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Angus and Julia Stone are transcendent and needful for this day. Here is the lead song from the album Down the Way. Just chill and ... Edit to add - You must listen to the whole work to achieve peace and tranquility.

According to the NIH, entropy has nothing to do with time. And let us not forget that there are many definitions of entropy. Entropy is specific for whichever calculation you have a need according to higher-educated minds than my own. Entropy appears to be determined by how you want to apply it and what you want to apply it to. And yet entropy can have absolute value. (The mind boggles.)

By an author named Chad no less. I’m beginning to see a connection…

As anyone not experiencing a science phobia can tell you this is just balderdash! Perception of time does not equate with the actual passage of time. (One of these things is not like the other. - Sesame Street) As has been postulated but not yet truly demonstrated for the individual (no one has yet achieved this), the faster you go the slower time becomes until... Well, you arrive a few days later than you left, and many years have gone bye-bye for everyone else. Now that's the reality of time for you!

I know. I was just poking in.

No. No. We all know that Steve's an otter.

I can't say that I was ever a major fan of The Cure. But the new album Songs of a Lost World is great to listen to. The bass is strong with this one. I particularly like the latter half of the new work, beginning with Warsong. Here is the last song on the album Endsong - which is appropriate, and long. Enjoy.

To bay leaf or not to bay leaf... Beth Teitell with the Boston Globe isn't sure either — but with humor. Do you bay leaf?

I've watched a few movies since my last post. Unfortunately, there hasn't been much interest in this horror movie genre here, so I won't be posting any comments. I leave this topic, though, with a last post. Terry Ann Garr (known as Teri Garr) passed away today. I'm watching Young Frankenstein (1080p digital version, Apple TV+) tonight for my last post on Halloween movies. I've found this movie to be massively entertaining over the years, and I'm sure I'll enjoy watching the movie yet again. Classics stay classics for a reason. "Put the candlestick..."

And then again on October 20, 1986, by Duran Duran.

Many of us have some idea of how an alien's arrival might come about or what the result will be, if not because we've imagined it ourselves, it may have something to do with the science fiction we've read or watched in the movies or on TV. Author Jeff VanderMeer had a unique way of looking at the possibility in his novel Annihilation published in February of 2014, which was quickly followed by Authority in May, and ended with Acceptance in September all in the same year. Now, a decade later he has released a fourth novel Absolution which is described as a prequal written in a form of three contained novellas which I will be reading. Having read the original trilogy back in 2014, I highly recommend them if you like highly imaginative story telling. Mr. VanderMeer does not shirk on description, and you wouldn't want him to. He also wrote WONDERBOOK: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction (get the revised edition) which contains sidebars and essays from big name writers, and a companion website Wonderbooknow.com. I watched Annihilation (4k Blu-ray 2018) last night. This movie is loosely based on the first book of the same name. The movie moves through a series of flashbacks and forward moving drama that makes complete sense to the viewer (a rare thing). The original score written for the movie mimics the underlying theme of the movie and works so well in conjunction with the visuals as to be inseparable. Natelie Portman is the lead actor here, but the entire cast of actors are well known - Oscar Isaac, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, and Tuva Novotny. I won't go into details of the movie because that would be impossible without spoiling it for you. Suffice it to say that if you like creepy (very creepy), horrifying subject matter, slow building dread, excellent visuals, with a couple of good jump-scares then this is a movie for you. It was for me. What are you watching?

Last night I watched The Mummy from 2017. You know, that one starring Tom Cruise which was an undeniably critical flop. I read that it did okay at the box office though, so I guess that's enough. I'm not sure what this movie was trying to accomplish. There was nothing frightening, horrifying, or scary about it. In fact, there wasn't anything passing for real humor in it unlike The Mummy starring Brendan Frasure, et al, in 2001 though they tried. There was an Easter-egg moment where the Book of the Dead from the earlier movie was briefly glimpsed. I didn't care for the reappearing dead friend whose role was far too similar to that of the dead friend in An American Werewolf in London. What I did like was Russel Crowe cast as Dr. Henry Jekyll. Well done that. Also, Tom Cruise has a very fine physique here, but he is clearly showing his age; the skin never lies. What are you watching?

I thought that writing 'All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy' couldn't be written more creatively. I was wrong. Last night I put on The Shining for a nostalgic horror hit. I bought the Blu-ray version a long time ago and never watched it. Another one of those movies I always intended on getting around to. I love the way the movie begins with the travelling overhead long shots; they suck you in right away, and the picture looks fantastic throughout on this version. I won't get into the specifics of the movie too much because most people have either watched it or heard enough about it to know what goes on. I said aloud "No! Not that hallway." at a certain prime moment late in the movie. If you know, you know. As an aside, I very much enjoyed the scenes in Ready Player One where some clueless game contestants unfamiliar with the movie had to go into the Overlook Hotel in a simulation. Oh, those poor gamers! What are you watching?

I find the 'brown stuff' to be sweet and it just doesn't feel right in my mouth, no matter if it's rice or whole wheat pasta. Sometimes there are reasons for limiting protein, but that's not to say no protein.

I sauteed yellow squash in olive oil and threw cooked spaghetti in the skillet and stirred it around before plopping (that is the scientific term, I'm sure of it) in my pasta bowl. For toppings I added salt 'n pepper to taste (not too much), a couple of pinches of pecorino (real pinches on top) and sprinkled some shichimi togarashi on it. Simple and tasty. Not a lot of sodium, protein, or other bugaboos health wise. Now, what do I do tomorrow for an encore?

I've reached an age where I just don't want to cook anything remotely time consuming and complicated. I don't miss the cleanup afterward either. Consequently, my dinners are becoming a little rote and one note. There must be a happy middle ground that I haven't found yet. Edit to add: The cost of food is also a limiting factor for anything remarkable.

I thought that I would have had something entertaining to say, but I got nothin'.

Or... Something silly but immensely enjoyable fun.

Be yourself...

@Gary L I'd say that qualifies as serendipity. A fractured penis is vastly different than Peyronies, as I'm sure you figured out. One is caused by a missed missile launch, which qualifies as a nightmare to be sure.

You are right Personally, I'm not a fan of this type of movie/series. The Box, Saw and Squid Game all come to mind.

I went to a Urologist once for possible Peyronie's disease. Things were getting out of wack. Everything's straightened out since then.

I didn't watch anything scary, spooky, or horrifying last night. I watched a very kooky and fun movie about a clueless couple in a cabin (albeit a nice cabin) in the woods and an alien invasion some time ago and it has stuck with me. I can absolutely imagine some people (maybe me) stuck in the boonies and not knowing what to do. I'll leave the trailer here for you to watch because I highly recommend it. What are you watching?

It's one of those confuse-everybody-through-editing movies. I like the fact that it stars Logan Marshall-Green! I do like this actor. I first took notice of him in Ridley Scott's Prometheus and Leigh Whannell's Upgrade, both movies I enjoyed a lot. For some reason, his part in Spider-Man: Homecoming never registered when I watched it.

It supposedly took in somewhere around $6.2-6.5 million, so it didn't meet its budget. But certainly, give the movie a look-see.