Tuesday Thoughts

[jazzy_dave]

The morning started very sunny and bright and on the whole, stayed that way with the intermittent hiding behind bulbous clouds.

I have been to the local shop three times today. Well, at least I got some exercise out of it. The first time was to get some bread, beans, and beer. The second time was to post a paperback I sold on eBay and they wanted it before Friday, and the third to post off a release form to get some funds.

I am looking forward to Friday to meet Phil again on Spoons. I should have money from Market Force that day or before and hopefully some government money - which is usually on the second day of the month but that is Sunday so I am hoping it will come on Friday - it did last time it was due over a weekend.

Last night via Amazon I watched the miniseries Children Of Dune. These were originally aired on the Syfy channel as three long movie-length episodes based on the Frank Herbert science fiction books, Messiah and Children of Dune. A stellar cast that included Alice Krige (she played the Star Trek Borg queen), Susan Sarandon, James McEvoy, and Steven Berkoff.




I read all the Frank Hervert novels, Dune, Messiah, and Children way back in the seventies and I have seen the film version of Dune but missed this miniseries until now. I highly enjoyed it.

In 1979 when the film Dune came out Avalon Hill produced a board game which I had when I was very much into board games.



The 1979 original board game.

This classic game has now been revamped in due to the 2020 version of the movie.