I am back from the supermarket, which was busy but not bad at all, except ...Since I was picking up exactly one (1) item, I went to the self-checkout thingie to pay for it using cash. It took the dollar bills but rejected the coins. The machine froze there and signaled the Help Person to come over. Help Person was juggling three of us, so that took a couple of minutes, then the machine would not cooperate when he was trying to free it up. He had to pound on it, open it up to do something, and pound on it some more. Finally, he got it reset and was able to feed my coins in and complete the purchase.I had chosen the self-thingie (which I don't often do - I don't like doing things that eventually put people out of work) in the first place BECAUSE it was one item and I only wanted to get in and out. So with that machine hiccuping like it did, what do you suppose I, and the store, saved in time, efficiency, and money? Eh? Eh???
Rodzinski, will you be doing something with the in-laws for their Thanksgiving?
Quote from: Jrand75 on October 12, 2025, 07:50:07 AMThere is a later scene in which Fassbinder takes a female co-worker out to dinner and the actor playing the waiter does such an on point performance that I am still thinking about it. His backstory that he created for himself must have been worked on for days.Carey:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4_gDeuuN2EAny of the scene with the waiter cuts most of him out.....too bad.Jrand, thanks for that link - very interesting rendition of "New York, New York"!
There is a later scene in which Fassbinder takes a female co-worker out to dinner and the actor playing the waiter does such an on point performance that I am still thinking about it. His backstory that he created for himself must have been worked on for days.Carey:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4_gDeuuN2EAny of the scene with the waiter cuts most of him out.....too bad.
Quote from: Jane on October 12, 2025, 09:38:16 AMRodzinski, will you be doing something with the in-laws for their Thanksgiving?A dinner at their facility.
Today is Leonard's Gotcha Day. He was a hungry kitten crying on the patio. We found him after we got home from the hospital when my grandson was born.
Interesting...
Shouldn't someone tell this lying scumbag that Biden was not president on Jan. 6?
Today in 1935, 90 years ago, the Cole Porter-Moss Hart musical JUBILEE opened at Broadway's Imperial Theatre.https://soundcloud.com/user5614139/cole-porter-overture-to-jubilee
~~~MORE BOOK SIGNING VIBES~~~ for DR John G.!!!
~~~MORE OPERA ORGY VIBES~~~ this afternoon for DR MichaelG!!!
Yesterday I watched, kind of at random, but it was part of my travels through some early Twilight Time releases, Journey to the Center of the Earth. I hadn't seen it since that second Blu-ray of theirs was released some ten years ago. After watching, I sampled bits of the isolated score track, which sounds fabulous. That got me in the mood, so I pulled out BK's soundtrack release on Varese, loaded the PDF of Bernard Herrmann's score into the iPad, turned it up on the Big Speakers, and listened to it all the way through while following along. I'd downloaded a number of those scores back when there were a couple of sites where they could be easily found (at the moment I don't know of ANY such sites that are still functioning), but aside from checking out a few favorite things, I'd never sat down and carefully listened to one while reading it. I'd sort of done it a couple of times while playing a movie, but you've really got to hear JUST the score, whether an isolated track on a DVD or Blu-ray or on a separate recording, to appreciate it like this.
DR JANE at the Pyramids of Giza.
Updates and support for Windows 10 ceases on Tuesday, October 14.EOL.
“Pudge” is also the cat mascot of one of my alma maters, Bowling Green, who has been taking the sports world by storm.https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/pudge-bowling-green-new-football-mascot-attracting-legion-of-fans/
THREE!
Well, today will be the J&H cue-to-cue! And I'm sure it'll be a long day...but fun!
Quote from: Laura on October 12, 2025, 05:12:24 AMToday is Leonard's Gotcha Day. He was a hungry kitten crying on the patio. We found him after we got home from the hospital when my grandson was born.Happy Gotch Day to Leonard!
Quote from: Rodzinski on October 12, 2025, 10:05:49 AMQuote from: Jane on October 12, 2025, 09:38:16 AMRodzinski, will you be doing something with the in-laws for their Thanksgiving?A dinner at their facility. A number of times I volunteered to work Thanksgiving at the nursing home in Ashland where I volunteered. It was nice meeting the families of many of the people I would visit. I hope the food at their facility tastes better
Quote from: Jrand75 on October 12, 2025, 08:02:22 AMDR JANE at the Pyramids of Giza.That's wonderful, Jane!
Quote from: Jane on October 12, 2025, 09:58:03 AMTHREE!Sweet!
Quote from: Jane on October 12, 2025, 11:11:19 AMQuote from: Rodzinski on October 12, 2025, 10:05:49 AMQuote from: Jane on October 12, 2025, 09:38:16 AMRodzinski, will you be doing something with the in-laws for their Thanksgiving?A dinner at their facility. A number of times I volunteered to work Thanksgiving at the nursing home in Ashland where I volunteered. It was nice meeting the families of many of the people I would visit. I hope the food at their facility tastes better Food is not bad there. Not the most generous either.
One time my sister and I drove up to Katherine Hepburn’s old estate in Connecticut. Her bio basically gave explicit directions. We even drove up the driveway roundabout. Some guy was not happy, which is fair. We hightailed it out of there.
