Tag Archives: #a-good-observation

Tubi TV

My limited TV watching is limited to movies. Since my streaming services are only those bundled with my cell network from (shout out to) Spectrum, I watch what Xumo or Tubi give me.

(BTW, I pronounce– insist on pronouncing it Tubby, as in a bit chubby.)

We know there is no such thing as privacy where networks are involved. Tubi knows I’m watching.

The thing that disturbs me is the childish suggestions I get for my future entertainment. It’s a little disturbing that I am not perturbed by the fact that while I am watching Tubi, Tubi is watching me.

Come, support these artists during Women’s History Month

In honor of Women’s History Month in March, it is fitting we visit this exhitit at the El Barrio Artspece PS 109.

The 1st floor gallery space gets a lot of use for exhibits through out the year, for a Gala once a year, for meet & greets. There is a sweet black box theatre in this space.

For this curated group show, Lamar Rogers and Rolinda Ramos chose the best of the best. In fact I am delighted that my friend LisaMaria Maya has been chosen to participate this year.

This hidden-in-plain-site (sic) gem of a community space, PS109 ArtSpace El Barrio, is located at 215 E 99th Street.

Come check it out, and support the show and the artists!

Odds and Ends

It’s almost for sure, for certain, that there’s an ad I heard on Spotify in which [I think] a live woman pretends she’s AI.

The commercial is a dialog in which a woman [actual] is so pleased with what the AI offers that she says Now, that’s music to my ears. Fake [I think] AI says “I can only talk.”

What we find funny can often be odd.

For my part, I was amused by the synecdoche that Madeleines represent for Proust.

For Proust the Madeleines were what triggered his memory.

Burt, whose memory had been stolen by his dementia, loved these cookies. It tickled me every morning when I ordered a half dozen to go with his latte.

Speaks

Having recently had a speakeasy experience, I am alert to hidden bars.

You could easily pass this door without a thought about its late night program.

Having your name over the door technically disqualifies you or rather your joint as a speakeasy!

I include little known places like the Roreich Museum in this picture book look.

All of these are technically not secret enough to be speaks, but they harbor a mystery.

Back alleys, belowstairs steps and small doors are also mysterious. Enough for me.

William Marlowe? Kit Shakespeare?

Speculation is the keyword in the History Lord intro to Christopher Marlowe.

Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare were born on the same day. Hmm:

  • Was he Shakespeare?
  • Was he killed in 1593?
  • Was he a spy for Queen Elizabeth [I]?
  • Was he a homosexual?

Only history will tell… wait, it actually has not.

Did ya know?

Saffron, that rare and expensive spice, is rare and expensive because it’s challenging to harvest.

As a spice, it’s a deeply yellow hue. The little florets are purple.

I did not know that.

Here’s advice that is both timely and practical, well, timely for me since there was a leak in my egg drawer.  Not eggs, I’m happy to report as that would be a big mess, but it caused a need for a clean-up.

Don’t keep the fridge door open for longer than 5 minutes. Then give your refrigerator 20 minutes for recovery.

I don’t think I knew that. Didya?

I learned a new word from the NYT The Morning pangram (I want to call it pan-a-gram, but it’s not). Monocracy, government or rule by one person, also referred to as dictatorship.