Not all those who wander are lost
End of story.
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The best commentary on the Big Tobacco lobby was the 2005 film Thank You For Smoking.
I loved how the lobbyist played by Aaron Eckhart doesn’t smoke.
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A significant improvement to the 5 in so far as the features I use most.
Of course it’s BLOODY expensive.
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Though I’ve visited many of the best art galleries and museums around the world, I’m not actually much of an Arts buff.
What I like most is sculpture.
Also the Impressionists and post-Impressionists (Cézanne, Gauguin, van Gogh, and Seurat.
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I love the McKinty books.
But his stab at science fiction young adult novels somehow doesn’t work for me.
The Lighthouse Land was first in the trilogy. I got through it — but won’t continue with the next two.
They would be great for young teens.
The Mosquito Coast is based on the novel of the same name by Paul Theroux published in 1981.
It also loosely adapted from the 1986 film which starred Harrison Ford. It premiered on Apple TV+ on April 30, 2021.
The series stars Justin Theroux, nephew of Paul …
As with many of the Apple TV shows, it’s very well done.
I recommend it. But many find the plot unnecessarily confusing with too many twists and turns.
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Season 2 will take the family to some place like where Harrison Ford ended up.
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One of the great short stories, “In the Cart” was published 1897.
The author was aware of the dire conditions which teachers had to live in rural Russia.
I listened to a lecture on the tale from a book by George Saunders, professor at Syracuse University — A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
Chris Pratt summer blockbuster online?
I’m OK with that.
I typically only see 1 or 2 films / year in the theatre.
It’s dumb. It’s entertaining. It’s predictable.
MANY cliches.
I’m glad I didn’t pay theatre prices.
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John Grisham takes you to a different kind of court in his first basketball novel.
Samuel “Sooley” Sooleymon is a raw, young talent with big hoop dreams—and even bigger challenges off the court. …
In the summer of his seventeenth year, Samuel Sooleymon gets the chance of a lifetime: a trip to the United States with his South Sudanese teammates to play in a showcase basketball tournament. …During the tournament, Samuel receives devastating news from home: A civil war is raging across South Sudan, and rebel troops have ransacked his village. His father is dead, his sister is missing, and his mother and two younger brothers are in a refugee camp.
Samuel desperately wants to go home, but it’s just not possible. Partly out of sympathy, the coach of North Carolina Central offers him a scholarship. …
But how far can Sooley take his team? And will success allow him to save his family?
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The seventh and final season was released on June 25, 2021.
I’d say it was the best of all.
In this one Harry refuses to let the death of a ten-year-old girl be traded away in a plea deal.
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An as-yet-untitled spinoff series for Amazon’s IMDb TV was announced on March 3, 2021, featuring Welliver along with much of the Bosch creative team.
Madison Lintz will return as Harry’s daughter, Maddie, and Bosch recurring character defense attorney Honey “Money” Chandler, played by Mimi Rogers, will also be a main character.
In the new series, Bosch, now retired from the LAPD, will work as an investigator for Chandler.
I really like Salmon. Try to avoid thinking about how they are killed for my pleasure. 😐
But my Dad and brother have always been keen fishermen. I’ve joined them on charters a few times in Canada and Mexico.
Many times found reasons to avoid those trips in the past. I really fear sea sickness. 🤮
Since my Dad sold his boat, they’ve done two charters a year, most recently out of Port Renfrew, Vancouver Island.
As Pacific salmon numbers decline, it’s gotten increasingly more difficult.
June 2021 they decided to try a new guide in a new area. An interesting and entertaining character.
We stayed in Port McNeill for 2 nights as Pete lives there. He made the final decision whether to fish out of Port Hardy or Port Alice.
Fishing had been better out of Hardy, so that was the final decision.
It was about a 3.5 hour drive from Parksville to McNeill. Another half hour to Hardy.
We headed north at 6am on the hottest day in thousands of years (at least).
I’ve been to the north of Vancouver Island a few times — but feel I don’t really know the remote, unique area. I’m planning for a couple of weeks bicycle touring. Some day.
It was an hour at full throttle to get to the open fishing area. Seas at the north tip of the island are dangerous. Weather often horrific.
Our day was dead calm, compared to normal.
My family likes to fish for salmon first. Switch to halibut next. We had our limit of 8 Chinook (Spring) salmon (2 / licence) by about 12:30pm.
I even caught fish. It was fun.
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Pete took us further out about 5 miles to a spot he calls his butthole. It’s a shallow, sandy bottom area.
We ended up catching 4 halibut. They were bigger and much more of a challenge to murder than salmon. The largest halibut required Pete to use his harpoon.
Cost for 4 was about $1600 including 2 nights hotel, charter, fuel.
We brought home well over $1600 worth of fish.
I’d go again. Did not get sea sick.
On return to town we found all restaurants closed. Power failure.
Happily our motel had a huge, noisy generator.
related – Canada has budgeted $647M over 5 years to try to save declining Pacific salmon.
