The Cheese Stands Alone

 Mo 1/30/23 720am (B). 1055am (2-B). 255pm (2-B). 445pm (2-B). 715pm (2-B).  Up 610am: Last night we got a light dusting of snow that warranted a 'winter advisory' till 9am. Very cold and breezy with temps only to the upper teens.  Watched 'THE KINGS OF THE WORLD' (Netflix). A young man inherits a tract of land from his dead grandmother and he and a few friends set off through rural Columbia to stake his claim. Many years ago owners were 'displaced' by mining interests and the government is compensating the families who were forced to vacate the area. But bureaucratic intransigence & ineptitude prevent the boy from realizing his dream. The boys started in Apartado, Columbia (just east and north of the border with Panama) and traveled to Nechi, Columbia (approx. 215 miles east). "When ya ain't got nothing, ya got nothing to lose". Wrote a short Chat and sent to Casa Loma, Panama City 1030am: PC is 'Off' and the plan was to hit the treadm...

 Su 1/29/23 750am (2-B). 1030am (2-B). 215pm (2-B). 440pm (2-B). 705pm (2-B).  Up 605am: Overcast, breezy with temps to about 30. Did the Weekly Cleaning Watched ' TOP FIVE' (Kanopy). A Black comic is world renowned for his 'funny stuff' and he vows to be more serious in the future because 'he has more to offer' than just jokes and laughs. He allows a female journalist to follow him around the streets of NYC while he hypes his new film where he stars as the leader of a slave revolt in 18th century Haiti. But his upcoming wedding to a reality TV star makes his new direction seem false; with Chris Rock, Rosario Dawson, Kevin Hart, J.B. Smoove, Cedric the Entertainer, Tracy Morgan, Tom Papa, and a collection of comics and rappers that escaped me.  (Written and directed by Chris Rock). I loved it! Title Explained: Various characters give their picks for the 'Top Five Rappers of All Time'.  Began 'BLACK CROWS' (Netflix). It's 'Arab Agitprop...

Sa 1/28/23 720am (2-B). 10am (2-B). 1135am (2-B). 145pm (2-B). 440pm (2-B). 645pm (2-B).  Up 550am: Mostly cloudy with temps to about 50. ***Janny and Joe are leaving at 6am for their Panama City Vacation. Bonnie and Jennifer will meet them at the motel; Casa Loma.  Watched Netflix disc AFTER THE WEDDING. A woman runs a small orphanage in India and travels to NYC to request a donation from a very rich female executive. The hook is that when she arrives she's invited to the daughter's wedding and she realizes that she knows her benefactor's husband. It gets a little melodramatic, but well worth a look; with Julianne Moore, Michelle Williams, Billy Crudup, Abby Quinn (She wrote and performed the acoustic song at the ending credits).   Finished 'MOTHERING SUNDAY' (Netflix Disc). A young maid working on an estate in post WWI England has sex with her boyfriend on the afternoon he announces his engagement to another woman. He dies in an auto accident before he sees his fi...

 Fr 1/27/23- Treadmill Repair: Cancelled 830am- arrived 345pm 650am (2-B). 1025am (B). 440pm (2-B). 655pm (2-B).  Up 525am: Cloudy, windy and temps to lower 40's. ***At 725am I got a text from the treadmill repairman saying that he had to cancel because he was 'called in for his other job'. He will call back to set up another time. Watched 'BLOOD WILL TELL' (Netflix). It's a murky and melodramatic Murder Mystery set in Argentina. A man does nothing as his wife is strangled by a commercial cake mixer and later his daughter does nothing as he suffers a fatal wound while burying the body of his wife's lover. A strange presentation, but it worked. Since I don't have a treadmill, it's back to daily visits to the local health clubs. Today the plan is to do the weights and then hit Esporta. On the way home I'll stop at Schnucks for onions, cat food, cat litter, and cottage cheese. (I bought another 32 pack of 'Fish Favorites')  940am: PC is ...

 Th 1/26/23 655am (2-B). 10am (1-B). 1215pm (2-B). 435pm (2-B). 7pm (2-B).  Up 530am: Overcast &  breezy with temps to mid 20's. Watched 'GLASS ONION: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix). An eccentric billionaire invites several of his friends to a weekend on his private island. It's supposed to be a few days of 'murder mystery theater', but soon the fantasy game becomes real. The film is only mildly entertaining and is more of a spoof on the Agatha Christie style of mystery writing. This is where a writer presents a myriad of potential suspects and then the reader (or viewer) is challenged to determine 'who-dunnit'. I hate this kind of writing. Fun Scene: The billionaire sends each of his guests a large wooden box which must be opened and deciphered before the owner can obtain their invitation. The box is illustrated with a 'stereogram' pattern that reveals a hidden three dimensional picture that is a clue to solving the puzzle.  I have 'stereogr...

 We 1/25/23 735am (B). 1015am (1-SB). 1120am (2-B). 440pm (1-B). 7pm (2-B). Up 530am: 1 to 3 inches of snow expected and then overcast with temps in the lower 30's. (It only amounted to about an inch and too warm to stick on the roads) Put the 'Colonoscopy Notes' on the hard drive and made a folder in my email. Watched 'CITIES OF LAST THINGS' (Netflix). I had seen this one before but only (very) slightly remembered it. The film is presented in three interconnected sections that are not in chronological order. A middle aged cop confronts his wife and kills her and then kills himself. The film goes back to sections of his life when he was a much younger man and ends when he met his real mother on a swing set as a toddler. It's an arresting tale and shimmers like the best of Film Noir and a little confusion can be forgiven. Directed by Taiwanese filmmaker, Ho Wi-ding. Began 'WOMAN OF THE DEAD' (Netflix).  An Austrian funeral parlor owner loses her husband i...

 Tu 1/24/23- Colonoscopy Day 145pm (2B-). 445pm (2-B). 655pm (2-B).  Up 4am and the alarm worked perfectly. 440am: Began drinking the laxative and reading 'MIRACLE CURE' by HARLAN COBEN- a small research clinic finds a cure for the HIV virus, but a mysterious conspiracy tries to suppress their findings through murder & intimidation. (Actually, it was a conspiracy to conceal the fact that they did NOT find a cure) Finished the entire jug at 635am and I'm anxious that the colon will not be clear enough. 730am: ONE MILE AT 4.0 PACE & ZERO SLANT;  more of JOEY DIAZ on J.R.E. 830am: Joe & Janny arrived to pick me up. Joe was taking the truck for a new battery and Janny waited in the lounge. 845am: I was in a 'booth' and watching 'The V' until they came in for the procedure at 915am. As soon as they administered the drug I was out like a light. When I woke up it seemed like just a few minutes, but it was 1130am. We drove home and visited until 1pm. The...