donderdag 7 mei 2014

donderdag 7 mei 2014 Walk by a fairly quiet Little Darlings on my way home from work. Watch the middle of Cleopatra. The great naval battle. Cleopatra thinks that Mark Antony died.

Up at 5:45. France 24 talks about the UK General Election. Veggie fried rice and h-b egg for breakfast. I'm fighting a cold, so the day at work is tough. I chat a little while with some tourists from Quebec... in French. J'ai mal à la gorge. I'm so glad to leave work. Pick up some Bridgeport Conviction Pale Ale. Fried chicken and potatoes for dinner and 2001: A Space Odyssey.

woensdag 6 mei 2015

woensdag 6 mei 2015 Up at 7:08. Turn on Stephanie Miller. They talk about the internet-fueled Fringe Conspiracy Theory that President Obama is planning to use Special Forces to impose martial law in Texas. CNN - Pentagon Claims It Won't Be Taking Over Texas. Hard boiled egg and garlic potato for breakfast. Watch some France 24. The question of Freedom Of Expression comes up again. Not quite Texas-style. They increase security for the gala. Charlie Hebdo brushes off PEN prize protest. Speaking of gala... Hollywood A-listers went all out when it came to dressing for the 2015 Met Gala. Justin Bieber wears a wonderfully embroidered suit jacket. Pasta primavera and Hubble's Amazing Universe. It's Raining Sapphires! Using a refurbished Hubble telescope, astronomers discover a planet where sapphires pour from its clouds.

dinsdag 5 mei 2015

hair dinsdag 5 mei 2015 Up at 3:44. I can't sleep anymore. Check the baseball scores. Seattle Mariners 3 - 2 LA Angels. Nelson Cruz seems happy by his accomplishment - a solo home run during the seventh inning of the game. My, oh, my!

Back to the beginning of Star Trek: The Next Generation. On the maiden mission of a new Enterprise, the God-like being known as Q challenges the crew to discover the secret of a mysterious starbase at Deneb IV... beyond which lies the great unexplored mass of the galaxy. Watch Encounter At Farpoint.
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Mushroom omelet and hash browns for breakfast. Turn on Stephanie Miller. Bob Cesca of The Daily Banter and The Bob And Chez Show podcast calls in to talk about Bernie Sanders and he does an imitation of Dan Bidondi. Bob's latest post - The Five Nearly Impossible Challenges for Bernie Sanders and His Supporters. I haven't visited Rudy's in a long time. Time for a haircut. Walk up Pine. Why are the helicopters hovering over I-5? Distracted driver causes fiery I-5 crash in downtown Seattle. For Cinco de Mayo, I buy Tecate beer. Watch KOMO News. This story appeals to the little boy in me - How awesome is this? Seattle architect has 250,000 Lego man cave. Pieces are arranged in bins by color, food, Lego leaves, heads, torsos, Lego lattice work, satellite dishes, legs, red bricks, and... OMG! Gold bricks! Watching the weather. The ominous dark clouds come and go. Next - MST3K: Girl In Golden Boots. It's one of my favorite episodes. I love the Bongo Drum party... the party taking place in separate dimensions. Beefaroni for dinner and The Heat.

maandag 4 mei 2015

maandag 4 mei 2015 Up at 3:40. Watch France 24. Ancient buried treasures. Coins from the Roman era. Amazing curiosities. REPORTERS - Syria: On the trail of looted antiquities. USA - Islam - guns. Still a developing story - Two gunmen shot dead at Prophet Mohammed cartoon exhibit in Texas. America's 'bigoted blogger' Pamela Geller staged this exhibition. Chicken chili for breakfast. Short walk down Union and up Pike for a little fresh air. Just wondering... What's with the Star Wars t-shirts today? Of course! May The Fourth Be With You!

One thing about work... It's a smorgasbord of surprises. Highlight: I got to help a little old lady install a new battery into her special calculator. It's difficult to find the right battery. "It works! You made my day!" She exclaims. I'm happy for her. Back at my place. Pasta primavera for dinner and Star Wars III - Revenge Of The Sith.

zondag 3 mei 2015

zondag 3 mei 2015j Up at 5:53. Watch France 24. Down To Earth... Then up to Mars. Peters Graves makes contact with intelligent life on Mars. Communications create upheaval on our planet. Is it a Communist ploy to destroy the West? Do not let yourselves be emotionally disturbed by these messages.  My Sunday morning movie -- Red Planet Mars (1952). Garlic potatoes and egg for breakfast. Watch Up With Steve Kornacki - Baltimore on ‘The Wire’ vs. real Baltimore In the news box... An ominous cover - Jellyfish: A Problem In Puget Sound.

Lots of cruise ship tourists in the store today. Needing little bottles of things...  Little bottles of Smirnoff. I love the song in the store when I leave. Thank you, Supertramp. I give a lot.

zaterdag 2 mei 2015

zaterdag 2 mei 2015 Still can hear helicopters flying around for May Day mayhem. Scenes from May Day 2015 riots. Can't sleep. Midnight movie - MST3K: War Of The Colossal Beast. The best part is the short before the main movie. Up at 4:42. BBC News alert - Royal baby: Duchess of Cambridge gives birth to daughter. Chicken chili for breakfast. Quiet walk to work. The sun is out. Nice day for a scavenger hunt, and our store is pounced upon by the Challenge Nation racers. Very fit!

From lack of sleep, my personality is rather flat. I am relieved when work is over early. Some of my co-workers envie me. I have a few hours of daylight to play with. It's 64° and gloriously sunny. Change clothes at home. A little walk around the Pike Street neighborhood. Back to my place. Mushroom fried rice for dinner. Another MST3K... It Conquered The World.

vrijdag 1 mei 2015

vrijdag 1 mei 2015 Midnight movie - Transcendence. A flight of futuristic speculation rooted in the potential of today’s technology. Is Artificial Intelligence a real threat to humanity? Wonderful dreams about going to the Moon. Up at 6:45. Veggie fried rice and a fried egg for breakfast. Check HuffPo. This is such nonsense! U2's Album Release Via Apple Is 'Gay Propaganda,' Russian Lawmaker Claims. A father hugging his son...

Next - The Tavis Smiley Show. Am I hearing Bill Maher? It sounds like him. Tavis interviews Dr. Joseph Stiglitz about his book The Great Divide: Unequal Societies and What We Can Do About Them. Stiglitz explains how America’s growing economic gap is giving rise to an unbalanced political system. It's beautiful day for May Day. KOMO report - Seattle police warn May Day marches mean traffic headaches Out on my walk. Starbucks is boarding up their windows. Police are present up and down Pike and B'way. I bump into some Seattle Superheros. Thanks.

Yes, we have a thriving superhero cult. Up to Cal Anderson Park. Nice view of the new Capitol Hill Station. Soon, it will be open and running trains through the city.

Workers of the Earth...I bring good tidings of peanuts...and BEER!