My God! It's Full of Geezers!

I'm always having dreams about being back in school and missing exams. Just this week, I had one where I was trying to make up one of my missed exams, and I couldn't remember why I'd missed it. I think that was the same dream in which one of my classes involved making clay alligators and bringing them to life, and this didn't strike me as being at all unusual.


The latest Futurama episode revealed that Professor Farnsworth's parents are still alive, no mean feat when the Professor himself is over 170 years old. There must be something about the Farnsworths that keeps them alive and kicking even when old and decrepit. I do have to wonder why, with the family theme, Cubert never showed up. I'm not sure the writers really know what to do with Cubert, who strikes me as never having been a particularly popular character. It's also pretty awkward that he and Dwight are still kids when everyone else has grown older. Well, at least the Professor has, because he turned 160 in "A Clone of My Own" and mentioned about ten years later that he was entered his eighteenth decade. Anyway, exact ages aside, I tend to enjoy episodes that give us some background for the characters, and this was no exception. It's too bad about what happened to the Professor's brother Floyd, though. Okay, we don't know exactly what happened to him, but we know it wasn't good. Also, while I agree with the criticisms of The Matrix, how heavy-handed did they have to be about it?

Finally, here are some recommendations:
The Infosphere, the Futurama wiki that I usually consult for information about the show
Narnia Deconstruction, which I referenced in my latest WordPress post
Jacek Yerka, painter of excellent surreal fantasy scenes