Weekend Economists Thanksgiving Leftovers November 29-30, 2014 [View all]
Hard to believe another month is over. Even with my drastically reduced workload, the time flies by. Of course, I've only had a couple of weeks, so far, on the new schedule; not even enough to get the bugs out. And it is the season of rehearsals, performances and spectacles.
I actually did shop one store (at dinner time) on Black Friday. They reported steady, but not overwhelming traffic. And it snowed enough to make life interesting and slippery when we went to the movies:
We went to see "White Christmas", with Crosby, Kaye, Clooney and Vera-Ellen. Our local Michigan Theater, a 1927 Picture Palace lovingly restored, likes to host fun-filled singalong spectacles. We had goody bags, with Santa hats, a blue feather (for the fan dance) a horse for the knight-on-a theme, and these clever slapstick clappers and a candy cane, and sang a bunch of commercial Christmas songs (not carols) before the show with organ accompaniment on the recently restored Barton's pipe organ, which is original to the theater. It even has the tweeting bird feature from the silent film time...
The film itself, released 60 years ago, is creaky...it starts in WWII and lumbers forward. The acting is uneven, the plot ridiculous, and we had fun. It was rather like the Rocky Horror Picture Show, without the toast. The Kid enjoyed it, which is what was important.
One of the plot twists is that the unseasonable weather (in the 60F region) has left Vermont green and snowless....proving that New England weather has been capricious for some time...I spent one Thanksgiving in a convertible with the top down, and no coat...and another shovelling out that completely buried convertible...
The Kid also enjoyed "The Penguins of Madagascar", which I felt didn't live up to the previous Madagascar films. You have been warned...
This is the sequel to the earlier WEE thread, which got too long...keep on posting!
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