Illustration and Thought Formulation

I think this is the first Basque movie I've ever seen. Maybe even the only one on Netflix. The story goes like this: A man made a deal with the devil in order to survive the Spanish civil war and go back to his wife. Years later the devil is having trouble cashing in on the deal, as the blacksmith is so damn bad(ass) and furious that even Old Nick is afraid of him. Errementari In this case the story piqued my interested, as I like a little brawl with the devil. You have my attention. Some of the effects were a little clunky, but overall I enjoyed this little bit of local folklore brought into life. If a film can hit the right spots, then to me the story matters more than production value. And then there's the language, which I personally enjoy listening to. This little autonomous corner of Spain has a unique language which isn't related to any other European languages. I like to hear languages spoken even though I don't understand anything without subtitles....

Stalking on Facebook is easy, if the target is a private person. Not so easy, if they are famous. I don't have a Twitter or Instagram account, and I wouldn't create one even if a  gun was pointed at me. I only use Facebook. So now that's out of the way, I tried  stalking. First I thought, "Hey, I like Elon Musk, let's see what he's up to." Well, as it turns out, the last time he posted something on Facebook was 2016. Before that, 2013. So no luck there. And yes, I'm fully aware he's quite active on Twitter. I tried another one. First thing that popped into my mind was Jennifer Lawrence, I wish it would happen the other way as well... Anyway, her latest post is from November 1st. It's a shout-out to the youngsters out there, that it's voting time. The next post is from February, so she's not very active on Facebook either. She's mostly posted about women's rights. She also appears to be favouring Twi...

Welcome to God Club is a cool game and reminds me of American Gods by Neil Gaiman. It's a really good book, which taught me a lot about different myths from all around the globe. There's now also a series. That's how I know about Anansi even though he is relatively unknown as gods go. But I guess so are all the gods from the (seemingly still) dark continent. Regarding the game; I'm a practical guy, so for the first question asked I replied instantly "kill the master." I'm simple like that; Clean, and efficient with minimal effort and no need for second guessing. Probably my feelings towards authority also add to my choice. I prefer my kind of brutal realism to many of the narrative devices used in fiction. Wonky storytelling elements and sudden moments of unexplainable out-of-character stupidity are often used just to get the hero in the right place at the right time for the story to progress. I feel that these methods are the hallmarks of cheap and laz...