A podcast about movie making and the science fiction featurette, Daughter of God, with Director Shri Fugi Spilt, (Dan Kelly). Daughter of Godcast, Episode 044, Future. Ads are the ideal vehicle for apocalyptic tropes.

Welcome to Daughter of Godcast, Episode 044, Future. Aboard Rosie, the bluewater sailboat, hence the Jimmy Buffet tribute.

The 44th episode. That’s a nice symmetrical number, a square four sides each 11 units long. As I’ve logged years, I’ve become more open to the pleasure of numbers. Twas not alway so, as a lad numbers chafed. Strangely though, I recall happily my memorization of the multiplication tables in Catholic school. I think the memorization, not the numbers was what appealed. That was my actor aspect waiting in the wings, the me that would enjoy rapid assimilation of dialogue and then forget the entire script a few days after the final performance.  Still remember my Catholic school multiplication tables tho.

1×1 = 1, 1×2 = 2…

All the interesting things humans come up with, like counting, numbers and mathematics. My stint as a coder made me way more numeric. If I had realized numbers could make pictures back in high school, I would have paid more attention in math class.

This episode should wrap 2014. Last week we went on a motorcycle ride and talked about swag. The Honda XR650 is my 3rd and a half motorcycle. I had owned 1.5 motorcycles before I bought the BMW GS1150 in 2003, from episode 007. That big black motorcycle went to heaven in 2004, in an unca