CRANKY OLD FART’S
NEWS & LINKS
#356  [archive]• US inflation means families are spending $709 more per month than two years ago
    I
don’t remember prices ever rising so steadily, for everything. … [read more]

Eating breakfast at Mrs Rigby’s Diner a week or so back, the neighborhood’s main homeless guy was walking around as usual, asking people for change. Not so usual, his pants were almost at his knees. … [read more]

On this blog, my life is what I write about; a million little and big and stupid things that matter to me. It might seem silly, but a TV show is one of those things that matter, so today and tomorrow I’m writing about it.It’s … [read more]

CRANKY OLD FART’S
NEWS & LINKS
#355  [archive] • Police raid Kansas newspaper and owners’ homes, seizing computers, records and phones
    Four Marion police officers and three sheriff’s deputies descended Friday morning on the Record office, the home of its co-owners Eric and Joan Meyer, and the home of vice mayor Ruth Herbel, seizing personal cell phones and computers, including the newspaper’s file server, along with other equipment unrelated to the scope of their search. … [read more]

THE NEVERENDING
FILM FESTIVAL
#175  [archive]

Freaked (1993)

After Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure and Bogus Journey, Alex Winter was bankable, and Hollywood handed him stacks of cash to make whatever he wanted. … [read more]

At the library, I walked up a flight of stairs a few steps
behind a young woman wearing leggings, and I appreciated her butt but
didn’t say so. … [read more]

When the pandemic began, I started having my groceries delivered, and my groceries are still delivered. It costs extra but not much, and shopping sucks, especially now that I don’t have a car. … [read more]

THE NEVERENDING
FILM FESTIVAL
#174  [archive]
The Unknown Marx Brothers (1993)Streaming free on YouTube Hey, this is a blast. It’s a feature-length documentary about the Marx Brothers, lightly covering the family tree they fell out, their lack of success as a singing act, their sudden and unintentional switch to comedy, successes on stage, and of course, their enduring fame as cinema stars, and their lives after the stardom faded.  … [read more]

CRANKY OLD FART’S
NEWS & LINKS
#354  [archive]
 • Red Cross ends decades of discrimination against gay and bisexual men • Comcast lost 12% of its cable TV customers in the last year alone
    I haven’t had cable in years, but I’ve had cable, so it’s lovely seeing these companies begin withering away. … [read more]

My flatmate Dean, he of the often-open bedroom door, had his bedroom door open at 11:30 AM. When I came out of my room to pee again a few hours later, his door was still open, and I noticed an odd silence — his bad rock’n’roll wasn’t playing. … [read more]