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Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Movie Night -- Vertigo -- Hitchcock -- October 22, 2025

I relive our time together every time I watch this movie.

TCM this month: Hitchcock on Sunday nights.

With Hulu I can watch / catch Vertigo.

But how did this ... what led me to this tonight, of all nights. I watch it often, maybe once a year.

It started with the intro by Ben Mankiewicz. He mentioned "Sight and Sound."

Link here.

Something called "Sight and Sound," British Film Institute -- had a brilliant idea. It started in 1952.

Every decade -- every ten years -- "Sight and Sound" comes up with their list of the top films of all time.

1952.

1962,

1972.

1982.

1992.

2002.

2012.

2022. That was the eighth (8th) time "Sight and Sound" came up with the list.

It's quite a story.

2002: Citizen Kane was #1.

2012: Vertigo was #1.

2022:

#1: Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles;
#2: Vertigo
#3: Citizen Kane
#4:
#5....
#8: Mulholland Drive ...
#19: Apocalypse Now ...
#25: The Night of the Hunter...

It's amazing...I see the movie in a completely different light knowing that "Sight and Sound" named this their number one movie, knocking out Citizen Kane, in 2012, and then letting it drop to #2 a decade later, but still ahead of Citizen Kane, #3.

I've never had any problem with Citizen Kane at #1, but seeing Vertigo again tonight with the ranking of "Sight and Sound" I have to admit Vertigo does have a much more emotional pull on me.

Six months from now: would I rather re-watch Vertigo or Citizen Kane?

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Italy -- October 7, 2025

This has nothing to do with "us," but I would love to share it with you.

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Arduino

Link here. Even the wiki entry is too "challenging" to read, but this snippet was interesting:

Arduino is in the news today because it was just acquired by Qualcomm.

As good as being there, today. Across the alcove from me, on the wall -- La Victoria Arduino. Wiki.

Ivrea is a city / neighborhood in Turin, Italy, the major Italian city in the northwest arm of the country:

"Piedmont" -- simply a fancy name for foothills.

I think I became most cognizant of the "piedmont" when reading about the clay in North Carolina some months ago -- maybe a year ago -- but time passes quickly.

The Piedmont, one of twenty regions in Italy; its capital is Turin.

Going deeper into this rabbit hole. I recall Turin being mentioned early in the Covid-19 pandemic ... curious ...

Absolutely fascinating.

Oh, back to where I started, full circle:

This is not simply idle chatter -- well, I suppose it is -- I've been in Italy many, many times -- but I don't think I've ever been to Turin, but I've been close. Wow, I miss Italy.

Tuesday, August 26, 2025

I Could Put Myself Into A Deep State Of Depression -- August 26, 2025

Thinking of our days in Yorkshire.

Headphones on.

Playing music as loud as I can; try to drown out the memories that make me sad.

Friday, August 22, 2025

Reminiscing -- August 22, 2025

Making breakfast this morning -- memories of Pateley Bridge. Twenty years ago, Friday, looking forward to wonderful weekends in Yorkshire. Some days, now, more difficult than other days. But in the big scheme of things, I have no complaints, doing well. Not a day goes by that I don't think of Yorkshire.