tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post7752104970582207076..comments2024-03-28T08:51:47.164-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): At the end of 2012, I posted this...pattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-42075063449584467732021-09-24T14:41:25.270-04:002021-09-24T14:41:25.270-04:00I haven’t been in a movie theater in years now, ca...I haven’t been in a movie theater in years now, can’t even remember the last movie I saw…possibly HUGO in 2011. My reading is down, both in 2020 and this year. I just don’t seem to have energy for it. Because of the pandemic, we don’t have guests and don’t go out to eat or do anything except basic necessity. I probably lead the most boring life imaginable. Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-13697333627245794902021-09-24T12:03:09.371-04:002021-09-24T12:03:09.371-04:00Among the highlights has been seeing some comedian...Among the highlights has been seeing some comedian shows online, most from the comedians' various houses, one or two in slightly more formal settings.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-5439526163980059592021-09-24T12:01:11.737-04:002021-09-24T12:01:11.737-04:00Sorry for the deprivation...I haven't Loved th...Sorry for the deprivation...I haven't Loved the cinema experience, too often, though the larger screen is good for a variety of things (the chatter of others, the fluctuations of cinema temperature, the prices, and sometimes in art cinemas a tiny screen being among the things it's not good for). Boy, I've had a lot of distractions, over the last decade, and they don't seem to be thinning out. And perhaps I spend too much time with the web, definitely more than I should with video. <br /><br />Alice fell and wrenched her back yesterday, and managed to step in dog excrement while limping in the front door after driving home. That's the kind of year its been, micro and macro. But you knew that, about the latter. Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-77017316993871931202021-09-24T09:00:15.732-04:002021-09-24T09:00:15.732-04:00I am seeing two local plays over the next month. C...I am seeing two local plays over the next month. CLUE and a courtroom drama I am not familiar with. I will have to keep a mask on because they won't require proof of vaccination in Michigan. Our governor is afraid to require anything. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-38999466013431674612021-09-23T15:01:36.660-04:002021-09-23T15:01:36.660-04:00Actually, I'm closer than I thought, about 10 ...Actually, I'm closer than I thought, about 10 books shy of my goal.Jeff Meyersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093411926030586355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-30475579361534274782021-09-23T15:00:38.871-04:002021-09-23T15:00:38.871-04:00The last movie we saw in the theater was March 10 ...The last movie we saw in the theater was March 10 or last year, ORDINARY LOVE, which, frankly, I had to look up just now to remind myself what it was about. (Liam Neeson and Lesley Manville are married a long time, she gets breast cancer.) The last time we were in the live theater was longer: November 25, 2019 we saw SCOTLAND, PA off-Broadway with Patti on her visit to New York. It was a musical version of a modern updating of MACBETH. We do have tickets to see two shows in the coming months - TO KILL A MACKINGBIRD and the revival of COMPANY. I suppose we will go back to the movies (maybe, depending on whether they follow Ron DeSantis rules or sensible ones) in Florida this winter. We have gone to one concert (same rules George mentioned above) to see The Eagles, and we have tickets to see The Mavericks twice before we go to Florida.<br /><br />As for reading, this year has been better. I am trying to read three books a week but dont think I'm close, but I have already read over 675 short stories, mostly in anthologies and single author collections.<br /><br />To be honest, I don't really miss going to the movies. I am more than happy to watch them on television. I'll let you know how the theater feels once we've been back to it.Jeff Meyersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093411926030586355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-68976695120561289502021-09-23T13:41:21.137-04:002021-09-23T13:41:21.137-04:00I feel sorry for the actors and singers who make t...I feel sorry for the actors and singers who make their living performing for live audiences. Diane and I have attended a couple of plays in 2021, but everyone was masked and had to prove they were vaccinated (I'm all for this, but it's cumbersome). <br /><br />The streaming services--HULU, Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV, AMAZON Prime--keep us busy, but I miss the Big Screen for some movies.<br /><br />I read a lot more books because of the Pandemic!Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.com