Monday, August 31, 2015

Movie Monday


Not a movie, actually, but a TV series... The BBC's The Musketeers...


Based on Alexander Dumas' novel The Three Musketeers, but aside from the names and perhaps a few background basics, I think that's where the similarities end--though in the interest of full disclosure--I have not read the book.

Anyway, it's a bit cheeky, though not in any way a comedy, and full of lovely men and women and sword fighting!

The series focuses on the core group of Musketeers Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and newbie D'Artagnan and their various missions and the bits of personal trouble each one of them gets themselves into.


Have you seen it? What do you think?



Friday, August 28, 2015

American Fun Fact!


I forgot to post this Wednesday, so here it is today...though I don't if this fact is "fun" so much as interesting or just plain sad...

Apple Headquarters in Cupertino, CA
(Photo taken by Joe Ravi, CC-BY-SA 3.0)

The fact... Apple, Inc. has more operating cash than the U.S. Treasury.

Yeah...

Happy Friday, friends. Have a great weekend. :)

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

I'm movin' on up...


Today I get a smart phone!

(image from apple.com)

Well, technically I have the phone--it's Sonshine's old one--but I'm going to Verizon today and switching out my old dumb phone for a smart phone. Can't wait! I'll have Google maps when I'm driving around and weather access if power goes out. But also, yeah, Internet access & social media access wherever I go. Oh, and Netflix...

Can't wait!!


Monday, August 24, 2015

Movie Monday


My latest movie find is called WEEKEND, a British made film of two men finding each other and spending the weekend together right before one of them leaves for two years in America. Warning: The film does have some nudity and a fairly explicit love scene.


During the course of the weekend these two men make a connection and find it hard to say goodbye once their time together comes to an end, though their final interaction leaves us believing that it isn't the end of their friendship.

I really enjoyed this film. If you've seen it, what did you think?



Wednesday, August 19, 2015

American Fun Fact!


Did you know that, collectively, Americans consume 100 pounds of chocolate every second!

("FD 3" by Original uploader was Klaus Höpfner at de.wikipedia(Original text : Helge Höpfner) - Transfered from de.wikipedia(Original text : Fotoarchiv Höpfner). Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FD_3.jpg#/media/File:FD_3.jpg)

I do love chocolate, as well, though I don't eat as much of it as I used to. My favorite forms of chocolate are ice cream and candy. My all time favorite chocolate is a Bordeaux patty or single bite candy made by the See's Candies.
(Image borrowed from See's Candies website.)


Do you like chocolate? What's your favorite form?