Su 3/3/2019- With Request to The Pioneers
Su 3/3/2019
Up 7am; Cloudy, 30's; no snow yet, but it should begin about 8am and last to about noon- according to the weather map.
Just learned on Hollywood Roundtable that Arthur C. Clarke go 'HAL' from 'IBM'. 'HAL' are the first three letters before 'IBM' in the alphabet.
'BEAUTIFUL BOY' (Amazon Prime- The title is from John Lennon's song) After watching I was surprised to learn that this was taken from the memoir, 'TWEAK' by Nic Sheff. Steve Carell tries to save his son, but the message of the film seems to be that you can't do this, but he does.....at least for the past eight years. One question pulsates throughout the film...If you must hit rock bottom in order to turn your life around, how would this be possible in such a lavish environment?
Snow began just after 8am and it's still going strong with two to three inches of blowing and drifting snow.
Then, 'BURN MOTHER...KER, BURN!' (Xfinity) A Showtime documentary about the racial situation in Los Angeles. William Parker and Daryl Gates ran the LAPD from the fifties through the 90's and took the position that blacks should be isolated in their own communities; This was essentially 'Institutionalized and Applied Segregation'. Both men were instrumental in weaponizing policing techniques by introducing Special Weapons and Tactics- 'S.W.A.T'. During the Watts Riots and Rodney King Riots it was alleged that the police only held the perimeters of the black sections of the city and allowed the community to experience what it would be like 'not' to have police protection.
Halfway through the film I emailed this note:
Email to The Pioneers:
I am a retired employee of Illinois Bell, Ameritech, and ATT. I started in Operator Services as a long distance operator in 1975 and I did numerous jobs for the company and retired in 2008. I got my first job with the company as a long distance operator because operator services did not have enough male employees. I think this was called a 'male override'. I went on to become a 'service assistant', and about thirty years later I ended my career as a dispatcher for the heavy delivery drivers.
I would like to find out my starting wage when I started working for Illinois Bell. I was hoping that some members of the Pioneers might have begun their careers in operator service, and might remember their starting salary.
Thanks, Ken Worden
valis1949@gmail.com
2pm; some flurries, but I'm going out to shovel the drive and walk. Maybe I'll hit Planet Fitness later, or maybe take a Snow Day and read.
4pm I shoveled the snow and it was very cold. Temps dropped at least ten degrees since this morning and the wind has picked up. 30" on the snow, and back in on the couch to read 'THE BONE TREE' till around 530pm. Then the Weekly Cleaning and into the tub with more Iles and ROYAL TRUX.
#3 'PISTORIUS' (Amazon Prime) More evidence that he didn't do it....or maybe he did.
Then, 'MONEY LAUNDERING' - episode #1 (Amazon Prime) Pretty basic stuff.
Up 7am; Cloudy, 30's; no snow yet, but it should begin about 8am and last to about noon- according to the weather map.
Just learned on Hollywood Roundtable that Arthur C. Clarke go 'HAL' from 'IBM'. 'HAL' are the first three letters before 'IBM' in the alphabet.
'BEAUTIFUL BOY' (Amazon Prime- The title is from John Lennon's song) After watching I was surprised to learn that this was taken from the memoir, 'TWEAK' by Nic Sheff. Steve Carell tries to save his son, but the message of the film seems to be that you can't do this, but he does.....at least for the past eight years. One question pulsates throughout the film...If you must hit rock bottom in order to turn your life around, how would this be possible in such a lavish environment?
Snow began just after 8am and it's still going strong with two to three inches of blowing and drifting snow.
Then, 'BURN MOTHER...KER, BURN!' (Xfinity) A Showtime documentary about the racial situation in Los Angeles. William Parker and Daryl Gates ran the LAPD from the fifties through the 90's and took the position that blacks should be isolated in their own communities; This was essentially 'Institutionalized and Applied Segregation'. Both men were instrumental in weaponizing policing techniques by introducing Special Weapons and Tactics- 'S.W.A.T'. During the Watts Riots and Rodney King Riots it was alleged that the police only held the perimeters of the black sections of the city and allowed the community to experience what it would be like 'not' to have police protection.
Halfway through the film I emailed this note:
Email to The Pioneers:
I am a retired employee of Illinois Bell, Ameritech, and ATT. I started in Operator Services as a long distance operator in 1975 and I did numerous jobs for the company and retired in 2008. I got my first job with the company as a long distance operator because operator services did not have enough male employees. I think this was called a 'male override'. I went on to become a 'service assistant', and about thirty years later I ended my career as a dispatcher for the heavy delivery drivers.
I would like to find out my starting wage when I started working for Illinois Bell. I was hoping that some members of the Pioneers might have begun their careers in operator service, and might remember their starting salary.
Thanks, Ken Worden
valis1949@gmail.com
2pm; some flurries, but I'm going out to shovel the drive and walk. Maybe I'll hit Planet Fitness later, or maybe take a Snow Day and read.
4pm I shoveled the snow and it was very cold. Temps dropped at least ten degrees since this morning and the wind has picked up. 30" on the snow, and back in on the couch to read 'THE BONE TREE' till around 530pm. Then the Weekly Cleaning and into the tub with more Iles and ROYAL TRUX.
#3 'PISTORIUS' (Amazon Prime) More evidence that he didn't do it....or maybe he did.
Then, 'MONEY LAUNDERING' - episode #1 (Amazon Prime) Pretty basic stuff.
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