Stuck in a self imposed semi-isolation, pleasures are limited, Chocolate peanut M & M's, fresh fruit, copious amounts of water, Foxtel and Netflix by the bucket load, writing this tosh.
Other more exciting things in the afternoon, Zooming with friends, beer or wine, or both, a bit of social distancing by electron power. Thank God we still have carbon powered electricity, going the way of sun and wind would be the death of a lot more people.
The TV networks are loving this, any news is Corona, Corona, Convid 19, Convid 19, lock down, lock down, Don't Panic. MAFS seems delightful compared to the news.
Just watched Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood, that is 2 odd hours I will never get back. Tarantino needs to hire decent script writers, DiCaprio needs to start some decent acting, Pitt needs to stop being Pitt in all things, Pacino obviously need a few million to do his worst, Robbie did well with limited exposure and bugger all script.
My view, the PC brigade has thrown Hollywood to the wolves, the carcase is now bereft of flesh, like a zombie, going through the brain dead movements. There have been some good stories recently, just go Eastwood, Willis, Woods, Stallone, Gibson, et al, my blog, my views.
The Zooming was good, manners have to be learn again as interruptions on electron media are vastly different than in person ones, a bit of time and listening is good for all of us.
Books, am reading a tome about Lachlan Macquarie, Governor-General of NSW and other areas, back in the colonial days, from 1809 till 1821. The book I chose was written in 1987, and it flows with great story and many big and varied words that tell a great tale, bare and real. Macquarie took his responsibility well and transformed a penal colony into a vibrant and well to do mercantile colony, complete with courts, rule of law, town planning, and many other credits. A dour and dedicated Scot did his best and succeeded where others failed.
What did also help greatly was the introduction of currency with coin, the previous rule under Bligh had failed as the only currency was Rum, hence the Rum rebellion. Humans will use anything for currency, I have written of this before, and filthy lucre, the pound, the dollar, the rupee, the yuan, will always act to help further society as it is the universal exchange.
Gotta go now, Zooming on a Sunday arvo is calling.
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