zondag 30 april 2017

Let's watch Star Trek: Amok Time. Star Trek fight music! Spock and Kirk battle to the death on Vulcan.

Turn on KING 5 News. Pearl Jam pop-up shop opens at Easy Street Records in beautiful West Seattle. Over to Sweetbay to watch some movies. Rogue One in HD! Spectacular! Still... That feeling I get when I see the Death Star hovering above us. My heart sinks.

Next - Kingsman. An independent, international intelligence agency operating at the highest level of discretion, whose ultimate goal is to keep the world safe. Salute the flag of the Galactic Empire before you go to sleep.

zaterdag 29 april 2017

zaterdag 29 april 2017 Saturday morning movie with swords and sandals - MST3K: Colossus And The Head Hunters.

Turn on KUOW for Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me!

vrijdag 28 april 2017

vrijdag 28 april 2017 Up with Stephanie Miller. I like her new protest shirt. Get it! Little Trump On A Leash With Putin.

Colbert's Beautiful Review: '99 Days In 99 Seconds' When Ellen Came Out, She Didn’t Just Change Lives. She Saved Them. It was 20 years ago when Ellen Degeneres came out on national TV. Prime time! We love you, Ellen!

donderdag 27 april 2017

donderdag 27 april 2017 Senators Leave White House Briefing On North Korea Unsure About Why It Took Place. Wednesday afternoon, the entire U.S. Senate took a bus ride to the auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Bldg, ostensibly to receive a high-level briefing from White House officials on North Korea. Honk! Honk!

Bernie Sanders skips Senate meeting - calls it a road-show. Bernie Sanders Sounds Off On Donald Trump's Latest Fiascos. ‘The Simpsons’ Puts A Deeply Dark Twist On Trump’s 1st 100 Days.

woensdag 26 april 2017

woensdag 26 april 2017 I like today's Google Doodle. Cassini Spacecraft Dives Between Saturn and its Rings!

Interesting scenario. What if the Confederacy of Independent Systems came across Earth? Would our meager defenses be able to hold up against the might Separatist Army? Part 1 of a 3 part series.

dinsdag 25 april 2017

dinsdag 25 april 2017 Up with Bill Press. Trump managed to capture a majority of white women voters, an upsetting demographic loss to Hillary Clinton. Bill discusses with Emma Roller (I like your Twitter) of Fusion and Emily Crockett. Yesterday was a wonderful warm Spring day. Today and days forward... It seems to get back to gloomy again. Future forecast.

End of the day movie - MST3K: The Magic Voyage of Sinbad. The Bots, especially Gypsy, are amazed by Joel's channel cat puppet. But Crow and Tom have an existential crisis.

maandag 24 april 2017

maandag 24 april 2017 Midnight movie - MST3K: Racket Girls. The Short - Are You Ready For Marriage? (1950). It seems that Crow T Robot and Tom Servo are ready. Turn on France 24. France decides. It's Macron vs. Le Pen in May. Beautiful day. The sun pops out. The kids romp outside. Hi, Seattle.

Watch MST3K: At The Earth's Core. Where no one can hear you scream!

zondag 23 april 2017

zondag 23 april 2017 Midnight movie - MST3K: Avalanche. Cameo appearance by Neil Patrick Harris who plays an intergalactic celebrity magician - Neville Laroy - who is internet-dating Kinga.

Will ‘Frexit’ supporters decide the outcome of the French presidential election? A demonstrator holds a placard reading "Frexit you excite me!" Both Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélenchon are in favor of holding a referendum on EU membership.

Voter turnout is high amid tight security. Polling stations are protected by armed police and soldiers.

Let's switch to basketball. It's so exciting that I can't sit down. OOOOOWWWWW!

LeBron James makes a 3-pointer towards the end. Cavaliers sweep Pacers in first round of playoffs with a final score of 106-102.

zaterdag 22 april 2017

zaterdag 22 april 2017 Carl Sagan - You Are Here. Cherish that pale blue dot. Our only home we've ever known.

Space news! A picture of Earth between Saturn's rings. An image from NASA’s Cassini probe. In honor of Earth Day, Bill Maher says Shut up about Mars! New Rule: Make Earth Great Again!

Bellingham seems to have a lot of science nerds. People are converging downtown. Scientists worried about Trump policies, so they organized to march. They're coming down from Western Washington U, Peace Health Hospital... and so many kids from schools. I'm confused by one placard - Don't be like Krypton.

Krypton is a chemical element with the symbol Kr and the atomic number 36.  It's inert. I think that I get it. Lacking the ability or strength to move. "She lay inert in her bed" Synonyms: unmoving, motionless, immobile, inanimate, still, stationary, static. The plea is to connect, to get involved, to participate. Nice! A double entendre, perhaps. It could also mean - Don't Blow Up The Planet!

vrijdag 21 april 2017

vrijdag 21 april 2017 France 24 at 2 AM Pacific (11 AM Paris). Politics get intense before April 23’s first round for the presidential election. Marine Le Pen calls for all French terror suspects to be expelled after Champs-Élysées attack.

C'est La Grande Roue. Benoît Hamon could fail to clear even single digit support in Sunday’s vote. What is it about Benoît? Those piercing blue eyes? The dizzying rise and fall of French Socialist presidential hopeful Benoît Hamon. It's a beautiful sunny day. And so warm! 64.4 ° Fun degrees! Fun for the kids on the playground. I have fun on my bike sprinting around town... checking out the Old Village Trail again.

Catching up with Bill Press. Whoa! A special show. Legal in DC and WA.

donderdag 20 april 2017

donderdag 20 april 2017 Up with Bill Press. Science is political! Talking about the March for Science DC with one of the co-founders.

On Stephanie Miller, they talk a lot about Trump's damaged brain. Possible problems with his brain's front lobe. Wash-Po: After a brain injury, I suddenly displayed some behavior similar to Donald Trump’s. We’ve all heard President Trump’s overuse of filler words such as, “like,” “very,” and “um,” which suggests evidence of a growing dissonance. David Pakman - Trump has cognitive decline.

Are you saying that I put an abnormal brain into a seven and a half-foot lonnnngggg...FIFTY-FOUR INCH-WIDE...(begins strangling Igor) GORILLA?!?! IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME?!? KING 5 exposé - Who Was Ed Murray In The 80's? I definitely wasn't a perfect angel. Who were you in the 80's?

woensdag 19 april 2017

woensdag 19 april 2017 "Mr. President, I'm sorry." The story behind Clinton's election night apology. Takeaways from the Clinton campaign autopsy Shattered. The tell-all book: Shattered. I'm still interested in the French elections. They're all revved up! Mélenchon galvanises the left in French election... with his holograms. (Oops. I almost said Homograms.) A ham sandwich at the co-op. A little bike ride. Whoa! Another windy day. Almost blew me off my bike! Catching up with the Bill O! Good riddance! Representatives for Fox and O’Reilly have begun talking about an exit. But HE'S OUT! Remember when he got nutso? The Magnificent Meltdown!

dinsdag 18 april 2017

dinsdag 18 april 2017 Midnight movie - Rogue One. The Battle of Scarif feels like the invasion of Normandy. Devastation and slaughter.

Is Trump at Mar-a-Lago? Hypocrisy! This site tracks how much Trump's Mar-A-Lago trips are costing us. Millions of government dollars spent at Mar-a-Lago while cuts to vital programs such as Meals on Wheels are threatened. Trending in the Twitterverse - Donald Trump Jr. Takes Jab At Media With ‘Very Fake News’ Shirt. How cheesy!

Yay for Rocky Mountain Mike! - "Time Of The Sleazin'" Remembered as one of the most destructive and deadliest natural disasters in the history of the United States, on this day 111 years ago... 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

Did you do your taxes? In honor of Tax Day, here is Amy Goodman talking about Donald Trump's excuses for not releasing his tax returns. On KEXP, this song catches my ear. Skating Polly. I love their rockin' guitars! But... How is it louder in Outer Space? Nice rhyme.

maandag 17 april 2017

maandag 17 april 2017 Midnight movie - The D Train. Rated "R" French Elections: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. He speaks French fairly well. I love this French bistro ambiance.

This and that. My TB test shows negative. And it's a brand new car! Various busses home. Next - At The Earth's Core.

zondag 16 april 2017

zondag 16 april 2017 Midnight snack - Cup o Noodles. Let's watch Netflix's MST3K: The Loves Of Hercules.

Looking forward to Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. II. Many previews in one. I get the goosebumps when The Chain plays. A few hours of sleep. My roommate is up early. Sunny this morning. No clouds to burn off. Bike up Electric Avenue. Hello, Ohio!
Lots of little dogs are barking at me when I chain up my bike. In Lafeen's for a donut break. It's quiet. Everyone's at church for Easter.

Get a lotto ticket next door. Back up and over Alabama Hill. View of Bham. In the distance - Bellingham Towers. The Towers (singular) is the city’s tallest commercial building at 15 stories and is the last and largest structure from the pre-depression building boom in downtown Bellingham. And the town has been in a depression ever since.

I should follow the bird down to Bellingham Bay, but I want to watch the Trail Blazers - Warriors game.

zaterdag 15 april 2017

zaterdag 15 april 2017 On France 24. France in Focus - Employment: new paths back to work. A survey says 82% of the French like their jobs. Doubt that we can say the same in the USA.

LeBron, Cavs escape with 109 - 108 win over Pacers. OMG! What a squeaker! The Cavs were up by 12 points. The Pacers go in.

Bike ride up to Electric Ave. I'm not a botanist. What is this stuff? It's growing all over the Alabama Street Bridge. Underneath, too. They look hungry.

vrijdag 14 april 2017

vrijdag 14 april 2017 4 AM movie - MST3K: Cry Wilderness. Our first major cameo from past MST3K stars: Brain Guy, Bobo and Pearl! They stop by briefly in Pearl’s good old flying Volkswagen van.

Cute, little breakfast song. But I'm not eating Fruit Loops. During the day, I do this and that. Then... She's Dead, Jim!

Star Trek: The Wolf In The Fold .

donderdag 13 april 2017

donderdag 13 april 2017 Midnight movie - Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996). Mike and his bots watch and give their comments about This Island Earth (1955). Tom Servo has his own Interocitor. They get attacked by rays.

Not much sleep. Noisy upstairs... or The Mother Of All Bombs woke me up maybe. A non-nuclear bomb dropped on ISIS in Afghanistan. Downtown to the YMCA for orientation. It's busy downstairs. Beautiful view from the 4th floor. Trip on the #4 bus up to Bellingham's Pill Hill. Take an early lunch at the Cordata Co-op. To WinCo to pick up some things - spaghetti, baked beans and 12-grain bread. It's warming up, so I shed my jacket. Hop on my bike. The wind is stiff from the south. Visit Fairhaven. The bay emits a shade of sea green.

At last! Life somewhere... Saturn moon 'able to support life'

woensdag 12 april 2017

woensdag 12 april 2017 Restless and rainy night. Midnight movie - MST3K: Santa Claus Conquers The Martians. I love the robot.

Comédie+ gives us the French subtitles to Alec Baldwin's portrayal of Donald Trump. Il utilise son klaxon! Catching up with Matt + Blue. Living in Los Angeles.

dinsdag 11 april 2017

dinsdag 11 april 2017 Up with Stephanie Miller. Civil rights attorney Lisa Bloom gets jingled. They talk about the Bill O’Reilly Sexual Harassment Scandal.

Out on my bike for a ride. I discover that I over-dressed. It's peek a boo sunshine. 56.5 °F. Ride to town, up to Cornwall Park. Haggen is selling some beautiful blooms. Gallon anemone - $7.99.

Back home for Ellen. Topical humor... United Airlines. At last - Jessica Jone: AKA Smile.

maandag 10 april 2017

maandag 10 april 2017 Turn on Stephanie Miller. It's about the Twitterverse! #TrumpRussia.

Actor and voice comedian Rick Overton joins the gang in the studio. Next... Jessica Jones watches the evil mind-bender Kilgrave at The Coffee Shop. He is meeting Malcolm. Kilgrave is a smart villain. He makes Malcolm his slave not through mind control, but by giving him drugs, guaranteeing his loyalty as long as the drugs keep coming.

The weather is a little dicy for the 2017 home opener for the Mariners. It's a party at the home plate. The reporters at KING 5 are out in the streets. They ask the kids, "How do the Mariners win?" "They gotta hit the ball!" Toasted grasshoppers debut on the new Mariners menu.

Listening to KEXP during my walk down Cornwall. This song cracks me up. The Magnetic Fields will appear at The Moore on May 6 and 7.

zondag 9 april 2017

zondag 9 april 2017 Midnight movie - MST3K: The Pumaman. Sleep for almost 5 hours. Up with KING 5 News. Ben Derry hikes to the top of Artist Point. Look at all the snow and mountains forever! Ben There, Done That: Artist Point at North Cascades.

Catching up with SNL. Alec Baldwin Is Trump, Bill O’Reilly and Trump (Again). This is my favorite skit. Related: Trump supporters appeared on a CNN panel and when asked to grade President Trump's job performance so far. Confused Trump Supporters Give Trump an "A". Trip up to Lafeens Family Pride Donuts. Thank you for the delicious maple bar - $1.29. Nice treat.  Walk up Lakeway to catch a bus back. Ready for a bike ride. The sun is coming out.  Circuit around Barkley, Sunnyland and Yorktown. Home again. Yes! Mark Hamill Jokes 'Rogue One' Vader Scenes Look Like Steve Bannon's Home Movies. FOR REAL! I got Rogue One!

zaterdag 8 april 2017

zaterdag 8 april 2017 Turn on France 24. They do an expose on the photographer - artist JR. Known for his Chroniques de Clichy-Montfermeil and the Inside Out Project in NYC. Watch Bill Maher. He tells Republicans that they have to learn the difference between being a conservative and just being a dick... Sums Up What Republicanism Has Become Under Donald Trump. Blustery day. I bike downtown. I love that our library is a sanctuary with indoor activities for people that keep you nice and dry. Just drop in and build with Legos. Just bring your imagination!

vrijdag 7 april 2017

vrijdag 7 april 2017 US fires more than 50 Tomahawks against Syria.

Trump attacked Syria for "the children," but he still won't let them into the U.S. Unless Trump reverses his total opposition to allowing refugees into the country, his supposed concern for those Syrians simply does not hold up. President Hypocrite! I need Pure Comedy after the news. KEXP plays Father John Misty’s New Album. Incredible! My favorite song - Things It Would Have Been Helpful to Know Before the Revolution. I'm soaking this all up during my walks on the Greenways of Bellingham.

What should I drink for National Beer Day. Hmmmm beer. Beer across the country is a $253 billion contributor to the U.S. economy. I believe in the power of beer! And I can't trust a president who can't drink a beer! I am drinking a Stone Delicious IPA.