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Jul. 12th, 2024 09:28 pm1. If you are into Fireworks...check out seriously insane fireworks:
HERE
Although you may want to fast forward, I got bored in the first twenty minutes. Also the host repeats the words "Seriously Insane Fireworks" and "Really Weird Fireworks" so many times in the first twenty minutes - that I wanted to inform him - "uhm we get it, these are insane fireworks, let's move on".
2. I talked to various people about the ranking of the Top Cities for Public Transportation. [See last post.]
Me: They have Chicago ranked at the bottom below Kansas City.
Mother: But Kansas City's is non-existent?
Me: I know. Also LA is number three.
Mother: Does LA even have one? It doesn't.
Me: No, it does. No one uses it. But it does.
Cousin on FB, who live in Chicago:
"Currently Chicago has multiple systems. The suburbs bus is 1 company & ticket, the suburbs commuter train downtown is company #2, the downtown subway & elevated trains is company #3, & the downtown Chicago bus is company #4. It confuses the heck out of the non-natives. But a recent state law is supposed to make it all 1 company & ticket, so maybe it'll improve in the future. The other problem is in the suburbs, you can get downtown pretty easily but not between the suburbs. So yeah, we have terrible public transportation so far. Not surprised Kansas City is allegedly better."
Me: Currently in a merger situation with public transportation - it's not as smooth as you might think. So no, it's not going to necessarily be better. So much as Different?
Also does Kansas City even have a public transportation system?
I've given the article the side-eye. I honestly don't think whomever wrote it knows anything about public transportation? Because their rankings make no sense.
3. PBS Special on How We See Numbers
I lost interest half way through. It began to give me a headache, actually?
4. A Reminder about things from John Scalzi
Apparently actors and folks wanting to get parts - send John Scalzi head shots, audition tapes, etc ? Why? Honestly, why would you send it to the novelist? He's not making casting decisions. If he has any input - it's after the actors have been brought in for audition. And most writers don't.
5. Books
I finished King of Diamonds on audio, and it was okay. Yes, we get a resolution - and find out who the burglar was or diamond thief. Turns out it was more than one - which makes sense considering it took place over a lengthy period of time. And the differences between the thefts.
I'm not sure if this would have worked better - in print, ie. reading it? The voice actor or narrator reading it - was kind of dull.
Have moved on to the far more entertaining Graphic Audio Dramatization of Kate Daniels short story Magic Gifts.
Almost done with Dreadful - which I've been reading in "paperback" format. I am to date the only person on my trains reading an actual book. Everyone else either reads/watches/plays on their phones or stares blankly into space. I miss the days that people read the paper or magazines. This may explain why print journalism is dying. I've given up on it.
It's odd being the only person reading a book. Every once and a while, someone will stare. But usually no one pays attention. Any more than they notice that I have diabetic sensor on my upper arm, above the elbow.
The lovely thing about NYC is folks are wildly unobservant. That and the fact it has no architectural building zoning guidelines, basically people build whatever they want and more or less wherever they want. And they are constantly building things. For a city on a couple of small islands, it's certainly building a lot of structures. And somehow magically finds space for all of them. NYC is a contradiction in terms - or rather proof that you can be wildly libertarian and socialist at the same time, while also sporting a capitalistic veneer.
Anyhow, the book is amusing me. I wouldn't call it ground-breaking or great or anything. But it is enjoyable. It holds my attention for the most part. And I think I may actually finish it. Also I like it better than the last five books I read, so there's that.
PenPal - is kind a surreal horror novel. I'm not sure what to make of it. I gave it a rest in favor of squinting to read Dreadful on the train. (I should put on glasses to read Dreadful, but I don't want to.)
6. Television
I don't know what I'm going to watch this weekend. Flirting with: Reacher (read an interview with the star and he's cool - made me want to watch the series, which admittedly is not the right reason to watch the series. Last time I tried to watch it - was with Wales, who insisted on poking fun at it and informing me how bad it is. After that - it was hard to watch the show. But I may go back to it.), Glee (except I'm annoyed with at least six of the lead characters...not sure I can get past them enough to just watch the musical numbers), Acolyte (which has finally dropped enough episodes), The Witcher (albeit a rewatch from S1, because I discovered S2 is kind of confusing if you can't remember S1. Damn, Netflix for the long wait times between seasons)...or some random movie. Or whatever I land on.
The problem with having too many choices is making a choice.
HERE
Although you may want to fast forward, I got bored in the first twenty minutes. Also the host repeats the words "Seriously Insane Fireworks" and "Really Weird Fireworks" so many times in the first twenty minutes - that I wanted to inform him - "uhm we get it, these are insane fireworks, let's move on".
2. I talked to various people about the ranking of the Top Cities for Public Transportation. [See last post.]
Me: They have Chicago ranked at the bottom below Kansas City.
Mother: But Kansas City's is non-existent?
Me: I know. Also LA is number three.
Mother: Does LA even have one? It doesn't.
Me: No, it does. No one uses it. But it does.
Cousin on FB, who live in Chicago:
"Currently Chicago has multiple systems. The suburbs bus is 1 company & ticket, the suburbs commuter train downtown is company #2, the downtown subway & elevated trains is company #3, & the downtown Chicago bus is company #4. It confuses the heck out of the non-natives. But a recent state law is supposed to make it all 1 company & ticket, so maybe it'll improve in the future. The other problem is in the suburbs, you can get downtown pretty easily but not between the suburbs. So yeah, we have terrible public transportation so far. Not surprised Kansas City is allegedly better."
Me: Currently in a merger situation with public transportation - it's not as smooth as you might think. So no, it's not going to necessarily be better. So much as Different?
Also does Kansas City even have a public transportation system?
I've given the article the side-eye. I honestly don't think whomever wrote it knows anything about public transportation? Because their rankings make no sense.
3. PBS Special on How We See Numbers
I lost interest half way through. It began to give me a headache, actually?
4. A Reminder about things from John Scalzi
Apparently actors and folks wanting to get parts - send John Scalzi head shots, audition tapes, etc ? Why? Honestly, why would you send it to the novelist? He's not making casting decisions. If he has any input - it's after the actors have been brought in for audition. And most writers don't.
5. Books
I finished King of Diamonds on audio, and it was okay. Yes, we get a resolution - and find out who the burglar was or diamond thief. Turns out it was more than one - which makes sense considering it took place over a lengthy period of time. And the differences between the thefts.
I'm not sure if this would have worked better - in print, ie. reading it? The voice actor or narrator reading it - was kind of dull.
Have moved on to the far more entertaining Graphic Audio Dramatization of Kate Daniels short story Magic Gifts.
Almost done with Dreadful - which I've been reading in "paperback" format. I am to date the only person on my trains reading an actual book. Everyone else either reads/watches/plays on their phones or stares blankly into space. I miss the days that people read the paper or magazines. This may explain why print journalism is dying. I've given up on it.
It's odd being the only person reading a book. Every once and a while, someone will stare. But usually no one pays attention. Any more than they notice that I have diabetic sensor on my upper arm, above the elbow.
The lovely thing about NYC is folks are wildly unobservant. That and the fact it has no architectural building zoning guidelines, basically people build whatever they want and more or less wherever they want. And they are constantly building things. For a city on a couple of small islands, it's certainly building a lot of structures. And somehow magically finds space for all of them. NYC is a contradiction in terms - or rather proof that you can be wildly libertarian and socialist at the same time, while also sporting a capitalistic veneer.
Anyhow, the book is amusing me. I wouldn't call it ground-breaking or great or anything. But it is enjoyable. It holds my attention for the most part. And I think I may actually finish it. Also I like it better than the last five books I read, so there's that.
PenPal - is kind a surreal horror novel. I'm not sure what to make of it. I gave it a rest in favor of squinting to read Dreadful on the train. (I should put on glasses to read Dreadful, but I don't want to.)
6. Television
I don't know what I'm going to watch this weekend. Flirting with: Reacher (read an interview with the star and he's cool - made me want to watch the series, which admittedly is not the right reason to watch the series. Last time I tried to watch it - was with Wales, who insisted on poking fun at it and informing me how bad it is. After that - it was hard to watch the show. But I may go back to it.), Glee (except I'm annoyed with at least six of the lead characters...not sure I can get past them enough to just watch the musical numbers), Acolyte (which has finally dropped enough episodes), The Witcher (albeit a rewatch from S1, because I discovered S2 is kind of confusing if you can't remember S1. Damn, Netflix for the long wait times between seasons)...or some random movie. Or whatever I land on.
The problem with having too many choices is making a choice.