And why living downtown is good ( Read more... )

Sittin' here having my ears sublimely caressed by the brand-new Highlander soundtrack Deluxe Edition (from 2014, contains both score AND songs!  And Sean Connery's intro!  Only took 'em 30 years!), and enjoying the coolness of my new portable A/C unit.  Food bankin' helped pay for both, and will for Madeline's next vet visit. :)  Yes, they were ( Read more... )

Going with my mom to a showing of Buster Keaton's 'The General', in a restored theater built the year 'The General' debuted, with the original score played on the theater's original, recently refurbished Mighty Wurlitzer by Dennis James who is not only considered the greatest Wurlitzer player ever but who was part of the restoration of the original ( Read more... )

I found this out the hard way on Saturday, and I bet Equusmaximus has/will, too.  The whole first pressing of Equestria Girls - Rainbow Rocks has a significant error that makes the movie very, very confusing ( Read more... )

My dad dropped off the batteries today, and I explained a bit about the BP meds and side effects, which he totally had the same problems with...and that I was saving my energy to go to the Avengers today so wouldn't be coming over for Game of Thrones, which I'll just have to catch some time during the week ( Read more... )

I got to the car alarm place about 12:45 pm, after driving out to see if Spokane Auto Center was indeed gone.  It is ( Read more... )

Axe Cop can has 'movie'!

--Moony

For some reason the wall on the outside of my apartment smells like wet paint, especially in my closed off bedroom.  I contacted my manager and she came and smelled it, too, but we couldn't figure out the source, other than it might have been the guvmint came in and sprayed around the buildings before it rained, and it washed down under then might ( Read more... )

Today was payday, so I headed off to the city for errands.  The biggest being seeing if I could locate an acceptable new monitor for around $50, the money I'd usually have been able to put in savings.  And I did, at the liquidation store.  A used but checked out okay Sylvania 20 inch LCD.  It has one dark gray spot, and wiggly lines while it warms ( Read more... )

A local NPR movie critic critiqued (500) Days of Summer this morning by saying that Zooey Dechanel is pretty and charming, and Joseph Gordon-Leavitt was a bad choice because of his 'squinty eyes', which, according to him, is more appropriate for Nazis, mentally handicapped people, and serial killers.

And I quote:
"On the other hand, I had a huge ( Read more... )