I knew an H Jay.

Your stylization is more correct than mine.

The pronunciation of Lebanon you called out may sound like it came from a hayseed, but it’s closer to the way people in the country of Lebanon pronounce it than the mainstream American pronunciation.

except Noah; wtf was that

I'm going to hazard a response to what you found wtf:

Aronofsky's Noah is told with a Jewish perspective on the story. In Jewish tradition, Noah is a notable person, but he is not admirable. In Genesis it states that Noah was righteous in his generation. Rashi, a leading rabbi in the Middle Ages, said in regards to that statement: "Others, however, explain it to his discredit: in comparison with his own generation he was accounted righteous, but had he lived in the generation of Abraham he would have been accounted as of no importance." (https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.6.9?lang=bi&aliyot=0&p2=Rashi_on_Genesis.6.9.2&lang2=bi)

Jewish sages, too, have long criticized Noah for accepting God's dictate that he will destroy all life on earth without argument. That's in contrast to Abraham who, when God said he would destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, argued with God and got him to agree not to destroy the cities if there existed ten righteous people in the cities.

So Aronofsky shows Noah as a religious extremist who does what God says without question. It's a sometimes ugly portrayal, but it fits with an interpretation of Noah that sees him as the best the world had on hand, but not the best that mankind can be.

Went with the Ioniq 5. 5k miles in and I love it.

I have a friend named Dave who wore so much patchouli that, if I went by his house within twenty minutes after he left, I could follow his trail through the open neighborhood and find him on scent alone.

It’s always been, “The devil is getting married,” for me.

They still have those buses in Dayton, Ohio.

I’m still on ToTK. It fits well into the hour-long intervals I have available right now.

It’s easier said than done, but you have to change your crowd. At least for a while; long enough to reinforce your commitment to yourself.

Saint Joseph’s baby aspirin. Bartles and James. And you. Or your memory.

You Or Your Memory by The Mountain Goats

Valuable Humans in Transit by qntm. I’m a fan of short-format sci-fi with big ideas and this one hit the sweet spot.