Labor Day, the end of Summer. Pool is covered and winterized; second wave of tomatoes ripening.
Days getting shorter.
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| Sunlight illuminating a single arrow shaped crosspiece on the shed door. |
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| Mr. Monarch fueling up. |
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| There's still a few fireflies out in the evening. |
Freddie's tail is lengthening and getting luxurious. Both he and LT bound towards me when I am on the deck tossing peanuts. I hope they view me as a friendly giant who provides food rather than just an entry in his mental catalog of food sources. If these two were human, we'd be pub mates.
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| Steve Reeves!! |
I think it was this film from 1961 that fired up my interest in the Trojan War and later Homer's Illiad & Odyssey and Greek myths in general. Like after seeing the King Tut exhibition in Detroit that lead me to read and explore the Egyptians, I went to the library and checked out things concerning Troy. It's a great story although any allegory or metaphor probably blew over my head as a kid.
Want to revisit the Odyssey but don't care for the long slog? I came across this nice vid. Nicely put together, great illustrations and maps.
Curiously, the poster of this vid has as its sponsor something called Masterworks IO, IO meaning Investment Options. And what are we investing in? Artwork. Major league pieces and artists. The tagline is: What if you allocated 5% of your portfolio to Art? I've never come across this before.
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Creepy Enbridge Energy ads where their mascot, the Rooster, is everywhere including, at .43 mark, his shadow is cast on the sun brightened wall of a little girl's bedroom. Yikes! Mommy, there's a rooster in my room! Trauma therapy later in life is probably a given.
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It's another Smorgasbord Night at the Diner!
LT seemed a bit wary of the main course: bagels on top of salad. Peanuts were his choice. Later, around twilight, a big Stampy came out, grabbed a bagel in his mouth and dragged it back to his apartment porch. Another Stampy came out and challenged his ownership and lost.
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Consumer note: Avoid buying the cheapo brand of saltines at Target. Probably the worst I've ever tasted. Stale with weird flavor although well-suited for a retromeal pairing with government post-war cheese and a bottle of Mad Dog 20/20.
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Sadly, one of the berm big pines has died. I'd guess stressed from the consecutive years of summer droughts. Who knows when the property owner will get around to removing it.
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A Serval is a wild cat native to Africa mainly in sub-Saharan countries. Slender, 21-24 inches at the shoulder weighing 20-40 lbs, the Serval has the longest legs of any cat relative to its body size. It has a distinctive large ears whose backs are black with broad white bands. These are thought to mimic eyes that might discourage predators and to serve as a communication guide for its young.
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| Troy Howell |
The Song of Roland. My mother loved this tale and shared it with me, probably when I was heavily into the Trojan War and Greek Myths.
From Wiki:
The Song of Roland (French: La Chanson de Roland) is an 11th-century chanson de geste based on the Frankish military leader Roland (who is also Charlemagne's nephew) at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass in AD 778, during the reign of the Carolingian king Charlemagne. It is the oldest surviving major work of French literature. It exists in various manuscript versions, which testify to its enormous and enduring popularity in Medieval and Renaissance literature from the 12th to 16th centuries.
The tale takes place during Charlemagne's campaign against the Moors in Spain. After seven years, his army is tired and he sues for peace and they head back home in Francia. Roland is in command of the rear guard. His grandfather, fearing he is being set up by Roland to be murdered by the Moors, out of revenge, informs the Moors of a way to attack the rear guard as it works its way through the mountains. The Moors ambush Roland at the Roncevaux Pass in the Pyrenees located along the modern French/Spanish border. The Franks fight hard but are being overwhelmed when Roland, in an attempt to get help from the rest of the column, blows his horn. Charlemagne, hearing Roland's call, turns around but alas, arrives too late. The rear guard including Roland have been annihilated. The king is broken-hearted.
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The detectives asked the man why he had shot his widescreen TV four times. He responded:
"I told those guys to shut the fuck up cuz I was on the phone. They didn't listen so I shot them".
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