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The Sound of Music! Surely we'll get it next year (60th Anniversary)? Mark

My wife and I are feeling much better. Still some lingering cough and excess mucus, but we no longer feel "sick". Sunday was the worst day for me. Ugh! We've both been taking Airborne (fizzy tablet in water) twice a day. Plus Mucinex DM. And our doc prescribed Tessalon Perles, which helps...

We received another COVID vaccine 2 weeks ago. A week ago we decided to start easing off on wearing masks when in public indoor spaces. Three days later I woke up with a sore throat. It's not COVID (I've tested daily). I'm in middle of the worst cold I've had in many years. My rib cage is...

My 4K Blu-ray copy of The Abyss finally arrived today. I've already watched the 4K Special Edition via iTunes (I purchased the digital copy about 2 weeks ago). I'll watch the 4K Blu-ray in a year or so. Mark

So completely sick of superhero films! If I never see another Marvel Universe film it will be too soon! Thank goodness for 'Horizon: An American Sag' part one, coming in June (and part two in August)!! I haven't been this excited to see a film in the theater since 'The Greatest Showman'! Mark

The CDC is now recommending a second dose of the 2023-2024 vaccine for those persons over 65. Our HMO reached out to us, we have appointments next week. Mark

Amazon finally sent me an estimated shipping date. Somewhere between April 17 and May 21. :rolling-smiley: Time to start looking elsewhere. Mark

I didn't order until mid February. Amazon doesn't appear to have any stock left and I have no idea when mine will ship. It probably doesn't help that I suspended Amazon Prime last month. Mark

Friends recently gifted me a bottle of this. They brought along some bourbon dark cherries and some oranges for twists. It was quite delicious! Highly recommended! Once this bottle is gone, I will be buying another! :D Mark

I'm really bummed that Costner won't be returning to his role as John Dutton for the 2nd part of the final season of 'Yellowstone'. But after watching the trailer for 'Horizon: An American Saga', I will happily trade a few episodes of Yellowstone for this 4-film series! I haven't looked...

I will preface my comments by stating... 5 years ago, I didn't believe there was any chance that I'd type what I'm about to type... Just as playing music from little round shiny discs is basically dead, so too is playing films encoded on little round shiny discs. Well, not quite as dead, but...

ITunes now has the extended version of The Abyss but I'm gonna buy the 4K Blu-ray. I'll also buy the 4K Blu True Lies, but I'm gonna wait for the price to drop below $20. I paused my Amazon Prime (out of protest due to the ridiculous $2.99/mo to avoid ads on Prime Video). So far, so good. I...

The iTunes 4K digital is Dolby 5.1. We watched it last night. It looked and sounded terrific. For $5, I am a very happy camper! If the price for the digital had been $14.99 or higher, I would have probably opted for the 4K Blu-ray. But for 5 bucks, hard to resist! Mark

The 4K digital is currently available on iTunes for $4.99 purchase price. Not only no slipcover to take up shelf space, no case or disc to store! :) Mark

Our personal weather station has recorded just over 10 inches of rain since January 1. We have more rain on the way next week. I'm officially sick of the rain. We've had clear blue sky (but cool) the last few days. It can stop raining anytime and I'll be fine with it. Mark

I freely admit to partial loss of hearing. But it is all high frequency loss, WELL above the range that human voices can produce. I can easily hear even the shrillest of sopranos. Mark

I shared this link in the Oppenheimer thread, clearly Nolan understands the criticism. It's not my imagination. https://people.com/christopher-nolan-why-oppenheimer-dialogue-hard-to-hear-7570437 Mark

I'm pleased you (and others) were able to follow along. But even Christopher Nolan agrees with me... https://people.com/christopher-nolan-why-oppenheimer-dialogue-hard-to-hear-7570437 Mark

Not at all. I've seen all of his films in the last 25 years except 'Quay' and 'Tenet'. Of those films, 'Oppenheimer' is, easily, the worst for unintelligible dialog. Mark

I'm sure Producers love the money that Nolan saves by avoiding the use of ADR in his films. It's got to be a money saver. Not sure why other Directors would vote for Nolan because, sadly, the lack of using ADR makes too much of his films unintelligible. Mark

Which underscores my comment about 'Budgetary Deal Maker' award. A casting director who (with requisite support from the producer(s) and/or director) can make the best talent vs. cost "deal" is potentially the winner of the category. Mark

Seems to me the Casting Director award could also be called the 'Budgetary Deal Maker' award. Most of the top-ranked talent in Hollywood is well beyond the budgetary limits of most films. Mark

I saw about three-quarters of 'Oppenheimer' in the theater back in August. While I loved the whole concept of a movie about the development of the atomic bomb, I was not prepared for two things.. The politics of it all and constant jumping back & forth in time. It has to be one of the LEAST...

The NWS issued a tornado warning in San Diego County on Tuesday. The beginning of the funnel cloud that formed (it never reached the ground) was about 5 miles from our place. My wife and I were in our car at the time and we saw the remnants of the dissipating funnel cloud after the alert came...

It was definitely crazy rain up in Los Angeles. Some areas received more than 10 inches in less than 48 hours because the atmospheric river stalled over LA for two days. The same was supposed to move down to San Diego on Monday/Tuesday but we didn't get anywhere near as much rain as LA did...

COVID is more easily transmissible through the air compared to the flu. Mark

A member of our magic club passed away this week due to COVID. He was 85. A reminder it is still out there and can still be deadly, particularly for the elderly and immune compromised. Mark

We received only 1 inch of rain in the last 36 hours. More is expected starting Sunday night with rain predicted (on & off) through next week. Mark

https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/204490-criminal-record?language=en-US I'm loving this series! Well, apart from the fact that I need to turn on subtitles because I struggle at times with the "King's English". :rolling-smiley: Anyone else watching? Mark

After being missing in action for a solid week, the ATSC 1.0 signals for both KUSI & KSWB are back. I rescanned channels this morning and they were still missing. About 3:30 pm this afternoon I tried again and, bingo, they were finally back. I'm getting 100% signal quality and 100% signal...