Aug. 2nd, 2016

Tuesday

Aug. 2nd, 2016 08:51 am
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Syrup! I forgot the syrup. Pancake syrup. Kay goes through it like water. Daimon says, "Life: it's just one tragedy after another, isn't it?" There might be enough to last me for the two weeks, if I watch every drop, but that probably mean limiting myself to only two more waffle breakfasts in the remaining two weeks ... ... An interesting Twitter discussion on Trump. Don Wilson, apparently a "GOP media guy", said, 'My favorite thing was a major donor telling me, "He's not a billionaire. I'm a billionaire. He's a clown living on credit."' Later, another twit wondered what Trump will do when he loses, to which another twit answered, tying in the Roger Ailes affair, "I predict the he and Ailes will start Trump TV when he loses in November." I was thinking that could make for some sexy TV (nothing but '10' girls in short skirts), until yet another twit said, "I'd imagine Ailes non compete clause is titanium clad." Ailes did receive a tremendous pay-out; he didn't leave simply in disgrace ... ... "Big Brother Season 19 to air in the Fall!" [ONTD] With the same hostess, it looks like, Julie Chen (from the youthful mid-twenties to well into middle age -imagine!). I remember when it first came out, just before mother made her dramatic exit from our little world. I was a little excited for the show, though I should have known that it was going to be only so voyeuristic, and that one could forget about having any pervy fun. This was before the Internet, or at least before Pop got us connected. One was desperate. Though, I see this season will not be on the TV schedule. Speaking of the Internet, I see that that is the only way to see the show. If I had the money, I might pay to see what it is like to use their supposedly live-24/7 feeds and see if it is more fun. But I don't and I won't, and I'm not bothered by that. Daimon says, "Oh, come on! You know you are curious to see if it might be a nice distraction to check in every once in a while on the doings of young, attractive people - be the fly on the wall - even without porn-content." If I had the money, I'd do it. But when it comes to having to go without things, this is something I down't sweat leaving aside ... ... Wow, how about that! All these years I have felt bad about not flossing, and now it looks like it is highly doubtful that it does a person any good anyway. [Vox] ... ... That was good! At PolitiCartoons, a ruskie guy posted a macro of a picture of Monica Lewinski with the heading "I'm voting Trump. The last Clinton left a bad taste in my mouth." [PolitiCartoons] I love it, but I know he is going to catch hell and it's unlikely to start a trend ... ... The heavily hyped movie "Suicide Squad" is getting eaten up by critics, but I came across mention of another film by the director David Ayer "End of Watch". It's a cop film, cops and the drug cartel, another one, I know, but it looks like a particularly intense one, which came out in 2012, and I am wondering why it hasn't made it on cable in four years. Do they keep out particularly intense and dark flicks? aside from the "I Spit On Your Grave" franchise, of course. Daimon says, "It could be that in your aversion to such cop movies, you have always just scrolled right past it over the years." Hmm, it could be. And I'm not actually aching to see it. I'm sure it won't have any pornographic thrills. I'm definitely not going to pay five bucks to stream it. I was just thinking this is one cop-cartel movie I might have liked to see, more so than "Sicario". Pi asks, "Why don't you like cop movies? To simplistic, comic-booky, what?" Daimon says, "You shouldn't have asked." It's not that they are too comic-booky. I don't mind superficiality in entertainment, but they should be a little filthy at least. Pi says, "Pornographic?" They don't have to be fully explicit, but there should be some hardcore sex - nudity, violent humping, free from feminist censure. It doesn't work for me just to have people shooting each other and beating each other up. I can enjoy movies that offer only base entertainment values, but I need both big sins, sex and violence. Just violence doesn't do anything for me. Daimon says, "They don't even make such movies, at least not anymore." That is why I tend to just scroll past them. I'd just as soon watch a documentary on traffic management ... ... Jack is having a cook-out, and Pop is going there now. That's great for me: the evening to myself. I just hope this doesn't tempt Pop into having a cook-out of his own, but I wouldn't bet any money against it. I'd be willing to bet on it: I can almost sense his need to exercise his virility, while he still can ... ... Where in the hell is Ash?? I thought she was just being stubborn in not coming in to eat throughout the afternoon, as she often holds out. However, she usually comes in by six, and now it's 8:30, and I don't see her anywhere in the back yard, nowhere at all ... ... I finally finished "Alter Egos"! Pi says, "You really didn't like it, did you?" No, no, I loved it. It's just that I am so eager to return to Mann. In fact, I enjoyed "Alter Egos" so much that I am prepared to make another major adjustment to my reading life. Maybe I will get to mark off my weekends, after all. I think I will use my weekends for such political and history books. Daimon says, "Does that mean this weekend?" I doubt it. I was thinking about it, since today is only Tuesday, but I want to get through "Mario and the Magician" straight through, in addition to some letters. So, I'll probably go with next weekend. Daimon says, "I guess this means you want to buy another book." I do, but, remember, I don't have the money. I'm kind of feeling like taking another go at Saffire's "Scandalmonger". I was also thinking of hitting up Shaara's second volume of his American Revolution books, having read the first one not long ago, but reading Shaara can be a little like work, and if it's going to be 'work', I'd just as soon read a full-out history book. But since it will probably be ten days before I start, this is all very tentative. I might very well be struck by another mood at the end of next week. Maybe I'll feel like going back to Lincoln, maybe starting up Shelby Foote's trilogy. Or maybe something else. You will have to live in suspense ... ... Ash is okay. When she did come inside, she even felt like sticking with me for a while, so that I could pet and play with her, enjoying some quality time together. I wonder if she got lost for a little spell and is grateful to have found her way back ... ... Pop is back. He complains about how cold it is: cold at Jack's house, cold in this house. I asked him, "Weren't you outside a lot of the time, and hot?" He said that he stayed in the house while Jack cooked and brought the food in. I almost shut off the air-conditioner since it is 11:30, but then I see that it is still 86 degrees outside, so I decide to let the a-c run out its cycle.

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