The Cheese Stands Alone

 Fr 5/1/26 645am {1/2 'Extreme Chill' 150 mg: 75 mg total (these are 'smoother' (weaker?) than VIIA). 650am (GB: 6/ Hybrid Popcorn). 750am (4-B: Cat Piss). 940am (4-B: Cat Piss). 1240pm (GB: 6/ Hybrid Popcorn). 540pm (GB: 7/ Cat Piss). 845pm (GB: 6/ Hybrid Popcorn).  Up  6am: Cloudy & breezy with temps to 60. Watched 'LAMB' (Kanopy- borrowed yesterday). Super Strange. It's about a taciturn couple who raise sheep in very rural Iceland. They assist in the birth and then, love, and raise the baby lamb or 'human baby' lamb. The surprisingly enticing creature was born half sheep and half a human female. You don't know who impregnated the ewe, until 'The Ram' (that's half a human male) shoots dad (human) in the throat and mom (human) is desolate.  Beautifully shot in magnificent and very, very rural Iceland. CONSEQUENCE- "Lamb takes on the ominous, warning air of an old fable, the kind of pre-Grimm fairy tale meant to threaten the ...

 Th 4/30/26 705am (GB: 6/ Hybrid Popcorn). 740am (5- B: Cat Piss). 1015am (4-B: Cat Piss). 1210pm (4-B: Cat Piss).  415pm (GB: 4/ Hybrid Popcorn). 435pm (GB: 5/ Hybrid Popcorn). 825pm (GB: 5/ Hybrid Popcorn). Up 6am: Sunny with increasing clouds and temps to low 60's. The  hope is to mow the lawn sometime today and Janny & Joe want a visit (soon). Watched 'ENEMY AT THE GATES' (Hoopla). It's set during the siege of Stalingrad during the Second World War. A Soviet sharpshooter is elevated to 'hero status' so that 'the people' have someone to look up to. The publicist and the shooter are friends, but they're also in love with the same woman. Some interesting and well shot battle scenes, but overall it was very average; with Jude Law, Ed Harris, Joseph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Bob Hoskins (as Khrushchev), Ron Perlman. "53" Metascore and I would go to "74".    Began 'ANIMAL KINGDOM' (Netflix). I shut it down 34 minutes into t...

 We 4/29/26 715am {1/2 'Extreme Chill' 150 mg: 75 mg total}. 715am (GB: 6/ Hybrid Popcorn). 750am (4-B: Cat Piss). 955am (4-B: Hybrid Popcorn). 1250pm (GB: 6/ a mix of Hybrid & Cat). 540pm (GB: 6/ Cat Piss). 825pm (GB: 6/ Cat Piss).  Up 530am: Mostly sunny & breezy with temps to only about 60. ***Today I finally threw out the last of the cassette shelving. Also, Buddy's 'blue bent plate', yellow duck, and water dish went into the big blue can.  Watched 'NOROI: THE CURSE' (Hoopla). A meandering 'lost footage' tale about the discovery of 'The Demon, Kagutaba'..."I guess it's too late for all of us". Filmed in the suburbs of Tokyo and the Shiga Prefecture (east central on the main island).  Watched 'GEORGE A. ROMERO'S RESIDENT EVIL' (Kanopy). It's about how the famous horror director of 'DAWN OF THE DEAD' became involved in the early gaming market. I've never played one of those kinds of games, s...

 Tu 4/28/26 740am (GB: 6/ Cat Piss). 835am (6-B: Cat Piss). 1005am (4-B: Cat Piss).  1pm (GB: 6/ Hybrid Popcorn). 535pm (GB: 6/ Hybrid Popcorn). 830pm (BG: 7/ Cat Piss).  Up 635am {well rested}. Cloudy & much cooler with temps only to mid 60's.  ***Last night the sump pump tripped the breaker. I flipped the switch and it was back, but this morning I noticed that it had kicked it again. The green light is on and 'all systems are Go', but are they? The fucker turns on, I can hear water sloshing, but is it working? Watched 'MEN OF WAR' (Kanopy- this wouldn't load yesterday). A fascinating documentary about former Green Beret, Jordan Goudreu's attempt to topple the government of Venezuela with a ragtag group of 'concerned patriots'. Or was it a clandestine operation that had the full support of the US government? It sure looks like Trump's guys were hedging their bets. If 'somebody else' launched a successful invasion, then they would tak...

 Mo 4/27/26- Bad Storm 7am {1/2 VIIA 'Day Drift' (Blue) 100 mg: 50 mg total}. 7am (GB: 6/ Hybrid Popcorn). 740am (4-B: Cat Piss). 945am (4-B: Cat Piss). 1pm(GB: 6/Cat Piss). 435pm (4-B: Cat Piss). 535pm (GB: 6/ Hybrid Popcorn). 825pm  Up 6am: "To Battle Stations"!!! The threat of strong winds & storms all day with 1- 2 inches of rain (later the estimate was upped to 2- 3 inches) predicted with temps to low 70's.  835am- 840am: Violent storm and power went out for a few seconds. That was the hardest I've seen it rain in years. The rain gauge says we got about an inch in that brief downpour.  I had to 'restart' and turn on the speaker bar and more savage weather penciled in for this afternoon. {Two and 3/4 inches for the day}  Watched 'THE SHROUDS' (Kanopy- I first tried to watch 'MEN OF WAR', but it wouldn't load). David Cronenberg directs- Very odd tone; amputee-sex fetish? Body shroud in the grave allows loved ones to monitor d...

 Su 4/26/26 7am {1/2 'Extreme Chill' 150 mg: 75 mg total}. 7am (GB: 5/ Cat Piss). 740am (4-B: Cat Piss). 925am (6-B: Hybrid Popcorn). 120pm (GB: 6/ a mix of Cat & Hybrid). 540pm (GB: 5/ Cat Piss). 825pm (GB: 5/ Hybrid Popcorn).  Up 545am: Partly sunny & breezy with temps to about 80.  Watched 'THE ROVER' (Hoopla). This was somewhat familiar from the start and very well worth a second look. Deep in the desert wilderness of Australia, a man's car is hijacked and he hunts down the villains to get back his ride. Many are shot and killed along the way, and the reason he wanted his car back was that his dog was in the trunk. He was on the way to bury his dog when his car was stolen. At IMDB I learned that the film was set ten years after a global collapse. I just thought it was deep in the Australian interior at some, not so distant 'contemporary' time period; with Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson, Scoot McNairy. "64" Metascore and I would go to ...