Yarr, ye scurvy dogs sailin' on the Flying Dutchman thread — it's the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie, On Stranger Tides.
Hang on there, though : On Stranger Tides is a fantastic novel by Tim Powers, my favoritest pirate/zombie story of all time. What abominations will Disney be performing to warp a mad, wild standalone novel that doesn't have any of the characters of the franchise into a continuation? Powers approves, at least, although that may mean he's just overjoyed to be about to be rolling in money.
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I finally saw Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides tonight, and I've got to say…Tim Powers was robbed. It was a mess of a movie that wobbled from point to point, with no sense behind it, and a plot that had nothing to do with what I expected.
Skip the theater and read the book, On Stranger…
For this instance of the thread prolonged, I include a video that uses a few naughty words. It's Sunday, though, so you probably won't play it at work. Play it in church instead.
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Hang on there, reincarnating the reborn thread always gives me a sense of deja vu. I'm sure, somewhere in its past lives, it was an Egyptian Pharaoh, anyway.
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I have been disastrously distracted, and the thread to end all threads is overdue for a reset. Contemplate this: a 23 year old Steve Jobs about to appear on television…and he's nervous.
If only I felt nauseous before my talks, maybe I'd be a billionaire today. Isn't that how causality works?
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