Hivemind Times Issue #79

Welcome To The Hivemind Times!

Hello, great internet people, it's Graydon here, proud co operator of a card game company. 

That’s right in case you didn’t see it this week. We released a fun new card game to the world that allows you to build ever lasting memories with people of all kinds. This has been an absolute labor of love the last year and a half for us and I feel an immense sense of pride and genuinely am so excited for people to start playing it. 

Ok enough of that real deal emotional stuff lets talk WW3. Just kidding. Anyway this is the 79th edition of the Hivemind Times and thanks for reading I hope you enjoy the odd tidbits we cram in here each week. 

Have a good weekend fools.

- Graydon

WEEKLY PLAYLIST

To fall in and out of love. All over the place here some cool finds for everyone I think.

- Graydon

MOVIE REVIEW

Train Dreams sucked and I am not sorry. 1/5 

This propped up piece of shit had every hallmark of a disgustingly dramatic Netflix shot movie. Something about that damn camera just turns my stomach. It is the exact opposite appearance of something on film and it’s gross a majority of the time. 

The damn narrator carried so much weight that I had to check that I wasn’t watching some weird documentary halfway through. The book it was based off of is short and the shoot itself was under 30 days, two elements that come through in this finished product that I felt both crammed in plot points and dragged out other scenes ad nauseam. 

I will not fold on this even if my opinion might have been skewed by the bong I smoked. Oscar bait, that somehow worked in terms of noms, but I pray goes home empty handed. This past year had so many more deserving movies than this shit.

Fight me. 

- Graydon

IT’S YOUR BDAY AND YOU’RE 5 YEARS OLD

POEM OF THE WEEK

E.E. Cummings (1894-1962)

after five

after five
times the poem
of thy remembrance
surprises with refrain

of unreasoning summer
that by responding
ways cloaked with renewal
my body turns toward
thee

again for the stars have been
finished in the nobler trees and
the language of leaves repeats

eventual perfection
while east deserves of dawn.
i lie at length, breathing
with shut eyes

the sweet earth where thou liest

THIS WEEK’S COMICS

SAM TALLENT WROTE A COMIC FOR A GREAT CAUSE

Hatchets Exhumed, a new comic written by Sam Tallent (friend of the show, comedian, author of “Running the Light”) and drawn by skateboard artist Van Eggers is available for pre-order.

In an effort to raise lawyer fees for Van and his father, both facing a wrongful assault on a police officer charge, Sam and Van offer you this insane story of revenge as well as a never published short story from Sam. All proceeds go to Van and his Dad. Get it if you like gnarly stuff/you’re tired of The Man stepping on your neck. $20 is nothing to pay for a man’s freedom.

GO HERE: www.toobigtofail.press 

RECIPES

Congee (Rice Porridge)

Ingredients:

• Rice

• Chicken or veggie broth

• Garlic

• Ginger

• Scallions

• Salt & pepper (white pepper if you have it)

• Toasted sesame oil or soy sauce (optional)

Instructions:

1. Wash/rinse your rice. Don’t skip this step, or the congee will turn out sticky.

2. Bring your broth to a boil, using about a 1:8 rice to broth ratio.

3. Add the rice, chopped garlic and ginger, and the white parts of the scallions.

4. Lower the heat and let it simmer for about 45 minutes. Stir every so often so nothing sticks to the bottom.

5. Once the rice has broken down into a creamy consistency, season with salt and pepper. Optionally, add a splash of sesame oil and/or soy sauce.

6. Top with the green parts of the scallions and serve.

- Graydon

MERCH