself, If He Has To
kbuttle
@eemom:
Why?
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@David Koch: This should not be a thing at all. that does not mean that the assholes won’t try to make it be one.
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
@eemom:
Omnes might not think the highest of that sort of behavior, but there are nights when you make me think the most inappropriate things.
David Koch
Long time BJ reader K-Thug was persuaded by my recent comment and has joined the Obots:
Geez, Paul, you could have included a hat tip to valued reader, David Koch.
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): If we want to ask “why” questions, how about this one?
⚽️ Martin
@David Koch: It’s a medium fucking deal. It doesn’t apply to the places where it’s most needed. I’m guessing most federal contractors aren’t the problem here, but it sets a good example and does cover a reasonable subset of the population.
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@David Koch: Yeah, no one else ever, even on this blog, ever said similar shit.
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
@Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name):
It assumes facts not in evidence.
gene108
Just finished Book 5 of the Song of Ice and Fire.
I wish the author would understand that readers want a protagonist to win in the end and not die a horrible death before the story finishes.
askew
@David Koch:
Seems like a pretty big deal. Another big deal by Obama:
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): I used it as a pivot to a good song is all.
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
@Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name):
I get it, but I’ve got to joust to protect the honor- or, as the case may be, the right to be slightly less than honorable- of someone whose gumption I find, at times, stimulating. ;)
gene108
@Suffern ACE:
Gack, it’s scary how long ago the 90’s were. You are right. Blossom, Buttercup and Bubbles would all be in their early 20’s by now.
Unfortunately for me, I am stuck with a mental picture of myself as a relatively fit 24-25 old and not the fat almost 40 something I am today. When I look in the mirror I somehow do not see the the added 70 pounds I’ve gained, in the last 15 years, and somehow think the world will see me as a thinner than I am, like when I was not fat. I really do not know why that is.
Groucho48
Wow! Just skimmed through the first 20 or so comments in the Malia link. As vile and nasty and awful a set of 20 responses as I can remember reading, anywhere. Disgusting. If you check it out. prepare yourself. As bad as your expectations, the reality will be worse.
Elizabelle
@Groucho48:
Eh, will take your word for it. And, at the end of the day, Malia is still spectacular and those commenters are soaked in piss and bile and jealousy.
Not gonna look.
bago
I just feel the pain in my ribs. I had a drunken couch swinging bike accident kind of saturday, and I’m getting too old for this kind of nonsense. Sneezing hurts. Next year I’ll be able to say that above the table I’ve been rocking this internet gig for half of my life. I’m getting old!
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): eemom can take care of herself. Also, she has confused the Clash and Soft Cell in the past. One is and remains appalled.
MRL
@gene108: haha, well, the 7th and final book is supposedly titled “A Dream of Spring” but was originally slated to be titled “A Time For Wolves,” which would suggest that a good guy (or gal) will “win” in the end
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@bago:
One demands the story.
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): Doing side 2 of “Blood and Chocolate” right now. Awesome.
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
@Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name):
I’m sure she can, but I’m trying to impress.
Completely forgivable in une femme d’un certain âge (note: I’m using this in the Catherine Deneuve sense). It’s just not in her wheelhouse. I’ll add that I find this criticism something less than valid coming from someone who thinks that first-gen Funkadelic was bass oriented.
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): I won’t say anything that implicates the lady’s age. People should just know the difference – regardless of age.
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
Gloria Jones Tainted Love
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): Jones, you said?
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
New York Dolls Looking For A Kiss
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
The Damned Jet Boy, Jet Girl
Jordan Rules
Sometimes I miss the first M and it becomes eeom in my mind and from there it goes to eeyore.
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): Early Mink Deville. This is simply brilliant. Coup de Grace is a key album of my college years but that song, god damn.
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
@Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): The Only Ones, Another Girl, Another Planet.
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
@Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name):
Thanks. That’s one that slipped between the cracks for me. I’m gonna hafta find some more on the internets.
Bedtime. Holla!
coin operated
@eemom: I usually have to get into a long, ugly twitter / FB slog with a wingnut before I’m this cynical. Hope you have a better night on the intertubes than I did. Fuckers are totally impervious to reality. Funny…I didn’t know that the SOFA agreement in 2008 was an Obama sham…
Anya
@Groucho48: Being a grown ass adults and feeling jealous of a 16-year old is not a good look. But wingnuts have no shame.
Anya
I don’t understand what’s the point of posting the Malia Obama item. What purpose does it serve? I am pretty sure there are other important things going on in the world.
Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)
Ronnie doing Johnie Thunders. She, as always, is perfect.
David Koch
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAAHAHHAAHH
GOP: Run Mitt, Run!
Hopefully Mitt can take a break from his busy schedule of converting dead Jews to run for a third time.
Jordan Rules
@David Koch: Wow. What in the fuck is their bubble made of?? Mercy.
Jewish Steel
@Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name):
I was really obsessed with Blue Chair when I first bought that album.
Joel Hanes
@gene108:
I wish the author would understand
If it’s McCaffery and Pern you want, you know where to find them.
Joel Hanes
We are measuring Drogon at his current size, not his full-grown size.
GRRM wrote a Westerosi “chronicle” of the Targaryen intra-family dynastic feud known as “The Dance of the Dragons” for the last piece in the Strong Women anthology he edited with Gardner Dozois, and its chronicler is much concerned with the relative sizes of dragons.
Apparently, dragons live until something kills them, and continue to grow bigger (and their internal fire hotter) all their lives.
eemom
Returning to teh thread at this obscene hour of the night from walking eedog — such late night walks being SOP in eefamily for reasons I am too tired to explain — I have the following:
I am not, nor will ever be, nice.
I lmao every time Soft Cell comes on my XM radio and blow virtual kissies in the direction of OO’s distant Wisconsin home.
I am not ashamed of thinking that AL is a pathetic ass copycat of a blogger and never will refrain from saying so.
There, have I missed anything?
Jordan Rules
@eemom: Yes, you missed pointing out why you’re here and feel the need to share that bullshit. And why aren’t you nice?
eemom
@Jordan Rules:
Who are you to ask?
Jordan Rules
@eemom: Oh, so your question was rhetorical? “There, have I missed anything?”
You just wanted to pop off I suppose. Seen it before. Poke out your chest out dear. E-warriors unite!!!
Arclite
@gene108:
You can’t turn genre tropes on their heads if the good guys win. “That’s what GRRM does. That’s ALL he does!”
Who knows what will happen, but whatever does, it will be Pyrrhic victory.
eemom
@Jordan Rules:
pretty sad, AL.
WereBear
@eemom: I don’t see a blog link in your nym, so perhaps you have no idea how difficult it is to turn out a blog post day after day.
Lurking Canadian
@gene108: You are getting the predictable push-back, but I agree with you. At this point, he’s kind of being a dick for the sake of being a dick.
The Thin Black Duke
@Lurking Canadian: I love George R.R. Martin and I’m happy that he’s enjoying his success, but unfortunately I could tell by book 4 that he wasn’t listening to his editors anymore.
currants
@WereBear: Meh. Far as I’m concerned, one of benefits of this blog is the links and excerpts of writing from places I’d otherwise never know about. (Thanks, AL!)
bago
@Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name): Well, it was one of these https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=790111831023500
You ride your bike out to Ballard, imbibe a bit, shout out to the classics and swing on the couch dangling off of the frame of the warehouse. Also filed under “reason 1023 I could never live in a flat state”.
CONGRATULATIONS!
@gene108: I wish readers would understand that the esteemed Mr. Martin is writing a work of fiction as non-fictionally as possible, and in the real world (which he is trying to emulate) nobody wins and, as he is fond of cluing you in at least once per book, everyone dies.
Valar morghulis.
Seanly
@David Koch:
One of the other sneaky things this accomplishes is that companies can’t have different HR policies for some employees & not others. My company has Fed & non-Fed divisions in the US but all US employees have to be treated the same.
Morbo
You forgot that there are also going to be new Sailor Moon episodes.
lethargytartare
“this number was based on his size and on the fact that a dragon would need to be relatively light in order to be capable of flight…”
which is just silly, since Dragons are magical beasts not beholden to any physical laws.
Mnemosyne
@CONGRATULATIONS!:
Actually, I think Martin made a mistake by making medicine more effective in Westeros than it ever was in medieval or early modern Europe. By doing that, it requires him to actively kill characters off rather than having them die randomly of disease or childbirth as was happening during the time period he is (loosely) using.
Hopefully the producers of the show are smart enough to realize that if they kill off Tyrion, people will stop watching. Like it or not, Peter Dinklage is the star of that show and they would have to do a whole lot of fancy footwork to save it if Martin killed the character off.
Goblue72
@eemom: Why are you here? Trolling to get your kicks since your netherbits clearly have cobwebs? Your prison inmate pen pal stop returning your letters?
Goblue72
@The Thin Black Duke: didn’t he state recently he might go to 8 books?
The series is gonna end when his eventual heart attack happens.
Goblue72
@lethargytartare: that’s what I’m thinking – like the whole breathes fire is not an issue, but we gotta be realistic about thrust to mass ratios?
Royston Vasey
@gene108: I have also just finished Book 5. I wholeheartedly agree with you.
Comrade Mary
@Jewish Steel: me too also to the max.