Category: Life in Florida
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On Movies: New Additions to My Blu-Ray Collection Are on the Way to Our Mailbox
Well, this week my Blu-ray collection will get two additional titles – one that’s new-to-me, and another I-have-this-movie-already-but-I-like-the-packaging-variant-so-I-bought-it-anyway purchase. The new-to-me title is not a newly released Blu-ray, nor is it a recent movie. It’s the 2018 Warner Bros. Home Entertainment issue of Far and Away, a Ron Howard film that turns 30 years old…
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On Movies & Movie-Watching: No, I Didn’t Watch the 94th Academy Awards Last Night. And Yeah, I Missed the ‘Slap Seen Around the World’….
Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s early afternoon here in Lithia, Florida, on Monday, March 28, 2022. It’s a warm spring day in the Tampa Bay area. Currently, the temperature is 79˚F (26˚C) under sunny skies. With humidity at 53% and the wind blowing from the west-northwest at 8 MPH (12 KM/H), the feels-like temperature is…
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More Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, March 27, 2022, or: A Bonus Post to Clarify a Few Things….
I rarely write two posts per day on either of my blogs – this one or my original Blogger version of A Certain Point of View – because I usually don’t have much to say or because I lack the desire or mental energy to do so. Nevertheless, I feel compelled to write a few…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, March 27, 2022, or: Ho-Hum, Just Another $@#%%! Day in Paradise
Last night I watched the first half-hour of Bryan Singer’s 2008 World War II thriller Valkyrie. Starring Tom Cruise, Bill Nighy, Eddie Izzard, Terence Stamp, and Kenneth Branagh, Valkyrie is based on the true story of Lt. Col. Claus von Stauffenberg, a disillusioned German army officer who becomes a key figure in the July 20,…
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On the Joys and Pitfalls of Online Shopping, or: Getting Set to Receive ‘John Williams – The Berlin Concert’
Well, today is the day when my package with Deutsche Grammophon’s John Williams/Berliner Philharmoniker: The Berlin Concert – Deluxe Edition is due to arrive here. Earlier this morning, I received an email from the U.S. Postal Service that said I can expect it to be delivered some time before 8 PM. Per the Postal Service’s…
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On Movie Collections: My Current To Be Watched (TBW) List – March 2022 Edition
Ever since I bought my first videocassette recorder in the summer of 1984 – it was a VHS machine from a company whose name I’ve forgotten and it cost me the princely sum of $400.00 ($1,092.27 in 2022 dollars) plus Florida sales tax – I have collected “home media” versions of movies I either saw…
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On the Joys and Pitfalls of Online Shopping: “…But Wait! There’s More!”
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in 4K UHD Blu-rays, Amazon, Berliner Philharmoniker/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Blogging, Blu-ray Box Sets, Films by Steven Spielberg, John Williams/Berliner Philharmoniker: John Williams -The Berlin Concert, Life in Florida, Movies, Music, Online Shopping, Personal Thoughts, The Godfather Trilogy (50th Anniversary Box Set), West Side Story (2021)Well, with the recent arrival of my Ultimate Collector’s Edition set of West Side Story – it arrived at 3:49 PM Eastern yesterday – I can now say that this bit of my online shopping story is safely in the rear-view mirror of my life. Yes, the Best Buy Limited Edition Steelbook bit was unnecessarily…
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On the Joys and Pitfalls of Online Shopping: The Saga of the ‘West Side Story’ Steelbook – All’s Well That Ends Well
It’s only just out of reach Down the block, on a beach Under a tree. – Stephen Sondheim, “Something’s Coming,” West Side Story Well, Dear Reader, after all the angst, all the aggravation, and all the chats with Best Buy customer service reps online, the West Side Story Limited Edition Steelbook incident had a happy…
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On the Joys and Pitfalls of Online Shopping, or: The Saga of the ‘West Side Story’ Steelbook…A Happy Ending at Last?
Today, all day I’ve had a feeling A miracle would happen I know now I was right… – Stephen Sondheim, “Tonight” from West Side Story When I last wrote about my issues with the exclusive-to-Best Buy Limited Edition Steelbook version of 20th Century Studios’ 4K UHD Blu-ray release of Steven Spielberg’s Academy Award-nominated West Side…
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On the Joys and Pitfalls of Online Shopping, or: The Saga of the Missing ‘West Side Story’ Steelbook Continues
Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s late morning in Lithia, Florida, on Thursday, March 17, 2022. It is a cool – for Florida standards, at least – spring day in the Tampa Bay area. Currently, the temperature is 72˚F (22˚C) under sunny skies. With humidity at 83% and the wind blowing from the west-southwest at 5…
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