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The Song of Roland
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I can't really review this - I mean, it is what it is.
But the ending, when the treasonous Count Ganelon is tied to Four Horses that are set free upon a lusty Mare, and so he is drawn and quartered, and the execution of his followers, well, ...
There's something to be said in how we used to punish treason. In Alberta they elect traitors to Premier.
When all this separation nonsense is done we'd do well to take a page from this book.
And Smith and Kenney and all the rest of the UCP members can be drawn and quartered for our amusement as well, and every wing-nut separatist hung. We'll be better for it.
Groceries...
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Got paid today. A small paycheck, but any paycheck at the moment would suffice...
The day, at work, deathly slow, a single deuce all lunch. Then - with the paycheck I'm off to get groceries. I'd spent the day salivating over thoughts of BBQ Peking duck, but that's out, at least in Nelson, but there's the possibility of Chinese Pot Stickers and I head down to the "No Frills" or whatever it is and search their frozen aisle and there they are...
$5.00 a bag. A bargain. I grab 3.
Then some other groceries, condiments, a crispy-garlic chilli paste, some cocktail onions, sweet and sour, salsa, Pho Broth, a 6 pack of Lemon Pelligrino, cold-cuts, etc, etc, then home to make my pot-stickers.
They're delicious. It's been years since I've made them and yes, I've missed them. And the chilli-crispy-garlic is amazing as well...
I love pasta, but the Bison/Venison/Elk bolognese has grown boring from the sheer frequency with which I make it, I need to mix things up a bit.
Then head out, again, this time to the co-op, there's a few groceries I missed, some sparkling water, chicken, a few other staples and I'm set for the week. In two trips to the grocery store I got about 30 lbs of groceries, all for the bargain price of $150.
"Bargain" was meant to be facetious, but the pot-stickers, at $5.00 a bag, and dinner was half a bag, they're the winner...
Boring...
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It has been the most boring last couple of weeks imaginable.
Started a painting, but it goes like they always do in the beginning, and so I take a break from it.
Work, not busy, long hours pacing the restaurant. Extra long hours, as I requested extra shifts and they kindly obliged, I'm inundated with bills that need be addressed sooner rather than later. As of today I am 3 pay periods behind; they always pay but they don't always understand the "urgency" of regular payments.
The neighbour, well, upstairs one has been in her own world, "Kramer" pops by on occasion to get a cup of sugar, "borrow" some cash, get me to cook for her, I'd given her a couple of books, including a Bible, which apparently she lost/mislaid so she pops around to indulge in a bit of "Bibliomancy", wherein you open to a random page and put your finger on a verse and try and divine some meaning in it.
My god there are better dates.
Autumn, here already, days bright, evenings crisp and cool, no need of the AC or the heater, a beautiful time of the year that would be even better if I had wheels, a destination, but first I need cash and when the bills are paid I can worry about this.
This winter, probably long, I need another job, something to keep my busy, keep the bills at bay, something that I can use to save up for the long overdue jeep, take some time off of work and get into the country, out of the country, something, anything, my life has grown far too boring...
Half Man - Richard Gadd
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This, upon the recommendation of a friend. About 2 step brothers with various shades of toxic masculinity.
I absolutely despised it. Vile and degenerate characters, each and every one. Imagine 6 hours spent with the worst people you've ever met and you have some idea of how I felt squirming through this.
Richard Gadd, for those of you who might have forgotten, was the force behind "Baby Reindeer"; which was interesting only insofar I was living through my own stalking nightmare at the time.
Now - this review is not about quality, the series was well filmed, written, executed, and represented pretty accurately I'm sure a big slice of Scottish Life. But - damn, give me someone to root for, a plan, a light at the end of the tunnel...
But it's done and now I'm going to watch some snuff films or holocaust footage or maybe reruns of 9/11 or Islamic beheading videos, because all of those are a hell of a lot less damage than this was...
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