▲ 102 r/MarxBrothers
Found a Korean copy of “A Night in Casablanca”
I didn’t get it, but I’m happy it exists.
u/cabridges — 3 days ago
▲ 513 r/Muppets
For years, my wife has had a stuffed Animal
Early on in our relationship, I found a stuffed Animal doll for my wife Teresa. She loved it (we’re both lifelong Muppet fans). He kept her company for many years and through some hard times.
I mean that sincerely. He was there every night, he was someone to talk to when I wasn’t home, he went with her on vacations and to the hospital several times for illnesses and surgeries.
But a few years back, when he became too ragged, dirty and broken over a few decades of use and was finally no longer suitable or safe to keep, she still couldn’t bear to just trash her old friend.
So she took his tattered and worn clothes as a pattern to sew him a new concert outfit, leather pants and all, so she can put him on display. We found a desktop drum set at Goodwill for him and I added the logo.
Meanwhile, she reluctantly accepted a duplicate Animal I had bought a few years after I got this one, when I realized how attached she was.
I’m not sure if she knows, but I have another carefully packed away in the garage, waiting his turn.
u/cabridges — 5 days ago
▲ 2 r/dogs
How do dogs navigate?
I’ve long noticed that when I’m out walking my Lab mix that he always seems to know which way home is. Even if we go different, even new routes, as soon as I turn toward the house, even a mile away, he gets excited.
Does he recognize the sight? Is he smelling something? Does he detect magnetic fields? Is he just good at keeping track of where we’ve been in his head? Some combination?
He’s a smart dog, but this seems to use more senses than just sight.
u/cabridges — 15 days ago
▲ 1.4k r/buffy
Found beautiful Buffy book at Goodwill
Found the boxed hardcover edition of “Buffy: The Making of a Slayer” at a local Goodwill this morning.
Gorgeous book, with a folder of “Slayer Lore”. Tons of paperwork, notes, journal entries, shadow figures, Sunnydale City Hall blueprints, and more.
u/cabridges — 17 days ago
▲ 51 r/SherlockHolmes
Just arrived: new audiobook featuring Tom Baker as an elderly Holmes and John Lesson as Watson
Kickstarted by AUK Studio, it takes place in 1924 when both men are in their 80s. They’re kickstarting the sequel now.
I don’t know if it will be made available for regular sale at some point. Here’s the link to the Kickstarter for the sequel, the first book can be purchased a an add-on. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1523715185/sir-sherlock-the-sickle-and-the-sea
Here are the synopses:
“The Red Letter Day”: It is 1924 and the former consulting detective finally accepts a knighthood. Drawn back to London, away from a quiet life on the Sussex Downs, he is joined by his friend Doctor John Watson when a mysterious red letter leads them back into a murder investigation.
What is the secret of Cleopatra’s needle? Who is the second detective, seemingly always one step ahead of him?
Between the ancient past and an uncertain future, are Holmes and Watson still the right men to stop a killer in his tracks?
“The Sickle and the Sea:” Returning from a clandestine visit to the new Soviet Union - on behalf of His Majesty’s Government - Sir Sherlock Holmes, Doctor Watson and Sergeant Emily Lestrade find themselves in the centre of a baffling nautical mystery.
On the Russian cargo ship ‘Ryzen’, a body is discovered - seemingly drowned but dry as a bone.
Is it revenge? Or revolution?
And can Holmes and company bring the killer to justice before all aboard are lost at sea?"
u/cabridges — 20 days ago
▲ 32 r/weirdal
How much music would you never have heard of it Al hadn’t parodied it?
I just heard Soul Asylum’s “Black Gold” for the first time and it was driving me crazy where I knew it from, before it finally dawned on me it was “The Night Santa Went Crazy” with the wrong words.
My sole experience to rap, aside from “Hamilton” and bad rap songs played during the credits of 90s movies, is Al’s versions.
Al has served as my guide to new music for more than 40 years now.
What new music did Al expose you to?
u/cabridges — 1 month ago
▲ 0 r/ios
Where do you go for tips on using iOS apps? (Besides here)
Over the last few weeks I’ve been on a massive streamlining kick.
I’d long since moved my old Evernote stuff into Notes, but I was still using 3rd party apps for writing, scanning, time management, etc. I’m from a 30-year Windows background and even though I switched to a Mac a couple years ago, I was still baby stepping over. To be fair, I’ve had an iPhone for years and for a long time, the native apps just weren’t as good as the 3rd party apps.
Then I saw a random MacWhisperer video on Note-Calendar-Reminders interaction that made me realize I wasn’t using like 80% of what they could do now.
Since then I’ve ditched my Google Calendar and Fantastical, moved my docs over from Drafts (that was a pain, even with a shortcut), and removed other scanning and productivity apps because I don’t need them anymore.
I’ve gotten a lot of help just searching in this sub for specific questions. Thank you!
I’ve also been binging YouTube videos on how to really use your iPhone. I kept watching MacWhisperer and I like Proper Honest Tech. For people who watch such things, which ones do you like? Which are the ones that are actually useful, not crammed with promos and ads, and not too grating to watch?
u/cabridges — 2 months ago
▲ 1 r/ebooks
I used Amazon and Goodreads for years to track books I wanted to buy but I’m moving away from both. I need a good wishlist option, ideally with some robust filtering and ordering to help me budget for upcoming releases.
Bookshop.org’s app (my preferred bookseller) lets you add to a wishlist, but you can’t actually see your list there. The link to your wishlist, inside your profile, opens their webpage instead. And the list is simple, in the order you added it, with no indication of pub dates for preorders.
I was using Margins as a Goodreads replacement for tracking but it’s want-to-read list is extremely basic.
What are you using? Any better wishlist apps, or book tracker apps that works help me out? Ideally free or available with one-time purchase, subscriptions are evil.
u/cabridges — 2 months ago
▲ 126 r/MarxBrothers
u/cabridges — 3 months ago