Time to run some Saturday morning errands. And one of those errands is to pay my phone bill. Normally I just do an electronic payment from my back account, but I had come into a sizeable amount of cash recently, and decided to pay my Verizon phone bill with the cash in hand. You know,…
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Stop what you’re doing and watch this movie called RRR right now!
I’ve heard so much buzz about this film. I’ve heard it’s packed with action scenes. I’ve heard it’s got two charismatic lead actors. I’ve heard it’s a sweeping epic with spectacular cinematography and eye-popping special effects. And it’s called RRR. I don’t know why it’s called RRR, but it’s on Netflix, and I have a…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, January 21, 2023
That’s right, folks. It’s Saturday, and you know what that means. It’s time for a recap of the blogposts and photos and ideas shared by the people on my personal blogroll. Check them out and enjoy. Bill Dowd’s “Notes on Napkins,” “Which long-run Upstate dining icons survived the pandemic?“ Jerry Papandrea’s “DerryX” blog, “I have…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for January 20, 2023
The following is a playlist for the broadcast of the Nightowl Radio Show, a one-hour college radio show on station WHCL-FM. The show can be streamed tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. There’s a lot of tracks from the early 1980’s on tonight’s episode, as well as the debut of two new homemade inter-song…
Read MoreAmazon Smile isn’t smiling after February 20, 2023.
I’ve used Amazon’s Smile ordering service to designate a charitable donation from my online purchases. It’s a passive way to donate to a non-profit organization, while still purchasing whatever odds and ends I can get from Jeff Bezos’ online marketplace. And I’m sure many other people have used the Amazon Smile ordering platform for their…
Read MoreGeorge Santos and Sapphire.
If you have not read this news article from the Oyster Bay, New York website Patch, read it now. Seriously. Read it now. Here’s the link. Ugh. This story makes my blood boil. In one fell swoop, George Santos – or Anthony DeVolder – or whatever his name is this week – told a homeless…
Read MoreSeason 3 is coming. This is the way.
I’m what you would call a medium-level Star Wars fan. I’ll see the movies on opening night (all eleven of them so far, I count Solo as part of the canon), and some of the TV shows. I haven’t really gotten into the animated Star Wars universe – maybe at some point I can binge-watch…
Read MoreThanks for derailing Snowpiercer, TNT
I really enjoyed the dystopian sci-fi TV series Snowpiercer. Like all great television sci-fi shows, it was an allegory to our modern world, treating social conflict and isolation and political manipulations in the setting of a transcontinental train carrying the last survivors of a global winter. The first season was great, the second season was…
Read MoreA new use for a cutlery set
I bought this hand-made knife set 18 months ago. Hand-forged Damascus steel carbon-blade knives from a Pakistan bladesmith. Aren’t they sweet-looking? Too bad I don’t own them any more. Well, not too bad. There’s a reason why I don’t own them any more. After I acquired the knives – and had them professionally sharpened –…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, January 14, 2023
Alan Ilagan’s blog, “Greenery Out, Greenery In.“ The Bedlam Farm Journal, “Flower Therapy: Take This, Cold and Wet Storm.“ Marc Beebe’s “Wandering Words,” “Another 50 = 80.“ Richard Broom Photography, “The Chicken’s Eyes (Weird).“ The Lonerist photo blog, “Some Kind of Blue Pt. 2.“ The Resurrected Camera blog, “The consequences are still worth it.“ Tim…
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