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[John G.]

Three!

[Jane]

The library just ordered Under Capricorn, one of the few Hitchcocks I don't remember seeing.

I don't remember seeing this.

[ChasSmith]

The only time I've seen Under Capricorn was during the Hitchcock retrospective at LACMA in the early 1970s. It was the only film to evoke the reaction "Huh?" in me. I should watch it again, now that there's a presumably decent transfer available for the first time ever, but it's not a priority. It's a strange period drama, and just not yer typical Hitchcock film.

[Jane]

I baked over 500 muffins this morning.

Wow!

[George]

And as I was typing, disaster struck......even though I checked regularly.....I was  spending too much time on the inner web and my boiling water boiled away....and my chicken breasts burned a bit....

Smoke in the house....and a destroyed pan....but some meat was saved.....

Now the fans are on and the door windows are open....

I hate it when something like that happens!  Like today, I made a couple of pizzas using low-carb tortillas for the crust.  I toast the tortilla in my toaster oven first, so that it doesn't get soggy from the sauce (I like a lot of sauce), but I took too long to shred the cheese while it was toasting and the tortilla burned!  Fortunately, I was only toasting the first tortilla at that point and hadn't put on any toppings and had just opened a new package of tortillas, so I only lost the one.  When I made the next one, I watched more carefully.  Both tortilla pizzas turned out quite tasty!

[George]

I baked over 500 muffins this morning.

Amazing!

[George]

I'm home, fed, a load of laundry is in the washing machine, I'm finally watching Annihilation, and the right lens of my bifocals falls out because at this exact moment, the screw decides to make a break for it and dissppear!

[George]

This means I'll have to leave my home environs earlier that I would've liked and hie myself to Costco and get a new screw for it.  Fortunately, this is a free service that they provide, even if you didn't get your glasses there. And also fortunately, I have my regular glasses, but unfortunately, not having bifocals makes it inconvenient to read my tablet and watch TV at the same time.

[George]

I know...first world problems.

[Jeanne]

Hello, everyone.

[Jeanne]

Toasting tortillas in the toaster!! These are the small corn tortillas? I love corn tortillas, but would never have thought of doing this.

[Jeanne]

When I was a little girl my mother would sometimes take me to a little tortillaria (sp?) on Sawtelle Blvd, just south of Santa Monica Blvd. We could watch the tortillas being made, and then continue their journey on the conveyor belt. I found it fascinating. I also liked eating FRESH tortillas on the drive home. My mother wasn't a great cook, but few people in those days made tacos at home.

[Jeanne]

Glad to hear George's opening night went so well.

[Jeanne]

I had several strange dreams last night.  In one, former DR JoseSPiano and I were backstage at some Broadway theatre where my friend Annalene, who's currently playing Anna in the British tour of The King & I, was playing Anna in The King & I.  Then I had a dream about my friend Bruce Pomahac rewriting the overture to shorten it for this production.  In my last dream I was at my parents' home in Ohio and my friend John Mekeel, who's in prison for killing his father, came to visit, and we went to some record sale at a third floor apartment around Broadway and 70th Street.  There were a lot of elderly men and women sitting around asking if we wqanted some refreshment.  Marilyn Monroe showed up.  I think she and John discussed therapists.

Once again, DR Elmore wins the contest for the most colorful dream.

[Jeanne]

Much to everyone's surprise after we got there and got set up in the rehearsal room, we were told we'll actually be playing in that very room, with the audio piped in to the auditorium.

So, my second consecutive one of these. The Dolly venue has no choice, as there's ZERO space for musicians. But this is a venue that never before felt the need to do this. It's a hundred-year-old opera house inside a town hall building that has always been a charming place to perform. There never was a pit, but small ensembles always worked fine out front and they've got a deep stage that accommodated larger orchestras behind the set when necessary. I suppose those would have been miked, too, but at least you still felt a part of the production. I just can't help but feel that these places feel, misguidedly, that this makes them more up to date somehow.

I suspect you're correct.

[Jeanne]

And the word of the day is: OMPHALOSKEPSIS!

Is that a song from the remake of MARY POPPINS?

 

[George]

Toasting tortillas in the toaster!! These are the small corn tortillas? I love corn tortillas, but would never have thought of doing this.

Not corn.  These are regular sized (not huge) flour tortillas.  I forget the brand (they're down in my refrigerator and I'm up in my bedroom being lazy), but they're specifically high fiber/low carb tortillas, and they're quite good.

[Jeanne]

I used to say that A LADY VANISHES and 39 STEPS were my favorite Hitchcock films, but I don't think that's true today. I don't know which ones I'd place as favorites. I do like LIFEBOAT very much.  Perhaps it's time to revisit a number of these great films. Of course, I must give mention to ROPE. I do feel it's a fine film, plus there's sentimental value as my beloved Uncle Eddie (Ed Fitzgerald) was behind the camera.

[Jeanne]

A friend who used to be one of the owners of Video Vault, a former great and quirky video store in Alexandria, VA, used to say: Hitchcock on his bad days was better than many directors on their good days.

DR Chaz would agree, I think, as would many others.

[Jeanne]

Toasting tortillas in the toaster!! These are the small corn tortillas? I love corn tortillas, but would never have thought of doing this.

Not corn.  These are regular sized (not huge) flour tortillas.  I forget the brand (they're down in my refrigerator and I'm up in my bedroom being lazy), but they're specifically high fiber/low carb tortillas, and they're quite good.

Yes, I think I have seen small flour tortillas, but not often. I didn't pay any attention to whether they were high-fiber. (I like high-fiber foods.)

[Jeanne]

TCB, I'm glad you have someone to house-hunt with. She may notice things--positive or negative--that you don't notice and vice versa. Good to have a second set of eyes.

[Jeanne]

Good afternoon.

Another very cute photo from that busy baker and bully, DR Laura.

[Jeanne]

Actually, I think I may watch a Hitchcock film tonight. I'll see what's available on streaming.

[elmore3003]

TOD

Hitchcock:  His films in general had such a strong guiding genius that even the "lesser" ones are wonderful when you're fully invested in watching them. But I'd have to say the 1950s and early 1960s ones are, as a group, my absolute favorites. That's a cop-out, but most of those are just pure cinematic greatness by any standard.

Perkins:  The Matchmaker. The Trial. Pretty Poison. Evening Primrose. Catch-22. Murder on the Orient Express. And of course Psycho. But I've also come to appreciate his participation in and his guidance over the following three Psycho films. A couple of years ago I blew through the three of them and was surprised at how much more I liked II than I had originally. And I like III a lot more than many do. What was really interesting was seeing IV for my first time. It was really damned interesting, especially after having been through most of the Bates Motel series at that time. Plus, you know, Olivia Hussey.

How could I forget Pretty Poison?  I love that movie.

[Jeanne]

TTFN.

[Jane]

This means I'll have to leave my home environs earlier that I would've liked and hie myself to Costco and get a new screw for it.  Fortunately, this is a free service that they provide, even if you didn't get your glasses there. And also fortunately, I have my regular glasses, but unfortunately, not having bifocals makes it inconvenient to read my tablet and watch TV at the same time.

Ask for an extra screw for your glasses, just in case.  I am going to do that next time I am at the eye doctor's.

[Jane]

When I was a little girl my mother would sometimes take me to a little tortillaria (sp?) on Sawtelle Blvd, just south of Santa Monica Blvd. We could watch the tortillas being made, and then continue their journey on the conveyor belt. I found it fascinating. I also liked eating FRESH tortillas on the drive home. My mother wasn't a great cook, but few people in those days made tacos at home.

I wish my mother had taken me there.

[Jane]

TOD

Hitchcock:  His films in general had such a strong guiding genius that even the "lesser" ones are wonderful when you're fully invested in watching them. But I'd have to say the 1950s and early 1960s ones are, as a group, my absolute favorites. That's a cop-out, but most of those are just pure cinematic greatness by any standard.

Perkins:  The Matchmaker. The Trial. Pretty Poison. Evening Primrose. Catch-22. Murder on the Orient Express. And of course Psycho. But I've also come to appreciate his participation in and his guidance over the following three Psycho films. A couple of years ago I blew through the three of them and was surprised at how much more I liked II than I had originally. And I like III a lot more than many do. What was really interesting was seeing IV for my first time. It was really damned interesting, especially after having been through most of the Bates Motel series at that time. Plus, you know, Olivia Hussey.

How could I forget Pretty Poison?  I love that movie.

Another one I don't remember.

[John G.]

Back to C.B. Strike.

[John G.]

Made deviled eggs for dinner. Not bad, if I do say so.