Welcome to Saturday ...

Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 01/18/2020 - 4:00am

“Every life is in many days, day after day. We walk through ourselves, meeting robbers, ghosts, giants, old men, young men, wives, widows, brothers-in-love, but always meeting ourselves.” ~ James Joyce

L'embarquement d'Ulysse ~ Claude Lorrain, 1646

The Two Popes

A delightful movie and its simple theme, as old as civilizations, needs to be heard, often.

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Submitted by QMS on Sat, 01/18/2020 - 8:40am

Happy Saturday smiley and all

Brave Ulysses brings me back to ports long left alone.
Tell it like it is.

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question everything

Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 01/18/2020 - 2:25pm

Afternoon QMS,

@QMS

Well, it's been a cream of a day; up at 5am, cold as hell, toes freezing by the end of one-hour-lessons all turning into a bitter rain by afternoon. Never fear, Mother nature has more in store, her deep freeze begins tonight with two-to-three days of howling mountain winds. Kind of married to her, i am, enjoying the power.

Hope you've a good stock of maple syrup on hand, to warm the insides.

Submitted by mimi on Sat, 01/18/2020 - 8:49am

Thank you, the last two videos make me cry

why is it the the good guys always die or get killed and the bad ones stay alive and grab power to oppress and exploint the good ones?

I have too many curse words in my mind for what has become this mega shithole country ...

I just wonder how we ever come out of this hole?

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https://www.euronews.com/live

Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 01/18/2020 - 2:29pm

Afternoon mimi,

@mimi

"The good, they do die young." A wonderful, painful song of truth.

'Miles to go before we sleep,' my friend, what else can we do but plug along, harder even, and leave a better inheritance for this earth.

Always a pleasure to see you.

Submitted by randtntx on Sat, 01/18/2020 - 9:47am

Good morning smiley

and all.

I was trying to find out if the new movie 1917 was worth my time and I found a brief review this morning in Counterpunch about the crop of new movies out of La-land. I suspect I would agree with the reviewer. He said that the movie was “A rancid propaganda film with video game aesthetics.” Granted, that is just one review and I will keep looking. In the same article though there were some other recommendations for films. https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/01/17/the-best-films-of-2019/
I will try some of those out instead.

It is grey and rainy here and I have had clothes out on the clothes-line for three days due to my lack of paying attention to weather forecasts. Everything is soggy, but the plants are very green.
Hope you all have a good Saturday.

Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 01/18/2020 - 2:35pm

Afternoon randtntx,

@randtntx

Weather's been brutal here in that we've had a month of uncharacteristically warm days with rain, instead of cold days and some snow. As i wrote above, appears winter comes, now, at least for the foreseeable forecast; way late.

Think you will enjoy Two Popes.

Thanks for being here.

Submitted by randtntx on Sat, 01/18/2020 - 9:16pm

Hope

@smiley7 you get a good amount of snow with the cold and that the skiing is fabulous.
Thanks for the movie rec. I will definitely check it out.

Submitted by Anja Geitz on Sat, 01/18/2020 - 10:37am

A chilly morning here in Southern California

with frost on the leaves and snow on the mountains. A rare sight indeed. My Sister sent me this photo from Upland, California on her way to work. It's about as wintery as I prefer it. Don't miss the weather back east at all. Have a day of cooking ahead of me so it's off to the kitchen I go. Hope all is well in your world dear Smiley.

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There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. ~ Minnie Aumonier

Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 01/18/2020 - 2:41pm

Afternoon Anja,

@Anja Geitz

All is well or as well as can be; thank you for asking.

Beautiful photo, makes me miss the big mountains, loved my time in them.

Been cooking a lot lately, well, i cook almost everyday, but i've been sort of extravagant at times, the holidays, and running into deals on good food, a creative time which i enjoy.

Cupboard's stocked and freezer full.

Cook on, my friend.

Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sat, 01/18/2020 - 10:39am

Good morning smiley. Thanks for the OT and for the great

painting of Ulysses setting sail. The classicist penchant for over-the-top anachronism, to the point where the word fails to be truly applicable is always fun, for me, at any rate,

With a nod to QMS, who put it out there, I cannot resist putting it up there:

And what was it that Molly said, there at the end?

Too close for me to speak of popes and popery, not with February looming:

have a good one.

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That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --

Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 01/18/2020 - 2:47pm

Afternoon el,

@enhydra lutris

Yep, must be the romantic imagination of classical painters, hell, most great artists which moves them to take leave with history, a poetic license. Don't really know, just a stab.

The movie may surprise you, i think you will enjoy.

As always, thanks for being here.

Submitted by on the cusp on Sat, 01/18/2020 - 11:42am

Last weekend, I attended a wake.

Today, I am headed to a wedding.
Things are looking up in my social activities!
Gorgeous painting, smiley7.
I had hoped to spend the afternoon on the patio, grill fired up, but the forecast is 100% rains.
I hope all is well with one and all.

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"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981

Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 01/18/2020 - 2:50pm

Afternoon OtC,

@on the cusp

Hope the rains hold off, you deserve an afternoon on the patio, feet up, grill hot and libations cold.

Life is a seesaw, 'ain't' it?

Submitted by gjohnsit on Sat, 01/18/2020 - 1:06pm

Tulsi remains a badass

believe women

Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard was taking questions from town hall attendees in New Hampshire on Thursday when a man in the crowd asked the Hawaii congresswoman and Iraq War veteran about former Vice President Joe Biden.
"Former Vice President Biden has randomly challenged people in the audience to a push-up contest even if they're in walkers. Do you think you could take him?" a male attendee asked the candidate, according to video of the moment posted on Twitter.
Gabbard replied, "My educated and informed guess would be yes ... But I would take most people to a push-up challenge."
Challenge accepted.
The congresswoman -- in her blazer and heels, no less -- and the attendee began to furiously do push-ups as onlookers cheered in video shot by CNN affiliate station WMUR. As they slowed their reps, the attendee then cartoonishly collapsed and rolled over. The congresswoman then jumped to her feet and pretended to count out her challenger like a boxing referee.
In good sportsmanlike fashion, the two then smiled and shook hands.

Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 01/18/2020 - 2:51pm

Thanks for the link, gj!

@gjohnsit

Submitted by humphrey on Sat, 01/18/2020 - 5:09pm

A video of it.

@gjohnsit

I’ve never worn heels but I imagine that would make pushups more difficult https://t.co/SddfZuzRU9

— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) 17 January 2020

Submitted by janis b on Sat, 01/18/2020 - 4:45pm

Hi smiley,

thanks for the goosebumps!

[video:https://youtu.be/ZMoZ08cISac]

Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 01/18/2020 - 5:58pm

Happy lunch time, janis,

@janis b
The music goes with my late afternoon apres ski, beers, wish i had a toke.

Submitted by janis b on Sat, 01/18/2020 - 6:05pm

Come on over

@smiley7

After lunch we can share a toke of a friend's homegrown, and a drop of NZ grown wine.

Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 01/18/2020 - 6:15pm

nz high

@janis b

enchanting, rain check, please.

Submitted by janis b on Sat, 01/18/2020 - 6:17pm

Gladly,

@smiley7

with no expiration date!

Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 01/18/2020 - 7:01pm

music

@janis b

Submitted by janis b on Sat, 01/18/2020 - 7:09pm

Thank you smiley

@smiley7

I will add this to my bedtime lullabies. Here are the two that drifted me to sleep last night ...

[video:https://youtu.be/TzIZPZN5K60]

[video:https://youtu.be/TJ6Mzvh3XCc]

Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sun, 01/19/2020 - 9:17am

Good morning Janice. Thanks for that - it's always Imelda

@janis b
May time.

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That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --

Submitted by magiamma on Sat, 01/18/2020 - 8:32pm

late evening hello, smiley

and everyone

Thanks for the beautiful ot. I look forward to your 'Saturday Uppers'.

6.4 weeks to go until we vote and 4.5 to go until the last day of voter reg. Every time I turn around there is more to do. AOK by me. 'They', the btb and the msm, are turning up the anti-Bernie propaganda. So not surprised. It will be a revolution either way imho. Hope you have a very pleasant evening. Be well...

edit to add a little humor
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXodSqMpuUQ&feature=youtu.be]

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Submitted by janis b on Sat, 01/18/2020 - 8:59pm

That’s very funny, magiamma!

@magiamma

I wonder who I’ll meet this week on my search for a used hybrid to replace my ’96 Toyota. Wish me luck, or at least some fun! I'm actually already (just in anticipation) feeling overwhelmed. I know though, that it will be a Toyota, because of the confidence I have developed in their reliability over 30 years of driving them.

Submitted by magiamma on Sat, 01/18/2020 - 9:01pm

seriously cracked me up

@janis b
best of luck in your search. Take someone with you if you can.

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Submitted by janis b on Sat, 01/18/2020 - 9:37pm

I am, magi

@magiamma

My friend and auto expert is accompanying me. After 19 years of relationship it will still be tough to find a good fit ; ). Thanks for the encouragement!