The Cheese Stands Alone

 Tu 11/3/26- Dentist: 1pm 805am (GB: 5/ Red Congolese). 220pm (GB: 5/ Red Congolese). 540pm (GB: 5/ Hammerhead). 825pm (GB: 5/ Hammerhead).  Up 650am: Cloudy & windy with misty sprinkles beginning this afternoon and into the evening with temps to upper 60's. Neon bright orange & yellow leaves are almost ankle deep out front. Gumballs falling in two shakes.  I entered 'JACK BRUCE: COMPOSING HIMSELF' by Harry Shapiro and 'WHAT WE KEEP' by Elizabeth Berg into the blog. Watched 'YOU, ME, US' (Netflix). A young Italian couple decide to adopt a child, but they must pass a series of clinical interviews before they can qualify. The therapy causes them to get married (they had lived together for four years) and then breakup. In the end, they get back together and learn that they are 'the perfect, imperfect' couple and get an OK to proceed with the adoption. It's an enjoyable film and not at all cliched. The story is set in Rome, Italy. The wife is...

 Mo 11/2/26 805am {1/4 Extreme Chill 'Wedding Cake' 150 mg: 37 mg total}. 810am (GB: 5/ Red Congolese). 12pm (GB: 5/ Hammerhead). 520pm (GB: 5/ Red Congolese). 835pm (GB: 5/ Hammerhead).  Up 7am: Overcast & misty with temps to mid 60's. I got a prompt for a 'restart' that took the full 9 mins and no discernable difference...as usual.  Watched 'KILL ME THREE TIMES' (Netflix). It's a clever 'Murder/Mystery/Thriller/ Dramedy' that's a convoluted tale of murder, infidelity, $250,000 in cash, and fiery car crashes along a gorgeous coastal highway. It's very wry & sardonic in the style of Tarantino; with Simon Pegg, Teresa Palmer, Luke Hemsworth. "30" Metascore and I would bump that to "75".....HITFIX- "...chess game with bullets." Filmed in Busselton, Western Australia, Australia and that's a coastal city on the extreme southwestern tip of the country about 140 miles south of Perth, Australia.  Watched...

 Su 11/1/26- Time Change! 720am {1/4 Extreme Chill 'Wedding Cake' 150 mg: 37 mg total}. 725am (GB: 5/ Red Congolese). 1230pm (GB: 5/ Hammerhead). 430pm (GB: 4/ Hammerhead). 530pm (GB: 4/ Red Congolese). 825pm (GB: 5/ Hammerhead). I didn't realize the time change until I opened the PC. We lost an hour last night and that happened on Halloween Night? I don't remember that ever happening because it would be too easy to remember that the time changes on All Saints Day.  Up 650am: {I got up at 550am- new time}. Cloudy with temps to mid 60's. Weekly Cleaning Watched 'GAJAB RAAT' (Netflix). It's an Indian 'Police/ Dramedy/ Thriller' about a crooked detective who is investigating the death of a young prostitute. The smarmy detective is affable to a fault, but really he's holding out for the biggest bribe he can get.  Many police agencies try to take his case because they are all in on a massive coverup, but he insists that he is the Investigating Off...

 Sa 10/31/26- Mowed & Raked/  Switched Pharmacy To Schnucks.  1010am {1/4 Extreme Chill 'Wedding Cake' 150 mg: 37 mg total}. 1015am (GB: 5/ Hammerhead). 205pm (GB: 5/ Red Congolese). 545pm (GB: 5/ Red Congolese). 830pm (GB: 5/ Hammerhead).  Up 730am: Mostly cloudy with temps to mid 60's. 8am- 945am: I raked up the pine needles from the bottom third of the back lawn and dumped them under the tulip tree. If anyone inquires, this is my 'mulch' pile. I mowed the back lawn (somewhat needed it) and most of the front. The front was mainly to swirl a few of the leaves around and I didn't touch the lawn next door.    Watched 'THE IDES OF MARCH' (Netflix). A behind the scenes look at the skullduggery and underhanded behavior employed to elect a liberal Democrat in an Ohio primary election. The film is very cynical and deeply distrustful of the democratic process. Ex: A GOLDEN SUGGESTION: "Mandatory two years of government service after high school and in ...

 Fr 10/30/26 720am {1/4 Extreme Chill 'Wedding Cake' 150 mg: 37 mg total}. 740am (GB: 5/ Red Congolese). 1005am (4-B: Hammerhead). 1250pm (GB: 5/ Hammerhead). 225pm (4-B: Hammerhead). 530pm (GB: a mix of Red & Hammerhead). 825pm (GB: 5/ Hammerhead).  Up 645am: Drizzle & sprinkles all day and cooler with temps only to upper 60's. Watched 'COLLISION COURSE' (Netflix). It's a well crafted Spanish film that's designed to confuse or confound. A professional gang's smash & grab goes awry when the diamonds they expected to find are not in the proper safety deposit box. During the getaway from the bank, one of the robbers is killed when their vehicle is rammed by a guy who ran a stop sign. The movie is structured so that we see a different reality as the storyline recounts each member of the crew dying in that fatal accident.  The film is purposely puzzling, but kind of satisfying. The banker (who was their man on the inside) got away with the jewels...

 Th 10/29/26 745am {VIIA- one gummy 'BLUE MIND BLOOM': 10 mg Amanita Mushroom, 35 mg THC....trying for the 1st time}. 750am (GB: 5/ Red Congolese). 1055am (4-B: Hammerhead). 1235pm (GB: 5/ Red Congolese). 535pm (GB: 5/ Red Congolese). 830pm (GB: 5/ Hammerhead).  Up 7am: Partly cloudy with temps to mid 70's.  Watched 'IKKA' (Netflix). "Corny & Over-Acted". A man from a wealthy and politically powerful family is accused of rape and murder. Even though the man is clearly guilty, his crack defense lawyer must get him off or his pre-teen daughter dies.  The defendant is the girl's natural father and she needs a bone marrow transplant or she dies of leukemia. This legal thriller was so unlikely that it pushed the boundaries of even Bollywood melodrama. A character is offered a job paying $1.2 million Indian rupees per annum and that is approximately $12,600 usd. 1045am: The single gummy was a pleasant & well modulated blast and I wonder if it was the...