The Weekly Muse #43

This week’s newsletter will be, alas, abbreviated, as I am writing this from our kiddo’s hospital room as she has been admitted for flu A. I didn’t know flu was going by letters now, but apparently it is, and she is not a happy camper at all. I don’t have a picture of Winston the triceratops like last time; I would post a picture of her stuffed bunny known as the Lovey, but she’s holding it rather tightly at the moment and one doesn’t want to interfere.

I will however share with you a scientific fact I learned recently, which is that Neptune takes one hundred and sixty-five Earth years to make one full orbit around the Sun. If my math is correct, that means that if you start from when my daughter was born, Neptune won’t have completed a full orbit until sometime in the life of her great great-grandchild, give or take.

Perspective for you, I suppose.

Writing Update

In Quarks of the Heart, the Malevolent Med-Student delivered a villainous monologue that in large part formed the center of Episode 12:

12. The Monologue

Only one more and maybe an epilogue to go! [Tomorrow’s episode might be written at somewhat of an odd hour, given the beforementioned circumstances].

Closing Time

I haven’t seen the new X-Men ‘97 show yet, although I’m hearing good things. Still going through the prior show before diving into this one. Trying to avoid spoilers, although in the age of Internet algorithms, it’s increasingly hard to do. I already know at least two major plot points and I’ve yet to see a single episode. Ah, well. C’est la vie.

How they do Magneto will be important, because Magneto’s my favorite character of them all. In one moment from X-Men: Evolution, the X-Men animation variant of the 2000s, Magneto pulls satellites from space and uses them as missiles.

It doesn’t work (spoiler), but still.

Also, Magneto has some of the best instrumental theme music ever.

Until next time,

Michael