Mr. Destiny is a 1990 American fantasy comedy film directed by James Orr, and starring James Belushi, Linda Hamilton, Michael Caine, Jon Lovitz and Rene Russo. It is heavily inspired by the 1946 film, It's a Wonderful Life.

In the film, a man in his 30s blames all of his life's problems on having struck out during a key moment of his state high school baseball championship game on his 15th birthday. When he wishes he had done things differently, his wish is granted by a guardian angel-like figure named Mike, who intermittently appears as a bartender, a cab driver, and so on. Larry soon discovers that Mike has transferred him into an alternative reality in which he had won the pivotal high school game. He finds himself still working for the company he had been originally, albeit successful and in a powerful position, and married to the boss's sexy daughter.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Destiny

Tom Cridland's Greateat Music of All Time Podcast - Jay Graydon Interview on Creating After The Love Has Gone (Dec 14 2020) -- https://youtu.be/5wlhJUuUJWA?si=JjDOW3AZUIpLdG7m

Written by Bill Cantos✝️
Lead Vocals – Lani Hall
Piano, Backing Vocals – Bill Cantos
Drums – Michael Shapiro
Bass – Hussain Jiffry
Trumpet – Herb Alpert

Photography By [Booklet] – Chris Stoehr, Gerry Wersh
Photography By [Cover] – Gerry Wersh
Photography [Additional] – Chris Jensen

Bass – John Leftwich
Drums – Michael Shapiro
Engineer – Dan Garcia
Engineer [Additional Engineering] – Greg Loskorn
Executive Producer – Ed Kee
Guitar – Ramon Stagnaro
Percussion – Scott Breadman
Photography By – Christiane Covington
Producer, Arranged By, Keyboards, Vocals – Bill Cantos
Recorded At – Garden Rake Studio
Mixed At – Garden Rake Studio

Brass – Mac Gollehon
Drums, Percussion – Jimmy Bralower
Guitar, Bass [Keyboard] – Nile Rodgers
Keyboards – Philippe Saisse
Percussion – Dr. Gibbs
Reeds – Robert Arron
Written-By – Jay Graydon, Mike Himelstein, Tom Keane
Producer – Nile Rodgers

Mark Daniel Ronson (born 4 September 1975) is a British-born DJ, record producer, songwriter, and remixer. He has received seven Grammy Awards, including Producer of the Year for Amy Winehouse's album Back to Black (2006) and two for Record of the Year singles "Rehab" and "Uptown Funk". He received an Oscar, a Golden Globe and a Grammy Award for co-writing "Shallow" (performed by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper) for the film A Star Is Born (2018). In 2023, Ronson co-produced the soundtrack for the fantasy comedy film Barbie.

He was born into the Ronson family, formerly one of Britain's wealthiest families and founders of Heron International; following success in the 1980s, they lost $1 billion of their wealth in the property crash of the early 1990s. He is the nephew of businessman Gerald Ronson.

Through his mother, he is distantly related to British Conservative politicians Sir Malcolm Rifkind and Leon Brittan, and Odeon Cinemas founder Oscar Deutsch.

(May 21, 2021) Discussing Israel's actions in Gaza, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Israel has "deep pockets" and "they control media," prompting strong pushback from CNN's Bianna Golodryga.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/pakistans-foreign-minister-israel-has-deep-pockets-and-controls-the-media/

Evolver is a 1995 American direct-to-video horror/science fiction film directed by Mark Rosman, and starring Ethan Embry as Kyle Baxter, a teenage computer whiz who hacks into a virtual reality game company's system to win a robotic real-life laser tag opponent named "Evolver" (voiced by William H. Macy). Whenever Evolver is defeated, he "evolves", becoming smarter, quicker and harder to beat.

As Evolver evolves, he develops a human-like competitiveness and obsession with winning. Worried about Evolver's increasing lethality, Kyle looks through its programming and sees a program titled S.W.O.R.D. (acronym for Strategic War-Oriented Robotic Device). Kyle eventually goes to Cybertronix, the company that built Evolver and the virtual reality game, to confront the creator, Russell Bennett (John de Lancie).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolver_(film)

https://www.cc.com/video/5xsjqu/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-louis-c-k

ATARASHII GAKKO! in 4K, FRONT ROW - INSANE ENERGY! 1ST CANADIAN SHOW -TORONTO -SEISHUN TOUR-11/13/23 -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RKJCaSwXF8

"You know, the speed of our success is a real reflection of our times. You know, how everybody's very hungry and want things very quickly. You know, there's very faddish, I don't know, from... one minute, they're all into Ninja Turtles, or the next thing, everybody seems to be into Gucci, and they sort of really OD on it and want more and more, as much as they can get. And I think that's the way the Spice Girls are."

Consumer culture describes a lifestyle hyper-focused on spending money to buy material goods. It is often attributed to, but not limited to, the capitalist economy of the United States. During the 20th century, market goods came to dominate American life, and for the first time in history, consumerism had no practical limits. Consumer culture has provided affluent societies with alternatives to tribalism and class war.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_culture

Norman Brown Throwback Thursday From the MI Vault 2/17/1988 (Uploaded May 12, 2016) -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_kXAkBNSjE

Inside Nigeria's Biggest Slum (beyond crazy) by Indigo Traveller (Dec 5, 2021) -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NTIY8Qy2f0

"I'm trying to be better with homeless people, you know? Because, uhhh, like I used to make jokes about homeless people, and I'd go why *the fuck* am I making jokes about homeless people? Like, the difference between me and a homeless person is so close. You know what I mean? Like, first of all, it'd just be a _splash_ in your brain and you're fucked, you know? A little chemical... and you're a paranoid schizophrenic, and there's nothin' you can do about it...

But I got a homeless guy, lives _next door_ to me, right? No, he doesn't have _a door_ but I mean... I have a apartment, and he has the pavement.

So, this is what I always used to do, just *pretend* he didn't exist. So I'd just walk out and pass him, and he'd go - they're always very polite... only polite people in the world! - Sir! Sir! Excuse me, uhh, boss, sir, chief, y'know? Can I bother you for a dollar?... Mmmy Ffyyy *I don't got no fuckin' dollar.*

And then *dollars falling out of my pocket* and he's like, what about those?!

Hey... fuckin'... just... they're my fuckin' cheese sandwich dollars! Just fu... Shut the fuck up! How 'bout that! You shut up!

Why don't you get a fuckin' job, anyway?! Did ya ever think-a that?!
... fuckin' bum...

What kind of job is the guy gonna get? You know, you gotta remember, these guys live... First of all, they're horizontal, all the time. Like, you know, you're vertical. You got a magic phone. You forget all the shit you got. He's horizontal on cement. Pavement. There's not a lot of calling for him in the job market.

Now why don't you get a fuckin' job?! I just read in the paper there... down at *City Hall* they're lookin' for guys who... shit 'n' piss their pants all the time... scream about _Spiro Agnew_ at the top of their lungs... You'd be perfect, I tell ya!

So anyways, I started feeling bad, because I'd go to my friend, I'd walk by the homeless guy, and I'd hear him, but I'd pretend I didn't.

It'd be like, excuse me, sir... desperately need...

And I..