Into the Sunset
From an article at foxnews.com by Stephen Sorace: a woman taking a picture on a beach in San Diego awoke a sea lion, which charged at sunbathers before swimming away with a friend. Of course video of the event has gone viral. Photo from Google Images:
Headline from FN: “Texas father shoots pair of teens who attempted to rob car with infants inside.” Both thieves will survive.
Also from FN: “Church of England refuses to define word ‘woman’.”
Another from FN: “‘PRETTY REMARKABLE’: Expert sounds alarm on Biden selling oil to Chinese firm tied to Hunter.” “…one million barrels of oil from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve,” no less, according to foxbusiness.com. As much as I despise Quid Pro Joe, it doesn’t seem this story can possibly be true. There must be more to it. The move would take brazenness to a new level.
RIP actor L.Q. Jones, 94. The name may not be familiar, but his photo will be. Although it seemed he acted solely in westerns, frequently as a villain, his first picture was Battle Cry (1955), credited as Justus E. McQueen, his actual name, one of the many WWII films in which he appeared. Blessed with naturalness and authenticity, his career ended in 2006, 165 titles under his name at IMDb. He did guest shots on many popular shows, at least four on ten of them, 25 on The Virginian alone. Here are films in which he had a role: Operation Mad Ball (1957), The Young Lions (1958), The Naked and the Dead (1958), Flaming Star (1960), Ride the High Country (1962), Hell Is for Heroes (1962), Major Dundee (1965), Nevada Smith (1966), Hang ’em High (1968), The Wild Bunch (1970), The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973), Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976), Casino (1995) — in western garb, The Edge (1997), The Patriot (1998), The Mask of Zorro (1998). He also did a few horror movies, and wrote, adapting Harlan Ellison’s novella, and directed the post-apocalyptic A Boy and His Dog (1975), in which he also appeared. He was also at the helm of The Devil’s Bedroom (1964), a western, and an episode of The Incredible Hulk. He is a father of three. Awesome, sir. Thank you.
Here’s a book that’s about to drop:
It was quiet at the floating book shop on this gorgeous day, cool breeze blowing along the shade on Avenue Z. My thanks to the lovely young woman who purchased Star by Danielle Steel, and to the other who bought a volume of modern Russian poetry; and to the young man who selected Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief by David Kessler; and to the middle-aged woman who took home The Top of the Hill by Irwin Shaw; and to the gentleman who donated a book each in Russian and English.
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