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Do not waste your time. If you really want to know what happens watch the trailer and just make a guess. Odds are that you spent almost as much time/energy with that compared to what they put into the overall plot.

This thing was created by the business side of the movie business and it shows. They took a whole bunch of ideas and shoved it into an extended trailer that cost them $100 million and they got $971 million. So, I guess Illumination executives have no problem destroying future revenue as they cash out and move to the next IP.

I went from this…

To this…

It’s going to be a long summer.

"WAP (feat. Megan Thee Stallion)" by Cardi B

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What's a song you only listen to when you're completely alone?

That's a weird prompt. The fact that you would online listen to alone but you'd put it on your blog.

Sure, I'll bite.

I listen to it because it has a great beat and different from the musical misogamy that I enjoyed in my youth.

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"Nobody Speak (feat. Run The Jewels)" by DJ Shadow

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What's your favorite opening line from any song?

This song is not for kids, but makes me laugh every time I hear it.

Picture this I'm a bag of dicks Put me to your lips

Yes, definitely not going to listen to that at work.

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"Invincible" by Kirsten Arian

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Share a song that makes you feel invincible.

One of the best tracks on the Lego Batman soundtrack. It's a fun song that just gets me going.

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"Nobody Wants to Be Lonely (With Christina Aguilera)" by Ricky Martin

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What song do you turn to when you need to cry?

I really enjoy this song because it also gives me hope in the despair. I also think about how Christina Aguilera should be a bigger name in music. She can sing very well, but I think it just comes down to song choice.

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Jo has a wonderful post about this month's IndieWeb Movie Club. The movie of the month is Mary Poppins and she's got a very cool easter egg on the page.

Hey all! For this month's IndieWeb Movie Club I encourage people to (re-)watch 1964's Mary Poppins! Especially for those of you with kids this might be a great movie to watch together. Despite being 61 years old I think it holds up very well.

I feel the same way and I’m very happy she suggested this so that I have another reason to watch it.

If you want something off the beaten path, you can check out this Funny or Die sketch on YouTube.

I’ve been thinking about writing a post about math (or maths) for months after hearing about if from Fractal Kitty and her passion for Mathober.

(Un)fortunately, I don’t have any math specific topics that I want to discuss, but I’m not happy with just sitting on an idea when I can share it with you all in case you need it¹.

Resources

Math in Style

This is my favorite tip about math in the browser. Sarah has several posts about styling math and I encourage you to check it out. I had no idea that this existed and I feel that if you take anything from this post, it should be this. I think this is a great alternative to including something like MathJax.

Math to MathML

This is a really cool tool to help get functions into MathML for the site. It also does LaTex if that is what you need.

MDN: Math

While you’re looking over the Mozilla documentation, think about giving a donation so that this resource can continue being.

This was a happy find! The whole family gathered around to watch this one as we really like whodunits. The show has a wonderful cast and lots of twists and turns that kept us entertained.

I think the best thing about the show is the interaction between the different characters. Every episode focuses on one character and what they were doing before, during, and after a murder has taken place. I feel that it’s more important than actually solving the murder as we are drawn into why the murder happen.

One thing I liked about the show is brave enough to have moments of silence. A lot of shows are focused on making sure that the viewer is constantly engaged. The Residence shows the power of just being quiet in western culture. A lot of us are not wired to have a quiet moment and do not know what to do when nothing is stimulating us.

Overview

A brilliant, eccentric detective must solve a murder in the White House residence — where the staff and guests at a state dinner are all suspects.

"Killing In the Name" by Rage Against the Machine

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What song feels like a personal anthem right now?

I didn't hear the message of this song when I first head it years ago. It saddens me we are still dealing with these things.

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