I was going to post more often, really I was. I was even on vacation so I can’t say I didn’t have time. Just couldn’t think of anything much to talk about.
As for my vacation. I didn’t go anywhere, just stayed home and puttered around. Started getting the house, yard and garage ready for winter, that kind of thing. I did almost no cooking during my vacation. Part of it was my arthritis was really bad the first few days so I didn’t really do much of anything at all. Just moaned and complained to Rosie. She got rather short with me about the whole thing after a while.
I did watch three movies on DVD from Netflix in the last couple of weeks: Wanted, Killers and Clash of the Titans (the new one).
Wanted – Don’t you just love movies that have no connection to reality. To me Wanted has less connection to reality than, oh say, No Such Thing (which I also watched while on vacation). Wanted is visually entertaining, but there is no story, not really, the plot is just a thin excuse for the special effects. **
Killers – Don’t you just love movies with Katherine Heigl in them? She’s both charming and witty. But, seriously – or not, this movie is just a fun romantic comedy romp with some action thrown in because what’s a love story without explosions and full auto weapons fire? It doesn’t pretend to be anything more than what it is; which is just good, reasonably clean, fun. ***1/2 (Tom Selleck’s mustache **** :-)
Clash of the Titans – I seem to remember that when the first Clash of the Titans (1981) came out people made fun of it because it was not very accurate to the Perseus myths. Regarding the new version, I can only say that while the names remain the same the rest has been changed to protect the viewers(?) or someone from something or the other. Aside from the names and a few events the movie bears even less resemblance to the myth than the original. Which it seems is now a classic. When did that happen? It also negates the intent of the myth. Some of the visual effects are interesting, but that really doesn’t make a movie. *1/2 (1981 version **1/2)
No Such Thing (2001) – I watched this one again because I enjoy it. ****
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I did put out my WingScapes BirdCam while I was on vacation. I didn’t capture anything unusual, just the normal suspects: House Sparrows, Black-capped Chickadees, White-breasted Nuthatches, Downy Woodpeckers and a Northern Cardinal. Oh, and a few squirrels, both grey and black, Here are a couple of videos for you to enjoy. Yes, Virginia, there really are black squirrels in the area I understand that they were imported (why?) to the Island from the Black Forest in Germany that or they are simply a melanistic variety of the grey squirrel,
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While I didn’t do much cooking while on vacation only a very simple Chicken Tikka Masala. I did do some today. I made my Green Chili Cheese & Chicken Casserole and my Black Bean Brownies. Here are links to PDF files of the recipes (I hope they work):
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Well, I need to get up for work in six hours give or take. So Good Night all.
PS I did get a Logitech Revue while on vacation. If you’re unfamiliar with it, it is a Google TV box. I’ll try to post a review piece on it in a few days.
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