The secret to life in a rainforest is knowing that it's always the day before big rains that have the most pleasant climate. Or generally, anyhow. Turns out to be a beautiful day for a lunch on the deck.

Made some sourdough bread yesterday, so I'm toasting it up. Avocado toast is on my horizon -- on the deck.

Ironic, considering the world-class view I have but I'm a lowly housesitter contemplating squatter's rights.

@LyndaSteele He has a case of George Zimmerman/Kyle Rittenhouse syndrome. The far-right props him up and now he thinks he has a legitamate cause.

@Tkpurcell61 I do but it’s not mine. I’m just housesitting for six weeks. :)

Good morning.

Against all odds, guys, Rambo made it out alive. Again! Geez. Never saw that coming. Well, I can go to bed with peace of mind then. Phew.

This concludes Steffani’s Masterpiece Theatre.

Apparently “Rambo” is Italian for “collateral damage.”

In my mind, Rambo opens his eyes here and yells I AM GROOT!

Wondering if this is a Rambo-Harry Potter mashup, because Rambo has a curiously regenerative supply of arrows for his bow, for a guy who had to cut his pack off when he got caught mid-jump from his plans.

It’s magical! All the arrows you could need!

Sure, you electrocuted him and tortured his buddy, but you killed Rambo’s girlfriend AND made him get muddy in the tropical downpour while burying her. In short, you’re fucked now, Charlie. You can’t run and you can’t hide, ‘cos Rambo’s on the rampage now, Chuck.

Rambo’s girlfriend is dead. Let this be a lesson to you, kids. If you’re ever stuck in a space-time loop in 1985 when you’re on the lam from the vestiges of the Vietcong, DO NOT WEAR A RED DRESS IN THE JUNGLE. Not even being Rambo’s girlfriend can save you. Get a camouflage gown and thank me later.

CONVENIENTLY, the Russian Lt-Col speaks fluent English and the Vietcong understand. Because everyone speaks English, of course!

The only people who think everyone speaks English are English-speakers. I once tried to order tweaks in a shawarma place in Madrid, so a Persian guy asked a Spaniard to ask a German if he could translate for us. He could not. A Frenchwoman translated for me to the German, who told the Spaniard, who told his Persian coworker to give me half falafel, half shawarma.

Man, Rambo is so bad — it’s great. Like holy flaming cheese balls, Batman, this is not good filmmaking. The riverboat explodes just before the fiery army boat crashes into it. Just totally over the top, start to finish.

@KWilsonMG No, no, that was 2014. But I have no idea on all that. I meant I’ve been doing Twitter since 2007. :)

Watching Rambo for something brainless.

For a moment there, I almost did a web search to find movie “flaws” on it. I’m sure some CSI nerd has done a treatise on why trajectory science means it’s impossible for Rambo to have pinned that Vietcong’s head to the post with an arrow like that, given he was crouching in the bushes. I mean, that’s some magic bullet bullshit.

But thank god I stopped myself just in time.

@KWilsonMG bahahaha. It didn’t. It broke. But I somehow made it through. Had a lot of tech friends who helped with troubleshooting on Wordpress. :)

@kevinlovestech that would have been great, I bet. Lovely area!

@KWilsonMG oh, I’ve been around since 2007. Back when Joan Ghomeshi got fired from CBC, I wrote a blog post that changed the conversation on him within the first day and got 400,000 visits to my blog and people like Atwood were RTing me and shit. But I’ve been in good with lots of editors and writers for years. Don’t have a big following, but it’s a good one. :) I tend to be pretty unapologetic about opinions online. Some folks like it.

@NightShade being Canadian, I’m pro-Canada. Ha.

@KWilsonMG Yeah — I have a pretty great following over there with people like Margaret Atwood and Martha Stewart and such, so cutting and running isn’t attractive! But it’s such a negative place now and I don’t think it’s good for mental health these days. I’ll keep checking Twitter but I want to invest time here and get a different vibe going over here. I’m tired of feeling exhausted and angry all the time, and I don’t think that’ll be changing on Twitter for a while. Alas!