Superheroes used to stand for something admirable, like truth, justice and the American way. In Finland, they still do. Sisu roughly means stoic determination, grit, resilience, and hardiness in the face of adversity.
The character has a name, but nobody uses it. There is very little dialogue. He’s just a guy that wants to be left alone, so don’t call him a hero. I’ll just call him the guy.
Here is my Gay Pride contribution.
When staging Verdi’s opera, Il Trovatore, in Los Angeles, it makes so much sense to get the ripped gay guys for The Anvil Chorus.
My Ducati accelerates like a rocket sled, and is a fun ride on twisty roads. I was having fun in the Mill Stream Run Reservation, and got pulled over by a cop. The way I handled the encounter was unsettling.
I’m doing traffic stops today. If you haven’t seen this body-cam footage of a traffic stop, you need to see it.
The cop pulls a woman over for using her phone while driving. He saw her with a phone in her right hand. The twist is that she has no right hand.
AOL: Never Admit These 7 Things When a Cop Asks ‘Do You Know Why I Stopped You?’
As an uncle and as a free-thinking teacher, I considered it my duty to pass along the practical knowledge that official authority figures won’t.
Here’s a bullet list of the 7 things:
For the first time, two movies made by young, Youtube creators brought in more money than a Hollywood blockbuster from a major franchise.
Star Wars: Mandalorian and Grogu had a production budget of $160 million, and is floundering in theaters. Backrooms brought in 6 times more money, but cost less than 10% to produce. Obsession brought in 30% more money on 1% of the budget.
At our morning fellowship, I told Sparky that his Uncle Randy, my brother-in-law, had passed away. We’d visited several times, so I thought we should talk about it.
I did go to the gym for a rigorous work out, but salvaged the day when I got home, by laying in the grass with a good puppy.
Sparky says that he feels a little weird after eating that Nutella yesterday, but he looks okay to me.
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