Texas

That storm was a pain in the assets. Power is back. People have stopped trying to kill themselves on carbon monoxide from portable generators. I had no idea there were still people ignorant enough to put those things in attached garages and enclosed patios. St. Darwin was robbed this time, but it was close.

Trecdom2 wrote:

If Back to the Future Were Made Today, Marty Would Travel Back to 1996
In the original 1985 film, Marty McFly is accidentally sent 30 years into the past to 1955. Apply that same gap to 2026, and he’d land in 1996—a world of Scream, Space Jam, Nintendo 64, the Macarena and dial-up internet. Somehow, the ’90s are now as far in the past as the ’50s were when Back to the Future came out.

and for the sequel he would be in 2056 since they went to 2015 in the second film exactly 30 years as well

Trecdom2 wrote:

If Back to the Future Were Made Today, Marty Would Travel Back to 1996
In the original 1985 film, Marty McFly is accidentally sent 30 years into the past to 1955. Apply that same gap to 2026, and he’d land in 1996—a world of Scream, Space Jam, Nintendo 64, the Macarena and dial-up internet. Somehow, the ’90s are now as far in the past as the ’50s were when Back to the Future came out.

So I have a theory on that...
It feels like a weirdly difference in time because of our relative age. Like to Zoomers and Alphas 1996 feels exactly as long ago as 1955 felt to us because their relative age at the time they started forming opinions was so dispersed. To put another way... When your 5, 30 years ago feels like a *really* long time ago, because to you it is. That's 6x how long you've been allive, an unimaginable amount of time to a kid that young.
The older you get though, time itself becomes less time relative to your age. 5 years to a 10 year old is still a long time (that's half your life) but to a 30 year old, that's only a 6th of your life.

The reason it feels wierd to us that the difference between 1950 and 1980 is the same difference between 2020's and 1990's is because when we formed our main perception about the 1950's it was a huge difference in time for our relative age, but our relative time compared to 1990's only gets smaller.

The next stop on our road trip is the Sooner State.

First song is Red River Valley as sung by Marty Robbins

https://youtu.be/ezJkRDQmL2Y?is=ld98JhQX_DQYzznZ

And of course we had to pick Oklahoma from the Rogers and Hamerstein musical

https://youtu.be/ZbrnXl2gO_k?is=fgWo_TS8_rZIJfPV

Thursday is Oregon. Next weel we visit Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. Get your guesses in now.

Pretty sure most folks have heard one of the Pennsylvania songs as it was featured in a popular film from the early 90s.

100 years ago the first Winnie the Pooh book was published

Trecdom2 wrote:

The next stop on our road trip is the Sooner State.

First song is Red River Valley as sung by Marty Robbins

https://youtu.be/ezJkRDQmL2Y?is=ld98JhQX_DQYzznZ

And of course we had to pick Oklahoma from the Rogers and Hamerstein musical

https://youtu.be/ZbrnXl2gO_k?is=fgWo_TS8_rZIJfPV

Thursday is Oregon. Next weel we visit Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. Get your guesses in now.

Pretty sure most folks have heard one of the Pennsylvania songs as it was featured in a popular film from the early 90s.

I'm guessing it's the Pennsylvania Polka featured in Groundhog Day.

A film I want to love, but something about Bill Murray annoys me too much.

We round out the "O states" with Oregon.

First song is Eugene Oregon by Dolly Parton

https://youtu.be/24dbmdysYA0?is=Wps_B5aD2MWFJssz

Song number 2 is, Coming Home by Matt Kearney

https://youtu.be/5K3w7CKkeOQ?is=dbNyRakF1Wk28jXE

Considering the results of today's events, it is my considered opinion that the "Ninja" style crotch rockets that can go from zero to holy crap in just under a second be known of "Darwin Rides" from this day forward.

Michael Forest, the strapping actor who starred in Beast From Haunted Cave and other B-pictures for Roger Corman and made memorable guest-star appearances on classic episodes of The Twilight Zone, The Dick Van Dyke Show and Star Trek, has died. He was 97.

Freeze Warning tonight for a good portion of the Eastern US overnight.