A couple of days ago, I wrote about the TV show, Alone. Sparky likes it too. He doesn’t usually care much about TV, but in the later seasons, there are enough bears, wolves and other large animals to get his attention. They usually play up the sounds of cougars, wolves and bears. That always get his attention.
Alone is a survival show different from all the rest. The difference is that the participants are completely alone. There is not a group of camera men and producers just off screen. Participants are dropped off in a harsh wilderness environment with limited equipment. Someone could die, but nobody has yet. The participants are spread out, five or ten miles from any other participant. Each has a few cameras to film themselves and a radio to call in when they are ready to quit. The last person remaining wins a big money prize.
It’s Christmas Eve, and if I’m honest, Christmas music generally isn’t great. My condolences to anyone who ever worked retail during Christmas.
WSJ: Former Navy SEAL Who Keeps Churning Out Hit Books
WSJ: Former Navy SEAL Who Keeps Churning Out Hit Books
Some writers sell fantasy, romance or mystery. Former Navy SEAL Jack Carr trades in his precise knowledge of guns and battlefield tactics.
I have listened to the first three of Carr’s books: The Terminal List, True Believer and Savage Son. Along with a knowledge of guns and tactics, he understands people and writes plausible scenarios. I am a big fan of his books.
WSJ: Elon Musk on Woke Mind Virus
WSJ: Elon Musk on Woke Mind Virus
For months and months, the world’s richest man has been talking about the “woke mind virus”—let’s call it WMV for short. He describes it as a threat to “modern civilization” and says those concerns motivated his decision more than a year ago to buy the social-media platform now known as X.
When I was at the gym yesterday, one of the TV’s kept playing those ASPCA commercials. I was telling Sparky about how sad those dogs looked in the commercial.
John Cena seems like he could be another Arnold Schwarzenegger. A big meat lunk who can do action believably, but is smart and self-aware enough that he can do drama and comedy.
People talk about the attributes of different generations, and it got me wondering who names the generations. They aren’t doing a good job: Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials, Generation Y and Generation Alpha.
This article from the Pew Trust explains some of it. Big national events and trends shape the children, giving the generations different characteristics.
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