Ron

Nah, I have no idea what you’re going on about.

Goodness! What a first of the year word choice. Okay, I’m going to work with it: I sorded did nothing today — all day.

Does anyone remember when the studios were capable of producing hour-long episodes (with time out for commercials) of shows that lasted for twenty-eight weeks? Those were the good old days. In any event and despite my lack of interest in organized sports, I’ve been enjoying this season very much. There’s been talk about the importance of gay actors playing gay characters. I’m somewhat sympathetic. But then consider that straight actors can play gay characters and then go on to do other roles. It’s entirely possible that once a gay actor plays the gay character that they then become pigeonholed and only seen as capable of playing gay characters, and that’s limiting. It may be that gay actors don’t actually want the parts if they will later prove detrimental to their careers. Just a thought.

Wow! That is a lot of statistics. It's gratifying to know that folks are plugging away artistically with their writing (it's not always easy, I know) and that we all benefit from their work in one way or another. Thanks also to the owners and teams that keep everything running smoothly.

I was in bed by 10:30 and asleep not long after that, and I didn't get up until 11:00 am this morning. Yes, that's a lot of sleep! But it was necessary to my well being. I've had the cold from hell for the last nine weeks and when I can sleep, I take advantage of it. I heard nothing, zip, nada from fireworks last night. I forgot people did those things. I live on a hillock in a condo community that strictly enforces rules. No fun here let me tell you. But it is quiet. Between having the cold, it being pretty frigid with high winds nearly every day here on the coast, and not having a car my larder is getting thin do to a lack of grocery shopping (it looks like next Tuesday will be in the mid-thirties, I'll try then). So, the last of the eggs and spinach for a lunch omelet and the fallback of pasta and thawed frozen meatballs for dinner. I wish everyone well and a Happy New Year!

I have joined the club of ‘Those-Who-Cannot-Stay-Up’ and I am going to bed early enough to miss the official changeover from one year into the next year. 🤷‍♂️ Happy New Year! Regardless of my pessimistic outlook for the coming year I hope that you and yours escape the worst of what is possibly coming in the coming year. Additionally, my hope is that what’s going to happen doesn’t drag you down too hard. Peace and love!

Charlie Hunnam. He was also one of the leading characters in Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim movies.

I didn’t see anything like what you did. I thought the show represented something close to the reality of what sports would portray in their circumstances — from my perspective. One minute you’re on top of the world and the next minute … ? Of course it’s jarring, I think it was meant to be seen that way, and from a man’s perspective it works. Foundation? Men don’t need an underlying foundation to begin anything, not truly. We make our own version up as we go along. We rationalize things to fit our narrative — our need. Sometimes it works out and sometimes it falls apart. I’ve watched exactly one Bruins game in the arena in the twenty-something years I lived in Boston and the puck was there one moment and then somehow miraculously somewhere else before I saw it even move — so fast I couldn’t follow it in real time. The game is of course not entirely the real point of this show. It’s the skin (skin in the game, too, necessarily, I suppose). I’m perfectly alright with that and I’m fine with the men’s behavior as it’s being represented. Not everything needs to be fleshed out (no pun intended) to perfection. Too much of this and too much of that just gets in the way of entertainment in my opinion. For me this show has been a success.

Listening to Fink 'Wheels Turn Beneath My Feet' after a long day of dusting, vacuuming (running a Swifter over the floor for those objects the vacuum missed (oddly, this is a real necessity), among other cleaning endeavors, I am bushed, and I am losing myself in music ... a great pleasure for me. Generally, I am not a fan of 'live concert' music when one considers all the variables for recording it. But this musical recording streaming from Tidal Audio (at CD quality, no less) is outstanding. On my modest sound system the music makes it seem that I am there. That's quite an accomplishment.

Nobody likes a bragger, dude.

I was going to go for pasta tonight and instead decided on white bean soup. I’m so glad I did. Tasty, tasty, tasty.

Here in MA the ‘feels like’ temperatures have been brutally cold.

There is that thing called suspension of disbelief. But I hear you. You have a line and one which you're not willing to cross.

Merry Christmas to all and a Happy Otherwise if Christmas isn't your thing. Cheers to a great day!

I believe you'll be waiting a long long time for mainstream movies or television make anything other than comedy.

I made breakfast for dinner: Two pieces of bacon fried low-and-slow and three eggs fried in the bacon grease. But, I added a twist. Between the fried bacon and eggs I added a heaping, teaspoon of chopped Calabrian peppers to the pan. And then I fried the eggs (just that side of being beyond completely runny, so the yolk oozed). Hooey! Dinner was delicious. Maybe … The best fried eggs I’ve ever eaten. Yummy yummy!

I’m making potato and leek soup. My local grocery had long, thick organic leeks that were firm (I don’t mean to come across as salacious — it’s merely implied) which were less expensive than the conventional ones offered at a greater cost (go figure). Cornbread is baking in the oven and the butter is softening on the countertop. I predict a delicious dinner! 🤗

🤮 Dude! WTF?!

Sadly, @Bill W, (I snicker) there were no other nuts in my mouth. 😎 My accompaniment martini is always crisp and clean.

I GOT A BAD NUT! I was snacking on some shelled Salt & Pepper pistachios and listening to Steely Dan’s Gaucho. I was snacking away, a few nuts at time. When suddenly the most foul taste I’ve ever experienced bloomed in mouth. We’re talking a 🤮 worthy experience. I rushed to the garbage can! I spit and spit and spit! Turning around toward the kitchen sink I cupped my hands with water and I swished and swished spitting out each time! I still didn’t feel good about the situation. So I went and brushed my teeth, gums, the roof of my mouth and my tongue. I suppose the morel of my story is that most of the time having a nut is a good thing. 😏 But, in my experience, every nut isn’t be a good nut. Go figure?!

If one were to awaken with a hard-on that was vastly larger than normal for some reason, would that be considered an aberration? Asking for a friend. 😇

“Do you like me? What is it that you like about me?” That’s the thing isn’t it? The crutch for everything! Every man should ask this question of their partner — Before a relationship ensues, and at various times throughout a relationship. The question, of course, shouldn’t be one-sided.

So many thoughts!

That’s one way of feeling on this subject. The other is, of course, that person who wants to be cuddled and babied throughout their ordeal. Men, in particular, seem to have an on-or-off switch when comes to being sick — it’s either leave me alone or baby me. I prefer the former, too.

I'm currently listening my way through Yello's Yello 40 Years through Tidal audio to my stereo system (streamed at 48 kHz/24 bit, which is a greater resolution than that of CD {44.1 kHz/16 bit}) Bowers and Wilkens 683 S2 (a couple of generations behind newer 600 series speakers) and a Marantz AVR (also having become a vintage thing) and a couple of SVR SB3000 subwoofers (still available, because they are just that good). The sound is fantastic! Yello hadn't made a dent in my listening repertoire until recently and I have to say that I'm enjoying their music with great enthusiasm. This release is astounding in the number of songs available without the need to reach into past releases for one's listening pleasure.