The Cheese Stands Alone

 Su 8/16/26 745am (GB: 5/ Green Crack). 830am (4-B: Red Congolese). 1020am (3-B: Red Congolese). 12pm (GB: 5/ Red Congolese). 320pm (GB: 4/ Red Congolese). 535pm (GB: 5/ Red Congolese). 830pm (GB:4/ Red Congolese).  Up 630am: Rain early, then cloudy and very humid with temps to upper 80's. Weekly Cleaning Watched 'MOTEL DESTINO' (Kanopy). An odd Brazilian Film Noir/ Art Film about a criminal who hides out at a 'hot sheet' motel and falls in lust with the owner's wife. Odd Scenes: moaning & shrieking in the motel corridors; the lovers digging their graves at gunpoint and stark naked; the owner hits a horse in his jeep and is killed; the guy ends up working in a Brazilian ice factory shoveling cubes and says he will meet his love maybe in another lifetime. "74" Metascore and I would go to "81". Shot along the coast of Ceara which is along the Atlantic ocean in Northeastern Brazil.   Began 'INSIDE THE TRUSTOR SCANDAL' (Netflix). Bigg...

 Sa 8/15/26 766am (GB: 4/ Green Crack). 225pm (GB: 5/ Green Crack). 540pm (GB: 5/ Red Congolese). 820pm (GB: 5/ Green Crack).  630am: The blue pill & 'gentle' pill worked well. Up 7am: Random storms all morning, then cloudy & sweltering with temps almost to 90.  I did a restart just after I opened the internet, and then twenty minutes after I started working I got a 'restart' prompt.   I filled out most of the 'pre-visit' forms for the doctor appointment on Tuesday, and the rest I will do in person.  Watched 'THE BEACH HOUSE MURDERS' (Netflix). A female writer is harassed by the men in her life. She splits to a Malibu beach house and three men end up dead. The story was so ridiculous that a seven year old wouldn't buy into it. I gave it 'one thumb down'. Filmed in greater Los Angeles and along the Malibu Coastline. 945am: The PC is 'Off' and preparing for a trip to Plains. 10am & arrived 1025am-To Pleasant Plains...Joe lef...

 Fr 8/14/26 750am (GB: 5/ Green Crack). 835am (4-B: Red Congolese). 1215pm (GB: 5/ Red Congolese). 540pm (GB: 6/ Red Congolese). 820pm (GB: 5/ Green Crack).  Up 645am: Mostly cloudy, hot & humid with temps to about 90 and morning showers; a 'Heat Advisory' in effect until Monday.  AI Mode was not in the address bar & I got it back somewhat. And, the coffee maker stopped working.  I took a blue pill laxative and a 'gentle' tablet and got relief, but this shouldn't be necessary. When the Martinek's office calls I'll tell them that I need 'the next step'. ***850am: I got a call from the nurse at Martinek's office. Made an appointment with Dr. Martinek on Tuesday at 440pm.  Watched 'THE LAST HOUSE' (Netflix). It's the cracked & silly tale of an alien invasion that brings a family closer together. A Seattle couple with their son and daughter are 'sealed' into their suburban home by a mysterious and sentient rain. Their ...

 Th 8/13/26 725am (GB: 5/ Green Crack). 255pm (GB: 5/ Red Congolese). 540pm (GB: 5/ Red Congolese). 830pm (GB: 5/ Green Crack).  6am: a dose of Miralax and up 645am: Humid & cloudy with temps to 90 and a thunderstorm is always possible. Even more heat and humidity for the weekend. There was no mention of last night's outage at Xfinity. Why would they tell me that it would be restored at 435am? Watched 'INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE' (Netflix). The AMC version makes it all about the gay relationship between Louis and Lestat and the racist attitudes {Jim Crow} in early 20th century New Orleans. Anne Rice and her son did not OK the final project and Anne died before they finished and she never saw the final product. And, in the novel the character of Louis was not a black man. The series is set in Storyville in the early 20th century and the novel was set in Louisiana during the 18th century. Both the series (100% more references) and the book have elements of a gay romance....

 We 8/12/26- Xfinity Internet Down  745am (GB: 5/ Green Crack). 830am (6-B: Red Congolese). 1130am (GB: 6/ Green Crack). 230pm (5-B: Red Congolese). 535pm (GB: 6: Red Congolese). 820pm (GB: 5/ Green Crack). 6am: partial relief of constipation and up by 630am. I'm doing the new powdered laxative three times a day: Very hot & humid with the chance of strong thunderstorms with a 'Heat Advisory'. [Just a few sprinkles on Westview all day, but a half million people were without power in Illinois & Indiana]  When I took out the big blue can I trimmed a few low hanging branches from the ancient tree next to the driveway.  Paid Visa Watched 'NANDO BETWEEN TWO WORLDS- A SINTONIA FILM' (Netflix). A Brazilian gang leader gets double crossed by the Serbian mafia and returns to Sao Paulo to 'save his family'. Basically, the film is about a young mobster who will not let his evil deeds tarnish the unconditional love for his family. It's corny and completely un...

 Tu 8/11/26- Pleasant Plains Visit 730am (GB: 5/ Green Crack). 330pm (GB: 5/ Red Congolese). 535pm (GB: 5/ Green Crack). 810pm (GB: 6/ Red Congolese).  Up 630am: Hot & sticky with a chance of morning showers {nada} and temps to 90 with a 'Heat Advisory' in effect.  Watched 'A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE' (Netflix). It's a bland 'Space Invasion' film set on the gritty streets of Manhattan. A black woman (she's in a hospice and dying of cancer) and her cat face the alien apocalypse by heading to Harlem for a slice of pizza with a terrified white man. The aliens have mastered intergalactic travel, yet they don't know how to swim. From personal observation I can say that the film presents a very rosy portrayal of 'end of life' in hospice and the cat (Frodo) had far too many canine qualities.  And, that's also from personal observation. "68" Metascore and that's about what I'd rate it. 930am: The new laxative has worked once thi...