Thursday miscellanea #467

If you didn’t see Chris Pratt’s amazing acceptance speech at this year’s MTV Movie Awards, go watch it right now.
The current emphasis on eyebrows in women’s fashion is unfortunate. There are definitely degrees of beauty in them, but I also think that when they’re done well, they call no particular attention to themselves, instead serving as components of the harmonious whole. In my experience, something that makes me specifically think “look at her eyebrows” is almost always a mistake.
During some ongoing decluttering, my sister found what look to be street artist caricatures of my maternal grandparents. They’re pretty well done, I suppose, but when she didn’t want them and texted me photos of them to ask if I did, I said toss them (with little deliberation). To me those are good examples of “moment in time” items that mean something if you were there, and don’t if you weren’t. And the objective truth is that everyone to whom those drawings could have possibly mattered is dead.
I “cheated” on my red meat abstention twice in the past week. I had a beef chimichanga out with friends Saturday night, and then Monday I had some inferno gumbo with sausage in it at Anaheim Chili. Recorded as data for the ongoing excursion. I also chose to drink two margaritas Saturday. Ditto. I enjoyed them, but decided later that I could have easily passed them up. Noted for the next similar circumstance.
I’ve watched five episodes of Black Mirror. I’d say they range from A to B-. I’ll finish them. I’m enjoying the respite of an anthology series with self-contained episodes.
Road America is this weekend, and Tony Kanaan needs a result. Year before last, he’d have caught Will Power for the win if the race had been one lap longer.
Today is the summer solstice. As the longest day of the year, today I always have a brief wistful thought about longer, cooler nights.

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