Every bus stop in the county has a number, on the sign. If you text the bus stop number to 62550, software will reply with GPS-verified arrival times for that stop, for the next hour. … [read more]

A woman diagonally behind me on the bus was attending a kid’s birthday party, via Zoom I guess, on speakerphone, while the bus rolled toward downtown.”Feliz … [read more]

This house has eight bedrooms, seven currently occupied. Four people live upstairs, three downstairs, and we all share one laundry room with one coin-op washer and dryer.  … [read more]

Long Weekend (1977)A bickering couple goes camping at the beach
for a few days, hoping that a weekend getaway might heal their fractured
relationship.It’s a two-character drama, and it’s a horror movie,
technically, but with no monsters or maniacs. … [read more]

For breakfast with Mom and the family yesterday, it was Mom, my sister Katrina, Katrina’s friend Adelle, and me. As soon as they arrived, before Mom had seated herself or even said hello, she told me to take off my hat. … [read more]

Sunless (1983)
a/k/a Sans Soleil

THE NEVERENDING FILM FESTIVAL #147 Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023

This is a travelogue, a collage of imagery
from all over everywhere, nominally about
filmmaker Chris Marker’s visits to Japan, Iceland, the Cape Verde
Islands, San Francisco, and his inner mind. … [read more]

Seattle’s main bus operation is Metro Transit, and some of Metro’s service has been suspended for months. It’s due to a shortage of drivers, they say, but that’s bullshit. … [read more]

Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022)This is non-stop
nostalgia for the 1960s, specifically the time around the Apollo 11
mission to the moon and back. … [read more]

CRANKY OLD FART #280
leftovers & links
Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023— — —
In addition to adding love and optimism to my life, marrying Stephanie added financial security. … [read more]

Duck Soup (1933)

THE NEVERENDING FILM FESTIVAL #145Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023

Freedonia is a nearing national bankruptcy, but a wealthy matron (Margaret Dumont, hooray) is willing to loan the country many millions of dollars to stave off economic collapse. … [read more]