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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 9h

Remembering this 1992 ad campaign disaster for some reason and really hoping it isn't an analogy for the rest of 2026.

Close-up frame from a 1992 Reebok television commercial showing a thumb pressing down on a circular, reddish-orange rubber Pump button on a white athletic shoe.

Close-up frame from a 1992 Reebok television commercial showing a thumb pressing down on a circular, dark purple-blue rubber Pump button on an athletic shoe.

Broadcast screen capture from the 1992 Reebok "Dan & Dave" advertising campaign featuring a solid red rectangular graphic with bold, white capital text reading: "TO BE SETTLED IN BARCELONA." centered against an off-white background.

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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 05/10/2026

Does it matter if the private equity owned real estate is a single family, duplex, condo, or apartment building/complex? It's always midnight somewhere.

Film still from Gremlins 2: The New Batch set inside the high-tech Clamp Center control room.
In the foreground, Billy Peltzer (Zach Galligan) stands wearing a tweed blazer and an open-collar white dress shirt, looking downward with a serious expression. Beside him, Forster (Robert Picardo) sits wearing wire-frame glasses, a gray suit, a dark red tie, and a thin headset microphone, smiling upward. In the lower right, a control room technician wearing a headset gestures with a raised hand. The background is dominated by banks of control consoles featuring rows of illuminated indicator buttons, switches, and glowing CRT monitors displaying telemetry and surveillance feeds.

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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 30/09/2026

If you wish enough for it to be worth the space/money for you, a good precision electric screwdriver might help with the former issue, and an ESD workspace mat with organizer trays with the latter.

A dark gray silicone electronics repair and soldering mat isolated on a white background, surrounded by various workbench tools and accessories.
The top edge features built-in organizer trays, magnetic screw indexing notches, and component bins filled with small hardware, tweezers, and pry tools, alongside three upright screwdrivers with color-coded handles (red, blue, green). The wide rectangular work area holds an orange precision screwdriver and a black ESD cleaning brush on the left. Arranged beneath the mat are a black desktop solder spool holder, an adjustable blue anti-static wrist strap with a coiled cord, and an auxiliary grounding cable with alligator clips.

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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 30/09/2026

The question Patrick McGoohan, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Hiroyuki Yamaga, and Hideaki Anno all want their audiences to ask

A still image of Harvey Korman as the character Hedley Lamarr from the film Blazing Saddles. He is sitting behind a large desk in an office lined with wooden bookshelves filled with law books. He wears a gray suit jacket over a white ruffled shirt with a black ribbon tie, looking directly into the camera with a deadpan, exasperated expression, his hands clasped together on a green desk mat. Bold white text across the bottom of the image reads: "WHY AM I ASKING YOU?".

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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 29/09/2026

(More specifically on Apr 3 at Academy Cinemas in Auckland, which is a fantastic indie theater buried four flights down from the main central library that still has and uses their waterfall proscenium curtain, and then this past Sunday at The Palm Theatre/SLO Film Center here on the Central Coast)

Promotional artwork for a screening of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s film The Holy Mountain, marked with the number "27" in the upper-left corner. The composition features the Alchemist in silhouette wearing his iconic broad, flat-brimmed black hat, framed against a glowing golden pyramid and stylized white clouds. His hands rest atop the bowed, bald heads of two nude figures facing inward. Between them, a radiant red heart containing an all-seeing eye esoteric emblem rises from stylized orange flames set above small plinths. The film title, "The Holy Mountain," is printed across the bottom in stylized, ornate white lettering

Wide interior view from the rear rows of a classic independent cinema auditorium before showtime. The house is fitted with curved rows of high-backed, dark blue upholstered theater seats. At the front, the movie screen is concealed behind a tall, pleated gold-tan stage curtain. The auditorium walls are lined with floor-to-ceiling pleated gold drapes topped with layered decorative valances in teal and burgundy, illuminated by warm recessed downlights along the dark ceiling. A few patrons are scattered across the center seats waiting for the film to start.

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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 21/09/2026

As usual in late September of an even year I find myself appreciating California's extensive efforts to make sure its citizens have some idea of what they're voting on, even if the size of our ballots and the number of races and measures we have to vote on can be a bit much.

Front cover of the California Official Voter Information Guide for the November 3, 2026 General Election, featuring voting timelines, an official state seal, a Certificate of Correctness signed by Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, and an isometric illustration of a ballot box styled with red-and-white stripes and four white stars on a blue field.

Close-up edge view of the bottom spine corner of the California voter information guide resting on a black textured surface, showcasing its substantial thickness with hundreds of tightly packed, folded newsprint pages bound into a dense booklet roughly half an inch thick.

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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 01/08/2026

That would be THIS one that came out for a Sadamoto autograph at the first JXUSA. I don't know his full name, but Andy is the guy who used to deal in a Rick Sternbach embroidered Dirty Pair jacket at the Fanime Thursday night swap.

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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 01/08/2026

In my case it was just an early paycheck at a new job, but I'm kind of crazy about Daicon in particular, so...

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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 04/07/2026

This checks out. (or, rather, it doesn't?) Third sequel to a Christian drama movie, starring Antonio Sabato, Jr., tho? They'd have you covered.

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God's not dead. We the people
(DVD)
Book Cover
Average Rating
Contributors
Null, Vance, film director.
Green, Brent Ryan, 1984- film producer.
Blaze, Tommy, screenwriter.
Solomon, Cary, screenwriter.
Konzelman, Chuck, screenwriter.
White, David A. R., actor.
Forsythe, William, 1955- actor.
Washington, Isaiah, actor.
Sabàto, Antonio, actor.
Universal Pictures (Firm), publisher.
Pinnacle Peak Pictures, presenter.
Toy Gun Films, production company.
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Published[United States] : SDS - Universal, [2021]
Physical Desc1 DVD (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Duration1 hours 32 minutes
Content RatingPG Rated
StatusOn Shelf
Santa Margarita Library - Adult DVD - Adult Audiovisual
Fiction
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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 29/06/2026

Which depending on where you lived also was more likely than not brown on brown until a late 90s to mid 00s refresh away from this.

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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 16/03/2026

With the exception of the humble cheesy bean and rice which can be the base for some solid menu hacking depending on your local pricing. (Subbing xtra black beans for the refried, effectively, looks wonky in the cart)

1 Cheesy Bean and Rice Burrito, remove nacho cheese sauce, remove creamy jalapeno sauce, sub black beans for the refried, fresco style, add pico de gallo, add black beans, add onions, add three-cheese blend.

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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 16/03/2026

Certain versions of their taco beef recipe were worse about this than others, so they may also be remembering that. Also they may just be the type of person to order from the "beefy potato loaded griller" side of the menu, which just looks like an unpleasant time waiting to happen.

A grilled tortilla wrapped around taco beef, sour cream, chipotle sauce, fried potatoes, and nacho cheese sauce.

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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 17/02/2026

You have a point. I was going to bring up this guy, but I really haven't seen Musk-level re-evaluations of Hughes's earlier achievements.

A black-and-white photograph of a man with a long, unkempt white beard and messy shoulder-length hair, bearing a striking resemblance to Howard Hughes in his later years. He is sitting on the edge of a bed in a sterile-looking room with tiled floors.

He wears light-colored pajamas and has his feet placed inside two rectangular tissue boxes used as makeshift slippers. He holds a lit cigarette in each hand, looking off-camera with a weary, intense expression. In the background, a small table is cluttered with various bottles and canisters. The overall atmosphere is one of eccentric isolation and decline.

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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 08/01/2026

FWIW their response to my post was more reasonable than I'd expect from a troll. I don't know your prior interactions, but hopefully it was just a hasty misreading in a difficult and stressful time. This is bsky tho so I can't fault anyone for blocking early/often as is the culture here.

Reply to my reply by the person in question, saying "Ooh, ok yeah that's much more concerning behavior. I thought he said 'acting like children' as in being immature. I couldn't recheck because I was kind of instantly blocked for making the point I did. Woops. It is what it is, i will try to improve reading comprehension in the future."

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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 28/12/2025

Yeah, that would be my guess. Probably counting tankobon/etc for the individual titles but the magazines for Jump. I do wonder how you would even count something like this Weekly Shonen Magazine/Weekly Shonen Sunday anniversary fig that's *primarily* but not exclusively Urusei Yatsura.

Figurine of a young woman with green hair and yellow horns wearing a tiger-striped yukata and holding a fan with the weekly Shonen Sunday mascot in front of a trellis with various face masks including ashita no joe, mechazawa, an AV-98 Ingram, and gegege no kitaro among others.

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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 17/11/2025

US has had it since 2018. Here's the label for current US regular Heinz w/ corn syrup

Nutrition Facts label. Serving size: 1 Tbsp (17g), Total Carb 5g, Total Sugars 4g Incl. 4g added sugars.

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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 04/11/2025

Did the voting thing. Don't think anyone on this app really needs to guess as to how.

Man wearing T-shirt with an "I voted" sticker on it

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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 03/10/2025

Actually a thing that actually exists? I haven't had a chance to preview yet.

A pink box with four Blu-ray cases containing Dirty Pair TV, OVA, Features, and Flash

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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 02/05/2025

Mario just wants to party like it's 1989?

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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 06/02/2025

I hate this stupid meme template, but as far as anime fandom of a certain era goes...

Bell curve meme with "Carl Macek was good" at both tails and "Carl 'The Butcher' Macek was the Great Satan" at the median

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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 11/01/2025

Back at The Palm for another Fincher Friday with Panic Room

A white paper sign saying "PANIC ROOM" below a red permanent sign reading "Screen Two"

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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 04/01/2025

What is 'that stupid ancient meme that I just lost again'? Back at The Palm for the first Fincher Friday of January.

A white paper sign saying "The Game" below a red permanent sign saying "Screen Two" in front of an open red door labelled "Theatre 2"

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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 31/12/2024

Getting ready to head to The Palm again because I'm an absolute sucker for shit like this.

A movie listing from The Palm Theater website:

Secret VHS Double Feature
This is not your average movie night. Physical Media Society is bringing you a true VHS experience, projected directly from real, authentic tapes. That’s right — this isn’t digital, no streaming, no Blu-ray. We’re talking grainy goodness, the crackle of analog sound, and the magic of vintage physical media. The theme? Battle of the Bands! You’ll get not one, but TWO secret cult-classic films from the ‘90s featuring fictional bands that rock, brawl, and steal the show. It’s a night for anyone who craves the vibe of an old-school sleepover, cheers for the underdogs, or just wants to witness rock ‘n’ roll mayhem in its purest, analog form. Grab your friends, bring your nostalgia, and join us for a double feature like no other!

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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 30/12/2024

Somehow this all feels very familiar.

Slide from a panel:

BANDAI VISUAL Co., Ltd.
&
BANDAI VISUAL USA Inc.

We know everything
about
ANIME FAN WANTS

Demotivational Poster style Image of Lily Tomlin as her Ernestine the Telephone Operator character, with the caption

WE DON'T CARE. WE DON'T HAVE TO. We're the phone company.

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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 30/12/2024

Why do I feel like by "we" he means "the executive class" and not "humanity"?

Special Oder 937 as displayed on MU/TH/UR's screen in the movie "Alien" in green all-caps text on a black background:

PRIORITY ONE
INSURE RETURN OF ORGANISM
FOR ANALYSIS.
ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS SECONDARY.
CREW EXPENDABLE.

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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 30/12/2024

Catching Valley Girl at the Palm. Came with a free bumper sticker. 🤣

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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 29/12/2024

The hunger ends at four patties and four slices of cheese, after people looking for net cred ruined it for everybody else by ordering 100x100s.

Four hands holding a jerry-rigged cardboard box containing a burger with two buns, 100 patties, and 100 slices of cheese up for the camera, with a backdrop of a stainless steel counter, a red-tiled wall, and an in-n-out employee in a white uniform and paper hat with a red apron around his waist looking like they're wondering what these weirdos with a camera are up to. Taken from the blog post at https://whatupwilly.blogspot.com/2006/01/in-n-out-100x100.html

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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 28/12/2024

The takeaway makes some sense when you see the theater in context: that it's in what used to be SLO's Chinatown right next door to a restaurant with a "chop suey" sign (now a noodle house instead of a classic Chinese-American food place) and that there was more left in '88 when the theater opened. 😅

The Palm Theatre, a one-story tan building with a green awning and a red marquee, stands on a tree-lined street. A vintage-style sign above the marquee reads "PALM THEATRE" in white letters. The marquee itself displays the message "PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE AT THEPALMTHEATRE.COM" in black letters. Two people are waiting outside the theatre, and a green bench sits on the sidewalk in front of the building. Immediately adjacent though partially obscured by a tree, you can spot the "Mee Heng Low Chop Suey" restaurant with its distinctive red and neon sign.

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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 28/12/2024

Another Friday night, another giallo - catching Tenebrae at The Palm

A festive skeleton with Christmas decorations hangs above a sign that says "Tenebrae" in a movie theater, next to an open door leading to Screen Two

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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 21/12/2024

It was fun, and I'm glad it filled in to at least 10% capacity or so by showtime. For some reason I couldn't get Michael Cera out of my head when looking at Giancarlo Giannini in it tho. 😅

Michael Cera from Arrested Development S4E13 with toussled hair and a dodgy looking moustache wearing a pink and black shirt open at the collar.

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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 21/12/2024

Time for some giallo. Almost empty theater tonight since most of the Cal Poly students that show up for these are on winter break.

Ticket stub for The Black Belly of the Tarantula at The Palm Theatre - SLO Film Center

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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 12/12/2024

I agree. I certainly would never be interested in random ephemera that clearly had care and design put into it with recognizable branding and characters... (looks at General Products shopping bag from 1984 I snagged on Y!A a decade or so back) 😅

Blurry photo of General Products shopping bag from 1984 with art by Akai Takami including small cartoon versions of Godzilla, the Daicon III and IV girls, and various other mecha/ships/characters/monsters.

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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 15/11/2024

I too am an Amiga enjoyer (both Commodore and Escom in my case).

A photo of two vintage Commodore Amiga computers. The top one is a post-bankruptcy Escom Amiga 1200 with its original keyboard and a black mouse on an Amiga-branded mousepad. The bottom one is a Commodore Amiga 500 with its keyboard and a white mouse on a colorful Zzap!64 magazine-themed mousepad.

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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 14/11/2024

That paper flag and the spread of olives are about equally bad signs IMO, assuming one isn't already thrown off by the appearance of everything else. I want to state for the record that even when it comes to tacos dorados I have much better taste in Mexican food than that atrocity when I can get it

Plate with hard-shell taco, Mexican rice, refried beans with cheese, and a red basket in the background.

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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 14/11/2024

I haven't in a while, I've mainly encountered it at older fast and sit-down Mexican restaurants in areas that were very white at the time they opened even if they've become less so now... like a certain place I ate at in the late 00s because it was a 2min walk from work and had cheap lunch specials.

A very sad and messy looking tostada covered in olives and finely shredded yellow cheese with a little mexican flag on a toothpick beside a shredded beef crunchy taco also covered in finely shredded yellow cheese.

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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 13/11/2024

Or at least "distance". Obviously he was still around the following year for the company trip to FanimeCon >_>

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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 28/10/2024

October continues with a Santa Cruz classic. I've seen this in a theater a few times, but usually as a midnight at the nick or del mar back in the day.

Ticket for The Lost Boys at The Palm Theatre - SLO Film Center

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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 06/10/2024

Catching House (1977) at The Palm/SLO Film Center. Love how they decorated their door for it. 😂

Two red doors topped by a giant evil fanged cartoon smile and two glowing green cat eyes, theming the Palm Theatre for House (1977)

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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 21/08/2024

Seriously though, marketing doesn't usually completely miss the plot as often now as they used to either. They had THAT and they marketed it like this... 😩

Theatrical release poster for Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise

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Mike @kithkanan.castlecagliostro.com · 06/08/2024

I ended up buying his book and documentary. Haven't had a chance to get to them yet but they should be interesting.

A book and DVD, both titled "Once Upon Atari", by Howard Scott Warshaw. Book subtitle is "How I made history by killing an industry." DVD cover text includes "The uncensored story of what happened behind the scenes of Atari", the blurb "A candid look at the golden age of video game development from the people who, by their own admission, barely survived it." - LA Times, and "WARNING: Contains graphics language and adult simulations. Prenatal discretion is advised."

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