Notices by Sean Munger (seanmunger@mastodon.at), page 12

Did an unexpected (and expensive) good deed this morning. Details don't matter, but it was kind of impulsive. Like the bumper sticker says, I guess it was a "random act of kindness."

Finally, I made a new video in the "Bond in Context" series! This one is on the 1989 Timothy Dalton vehicle "Licence to Kill," one of the best in the series. The historical background involves drugs, the Panama Canal, Noreiga, the recently-deceased George H.W. Bush, and smarmy TV evangelists. Take a look!
https://youtu.be/5UzNNN2fO50
#history #beforemoderntimes #JamesBond

I can't join in the accolades being heaped on George H.W. Bush this weekend. His failure on climate change was bigger and more lasting than any other president, including the one we have now. My analysis:
https://seanmunger.com/2018/12/02/a-thousand-points-of-denial-the-climate-change-legacy-of-george-h-w-bush/
#history #climatechange

@hollyamory
Sounds like the name of a medieval pope. "Pope Urinous IV (1242-1269)."

@ND3JR
Can humans catch colds from cats? I never thought about that before.

I just saw the final design for the cover of my upcoming novel, "Eyes of War." It's incredibly badass, I can't wait to reveal it!

@jsalvador
You have a baby now?

On a human level, my heart goes out to Bush's family. He seemed to be a nice man. But it's hard to forgive the awful things he did to this country. Utter failure as a leader.

Try as I may, I can never seem to spell the word "satellite" correctly on the first try. See, I just had to backspace and correct it here.

@MatejLach
I wish these nutters were old enough to have seen that, maybe they wouldn't be so eager to fall for this kind of thing today.

And I got *another* stupid comment just in the time since I posted this toot, accusing me of being a "total idiot" because I don't believe there's buried treasure in a hole where nothing of value has ever been found in multiple attempts over 150 years. Comment trashed and poster banned.

And I got *another* stupid comment just in the time since I posted this too, accusing me of being a "total idiot" because I don't believe there's buried treasure in a hole where nothing of value has ever been found in multiple attempts over 150 years. Comment trashed and poster banned.

I have a series of articles on my blog about the phenomenon of "Oak Island," and why there's no treasure there. This happens to be the subject of a terrible History Channel show (which I haven't seen). I'm really tired of drive-by commenters on these articles vomiting up crap from the show and pretending it's conclusive. The show is fake, people. It's not real. So tired of history being distorted this way.

Sorry to hear about Stan Lee. Sad, but he had a very long, productive and eventful life.

I've been having a great time in Texas, but being such an effete Yankee I feel like I stand out a mile. I might as well be wearing a Union Army uniform down here.

@jeffcliff Indeed. It kinda doesn't help if your ship built for sailing said lake has a serious design flaw...

Real Texas barbecue tonight. In Dallas. My God, I feel like I weigh 500 pounds.

@envgen
Try Goudy Bookletter 1911. It's free and was actually made in 1911.

@ND3JR
Nice!