Jalyn

Perhaps it doesn't make a lot of sense to call half of the adult population of the US stupid, racist, misogynistic, or all three. (I'd put a line in here about not name calling liberals, but that's not a problem in this thread.) People disagree with you. They may see the same issues that you do and think that the way that you want to solve it is incorrect. They may prioritize things differently than you do. That does not make them bad people who need to be ostracized. It means you disagree. I feel like I repeat this speech on far too regular a basis.

I don't remember the second answer, but the hooks open their carapace and allow the sand in, this irritates them, so it causes them to turn away from that direction. (I do not recall if they explained this in the movie.)

Definitely true. As I recall, they were written during WWII, but it was definitely decades before either were published. I believe that she actually put them in a safety deposit box or something like that. It's been quite a few years since I've seen the episode. Did they not have Hastings actually try to poison Dr. Franklin? That I would actually call a fault in the episode. Hastings being actually tempted into murder by what Norton says is what clearly shows that he HAD to be brought down. Regardless, I think I watched this show in fits and starts so I didn't have the emotional let down that you are describing. I can see that being disappointing.

In addition, it shows just how dangerous Norton really was. Not only did he turn Hastings into a murderer*, he turned Poirot into one as well. In the end, Norton won, even if it was the only way that he could be stopped. The series at least tried to build to this ending by showcasing the numerous times that he chose to be sure justice was served rather than the law. (Several times when he let a murderer commit suicide, letting the guilty go (but not happily) in MotOE) *As I recall, Hastings didn't decide not to poison his daughter's boyfriend, Poirot saved the man silently.

That's why I was questioning how these changes would affect the works going into the public domain. Well, others will start as soon as they are completely free - see the number of authors using Sherlock these days. The owners of the property might as well get something out of their use? I think I tried one of the new Poirots. If I did it wasn't particularly notable in either a good or bad direction, I guess.

While I agree with your general sentiment on the new changes, this isn't quite true. The central poem of the novel was also changed along with each title changes. It matched the title for the "10 Little" iterations and was changes to "soldiers" for "And then there were None." The name of the island was renamed to match in each case as well. I would suggest that it is different because Christie herself was involved in at least the initial changes. It was never published in the states under the original title. With that, Christie set the expectation that, for that book, this was not central to the novel and she had no issue changing it. Changing other pieces of her writing with no indication that she would be ok with the changes is not ok. I think it's notable that at least some of her works are just coming into the public domain. Are they changing only books that are already public or do they hold or have buy in from the copywrite holders? How do changes to the text affect the copywrite?

I think that I am currently subscribed to 4 different podcasts on patreon. For at least one of them, I'm not getting anything extra for my patronage. (They have stuff, it just isn't done in podcast form, so I constantly forget about it.) I like the podcast and want to support their effort. I couldn't do it for all of the podcasts that I listen to (I'm subscribed to hundreds of them) but I pick out a few and support them. After a while, I'll probably add some and stop others, depending on how I feel. I certainly prefer a mention of the patreon or substack than the same ad over and over and over.

Somehow, there are snakes

As of January of 2019, he has finished the 10 book deal with The Golden Tresses of the Dead and does not know that he will create more. The author is over 80 years old, so I would think it becomes less and less likely over the years. https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2019/01/25/to-alan-bradley-flavia-is-very-much-real.html

"The Senate had the ability to get Joe Manchin, to get a number of Republican senators if they had just put out legislation that said are you in favor of maintaining Roe vs Wade. And they didn't do that. I they didn't do it because the progressives wanted to be able to drive more of a spike on this issue." (My transcript from the podcast, apologies if I missed something) I guess you can take it either way, I assumed that he knew what he was talking about. There is a later point where Harman says maybe they will try it and get 60 vote and all he responds is "That'd be a big deal" If they went back after they changed topics, I'll have missed it. Didn't listen to the whole thing again. (Especially as I'd slowed it from three times speed to actual time.)

The point is that the bill that was brought to the floor couldn't PASS. It didn't need to be filibustered because the majority voted against it. Had he brought a more moderate bill to the floor, they could at least claim that the minority was stopping a bill from being passed. They were saying that it was bad politics, not that a more moderate bill would have worked. Given the number of news sources (and sitting senators) that used the filibuster as the reason that a bill that 51 people voted against failed, they have a bit of a point.

It may be some one who is working on training the dog to not bark at every stimulus that shows up as well. Speaking as someone who is trying to train a beagle to not howl. *sigh* I work from home for my day job, the dog is not alone all that often and we are working very hard at stopping the "bark at people, bark at dogs, bark at squirrels and birds and maybe a piece of paper blowing in the wind." I keep telling him that his neighbors loved him when he was a puppy are going to stop loving him if he keeps being so noisy.

I don't have pictures of the celebrations on the computer yet (Including some video that I have no idea how to upload) but Sunday was Huck's "gotcha day" and we did our best to do it in style. Multiple visits to the dog park, stopping by my aunt and uncle's to play with their dogs, a taste testing session with dairy, chicken and bacon, getting the second half of my steak, presents and a toast.

If we're really lucky, she won't bank her bone marrow and she'll be accused of holding it hostage so that Carly can't kill her.

Huck was ready for Easter!