The Cheese Stands Alone

 We 3/31/21- FOUNDATION RECOVERY: 1 pm. 850 am. 410 pm. 9 pm.  Up 720 am: Sunny, breezy and temps only to the upper 40's. THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR (1968) and THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS were to leave Amazon Prime on 3/31, but 'CROWN' is already gone. So I watched 'THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS'. ***1030 am: The guy from Foundation Recovery said he finished early on another appointment and was going to come now. 1045 am~1245 pm. 6 grand and includes $2,000 for drywall removal, but does not include re-hanging the drywall. A better system than Greentree because the trench is accessible if it ever becomes clogged again, and this is a free service. His Trench isn't in the mud but placed on the 'footings'. He can do it in 3~4 weeks and it will take two days. Woods is basically the same as his outfit. Must call Repair Masters. 125 pm... ON THE TREADMILL... 5 Miles and finished ARI SHAFFIR'S 420 CELEBRATION.  Read for a while in the living room. I called Mitch's Lawn Ser...

 Tu 3/30/21 9 am. 1140 am. 235 pm. 850 pm.  Up 755 am: Partly cloudy with temps to the upper 60's. I watched 'NICO, 1988' (Kanopy). An Art Film about the last two years of Nico's life. Trine Dyrholm delivers a heart-felt performance of the icy, blonde, bohemian artist who couldn't accept the fact that she will be remembered as only a minor footnote in popular music. Nico rants that she only wants to talk about 'her music', but everyone knows if it wasn't for Lou Reed and John Cale there would be no 'her music'. Basically the film is a 'warts and all' portrait of a difficult woman artist, but I liked it. Then watched 'ROBOCOP' (Amazon Prime- it leaves Prime tomorrow). A Detroit detective is mowed down by a psychopathic crew, but is 're-assembled' as a Cop-Cyborg. And, just like 'JOHN WICK'..."Boy, did he get his revenge", but 'ROBOCOP' is not nearly as clever; with; with Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, ...

 Mo 3/29/21- Green Hyundai Headlights/Penney's 1020 am. 145 pm.  940 pm.  Up 8 am: Partly cloudy and windy with temps to mid 60's. I wrote 'The Wrap' and sent it. I didn't mention that I was thinking of maybe paying the Brandenburgs a visit after I finish at Green on Dirksen. Maybe I'll text...(It didn't happen) I finished the last hour of '2067' (Hoopla). Ethan Whyte saves mankind by sending a load of plants to the future so that Earth can regenerate. I still don't know what was behind the wristband that his father attached to Ethan. Not a bad 'B-Movie SciFi'; with an Australian cast. I began 'OPERATION VARSITY BLUES: The College Admissions Scandal (Netflix) and at 1145 am. ON THE TREADMILL...FIVE MILES and finished the film. Phone conversations were recreated verbatim and enhanced the documentary style of the film; with Mathew Brody.  150 pm Left 940 for Green and then across the street to Penney's: 2 pairs of shorts, a Spring j...

 Su 3/28/21- Not on WiFi at Planet 920 am.  140 pm. 925 pm.  Up 8 am: Breezy, cooler, partly cloudy with temps only to 50. ***Buddy threw up either last night or this morning, but he still seems upbeat and wants more food.  Watched 'ENEMY' (Hoopla)...."Chaos is order yet undeciphered"... A depressed history professor notices an actor in a DVD movie that could be his exact double. After they schedule a meeting, the 'look-alike' actor is convinced that the professor has slept with his partner, so he demands that he take the prof's girlfriend for a romantic weekend. And then the actor falls for the actor's pregnant wife. And, in the end, a huge spider appears in a bedroom. Strange, yet compelling; with Jake Gyllenhaal, Melanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon, and Isabella Rossellini. Filmed in Toronto and Mississauga, Canada. I watched several YouTube videos about what the film is supposed to mean. This explanation seems the best. The movie is really only about one ...

 Sa 3/27/21 920 am. 1245 pm. 1015 pm. Up 8am: Partly cloudy with rain beginning this afternoon- temps almost to 70. Watched 'BLOOD TIES' (Hoopla). Based on a French film that was based on a French novel, and the director of this English/American version is also French..."Back In The New York Groove"... Set in Brooklyn and Manhattan in the mid 70's and concerns two brothers- one's a cop and the other a criminal. Great set details, cars, clothing, and the soundtrack is excellent; with Clive Owen, Billy Crudup, Marion Cotillard, Mila Kunis, James Caan, Noah Emmerich, and Lili Taylor. I also borrowed 'TAMMY'S ALWAYS DYING' from Hoopla. 1 pm: A walk to mail back the Netflix disc before the rain begins. PO box by Walgreens, across to Washington, Adams, Governor, South on alley west of Walnut, Leland, Wiggins, up the hill, Parkview, and down to 940...JUST UNDER TWO HOURS... Mp3... 'Already Free' ~ DEREK TRUCKS BAND, 'Armed Forces' ~ ELVIS,...

 Fr 3/26/21- Greentree: 1 pm./ County Market- $101.00 345 pm. 10 pm.  Up 735am: Cloudy with temps to the mid 50's. ***Buddy threw up again last night, but he seems OK this morning and he's kept his breakfast down for over an hour. I wrote up 'THE KING OF TORTS' by John Grisham for the blog.    Watched 'UNDER SUSPICION' (Netflix) and finished the series on the treadmill. Hopefully I can get in the miles before the visit from Greentree. The guy from Greentree called at 1050 am. and said he could be here by 1130 am. Come on ahead. I got in TWO MILES at 3.6 Pace.  Dan arrived about 1120am and it lasted about an hour. He feels that the center trench needs to be redone. His estimate is 5,000 without the bill for the drywall work. He checked the pump and it works correctly, however the diameter of the pipe is not big enough. Who knows?  I went to Fairhills to do the shopping and spent $101.00. And back on the treadmill when I came back and did THREE MILES at 3.4 p...

 Th 3/25/21- Dentist: 210pm. 850 pm.  845 am.  Up 730am: Cloudy with rain beginning this afternoon and continuing through the night. Temps to mid 50's. Watched the last fifty minutes of 'GET ON UP' (Netflix) the James Brown biopic and I noticed that Mick Jagger was an executive producer. Watched episode 1 of  'UNDER SUSPICION: Uncovering The Wesphael Case' (Netflix). 1115 am: Continued 'UNDER SUSPICION' on the treadmill to get in the mileage before the dentist appointment... FIVE MILES at 3.4 pace. I finished episode 3 and then more of JOE ROGAN on ARI SHAFFIR'S podcast. Reading GRISHAM till 140pm drive to the dentist office. Got $25 gas at the station near the YMCA before the appointment. $300 plus for the exam/cleaning and now patients contact their insurance companies, but the dentist provides the forms. My teeth are fine and my first visit to the dentist that was under a grand in a long long time.  I went to Target /Aldi/and Carnival Shoes. I saw not...