zaterdag 30 november 2013

zaterdag 30 november 2013 Watch Doctor Who - Four to Doomsday.

Shop at Safeway. You need a Starfleet uniform, Adric.
Four to Doomsday Part 4 by tardismedia

vrijdag 29 november 2013

vrijdag 29 november 2013 Up at 2:22AM. Watch Doctor Who - Castrovalva. The Doctor has regenerated but it hasn't gone well. He's mentally unraveling and needs a place to rest beyond outside influences. Unfortunately the Master has laid a trap for the TARDIS that denies the Doctor undisturbed recovery time. The Master gets mean with Adric. Back to sleep until 8:16. Watch MSNBC Live with Thomas Roberts. He's one of us. Cool.

Cup O' Noodles and a fried egg for breakfast. Train to d'town. Buy another pair of Wrangler jeans. Train home. Still, lots of people travelling, going to SeaTac. Home. Watch the epic movies on TNT - Clash Of The Titans and Gladiator. People should know when they're conquered. Maximus: My name is Gladiator. Spike TV is showing the Star Wars Trilogy. You have interfered in our affairs for the last time.

donderdag 28 november 2013

donderdag 28 november 2013 I was hoping to sleep in more. Up at 3:46. Watch World News Now. Report about the Butterball Turkey Hotline. KOMO News - Google Glass ban at Capitol Hill restaurant stirs privacy debate. Fired eggs and tater tots for breakfast. Watch Smallville - Doomsday and Savior. Big battle, but poor Olsen... He doesn't deserve to die. Trip into the city. The walk up to the station is creepy... like Halloween. Thick fog. The blackbirds are in the trees cawing at me. Train to d'town. The mailbox is stuffed with mail. I bump into a neighbor in the elevator. He's doing a gig at the Millionaire's Club this evening, he says, for Thanksgiving. Back to Cat City. A fun app for cats. Chase the spider, Pete! Thank you, BBC America - Star Trek The Next Generation... marathon.

woensdag 27 november 2013

woensdag 27 november 2013 Up at 2:43. Travelling day. With that said... Planning your holiday travel. I don't need to get dressed. I slept in my clothes. Heat up some left-over coffee. Dan drives me to the airport. It snowed last night, but the roads are cleared. The TSA gives me the Express Line. That's really nice. I only need to take out the metallic things out of my pockets. Breakfast at the airport's Arby's - Ham Egg & Cheese on Sourdough. Boarding is easy. It took 12 minutes to de-ice our plane. Off we go. Tracking our flight. I think we're flying our Coshocton, Ohio. I love Flight Aware.

Land in ATL. Luckily, my connection is right next door. From gate #19 to #18. #1929 to SeaTac. (1929 - a year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression.) I have 10 minutes to spare before the flight starts boarding. Call mom and Michael. "I'm on way way." Lots of college students... mostly from Coastal Carolina University. I'm sandwiched between two student-boys. Arg! There's no Wi-Fi on this 5-hour flight. This Boeing 737-900ER is rather buggy with the entertainment screens as well. Michael picks me up and we head to Cat City. Watch MSNBC while the guys pack. A taxi picks them up. Watch Doctor Who: Logopolis. The Doctor ponders the meaning behind the mysterious white figure.

dinsdag 26 november 2013

dinsdag 26 november 2013 Up at 6:28. Watch Doctor Who: The Keeper Of Traken. Returning to N-Space, The Doctor and Adric are summoned to Traken, a planet of peace and harmony. The Keeper of Traken is nearing the end of his 1000-year-old reign and one of the Traken consuls is to become the next Keeper.

Pizza for breakfast. Watch the news. Keeping an eye on the weather. To travel tomorrow. I'm starting to worry.

Shower and shave. On HBO Zone - Dragon Eyes. How far can I get through this 4.4-rated movie?

Take a walk around town. Love you, Fort's Tavern.

Good bye nice, comfortable bed. I'm going over to the Trinter's tonight.

Lisa and I go to Fort's. I love their liver and onions. They made it special for me. Thank you! Lisa's place is like a little B&B. It's quite cozy. Time to settle and rest.

Big day tomorrow.

maandag 25 november 2013

maandag 25 november 2013 Doctor Who at Midnight. Episode - Warriors' Gate . The TARDIS lands inside a White Void and the console sparks. Smoke pours out of K9. Why did they go off course? Adric says, "Maybe it's the Time Winds."

Only 5 hours of sleep. Downstairs to watch some local news. Only 25°F in Wellington (feels like 12°). Monday morning movie - Imaginary Heroes - on HBO. Mom is a little curious about my movie. She sees Sigourney Weaver. For me, it's Emile Hirsch.

Pizza and h-b egg for breakfast. Take a walk up to Kelly Street is the sub-freezing weather. Just a few breezes. When I get back, I really want some nice, hot tomato soup. Check KOMO News. Thanks for stopping by. Report - President Obama arrives in Seattle for two private fundraisers. (Video from last night.) Find a Hulu vid - Rick Steves' Europe - Poland Rediscovered: Krakow, Auschwitz and Warsaw. My nephew recently visited Poland.

Dad and I watch Anthony Bourdain's show. He makes our mouths drool with the foods of Montreal and New Orleans. Chat with my sister. Coming back from their trip. They stopped in historic Coshocton and visit Roscoe Village. Perch and Walleye with potatoes for dinner. Watch Troy on SyFy. This is the saddest scene for me. Hector kills a boy - Patroclus - thinking it was actually Achilles.

zondag 24 november 2013

zondag 24 november 2013 Up at 4:34. Downstairs. It's chilly in the Florida Room. Turn on Starz Edge and watch It Might Get Loud - a documentary on the electric guitar from the point of view of three significant rock musicians: The Edge, Jimmy Page, and Jack White. I am riveted to the sofa. I love the jam sessions and the personal stories. I wish that I had guitar lessons instead of piano lessons when I was a kid. The guitar is more portable than a piano... and sexier. Next... With mild interest, I start to watch Oz The Great And Powerful. I doze in and out of sleep... until the finale. The penultimate battle between good and evil. Oscar uses ingenuity and his arts of illusion to fight the evil sisters. Fish and chips for breakfast. Mom recorded Vanishing On 7th Street for me last night. Poor Hayden Christensen. What's going on!? It's strange to watch this dark movie with the whiteness of snow outside. This Sony Bravia KDL-46EX523 does a good job in this environment. My brother and his wife drive down to join us for a little pizza party. Dad likes Italian sausage and mushrooms, and so do I. We chat and catch up with stuff. They have to go to school tomorrow, so they leave early. TBS is playing the classic Wizard Of Oz. Full circle from this morning. Oh, those crazy tornadoes! Always whisking us to Oz.

zaterdag 23 november 2013

zaterdag 23 november 2013 Up at 3:23AM. Restless. Downstairs to watch Doctor Who: The Power Of Three. I want to know what happens to the little black cubes. The cubes start to activate, scanning the world's information networks and acting in self-defence. Of course, that's when I conk out. Rory's hair looks great! Sunrise 7:28. That's when I get up. Watch a little news. This story affects me. Because of the 50th anniversary of JFK's assassination, everyone is digging up every tidbit of information. Hear what happened at Boston's Symphony Hall in 1963. Chili cheddar omelet and potatoes for breakfast. Walk around Wellington. It's getting chilly. Back to the house. I notice mom's unique set-up in one of the window sills - Amish dolls, a little Santa and two little polar bears.

Research on the companions of Doctor Who. Adric is a companion for the 4th and 5th Doctors. His first appearance is in Doctor Who: Full Circle. Played by Matthew Waterhouse.

Trail bologna and macaroni salad for lunch. I'm excited. It's snowing... on and off. And it's the global simulcast of Doctor Who - The Day Of The Doctor Making myself comfortable here... Next movie - The War Of The Worlds. The scene at the Athens - Hudson Ferry... Oh, the humanity!

We order fish dinners from Fort's for takeout. Perch and fries for me. Together, dad and I watch that vulgar, crude, and occasionally scandalous movie - Blazing Saddles. He actually stays awake thru it.

vrijdag 22 november 2013

vrijdag 22 november 2013 Up at 7:28. Ham and bean soup for breakfast. Watch KOMO News. It will be a somber day today as we pause and remember John F. Kennedy. A ceremony of silent is being set up at Dealey Plaza in Dallas.

The cover of the Dallas Morning News - It Happened In Your Hometown. Cold, wet, windy weather expected for JFK ceremony. Click > JFK50 special section cover image.

Everything changed: Five decades later, a nation still mourns John F. Kennedy

The eternal flame burns at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C., 50 years after the assassination of President Kennedy. In remembrance, a wreath is being laid at the memorial today.

It's Seattle in Ohio. Take a walk in a misty drizzle. It's 50 degrees. It's a short walk around the NW quadrant of Wellington.

It's nice to get some fresh air. Back to watch MSNBC's coverage. It all makes me feel quite somber. Andrea Mitchell interviews Tom Brokaw about his documentary “Where were you when JFK died?” I need a break. I turn off the TV. Dad is resting in the Florida Room. I sit at the other end of the sofa. The TV is on, but it's on mute. Best way to watch FOX News. TV - mute. Close the eyes. It's quiet. I doze off. Mom is making dinner. Ham and mashed potatoes. Watch movie - Ted. It's raunchy and full of antics... Perfect! Thank you, Seth MacFarlane. I love the fight that John and Ted have in the hotel room, and then they make up.

donderdag 21 november 2013

donderdag 21 november 2013 Up at 2:40. Downstairs to watch Cruel Intentions. I've never seen this movie. Sebastian dies. Uff da. Thank goodness. Airport 1975 bores me back to sleep. Awake in time for KOMO News. Ha! Costco labels Bibles as fiction.

Egg salad sandwich for breakfast. Mom goes out for groceries. I do a small load of laundry. Watch movie - Life of Pi. Richard Parker - the tiger - scares me to dead. Pi manages to tame him. The nurse comes to visit dad. She sorts out his meds and fills the pillbox. Ham sandwich and tomato soup for lunch. Watch The Eagle. Esca is thrown into the arena, and Marcus saves his life, making Esca his devoted slave. Well, they argue sometimes.

Marcus and Esca ride up to Hadrian's Wall. A Roman soldier says, "See you in the Afterlife." The lovely and talented Channing Tatum. Mom heats up the chili again for dinner. Wow! Dad can put it away. Pharmaceuticals from Mercy Hospital are delivered. I sign for it. The delivery guy is Mike. Mikes of the Universe unite! Back to Doctor Who... The Pandorica Opens. The Doctor to Rory: The universe is big. It's vast and complicated and... ridiculous and sometimes, very rarely, impossible things just happen and we call them miracles, and... that's a theory. Nine hundred years, never seen one yet, but this would do me. Open up and say aaaaaah. Like in the Life Of Pi. The story is... Gopikas tells Yashoda that Krishna has eaten a lot of dirt and mud. Yashoda scolds Him and then asks to show His mouth. On seeing the mouth, Yashoda is shocked as she can see the whole universe in His mouth.

woensdag 20 november 2013

woensdag 20 november 2013 Up at 6:05. Just lay in bed for a while. I cant go back to sleep. Downstairs to the Florida Room. Watch CNN. Tragedy. Virginia State Senator Creigh Deeds’s 24-year-old son, Austin, was turned away from a psychiatric hospital because of a lack of beds on Monday—one day before he allegedly stabbed his father during an argument and then fatally shot himself. Accident with the coffee pot. Coffee spilling out everywhere. What a mess! Clean it up. Try again. Baked beans, h-b egg and tomato for breakfast. Project: Hard Boiled Eggs. Mom wants me to make a batch of hard boiled eggs à la façon du Mike. Watch Doctor Who: The Doctor's Daughter. Oi, oi, oi! Cool the beans! What a great expression, Donna Noble. Watch a review of the assination of John Kennedy on CNN. Then, live from the Arlington Cemetery, Obama and Clinton Pay Respects at Kennedy Gravesite. Who's the grandson of John F. Kennedy? Jack Schlossberg. The son of Caroline Kennedy, he looks a lot like him.

Time for some fresh air. Take a little walk around. There's a train.

November 21, 2059. A fixed point in time: Bowie Base One, the first human colony on Mars, was destroyed and its crew was killed.Continue the Doctor Who marathon in honor of the 50th anniversary with The Waters of Mars. Mom makes some Grandma Miller style chili for dinner. Hmm. Yummy. Garlic bread on the side.

Lay on the sofa to digest. At last... Doctor Who: The End Of Time.

dinsdag 19 november 2013

dinsdag 19 november 2013 Up at 7:34. Italian omelet and tomato for breakfast. Turn on Stephanie Miller. Now what George Zimmerman? George Zimmerman, acquitted earlier this year in the death of Trayvon Martin, was arrested after an incident at his girlfriend's home - 911 call: 'You put your gun in my freaking face' It's so BRRRRR outside. Channel surfing. Perfect! Off to Tahiti, I go. It's a whole 40° outside, and the sun is shining a little. Take a walk to d'town Wellington. Lunch with Lisa. My sister has some Palak Paneer. Yummy. Hang out with the dogs - Chuck and Fred. Chuck likes spicy leftovers. Walk back. My brother-in-law intercepts me and drives me to the house... a whole block down. Watch KOMO News then an intense movie - The Green on Showtime Showcase. Filmed, by the way, in the lovely town of Guilford, Connecticut.

Watch France 24 on Free Speech TV. Bonnes nouvelles! Félicitations‎! France qualifies for next year’s World Cup. Then WKYC Cleveland News - A review of the Cleveland SkyLift project. (This is a report posted back in August.) Beef and mashed potatoes for dinner. Hang out with dad to watch the Kent State vs Ohio U game. Kent State wins.

I love that one-handed catch by Chris Humphrey. Poetry in motion. The last movie - Battleship. A military science fiction war film loosely inspired by the classic board game. Yikes! Invaders from Planet-G.

maandag 18 november 2013

maandag 18 november 2013 Midnight movie - There Goes My Baby. Dermot Mulroney, Rick Schroder and Noah Wyle take you on a funny and heartening trip back to the turbulent sixties in this riveting, infectious comic drama (Variety) that effectively blends nostalgia and political awareness (Leonard Maltin). Four out of 5 stars from me.

Up at 7:10. Watch a little WLS Chicago News to learn more about last night's tornado outbreak - Washington IL tornado kills 1, destroys homes; 5 others die statewide. Down in the kitchen. Make a batch of hard boiled eggs. H-b egg, tomatoes and raisin toast for breakfast. Monday morning movie - Grendel - on SyFy. Turn on Stephanie Miller. The Rude Pundit calls in to talk about Obama’s plan to let people keep their health plans for another year. Don't read his post - Obama to Nation: Keep Your F@#%*n' Plans, You Stupid Cowards - if you're eating. My sister drops by. Lunch at Fort's. We take our trek up to the lovely college town of Oberlin, Ohio. She has an errand to do at Bead Paradise. You find the most rare and unique beads in the world here. But I want to walk around campus of Oberlin College and reminisce. We stop and shop at the IGA. Then drive back to Wellington. Settle down in the F. R. to be with dad. I need to offset the Fox Noise with today's Democracy Now. Global Voices from Africa to the Philippines Demand Climate Justice at U.N. Summit in Warsaw. Move to the living room to lay down on the couch. Brilliant! BBC America is showing the 8th Doctor - Doctor Who (TV Movie).  1996.  I haven't seen this in ages. Then it's The Doctors Revisited, Tales From The TARDIS and The Science Of Doctor Who.

zondag 17 november 2013

zondag 17 november 2013 Up at 7:10. Watch yesterdays Up With Steve Kornacki. Steve thinks that Obama bought himself some time, but I doubt it. With website glitches and unexpected cancellation notices, Obama and the Democractic party are put on the defensive and raise questions about ObamaCare. I still love Up Against The Clock. Susan Page, Shawna Thomas and Robert Costa are on the panel.

Susan Page is reigning champion. To Hawaii and beyond: Marriage equality’s past and future. Steve asks an important question. When is a red state going to vote for gay marriage? We have so much spaghetti. More spaghetti carbonara for breakfast. Sunday morning movie - Home Of The Brave. The film was shot in Morocco and in Spokane, Washington. I can't finish the movie. Click on the YouTube button. It's ok. Walk to d'town Wellington. I see the leaves spinning in little tornadoes. Phone a friend in Seattle as well as my sister who's getting out of church. Nice just to watch kids riding their bikes around. Home. It's the Battle of Ohio - the Browns vs. the Bengals. Jim Donovan | 3 keys to Browns victory over Bengals. I don't care. My parents wane in their interest as the Browns lose 20 - 41 Bengals. I watch Journey 2: The Mysterious Island on HBO. Mom says, "That looks like a fun movie." Next movie - Journey to the Center of the Earth with Rick Schroder on Showtime Beyond. Mom's setting up Christmas decorations in the living room.

This is exciting. A tornado warning until Midnight. Awesome radar.

Chicken and macaroni salad for dinner. Dad eats well. Watch Outer Limits - The Sixth Finger. Be careful, Gwyllm. Human evolution holds surprises, from colossal crania to petty vengeance.

At last... Drama. Music. Romance. Stand Up Revolution.

zaterdag 16 november 2013

zaterdag 16 november 2013 Still up. I laugh at some of the Subaru commercials... like the dad teaching twin boys to drive a stick shift. I wonder when I'm going to bed. I see that dad is watching a Western - Man in the Wilderness - in the Florida Room. I'm watching a war movie - The Lost Battalion - in the living room. Watch TLB to the bitter end.

Up to bed. Fair night's sleep. Up at 8:30ish. Watch CNN most of the morning. They interview Howard Sounes about his book - 27: A History of the 27 Club through the Lives of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse. Sounes says the conspiracy theories are crap.

Spaghetti carbonara for breakfast. Mom eats with me. My parents have nice hot water for a shower. That's such a luxury for me. Walk around Wellington. Visit the statue of St. Patrick carved from the trunk of an ash tree at St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church.

It seems to have a golden aura. From the sublime to the horrible. Two wrecked cars sitting in the parking lot of the fire station. I can only imagine.

Back home. Catch up with the Ohio State vs. Illinois game. GoBucks!

Lots of scoring in this game. The infamous Illinois OSU rivalry plays itself out. OSU 60 - 35 Illinois.  We get Illibuck!

Dinner. Movie. Movie. Movie.

vrijdag 15 november 2013

vrijdag 15 november 2013 Midnight - Fall asleep to BBC News. The noise of a lawn mower wakes me up at 9. Aunt Jemima pancakes and sausage... simply cook and serve. Artificial microwavable pancakes with (how ironic) real maple syrup for breakfast. Thank goodness for BBC America. Watch Torchwood - Out Of Time. Ah, ha! I have the TV to myself most of the morning. Switch from Fox News to CNN. I am touched - Anderson defends CNN's typhoon coverage... responding to criticism of his typhoon coverage, and talks about the strength he has seen after the storm. I can't imagine.

Take a walk around Historic Wellington, Ohio. Walking past the fire station ans see two wrecked cars in their parking lot- a gruesome accident. I didn't know that Wellington had a bookstore - Kelly Street Books. Back home. I hang out with dad watching The Weather Channel. It's so warm in the Florida Room that I'm sweating and pitting out just watching TV. I wonder how warm it is in this room... 90? TWC has an interesting show - Prospectors: Gem Discoveries Worth THOUSANDS. Oh, I'm rich. RICH!

Move out of the sauna into the cooler living room. Watch Ellen. She interviews Chris Pratt About His Stripper Past as well as his new movie - Delivery Man.

My brother-in-law invites me to go to Fort's Tavern. I say YES! A Margarita and a Walleye fish dinner. Dan and I chat... over the roar of the Friday night crowd. It's crowded, busy and noisy.

Settle down in the living room to digest all that good food. Watch Ovation for the end of The Lost Battalion and then Contact.

donderdag 14 november 2013

donderdag 14 november 2013 Traveling all night. No midnight movie. Netflix doesn't seem to scream well on Delta. So, I watch Democracy Now. Perfect streaming. It's meant to be. Switch to France 24. I love the culture report. They interview world B-Boy champion Mounir Biba. Touch down DTW. Good morning Detroit.

Long lay-over. Time enough to enjoy a yummy peanut butter and jelly bagel at Einsteins.

Flight to Ohio. I can see wind mill farms in Southern Ontario.  After landing in CAK, Dan drives me to Wellington. We talk about dad's condition... Mom's perspective in comparison with reality. I find trail bologna and potato salad for lunch.  My folks watch Obama's conference with little interest on Fox News. I can get the NBC version on my computer - 'You deserve better': Obama offers fix for canceled health insurance plans.

Lay on the sofa. Conk out while Fox News is blaring in the kitchen... and Clash Of The Titans roaring in my ear buds.

Delivery for dinner. We order some spaghetti with meatballs from East Of Chicago Pizza... but no pizza. How ironic. Lisa visits and we chat. Mom and I watch X-men: First Class together on Fox HD. Mom is intrigued.

woensdag 13 november 2013

woensdag 13 november 2013 Restless night. Thinking about dad and travelling to Ohio. Watch some original Star Trek like The Ultimate Computer. There are certain things men must do to remain men - Kirk to Daystrom, after the M-5 is installed on the Enterprise.

Watch WLS Chicago News. I know, Chicago, how you took pride with the Willis Tower, but let it go. Report - One World Trade Center to surpass Willis Tower as tallest building in US, Mayor Rahm Emanuel disagrees with ruling.

Walk over to 7-Eleven for some pumpkin spice coffee. Back home. Egg salad wrap for breakfast. Turn on Stephanie Miller. She makes the 100Out!

Nice photo, Steph. Walk down to Westlake Hub. Streetcar to Denny. Walk the rest of the way to work. I'm all over the place today. Breaks in the Infant Room. Tanya tells me, "Don't eat the babies." (Okay, I won't.) Break myself before I head over to Sea Otters. All 8 kids are here today. So, they keep us busy. At least, the diapers are already done. Lunchtime is actually easy. Anne is extra. Up to Wildflowers. The kids are getting revved up for nap time. Goofy kids. They eventually settle down. (I knew they would.) Quiet time. Down to Sea Otters. Not so quiet here. That's fine. Free play. Some of the kids like taking rides in laundry baskets. I get hugs when I leave work, and the teachers wish me a safe trip. Streetcar to my place. Check my flights. Finally, I find a seat on my second leg! What a relief! Watch KOMO News. Molly Shen interviews people from Priscilla Queen Of The Desert showing at the Paramount. Shower. Hummus and avocado wrap for dinner. Prediction: Train to SeaTac. Check in. Take off on Delta flight to Detroit. I will publish post this now.