MMR - more movie reviews, I always hope the acronym will make you curious as to the body of the post - does it work ?
' Season of the Witch ' w/ Nicolas Cage ( nee Coppola ) and Ron Perlman. Two discouraged knights at the time of the Crusades are coerced into delivering a witch to a distant monastery. This movie has demons and possession with a little twist at the end. SotW got lousy reviews. Entertaining 6 / 10. Informative 4 / 10 , another side to NC 7 / 10. I bought SotW at the used DVD place. I lost money.
' War Inc ' pulls us back to my favourite movie topic. John Cusack doing John Cusack. A parody of the U.S. war effort in the Middle East. The focus is the corporate infringement in the region's politics and the arms build up. If you've seen ' Grosse Pointe Blank ' WI is a farcical repeat. Joan Cusack gets to be a assistant to her brother ( as in GPB ). The love interest is Hillary Duff ( of who we're not sure ) and Marisa Tomei gets to flirt w/ JC, a mercenary developing a heart, maybe. Used DVD, thank god. I'm out a little here, too.
" Thief of Time " the cheapest of the lot. I pulled even here. ToT is a Masterpiece Theatre American series program. The plot hinges on the archeology and underground business that takes place in and around the four corners region of the U.S. w/ the focus on the Navajo reserve and the native police force.
Starring Wes Studi and Adam Beach as the police and Graham Greene as an enterprising native w/ a dubious reputation. Tantoo Cardinal gets a little peek of a cameo. Overall, you feel as though somebody went through a lot to produce this story. Occasionally, the acting seems a little wooden or static but its got a little pop too.
' The Wrestler ' , yep , its about a wrestler near the end of his career. Actually, past the end of his career. Mickey O'Rourke plays Randy the " Ram " Robinson a legend in the wrestling world. Marisa Tomei is the love interest or not love interest. You get to see MT perform naked, thats not why I bought this DVD. MO does an OK job generating empathy and appreciation for his career and his relationship w/ fans and acquaintances. You don't need to be wrestling fan to watch this but it helps ( I guess ). I think you can get disallusioned as you watch the story unfold, not so much by the facade of the wretling game but life in general. MT looks good naked.
Overall, not a good set of purchases. However, going through the stacks at Deja Vu, I'm reminded my purchases aren't that bad. you should see some of the tiles that I skip through.
I forgot that I was going to buy ' John Carter on Mars ' , there must be some of those that got turned in. You got it , JCoM was a block buster bomb.
Thursday, 2 August 2012
Wednesday, 1 August 2012
In the news
The next Olympic event, could be - wait - competitive ' pole dancing '. Apparently, there is huge fan base, usually centered around those arenas featuring liquor and loud pumping music.
In Canada, the Olympic time joke was, we feel sorry for the Americans - all they can win is gold . We're on 5 bronze and 1 silver.We are trying not to hog the medals.
Gore Vidal died, William F. Buckley is rolling over. 2 authors / 2 days.
My fav. fishing bud, is taking me to dimsum ( he can order in Chinese ). Then we go ' joy shopping ' ( sort of like, joy riding, more expensive but safer ).
I updated, the blog entry from yesterday, am I sore, is rice white ? Wow, that is one strong post.
In Canada, the Olympic time joke was, we feel sorry for the Americans - all they can win is gold . We're on 5 bronze and 1 silver.We are trying not to hog the medals.
Gore Vidal died, William F. Buckley is rolling over. 2 authors / 2 days.
My fav. fishing bud, is taking me to dimsum ( he can order in Chinese ). Then we go ' joy shopping ' ( sort of like, joy riding, more expensive but safer ).
I updated, the blog entry from yesterday, am I sore, is rice white ? Wow, that is one strong post.
Tuesday, 31 July 2012
Lazy, Hazy days
One of the disadvantages of being on the River is that stuff floats by --- and stays. Typically, its logs or branches. I've inherited a post. Its metal and heavy or stuck to something. Obviously, we're talking part of a dock or fence. Guessing here b/c its in ten feet of water.
Last year, I thought to bring it in. Wrong. It was heavy and barely moved but it got in too close. Yesterday, I tried to move it out deeper, hoping it would be on its way. Wrong ( if you're keeping score, I'm not doing well ). Its out there another ten feet but I think I'll need help or dynamite.
Fishing is slow which means I'm not as good as I thought or think I am. I keep track and the sure bets from May - Jun aren't working. Well, who else gets to wake up, walk down to the boathouse and put in an hour ( or 3 ) on the water.
To wit, last night, lousy , but a muskrat thingy ( b/c I'm not sure I'd know a muskrat, except for the song about ' M____ Ramble '. Mr M came out on a fallen tree and ran off into the bush ( do muskrats bush ). The loons were out ( not the fishermen, real loons ). There were 4 or 5 , some smaller, so a family.
Except that this is the first time I've seen them out to-gether. The most I've seen is Mommy loon w/ a chick. There is a solitary loon, male ? , but he never gets near the others.
So, fish, no fish, no matter, I'm there.
This AM putting in the boat, I realized how easily accidents can happen. The steel cable on the winch jumped the spool and jammed. I wasn't sure what to do. I thought of bringing in a second winch but instead, I pried the cable over the spool edge and the cable flipped over. I kept my fingers away from the pry and wore leather gloves ( always, when using the winch ). still, on the way out to fish , I got to thinking, what if ?
A doozy of a thunderstorm rolled thru about 2 PM and the road disappeared twice but everyone slowed down and kept their distance, so we just motored on.
Priller the driller ( my dentist ) had at me again. two minor cavities. If you keep score, cavities 2 - L nothing. He is an excellent dentist. He makes sure your numb and keeps checking.Bingo, bango out of there.
Maeve Binchy died. Irish author of M's favourite genra, something, I don't know.
CA who does the cryptic has me scuppered this week. well, I've got 3 days to figure her out.
Update 2012 8-1
To-day, I've got sore muscles and this is bad b/c I don't have a lot of muscles to start with. All right, OK, the post won. Never had chance it was glued to the bottom.
Last year, I thought to bring it in. Wrong. It was heavy and barely moved but it got in too close. Yesterday, I tried to move it out deeper, hoping it would be on its way. Wrong ( if you're keeping score, I'm not doing well ). Its out there another ten feet but I think I'll need help or dynamite.
Fishing is slow which means I'm not as good as I thought or think I am. I keep track and the sure bets from May - Jun aren't working. Well, who else gets to wake up, walk down to the boathouse and put in an hour ( or 3 ) on the water.
To wit, last night, lousy , but a muskrat thingy ( b/c I'm not sure I'd know a muskrat, except for the song about ' M____ Ramble '. Mr M came out on a fallen tree and ran off into the bush ( do muskrats bush ). The loons were out ( not the fishermen, real loons ). There were 4 or 5 , some smaller, so a family.
Except that this is the first time I've seen them out to-gether. The most I've seen is Mommy loon w/ a chick. There is a solitary loon, male ? , but he never gets near the others.
So, fish, no fish, no matter, I'm there.
This AM putting in the boat, I realized how easily accidents can happen. The steel cable on the winch jumped the spool and jammed. I wasn't sure what to do. I thought of bringing in a second winch but instead, I pried the cable over the spool edge and the cable flipped over. I kept my fingers away from the pry and wore leather gloves ( always, when using the winch ). still, on the way out to fish , I got to thinking, what if ?
A doozy of a thunderstorm rolled thru about 2 PM and the road disappeared twice but everyone slowed down and kept their distance, so we just motored on.
Priller the driller ( my dentist ) had at me again. two minor cavities. If you keep score, cavities 2 - L nothing. He is an excellent dentist. He makes sure your numb and keeps checking.Bingo, bango out of there.
Maeve Binchy died. Irish author of M's favourite genra, something, I don't know.
CA who does the cryptic has me scuppered this week. well, I've got 3 days to figure her out.
Update 2012 8-1
To-day, I've got sore muscles and this is bad b/c I don't have a lot of muscles to start with. All right, OK, the post won. Never had chance it was glued to the bottom.
Sunday, 29 July 2012
A Loss and wins
Yesterday, the Hammy Nats lost to the Denver Outlaws, big time 21 - 12. The score is indicative of the dominance of the other guys.
The Outs. cut hard to the net from behind and took their cover D past the net and turned back. they used goal line extended to stretch the defense. They took more face-offs, dropped the ball less and out ground balled the Nats.
The Nats never got composed. Their passes inside were dropped or cut out by a fairly solid defense.
The Outlaws got solid goal tending from Jesse
Schwartzman ( ex- Hopkins ) . Js wasn't spectacular, stood his ground, took his angles and the Nats shot right at him.
We went for dinner at Joya ' Korean Japanese Restaurant '. Burger joint front, very neat inside. Food, dynamite. I had tempura udon. This dish is usually flour noodles ( fat ones ) in a broth w/ say green onions. Normally you'd get 2 battered shrimp and a battered onion ring or green pepper or a zuchinni or sqaush. What I had was a superb broth, tasty noodles. They added kamaboko ( fried fish paste, like a cake ) many flavouring vegetables and a panko topping. The side was 3 shrimp ( big shrimp - yeah it sounds dumb - big shrimp ) , 5 pieces of battered veg. I didn't finish. BTW, the soup came bubbling to the table. I was sweating the whole meal. The soup is served in a stoneware black bowl, pre-heated so the soup doesn't cool down.
The son from next door, Colin, does our lawn along w/ his sister. he asks questions all the time, the whole trip.
My mom is in a nursing home. On Saturday's visit, I went into the sun room to see her.
She was wearing a tie, not. She had vomitted over her front. I called the staff and they got her to her room. the nurse was very concerned and tried to keep me informed. It turns out that I end up holding the garbage can while mom tosses her cookies. If your an avid reader, you know now that I come by my throwing up , honestly, I know too much information.
I left when I realized, the nurse was working to keep me informed and tend Mom, so I took off.
Mom has been at the long term care, since Feb 2004. The official description of her mental state is dementia, Alzhheimer's type. Without an autopsy, everyone is guessing, what level of dementia Mom has. Actually, all the residents on the 7 th floor are different in their diablilties.
Mom is polite and likes to talk, to anyone. She is one the few who can listen to another patient and even tries to help. she's useless but tries. she loves to count - cars, poles anything. the staff speak of her fondly.
The dichotomy here is that I see a frail, old women and what she can't do. So, I try to see the situation from the staff point of view - but wow, I still come home looking for a martini.
I know, talk about personal info in a blog. Oh well, now you know.
The Outs. cut hard to the net from behind and took their cover D past the net and turned back. they used goal line extended to stretch the defense. They took more face-offs, dropped the ball less and out ground balled the Nats.
The Nats never got composed. Their passes inside were dropped or cut out by a fairly solid defense.
The Outlaws got solid goal tending from Jesse
Schwartzman ( ex- Hopkins ) . Js wasn't spectacular, stood his ground, took his angles and the Nats shot right at him.
We went for dinner at Joya ' Korean Japanese Restaurant '. Burger joint front, very neat inside. Food, dynamite. I had tempura udon. This dish is usually flour noodles ( fat ones ) in a broth w/ say green onions. Normally you'd get 2 battered shrimp and a battered onion ring or green pepper or a zuchinni or sqaush. What I had was a superb broth, tasty noodles. They added kamaboko ( fried fish paste, like a cake ) many flavouring vegetables and a panko topping. The side was 3 shrimp ( big shrimp - yeah it sounds dumb - big shrimp ) , 5 pieces of battered veg. I didn't finish. BTW, the soup came bubbling to the table. I was sweating the whole meal. The soup is served in a stoneware black bowl, pre-heated so the soup doesn't cool down.
The son from next door, Colin, does our lawn along w/ his sister. he asks questions all the time, the whole trip.
My mom is in a nursing home. On Saturday's visit, I went into the sun room to see her.
She was wearing a tie, not. She had vomitted over her front. I called the staff and they got her to her room. the nurse was very concerned and tried to keep me informed. It turns out that I end up holding the garbage can while mom tosses her cookies. If your an avid reader, you know now that I come by my throwing up , honestly, I know too much information.
I left when I realized, the nurse was working to keep me informed and tend Mom, so I took off.
Mom has been at the long term care, since Feb 2004. The official description of her mental state is dementia, Alzhheimer's type. Without an autopsy, everyone is guessing, what level of dementia Mom has. Actually, all the residents on the 7 th floor are different in their diablilties.
Mom is polite and likes to talk, to anyone. She is one the few who can listen to another patient and even tries to help. she's useless but tries. she loves to count - cars, poles anything. the staff speak of her fondly.
The dichotomy here is that I see a frail, old women and what she can't do. So, I try to see the situation from the staff point of view - but wow, I still come home looking for a martini.
I know, talk about personal info in a blog. Oh well, now you know.
Friday, 27 July 2012
Trim crazy
Went out with the best of intentions, do a little clean up. 3 hours later, bushes down and everything trimmed down. The front tulip tree needed a spruce up. And the spruce, which actually looks like a scarecrow tree, was shabby, now its not. Hedge got neatened.
Watching the Olympic opening ceremony, so far, Lebanon won't train beside the Israeli team. 3 countries got bullied into allowing women to compete, think what the next 100 years brings.
Played poker last night, and we joke that there is a homecourt advantage but no host can win. Well, I won little bit - $ 75 - yeah, and it barely covers the cost of food and drink. Any win beats losing.
To-morrow, we drive to Hamilton , approx 45 min away, to watch pro lacrosse. The Nationals were a T.O. team for 3 years and then got sold to a promoter out of the area around Hamilton.
The Nats cannot qualify for the play-offs. I feel obligated to go once a year to support the sport. The hype, music, in game contests, T-shirt throwing, kiss cam ( well they may have finally stopped that, along w/ pole dancing, using a lacrosse stick )is distracting.
I had season tix for the Nats here in T.O. They won a championship here.
The teams are the cull of the college ranks in the states and some Canadian Jrs and Srs. The on field product is world class. you get to watch the legends of lacrosse play every game.
I could be one of the few who go to the game w/ a printout noting the college team for each player. And of course, there is a small chance that I've seen these guys play for their college. Two years ago, I might have seen way more b/c I went to non - Hopkins games a lot more. Last year, I saw 2 games and this year it was hit and run, 3 days, 1 game and gone ( and we lost ).
Actually, if you watch Hopkins, Princeton, Syracuse and maybe some team such as Delaware
you might recognize 70 % of the players.
Watching the Olympic opening ceremony, so far, Lebanon won't train beside the Israeli team. 3 countries got bullied into allowing women to compete, think what the next 100 years brings.
Played poker last night, and we joke that there is a homecourt advantage but no host can win. Well, I won little bit - $ 75 - yeah, and it barely covers the cost of food and drink. Any win beats losing.
To-morrow, we drive to Hamilton , approx 45 min away, to watch pro lacrosse. The Nationals were a T.O. team for 3 years and then got sold to a promoter out of the area around Hamilton.
The Nats cannot qualify for the play-offs. I feel obligated to go once a year to support the sport. The hype, music, in game contests, T-shirt throwing, kiss cam ( well they may have finally stopped that, along w/ pole dancing, using a lacrosse stick )is distracting.
I had season tix for the Nats here in T.O. They won a championship here.
The teams are the cull of the college ranks in the states and some Canadian Jrs and Srs. The on field product is world class. you get to watch the legends of lacrosse play every game.
I could be one of the few who go to the game w/ a printout noting the college team for each player. And of course, there is a small chance that I've seen these guys play for their college. Two years ago, I might have seen way more b/c I went to non - Hopkins games a lot more. Last year, I saw 2 games and this year it was hit and run, 3 days, 1 game and gone ( and we lost ).
Actually, if you watch Hopkins, Princeton, Syracuse and maybe some team such as Delaware
you might recognize 70 % of the players.
Thursday, 26 July 2012
Dentist visit
They found a cavity. Bottom edge of a filling.
The filling is bigger than the tooth thats left
If I had complained of pain, root canal and crown would be covered by insurance. So, now we submit a claim and hope its approved. A root canal isn't worth the cost of a crown. Dentist says " lets not be negative , you still have 1/2 your life ahead " GG another 1/2 to go, someone should have warned me. He's been my dentist for 36 yrs.
No one killed in T.O.last night.
The filling is bigger than the tooth thats left
If I had complained of pain, root canal and crown would be covered by insurance. So, now we submit a claim and hope its approved. A root canal isn't worth the cost of a crown. Dentist says " lets not be negative , you still have 1/2 your life ahead " GG another 1/2 to go, someone should have warned me. He's been my dentist for 36 yrs.
No one killed in T.O.last night.
Wednesday, 25 July 2012
just Another day - not
So, we're at the QMH in cottage country. M says she heard a phone sound - I check the cell phone and a phone call was recorded.I call back and surprise its the dentist. Reminding me of my dentist appt. ' Did you know ? ' " No " thus, we're home.
Batman visits Aurora, Co. however, he is representing only himself not the Movie studio or producers.
Fishing was poor. I tried my best but two fish in three hours. The old reliables fell through. Spinnerbait - no. stick bait - 1 little guy Drop shot - 1 bass about 1 1/2 #. This morning nada.
BTW - no profanity is allowed on this blog
Damn , some of my best expressions are swear words. I learned to swear in Rovers ( 1 step up from Boy Scouts ) friends said they never heard such crap and that I swore pretty good before the Rover crew got hold of me.
However, Ivan and Bobby were originals, what an eye opener it was in that Crew.
Batman visits Aurora, Co. however, he is representing only himself not the Movie studio or producers.
Fishing was poor. I tried my best but two fish in three hours. The old reliables fell through. Spinnerbait - no. stick bait - 1 little guy Drop shot - 1 bass about 1 1/2 #. This morning nada.
BTW - no profanity is allowed on this blog
Damn , some of my best expressions are swear words. I learned to swear in Rovers ( 1 step up from Boy Scouts ) friends said they never heard such crap and that I swore pretty good before the Rover crew got hold of me.
However, Ivan and Bobby were originals, what an eye opener it was in that Crew.
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