And now what did you do TODAY?

[blessingx]

5 hours ago, swt61 said:

Obviously my ability to pick winners is seriously in decline.

First Kamala, now Iron Mike.😟

You’re not alone.   

Edited November 17 by blessingx

[Augsburger]

You forgot to mention the Yankees over the Dodgers.

[Craig Sawyers]

Went to London today to see The Duchess, with Jodie Whittaker. (She was the only female Doctor in Dr Who, and was in Broadchurch)

Modern setting of the early 1600's original play. Only partly successful in a modern setting, but a shocking and unsettling last 45 minutes. The Duchess's deranged brother ends up putting a gun in his mouth and pulls the trigger. There was a spray of blood from the back of his head - I have no idea how they did that. In the movies they use an electrically triggered blood capsule, but I've never seen that on stage before.

So a play where everyone dies apart from one - the assassin, now reformed, who agrees to bring up the (dead) Duchess's son.

https://trafalgartheatre.com/shows/the-duchess/

[Craig Sawyers]

This is turning into Craig and Carole's theatre adventures!

Yesterday afternoon we went to Stratford (on Avon) to see Othello. Our benchmark was a superb version we saw at the National Theatre in London maybe 10 years ago with Adrian Lester and Rory Kinnear  (https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/whats-on/othello-2013/ .

This version seen yesterday however was an astonishingly good performance. 3.5 hours (including interval) so hardly cut back at all.

When, near the end of the play, Othello strangles his wife Desdemona, the stage blacks out. So all you hear is legs thrashing and the breathing of Othello.

https://www.rsc.org.uk/othello/

The photograph is a multi purpose cube which contains in this case three main characters when they are dead.

https://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/othello-royal-shakespea-23889

[n_maher]

4 hours ago, Craig Sawyers said:

This is turning into Craig and Carole's theatre adventures!

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Al told me to stop building things.

For variety's sake, Andrew and I emptied the bank account last weekend to go see the defending NBA champs.  Was a lot of fun, got to see an OT buzzer beater from Tatum on our end of the court.  Was a good dude's night out.

[Craig Sawyers]

I've sat in the front row during a visit to Salt Lake around a decade ago. The thing that freaked me out is that the ball would be thrown full tilt straight at you - until a hand the size of a snow shovel appears as if from nowhere and collects it.

I found it a great experience.

[Craig Sawyers]

Pretty tame though by comparison with the ice hockey match I went to on the same trip. Everything went as it ought, until helmets came off and a fist fight started. I was astonished at how totally brutal ice hockey was.

[skullguise]

Craig, you need to watch the movie Slapshot.....!

[Augsburger]

On 11/24/2024 at 9:32 AM, Craig Sawyers said:

Pretty tame though by comparison with the ice hockey match I went to on the same trip. Everything went as it ought, until  a fist fight started. I was astonished at how totally brutal ice hockey was.

Were you referencing the fans or the players? It sounds like a similar experience attending a Raiders game.

[grawk]

Hockey is way more tame and reserved than it was 20 years ago.  It's still fast and has hitting, but the rules really discourage the extremes it used to get to.

[TMoney]

15 mile post thanksgiving hike through SF with the boys!

[TMoney]

Ended the day with a ride in a Waymo (Robo taxi) for the full San Francisco experience. Absolutely insane. This is the future.

For the first ten minutes it is a little nerve wrecking until you start to relax because it does such a good job.