MIROIRS NO 3 left a lot for the viewer to fill in but I liked it a lot. Enough to go back and rewatch his earlier film BARBARA. My poor neighborhood theater keeps trying to show foreign films but since there are no good ways to advertise, there were only four of us.
Went to a lecture on Immigration at my senior center, which was terrifying. As an immigrant you have many right but ICE doesn't give a damn.
Saw a fabulous production of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF with my son and family for his birthday. We had dinner at a new Greek restaurant, THE BLUE GOAT.
Watching the Harry Hole series, THE PITT, HACKS. I will certainly miss THE PITT.
Reading a kindly book, THE ROAD TO TENDER HEARTS, Anne Hartnett.
Broke my garbage disposal but things like that get fixed in a rental. But then the guy broke the connection to the dishwasher
RAIN, RAIN, RAIN
Going to see & JULlIET today.
What about you?
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At least THE PITT will return, barring the flood. We shall see for HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU (US edition) and LAST WEEK TONIGHT.
I wrote a long comment about major (Alice's mother is in the hospital in Western Mass and the hospital has not put Alice in touch with her mother's team, as opposed to having provided, twice, a callback number which rings endlessly with no human nor automated pickup) and relatively trivial annoyances.(our kitchen similarly annoys in the fashion of yours--do not purchase nor in your case accept a Miele dishwasher till further notice, say we and also my sister and her ex-wife, due to similar unreliability on either side of the continent), but that comment was eaten by an unfortunate keystroke...just as well. A Better day tomorrow, we can hope...and your theater needs to reach out to the local retro-bohos...surely there are some...
I am sorry your comments don't always stick! &JULIET was great fun. SO nice to see an audience filled with young people who waited at the stage door. And this is a huge theater.
Very glad to read it! (Don't accidentally backspace while writing a comment.)
You were busy.
We're home. While I wouldn't consider the drive from Florida to New York to be "fun," it went without any big problems, just occasional traffic. The weather was fine, other than rain in the Jacksonville area.
Some years we've felt like, "you know, enough, it's time to get home," while other years we felt we weren't ready to leave (maybe the weather forecast was bad), so we actually stayed up to a week longer. But I think we have it about right now, basically three months in Florida. Jackie already has the dates fixed for the next two years, basically the same dates as this year.
One thing I'm really happy to be home for, is that we can finally watch The Pitt, which remains a favorite. Also watching The Lincoln Lawyer (don't love the "framed for murder" plot), For All Mankind, Tehran (bogging down a little), The Morning Show (the pandemic year), Call the Midwife, etc.
This week we have the dentist today, Costco for Covid boosters and to pick up prescriptions tomorrow, the ENT for Jackie (also tomorrow), etc.
Haven't started the Harry Hole series yet, but Joel Kinnamon is everywhere. We still have Train Dreams to watch. I have hopes for the final series of Hacks.
Jackie is watching a couple of Canadian shows, Rizzoli & Isles, and now Outlander in the afternoon. She thought she'd save money by canceling certain channels and changing streaming options, but according to Verizon, we wouldn't have saved anything, and it would have screwed up Netflix in Florida.
SUN, SUN, SUN here on the Florida Panhandle this week. Comfortable, not overly hot, with gentle breezes. Spring appears to be here. Saw the first butterfly of the season.
I didn't spend much time enjoying the weather because I went deep into a streaming rabbit hole, forsaking much else. Colbert, Kimmel, FATHER BROWN (where they finally write off one of the most annoying characters). WILL TRENT, and the last three episodes of this season's HIGH POTENTIAL. Like you, I watched the Harry Hole series, then I went on to all three seasons of DARK WINDS. Also streamed THE THICKET, the violent NSFW western based on a Joe Lansdale novel, with Peter Dinklage leading a group to rescue a kidnapped girl. I capped the week off with DEATH BY FRUITCAKE, written and directed by Max Allan Collins and based on one of the Trash 'n' Treasure novels written by him and his wife as "Barbara Allan." This was a micro-budget film shot over a few days using a local school as a location, and featuring two professional Iowa actors, a retired and popular local television personality, and a host of local amateur actors; the result was better than expected. If Collins had had a real budget and more time to make the film, it could have been astounding. As it is the movie stands as an entertaining independent film that echoes the comic zaniness of the Barbara Allan series. It's one of those films where you have to take good intentions and effort into account.
Because of the stupid rabbit hole I fell into, I put off finishing THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER and KING OF ASHES. My reading this week sank to just on novel and seven graphic novels. along with a few short stories. Th novel was the latest Hap and Leonard adventure from Joe R. Lansdale, HATCHET GIRLS. Our heroes are getting a bit older and it's showing in their life choices. Nonetheless, they start off trying to capture a psychotic 400-pound hog who had been fed a ton of meth, which eventually led them to face off against the Hatchet Girls, a gang of manhaters so named because of their weapon of choice to torture, disfigure, and dismember a ,lot of people in their quest to take over the East Texas meth trade. Typical Lansdale, which means it's a brilliant mix of violence, poetry, humor, raunchiness, and inspiration. The graphic novels include five from Hard Case Crime: Duane Swierczynski's BREAKNECK, Jean-Luc Fromental's THE PRAGUE COUP (spy-guy intrigue as Graham Greene researched the background for his film THE THIRD MAN), Fabian Nury's TYLER CROSS: ANGOLA (which takes the 1950s hardened criminal to the Angola prison in Louisiana and pits him against a Sicilian mob and corrupt officials; my FFB this week), Sylvain Runberg's THE GIRL WHO DANCES WITH DEATH (the fourth graphic novel based on THE GIRL WHO... series by Steig Larsson), and Eldo Yoshimizu's RYOKO, VOLUME 1 (a manga about the Yakuza; the only Hard Case Crime graphic novel I did not care for -- I know very little about manga as an art form and was just not able to appreciate this one). I also read Torunn Gronbeka's CATWOMAN, VIOL. 1: WHO IS SERENA KYLE? (as with many of the DC -- and Marvel -- GNs, it brought kin just too many characters from that universe, interrupting the flow of the story) and Alison Bechdel's SPENT: A COMIC NOVEL (about her life and community in rural Vermont; recommended).
More later.
Always liked the Hap and Leonard series. Wish the TV show was still on.
I never believe I will be alive next year (or the world will be here) so we always book too late and get a less than perfect place. I do prefer CA to FL but it's more expensive.
&Juliet is my favorite musical! I've seen it three times and I'd love to see it again!
Patrick and Katie left Paris yesterday and are now in Barcelona. Katie will be flying back to Boston in a few days but Patrick has to stay and attend a GOOGLE conference.
Western NY will be in the 60s--with a few 70s--thrown in this week. But a chance of rain every day. Stay safe!
So Patrick can write the whole trip off? Clever.
We're supposed to have all 70s and probably a couple of 80s this week.
Patti, we just make the reservation early but don't have to pay now. Jackie pays half in October and we pay the rest on January 1.
Also, still really enjoying SHRINKING.
Back again.
Christina has now been on the job for five weeks, and this week the police department underwent its accreditation process, something it has to pass every three years. The accreditation team spent three days, going through each department and asking questions about procedure. Christina had just finished her official training period as a police dispatcher and will continue to be guided over the next few months. She figures she actually now knows about 80% of the job AND she just got new special glasses to help her see the computer screen better. The head of the accreditation team asked her what procedures were in place if dispatch got a call from a deaf ;person. That was an easy-peasy question to ask her, but then her supervisor said that Christina also happened to be a sign language interpreter so that she would be useful if a deaf person actually came into the station. So then the accreditation guy said "Hello, Christina" in sign language, spelling out (actually misspelling out) Christina's name. There are times when Christina has no filter, so she said, "Or, you can must wave," and wriggled her fingers. No sooner were the words out of her mouth when she realized how condescending that could sound that she made things worse by saying, the same thing means either hello or goodbye, but you have to know the context. Her co-workers and her supervisor broke out in laughter. Luckily, the accreditation guy had a sense of humor. In fact he related the Christina story to the police chief, who then passed it on to the mayor, neither of whom had never met Christina. Christina's department supervisor came later came up to her and said, "I don't know you that well, but I think I'm going to really like working with you."
Sunday, we made it to the beach for a couple of glorious hours. It's beginning to get a bit crowded with the warm weather, but it was a relaxing and very needed break. Christina also kept us entertained with a long story about taking Ellen and Walt Sr. to various medical appointments. Ellen's dementia level is still moderate but her patience level isn't, and Walt Sr. just wants to be friend with everyone -- a hospital waiting room filled with geriatrics is Walt Sr.'s cup of tea and he made friends with everyone there, some of whom had dementia worst than Ellen, which did not matter to Walt Sr. who regaled them with tales of his youth. A simple two-hour appointment took seven and a half hours and Christina was glad to finally get home.
Walt, Christina and I have been going to Friday night bingo at the Elks to keep Ellen and Walt Sr. company. Walt won two games for a total of $68 and Ellen won one for $25, but luck was not with Christina, Walt Sr, or myself. Walt Sr., being Walt Sr., brought along a package of fig newtons to share. My ,life is so exciting.
Wednesday, I'm off to the eye doctor to get assessed and scheduled for cataract surgery **sigh**
This week I read on a blog that, after going through some 3 million date-driven events, it has been officially determined that April 11, 1954 was the most boring day in history. We should be so lucky.
Nonetheless, I hope your week to come is not boring, but is filled with wonder and delight, Patti. Stay safe.
We did our taxes over the weekend. Thanks partly to Trump's Senior Tax Deduction, we're getting back a lot more this year.
Jerry, Jackie said that after her cataract surgery it was like "seeing in HD."
What's happening with immigration really is scary, isn't it, Patti? I'm glad you enjoyed Fiddler; it's such a great show. It's good to hear, too, that you're watching some decent TV. Nice to know there are some quality programs being made.
Ha ha! Got you beat, Jeff! For the first time in over a decade, I did not wait until, the afternoon of April 15 to do my taxes; in fact, mine were done over a month earlier -- before the original Ides of March deadline for taxes.
Patti, if you don't know how long you'll be here or how long any of us will (Trump may just end the world) why not splurge on California. No point in saving money is our mantra!
Jackie
Such a kind-hearted show. And a great cast!
The actress playing Juliet was a recent high-school graduate? She was terrific.
If I can talk the other two into it. FL is warmer but too warm this year.
Not as many as a few years ago. All the rights you are supposed to have as an immigrant are not being held to.
Alice, because of everything the Drumpf brigade has done, is thinking of taking the train up to the Sprinfield, MA area to see what she can do for her mother. Since I grew up in a car, I'd drive up there, but I can't drive up there with her without troubling someone else to take care of the cats. Also, I look (and am mostly) white. Male probably doesn't hurt, except, of course, with ICE.
One more thing I meant to mention: before Trump started his war, we were paying $2.65 for a gallon of gas. The next time I filled up, it was $3.25. Then it went to $3.79. When we left Florida it was $3.99 a gallon. The best price on the road was $3.59 at Buc-ee's in Florence, South Carolina. Costco in Fredericksburg, usually quite reasonable, was $3.99.
We got a little bit of rain two nights ago. We needed it; it was better than no rain at all. We still have many plants to pot up front, and need to start working on the back (weeds and such).
Watching: After our disc of HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE died while we were watching it, we will got a new copy and finished it a few days ago. It was fun. We are almost to the end of MURDER SHE WROTE, with only a few more episodes in Season 12. We have watched more episodes of MIDSOMER MURDERS, and we just watched the first episode in the latest season of BROKENWOOD.
Glen is still reading A SHORT HISTORY OF EVERYTHING by Bill Bryson. It is not short, it is 500 pages plus, but the topics are short. He is getting closer to the end; some parts are very good, others not so much.
I am now reading two books, unusual for me. I am reading THE ROMEO FLAG by Carolyn Hougan, an espionage novel first published in 1989, and then reissued by Felony & Mayhem in 2005. I have read less than 20 pages but I am already liking it. It has about 500 pages, so it may take me awhile. The other book I am reading is THE IVY TREE, by Mary Stewart, first published in 1961. I am enjoying it more than I expected.
Gas prices here are around $5.75? We only drive around town, so don't notice so much. California has the highest prices in the nation.
My vision really improved after cataract surgery.
I read Mary Stewart a long time ago. Glad she holds up
Though some towns/cities in Hawaii might top Cali: https://gasprices.aaa.com/?state=HI
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