Topic: SPARKLE, BK, SPARKLE (Read 1096 times)

John G. · « **Reply #120 on:** August 25, 2025, 06:45:17 PM »

Five!

John G. · « **Reply #121 on:** August 25, 2025, 06:51:08 PM »

Today is the 50th anniversary of the release of Bruce Springsteen’s Born to Run.

John G. · « **Reply #122 on:** August 25, 2025, 06:51:27 PM »

That makes me feel old.

John G. · « **Reply #123 on:** August 25, 2025, 06:52:43 PM »

I also finished a book today, Tonight in Jungleland, about the recording.

John G. · « **Reply #124 on:** August 25, 2025, 06:52:59 PM »

It was a little too journalistic.

Laura · « **Reply #125 on:** August 25, 2025, 07:01:22 PM »

My only remaining tree still stands.

John G. · « **Reply #126 on:** August 25, 2025, 07:02:10 PM »

Quote from: Laura on August 25, 2025, 07:01:22 PM

My only remaining tree still stands.

Yay!

Freddie · « **Reply #127 on:** August 25, 2025, 07:06:17 PM »

Quote from: Laura on August 25, 2025, 06:13:30 PM

Interestingly, the weather map shows the really big cell skirting right around me. It must have really been something in the middle of it!

It's good that you weren't in the middle of it.

Freddie · « **Reply #128 on:** August 25, 2025, 07:06:49 PM »

Quote from: John G. on August 25, 2025, 06:36:29 PM

Here it is.

That looks great!

Freddie · « **Reply #129 on:** August 25, 2025, 07:07:35 PM »

Quote from: Laura on August 25, 2025, 07:01:22 PM

My only remaining tree still stands.

Good news!

bk · « **Reply #130 on:** August 25, 2025, 07:09:35 PM »

Taking another break, but if I proof a few more pages, I'll have done two-thirds and I can probably finish in a few days. They sent me a $250 gift card for The Cheesecake Factory, so that's fun. More gift cards coming, I'm told. So many misspelled names or wrong names completely - so cleaning all that up is a good thing. She also talks about seeing Richard Pryor in 1976 (she didn't - it was late 75) and how there was no opening act, but there was - I have an image of the poster from that, his ONLY engagement at the Shubert in Century City - Etta James. She said no at first, but then thought about it and agreed that Etta had opened the show.

singdaw · « **Reply #131 on:** August 25, 2025, 07:14:41 PM »

So, my burning question of the day is: what do y'all think of hot (spicy) honey? It seems to be everywhere these days - recipes, menus. I have never tried it myself, but I'm curious.

singdaw · « **Reply #132 on:** August 25, 2025, 07:15:11 PM »

I am glad you are getting some gift cards, BK. You are sure earning them.

singdaw · « **Reply #133 on:** August 25, 2025, 07:16:26 PM »

I've been invited to the 100th birthday party of a woman who lives in our building. It's in a few weeks.

singdaw · « **Reply #134 on:** August 25, 2025, 07:17:04 PM »

Wednesday night we are going out to dinner with our across the hall neighbors plus the couple that lived in our apartment before us.

John G. · « **Reply #135 on:** August 25, 2025, 07:18:20 PM »

Quote from: singdaw on August 25, 2025, 07:14:41 PM

So, my burning question of the day is: what do y'all think of hot (spicy) honey? It seems to be everywhere these days - recipes, menus. I have never tried it myself, but I'm curious.

Too sweet.

John G. · « **Reply #136 on:** August 25, 2025, 07:19:30 PM »

Starting Crossed Swords, which isn’t as good as the Musketeers movies.

John G. · « **Reply #137 on:** August 25, 2025, 07:20:14 PM »

But some of it is a pleasant diversion.

Freddie · « **Reply #138 on:** August 25, 2025, 07:22:35 PM »

Quote from: bk on August 25, 2025, 07:09:35 PM

Taking another break, but if I proof a few more pages, I'll have done two-thirds and I can probably finish in a few days. They sent me a $250 gift card for The Cheesecake Factory, so that's fun. More gift cards coming, I'm told. So many misspelled names or wrong names completely - so cleaning all that up is a good thing. She also talks about seeing Richard Pryor in 1976 (she didn't - it was late 75) and how there was no opening act, but there was - I have an image of the poster from that, his ONLY engagement at the Shubert in Century City - Etta James. She said no at first, but then thought about it and agreed that Etta had opened the show.

Can gift cards be used for takeout?

That could be as good as getting paid. It could keep you having good quality meals for a long while.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #139 on:** August 25, 2025, 07:28:15 PM »

Quote from: bk on August 25, 2025, 05:55:09 PM

I know ChasSmith will love this video on YouTube, but I think others will, too - home movies on Hollywood Blvd. Sabucat, whose channel it's on, is someone I've known for forty years - fellow collector from way back when. He lists this clip as being from 1970. Close, but no cigar. The double bill at the Hollywood opened on February 10, 1971 and played a couple of weeks there. However, on Feb 10th, the Chinese was playing The Great White Hope. They didn't ever take a shot of the marquee and were pretty far away from the one-sheet display, but I could tell the one-sheet wasn't The Great White Hope. So, I went to February 17 - the double bill at the Hollywood was still the same and the Chinese opened a new movie on that date, Promise at Dawn, and that is exactly the one-sheet in the display case. So, this footage was shot between the 17th and the 23rd. I think Jane will enjoy this, too.

https://youtu.be/X3KS1JhegLc?si=1pRsh1lqbwsYCKCf

Kill me now. There's gold in this thing, and it will get much further study. Some absolutely precious shots of things, big and small. That's funny, M*A*S*H at the Vogue, because I think I saw it at the Egyptian sometime in the following year. Amazing, all of it.

MichaelG · « **Reply #140 on:** August 25, 2025, 07:47:19 PM »

Quote from: singdaw on August 25, 2025, 07:14:41 PM

So, my burning question of the day is: what do y'all think of hot (spicy) honey? It seems to be everywhere these days - recipes, menus. I have never tried it myself, but I'm curious.

It seems to usually be a gimmick to sweeten and spice otherwise boring food. If it's a savory, I don't need it sweet; if it's dessert, I don't want it spicy.

singdaw · « **Reply #141 on:** August 25, 2025, 07:53:18 PM »

Thanks for your interesting opinions about hot honey.

singdaw · « **Reply #142 on:** August 25, 2025, 07:53:58 PM »

I saw it used to drizzle on a watermelon salad with mint and feta.

singdaw · « **Reply #143 on:** August 25, 2025, 07:54:15 PM »

But watermelon is already pretty sweet on its own.

singdaw · « **Reply #144 on:** August 25, 2025, 08:13:40 PM »

Our best hope is that 47 is taking medical advice from Robert Kennedy Jr.

singdaw · « **Reply #145 on:** August 25, 2025, 08:16:06 PM »

Good night, friends.

singdaw · « **Reply #146 on:** August 25, 2025, 08:16:14 PM »

And others.

John G. · « **Reply #147 on:** August 25, 2025, 08:17:33 PM »

Crossed Swords is losing its charm.

John G. · « **Reply #148 on:** August 25, 2025, 08:17:49 PM »

Good night, Singdaw.

John G. · « **Reply #149 on:** August 25, 2025, 08:17:58 PM »

Page turn!

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