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[John G.]

Two!

[John G.]

Good morning, all.

[John G.]

Weird dreams. Dystopian future. I was on a team that had to recreate weapons from fragments. We couldn't, so we made useful things. Wrong answer. We had to keep working at it.

[John G.]

I think some of the most unexpected music discoveries for me would be Schoenberg and Nine Inch Nails. Opposite spectrums, but both fascinated me. I heard Schoenberg in class. I saw Nine Inch Nails at Woodstock '94.

[ChasSmith]

So last night, continuing my impromptu tiny Sidney binge of the night before, I followed A Patch of Blue with To Sir, With Love. It's also excellent, but with a somewhat lighter touch due to the kids, the songs, etc. Speaking of which, I love the title song, but by the time we get to the big moment when it's sung in the movie itself, we're already familiar with it, and I think that moment would hit even harder if that had been the first time, at least since the main titles, that we were hearing it and getting the full force of it. And then we get it yet again, at the end. It's still wonderful, but, you know. This Twilight Time release includes some worthy extras which I will enjoy soon.

[ChasSmith]

I then returned to the beach party genre with Fireball 500. I was enjoying it, but knew I was getting too sleepy to see it through, so I stopped at about the 30-minute mark. I'll enjoy the rest tonight, along with Thunder Alley, and that will be that for the "Frankie and Annette" set.

[bk]

I'm up, I'm up - five hours of sleep, I think.

[bk]

Those who've read Benjamin Kritzer know that for years I could and would not eat tuna due to a field trip to a tuna canning factory. I describe it in detail. My tuna for the past many years is Bumble Bee premium in the gold cans.

[bk]

A little laggy even now. He's keeping his eye on it.

[Freddie]

Sending more CAT scan vibes, BK.

[George]

Vibes for BK that everything goes well with getting to and taking the CAT scan.

~~~Super Ditto!!~~~

[George]

On Sunday, a Facebook friend asked me to sign 16 copies of Annabelle & Thatch for her granchildren. If her list of names arrives today, I'll be signing a lot of books. If it doesn't, I'll spend the day dealing with the list of items for this senior citizens aid doohinky.

Sixteen copies??  Very cool, Larry!

[George]

This stained glass window depicts the famous hymn, "I Come Tuba Garden Alone."

[George]

Speaking of "Suzy-Q" - it's part of the lyric to "Over Here" ("Truckin' and a Suzie Q’in’ all-a the time")

Andrews Sisters "Over Here" on the 1974 Tony Awards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K9GP8zNgII

Very cool!

[George]

This looks interesting, seems to be a movie musical tied together by Neil Diamond songs, starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson.

SONG SUNG BLUE - Official Trailer - This Christmas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqU7iiHFCzw

I really like the line "You don't want to be a Neil Diamond impersonator, you want to be a Neil Diamond interpreter"

That looks like it could be good.

[George]

One of the suggested videos after that for me was this trailer for a new movie opening in October called Nouvelle Vague (New Wave) that was filmed in black and white:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UufRzKVFseg

[George]

A playful, poignant love letter to cinema, Nouvelle Vague reimagines the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless in an exuberant exploration of the youthful rebellion and creative chaos that shaped the French New Wave. Directed by Richard Linklater, starring Zoey Deutch, Guillaume Marbeck, and Aubry Dullin.

[Jrand75]

DR GEORGE that looks like a terrific movie.

[bk]

I shall now be on my way to an appointment.

[Jane]

Bruce, GOOD VIBES FOR THE CAT SCAN AND RESULTS!

[Jane]

By the bye...

Late yesterday afternoon I made a PB&J. In so doing, I polished off both the peanut butter and the jam. Both. Completely. It was a perfect tie.

Well done.

[Jane]

So last night, continuing my impromptu tiny Sidney binge of the night before, I followed A Patch of Blue with To Sir, With Love. It's also excellent, but with a somewhat lighter touch due to the kids, the songs, etc. Speaking of which, I love the title song, but by the time we get to the big moment when it's sung in the movie itself, we're already familiar with it, and I think that moment would hit even harder if that had been the first time, at least since the main titles, that we were hearing it and getting the full force of it. And then we get it yet again, at the end. It's still wonderful, but, you know. This Twilight Time release includes some worthy extras which I will enjoy soon.

Interesting reaction to it.  I felt knowing the song, the words, and the story, now made it extra sweet and special.

[Rodzinski]

I think some of the most unexpected music discoveries for me would be Schoenberg and Nine Inch Nails. Opposite spectrums, but both fascinated me. I heard Schoenberg in class. I saw Nine Inch Nails at Woodstock '94.

I’m exactly the opposite. I heard Nine Inch Nails in class and saw Schoenberg at Woodstock ‘94.

[Rodzinski]

Chas, I end up ripping the pouch apart to flatten the whole thing and get to that hidden tuna. I will not be denied.

[Rodzinski]

Good point on the use of “To Sir…”

[Freddie]

"To Serve With Love" could be a title of a cookbook.

[Rodzinski]

On the shelf next to “To Serve Man.”

[George]

On the shelf next to “To Serve Man.”

That's exactly what I was thinking!

[Freddie]

On the shelf next to “To Serve Man.”

That's exactly what I was thinking!

LOL - and there's the "Simpsons" take on that

How to Cook Humans (The Simpsons)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0QcdgeI5Rs

[MichaelG]

As for the difference between StarKist and others, I've never in my life tried to figure that out. And I should. What would you, or anyone, say the differences are between the major brands?

The only "distinction" I've made in recent years is getting pouches instead of cans. That started when I was trying some real low-carbing just for the heck of it (it worked), and I learned from others that it's easy and convenient to take pouches with you to work or wherever and eat it right out of the pouch, or dump it out and throw some S&P on it, or whatever. And it's dry in comparison, which we found appealing.

I think if you look at the ingredient list you'll see the difference. My recollection is that the others have some kind of extra ingredient that Star Kist didn't. It tasted like that, anyhow. Wild Planet is higher quality (and higher priced) tuna packed without water or oil. The skipjack is the darker tuna which I prefer to the lighter albacore.