Spitball Army

Combo? Cheaper than just sandwich and drink. So I sat in the car tossing out fries, wondering if I could induce an avian coronary.

Trivia: While making Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, Bette Davis had a Coke machine installed on set to anger Joan Crawford, whose late husband was a Pepsi exec.

Later, I went through the self check-out line and chose “Spanish.” Mmm, that lady inside the computer sounded so sexy: “bolsa,” “credito.” Highlight of my day.

One of several watercolor picture/postcards that were apparently scissor-cut from a postcard book featuring scenes in and around Birmingham, Alabama.

This card pictures “New Green Springs Highway U.S. 31 Entering Birmingham, Ala.”

Facebook Friend looked right at me this afternoon as he walked between me and the baking tins at the grocery. He said nothing. Unfriended.

The Fall air very typically reminds me of the turning foliage in my beloved former home of Massachusetts. It also makes me think of Crayons.

Double hybrid – Man/Horse love story ÷ Old West Cowboy meets Lawrence of Arabia. Rousing, involving, looks great on blu-ray.

Facebook recommends fan pages to me based on my friends’ personal interests: Jeff likes Mitt Romney; Danny Ray likes Samuel Adams.

I found this incredibly rare Confederate 100 dollar bill in a now-shuttered antique mall in Birmingham, Alabama, around 2009, stuck between some post cards.

This is what is printed on the reverse side:

Even in the 1800s, it was the “pause that refreshes.”

A delight, with some twisty surprises well beyond what’s shown in the trailer. Frank Langella = a marvel.