CRANKY OLD FART
#179
Thursday,
August 25, 2022
Every Sunday morning I fill my pill cases, and this week I paused to marvel at how reliable they are. … [read more]
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Dropping the ball
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The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, five more movies, and two TV shows
Breaking Bad (2008-2013)
and Better Call Saul (2015-2022)
Breaking Bad is among the best dramas ever seen on TV. It’s the story of Walter White, a seemingly ordinary man who goes from being a high school chemistry teacher to being a crystal meth-making mastermind. … [read more]
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The Lobby
by johnthebasketEvery transit system has a lobby: a place where drivers can relax before their shift, access their locker to change into their transit uniform, wait for a possible shift if they were on the “extra board”, and hit the bathroom before they boarded their bus. … [read more]
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Dinner for three
CRANKY
OLD FART
#178
Sunday,
August 21, 2022Homeless people and the mentally damaged are almost everywhere, in any metropolitan area. Glance north, south, east, or west, and you’ll see them, but it’s the *lack* of bums and headcases that surprises me. … [read more]
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No surprises
CRANKY OLD FART
#177
Thursday,
August 17, 2022Forty hours a week, lots of it in the sunshine, plus a long commute… After getting home from work, all I want to do is eat and unwind. … [read more]
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Breaking Away, and six more movies
200 Motels (1971)
This is Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, touring and hallucinating. It’s not a concert film, not a documentary, but also not very narrative, and never less than weird. … [read more]
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Retirement home solutions
by Paul Modic
I was wondering recently if there are senior sex services for horny elderly people in old folks homes in enlightened countries like Denmark, for example, and how that would work? … [read more]
