The Cheese Stands Alone

 Mo 6/29/26- ARC Visit 710am (GB: 6/ Red Congolese). 8am (5-B: Diablo Sativa). 1040am (GB: Red Congolese). 535pm (GB: 5/ Red Congolese). 835pm (GB: 6/ Diablo Sativa).  Up 610am: Partly cloudy and sweltering with temps to just over 90 and 'Excessive Heat Warnings'.  I trimmed the dandelions that I missed by the fireplug yesterday and watered the flowers on the front planter. Watched 'BEAST' (Kanopy). In an island community a killer is on the loose and a young woman becomes enchanted by a local 'bad boy'.  He becomes a suspect, but she has far more of a killer instinct than he does. It keeps you guessing until the very end. Filmed on the island of Jersey in the Channel Islands & Surrey, England; with Jessie Buckley, Johnny Flynn, Geraldine James. Won 1 BAFTA Award; 8 wins & 25 nominations. "74" Metascore and I would boost that to "85".   Began 'THE AMERICAN EXPERIMENT' (Netflix). I shut it down 21 minutes into the first episode....

 Su 6/28/26- Mowed Lawn 1010am (GB: 5/ Red Congolese). 1050am (4-B: Diablo Sativa). 145pm (GB: 5/Red Congolese). 535pm (GB: 6/ Diablo Sativa). 840pm (GB: 5/ Diablo Sativa).  Up 630am: Hot & extremely humid with cloudy skies and temps to 90. "Excessive Heat Warnings" in effect through the end of the week. Today's 'Feels Like' will be 105! Weekly Cleaning; with a cup of instant I finished 'THE MOSQUITO COAST' and a short time later, attacked the lawn {820am- 910am}. I almost had to stop in the backyard because I was really overheated. Gray- black skies were percolating in the southwest, but I made it through without having to stop for a downpour. I thought I would only be able to hit the upper half of the back lawn, but I struggled and finished the whole damn thing. Into the shower (maybe for the first time?) and had trouble figuring out how to work the precious thing.     Watched 'THE POLICEMAN'S LINEAGE' (Kanopy). A young cop is assigned to...

 Sa 6/27/26 825am (GB: 6/ Red Congolese). 910am (5-B: Diablo Sativa).  1215pm (GB: 6/ Red Congolese). 535pm (GB: 6/ Diablo Sativa).  Up 715am: Morning fog, then clouds (chance of showers) and temps to about 80. I wanted to mow the lawn today, but it might not happen.  A prompt to restart right off the bat. It only took a few moments, but why is there not a hue and cry?  Watched 'THE CIRCLE' (Kanopy). It's a profile of the harshness & unfairness of life under Sharia Law for women who are not connected to family or husbands. Patrols of armed men patrol the streets of Tehran, Iran and randomly stop and question women who are out unaccompanied. The women must keep covered (head to foot and preferably in black) and almost every purchase (for goods or services) requires a male to sign for them. One of the women buys a shirt and it costs $5,200 Iranian tomans and that is approximately $0.52 usd...fifty-two cents! 12 wins & 7 nominations. "85" Metascore and that...

 Fr 6/26/26- 1st visit to ARC 720am (GB: 5/ Red Congolese).  750am (4-B: Diablo Sativa). 945am (4-B: Diablo Sativa). 1155am (GB: 6/ Red Congolese). 825pm (GB: 6/ Diablo Sativa).  Up 6am: {I cut off a few inches from my beard; back to 'summer length'}. Rain is predicted for most of the day, although only a quarter inch is expected with temps only to mid 70's.  Watched 'A CHIARA' (Kanopy- I had difficulty 'opening' the film. I did a restart because I noticed last night on the downstairs PC I required two restarts, but it did allow the film to play although it probably had nothing to do with the restart).  Set in contemporary Calabria, Italy which is in southwest Italy and occupies the 'toe' of the country's boot-shaped peninsula; mountains, old-fashioned villages and dramatic coastline. A fifteen year old girl learns that her father is a mafia drug dealer. While he's at large, the authorities want to remove the teenage girl from her family (put...

 Th 6/25/26- Dentist 1pm 730am (GB: 5/ Red Congolese). 815am (4-B: Diablo Sativa). 225pm (GB: 5/ Red Congolese). 535pm (GB: 5/ Red Congolese). 835pm (GB: a mix of Diablo & Congolese).  Up 630am: Cloudy with the possibility of a shower (none) and temps to just over 80. 7am: I used the grass whip to 'even out' the weeds on the front lawn. Looks passable.   Watched 'RELAY' (Kanopy). I realized that I had seen the movie before when I remembered that the sultry 'client' was actually working with the bad guys. The film concerns a 'service' that deals with employees who have uncovered corporate malfeasance and need protection before going public.  The 'service' works for the client and the corporate entity so that the deal is done as stipulated by both parties. Although, in this case the sexy female client claims that she wants to give back the documents that she appropriated.  The film features the 'Telecommunications Relay Service' which i...

 We 6/24/26 615am {1/2 Extreme Chill 150 mg: 75 mg total}. 650am (GB: 6/ Red Congolese). 910am (GB: 5/ Diablo Sativa). 1215pm (GB: 5/ Diablo Sativa). 145pm (GB: 4/ Diablo Sativa). 445pm (GB: 6/ Diablo Sativa). 535pm (GB: 6/ Red Congolese). 835pm (GB: 6/ Diablo Sativa).  ***Dentist Tomorrow at 1pm*** Partly cloudy with a 50% chance of thunderstorms this afternoon with temps to just over 80. Watched 'A SOMEWHAT GENTLE MAN' (Hoopla). A man is released from prison after serving twelve years for murder. His criminal buddies get him set up, but expect him to commit another murder. The humor is dry & deadpanned, but parts are hilarious. Stellan Skarsgard is perfectly cast as a man who seems perfectly adrift in his own life.  He's so passive that he can only react. Hilarious Bit: Without the slightest effort on his part, he's in hyper-sexual relationships with two different women. 7 wins & 9 nominations. "68" Metascore and I'd go to "89". One of ...