Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)

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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024): Generations later, apes rule and humans have lost their ability to speak (but not the humans in this movie for some reason). The ape world is split and our hero sets out on a quest to restore his clan's freedom from a rising dictator. Only in the last few minutes does the key question get asked, Can humans and apes ever get along? C-

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Manhunt (TV 2024)

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Manhunt (TV 2024): Historical drama. Fans of true-crime and detective stories will love it. So too will amateur historians who study events that change history. More than just the story of John Wilkes Booth, it's a story of America's reckoning with slavery, Civil War, and an aborted Reconstruction that we live with to this day. B+

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Random Thoughts: You Could Have Seen This Day Coming 14 Years Ago

2024-09-06: You maybe could have seen this day coming fourteen years ago when his son was born and he named him "Colt."
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Wolfs (2024)

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Wolfs (2024): An action comedy in which Clooney and Pitt play fixers who clean up crime scenes to protect high profile clients. The contrived plot's loose seams are connected with action sequences that don't require acting skills of either star. Still an entertaining watch. B-

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POTD: Newton Food Centre

"Lively hawkers call,
Seafood sizzles, flavors dance,
Night market alive."
— h/t ChatGPT

From 2023 12 24 Singapore

Singapore has always been known for plentiful, great food. Today's photo-of-the-day is from the Newton Food Centre in Singapore. It's described as a "lively market with numerous stalls & hawkers offering seafood & local specialities." It was an easy walk from our hotel. The offerings were delicious and numerous enough for us to choose this market for meals on two nights.

POTD: Supertree Grove

"Vertical giants,
Holding gardens in their arms,
Nature redefined."

— h/t ChatGPT

From 2023 12 24 Singapore

Today's photo-of-the-day is from Supertree Grove in Singapore's Garden by the Bay. "Supertrees are the 18 tree-like structures that dominate the Gardens' landscape with heights that range between 25 and 50 metres. They are vertical gardens that perform a multitude of functions, which include planting, shading and working as environmental engines for the gardens." They also provide a great view of Singapore.

A bonus photo is after the jump.

Volkswagen: About that Mural...

Clay Cooley VW. Photo or Rendering?
Before or After? You decide.

At the September 23, 2024, meeting, the Richardson City Council approved by a vote of 4-3 a request by Clay Cooley Volkswagen to add a repair shop, a body shop, and a vehicle storage lot on their property in the Interurban District. That was all covered in "Council Recap: Sell Out for a Mural", which was already a long post, so I left out a couple of points that should be made. About that mural. And about that landscaping.

Council Recap: Sell Out for a Mural

At the September 23, 2024, meeting, the Richardson City Council approved by a vote of 4-3 a request by Clay Cooley Volkswagen to add a repair shop, a body shop, and a vehicle storage lot on their property in the Interurban District. This is the district Richardson once envisioned as an "edgy, mixed-use district built upon the existing bones of the district, focusing on adaptive reuse of existing buildings and targeted infill development." We are now faced with admitting that the Interurban District would have been better named the "Car Lots and Repair Shops District."

Beetlejuice (1988)

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Beetlejuice (1988): To prepare to watch the 2024 sequel, it's time I watched the 1988 original for the first time. It holds up as a silly horror movie, more surreal than scary. Seeing a cast full of big movie stars early in their careers is a treat. B-

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Sunny (TV 2024)

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Sunny (TV 2024): Japanese. Is this sci-fi, a study in grief, a crime story? Yes??? American woman living in Japan loses husband and son in a plane crash. Suspicions grow. She receives an AI homebot as compensation, her mother-in-law seems determined to go to prison, and yakuza search her home. C+

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