happy birthday heybishop happy anniversary Mom and Steve No, I have not seen the new version of The Prisoner yet (it's on iTunes the day after, however, so I'll catch up to it tonight), so I would appreciate no spoilers on the topic, thank you. As I live in the northern hemisphere of our planet, I'm not sure I'm all that comfortable with the idea of walking...
The problem with any new video format is that while there are indeed releases to get excited about, the releases of catalog titles can sometimes be a slow trickle. While Blu-ray weighed in early with a good showing for the works of such filmmakers as Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese, we are only now getting the first titles from such luminaries as Robert Altman and Alfred Hitchcock. The ...
Somebody was throwing away a perfectly good framed print of Claude Monet's "The Artist's Garden at Giverny" on Monday. I took it into the hole and put it up. When I did so, the night tour commented that I was setting myself up for some ridicule from Charlie and Dre on Wednesday morning. This did not occur, but I think that this had more to do with them not noticing it (it's in a weird spot; I ...
I have taken The Executor in for an oil change and inspection. When I called the shop yesterday, they informed me that I could get a ride from there to Main Street this morning when their driver comes in at 7:00. Unfortunately, the driver didn't show up until 7:30, which made me somewhat late for work. Thankfully I had already called the office and let them know what the situation was. I ...
happy birthday maspethrican69 revolos55 and a belated one to glenniebun As I mentioned in the edit to yesterday's entry , iRobby has thrown in the towel due to disc drive damage and I was forced to purchase an new iPod. Given that I'm replacing one 160 gig 6th Generation iPod Classic for another 160 gig 6th Generation iPod classic, the interface is ...
I think that there is something very wrong with my iPod. When I attempt to sync, I get disc write errors. iTunes then freezes, and if I disconnect the iPod it doesn't recognize that it has any music on it, or if it does, only a few tracks from a couple of albums. Windows - Delayed Write Failed Windows was unable to save all the data for the file R:\iPod_Control\Music\?? The data has been ...
The bulk of my musiclistening is taken up by film music (I know, big surprise), but I do listen to other genres as well. I tend to find that what I listen to has a seasonal quality to it, with harder rock in the summer and more folksy stuff around the winter, and so I am in a transitional period in that respect. One other genre that I've noticed I listen to year-round without variation, ...
It was an extremely busy weekend, although it was chock full of (mostly) good stuff. The Fellowship of the Ring at Radio CityMusic Hall was quite amazing. I wish I had been able to go the second night.When I go see The Two Towers next year, I'm going to spring for the more expensive seats. The sound was THUNDEROUS , and there were a couple of places where you could hear ins and outs ...
I received the Blu-ray box containing The Dark Crystal , Labyrinth and Mirrormask this week. I have not yet had a chance to watch the latter (which I've never seen), but I can say that both The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth look outstanding in high definition. The Dark Crystal , which has always been very difficult for home video to present with any sort of accuracy (even, ...
The fall of spam I was surprised at how many people responded to yesterday's post about autumn in the city. This is really one of my favorite times of the year, Hallowe'en is right around the corner with Thanksgiving not far off and it is nice to know that I'm not the only person who feels that way Speaking of seasonal changes… …Au Bon Pain has a butternut squash and apple ...
