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[Cillaliz]

I worked on the basement a little more today. Oy! It's going to be a lot bigger job than I thought. I am going to have to figure out how to patch some holes in the concrete and will probably buy a new electric miter saw for the molding etc.  I still want to do it and still think I'm up for it. As my brother said "It's not like it's your living room and has to be done right away"  

I did finally have a "Well, duh" moment today. My neighbor across the street is a contractor. I found out they will be home all weekend and asked if he's come look at it and give me some advice.   I still want to do it, but there are a few challenges I need advice about, so I'm hoping he has some good ideas.  

[François]

TCB count me amongst those who likes your new avatar.

The new avatar is okay but I'm sure the real person is MUCH better! Ah!

Thank G*d (Brent Barrett?!) we are not what we look!

[Cillaliz]

Tomorrow I'm going to ARTSPLASH! It's a huge annual art fair along the Missouri River.  I'm going to go first thing in the morning before it gets too crowded.   Hopefully I'll find a treasure for a room I've completed or inspiration for my new room

[Cillaliz]

Monday is the annual Labor Day picnic put on by the local labor unions.  This years speakers are Bill and Hillary Clinton, Bill Richardson, Joe Biden and a representative from the O'Bama campaign.  It's in a great old fashoined park along the Big Sioux River. And all the food is free.....

[Noel]

a representative from the O'Bama campaign...

Nice to know my old schoolmate Barack is going after the Irish vote in the traditional way.  Go B.O.!

[Matt H.]

Martin Mull shall be portraying ME!

Smart casting idea!

 

[Matt H.]

I'm so very happy for you, DR MBarnum. And I know how relieved you must be.

[Matt H.]

I began my evening by scanning fairly quickly through today's AS THE WORLD TURNS. Yes, the gay storyline was on today with a lot of denial and "I'll make it work" kind of naivete.

And, my pet peeve about all soaps - two characters discussing something of great intimacy while the third party walks up and overhears just enough of the conversation to be suspicious.

[Matt H.]

Next, I went back to NIGHT ON EARTH to digest the special features. There was a one hour (well, 58 minute) audio section where fans of the film posed questions to director Jim Jarmusch and he answered them. Very entertaining answers that gave insight into his process on his film and his habits about writing, shooting, and having films distributed.

[bk]

Back from Xanadu and a little post-theater light supper at Joe Allen.  Must now write Ye Olde Notes.

[Matt H.]

There was also about a six minute video interview from a Paris "60 Minutes" style program where he was asked questions about NJIGHT ON EARTH shortly after its release.

[Matt H.]

Next, I pulled out DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE and started watching it. I caught just the last few minutes waiting for MAD MEN to come on last night, and that made me want to see the entire film again since I hadn't watched it in a long while.

[Matt H.]

I only got about 20 minutes in before best friend John called and wanted to come over to watch something on Blu-ray. We chose the recently released (on Blu-ray) G.I. JANE. I've always enjoyed the film, but I have to say that not much is gained by presenting it in high definition. So much of it is in low lighting with lots of smoke, mist, fog, and darkness, so that three dimensionality that one longs to see with HD was only present for fleeting moments.

I did choose the uncompressed 5.1 soundtrack which was a lot more open with a greater sense of envelopment than the usual Dolby Digital compressed track.

[Matt H.]

Tomorrow, I finish up DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE before starting on the next Jarmusch film STRANGER THAN PARADISE.

[FJL]

Noel - Where were you and Mr. Obama schoolmates?

[Noel]

The college just up the street: Columbia

[Cillaliz]

OMG, I just realized that I'm older than Barak Obama...ok, it's only a month, but....

[Matt H.]

I'm heading down to bed now.

Good night!