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Football season is officially over & it's still cold outside so it's back to a favorite time--Sunday afternoon movies.  Over the years DVD's have come & gone from my collection as I've moved & downsized.  Some I've kept, some have stayed gone & in idiot fashion, some have been repurchased.  I had one of each today. Enchanted Cottage First was 'The Enchanted Cottage' with Robert Young & Dorothy McGuire from 1945. The story begins with Laura (DM) returning to her home town, single & sad & "ugly" according to the townspeople, getting a job as a maid at a cottage owned by the amazing Mildred Natwick.  A young engaged couple come to rent the cottage for their honeymooon but the wedding does not happen because Oliver (RY) goes to war.  Fast forward a year & Laura is still there & Oliver return alone after a war injury that disfigures his face. His fiance Beatrice has a reaction that convinces Oliver that their marriage...

Globe Life Park   I was hoping to live a dream to go to spring training for the Texas Rangers in Arizona this year but the gazillionaire owners have decided to lock the gazillionaire players out over a contract dispute.  After the last 2 years of the plandemic & the shortened baseball seasons & limited fans you'd think they'd all want to play ball but it's seriously like they want us to all give up on them.  And they are about to get what they want.  It's going to be hard to get us back.   Instead I decided to go to Arlington to the '2022 State Farm Showdown', basically some pre-season games in a sorta tournament format.  Tech played 3 games, against Michigan, Arizona & Auburn.  Red Raiders one one, lost 2 which is better than last years 0-3.  But they do well later in the year...pre-seasonsorta tournaments are not their thing.  But they did play in the new Globe Life Park, the indoor stadium they just built.  It's prett...

  My mom was born in 1928 so she lived through some of the depression as a child & through WWII as a teen & as a young bride to a real life cowboy there was always just enough food to go around.  My mom liked to eat...not a lot really but she loved variety.  We'd go to Furr's Cafeteria & she'd get bowls of a lot of things but truly she just wanted a bite or 2 of everything.  And she liked not having to cook & to sit at a table where people would bring her food she didn't have to cook.  Also, there was a lot of time where the grocery store was a long way away so in later years when money was easier, she always a lot of groceries on hand.  I, on the other hand, live within 2 miles of at least 3 grocery stores but I too always have a lot of groceries on hand.  I always joke that I could serve a Thanksgiving dinner on 4 hours notice.  We're not having turkey & dressing but I could feed a crowd with an eclectic meal.  And now, ...

  Geez, where to start. A couple of weeks ago I watched an old movie made in 1958 called 'The Defiant Ones'.  The stars were Tony Curtis & Sidney Portier.  Sidney had just passed away & I'd heard of the movie but had never seen it.  "Joker" (Curtis) & "Cullen" were convicts in the south (Alabama I think) who escape an overturned prison bus chained together with handcuffs.  Joker is a bigot who treats Cullen like trash but figures out fast that they are in this thing together.  On their journey, they find out they had more in common than either imagined.  They form an at first reluctant tolerance that turns into a true friendship.  I won't way much more because I'd hate to spoil the movie. Both actors did a great job & the movie was very good. I've obviously seen Tony Curtis over the years.  I can't honestly say he ever made a big impression on me.  I remember seeing 'The Boston Strangler'  & being surprised how...

  I don't see many movies anymore because I don't like funnelling money into hypocrital Hollywood. I used to go to the theater a couple of times a month.  The only movie I saw at the theater in 4 years was the last James Bond.  I don't really care too much about "stars"quiet politics but hate them shoving their views down our throats like they are special.   Basically, they are performing monkeys.  And I give them the respect that garners.  I wouln't kick them & would give them treats if they were good little monkeys. One of the things the plandemic has done is forge partnerships between the movie studios & streaming services.  Some movies are on both platforms I'll watch a movie on streaming as long as it's free.   And if it's on HBO Max (free with my internet service) or Prime (from Amazon, I pay a yearly fee for streaming & free shipping) so I still consider it free. So.  Today I watched a new movie called 'The E...

We kind of have to start at the beginning... In 2016, Tubby Smith left the job as the Texas Tech men's basketball & the University hired former Chris Beard from a job he'd just accepted at UNLV 2 weeks earlier.  He'd been an assistant at Tech under Bob Knight.  He accepted immediately, saying he was "coming home to mama".  He was excited.  We were excited.  He brought an energy to the program we had not seen in awhile.  And he took Tubby's team & added some transfers & the team did well.  In fact, in 2019, our Red Raiders suprised the world and went to the final game in March Madness.  We should have won but Beard was outcoached & we lost by 8 in overtime.   It broke my heart.   But...Beard signed a new 5 year contract & our future looked bright.  Covid seasons don't count.  The next 2 seasons were a wash for the entire world. Fast forward to April of 2021 & the University of Texas, the Evil Em...