We're going formless again! It's Sunday morning, and I have not thought at all about what 'm going to write this week, so let's see what comes out.
I got my latest COVID and flu shots on Friday. I don't like that we as a society didn't do enough to stop the virus when we had a chance, and i don't like that we should probably be making at least 2 vaccines a year instead of the almost one we are currently getting. I don't like that people I know are still getting it, I don't like that masking has gone out of fashion despite the numbers being as high as they ever were, and I don't like that society level problems are being left at the individual level for solutions. But I'm glad I got my shot. This weekend has been a little rough, but manageable. You should get yours too.
You wanna read a webcomic? Here's Annie Forever, a self contained story based on the public domain parts of the comic strip Little Orphan Annie. It just finished it's run and is about 100 strips long. Just. the right length for reading through on a Sunday afternoon.
I got incredibly lucky when I stopped by the library yesterday. I was going in to pick up a movie I had reserved (Akira Kurosawa's The Bad Sleep Well) and stopped by the ongoing library book sale on my way in. I don't know if every library had this, by my library has a wall of used books you can buy for 2-3 dollars. These are mostly donated and are used to support the friends of the library. I have found some good stuff in there over the years, and I always like giving them a little extra support. Next. to the wall of mostly hard back books, they have a spinner rack with mass market paperbacks, and another one with DVDs and CDs. I always give the rack a spin, just to see what's there, although I'm never really hoping to find anything. The stuff that ends upon these racks is usually stuff that I would have found otherwise if I really wanted it. But on this most recent theip there was some gold. I first spotted Who Framed Roger Rabbit, which is such a wonderful film, but well known enough to not surprise me on the rack. I own it already (from the five dollar bin at walmart) but I was happy to see someone would be able to get it at a great deal. So I kept spinning and one row over was Double Indemnity, a Criterion Collection release. Long time readers know that this is a pretty big deal. I collect Criterion collection movies and the MSRP on them is #40, but you can usually get them for $20 if you'r patient for a sale. But this one was $2. The same price as everything else on the rack. I didn't even think about picking it up, because it was already in my hand before i could complete the thought. If you don't know the film, it's a classic noir thriller starring Fred McMurray, Edward G. Robinson and Barbra Stanwyck, all directed by one of the greats, Billy Wilder. I kept spinning just to be sure and I also found The Killing of Sister George, which isn't a movie I'm at all familiar with. Bu tit was a cover I recognized from browsing the Kino Lorber website (another boutique bluray publisher) so that was in my hand pretty quickly as well. I finished putting the rack through it's spin and landed on Shaun the Sheep Movie. I recently discovered Shaun the Sheep when I was exploring the Wallace and Gromit films, and this was his stop motion animated full length adventure. I took my prizes to the desk and picked up my reserved movie and left with a smile on my face. (and six fewer dollars in my pocket)
