Last week my Scientific American came with a big “LAST ISSUE” notification. I’ve been putting off renewing it; it’s a little expensive and, truth be told, I don’t always understand what I’m reading. But it was an interest I shared with my dad and I’m sure I would miss it.
Do you have fond memories of any magazines?
, I don’t usually watch the Oscars, but decided to tune in Sunday night about 8:00. It’s fun to see all the gorgeous gowns (or non-gowns) and the antics of the host, et al. – like Jodie Foster blaming her crutches on Meryl Streep (they were reportedly due to a skiing accident). And this year I was curious to see what would transpire as a result of the “Time’s Up” movement.
But for me Frances McDormand, who won Best Actor for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, stole the show. She played the glamour game to a point, wearing a long dress and little if any make-up or jewelry. And Sunday night she was all business: “So I’m hyperventilating a little bit. So if I fall over, pick me up ‘cause I’ve got some things to say…”
After setting down Oscar on the floor beside her, she continued: “And now I want to get some perspective. If I may be so honored, to have all the female nominees nominated in every category stand with me in this room tonight. Meryl, if you do, everyone else will… Ok, look around… ladies and gentlemen, because we all have stories to tell, and projects we need financed. Don’t talk to us about it tonight. Invite us into your office in a couple days or you can come to ours, whichever suits you best, and we’ll tell you all about them.”
From Variety.com: “She finished her speech by calling for contractually mandated inclusion across films: ‘I have two words to leave with you tonight: inclusion rider.’ Specifically, an inclusion rider is a clause in the contract of the top line talent on a film that requires a diverse crew to be hired around them.” The article continues with McDormand’s comments about how “trending” differs from what is really happening in Hollywood.
Frances McDormand has become my role model, and I plan to see Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, plus any of her other films I haven’t yet seen. She is my new favorite maverick. (Try and forget the Sarah Palin image that just entered your mind. I was going to call F.M. my favorite “renegade”, till I checked my definitions.)
Who is your favorite maverick, renegade, or iconoclast?
We are experiencing what must be the slowest moving snow storm in history. The NWS started talking about it early last week. The arrival date has been pushed back, and the snow amounts moved up and down. We are in a Blizzard Warning for now, with 6-8 inches predicted along with 50 mile an hour winds.
The grocery stores were packed Saturday with people stocking up before the storm hit. The snow is only just starting. At this rate, people will need to stock up again today since they probably ate everything they bought earlier!
Waiting for the storm is tiresome, and it seems that life is on hold for now. The power has gone off and on eight times in 30 minutes, so something must be happening out there. The cats are swiping at the snow flying past the windows. They are better at waiting than I am.
The NWS folks out here must get pretty bored, since our weather doesn’t change all that much from week to week. When something big like our current stormdevelops, they really play it up, and by the time the storm arrives, it never seems to live up to the hype.
When has the weatherman fooled you? Got any good storm stories?
Watched a fabulous special about the Great Wall of China today. Just one place on my very long bucket list.
You have to decide right now. You leave tomorrow. Money is no object. Where do you want to go.
I’m not much of a movie-goer – too cheap and too fussy. I prefer to wait until movies come around on the small screen; if it’s dreadful I can turn it off and not feel badly about wasting time and money. It it’s good, I can watch it again!
That’s just one of the reasons that I don’t pay too much attention to the Oscars. Most years I haven’t seen any of the nominees. In addition, I’m still not over the 1977 Oscars in which not only did Network win for Best Picture over All The President’s Men but Faye Dunaway won Best Actress beating out Liv Ullmann in Face to Face. Faye Dunaway. I’ll pause for dramatic effect.
So I doubt I’ll be watching the festivities this weekend. I’ve actually seen one of the movies this year as YA chose it for our Christmas morning movie; The Shape of Water isn’t something that I would nominate but since I haven’t seen any of the other movies this year, I guess I shouldn’t judge.
Do you have a favorite movie? Oscar winner or not.
Today’s post is by Linda.
There are two full moons on the March calendar this year – the 1st and the 31st are our two lunar displays. A full moon is March is thought to encourage worms to begin to move around underground, so it’s knows as the Worm Moon.
Here’s a musical suggestion for making the most of the moonlight.
What do you do when the moon is full?
Time to celebrate.
We’ve officially made it over a year on our own and now we’ve covered the cost of the Trail for the next year. 261 posts. We average 1,085 comments a month with an all-time total of 131,623 comments. Every week we average between 850 and 1,000 views and a whopping 806,982 total views over the years with 6,276 followers. Our most active time of day is 9 a.m. I think the baboons are thriving!
We’re celebrating. What would you like to see at the party?
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