Slope of Hope Blog Posts
Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.
The Universe Sends a Message
They say no one rings a bell at the top. But it seems that they do lose their trousers during a reversal. Specifically, this bit (I have courteously spun it up to just before the incident) – – press the Play button and watch for about 20 seconds:
Meme Meme the Dancing Machine
Well, I thought the whole Gamestop/Meme/RagingKitty/WSB nonsense was a thing of the past, but it has persisted. The man-of-the-hour at the moment is movie theatre outfit AMC, which has gone up nearly 1,000% in the past six months. And why not? Revenue has gone up 1,000%, as have profits, as theatres are packed to the gills every single day of the week with excited movie goers. Or maybe not. But the chart tells the tale:
We Don’t Deserve Dogs
A documentary of the same name came out on Amazon Prime, so naturally I jumped right into it. It’s precisely what you’d expect. You see, a little party trick I’ve played for years is that when I meet someone, I guess if they are a dog person, a cat person, or, God forbid, neither. I’ve never been wrong yet.
Spoiler Alert: They’re Awful
