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Cake day: June 21st, 2023

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  • Does anyone else remember Epic Theatre? It was Sword and Sandals movies played every Saturday afternoon after the wrestling.

    I ask because I finished watching The Story Of Ruth (1960) today and am thinking I’ve probably seen it before , just can’t specifically remember. A lovely movie, the sets and the costumes are good and it’s a good story too. I like how she follows her principles and weighs beliefs against basic humanistic ideals ( they wouldn’t have thought about it like that at the time ). It’s also a love story. And it’s filmed in the hills of California, like so many movies at the time.

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  • I’ve been looking at the pictures of those cave paintings from France and Spain.

    Not only was it awesome that the pictures survived these ~35,000 years but they are rally good art. The artist was talented and hard working , these can’t be the first pictures they drew, it takes years of practice to be that good.

    Maybe they also drew on open cliff faces and tanned hides, neither which would have survived.

    I love the handprints. I can imagine in my mind’s eye, when the job was done the artist getting their family to put their hands on the walls and they spray paint to make the handprints.












  • Panettone as economic indicator.

    Every year I go to Brunswick to buy xmas panettones and other treats. They are usually sold out by the 1st week of Dec . This year prices are up again and the shelves were still full. Talking to another customer she was telling me they just can’t afford it, entertaining family and friends they buy quite a few and that would quickly add up to close to $200 each event.