The Cheese Stands Alone

 Fr 1/30/26 615am {3/4 'VIIA 'Day Drift' (green) 100 mg: 75 mg total}. 620am (GB: 6 rips/ a mix of Tropicanna & Penny Lane Sativa). 7am (4 hits-B: Penny Lane Sativa). 820am (GB: 4 rips/ Penny Lane Sativa).  1135am (GB: 6 rips/  Tropicanna). 545pm (GB: 5 rips/ Tropicanna). 815pm (GB: 6 rips/ Tropicanna).  Up 530am: A mix of sun & clouds with temps to upper teens.  Watched 'THE DOOM GENERATION' (Kanopy). A bloody & hilarious Road Picture that rolls through the gritty and soulless underbelly of southern California during the 90's.  It's transgressive with a sense of humor and it was cleverly designed to evoke outrage; with James Duval, Rose McGowan, Johnathon Schaech, Margaret Cho, Perry Farrell, Parker Posey, Heidi Fleiss. Directed by Gregg Araki. "48" Metascore and I would go to "78". From WASHINGTON POST: "In short, it's about as charming as a gob of spit."  Finished 'LUDEN' (Amazon Prime). In the final e...

 Th 1/29/26 645am {1/2 'Extreme Chill' Diamond CBD 150 mg gummy: 75 mg total}. 715am (GB: 6 rips/ Tropicanna). 8am (4 hits-B: Penny Lane Sativa). 940am (GB: 4 rips/ Penny Lane Sativa). 1245pm (GB: 6 rips/Tropicanna). 225pm (GB: 4 rips/ Penny Lane Sativa). 435pm (GB: 5 rips/ Penny Lane Sativa). 530pm (GB: 6 nice rips/ Tropicanna). 815pm (GB: 6 rips/ Tropicanna).  Up 615am: Overcast & frigid with high temps only in the upper teens. It hasn't come close to thirty-two degrees in over a week and this must have set a record.  Trying to turn off the 'smart' features in Google email and I think I got it. I don't need or want intellectual prodding.  Watched 'MOTHER'S INSTINCT' (Amazon Prime). A very odd film with a wild storyline, but I guess it could have happened. A woman loses her eight year old son when he falls off the second floor balcony of their home. Sometime after the event her husband commits suicide and later she murders the mom & dad next...

 We 1/28/26 8am {3/4 'VIIA' 100 mg: 75 mg total}. 815am (GB: 6 rips/ Tropicanna). 910am (4 hits-B: Tropicanna). 1105am (3 hits-B: Penny Lane Sativa). 1pm (GB: 5 rips/ Tropicanna).  240pm (GB: 3 rips/ Penny Lane Sativa). 435pm (GB: 5 rips/Penny Lane Sativa).  535pm (GB: 6 rips/ Tropicanna). 830pm (GB: 6 rips/ Tropicanna).  Up 715am {Late ?}. A mix of sun & clouds with temps to low 20's.  Watched 'DRUG WAR' (Fandor). I didn't understand almost any of the plot, but I still really liked it. The film concerns a former drug kingpin who is working with authorities to expose his and other drug syndicates (?). The film features rusty trucks loaded with pails of deadly illegal drugs followed and chased by dented clunkers through dreary industrial landscapes.  The movie pounds home a strong anti drug theme in a ham-fisted manner, however the last few scenes of the film are a captivating ballet of choreographed violence. Chinese Drug War propaganda? Filmed in Tianj...

 Tu 1/27/26 750am {1/2 'Extreme Chill/ Wedding Cake'- 150 mg; Diamond CBD: 75 mg total}. 815am (GB: 6 rips/ Tropicanna). 920am (3 hits-B: Penny Lane Sativa). 1030am (GB: 2 nice rips/ Tropicanna). 1155am (GB: 4 nice rips/ Tropicanna). 535pm (GB: 6 rips/  Penny Lane Sativa). 815pm (GB: 6 rips/ Penny Lane Sativa).  Up 7am: {well rested}. Mostly sunny & breezy with temps to only 20 degrees. ****A request for a 'restart' and it only took a few moments. I was expecting this since the downstairs PC had 2 requests over a few days.  Watched 'EIGHTH GRADE' (Hoopla). A cute & clever 'coming of age' film about a girl who is about to graduate from middle school. She's got a blog and gives great advice, yet she can't follow most of it. The movie nails the emotional confusion of being a preteen..."You have to be scared to be brave". "85" Metascore and that's where I'd put it.    Began 'THE WONDERLAND MASSACRE' (Amazon...

 Mo 1/26/26 630am {3/4 VIIA 100 mg: 75 mg total}. 735am (GB: 7 rips/ Penny Lane Sativa). 855am (4 hits-B: Tropicanna). 1010am (GB: 4 deep rips/ Penny Lane Sativa). 120pm (GB: 7 rips/ Tropicanna). 255pm (GB: 5 rips/ Tropicanna).  435pm (GB: 5 rips/ Penny Lane Sativa). 535pm (GB: 6 rips/ Tropicanna). 825pm (GB: 7 rips/ Tropicanna).  Up 6am: A mix of sun & clouds and temps only to mid teens. At 7am the temperature was 7 below zero. Wrote up 'THE BRASS VERDICT' by Michael Connelly and 'THE 6:20 MAN' by David Baldacci for the blog.  Watched 'ALL TO PLAY FOR' (Kanopy). A French working mother nearly loses her son to family services. The message of the film seems to be that you can lose your children to the authorities and it will be nearly impossible to win them back. The state acts in the best interest of the child and no parent could stand up to their exacting standards. I liked the way that the woman was portrayed as more Dionysian rather than Apollonian in her...

 Su 1/25/26 715am {1/2 Diamond CBD 'Wedding Cake' 150 mg: total 75 mg}.  730am (GB: many rips/ Tropicanna). 810am (4 hits-B: Penny Lane Sativa). 1010am (GB: 4 rips/ Penny Lane Sativa). 1215pm (GB: 5 rips/ Tropicanna). 545pm (GB: 6 rips/ Tropicanna). 820pm (GB: 4 rips/ Penny Lane Sativa).  Up 6am: Light snow continued all last night although only about three inches to five inches had fallen. It's hard to tell because of drifting. Snow continues through mid morning and temps only to 13 degrees for a high.    Weekly Cleaning Watched 'A WHITE WHITE DAY' (Fandor). A middle aged policeman is mourning the death of his wife in a car accident. He is refurbishing a home for his daughter, her husband, and his granddaughter. Later you learn that he is also dealing with the fact that his wife was cheating on him. Very much an Art Film, and it really connects with an offbeat & dynamic presentation. Filmed in Iceland in the Eastfjords region near the town of Hofn, Iceland....

 Sa 1/24/26 630am {1/2 Diamond CBD 150 mg Extreme Chill 'Wedding Cake': 75 mg total}.  635am (GB: 7 rips/ Sour Diesel). 725am (B-5 hits: end of the Sour Diesel). 845am (1/2-B: Penny Lane Sativa). 1020am (GB: 5 hits/ Tropicanna). 1pm (GB: 6 rips/ Penny Lane Sativa). 240pm (GB: 4 rips/ Penny Lane Sativa). 505pm (GB: 6 rips/ Tropicanna). 555pm: (GB: 5 rips). 820pm (GB: 6 rips/ Penny Lane Sativa).  Up 530am: Clouds, snow & frigid conditions. Today's high is only 11 degrees and snow through Sunday and could bring five or six inches. Watched 'PSYCHO THERAPY: THE SHALLOW TALE OF A WRITER WHO DECIDED TO WRITE ABOUT A SERIAL KILLER' (Kanopy). It's an oddball Film Noir Black Comedy set in NYC. An eccentric author is approached by a 'retired' serial killer to collaborate on a book. The author's wife believes that they are conspiring to kill her when she learns that the 'therapist' is not their marriage counselor; with Steve Buscemi, Britt Lower, Joh...

 Fr 1/23/26 620am (GB: 5 rips/ Penny Lane Sativa). 720am (4 hits-B: Sour Diesel). 820am {1/2 'VIIA' 100 mg: 50 mg total}. 850am (GB: 4 rips/ Sour Diesel). 1045am (4 hits-B: Penny Lane Sativa). 1255pm (GB: 5 rips/ Penny Lane Sativa). 435pm (GB: 6 rips/ Penny Lane Sativa). 530pm (GB: 6 rips/ Sour Diesel). 820pm (GB: 6 rips/ Sour Diesel).  Up 5am: Partly cloudy and extremely cold with a high today of only 5 degrees. {It was one degree at 11am}. The forecasts are not sure how much snow we'll get this weekend, but it should be several inches. This winter storm extends from New Mexico to Maine.  I checked Hoopla for foreign films (no comprehensive list) and noticed a 'binge pass' to Fandor. I can watch Fandor for one week through Hoopla.  ***820am: Popped half of a 100 mg VIIA 'Day Drift' to provide a foundation for the flower... Watched 'MEADOWLAND' (Fandor). It's not so much about the disappearance of a child, but more about how 'not knowing'...

 Th 1/22/26- Dr. Garg: 1pm 620am (GB: 6 hits/ Penny Lane Sativa). 845am (GB: 5 rips/ Sour Diesel). 210pm [1/2 VIIA 'Day Drift' 100 mg: 50 mg total}.  335pm (GB: 5 rips/ Penny Lane Sativa). 535pm (GB: 6 rips/ Sour Diesel). 815pm (GB: 6 rips/ Penny Lane Sativa).  Up 530am: Cloudy with temps to mid 30's. The next few days will be very cold with temps in single digits and a snowstorm headed toward Springfield this weekend.  Yesterday I got an email from Republic saying 'they would be two hours late'. They never showed and it looks like they didn't hit any of the homes on Westview. Hopefully they'll be by today. {They did. In mid afternoon a guy in a different garbage truck where he had to get out and hook the big blue can at the back of his truck at each home}. Watched 'MOJAVE' (Netflix). A famous California artist visits the Mojave desert to sort out his troubled life. From out of the darkness a homicidal drifter appears at his campsite. This incident i...

 We 1/21/26 630am {1/2 VIIA 100 mg 'Day Drift' (green): 50 mg total}. 630am (GB: 6 rips/ Penny Lane Sativa). 710am (4 hits-B: Sour Diesel). 915am (GB: 5 rips/ Sour Diesel). 1255pm (GB: 6 rips/ Sour Diesel). 535pm (GB: 6 rips/  Sour Diesel). 825(GB: 5 rips/ Penny Lane Sativa).  Up 530am: Partly sunny & breezy with temps to about 40. Watched 'DICIANNOVE' (Kanopy). The title of the movie is the Italian word for '19' and that's the age of the protagonist. The film is a random collection of memorable and not so memorable events in the nineteenth year of life of a bright, naive and questioning college student. It's not an easy film, but hauntingly manages to portray this particular year as a volatile mix of profound naivety about life in general yet an ever present belief that the foremost answers to life's questions can be found in Italian literature (pre 20th century).  The kid is positively enthralled by the 13th century writer, poet & philosoph...

 Tu 1/20/26 650am {1/2 VIIA 100 mg 'Day Drift' (green): 50 mg total}. 655am (GB: 6 rips/ a mix of Sour & Penny). 735am (1/2-B: Penny Lane Sativa). 9am (GB: 5 rips/ Penny Lane Sativa). 1225pm (GB: 6 rips/ Penny Lane Sativa). 535pm (GB: 6 rips/  a mix of Sour & Penny). 820pm (GB: 6 rips/ Sour Diesel).  Up 550am: Partly cloudy & breezy with temps just below freezing. Began watching 'GODFATHER: THE DEATH OF MICHAEL CORLEONE' (Hoopla- 2 hrs. 37"). I watched 1 hr. 24" of it and I'll save the remaining 1 hr. 13" for tomorrow. This doesn't come close to the first two films, in fact this is almost a parody.    Watched 'BOOM' (Kanopy). I was totally unaware that 'The Sonics' reformed in 2008 and were infinitely more famous than they were the first time around. By the early 70's the guys in the band had stopped playing their instruments and dropped any dreams of success in music. Yet forty years later they enjoyed playing to s...

 Mo 1/19/26 Up 6am {New jar of 100 mg 'VIIA'- Day Drift (green bottle): 50 mg total}. 615am (GB: 6 rips/ Penny Lane Sativa). 655am (1/2-B: Sour Diesel). 845am (GB: 5 hits/ Penny Lane Sativa).  1235pm (GB: 5 rips/ Sour Diesel). 435pm (GB: 5 rips/ Penny Lane Sativa). 540pm (GB: 7 big rips/ Sour Diesel). 815pm (GB: 6 rips/ a mix of Sour & Penny Lane).  Up at 5am {couldn't sleep}. Sunny & frigid with temps only to mid teens and gusty winds. Watched 'I KILLED MY MOTHER' (Hoopla). It's basically a reconstruction of 'Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf'? with the toxic relationship between a son and his mother rather than a husband and wife. Lots of vitriolic and passionate arguments where neither party can claim emotional victory. Can you love someone with all your heart, yet still feel angry and disconnected?  "77" Metascore and I would go to "85". The film is set in French speaking Quebec, Canada and shot in and around Montreal. Be...

 Su 1/18/26 730am {the other 1/2 of DiamondCBD from yesterday: 75 mg total. According to the percentages listed on the package it looks like the bulk of the active ingredients are Delta 8 and that is the weakest of the lot}. 735am (GB: 7 rips/ 1st time 'Penny Lane's Sativa'}. 840am (1/2-B: Sour Diesel). 1005am (GB: 2 fierce rips/ Penny Lane...very nice Sativa & I am pleasantly surprised). 1230pm (GB: 7 rips/ Penny Lane Sativa). 535pm (GB: 6 rips/  Sour Diesel). 810pm (GB: 6 rips/ Sour Diesel).  Up 650am: Cloudy, Frigid, & breezy with temps to mid 20's.  Weekly Cleaning ***The new variety of gummy is very smooth & embracing; although 75 mg Diamond DBD, 50 mg VIIA, 66 mg Diet Smoke. Still potent, but noticeably less anxiety and really adds a grounding effect to the effects of the smoked flower. Feels 'solid'.  Watched 'THE LESSON' (Netflix). An aspiring young writer takes a job as a tutor for the son 'of the most influential novelist of the...

 Sa 1/17/26 6am {1/2 Diamond CDB; 'Wedding Cake-Extreme Chill' 125 mg gummy: 62 mg total}. 610am (GB: 6 rips/ a mix of Sour & Tropicanna). 710am (1/2-B: Tropicanna). 830am (GB: 5 rips/ a mix of Sour & Tropicanna). 12pm (GB: 7 rips/  a mix of Sour & Tropicanna). 135pm (GB: 5 rips/Tropicanna). 435pm (GB: 5 rips/ Sour Diesel). 530pm (GB: 6 rips/ Sour Diesel). 810pm (GB: 5 rips/ Sour Diesel).  Up 5am: {couldn't sleep}. Cloudy & breezy with a slight chance of snow showers this morning and frigid temps. Today's high is only about 20 degrees.  Watched 'BLUE MY MIND' (Amazon Prime- searched 'German Movies'). What an odd film. It's a high school  'coming of age' film, only the adolescent female is maturing into a fish. It felt like 'Mean Girls' with a fantastical twist. "63" Metascore and I would go to "80". Filmed in Zurich, Switzerland.  Began 'LET THE DEVIL IN' (Amazon Prime).The crime occurred in...

 Fr 1/16/26 730am {1/2 'VIIA' 100 mg: 50 total....I drank a 10 mg can of 'AYRLOOM'- Cran-Apple: 60 mg combined}. 730am (GB: a big bowl of Sour & Tropicanna).  855am (GB: 4 rips/ Tropicanna). 1035am (1-B: Tropicanna). 105pm (GB: 4 rips/ Tropicanna). 245pm (GB: 3 rips/Tropicanna). 440pm (GB: 4 rips/ Tropicanna). 535pm (GB: 5 rips/ Sour Diesel). 820pm (GB: 6 rips/ Tropicanna). Up 615am: Cloudy & breezy with a slight chance of snow showers and temps to low 40's. We got just over an inch of snow last night but not quite enough to cover the gumballs.  Scooped the driveway in less than ten minutes. ****730am: I noticed the 'high anxiety producing' 'RESTART' icon....It  only took a couple of moments and I didn't faint. At 830am I stopped the film to light a candle and noticed the 'RESTART' icon again...More anxiety than before and it only took two minutes. If it happens again, I will worry (more).   Watched 'THE RIP' (Netflix). A ...

Th 1/15/26- Springfield Clinic Lab Work 7am {1/2 'VIIA' 100 mg: 50 mg total}. 7am (GB: 6 rips/ a mix of Sour & Diesel). 740am (1/2-B: Tropicanna). 1155am (GB: 7 rips/Tropicanna). 540pm (GB: 6 rips/ a mix of Sour & Tropicanna). 815pm (GB: 6 rips/ a mix of Sour & Tropicanna).  Up 515am: Mostly sunny with temps to upper 20's.  ***I attempted to enroll in the 'ID WATCHDOG' (ID Theft Protection with AT&T) and was told that they will send me an email in the next couple of days to complete the enrollment. They are showing that I'm deceased, although I am enrolled in the program and I am being monitored, I just can't access the info. You couldn't make this stuff up.  Watched 'BACKSTABBING FOR BEGINNERS' (Netflix). A quality 'Espionage' film about a young man who goes to work at the UN shortly before the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. He and his boss uncover a billion dollar corruption scheme within the 'Food For Oil' program...

 We 1/14/26- Eye Exam: 1040am/ Afternoon Gummy 615am (GB: 7 rips/ Tropicanna). 650am (4 hits-B: Tropicanna). 750am (1/2-B: Tropicanna). 1230pm [1/2 100 mg 'VIIA': 50 mg total]. 1240pm (GB:  6 rips/ Tropicanna). 225pm (GB: 4 rips/ Tropicanna). 435pm (GB: 5 rips/ Tropicanna). 535pm (GB: 5 rips/ Tropicanna). 820pm (GB: 6 rips/ Sour Diesel).  Up 515am: Partly cloudy & windy (gusts to 40 mph) with temps to upper 30's. Watched 'FACE/OFF' (Netflix- leaving soon). This one was so bad it was good. The premise is that the Good Guy switches faces with the Bad Guy and even in a comic book it wouldn't be the slightest bit believable; with John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Gina Gershon, Nick Cassavetes, Margaret Cho. Directed by John Woo and therefore it follows that there will be lots of gun battles where people outrun fusillades of automatic weapons fire and cops & evil doers shoot 45 automatic handguns at each other (guns in both hands!) while jumping over a...

 Tu 1/13/26 650am (GB: 6 righteous rips/ a mix of Sour & Tropicanna). 650am {1/2 'VIIA' 100 mg: 50 mg total}. 745am (1/2-B: Tropicanna). 925am (GB: 2 giant rips/ Tropicanna).  1220pm (GB: 6 rips/ a mix of Sour & Tropicanna). 2pm (GB: 2 deep rips/ Tropicanna). 435pm (GB: 4 rips/ Tropicanna). 535pm (GB: 6 rips/ Sour Diesel). 810pm (GB: 6 rips/ Sour Diesel).  Up 550am: Cloudy & breezy with temps to mid 50's.  Watched 'ANIARA' (Hoopla). A large passenger ship leaves Earth for Mars and the voyage should take three weeks. They are knocked off course in a random meteor shower and lose the ability to steer toward Mars. On the upside, it's a giant 'cruise ship and a shopping center' and the rampant consumerism never stops. 'MIMA' is a supercomputer that provides a perfectly simulated Metaverse for passengers and when it goes down, mayhem ensues. It takes 5,981,407 years before the ship lands on a suitable planet. This is a serious yet sardonic...

 Mo 1/12/26 650am {1/2 'VIIA' 100mg: 50 mg total}. 655am (GB: 6 rips/ a mix of Sour Diesel & Tropicanna). 745am (GB: 1 nice rip/ Sour Diesel). 955am (4 hits-B: Sour Diesel).  1235pm (GB: 5 rips/ Sour Diesel). 540pm (GB: 6 rips/ Tropicanna). 15pm (GB: 6 rips/ Sour Diesel).  Up 550am: Mostly sunny & breezy with temps to upper 40's. Watched 'MANTIS' (Netflix). Kind of gave up on this one. Wrote a brief Chat Watched '11.22.63' (Netflix). I shut it down 22 minutes into episode #5. This series has its moments, but few and far between. Stephen King has had some great ones, and this is not one of them.  12pm: The PC is 'Off' and preparing for a two hour walk to Washington Park and points south. They called at 1145am and I made this appointment with the eye doctor. He wants to take pictures of the back of my eyes and this is included in the yearly checkup.  Wednesday, January 14, 2026 at 10:40 AM CST with Optometry ***Borrow 'STRANGER IN A STRANGE...

 Su 1/11/26 7am (GB: 5 rips/ Tropicanna).  735am {1/3 'DIET SMOKE' 200 mg: 66 mg total}. 805am (3 hits- B/ Tropicanna). 910am (GB: 4 decent rips/ Sour Diesel). 1150am (GB: 5 rips/ Sour Diesel). 540pm (GB: 6 rips/ a mix of Sour & Tropicanna). 810pm (GB: 6 rips/ a mix of Sour & Tropicanna). Up 530am: Partly sunny & breezy with temps to low 30's. Weekly Cleaning Watched 'BRIGHTBURN' (Netflix). Wow! Another very pleasant surprise. A couple in rural Brightburn, Kansas were having fertility issues when they found a beautiful baby boy in a spaceship that landed in their backyard. A wild premise yet they make it believable.  When the alien boy hits puberty he learns that he is different and comes to accept that his destiny is to rule the world. Some of the scenes bordered on extreme satire and lots of gruesome and over the top violence. The parents are so earnestly trying to raise their adopted son and protect him from the world, yet the boy realizes that earth ...

 Sa 1/10/26 805am {1/3 'DIET SMOKE' 200 mg: 66 mg total}. 805am (GB: 6 rips/ a mix of Sour & Diesel). 905am (GB: 2 monster rips/ Tropicanna). 1055am (GB: 5 deep rips/ Tropicanna). 105pm (GB: 5 rips/ a mix of Sour & Tropicanna). 255pm (GB: 5 deep rips/ Tropicanna). 540pm (GB: 5 rips/ Sour Diesel). 820pm (GB: 5 rips/ Tropicanna).  ***This morning I noticed that the red light on the wifi is 'On' and, as usual, performance is unaffected. I'm relatively sure that there was a power outage in the house last night, but why the red light?  8am: A frenzied snowsquall that lasted about 20 minutes; a dusting of ground cover that melted within an hour.  Up 7am {restless night}. Light rain & snow showers this morning, then cloudy & breezy with temps to low 40's.  Watched 'A MOST WANTED MAN' (Kanopy). A muslim man seeks asylum in Germany. He's trying to get millions from the account of his rich dead father who was the head of a vast criminal empire....

 Fr 1/9/26- House Fire on Kenyon/ Pot Order 730am (GB: 6 rips/ Tropicanna). 730am {1/3 'DIET SMOKE' 200 mg: 66 mg total}. 820am (GB: 1 rip/ Tropicanna). 1020am (GB: 4 rips/ Tropicanna). 1235pm (GB: 5 decent rips/ Tropicanna). 540pm (GB: 5 rips/Tropicanna). 810pm (GB: 5 rips/ Tropicanna).  Up 630am: Cloudy to partly sunny & breezy with temps to high 40's. Watched 'GATAO: LIKE FATHER LIKE SON' (Netflix). 'GATAO' is an Asian film franchise and there are many releases. This one is basically a chronicle of several Taiwanese turf wars that have existed on the island for generations. The film was a little heavy on moralizing, yet lots of  thugs beating and maiming each other with metal pipes, baseball bats, and the occasional butterfly knife . The film stresses the 'band of brothers' and 'fathers and sons' themes to the point of absurdity. Also, the absolute dedication of a Taiwanese 'soldier' to his boss is just not found in American ga...

 Th 1/8/26 710am (GB: 5 rips/ Sour Diesel). 750am (GB: 1 nice rip/ Tropicanna). 940am (GB: 1 rip/ Tropicanna).  1250pm (GB: 6 rips/ a mix of Sour & Tropicanna). 240pm (2 hits-B: Tropicanna). 435pm (GB: 4 deep rips/ a mix of Sour & Tropicanna). 535pm (GB: 6 rips/ a mix of Sour & Tropicanna). 810pm (GBL 6 rips/ Sour Diesel).   Up 610am: Light rain & showers beginning late morning and lasting through evening; high temps to low 60's.  Watched 'RELAY' (Netflix). Another very pleasant surprise. Set in contemporary lower Manhattan and the tension is palpable from start to finish.  The premise is the opposite of the usual function of a corporate whistleblower.  She has information that she wants to return because she has been harassed due to the explosive nature of the documents. But, the pretty girl with the info turns out to be a rat who worked for 'Big Pharma'.  From AI Overview: "Telephone Relay Service (TRS) connects people with heari...

 We 1/7/26 735am {1/2 'VIIA' 100 mg: 50 mg total- comparing the strengths of VIIA vs. DIET SMOKE}. 735am (GB: 5 hits/ Sour Diesel). 815am (5 hits-B: Tropicanna). 955am (GB: 2 nice rips/ Tropicanna). 105pm (GB: 7 rips/ Tropicanna). 440pm (GB: 6 rips/ Tropicanna). 535pm (GB: 6 rips/ Sour Diesel). 810pm (GB: 5 rips/ Tropicanna).  Up 625am: Foggy mist early, then mostly sunny with temps to mid 50's. Watched 'BELEN' (Amazon Prime). A poor woman enters a slum hospital with abdominal pain. The authorities claim she was pregnant and that she 'self aborted'. She got seven years and served two years before the verdict was overturned.  The fetus didn't even belong to the woman and she was probably suffering from peritonitis. A stodgy film, but a remarkable topic. The incident occurred in San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina which is in the northwestern part of the country near the border with Chile, Bolivia, and Paraguay. Watched 'A TIME FOR BRAVERY' (Netflix)....

 Tu 1/6/26 730am {1/3 of  'DIET SMOKE' 200 mg: 66 mg total}. 730am (GB: 5 rips/ a mix of Sour & Tropicanna). 1010am (GB: 7 nice rips/ Tropicanna).  1250pm (GB: 7 rips/ Sour Diesel). 535pm (GB: 6 rips/ Sour Diesel). 815pm (GB: 5 rips/ Tropicanna).  Up 615am: A mix of sun & clouds with temps to low 50's. Wrote up 'BLUE CALHOUN' by Reynolds Price for the blog.  Watched 'HOARD' (Amazon Prime).  A touching contemporary British film about a young girl and her manic-schizoid mother who live in a broken-down home overflowing with mounds  of clutter & trash. Mom dies when a junk pile shifts and she's crushed (?). The daughter goes into foster care and the action jumps ahead to her late teens and she's bonding with extremely odd types. Her character acts like a damaged girl who would benefit from acting lessons because she's always 'acting out'. The film is like nothing else and it's an ambitious & strange blend of fantasy and k...