Sometimes a low budget film can contain hidden treasures.


I'm watching The Sound of Horror, a Spanish horror film from 1966.  There are moments when the background music is just wonderful.


Another example, from a regular budget film, is during the closing credits of Frequency (2000) where the music takes quite an amazing beautiful turn for a few seconds.

Musical instruments I dislike:


saxophone

accordion

electric guitar

After my watch broke I did without one for weeks but finally gave in recently and bought a new one.


Why have men's watches become so huge?


It's like wearing a clock on your wrist.

I have read and enjoyed science fiction since I was 11 or 12 years old. 

The first sci-fi book I remember reading was Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles which I loved then and still loved the last time I re-read it.

In those years of growing up sci-fi taught me a great deal about life, ethics, philosophy, meaning, values... 

But now I just can't seem to find the same interest.  I try reading sci-fi books but I don't seem to connect.  I often return them to the library unfinished.

Perhaps it's just that moving into old age I don't look toward the future in the same way.  I'm probably more centered on the present.

Mysteries are what interest me the most now.

I have a new prescription and I just ordered new glasses - frames and lenses came to almost one thousand dollars!

For me that is a lot of money.

I feel rather sick to my stomach.