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So how was the blizzard in the northeast U.S.? Any survivors?

N.J. just 2 inches - it took 3 mins to clean my whole car.

Roads were dry on my way home from work just now.

Mostly explain to myself to lighten the hell up and not be a twit and enjoy life more. However, to quote Terry Pratchett in Night Watch:

"That was always the dream, wasn’t it? ‘I wish I’d known then what I know now’? But when you got older you found out that you now wasn’t you then. You then was a twerp. You then was what you had to be to start out on the rocky road of becoming you now, and one of the rocky patches on that road was being a twerp."

-Ed

Fry bacon while naked.

Ye-es!
2 by 2 by 2

2 mysteries

C. S. Harris'
Why Mermaids Cry
3rd in the Sebastian St. Cyr series

Who is killing the only sons of prominent men who live in the London area, and what if anything do the murders have to deal with a shipwreck of several years ago. A shipwreck that began in mutiny and ended in murder and cannibalism.

One of the early ones in the series, but in an interesting series, some of them I find readable, and some I find unreadable, I think it is one of my favorites.

18- and 19-year-olds may be pass the age of majority, and they may be on the cusp of manhood, but they are really just still wee bairns, as they still wet themselves when scared.

Jussi Adler-Olsen's
The Purity of Vengeance
4th in the Department Q series


2 non-fiction

Dinah Williams'
Secrets of Walt Disney World :
Weird and Wonderful Facts About the Most Magical Place on Earth

The subtitle says it all.


Melinek and Mitchell's
Working Stiff :
2 years, 262 bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner
1st book

Welcome to New York City. Our writer is there less than 2 months, when September 11 happens, and she is one of those who have to identify the remains found at the crash site. But, as interesting as her story is, her husband actually comes across as being the more interesting. Here is a man who gave up his career, his family, and the city where he lived to follow his wife, so she could have her own career. That did just not happen in that time and place. Let alone today.


2 graphic novels

Aguirre Sacasa and Francavilla's
Afterlife with Archie
bk.1. Escape from Riverdale

with a dollop of . . .
Sabrina, the Teenaged Witch
Pet Sematary
and Night of the Living Dead

When zombies, including Jughead, invade Riverdale, it is up to Archie to lead the human survivors to safety.

Back stories on many of the characters. Surprisingly or may be not, the most poignant features Smithers the butler or the butler Smithers.

On the other hand, while I do appreciate the effort to make Riverdale something besides all-white, all-heterosexual, it is these new characters that I find the hardest to recognize.

Gail Carriger's
Soulless :
the Magna
v.3.

The continuing story of our heroine, a human, and her husband, the leader of a clan of Scottish werewolves. And when the werewolves and the vampires go to war over our heroine, and you throw in a sect of humans, who may or may not be a threat to one or the other or both werewolves and vampires, anything can happen.

One of those magna that is rated for Older Teens for its language, nudity, sex, and violence, and all the other good stuff.

Next time: more 2 by 2 by 2

[Father Hood (1993)]

Father Hood (1993): A delinquent deadbeat dad named Jack Charles (Patrick Swayze) abducts his kids and takes them on the run with him in order to rescue them from an abusive environment in a foster care institution. All the while, Jack is still planning his next big score in New Orleans but eventually begins to realize the importance of the safety and well-being of his kids.

This mixes action with comedy as Jack and kids Kelly (Sabrina Lloyd) and Eddie (Brian Bonsall) are constantly on the run from the authorities who believe Jack is an armed and dangerous kidnapper despite the fact his kids went with him willingly. There's some fun chase sequences here that are perhaps a bit over the top at times. Nevertheless, the film I felt was surprisingly enjoyable. Halle Berry, Michael Ironside, and Diane Ladd are also important players in this one. Better than I expected, I'll give this ***1/2 out of ***** stars.

Life with Mikey (1993): A former child star named Michael Chapman (Michael J. Fox), who's struggling for success and survival in his new career as an agent for child actors, stumbles across quite the find in young but troubled Angie Vega (Christina Vidal), a pickpocket/shoplifter who can talk and act her way out of trouble. Only problem is can he straighten her out and set her on the right path?

This wasn't your typical Michael J. Fox comedy. No, this has much more serious dramatic moments. While there are moments of humor, it really isn't the biggest focus here. No, this is more about the friendship that grows Mikey and Angie, a sort-of surrogate father-daughter type dynamic given Angie feels lonely and ignored by/within her own family. Another element in the story is the struggle Mikey has had finding success since his childhood acting days are now well past him and now he alongside brother Ed (Nathan Lane) constantly struggle to keep their business alive with Ed feeling strongly it might soon be time to throw in the towel. Cyndi Lauper is also on hand here as their receptionist Geena and proves surprisingly fun and entertaining in her role. A very enjoyable little film with a very likable cast and characters. ***1/2 out of ***** stars.

[TIMOTHY LEARY]

TIMOTHY LEARY? 

Edith Piaf L'Homme à La Moto French & English subtitles	Small | Large

     Watched these this morning....

The Baron (1977) - how to ask for a loan	Small | Large

The Girl From Rio (1969) Full Movie SUMURU Sequel Bond Girl Shirley Eaton Jess Franco	Small | Large

     The Shirley Eaton film was unrepentant Italian cheese, the Calvin Lockhart flick a decent action movie, with Richard Lynch as a thoroughly icky bad guy; both worth watching.