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With Thanksgiving coming up in the US, I want to talk about gratitude and positivity. Two things that are sorely lacking on social media but I hope are present in your lives.

It's a spoiler filled discussion of season two of Loki on Disney+. There are some great things in this season but, for me, the show was fairly forgettable. The one thing that is interesting is that the Loki show might have given Marvel Studios the ultimate way to bail on the Kang storyline.

When my dad died two years ago, I was crushed. It's been a long road and a lot of pain. I wanted to spend this time to talk about Dad and what it's been like going through the process of getting out of the darkness.

Sometimes I have ideas and other times... not so much. Let's talk about idea generation, what happens when the ideas don't come, and a look at some my thought processes for ideas.

I so rarely talk about things I dislike but Halloween is one of them. I've never liked bugs and creepy things. I don't like gore. I don't like being scared. More than that, I don't like the celebration of evil that Halloween has often become. "Live. Laugh. Llama." merch is still available from my merch store for a limited time. https://store.musicfreegaming.com

I read Pride and Prejudice for the first time. It was about time that I formed my own opinion about the story and simply rely on what I've heard from the people around me. It's so important to learn what you like and what you don't and, more importantly, that your likes and dislikes don't have to be dictated to you by "influencers."

A spoiler filled discussion of the final episode of first season of the Ahsoka series. I loved this show and am really looking forward to seeing what happens with the two different stories. How will the New Republic defeat Thrawn? What's Skoll up to? How will Sabine & Ahsoka get home? Lots of fun to be had in future story telling.

It's a spoiler filled dive into Ahsoka part 7! We got to see why Thrawn is so feared. Ezra is rocking the lightsaber-free lifestyle. Skoll and Hoti go their separate ways. Lot's of fun and lots of questions that will be answered (maybe?) in the final episode.

More Spoilers. More Sabine. Less Ahsoka. We're hitting all the fun with Thrawn, Ezra, and Night Sisters! There's lots of fun and excitement in this episode. What are Skoll and Hoti looking for? What's up with Thrawn's troops? How's Ezra doing? I dive into all of it!

More Ahsoka; more spoilers; and more Anakin! It's a deep dive into Ahsoka's trauma in this week's episode and I want to talk about it. The whole sequence between Ahsoka and Anakin was amazing.

I am loving the Ahsoka series and these are a few of my spoiler filled comments on part 4 (The Fallen Jedi). This episode has some amazing lightsaber action, great character moments, and poses more questions. It also contains the stupidest thing I've seen in Star Wars in a long time. Seriously, Sabine?

More Ahsoka and more spoilers! This was a great episode with lots of fun scenes and new lore. Even better, star fighter battles are back in Star Wars! I'm digging sassy Huyang but seeing the history and re-establishment of the relationship between Ahsoka and Sabine was really touching.

A few spoiler filled thoughts about the first two episodes of Ahsoka. It's too early to really dive into the story but I'm loving the characters, so far. Hera Syndulla is great but I'm really loving what Filoni has done with Sabine Wren. The villains have also been interesting. I'm really interested in seeing where the story takes Baylan Skoll. The re-introduction of the Night Sisters of Dathomir could also be fun.

Ahsoka Tano is my favorite character in Star Wars. Her journey through The Clones Wars, Rebels, and later The Mandalorian brings her from an annoying, arrogant brat to a strong, wise, and caring Jedi. With her own show starting, I wanted to explain why I'm so excited to see more of this character.

It's another Really Late Movie Review! I finally got to see The Super Mario Bros. Movie! It was a fun movie if a little shallow. The '80s kid in me loved it.

AI and large language models are a hot topic these days and it generates strong feelings, especially among those who's lively hoods are challenged by it. Like any disruptive technology, or any tool for that matter, LLMs can be used to help or to harm. Movie clip from "S1m0ne"

Marvel's Secret Invasion recently concluded on Disney+. It is good? Is it worth watching? Does it matter to the MCU? I talk about all of that and more in this week's episode. 00:00 Intro 00:31 I don't like evil twin stories 01:18 Setting the stage 01:58 Great character relationships 07:29 Fury is solving problems he created 09:51 Show issues 11:10 Col. James Rhodes 15:03 Final fight with Gravik 17:39 The President and the "Who do you trust?" game 23:50 A "summary" 26:33 Do "Secret Invasion" and other Disney+ shows matter? 32:52 Outro

I love movies but I can't stand the movie theater experience. Part of the problem are the other people in the theater. The other part is that it's just not worth it to me to go to the theater. Streaming has change the game a lot and makes it even easier to stay home and wait for movies to hit streaming. Honestly, I'm so much more comfortable at home that it's worth the wait. 00:00 Intro 01:01 What I like about theaters 01:27 My problem with theaters 02:38 My last experience 05:56 Not every theater has this problem 09:04 More comfortable at home 10:48 Cost is a problem 13:13 Streaming has changed the game 20:50 Outro

Actor or not, there are so many reasons to take an Improv class. Improv can help you improve your listening skills, step out of your comfort zone, and overall, have huge amounts of fun! 00:00 Intro 01:25 Listening skills 03:23 Basic socials skills 05:00 Comfort zone 09:13 Don't have to be funny 11:36 Humility 15:06 It's fun!! 16:49 Take an improv class

It's time for another Really Late Movie Review! Howard the Duck is a 1980's goofball, sci-fi, action comedy. It's got a great cast in Lea Thompson (Beverly), Jeffery Jones (Dr. Walter Jenning), and Tim Robbins (Phil) and they do a great job. Don't let that fool you, Howard the Duck is a BAD movie but I still like it! Howard the Duck has all the 1980s goodness from stupid jokes, cartoony special effects, ducks boobs, and Lea Thompson in her underwear. It's a fun movie, especially after the first act. Sit back, grab some snacks, and enjoy Howard the Duck. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091225/ 00:00 Intro 01:31 There are fun parts 01:50 The Cast 03:06 Bombed so hard 04:10 I still like watching it 05:53 Cleave-land 07:00 Two phases 12:27 Special effects 14:01 Airplane escape 15:32 Parts are questionable 17:42 Why I watch it 18:26 Outro

It drives me nuts when someone goes to tell the backstory of an iconic character like Indiana Jones or Han Solo and insists on putting every part of their backstory into a single adventure. 00:00 Intro 00:45 Backstory Overload 01:09 Indiana Jones 07:26 Han Solo 14:06 A little positivity 17:45 Outro

It's another Really Late TV Review! This time I dove into season one of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. TL;DR: I loved it. 00:00 Intro 00:26 General impressions 04:40 The crew 05:04 Captain Pike 06:56 Spock 09:02 Christine Chapel 11:07 La'an Noonien-Singh 12:43 Hemmer 16:00 Una Chin-Riley 17:00 George "Sam" Kirk 20:19 Episode 2 22:59 The Gorn 25:35 Episode 10: "A Quality of Mercy" 33:47 Looking forward to season 2 Discord: https://discord.gg/pZYjHda

I love Star Wars and the Marvel Cinematic Universe and I love to talk about them and all sort of other geeky stuff. Unfortunately, the current state of fandom makes it hard to do. The overall negativity of fandom drives people away and make it hard to celebrate the things we love! You can subscribe to the audio-only version of this podcast on most podcast platforms. Get the links at https://shows.acast.com/music-free-static

The open, decentralized social protocol nostr has a censorship problem ... and so does every other platform out there. Unlike Twitter or TikTok, nostr's problem doesn't step from a central company or country controlling what people see. It stems from a lack of controls that allow users to filter the notes they see into useful categories automatically. This would benefit nostr and every other creator media platform! - What is Creator Media? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3Hi5RcwrmI - Nostr https://nostr.com/ 00:00 Welcome 00:59 Nostr 03:09 Define Censorship 04:06 Spam 09:19 Censorship or filtering 11:25 User controlled filtering makes creator media better 15:46 Hashtags are not the answer 17:51 nostr 19:05 Benefits of The Algorithm 23:07 Give users control 24:27 Outro You can subscribe to the audio-only version of this podcast on most podcast platforms. Get the links at https://shows.acast.com/music-free-static

Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok are considered social media but are they really? What about Twitter or Discord? In this episode I dive into what is social media what is "creator media" and why it makes a difference. I also talk about decentralization and how it can make social media better. 00:00 Welcome 01:28 What is social media? 02:10 What is creator media? 05:41 What's the difference? 07:23 Why Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok aren't social media 10:07 Which platforms are social media? 13:01 What make a social network last? Decentralization 16:26 The problems with centralization 16:47 Twitter deep dive 19:01 Corporate self-interest 19:58 Why does social vs creator media matter? 24:43 Coming up / Outro