We’re in the thick of a Wind Chill Advisory until tomorrow. Shut-in mode INTENSIFIES. I’d intended to pick up takeout from our beloved Zen Box tonight, but it’s too damned cold. Though I did manage to stay out on the ice for about an hour last Saturday, for the Lake Harriet Kite Festival. I wore so many layers. And managed to get some decent shots. There were some particularly cool kites this year. But I skipped the “frozen yoga” at the nearby Art Shanty Projects. Today’s five things:
- Feeling Minnesota: MnDOT’s 50 Name-a-Plow Contest Finalists for 2022, Ranked
- Louie Anderson’s death has been a bummer. But the outpouring of appreciation for him has been lovely. And an acquaintance of mine revealed that Louie was briefly his stepfather for a time in the 80s. Wild. Also, TV critic Neal Justin shares his favorite memories of the late comic. Listen to Marc Maron’s two conversations with Louie from June 2016 and April 2018. They’re good ones. And Honoring His Mother Was Louie Anderson’s Life’s Work.
- I’m a huge fan of another comedian, Scott Thompson, of Kids in the Hall fame. And it sounds like he’s getting into stoicism. I can get behind that. Therapy helped me come to terms with controlling my reactions to situations rather than their outcomes. From the New Yorker: Like T-Pain, Brie Larson, and Elizabeth Holmes, Scott Thompson—who will reunite with the other Kids in the Hall for a reboot this summer—is following in the footsteps of Seneca and Marcus Aurelius.
- We’re smack dab in the middle of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Tonight I will be watching a movie I’ve been looking forward to, directed by Saul Williams, called Neptune Frost:
In an otherworldly e-waste camp made of recycled computer parts, a subversive hacking collective attempts a takeover of the authoritarian regime exploiting the region’s natural resources–and its people. When an intersex runaway (Neptune, played by both Elvis Ngabo and Cheryl Isheja) and an escaped coltan miner (Matalusa, played by Kaya Free) find each other through cosmic forces, their connection sparks glitches within the greater divine circuitry. With hypnotic visuals and original songs composed by musician and co-director Saul Williams, this celestial cyber-musical offers a radically bold vision of power, exploitation, and love.
- Another film fest selection is Sirens, a documentary about the first and only all-woman thrash metal band in the Middle East. That’s right up my alley!
Undiagnosed ADHD is such a delight. All the symptoms without the certainty. This morning, I nearly missed standup because I got hyperfocused when I was in the shower. Started scrubbing the tub and took a magic eraser to the grout lines on the subway tile (so satisfying) and lost track of time. Wondering if I need to bring my pomodoro timer into the bathroom with me.
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