Finally up to snuff. So I’ve been catching up on my chores. Fixing a fence, stowing some gardening equipment, some prep for some larger tasks. But ti’s good to be back in the land of the living. As I was walking by a hill I could hear one lonely cricket still chirping slow and low. I couldn’t help saying to him, “Hang in there brother.”
I look around today at the headlines; economy tanking, inflation running amok, Biden sucks; same old, same old.
But on the home front lots of good stuff going on. Halloween will be a real thing this year. They’ve taken the plastic wrap off the kids and they can go out and beg for grubby candy. We’ve got a grandson’s birthday coming up here and we’ve also wrangled the rights to hosting Thanksgiving for all the grandkids this year. So whatever else Dementia Joe destroys he may be too late to destroy Thanksgiving. And I say that knowing that there may be no turkeys or pumpkin pie because of “supply chain” foul ups. But for whatever reason hope is in the air.
I looked at TCM’s line-up of horror movies for Halloween and they really are pathetic. They’ve ignored almost all the Universal Classic Monster movies and they’ve back-filled with a lot of shlocky 1950’s and 1960’s Vincent Price junk. I could understand if they had decided to go for more modern fare but then they could have had Psycho, Silence of the Lambs, maybe some of the really gruesome stuff from the 1990’s. But apparently they’ve lost interest. I’m looking around to review at least one good horror movie for Halloween. If anyone has a suggestion that I haven’t already reviewed feel free to leave it in the comments.
I noticed that the poll takers, Reuters and Harris and the rest haven’t tried too hard to boost Biden’s poll numbers over the last couple of weeks. Or if they have it hasn’t helped. He’s been at approximately -10 (40 up, 50 down) for a while. I’m curious to see if it can go much below that. If it got to -20 (30/60) I bet even Dementia Joe’s puppet master will consider trying to repair some of the damage done to the economy by shutting off the petroleum supplies. But then again they are true believers. Maybe nothing will stop them from trying to destroy the US economy and us.
I’m going back into some older pictures for my Photo of the Day. It’s stuff I took with my Sony A-850 DSLR. Some of it is more than ten years ago. I’ve been pleasantly surprised at the great quality of a lot of the files. And it’s been a nostalgic experience seeing some of the people and places that were around back then.
Well, that’s enough rambling for now. More organized posting to follow.
Going to see DUNE this weekend–I am a secret cult member of 40+ years duration.
I would be interested in your review of the movie if it fits in your universe.
Neil I would be interested in getting your review of the movie. Any chance I could talk you into writing one?
That is a reversal better than castling a king in chess. Besides having little writing talent, I have never reviewed anything before. So of course I can’t say “no”. I have read two reviews, one by Steve Sailer at Taki’s magazine–and both are highly favorable. I’ll try to give it a go–at least you have given me a justification (to my wife) to see it twice b4 attempting such a literary feat. You can say “sucker” now and/or later. Any tips or aids I can look up?
Neil that’s great. My advice is to write it as a fan of the book. Does the movie capture the spirit of the story? Do the actors and the script do justice to the characters in the book? After that say what you thought of the special effects. I’m sure you’ll have too much to write. Since the story is very popular you won’t need to do a plot synopsis. But you might want to describe any differences between the book and movie plots. And finally you can say whether you would recommend it or not. And to whom. Fans… Read more »
Thank you for the advise. So now onward to the sands of Arrakis.
Watch out for the sand worms.
But… the worms ARE the spice!
Then bring on the worms!