Thursday 20070510 - 1815 - Up at 0615 - Cat chores, Meds; Chris Rice; Back to bed and household chores and preparations; Lunch and "Variety"; The Monkey's Ass; Banking; Borders; PetSmart; Last stop Lowe's; Home - Raking; Chris Rice; Post nap, sandwich, a little more Chris, journal, "Smallville" and "CSI"; Cats
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Cat chores. and all the that involves. Meds and all that that involves.

Christopher Rice in black latex pants leaning against a convertible sports car Larger image

Around 0630, I turned on the laptop to work on Chris Rice photos for the pensive guys sections. I only have been able to find about 20 - 25 shots.

Oddly enough, I did find a set at Shooting Star International Photo Agency that are password-protected and intended for publication clients. What's odd is that I've never encountered the service before.

What's on the web site is the old configuration. The new look should be up shortly - of course, that's a tad vague.

I did find this photo of Chris Rice in black latex pants leaning against a convertible sport's car. It's from some images uploaded to Magazine Scans at flickr by davidnownthen. (The site is certainly worth looking at.)

This is the only photo I've seen of him in celeb garb. In every other photo, he's in street clothes. Unassuming and very natural.

He possesses an appearance that I find immensely attractive. Part of it is the sense of intelligence and contemplation that he projects. And then there are his hands that are long, slender and wing-like. I keep envisioning them twisting and turning slowly slipping through the air.

I went back to bed at 0900, but it was fitful and not restful. I got back up at 1000, made the bed, vacuumed the living room which always has small tumble weeds of hair from the kitties. Then the customary and usual actions so I can deal with the world.

There were a couple of items I wanted to do after lunch. First was to transfer some money into the checking account, so that means having both check books. And I wanted to return the two knobs I'd gotten for the chest in the living room. The other chest in the living room has a pair of drawers that take knobs. But the one I'm working on has handles. To be on the safe side, I decided to double check the dresser in the bed room and immediately noticed it has five drawers instead of four. Which meant, I needed two more handles for it.

I returned to the regular buffet place, again with the issue of "Variety" of April 16 - 22, 2007. This time I got to finish the review of "Fracture." It pointed out some of the implausible aspects of the plot, and I wouldn't disagree. I think the director was more interested in the contest of wills between Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling.

Something, I noticed before but forgot to mention was an article about the complaints received by the FCC about the Super Bowl, "in particular, Prince's phallically suggestive halftime show and a Snickers commercial showing two men whose lips awkwardly meet in the middle of a candy bar."

Here are three comments:

"It was obscene to show Prince, a HOMOSEXUAL, performing through a sheet ... I am very offended and I would preffer (sic) not to have showed it to my 4 children who love football, One of them has (sic) hoped to be a quarterback and now he will turn out gay. I am actually considering to check him for HIV. Thanks CBS for turning my son GAY."

"... the Snickers Super Bowl ad featuring two men kissing ... was EXTREMELY SICK and INappropriate and NOT something that I would have ever thought you'd allow ... I feel assaulted and betrayed by the Snickers brand I once loved, and the government that I had thought would have protected me and my family."

"This image (Prince behind the sheet) only made him look extremely large which made the rest of us feel small, and unable to perform this evening."

I almost forgot the most exciting news. I ran into two people I used to work with. I asked how things were going on in "the evil empire." I was told that Gene Edwards was leaving, that the executive director has sent out a lengthy e-mail that morning explaining his departure, and that it was also in the newspaper.

The newspaper article was a fluff piece saying he was starting his own production company. Hard to believe since he knows so little about the production process. Die he fall, did he jump or was he pushed? A great Raymond Chandler understated quote comes to mind: "Be Missing!"

I guess he can hire some sycophants who will bow to his ill-conceived and invidious whims. But he'll micro manage everything. Bitch at people for not doing their job. Complain if someone is ill. And someone will consider slipping rat poison into his coffee.

Ancient Asian saying: "The higher the monkey climbs, the more of its ass you see." I've seen far more of Mr. Edward's ass that I ever wanted to.

Actually there are a few other things I could say but their all unprintable in a "family" journal.

(In - Thursday - 20070510 - 1124: $7.51 - Cash)

I so seldom go to the bank that I almost forget what it's like. I always get such a kick out of the sign on the door that says "Please remove sunglasses and caps." I'm sure this is the first thing a bank robber would do.

(Out - Thursday - 20070510 - 1236: $500 - Account transfer)

Borders is but a few hundred feet from the bank, so I figured that would be the quickest place to buy the morning paper.

(Out - Thursday - 20070510 - 1241: $0.50 - Cash)

I crossed Lakeland Drive to visit PetSmart. I'm back dealing with black urine stains on my floor.

The last hydrogen peroxide treatment semi-worked but created a bigger bleach-like stain.

There were about 15 products available. I read the labels and found one that specifically addressed removing stains from floors. Let's hope it work.

I rolled up the last rug today and placed it in the store room. I hate to think of the amount of money invested in the rugs. First, I had to buy them. Second, I had them all professionally cleaned, a not inexpensive undertaking. Third, I had floor mats cut for each rug. And now I'm unable to use any of them.

(Out - Thursday - 20070510 - 1248: $24.60 + $40 cash back = $64.60 - Bank Debit Card)

I took the two brass knobs in and got a bank card credit.

(Out - Thursday - 20070510 - 1258: $9.16 refund - Bank Debit Card)

I found the pulls I needed, and then thought about that I don't have a lamp on either of the living room chests. There are pictures on the walls above each chest, So a regular size lamp creates a problem. Several months ago, I bought a pair of very inexpensive cylindrical metal lamps about six-inches in diameter that I tried using. But they were so lightweight that the least bump sent them crashing to the floor. So I gave up on them.

In the lamp dept, I found two white micro spotlights that feel fairly hefty. So I hope they will work. This set has the advantage of being adjustable, which the first set did not.

(Out - Thursday - 20070510 - 1307: $55.45 - Bank Debit Card)

Again with the raking. I'm now on the south property line. There are several Ligustrum in this area, so you have to do a lot of ducking and reaching. I got two containers full and thought of stopping. But then I did another two.

As you'll recall from yesterday, I'd encountered a pile of bricks embedded in the soil. I threw each one into a trash container. At the end, it was so heavy, I couldn't even drag it a few inches. So today as I worked on the containers of leaves, I slipped a few bricks into each. Which made for heavy containers to drag to the street. I also had another container of debris from the last couple of days that also received some bricks. At this point, I think there are 8 or 9 containers on the street not including the one for the inside trash which will go out after I finish here.

I came in at 1430 and worked a couple of hours on Chris Rice, then took a nap at 1630.

I woke around 1800, had a turkey and cheese sandwich and attached the computer again.

I decided to post the above image of Chris which meant some prep time for the image and the coding.

Several times I halted to watch "Smallville" and the evil connivings of Lex Luthor. And to bask in the glow of Clark Kent's cheeks. "CSI" was marked by the return of dominatrix Lady Heather. She and Grissom have a deep personal friendship. So there's a lot here I don't understand.

If I sit on the couch with the laptop, the cats can be a royal pain. Athena and Minerva, about every five minutes, will try to crawl into my lap and insist on being petted. Be'Ard gets on the bookcase and meows and sticks her head over so I'll have a chance to pet her. Tiger, Tiger will jump on me, so he can then jump on the table behind the couch. And if I have some food, I have to watch it every second, or someone will grab it. Tonight they were irritatingly rambunctious.

Solicitation from Sears (junk); Solicitation from Bank Debit Card Health Plan (junk)

(Out - Thursday - 20070510 - 2330)