Flying like it was meant to be, Stardust=Cat turds, Oregon Drivers, Review: Farce Awakens, Furry Porn

Friday on the trip home from Chicago was Fabulous. Flying like it used to be. Exit row aisle on the plane, seat-mate was not a gorilla, flight attendants refused to accept drink coupons (another coffee and Baileys, then please), lady flight attendant sang a version of Patsy Cline's "Crazy" [to fly another airline] when we pulled into the gate - we all applauded ...30 mins early after leaving 10 minutes late, and the parking shuttle was waiting for me when I walked up. Too cool.

With apologies to Joni Mitchell:

Off to Tualatin OR. this week. I forgot that Oregonians follows the speed limit. EXACTLY. ugh. I feel like Mario Andretti. It can be painful. Most drivers think the whole pass on the left and slower traffic keep right thing was just a fad. and have only a casual acquaintance with their accelerator pedal.

OK, so I finally watched the new Star Wars movie: The Farce Awakens. Uh, Force. Review contains spoilers. 
First let me say I never was a fan of the Original Star Wars. In any way. I liked the what, 3 minutes? at the end of Return of the Jedi, when Luke tries to save his father and Vader tells him: "You already have." I choke up at that. Tweaks my own Father-Son heart strings. (Miss your voice at times, Pop.)

But that 's about it. 

I agree with a review that it's a reboot of the franchise for those too young to remember the original. I think they could have gone into more depth about the Force, the politics, the men who go to war and die, leaving the women to grieve; almost anything. Event the toilets  - where and how do the creatures shit in this universe? You telling me Chewy uses the same "facilities" as Han does on the Falcon?
And are wookies effectively immortal?

I was glad to see Harrison Ford killed. About F----- time. And he wanted it to happen like 30 years ago. To watch him doddering around on the screen - he's 74 - was painful.

The look and feel and effects were well done. But of course the crowning monument to CG was their work on Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamil. I actually think she looks more like her mom now. One of her best quotes: Instant gratification takes too long.

I liked Daisy Ridley. A Lot. Enough to watch the sequel. If they can kill off Carrie and Luke and let the 2 old 'droids go back to being phones or whatever I'd be happier.
Start afresh, but make it be about something more than just, well, nasty people want to do nasty things, lets all go stop them! But at least it's true to the original in that respect.
But I did like the last scene - the effective handing off from Luke to Rey. Nicely done. Luke becomes Obi Wan. Now he has his own restaurant: 

While I knew Furry Sex was a Thing, I didn't know furry animated porn is maybe even bigger.

Possibly the weirdest thing I've read in a while and the article is surpassed only by going to the artists' sites and seeing what they draw.
Like this:

Excuse me, I need to go soak my head in a bucket of ice water now.

I'm finding that my students are not eating donuts as much as in previous years. I guess that's a good thing. And then there is this:

Couldn't resist:

That's it for another week. Next week off to Broomfield. 
Take care.