Monday, October 9, 2017

Greencastle Sights...The American Assassin (Movie)...Book Review and Bob

We wait every year...and are never disappointed! Usually appearing near Bean Festivals and The Berry Street Fair.


Off the Fillmore Road between Greencastle and The Lake.

(Heritage Lake)

Sometimes Snoopy and Charlie Brown. One year, Minions.

Hayrolls upended and painted like cartoon or Disney characters.

This Year:  Lilo and Stitch.

This Weekend marked the end of The Farmer's Market until next year. And The Covered Bridge Festival begins next weekend!

In town, we have our own interesting sight.  This guy.

A local UPS driver that enjoys practicing the Bagpipe on his lunch break- around our Town Square.

And in Indy,  this weekend, they unveiled


a bronze statue of Peyton Manning outside Lucas Field!

Well Deserved.

He has done a lot of good, both publically and privately, in Indiana.

The Weekend Movie

American Assassin




 Featuring the fresh new face of Dylan O'Brien (as Mitch Rapp) and a welcome return to the screen of Michael Keaton (a crusty but bad-ass special ops trainer)

I think the most amazing thing the film accomplished was done in the first 5 minutes. Showing us a young Mitch very much in love and proposing in the ocean to his beloved at a tropical paradise...then after they got us completely involved with both characters...

Well...Mitch's life would never be the same.

And Hurley....this is the ROLE that Michael Keaton was born to play.

Prepare to see more of them both in future sequels, I'm betting. And expecting to see O'Brien do a LOT with his career!

Not a bad performance in the entire thing! Excellently cast.






The Book: Autumn



 penned by Norwegian Essay and Novelist

Karl Ove Knausgaard.

Two hundred and twenty four pages of wonderful essays. 60 in all. Written for his unborn daughter...the author's view of some of the everyday things in life. 

A great new find for me and looking forward to reading more of his work!

Well worth a look!

And then there is BOB...


Tennessee  GOP Senator Bob Corker

This guy.



Who finally has the intestinal fortitude to say out loud what we have known about The Donald all along

"The Emperor Has No Clothes!!!"

Okay...not exactly in those words. Actually his words were much much worse.

Although he finally unloaded for 25 minutes...the best and probably most revealing observation about trying to keep #45 reined in was

"It's a Shame The White House Has Become An Adult Daycare Center."

~sigh~

Like who saw THAT coming,eh?

Remember just because your Uncle Don (the family black-sheep...drunk...and straight-shooter...who opens his mouth and says exactly what crosses his mind at the moment )  is a hoot at family picnics and gatherings...

Does NOT mean he can RUN the COUNTRY effectively.

Just saying.

More Anon...