smooth sailing
Mar. 8th, 2026 05:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
totientRelative to my Iron Butt superpower, a very fast drive from Boston to DC yesterday. I picked up the car in Harvard Square instead of Somerville and brought my luggage with me, so I got to the Mass Pike quickly and easily saving at least 10 minutes and maybe more like 15. The car was unremarkable but got decent enough gas mileage not to need refueling, as neither did I. I hit 10 minutes of traffic total for NYC and another 10 minutes south of Baltimore. Total elapsed time 6:51 which is not a record but it's close, and I think only the second time I've made this drive in under 7 hours. The other time, in June 2020, is not a fair comparison.
For 24-hour one-way rentals like this I get an AYCE toll pass and it finally dawned on me that this made the I-95 express lanes north of Baltimore free. They probably saved me about 45 seconds. Not worth the buck and change it would have cost me a la carte.
For 24-hour one-way rentals like this I get an AYCE toll pass and it finally dawned on me that this made the I-95 express lanes north of Baltimore free. They probably saved me about 45 seconds. Not worth the buck and change it would have cost me a la carte.
The Best Picture nominees: Opinions and other hallucinations
Mar. 8th, 2026 12:56 pmslipjig3Oh hey, look, Adam's dusting off his blog in March! Must be another pre-Oscars thing! *confetti*
After an off year when we watched bugger-all,hypnagogie have actually made it through all ten Best Picture nominees this time around. We've still got a few of the acting and screenplay titles to go through, but I'll be damned if I'm going to watch a bunch of movies and not blather about them, and so:
( My thoughts on all ten, solicited and otherwise )
And now, for the tl:dr crowd, my ranking of all ten:
1) Hamnet
2) Sentimental Value
3) Sinners
4) The Secret Agent
5) Marty Supreme
6) Bugonia
7) Train Dreams
8) Frankenstein
9) One Battle After Another
10) F1
After an off year when we watched bugger-all,
hypnagogie have actually made it through all ten Best Picture nominees this time around. We've still got a few of the acting and screenplay titles to go through, but I'll be damned if I'm going to watch a bunch of movies and not blather about them, and so:( My thoughts on all ten, solicited and otherwise )
And now, for the tl:dr crowd, my ranking of all ten:
1) Hamnet
2) Sentimental Value
3) Sinners
4) The Secret Agent
5) Marty Supreme
6) Bugonia
7) Train Dreams
8) Frankenstein
9) One Battle After Another
10) F1
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Mar. 6th, 2026 06:28 pmkimberlogic *waves*
Thanks to those who reminded me to return to this place, though today's reason is a sad one.
I'm glad to be "with" everyone and looking forward to hugging some of you soonest.
This week has brought me back around to wanting to be sure to say the things that I would want any of you to hear or know NOW, while I can be sure that my love reaches you.
Thanks to those who reminded me to return to this place, though today's reason is a sad one.
I'm glad to be "with" everyone and looking forward to hugging some of you soonest.
This week has brought me back around to wanting to be sure to say the things that I would want any of you to hear or know NOW, while I can be sure that my love reaches you.