Great story!

@bernard foot tapping techno jazz, love it, super lead singer though I'm going to have to find the lyrics @steve-miller I think Jackson is even more of a poet than a musician tbh

I just made 3 boiled eggs by following Google AI to the letter. Yeah.

This is such a shame. I love Nicki Minaj's music. Her latest "Christian" output no however. Says She’s ‘Not Going Anywhere’ After Donald Trump Calls Her His ‘Favorite’: ‘She’s Been With Me a Long Time’ bit.ly/47yfYd4 I've followed her since she was rapping on the streets of Queens, before she was discovered on My Space. I watched her become famous as the GOAT female rapper. I watched her fuse hip hop and pop. I'm saying I know her career inside and out. This is not who she ever was. This is not what she ever represented. In fact, this is contrary to we who she was and everything she's done. I'll post my favorite videos at some point. But this. Fair warning. The next thing I have to say will probably not be believed by many here but could not be more clear to me. She's been brainwashed. I'll leave it at that.

@kluurs doh! I bought that book on Kindle last year! I just haven't read it yet. And there's no audio version.

@DougG said: “old movies” That's why I used scare quotes in the thread title! Oh wait, you said "talkies" ...

@adagiom You are living the life! Many thanks for sharing!

Daniel said: @bernard I do a routine of things that are thebself care you're saying. And yes I avoid toxic people. I didn't used to have toxic people in my life. It took a lot of inner conflict and struggle and frankly financial resource but I achieved it. Of course I meant to say"did have" toxic people in my life.

Crocodile tears.

I love Barbara Kingsolver. I haven’t read anything by her in ages. The last book I read by her was Animal Vegetable Mineral. I also loved The Poisonwood Bible (both gardener related). Bean Trees, Prodigal Summer and Animal Dreams are the others Ive read, all when we lived in Idaho in the 90’s! But she’s written tons more. I will definitely check this latest one out. I’ve been using Steve’s new Kindle. I didn’t think I’d like it, but it’s really nice to read from. I may have to get my own the next time they are on sale.

I hurkle durkled today. Wrote a very long blog post about the rest of our river cruise. But I also got up in the middle to play the piano, which I hadn’t done since I got home.

I have a hatchback. I use the back for hauling. I leave the rear seats down and have stored the removable 'boot cover" (?) behind a piece of furniture in my dining room. The large SUV's,.e.g. Hyundai Santa Fe are actually nice but $$$$.

Whether? smacks head. Btw, I have a headache. This is what it must feel like to be boxed by nuns. Anyway, low from as low as 61 recently back up to 68 tonight. It's great the rainy season is over. Very pleasant days and nights. But I'll be glad when I can switch on the heat. Using air, off, and heat. I plan to buy three different space heater for different parts of the house. Then if the AC unit fails so what. I'm not going to spend a single day without heat this winter after having none at all for 2 consecutive winters. People think the winter in FL is a joke. It's not. I know from experience it can go below freezing as far south as Sarasota.

So this sad crowd that turned up to H and M's cosplay royal appearance? Aerial footage has surfaced showing their PR team leading this little group into the venue. The footage shows handlers bring in adults and literally groups of children. So this event was what kids today might call- "performative". Why am I surprised?

@mik, nice find. I Google AI- ed brass and bronze. I didn't know they are both mainly copper. I didn't know bronze turns green with a "protective patina". I'd rather have brass. It doesn't have the reputation of bronze but so what.

Yes. A great breed with personality. Sometimes too much personality. lol He can be a stubborn and mischievous little guy, but most of the time he is a sweetheart.

Jared Kushner is pushing back on a report involving a hacked iPhone, international spies and billion-dollar transfers from foreign governments. An upcoming book by journalist Matthew Cole claims Kushner, who is President Trump's son-in-law, had access to more than $2 billion in "slush money funds" from Middle Eastern leaders in an attempt to influence U.S. foreign policy. An excerpt of the book released Thursday details allegations encompassing Kushner's time as a senior White House adviser during the first Trump administration, which included a lead role in U.S. policy in the Middle East. Kushner had a major hand in negotiating key foreign policy deals that involved Israel, the Gulf states, China and Russia during that period. https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/kushner-pushes-back-report-involving-133251393.html Here's the Vanity Fair excerpt from the book. Subscription required. https://www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-kushner-hacked-phone-secret-negotiations Link to video

The Mamas and The Papas

Not to underestimate the freedom to vote and of expression, it is the accountability of people in power that is important. They should be accountable both during their period of office and when that office ends.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/317203317628 Madonna, Italian Vogue, Steven Miesel One of her best magazine covers. There are many of this quality for Vogue and Vanity Fair. Some of them are as good just different. This photograph is stunning when you see it apart from the cover, with its coloring unfiltered. I wish I could show you the photographs inside this magazine, but photographs are arranged in such a haphazard way on the Internet toda Everything is based on brand promotion, and you find bits and pieces. In the old days, all of this was categorized methodically by fans on sites where you could look at every magazine cover and every magazine photograph, arranged chronologically. Those sites don't exist now. I'll catalog my favorite magazine covers for comparison at some point. $700 asking price?!