donderdag 30 november 2017

donderdag 30 november 2017 Tim the Enchanter was a character in the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, portrayed by John Cleese. He was a mysterious enchanter who was capable of conjuring fireballs with his long, wooden staff. So! Brave knights! If you do doubt your courage or your strength, come no further, for death awaits you all with nasty, big, pointy teeth... One of my favorites! Fall colors. I love being outside with the kids... even in the rain.

The kids build a log cabin for me. I wish it were real. Thanks, kids!

Good-bye November. Hello December.

woensdag 29 november 2017

woensdag 29 november 2017 Turn on KGO just for the KGO Weather. It's way too nice! Sunny, warm and dry in November. I'm very jealous. Why people love to hate Californians. It seems that once the Russians loved to love S. F. These 'chilling' Soviet maps of San Francisco, Bay Area likely intended for the Communist takeover.

What Fox News has to say about upside-down Christmas trees like the one at S.F.'s Westfield Mall. Exploring the south side of Bellingham (again). Well... Every time that I take the #14 bus, it gets packed with students. I understand, you guys. WWU is up on that hill - Sehome Hill. Thor meditates next to me.

Viking Pride! I love the X-mas lights showing through the dorms. The giant sequoia near Edens Hall on the north end of campus is all decked out. Such a festive show in blue and white lights!

Catching up with Ellen. Actors Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet reveal their very first rehearsal for the coming-of-age drama Call Me by Your Name. Apparently, Timothée Chalamet used to be a rapper.

dinsdag 28 november 2017

dinsdag 28 november 2017 Good morning, Josh Dun!

We're going to give the American people a huge tax cut for Christmas, Trump boosts. Break it down, Trevor! SCAM! SCAM! SCAM! Congratulations to Seattle Mayor-elect Jenny Durkan. She is taking a tour to five neighborhoods to celebrate her inauguration including the Elliott Bay Brewery. Raise a glass... Cheers!

Congrats to Harry and Meghan! Best wishes for your marriage.

maandag 27 november 2017

maandag 27 november 2017 It's been exciting, insane, and loads of fun... Eight episodes of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (Season One) finished. The ‘assis-friend’ catches the holistic detective in his lies. Todd Confronts Dirk (video).

It's a cloudy but dry day. I get out to do this and that. Bike here and there. Let's watch The Lights Of Zetar. How pretty, they are!

It's an evil energy storm from Zetar, a planet where all humanoid life was destroyed. They're here! They're here in Bellingham!

zondag 26 november 2017

zondag 26 november 2017 Up at 2:34. Todd's car gets beat up.

Craziness is Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. Todd Brotzman finds himself at the center of an otherworldly criminal investigation involving murder, kidnapping, pets and odd detective Dirk Gently. I manage a nice dry walk to town. Otherwise, it's mostly a rainy day. Bus back to my place. Let's watch MST3K: The Sinister Urge.

zaterdag 25 november 2017

zaterdag 25 november 2017 Turn on KING 5. Tree lighting, Macy's star kick off holiday season. Merry Christmas, Seattle! Let's Watch Lost In Space: Condemned Of Space. Oh, Doctor Smith.

It's a rather dreary day. A little rain. Down to Fred Meyer to pick up a few groceries. Watch a unique movie - The Monkey King: Havoc in Heaven's Palace. A 2014 Hong Kong-Chinese action-fantasy film. Still a lot of leftover turkey ans stuffing to eat today. Yum!

vrijdag 24 november 2017

vrijdag 24 november 2017 Breakfast in America is leftover Thanksgiving... Turkey and stuffing. Someone took photos of yesterday's Thanksgiving. I'm enjoying my turkey with a bottle of Trader Joe's Three-Buck Chuck. Cabernet Sauvignon. All of that wine is mine!

Turkey, Corn Soufflé, sweet potatoes, mash potatoes, green bean casserole and a bowl of fruit... More wine, please.

Michael drives from Sweetbay to my place. Turn on France 24. Let's go to the Palace of Versailles for The Best Winter Exhibitions. I adore the outdoor art! Behold! The Gardens. Missing Seattle... The Christmas tree lighting in Westlake Park.

donderdag 23 november 2017

donderdag 23 november 2017 Happy Thanksgiving. Turkey for me, turkey for you. Let's eat turkey from a big brown shoe! Morning movie - 2014 ‧ Fantasy/Thriller X-Men: Days of Future Past. The X-men gang try to stop the Sentinels and save the mutants and their human friends from annihilation. Poor Bobby. The 91st Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade promises to be a spectacle of massive balloons, colorful floats and holiday cheer. The parade route winds through Manhattan from Central Park to Macy's Herald Square.

The CBS News booth is right at 1335 Sixth Avenue. Great view!

Up to Sweetbay for Thanksgiving. No photos this year. Sorry.

woensdag 22 november 2017

woensdag 22 november 2017 Up with Bill Press. What would you do? Jamie Benson gets serious about a NBC News report: How to survive Thanksgiving when politics loom large.

I see Robert Reich's warning about tyranny quite often when I watch Free Speech TV. The 7 Signs of Tyranny. Chilling... and true. As tyrants take control of democracies, they typically do 7 things: It's 68° by noon. We smashed the record for this day. Scattered clouds and windy with gusts up to 18 mph. I feel the resistance while ride down to Bellingham Bay.

That's me and my shadow. Ride over to Happy Valley Park and up 24th to WWU. I need to walk my bike through Red Square past Carver Hall.

I Think I Love You! RIP David Cassidy. You were one of my crushes... back when.

dinsdag 21 november 2017

dinsdag 21 november 2017 Deimos, Phobos, Mars, Earth and Uranus.

Let's include Jupiter in our Solar Walk.

'Close Encounters' Turns 40: Why Its Legacy Has Endured for Ages. I remember seeing this in Ohio. A UFO tries to jump through the toll gates, and the toll booth operator yells, "Hey! That's Ohio!" LeBron: 'Let's just be honest' about Kaepernick. It's the Brooklyn Nets at the Cleveland Cavaliers tomorrow at 4 PM.

maandag 20 november 2017

maandag 20 november 2017 It rains all night. Deathstalker pits himself against the evil wizard and ruler Troxartas. Let's watch MST3K: Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell

So, my old Gevalia Kaffe coffee machine died.

I got a new Mr. Coffee 5-Cup Programmable Coffee Maker, Black.

For our mutual pleasure. The United Servo Academy Chorus Hymn.

zondag 19 november 2017

zondag 19 november 2017 Let's all be thankful for Chance The Rapper on Saturday Night Live! Turn on France 24 for the music news. They feature the up-and-coming Australian quintet Parcels. Reminiscent of the 70's disco-pop funky electro grooves. Parcels, Charlotte Gainsbourg & Morrissey.

Rainy, windy day. Inside to watch movies.  Arrival.  Mysterious spacecraft touch down across the globe. The aliens pick a scenic place in Montana.

zaterdag 18 november 2017

zaterdag 18 november 2017 Hard to believe... It's a new day. Saturday morning movie - MST3K: The Skydivers. Tom Servo makes himself into his own projector for the Planetarium Show.

"You may not believe in Global Warming, but Global Warming believes in you," says activist Bill McKibben. Out to bike around. It's quite breezy. Shop at the Co-op.  Back home to watch Neo Yokio. I know it's an alternate universe of New York where Magicians saved the city from ruin by demons in the 19th century. Crazy! Laughing so hard!

Over to Regal to see Justice League. Holy Aquaman!

vrijdag 17 november 2017

vrijdag 17 november 2017 Up with BBC News. It was 6 months ago, 22 people were killed by suicide bomber at the Manchester Arena. Heart and Soul: Being Muslim in Manchester - One Love? Baktash Noori - a 23 year old practising Muslim Mancunian vlogger - spent hours giving “free hugs” on a busy street. I had to check out his vid. In Space News: NASA Satellites Watch Earth 'Breathe'. This NASA visualization shows 20 years of continuous satellite observations of our Earth. It's helping scientists learn a lot more about global warming and how the earth is changing.

Kids think that our future is in space. Their dramatic play is about flying to other planets... Infinity and beyond. Those 5-year-olds almost "get" the concept of infinity. Look at the LEGO collection! Space ships.

donderdag 16 november 2017

donderdag 16 november 2017 Lost In Space in black and white is the best. The Robot is always trying to warn the Robinsons about danger.

Dr. Zachary Smith, played by Jonathan Harris, is always plotting.

Young Frankenstein - a 1974 American comedy horror film - is also in glooooooorious B&W. No. 28 on Total Film magazine's readers' "List of the 50 Greatest Comedy Films of All Time." Inspector Kemp is the local constable of Transylvania.. wearing his monocle over his eye patch.

I think... What is in order... is for me to pay a little visit... on the good doctor... und to have a nice, quiet chat.

woensdag 15 november 2017

woensdag 15 november 2017 Jenga! It's going to crash, David Pakman! Sitting on the edge of my seat... Does It All Collapse Today?

Jack Jenkins talking about God stuff on Bill Press. Bringing guns to church? Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition! Jack's post: Lawmakers calling for more guns in church have a theology problem.

Down to the Happy Valley neighborhood. I need to figure out the bus system around there. I love the fresh air and it's raining lightly. A trail, a bridge, a stream. Thank you, Nature.

Home to watch W. What a nightmare! A chronicle of the life and presidency of George W. Bush.

dinsdag 14 november 2017

dinsdag 14 november 2017 GOP Squirms Some Moore.

maandag 13 november 2017

maandag 13 november 2017 Wind arrives in western Washington. It's howling through the trees, knocking off leaves and branches. Here’s what to expect when today’s storm hits Whatcom County.

Oh, the pain! Oh, my! My back is a disaster area. Maybe Rocket could blast the pain away! I need Aleve.

A battle with the Klingons! USS Yuri Gagarin against heavy bombardment. The enemy shows no mercy. Finally, the USS Discovery arrives to help... But can they?

zondag 12 november 2017

zondag 12 november 2017 ‘Roy Moore’ Even ‘Too Alabama’ For Kate McKinnon’s Jeff Sessions On ‘SNL’. The skit ends with Kate McKinnon - in the role of Attorney General Jeff Sessions - delivering a soliloquy to a stuffed possum she called Papa. Meanwhile... Kit-Kat Club, Berlin 1931. Cabaret. Sally: That's me, darling. Unusual places, unusual love affairs. I am a most strange and extraordinary person.

Winter Is Coming is the first episode of the HBO medieval fantasy television series Game of Thrones. In Bellingham, I feel it's coming early... Winter Is Coming here.

zaterdag 11 november 2017

zaterdag 11 november 2017 Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later to start the day. It's all hilarious, but I laughed so hard to watch Andy and Deegs competing for the title of King of the Camp. I get that Mad Max/Gladiator meme from Skyler Gisondo. Very daring!

I love having the trail to myself, but you need to get out early.

From the peaceful trail into the busy Trader Joe's... I just want some Drive Thru Red Dry Hopped Ale. Listening to KUOW. The bestselling author of The Martian - Andy Weir - is interviewed for his new book Artemis. Imagine a Luna City. In New Novel, 'Martian' Author Andy Weir Builds A Colony On The Moon. Keeping track of college football. Michigan State Spartans 3 - 48 Ohio State Buckeyes. I guess that it's Fall in Ohio, too. Mom shares a photo from a visit to Linwood Park.

Back to the craziness. The Hot Pepper Chow Down (and a beer).

vrijdag 10 november 2017

vrijdag 10 november 2017 Vive la Résistance! The #BlueWave is real. Trevor Noah Declares The Real Election Winner: ‘Karma’ byotch! The Green Wave keeps on rolling. Seahawks win 22-16 over the Arizona Cardinals. Seahawks are 6-3. Next game: Monday, Nov. 11.

Injuries galore in last night's victory. Richard Sherman's season over after rupturing Achilles. Sherman limping off the field with injury in the third quarter.

Meanwhile... Another camp in Seattle gets swept away. The booming economy has led to a historic shortage of affordable housing. Jake Wittenberg reports. Thanks, Jake.