The Cheese Stands Alone

  Sa 4/11/26 650am (GB: 6/ Hybrid Popcorn). 935am (GB: 5/ Green Apple Gas). 1150am (GB: 6/ Hybrid Popcorn). 530pm (GB: 6/ Hybrid Popcorn). 825pm (GB: 5/ Green Apple Gas).  Up 550am: Partly cloudy & breezy with temps to upper 60's.  Watched 'BARAMULLA' (Netflix). Another very confusing film. It involves ghosts (who are politically motivated?) in a house once owned by a family of Hindus who were persecuted by the radical Jihadists from across the border in Pakistan. The new family is being harassed by the current 'farming' operations being run by Islamic fundamentalists. The Muslim terrorists ('freedom fighters'?) kidnap (farm?) children who are Hindu and force them to convert to radical Jihad. Baramulla is a city in the Kashmir region of India which is located in the far northern part of the country. Baramulla is approximately 200 miles due east of Peshawar, Pakistan. An Indian film that clocks in under two hours, and I didn't smell a rat.   Mo...

 Fr 4/10/26 710am (GB: 6/ Hybrid Popcorn). 745am {1/2 VIIA 'Day Drift' 100 mg: 50 mg total}. 825am (4-B: Green Apple Gas). 1020am (Clean GB: 5/ Green Apple Gas).  115pm (GB: 6/ Hybrid Popcorn). 3pm (4- B: Green Apple Gas).  540pm (GB: 7/ Hybrid Popcorn). 835pm (GB: 5/ Green Apple Gas).  Up 6am: Early morning showers, then partly cloudy & breezy with temps to just above 60.  ***Cleaned the GB with the new 'bottle' brushes that I ordered from Amazon. Only somewhat effective, but definitely made a difference.  Watched 'HUMINT' (Netflix). I lost the thread of the plot almost immediately, but in very general terms, it's about a human trafficking operation involving North Korean agents kidnapping Korean women and selling them to a Russian mob in Vladivostok. The Only Interesting Part Of The Film: The title is a portmanteau HUMINT: (human- intelligence) which is 'a word blending the sounds and combining the meanings of two others': incel:  (involuntary-...

 Th 4/9/26 730am {1/2 VIIA 'Day Drift' 100mg: 50 mg total}.  730am (GB: 5/ Hybrid Popcorn).  1225pm (GB: 5/ Green Apple Gas). 535pm (GB: 5/Green Apple Gas). Up 630am: Partly cloudy & breezy with temps to upper 70's. Watched 'ANATOMY OF A FALL' (Netflix). It's a detailed examination and exploration of the far-reaching consequences of an accident, a murder or a possible suicide. A man is found dead in the snow after a fall from the third floor of his chalet. Was it suicide, accidental, or was he pushed out the window by his wife?  All the forensic evidence is debatable, and his wife counters any argument that attempts to cast her as the murderer. It's a satisfying conclusion because it works if she did it or if she successfully proved her innocence. The film was shot in the French Alps near Grenoble. Won 1 Oscar; 131 wins & 191 nominations. "86" Metascore and I would go to "94". TIME OUT- "Watch it with a partner and argue abou...

 We 4/8/26 715am (GB: 6/ Hybrid Popcorn). 955am (4-B: Green Apple Gas). 1155am (GB: 5/ Hybrid Popcorn). 545pm [3 blasts new portable vape...still not sure how to use, however very potent when it works]. 610pm {a single blast new vape/ very strong).  Up 620am: A mix of sun & clouds, breezy with temps to low 70's. My phone was down to 14% capacity and I put it on charge all night. I did use it for almost the entire day on Tuesday.   Watched 'SON OF A GUN' (Netflix). A slightly different wrinkle on the 'Crime/ Prison/ Heist' genre film. A smart kid lands in prison with an archcriminal and they team up to steal six bars of gold worth millions. Lots of sneering and posturing, but mostly it's compelling. Philosophical Premise: Humans evolved from 2 species: Bonobo & Chimpanzee- Chimps are fighters & Bonobos are lovers; Ewan McGregor, Brenton Thwaites, Alicia Vikander (married to Michael Fassbender). Filmed in southwestern Australia; Melbourne to Kalgoorlie...

 Tu 4/7/26- Ordered Marshall Speaker 640am (GB: 5/ Hybrid Popcorn). 830am (4- B: Green Apple Gas). 1140am (GB: 5/ Hybrid Popcorn). 125pm (2- B: Green Apple Gas). 535pm (GB: 5/ Hybrid Popcorn). 835pm (GB: 4/ Green Apple Gas).  Up 530am: {couldn't sleep}. Possible snow showers & freezing rain this morning {no precipitation}, then breezy & cloudy with temps to about 50. Watched 'ANATOMY OF A FALL' (Netflix).  No, change of plans. More "SOMETHING BAD IS GOING TO HAPPEN' (Netflix). I shut it down 35 minutes into episode #4. It's about a curse on the family's bloodline. If you don't marry by sundown on your wedding day, you die, and if you don't marry your 'soulmate', you also die. Who decides if you've picked the correct 'soulmate'? This is definitely an odd tale & a 'binge worthy' series.  For a change of pace....'Jo Nesbo's DETECTIVE HOLE' (Netflix). I shut it down 24 minutes into the fourth episode. ...

 Mo 4/6/26 710am {1/4 'Extreme Chill' 150 mg: 37 mg total}. 715am (GB: 6/ a mix of Hybrid & Green). 1045am (2 monster rips on Green Crack disposable).  1250pm (GB: 6/ Green Apple Gas).  540pm (GB: 7/ Green Apple Gas). 840pm (GB: 5/ Green Apple Gas).  Up 615am: Partly cloudy & breezy with temps to almost 60. Watched 'MARDAANI 3' (Netflix). Another tale of a female police officer who is tougher and smarter than any guy on the force. The film pushes this angle so hard that the movie is unintentionally hilarious. Poor girls are being abducted at an alarming rate and it's been largely ignored by authorities and the media. Things change when the Turkish ambassador's daughter goes missing. The film features some of the lamest hand to hand combat ever recorded and it is pure comedy gold. Filmed in Mumbai & Delhi, India. Mumbai is on the southwestern coast of the country and Delhi is 870 miles to the north near Nepal. Wrote a Chat Began 'MOUTH TO MOUTH...