Haines His Way

TORCHWOOD had an excellent episode tonight. I enjoyed all of the backstories, but I honestly would have loved it even more if we could have had an entire hour of Captain Jack backstories. He's so fascinating. And, yes, I enjoy looking at John Barrowman.

Season finale next Saturday! Oh, it's ended all too quickly!

So, tomorrow's DVD agenda: HIT THE DECK for fun and WHITE MANE for work.

Good day one and all!!!

Heading downstairs to bed now.

Good night!

Vibes to Ron's mother...

Belated Birthday wishes to Cilla's mum

TOD:

When I was growing up one of my favorite places to go and sit and watch the world go by... It was an big old rock below an apple tree. Grab an apple and lay on the rock contemplating different things and imagine imaginary beasts in the puffy white clouds.

Another place I liked was an old restauarant that was in the town near my grandparents and you could sit outside on the benches with an ice cream cone...

The closest to that experience I can to that memory was when I was at Judds' store in St. George Utah.

Iowa...

Speaking of which -

We've all read about the effect of $6 corn on the cost of other food stuffs (the current corn shortage exacerbated by the Federal requirement for added corn based bio fuels). Beef, dairy products, chickens, candy, cereals, etc). (Did you know that most of out food "citric acid" is a corn product?)

Well, expect things to get worse - our farmers are actually planting LESS corn this year than last (estimates are about 8% nationwide). Seems that even at $6/bushel, corn is a less profitable crop than soy beans. (Soy seed cost less, requires less fertilizer, and requires less irrigation - which is pricey because of rising fuel costs for the pumps.) Our DelMarVa penninsula used to be major corn exporter - no more. Now we have to import tons of the stuff to feed out broiler chickens. (Our county produces more broiler chickens than any other in the whole of the USA!)

Well, at least the IOWA farmers will be happy (until they go to the supermarket).

der Brucer

Speaking of which -

We've all read about the effect of $6 corn on the cost of other food stuffs (the current corn shortage exacerbated by the Federal requirement for added corn based bio fuels). Beef, dairy products, chickens, candy, cereals, etc). (Did you know that most of out food "citric acid" is a corn product?)

Well, expect things to get worse - our farmers are actually planting LESS corn this year than last (estimates are about 8% nationwide). Seems that even at $6/bushel, corn is a less profitable crop than soy beans. (Soy seed cost less, requires less fertilizer, and requires less irrigation - which is pricey because of rising fuel costs for the pumps.) Our DelMarVa penninsula used to be major corn exporter - no more. Now we have to import tons of the stuff to feed out broiler chickens. (Our county produces more broiler chickens than any other in the whole of the USA!)

Well, at least the IOWA farmers will be happy (until they go to the supermarket).

der Brucer

Actually, people here are planting more corn and are seeking to take land out of CRP (conservation reserve program) acres so they can plant it in corn.  There are stories in papers and on the radio by environmentalists encouraging them not to do it.  

And yes, we're paying more for everything at the grocery store

There is actually a huge concern in South Dakota about the loss of CRP acres to corn.  It could devastate their pheasant hunting season. (that wouldn't make me cry) but apparently pheasant hunting brings tons of $$ to South Dakota and the loss of CRP land means loss of habitat for pheasants

MattH--tell me what you think of the Hit the Deck soundtrack.  Methinks it has some problems, but eager to hear your verdict.

I have been cranking out reviews all day.  First up was the superb My Boy Jack, about Rudyard Kipling and his son, starring David Haig and Daniel Radcliffe.  Then I went to Bollywood for Saawariya, which is big and colorful, if largely empty from a plot standpoint.  And then there was the really good The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, based on one of only two novels of the youngest Bronte sister, Anne.

Many thanks to all who offered vibes and good wishes for my mom's health and mine.  My mom is quite well and relieved that she didn't have a heart attack. She knows, of course, that this A-fibrillation is just one more thing she must attend to.  She's lived longer than her parents and grandparents and she's healthy as a horse,  otherwise.  And, for me, I've inherited the genetic combo of her hypertension and my dad's propensity for prostate cancer.  I'm treating one and doing annual checks for the other.  And I reckon I might have A-fibrillation to look forward to.

Sigh.

I haven't yet had an uncomfortable moment "post-op", and I put in quite a busy day, shopping for four hours this morning, and then napping three hours this afternoon.  I've also managed to watch/clear a number of last week's TV shows from my DVR cache including "Eli Stone"and "Ghost Whisperer" both of which had excellent stories this week.

I've just finished watching "Lifeforce" on Universal HD TV.  Still a fascinating film to watch in spite of/because of its flaws.

TORCHWOOD had an excellent episode tonight. I enjoyed all of the backstories, but I honestly would have loved it even more if we could have had an entire hour of Captain Jack backstories. He's so fascinating. And, yes, I enjoy looking at John Barrowman.

Season finale next Saturday! Oh, it's ended all too quickly!

I, too,enjoyed the show.  I had just enough of Captain Jack in this episode.  I'm not fascinated by Barrowman, although he's a very talented singer.

I'd say that someone has a dazzling future in the offing.  That's brilliant work!

The artist, PETE GOLDLUST has lots of neat stuff:




der Brucer

Any idea how to cite a serialized program? APA manual is very vague....