This
double-chonk cat post has been coming around on Facebook for a few years now. And
it was from before I lost my original Facebook account so it must have been a
long time. But I laugh every time I see it! I can’t believe that there
are two identical, equally plump, yet very uniquely marked, cats. In the
same neighborhood?! Come on, can it be real?
Okay. You know how I wrote about The Blair Witch Project (1999) being an "early bringer" of the Found Footage genre? Well, so is The St. Francisville Experiment . It was released a year later, but not to theatres and hype and a scintillating website like Blair Witch. It went straight to VHS/DVD, which explains its relative obscurity. The St. Francisville Experiment opens with a producer outlining the experiment: four non-professionals are…
Oh Lord. I ordered something. On September 6th. A long fleece robe from Catherine's. It shipped using DHL. (Insert blood-curdling scream here.) Here's the thing. DHL is pathetic. I had a long career in Logistics before my brain broke, and therefore I can state with certain authority: never ship with DHL. How did they even do that, I thought DHL finally stopped trying to do domestic shipments? What the heck, they're back? Over the years…
Dear Former Bloggers, Why did you stop? I myself had some major mental health challenges, a lot of which I blogged about, but there came a time when the effort was just too much. I stopped in November 2020. Five years ago. I started back up again last week. Diary of a Low Budget Superhero was launched in 1999. It had a different name then: Jungle Sweet Jungle. I named it that as a reference to the book Welcome to the Jungle: The Why Behind "G…
Joe and I watched The Psychic last night. It's a Fulci, so we
thought we knew what to expect. But we were pleasantly surprised! We
were glad to get into it. Lead actress Jennifer O'neill is stunning,
haunted and fraught. Her psychic visions are tantalizing, letting us in
on her mounting horror and providing glimpses of the approaching danger.
It builds tension, it teases suspense. And by the way, I found myself
exclaiming "Wa…
Hey guys! I came across this great site: Thriftbooks.com.
They deal in gently used books, and sell at really low prices. They have a stellar rating on Trustpilot , which you always have to use these days what with all the scammers. I sent 3
books to my mom and it was only ten dollars. They don't have fast
shipping (Note: they ship with the dreaded DHL so don't be in a hurry) Plus you can use Paypal. It's really
cool in these lean-…
The
weirdest thing happened at about 8am. We were in bed, and I was asleep,
dreaming about something…I have no idea what. When I found myself
coming up from the depths of sleep saying “fish chair.” Joe was asking
me “What? What are you saying?” And I very clearly enunciated “fish
chair!” I like woke up saying the words and was aware that I had said it
a few times already, while simultaneously thinking “WTF am I saying?” I
don’t remember a…
Credit
score is something I have never understood. Most of my adult life, I have always had debit cards—if I
don’t have the cash for Thing, then I don’t buy Thing. I learned about debit cards in college at my retail job. My friend Mary Ann told me about debit cards. Well, it sounded like a great idea to me. My
parents got into some serious credit card debt when I was a kid. For
years , the phone rang often every day with creditors seeking paym…
To bring you up to date, we have to move this year. We have most probably been priced out of Allston, but I look at listings sometimes. What I'm finding is astonishing. The housing prices have skyrocketed in the 15 years we've been living here. This is Allston we're talking about. People used to make fun of Allston. But we love it. I wrote about the neighborhood I've called home for two decades in 2016: Allston is a thickly settle…
What! That sucks! That was always the dream! I filled out that fucking thing a few times. When I was still young and hopeful.💰
To be perfectly honest with you guys, I didn't really even know who Charlie Kirk was--then he died in the dumbest possible way. Apparently Charlie Kirk was on stage arguing his point on gun violence (he was all for it) when he was blown away by gun violence. Now everyone wants the flag at half-mast. That's an honor. For a guy who was, arguably, not an honorable man. Some civic leaders are refusing to do such a thing. “I condemn Kirk’s kill…
Would you look at this place? It's like a prison. Not one window. Is it even legal? The other photos shoe even more windowless horror. Ugh. Next!
This was the Facebook/email invite I made for the cocktail party Joey and I threw ten years ago for Mel Torme's 90th birthday. Today is his 100th! Happy Birthday, Mel Torme! That was a fun party.
You guys. Mike Piehl posted on Facebook that David Johnston died yesterday. Oh man. I loved him. I found him busking one day, and stood and listened. I was utterly captivated by his voice, his Dobro, his wild tumble of blond hair. I booked him in one of my showcases at the Lizard Lounge. He didn't have a CD yet. Not yet. When he made one, it blew me away. You were the real deal, David. Following, my review from my archives (as Lexi Kahn) and …
I
never hear about this one. Found Footage 3D, it's on Shudder. The
premise will resonate with some of you! A group of filmmakers want to go to a remote house in the woods
to make a found footage movie, but they don't want it to be same-old
same-old. So one of them gets the idea to shoot it on 3D cameras, and
procures a few. On Shudder it's not 3D, but I understand from a friend
of mine you can get it in 3D. 3D aside, it's …
I spotted this top in a catalog, and for about two seconds, I liked it. That’s how long it took me to remember something Joe told me a long time ago. It was a story from work. “I saw ________ in the stairwell at work today. She was wearing a red and white striped shirt. I said, HEY, I FOUND WALDO!” I must have looked at him with an expression of horror, because he said “What?” I said, “Joey! She is never going to wear that shirt again!” I really li…
Won't Have to Do This For a Little Bit
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I'll be on vacation next week. Before that happens, join me tonight for Richard
Spisak's Stone Soup feature later tonight. Let's get two Wednesdays of fun
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