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I am watching Roger Ebert’s commentary on the magnificent Casablanca.  I once went to validate a quote and searched for best lines from this movie.  A list of popular quotes reads much like the screenplay itself — no movement wasted.  I have studied this movie not as a movie, but as a story.  Ebert’s angle swings through periods of movie-ness (lighting, camera work, and so forth), but contains good notes on the story as well.

If you can get your hands on this DVD, I highly recommend it.  If not, well, do what I did — have a resourceful friend :-)

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These girls rokk: Au Revoir Simone, with Fallen Snow.  Heard this today and looked it up.  Nice!

Then there are improvements we’ve been running here.  I think I got user media libraries and so more responsive comment/reply notification.  The notifications are not customized per user — just a list of what’s recent, but it’s better than it was.

Embarrassing point: I cannot figure out what controls the tabs at the top which list individual pages.  Thus, I cannot turn it off.  Well, it will come down eventually.

And somewhere in the distance, a straw breaks a camel’s back.

Briefly, I think that this reopening of the Clinton email investigation is just one more step in this kabuki of sewage.

I think that big things were fixing to break, and that announcing the investigation is “on” again helps prevent the revelation of those things, and serves to cool tempers until the election is done.   How many times do we hear that something cannot be discussed due to an ongoing investigation?  This is smoke.

Shortly after the election, Clinton will admit guilt to some minor thing and then be pardoned. Whatever it is, it will be enough to forestall further action or inquiry.  President Obama will explain that for the good of the country, he put down a rabid dog … Continue reading →

I think we are going to win this election. I cannot prove it. I can cite no numbers.  I am out of the business of second guessing polls since 2012.

So, I will not argue with those who say that they have the numbers to prove that Trump will lose.    Just the same. I have a feeling that there is much more going on then is being captured by the usual sources.

Surely it’s not that time yet.  

I’ll take this post down when the testing is complete.  Meanwhile, new account creation may will be screwy.

Also, testing some interface items here.  Good-looking pull-quotes are one of my favorite items.  Therefore, I will try once again to get this working smoothly.  By the way, my blog upgrades consist mostly of standardizing things.  I am migrating as much of the appearance to the Mantra Theme, which now sports a much-improved settings editor.  WordPress forced everybody to use their inferior product for a while, but Mantra struck back with a shim to make it all work again.  And if it all comes crashing down, well then it won’t be piecemeal.

All security settings are being moved to my favorite security piece.  It’s not fantastically capable, so still must … Continue reading →

Alright, you techno-savvy Ball Diamond Ballers, guess who needs some advice.  And believe me, if you have a grandchild (or can occasionally ask a kid for help), you’re likely to be closer to the answer than I am.

I am getting off of Apple some time soon.  They don’t really owe me money, but I want something less locked-in.  I don’t like what they’re doing in many cases, and have no choice in the matter.  See, that’s what I call a trap, and when trapped, I jump.

So the core (ooh) of the question is this: what’s a good MP3 player for the non-Apple world?  Not going Sony, as they are even worse about lock-in.  I don’t mind cheap-o devices (loved my Zen Stone!), but those have … Continue reading →

Seems to be an online collection.  

And please welcome TempTime, the most recent arrival!