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08-Feb-2025	TRAVELLER

11 It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times

How we read books now...and BTW, Charles Dickens is a very good writer. I was surprised at how visual his writing is...but then, this was the primary entertainment(?), or transmission of knowledge.But he was good.

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Canon Image Challenge		13-Feb-2025 05:03
I was reading some of the criticism of The Reluctant Traveler on IMDB last night, some of it harsh despite its high rating of 7.5..which is extremely good. Be that as it may, Mr Levy staying in expensive hotels is not a negative for me...I'll never see the inside of a place like many of his stops. So I am good with the hotels, i am also good, very good with the woe is me commentary...seems true.ish to me But I came up with my own good line for the show...It is only 34 minutes long, some 32 minutes, the longest 37 minutes, "...and 37 minutes is is only, at worst 37 minutes, whereas an hour is an hour, that's real time..." Yes I know the Diplomat is purely fiction...but I like the characters and, over time I came to care for them...well drawn...this seems the key to any successful Art...do you care about it, do you care about them, re The Diplomat, their tempestuous marriage for example. That's what I enjoy. Best Wishes, Traveller

Canon Image Challenge		12-Feb-2025 22:42
I've seen the first season of The Diplomat. One of my oldest schoolfriends, with whom I'm still regularly in touch (by Zoom), was a career diplomat in the British Foreign Office. He was the British Ambassador to China, and to Germany (and was knighted for it), and was posted to Washington for a few years early in his career. He says that he enjoys The Diplomat, but it is, of course, wildly inaccurate in its portrayal of how ambassadors and diplomatic staffs actually operate. Still, it's good entertainment. I haven't seen The Reluctant Traveler. I should give it a go, since I pay for Apple TV. Alastair

Canon Image Challenge		12-Feb-2025 02:53
This was a Re-Watch that I stumbled upon in Amazon Prime Video...it was as intense as the first viewing in 1985....and interesting to see Willem Dafoe as a very young villain. (but note I watch almost everything casually...wander around, make some food...whatever...lol) It is hard to recommend stuff...but for smarts and real settings, Diplomat, on Netflix, and...something I am having trouble getting people to enjoy...but I'll try again, Eugen Levy, The Reluctant Traveler on Apple+....just great to me, great cinematography, and Mr Levy, new to me, is a real personality. So that's three recommendations....lol Traveller

Canon Image Challenge		12-Feb-2025 00:27
So, did you watch To Live and Die in L.A? And was it a rewatch, or your first time? I saw it when it first came out, 30 years ago. An amazing cast. Now you've made me want to watch it again. Alastair

Canon Image Challenge		11-Feb-2025 08:03
As I like to say I'm no different than any little ole` lady sitting at the nickel slots, but without the ciggie dangling from her lips, sitting there for hours on end pulling that chrome arm towards her... Truth is, hush-hush, most of my clients have have been poor.ish and I don't do Personal Injury kind of high paying law...I do what I can, but I've always made my money from the stock market...I like to read that stuff and, one year I did 300 trades and paid for most of road repairs across America in short term capital gain tax returns. I step outside, take a deep breath and once on the interstate, anywhere, I laugh and remind myself that I paid for this sucker... So yes, I'm in the market...lol....Traveller

Canon Image Challenge		11-Feb-2025 04:33
I did notice your open browser tabs and bookmarks but I was trying not to be too nosy. I wasn’t going to bring it up but since you opened the door I was kind of wondering if you recently bought or sold some shares on E*Trade. I have a financial advisor to take care of that, it’s to complex for me to try and sort out the complexities and ramifications. Paul

Canon Image Challenge		10-Feb-2025 04:59
FWIW, I do most of my reading of books on my Kindle. I buy some, get others from the library. WHat I like about it is that if I finish a good book early in the evening, I can get one instantaneously if I don't already have one on my Kindle waiting to be read. Jim

Canon Image Challenge		09-Feb-2025 19:32
My wife still does all her reading with paper books. I love my kindle, and do most of my reading on that. Pretty much the only books I read in print are the ones that we both read ( such as all the Lee Child Jack Reacher books, the Richard Osman Thursday Murder Club books). And I agree that Dickens was a great writer. The opening line of Tale of Two Cities is about the most famous one there is, alongside Moby Dick and Pride and Prejudice. Alastair

Canon Image Challenge		09-Feb-2025 18:12
Ok so how many still do it the old fashioned way, visit the public library. (No Shame) Back in November I took one of the grandkids there for a craft project and as I waited I wondered the isles and spent a bit of time in the 600 section then settled on 640.22, a book on wines. Pulled it, sat in a comfy chair and did some reading for 1/2 to 3/4 hour. It would have been better had I thought to bring my reading glasses. I consistently found my self trying to expand the book text with my index finger and thumb. Must have been a software glitch in the hard bound book since it didn’t work. Paul

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