vrijdag 31 juli 2020

vrijdag 31 juli 2020 Ohio set a one-day record for new coronavirus cases, Gov. Mike DeWine said Thursday. He reported 1,733 new cases in the last 24 hours and noted that of Ohio’s 10 highest numbers of daily cases, nine have come in the past three weeks.

From one doomsday to the next... Season 2 of The Umbrella Academy starts streaming on Netflix today! Good morning! GOOD MORNING! Turn on Stephanie Miller. I love the parody of Petula Clark's Downtown by Rocky Mountain Mike. Nice walk around town... admiring people's signs.

I'm really glad that Oberlin has a book shop. I got THE book! I need to brace myself when I read the Trump book. I will feel lots of strong emotions. Hatred!?! Anger!?! FEAR!?!

At the Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies, I find some Swamp Roses in full bloom.

donderdag 30 juli 2020

donderdag 30 juli 2020 Midnight movie - MST3K: Pod People. That song... Idiot Control Now! I felt a bug crawling up my leg. I'm not sure if it was a dream or not, but I woke up startled. Restless, I turn on WTSQ. They play a wonderful set of rock songs. Chris Cornell sings Say Hello 2 Heaven. Those were the days with Temple of the Dog! Then I hear The Denial Twist by The White Stripes. At last!!! Positive Tension by Bloc Party. Passing by 13 West College Street, I noticed Mary Trump's book on sale at Ben Franklin - Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man. The store was still closed.

The Mariners Seat Fleet! The M's come back to Seattle tomorrow to play at T-Mobile Park against the Oakland Athletics. #TrueToTheBlue

Former President Barack Obama, addresses the service during the funeral for the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. In honoring John Lewis, the former President delivered his most forceful address since leaving office and took aim at Trump.

woensdag 29 juli 2020

woensdag 29 juli 2020 Sweet music! Washed Out plays his song “Too Late” from the album “Purple Noon” coming next month! AG Bill Barr Grilled by House Lawmakers on Protest Crackdown, Voter Suppression & Pandemic Failures. Barr is dispicable. This man does not care about the United States and First Amendment rights. Rep. Jayapal got it right!!! District WA-07 should be proud! I'm watching Brave New World. I read the book way back in Junior High. I’m falling in love again with John The Savage. In episode 5 Firefall, I saw this picture in Lenina’s apartment. I haunts me. I know this picture from somewhere.

dinsdag 28 juli 2020

dinsdag 28 juli 2020 I, normally, don't start the day with an astro-physics problem. What really is a nebula, and are we in fact in one? Well... I'm a small, influential particle in space. So, what?!? It's also amazing that 2012 has 5 stars on IMDB! Well, what the hell is wrong with 2020?

maandag 27 juli 2020

maandag 27 juli 2020 Midnight movie - MST3K: Kitten With A Whip - a 1964 crime drama with an exploitative, juvenile delinquent overlay. The film stars John Forsythe and newcomer Ann-Margret.

Dr. Dave Campbell discusses the public health workforce shortage in hot spot states like California, Texas and Florida. They can covert entire wards from surgical wards to COVID wards. But they need to find the people, the health care workers, to help.

zondag 26 juli 2020

zondag 26 juli 2020 Midnight - Star Trek: Plato's Children.

Moved to real tears when Uncle Ian calls Lip at the bar, and he holds up baby Fred. Ian learns that he may be up for parole early.

Shameless Delivered the Gallavich Wedding We Deserve.

zaterdag 25 juli 2020

zaterdag 25 juli 2020 Midnight movie - Mirror, Mirror. WTSQ plays a song that stays on my mind all morning. Remember the hot summers of our youth? Listen to Jason Isbell's ‘Dreamsicle’ The Saturday mix on WTSQ is interesting and eclectic. They play a series of Blow Your Mind songs. Jamiroquai! Yay! Biking around Oberlin College. The students will be coming back next month. In the meantime, I have my choice of swings.

Nice to find some shade. A little video of my swinging experience. SALE PENDING for the cute Dutch Colonial on Vine St.

I like this Oberlin Oberlin Oberlin Oberlin Oberlin long-sleeve. Best wishes to the returning students. Your semester is going to be great!

vrijdag 24 juli 2020

vrijdag 24 juli 2020 It's funk metal Friday! Up with Epic by the rock band Faith No More. I'm malingering here in coronavirus isolation & now I am happy 🤙 Thanks, WTSQ, for playing that 90s song.

When options are few, the wise man adapts.-Frank Gallagher.

Lip is having a weird day. Frank calls him "the fruit of my loins." He runs and smokes at the same time, races motorcycles at night, buys 12 different brands of cigarettes, and smokes in a bubble bath.

Finish the 9th Season of Shameless. It's sad to see Fiona leave. I choked up to hear that song... I want more out of like than this.

donderdag 23 juli 2020

donderdag 23 juli 2020 Jordan Klepper on a boat. Re-watching the 8th Season of Shameless. Tom Hank's son - Chet Hanks - plays the two-timing boyfriend, junkie Charlie.

Turn on Stephanie Miller. She does her patriotic duty and plays... Steph interviews Dr. Irwin Redlener - pandemic and disaster recovery expert. He says that the conditions regarding coronavirus in America are worsening. All hotspot states must lockdown now! Only ways to stop #TrumpDemic2020 is for them to issue orders for 1- #stayathome 2- #SocialDistancing 3-#WearAMask. It's not just to protect those of us in states that did those things already, but we need to protect those who are now slowly reopening to save their lives.

Ohio reports 1,444 increase in reported coronavirus cases.

Good luck, out there!

woensdag 22 juli 2020

woensdag 22 juli 2020 You’re driving down the road and you see this. What do you do? I'd say Hello, Cthulhu. How are you?

Turn on Stephanie Miller. Her interview with Bob Cesca is very scary and Orwellian. Seriously dire, dude! His report: We all know Donald Trump is preparing to rig or steal the election — but exactly how? Trump will claim millions illegally voted. Refuse to leave. Call for the results to be invalidated. Use shadow DHS stormtroopers to maintain power. He is laying the groundwork in Portland.

A song for 2020. One of these days the sky's gonna break.

dinsdag 21 juli 2020

dinsdag 21 juli 2020 Midnight movie - Kong: Skull Island.

WTSQ music! They play Welcome to Paradise by Green Day. Dear Mother. Can't you hear me whining? Chicago's Mayor Lori Lightfoot was on Joy Reid's show last night. WGN: Mayor Lightfoot sends letter to Trump about plan to send federal agents to Chicago. Cruise around Cypress Street to admire the homes and gardens.

Turn on WNYC for The Takeaway. Beautiful story about How John Lewis Brought Civil Rights History to Life in Graphic Novels. Discover March - the inside story of the Civil Rights Movement through the eyes of one of its most iconic figures, Congressman John Lewis.

Watch KPIX just for the weather in the Bay Area. Temperatures are unseasonably cool. A few passing clouds at 74°F, San Jose. Oh, my GOD! Let's hear Do You Know the Way to San Jose!

maandag 20 juli 2020

maandag 20 juli 2020 Portland protester says he hid from federal officers in unmarked vans. A Navy veteran beaten and pepper sprayed by authorities at Portland protest. Cuccinelli is another dangerous Trump criminal. He plans to expand these KGB tactics to other US cities. How They Intertwined Black Culture Into a Sci-Fi Flick. Watch Action, Adventure, Crime film See You Yesterday.

zondag 19 juli 2020

zondag 19 juli 2020 As Marie-Antoinette said... La brioche! Watch Star Trek: DS9 - Homefront.

I knew that a thunderstorm would come. Blue skies at first, storms later.

zaterdag 18 juli 2020

zaterdag 18 juli 2020 Midnight movie - Titan A. E. In 3028, humanity escape Earth after the horrible Drej attack. The fate of humanity lies on the shoulders of young Cale (voiced by Matt Damon). Cale is captured. Can he escape the Drej prison?

Early morning run to IGA. New warning signs in the window.

"Rest In Power" for John Lewis. An American civil rights leader, who we really need, died yesterday. Thank you, Mr. Lewis, for promoting justice and peace for so many people for many years.

vrijdag 17 juli 2020

vrijdag 17 juli 2020 Catching up with David Pakman. I love the expression on Trump's face. Where will his poll numbers be in November? Check out FiveThirtyEight. Mary Trump to Rachel Maddow: Yes, I Heard My Uncle Donald Use the ‘N-Word’. Well! I AM SHOCKED! Walmart, Kroger will start requiring customers in US stores to wear masks. On my visit to Walmart today, I am stunned to see a handsome, young blond dude, but he's not wearing a mask. So, I'm double stunned. Is he being defiant? Non-compliant?!? Is it a political statement? I'm not wearing a f--cking mask!

Back in town, I seek the shade of the trees. It's sunny and 77°F.

Walking down College St., I see a little chalk art in front of Gibson's.

In honor of Mike Vogel's 41st birthday, I watch Cloverfield. It's too bad that he gets killed on the Brooklyn Bridge by a horrible beast from another planet. Another NYC disaster film.

donderdag 16 juli 2020

donderdag 16 juli 2020. Any thoughts on the Trump regime hiding COVID-19 data? Stephen Colbert Compares Donald Trump To Schoolkid Hiding His Report Card. It gets up to 86°F today. I'm staying inside, keeping cool and watching movies. Watch the 1984 Action, Drama, Family film The Karate Kid.

Darren Shan: [on becoming a vampire] Can I, like, turn into a bat and stuff? Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant.

woensdag 15 juli 2020

woensdag 15 juli 2020 Paris ended Bastille Day with a spectacular fireworks show in front of the Eiffel Tower. I wish that I could've been there. Liberté, égalité, fraternité!

Midnight movie - Godzilla. Boy! New York City really gets beats up in this disaster film. Released in 1998, we see the old Twin Towers.

Sounds from the Great Pacific Northwest on WTSQ. They play Dramamine by Modest Mouth. Tina Turner sings We Don't Need Another Hero. When I hear that, I think to myself that 2020 has been one terrible, horrible Thunderdome. NOOOOO! We need all the heroes we can get! Out of the ruins. Out from the wreckage. Can't make the same mistake this time. Blue skies and warm. Lots of people running and biking... and driving. Too many cars. Visit a Smoke Tree at the Old Barrow House and the Tamarix Chinensis at Mudd.

Things are serious, here. Health Commissioner Dave Covell explains what Level 3 is. Lorain County is at Level 3.

dinsdag 14 juli 2020

dinsdag 14 juli 2020 A Paris, un 14 Juillet pour «happy few». This year's Bastille Day parade was held behind closed doors: only the few pass holders were allowed to attend. But behind the security cordons, onlookers still tried to steal some images of the ceremony. Travel, life experience, nature, green energy and sustainable living practices... Watch Down to Earth with Zac Efron. I guess that it's a Zac Efron day. I need some SoCal energy as well. Watch We Are Your Friends.

maandag 13 juli 2020

maandag 13 juli 2020 Movie sign! It's Horror of Party Beach!

Welcome to Earth... Planet of Death! Watch Star Trek: Omega Glory. A virus has killed an alternate Earth. Is there an immunity? Not even Captain Kirk can help.

zondag 12 juli 2020

zondag 12 juli 2020 Seattle is so cool... literally, figuratively cooler than Ohio. There! I had to say it! On DW TV.

zaterdag 11 juli 2020

zaterdag 11 juli 2020 Midnight movie - Disney's Finding Dory.

Sometimes, I like cartoons for midnight. Fun movie! I like the grouchy but well-meaning seven-legged octopus named Hank. It's comforting to watch while rain and thunderstorms passed through Ohio.

Hal Sparks joins the Roundtable on Supporting Venezuelans.

It's nice to walk around the neighborhood. The clouds are gone, and the sun is out. It's not very hot. I feel a cool, stead breeze from the north. Prairie blazing star or Liatris pycnostachya.

Mutants Invade White House! What's wrong with that? That just sounds fine to me. Watch X-Men: X2.

vrijdag 10 juli 2020

vrijdag 10 juli 2020 The planet Ilus - AKA New Terra by the United Nations - is a large Earth-like planet, with slightly over one gravity and a thirty-hour day. Jim Holden discovers alien technology which taken over the planet. Finishing Season 4 of The Expanse.

Strange dreams wake me up. MST3K: Eegah makes me laugh, so I can relax and fall back to sleep. Teenager Tom encounters the tall caveman Eegah. Oh, poopie!

Ten years ago on this day, back in good old Seattle, I took a long hike through the beautiful Washington Park Arboretum.

Today, I had to walk my bike down to the Oberlin Bike Shop. They repaired my flat tire! The guy said I like your Klingon shirt. (Shop Star Trek) I can see that. It looks like a Klingon Bird of Prey, but it's an Alliance Starbird from Star Wars.

Politics and Science-Fiction. Watch Starship Troopers now! It's reality. Not Sci-Fi. David Roth wrote an excellent essay - How “Starship Troopers” Aligns with Our Moment of American Defeat. Watch the moment where Neil Patrick Harris shows up in an S.S. officer’s uniform. Hello, Fascism! On the plus side: the crashing spaceships, bug hordes and the over-the-top violence!