Bits N Pizzas 5: The toppings are partially frozen

When there's plenty to talk about but not enough of each subject to dedicate an entire blog post to. It's Pizza time!

What is this exactly?

THERE WAS A GAME OF FOOTBALL ON?

-I've never watched a Superbowl game in my life. The two teams involved in the latest? I couldn't tell you (The Minnesotan Minotaurs vs the Bangladesh Bangles? Possibly!) The half time entertainment? Yeah I'm aware there's been some big highlights and superstars involved, there's always the challenge to make the next one even bigger and better than the last but I can't remember the last one I actually sat through and watched right to the very end. 

And then this year came along and brought with it pure unfiltered entertainment fire and from whoa to go I was completely enthralled. 

Dre's energy and enthusiasm, Snoop looking like he was having ridiculous amounts of fun, Mary J Blige's pure passion, Eminem giving me goosebumps and the crowd eating it all up like it was perfectly cooked delectable wagyu steak. So many songs I grew up with, so much love from the crowd, such a great transition from one act to the next.
Keep doing shows like this NFL and I may actually watch a full game for once!

BACK ON THE TRAIN!

Joy, Snowpiercer is back! And once again I'm thoroughly enjoying the adventures of life on a train and the viciously bitter cold ready to wreck havoc on all the residents within via Netflix.  

At the time of writing I'm deeply involved in Season 3 where the times are slowly getting tougher and the threats are many (and not all emanating from Wilfred although he's created more than his fair share across the seasons!)
I'm sure there's going to be a few more moments across the latest season that'll have me slightly puzzled like the last one (now there's a new speakeasy bar on the train? How the hell do they deal with all the hangovers when waking up seedy on a rocking vehicle?) but I still love it and glad to see that Netflix has agreed to a 4th season. 
Please don't stop this doom train anytime soon.

SO THEY WAVED BACK. CAN WE MOVE ON PLEASE?

Surely I'm not the only one annoyed by the torrent of Tag your favorite artist and see if they reply! posts littering Facebook? The first couple were innovative, the fact that every music page under the sun has jumped right on the bandwagon and copied it word for word just reeks of laziness. I've met Casey Barnes on the Gold Coast a couple of times - he's a lovely bloke and a great performer. But I don't really need to know that Carol from Bundaberg, Kimbo from Colac or Shagger from Ouyen tagged him in on one these questions and he's shot a wave emoticon every time it pops up. 

I WANT TO BUY YOUR CAR AROUND MIDNIGHT

I'm waking up to messages about my car currently for sale which weren't there on my phone when I went to bed. At first I thought my Samsung S20 was up to its occasional trick of revealing messages to me hours after the fact but no...these messages are coming in at the wee AM hours. 
Seriously who car shops and enquires about cars they're interested in shortly after midnight? Are turbo wagons a bit hit with those doing night shift??

Also if someone who inspects your car with the intent of possibly purchasing it and drops the line I'll let you know then there's a good chance that no, they won't let you know. A shout out to the three buyers who are still apparently going to let me know their thoughts...months after the fact.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND?

Reason for unsubscribing from this newsletter?

-Person ticks 'Too spammy' box.

Said newsletter only comes out once a month...is that too much??

MY SUDDEN DESIRE TO BUY A FOUNTAIN PEN

I've never bought a fountain pen before and I've never felt the need to buy a fountain pen up until now (and now that I've written the words 'Fountain Pen' yet again, I highly expect more ads to pop up about them now) but thanks to a Tim Ferris podcast chat...good god almighty do I want to try and write with a fountain pen.

It's author Neil Gaiman's fault. The way he lovingly talks about using one in this 2019 chat with Tim - there's just something so endearing about his passion for the tool, his love of the inks, the process of creating masterpieces with them and so on. And just the way he speaks - Neil possesses one of those voices with a delivery and gentle demeanour that grabs your attention no matter what he's talking about. His chat here, his narration of his Graveyard Book, the man could wax lyrical about Norwegian Tax reform for an hour and I'd be hanging on every word (a skill I'd also extend to wrestling personality and mad scientist Paul Heyman and voice over artist Kirk Alexander here in Australia.)

He's just sold me on trying fountain pens and working in advertising for a time, I try not to get suckered into much but now..

AND FINALLY, UH...SUBS?

After finishing the Netflix series Saturday Morning All Star Hits I'm still not sure what to make of it. 

Suggested by a great friend of mine (hi Gears) it truly is a wonderful throwback to 80's Saturday morning hosted cartoon shows and the (not so obvious as a kid but blatantly now) merchandising attempts in each cartoon series. But while that's going on there's also the power shift between the hosts as one's cameo moment propels him to stardom while the other basically gets shat on and lost for the rest of the season. Then there's a rock star/murder mystery/teen heartthrob story line, an angsty comedian reliving how crap his earlier life was and even the theme of the lesser know brother blends into its own cartoon with the hilariously strange and violent Pro Bros.

I loved the cartoons, the throwback commercials for anything and everything, the 80's graphics and zany bouncy hosts in Skip and Treybor. I loved that everything gets its own cartoon eventually even a pretty awful straight to video film with a hilariously awkward title. But then I found as the series rolled on the bits I loved seem to take a step back to focus on the hosts and the other themes and one of the big twists? It just felt like a very strange way to wrap things up.

But hey, that's me - this one might be right in your wheelhouse so have it is. Unlike Neil's chat above though, watching this didn't give me a sudden craving for subs..  

Missed the last Bits N Pizzas? It's right here where I got confused with Twitter and waxed lyrical on tunes out of the 2000s..