Les Orchard <me@lmorchard.com>

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  • 2 hours ago
    I saw a review for the movie where some guy said it was nothing but a 2-hour long informercial for toys - and I was like, yes, this was my childhood. This totally has me thinking about buying a figurine set of the grungy little mechanic Anzellan guys and their ship. I kinda miss when I'd get dragged to K-Mart and see the giant (to me) pegboard wall full of Kenner Star Wars figures hanging there
  • 2 hours ago
    I don't even care if they lower the budget to get us more episodes, like an old-school 26-episode run. But I know they just don't do that anymore.
  • 2 hours ago
    Only complaint is I wish it were a new season of the show and not crammed into a movie. I'd love a series that's just the continuing journeys of these two hunting down Imperial scum from week to week, like a formulaic 80s show. Don't work hard to tie it into any other crap, don't CGI in any guest stars from the wider universe. Just the big guy and the kid out in the galaxy, that would be great.
  • 2 hours ago
    Finally got around to watching Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu. Now, that's my idea of a decent popcorn Star Wars movie. No skywalkers, no jedi, no sith. Just a tiny touch of space wizardry. All the galactic-level stakes are in the background. Focus on the literal little guys. Just a decent space fantasy action flick with good scenery.
  • 3 hours ago
    Update: Heck yeah, my Nest thermostat is smart again!
  • 21 hours ago
    Content warning:faa; us politics Interview with Markwayne Mullins: "So, uh, did the new AI tools rollout fuck up all the flights" "Umm, actually, I think you'll find that we call it **SI** these days."
  • 1 day ago
    Hmm, I'm starting to get spam as "editor-at-large for lmorchard.com" just like from my social media bios
  • 1 day ago
    Content warning:mental health Update: we talked about social anxiety! 😅 Also, i have been prescribed an afternoon in a coffee shop next week. Rough stuff, this therapy
  • 1 day ago
    Content warning:mental health (i bet we're going to talk about social anxiety)
  • 1 day ago
    Content warning:mental health Love to get social anxiety before talking to my therapist
  • 1 day ago
    The thing where I order something from a place, and I get 20 marketing emails over the next 2 weeks, but not one email about a shipping update
  • 1 day ago
    I'm not even mad, although I did *just* put this fountain back together after their last visit to disassemble it. I should look into something more sturdy 🤔

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