We walk up to an apartment community on the Fox River in St. Charles. The door’s unlocked and we go inside to a small entry way. There’s a telephone system labeled, “ENTRY ACCESS SYSTEM” to our left.

The shiny metal has been throughly scratched. The keyhole, too. I don’t know what could’ve done this kind of damage as the phone receiver is only plastic. Certainly it couldn’t mar the metal plate. I pick up the receiver and place it to my ear. No dial tone.

Ten seconds tick by…

I wish there was more to the story but there’s not.

I couldn’t bring myself to call any of the apartments listed in the directory. I just stood there for a minute with the phone receiver up to my ear. Like an asshole.

See, not all of my stories are good.

#photos #telephones

How am I even supposed to go on?

#photos #pie #bangbang

Wanna know why I never bake anything from scratch?

Because grocery stores get on my nerves. They sell All Purpose flour starting in thimbles but Bread flour must be bought in 5 lb increments. And dry yeast you ask? Hidden far away from the baking aisle. Probably by the syrup.

Organic seaweed though, they got a display with both salted and unsalted!

🙄 #allislost

I just wrote “bread flower” on my grocery list instead of “bread flour.”

Obviously shows where I spend most of my time.

#culinaryhero

Review: Dark Tower film barely uses books’ lore—but works anyway

Stephen King’s seven-book series The Dark Tower has finally received a screen adaptation, and fans should brace themselves: it slaps a giant reset button on the series’ lore. (Which, a longtime series fan may explain to you, is somewhat appropriate.)

This long-in-production film lands with a clear emphasis on running lean. It’s a hair over 90 minutes long; its variety in scenery and locations is far from epic; and the story focuses on only three familiar characters. The result feels more like a Stephen King version of an ’80s misunderstood-teen film than you might expect, and, as such, its framework feels a little disposable—as if the names “Man In Black,” “Gunslinger,” and “Jake Chambers” could have been swapped if a license fell through at the last minute.

The great Dark Tower film we’ve wanted for years, this ain’t. But as an isolated, “inspired by Stephen King” piece of summer cinema, this first (and hopefully not last) Dark Tower film succeeds at finding a new angle to the series’ origin story, which is sold by a taut script, solid acting, and a compelling angle on what revenge looks like for both a boy and a man.

I didn’t read more than those first three paragraphs because I haven’t seen it yet…but I can work with that.

#movies #thedarktower

Audio (MP3): 20170804 - Slip Slide Melting by For Love Not Lisa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGKTDY_CqMU

Peeps, here’s your find-a-space-in-the-sunshine Friday jam to blast you threw your workday. The audio’s not the best but it’ll do in broad daylight.

The Crow soundtrack is still one of my favorite goto albums. So many good bands, so much good music. I think I bought a CD from every artist on it. Okay, Ghostrider wasn’t Rollin’s best work but see also Machines of Loving Grace^[1] and Jesus and the Mary Chain. See also Jack be nimble, Jack fall dead.

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Your identity is not your choice

There’s been a lot of public talk about “identity” lately, stimulated by high-profile cases of transsexuality (notably the athlete now named Caitlyn Jenner) and transracialism (Rachel Dolezal). It needs to be said: most of the talk, on all sides of these disputes, has been obvious nonsense – utter drivel that should not have survived five minutes of thought.

This is a long, well thought out read…but my two cents is that this particular case is NOT about rejection or identity. It’s about TV ratings.

#tv #LGBT

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Why is the classic 80s movie Better Off Dead with John Cusack not on Amazon Video nor Netflix?

Who the hell’s running this operation?

#movies #betteroffdead

The EPA just buried its climate change website for kids

The Environmental Protection Agency has sidelined a climate site aimed at educating students, a public watchdog group has determined, as part of the agency’s ongoing review of what online content matches the new administration’s values.

This is old news but still utter bullshit.

Again let me direct you to the EPA’s mission statement: protect human health and the environment.

The current administration’s values should not supersede an agency’s mission.

#politics #climatechange