Jazzy D's Soul Notes

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.  

Back in the garden of England, or so they say. Arrived back in Teynham at 8.40pm as I alighted the train from Chatham. Last night, my cousin, Spot got a text from Phil to say that there was a bottle of wine opened for him and us. So after 10.30 pm we perambulate towards the pub. I do not remember what time we got back, but i do know i woke up with a muzzy head this morning.

Unfortunately I am stuck in The Office, till at least 12.30 am, but then I have a visit to Canterbury to do the other coffee machine assessment scenario. I will probably leave the Cineworld visit till Saturday as it is the start of the Corporate Olympics, which is much more of a reason to be out and about. What a fucking waste of money and time the Olympics is, and sponsored by corporate America. We might just as well call it the Mc.Olympics or Cola Olympics.  It is farcical.

I will have to shut my eyes and ears to it. I just hope the weather stays fine for me during this fraught period.