Wet Weekend, Editorial Comment, Public Enemies

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I just had to put this nice photo from the USA Today in. Some little baby donkey is getting some lovin!

Also in the USA Today, the paper (and online I see) version, is a 1/3 page photo of Johnny Depp with a tommy gun. The tiny article says the standout scene is in Little Bohemia. It's a two paragraph blip among all the other summer movies.

I was asked today why it takes so long from when a movie is filmed to the actual movie coming out and I explained that it was all editing and music and special effects that all had to be coordinated. Plus the fact that in a typical 16 hour day of filming if they get 2 minutes of actual footage the day was a success.

My coworker then says "By God if I get 2 minutes of actual work in in a day I feel it was a success too!"

And speaking of movies we watched an entertaining little flick last weekend that has DJ and I repeating lines from time to time. It's called Waitress.

When Russell's character Jenna, a waitress in a cheery southern diner, discovers that she's pregnant, she doesn't exactly jump for joy. Motherhood was never in her plans, and she's already saddled with her needy, jealous and infantile husband Earl (Jeremy Sisto).

At first, things seem hopeless and her dreams for a better life are in ruins, until a good-looking doctor (Nathan Fillion) arrives in town and mixes things up. With the support and love of her friends and co-workers (Adrienne Shelly and Cheryl Hines) at Joe's Pie Diner, Jenna exhibits her skills with crusts and fillings which are particularly appreciated by Joe himself (Andy Griffith). She then gains the courage to embrace independence and create the life of her dreams.

Here is the trailer. I've had this on Netflix for like 2 years and I'm glad we FINALLY watched it.

In other news - WOW - where did that cold front get all it's momentum! So now this weekend we're looking at 2-3 inches of rain starting tonight! I'm thinking the big stuff will hit about noonish tomorrow. It's going to get REALLY interesting with a 1-2-3 punch!

First the front will go through bringing rain from the northwest, once that is through a system will push up from the south bringing large rain on Sunday and then the trailing end of the tail, like a scorpion, will swing by from the west clobbering us Monday! I can certainly see 3 inches of rain in the next 3 days.

Tonight when I get home I'm going to clear out the Coreopsis trench in the clay garden. I might need the drainage.

I was ask a few months ago if I wanted to participate in a golf tournament at Whistling Straits. I had golfed at the complex and love it but when I asked when It was I was told late April. Well, I felt the weather in late April was always rather dubious and I could sit outside in the cold rain for free if I wanted too.

Of course by saying that I'm risking the next outing at The Straits but . . . . . I have the beer.
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OH - as promised - Milo is always a little angry when we yell at him to stop picking on poor little Sierra even though Sierra is always picking on Milo (like little birds pick on hawks). And then when Milo retaliates, Sierra SCREAMS and we yell MILO!! STOP THAT!

Well - Sierra is not always the good cat in other ways as she is ALWAYS putting her nose in where it's not wanted.

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You will probably not notice a small shift in some of the content in this blog in the coming weeks but there will be one. It seems there are times when I have sunken to the childish levels of another website with some personal attacks and I feel I have been caught up in something I really do not feel this site is all about.

It takes two to fight and I'm not going to do it, I won't be baited.

I received an email from the Public Enemies 1st Assistant Director and he commented that while at times some of my information about the movie was not correct the blog was always entertaining.

With that said, I feel some of the blogs in the past week were justified and no misinformation was posted. As the website in question quoted "The city has not at this time approved any project". This tells me that while I was perhaps a little premature I was not posting misinformation. Notice I never put any blame on anyone. I was concerned and I let my concern be known but NOT in a personal way. "This is what people are thinking about and let's make it known that SOME people do not think this is an option".

Perhaps if someone had raised a fuss earlier the Anchor Bank would not have been moved or if I had kept quiet about the rotting flags on the flag poles they would still be wrapped around light poles.

HOWEVER - since this is not a political blog - who the frap cares anyway.

Moving from a city where no one cares about anything and no one really knows anybody to a town where everybody knows everybody and they all live in the same house I can see how people get caught up in things. Things get blown WAY WAY out of scale and if a person is not careful he/she can get on the wrong track.

Sometimes I feel I'm an adopted orphan that is thrust into the Brady household with Greg,Peter and Bobby on one side and Marcia, Jan and Cindy on the other side.

Pick a side, we're at war.

Well - I don't want to pick a side, I'm for and against both sides (or all seven sides). Someone has to see things just a little differently. Sometimes I'm right and sometimes I'm wrong. But not voicing an opinion when you have one is normally wrong. Being quiet when you see something you believe is bad is wrong. I really did not like voicing my opinion last week but you can't just ignore something just because you are on the same side.

sigh.
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SO - have a nice weekend - stay dry.

Rod