Office Hours #152, 3-5 Mar 2023
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Monday, 13 February 2023
17:00 (05:00 pm) - Greetings, Salutations and Announcements
18:00 (06:00 pm) - Midnight Hike Under the Northern Lights, Hopefully w/Joe in Norway (Tentative)
The Aurora Borealis have been out across the country. We have a chance to see them from 18:00-02:00 tonight provided our cloud cover dissipates and the solar winds align.
19:00 (07:00 pm) - Ukraine Report: the Current State of the War Over a Year Later w/Prof. Ann
Aside from the daily reporting, there are always long-term and larger structural issues of the war.
20:00 (08:00 pm) - Open discussion
Friday, 3 March February 2023
18:00 (06:00 pm) - Greetings, Salutations and Announcements
18:30 (06:30 pm) - The Fast Lane
Screening: Adam Curtis' Russia 1985-1999 Traumazone Part Five - 1993 to 1996
Russian society implodes and millions of Russian people fall into the abyss. Many turn to live underground or in the forests. The president attacks parliament with tanks saying he is saving democracy. The oligarchs move billions into offshore zones. Factories have no money. They pay their workers with the very things they make.
Note to US readers: Programme is mostly in Russian with English subtitles.
19:00 (07:00 pm) - Available (Book Now)
20:00 (08:00 pm) - David Takes Your Questions and Abuse
21:30 (09:30 pm) - A Guided Tour of the Twilight Zone w/Prof. Jon (Donate)
23:00 (11:00 pm) - To be Announced w/Rodrigo
I don’t remember but it’s on a playlist.
Saturday, 4 March 2023
00:00 (12:00 am) - Available (Book Now)
01:00 (01:00 am) - Available (Book Now)
The Witching Hours Session⌗
02:00 (02:00 am) - Elderly Adult Swim Current: (The Venture Bros.) w/Henchman 21
Season 01 (Episodes 12 & 13): Discussion to follow. Season 1 (2004) goes down in the books and we jump 2yrs into the future to begin Season 2 (2006).
Edibles, drinkables, the ability to stay awake and your sarcastic sense of humor; a good set of headphones helps.
Questions to ponder: What characters/personalities in the show match with what modern day figure heads?
03:00 (03:00 am) - The Venture Bros. Cont’d. w/Henchman21
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Morning Session⌗
8:00 (8:00 am) - Red Eye Live Reading w/Dave in PA
Listen to current assignments for both the Tuesday (#fu-left-book-union) and Wednesday (#weds-marx) reading groups on the Discord.
9:00 (9:00 am) - Available (Book Now)
10:00 (10:00 am) - Available (Book Now)
11:00 (11:00 am) - Topic Discussion w/the Weekly Marx Bunch
Afternoon Session⌗
12:00 (12:00 pm) - Available (Book Now)
13:00 (13:00 pm) - Another Update on Hungary w/Anna
The fun half: healthcare, education and cultural life.
14:00 (02:00 pm) - Trekking w/Prof. Jon - A Look at a Classic Star Trek Episode (Donate)
16:00 (04:00 pm) - Available (Book Now)
Evening Session⌗
17:00 (05:00 pm) - Available (Book Now)
18:00 (06:00 pm) - Available (Book Now)
19:00 (07:00 pm) - Available (Book Now)
23:00 (11:00 pm) - Cringe Until it Crashes (the Zoom) w/the Cringe Lords
Did you see a video this week which made you die a little inside? Share it with the community and make us all CRINGE at it.
Join us at the end of our Zoom meeting to indulge in all the weirdness and downright insanity the interwebz have to offer:
☑️ Really bad music videos
☑️ Totally insane conspiracy theorists
☑️ Religious nutcrackers
☑️ Or just anything which makes you cringe is good!
(no sexually explicit content)
Do you think you can best Dave Ami’s videos, do you secretly love all the glam rock Walter shows (as we all know he loves as well)?
Come join in the fun!
Sunday, 5 March 2023
14:00 (02:00 pm) - Hammer and Sickle w/Andy, DPA, Falco and Sarah
15:00 (03:00 pm) - Weekly Marx Reading Group
17:00 (05:00 pm) - A Columbo Watch Party & Discussion w/Prof. Jon and Ric
Columbo Watch Party will start in just over one hour (5 PM ET) at the following .
20:00 (08:00 pm) - Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows w/Nick C
Screening the Paul Jay directed documentary on professional wrestler Bret Hart and his very public betrayal of all-time real-life villain Vince McMahon.
Monday, 13 February 2023
18:00 (06:00 pm) - Monopoly Capital in Zoom w/Prof. Ann
I want to try playing Monopoly in Zoom: is there enough critical mass in this community to play the board game in Zoom. Tabletop Simulator allows you to play just about any tabletop game you can think of.
Note: all times are EST.
Registration⌗
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