BK, in today's notes, you had written, "Once there, I had some chicken tenders and a side Caesar salad, both excellent."
I actually read it as, "Once there, I had some chicken tenders and a Sid Caesar salad...." :o
Vibes for JRand.
Week, DR John G. Week. :)
ASK BK
Did you every approach Barbara Cook to appear on any of your albums?
I love this Amazon review so much:
A FUN AND MOVING TRIP BACK IN TIME....a true hollywood dream
ByWebstercaton May 2, 2017
Format: Paperback|Verified Purchase
It’s actually difficult for me to write a review for this book, I felt such a personal connection to it. Thrill Ride is Bruce Kimmel’s latest book, and his first foray in the world of fantasy. It has been a long time since I have read a book that engaged me so quickly and completely. I literally found myself both laughing at crying as the insights and observations. The protagonist reminds me a bit of Steve Allen, talking, observing and finding humor in everything he sees. Kimmel has ventured into the territory of Ray Bradbury and Jack Finney, two of my favorite authors, both of whom excelled at writing about time-travel, and created a worthwhile addition to that genre. It’s particularly reminiscent of Time and Again, and Death is a Lonely Business, two wonderful books that I also recommend.
It’s the story of a designer at W.E.D. The year is 1957 and Walt Disney has created a team to design and plan his greatest creation, Disneyland. Our hero is asked by Walt to create compelling concepts for a proposed time-travel ride to be installed in Tomorrowland. Passionate about research, he takes the extra step of actually traveling into the future to come up with workable ideas. While observing the quirks of 2017, he meets a mysterious woman who guides him in his journey of discovery. I’m wary of giving too much away by saying more about the plot.
The writing is clear and straightforward, the characters honest and real, and for those readers too young to remember, the world (and Los Angeles in particular) actually used to be nicer, and the tears that I experienced while reading this were tears of recognition of that truth. Bruce’s personal knowledge of Los Angeles history, and his ability to describe exactly what things were like made me feel like I myself had travelled through time and visited 1957. I felt like strolling down the block to have lunch at Tiny Naylor’s after listening to some records down at Music City. This book is a love-letter to the Los Angeles that was (forget about Lala Land---this is the real thing!). I am so grateful that the Los Angeles that I love has been revived in this wonderful book, and I daresay that nobody could do it as well as Bruce Kimmel.
Must we always be looking at our phones, racking up points on credit cards and putting others down? Must we knock-down buildings (and whole blocks) that don’t have room for a Starbucks? Must we toss out the wonders of the past and press grimly forward, pushing aside anyone or anything that causes us to pause? This books tells us we CAN slow down and take a moment to appreciate our friends over a cup of coffee, the history of our homes, and the good things that remain.
Please read this book and join me in a journey to another time. I particularly recommend it for young folks who increasingly encouraged to think only of ME and NOW. There is a whole world of discovery that is worth experiencing…in our past.
Sorry about the rambling nature of this review, but, as I said, my connection with the book was so personal it was difficult to step back.
Vibes for JRand.
And many more.
Vibes for Kristi.
Vibes for Kristi.
I am pleased to say I found the energy to swim. I did notice my breathing was a bit more difficult than usual but not much. The smoke didn't hurt my lungs so all is good.
One more day of work this week. I'm shuffling off to Buffalo on Friday.
One local tv weatherman says that we have some hazy cloud cover because of the fires in the west.....
I am home from my day out. My lunch with the 29-year-old daughter of a friend from the 1970s was quite a lot of fun, and OI made it down to the Irish Rep by 2:40. The show, WOODY SEZ, is a wonderful intro to Woody Guthrie and the cast is quite excellent. It's really worth a trip in to see.
Tomorrow is their late night, they're there until 7... If I don't get results by phone I shall be making a surprise appearance
My folks are into America's Got Talent, so I ended up watching tonight. Nothing new. Just a rehash of the finalists or whatever you call those going on to next week.
Evening all. Busy day. I went for the test for the Tax Collector. I think it went ok. I then went to the "Job Fair". I put that in quotes because the info on the the web said it would have a hundred companies there. I think there was 10. 4 of which were schools trolling for people to take classes from them.
I need a job, not a class.
I did get a good chuckle while there. I stopped in the lobby to check my phone and couldn't help but hear the lady next to me. She was talking in a very loud voice on her phone. She was saying something like, "I didn't move here to work with country bumpkins. I am used to working with top level executives. I hate being in the country. ". Well shucks ya'll this country bumpkin would be happy to work for for a lower level executive. Right after I scrape the cow paddy off the bottom of my shoe. ;)
From the west coast DR JANE.
I need it to function and I only have 2 pills left
Tomorrows phone call will be much more forceful than my last 6
It took me almost a half hour to sign onto my iPad.
I have no idea who that is.
I have no idea who that is.
David Tennant was the 10th Doctor on "Doctor Who."
Tonight I watched the first half of THE STOY OF DIANA.
Not a lot of new information, but it was entertaining.