Another weekend has past. Friday night, my friend Jay and I went to see Red Dragon. I have to say, I didn’t like it. The Silence of the Lambs is the gold standard, Hannibal was just too over the top and Red Dragon was just more nonsense. Great cast but 12 years after the ‘original’, who cares?! During one of Edward Norton’s scenes, I was reminded of his performance in Primal Fear – that’s too bad. That’s two not so great movies in a row for Jay and I. The last one we saw was Barbershop. How am I going to remedy this bad movie situation? I’m never going to the movies with Jay again – Sorry, Jay.

Jay and Bob can’t find a

good movie to enjoy
(file photo)

Saturday, I drove to Nutley to do my laundry. Holy crap, the traffic! The Turnpike was severely backed up and that backed up everything else. It took me about 40 minutes to get there, it usually only takes about 15 minutes. I washed my clothes, made some calls and ate some pizza. I drove to the A & P and did some shopping. I needed shaving cream and blades. I’m partial to the
Mach 3 blades. But I haven’t bought them in a while. I’ve been using disposable razors for about a year. Anyway, damn, blades are pricey!

Bob paid $17.89

for razor blades

When I got home I looked at my receipt, my bill seemed kind of high this week. I bought Mach 3 Turbo blades by mistake.
They were $17.89!!! I couldn’t believe it! I took them back the next day. Who the hell buys blades for $17.89?!

Saturday night, I could have gone to a birthday celebration for my friend Pam. I didn’t go, usually birthday celebrations involve drinking and I didn’t want to go somewhere and get caught up in a night of that. I stayed home and watched Singin’ in the Rain. Now that’s a good movie! I’ve never seen it before — I was pleasantly surprised. After that I watched SNL and called it a night.

Sunday, I didn’t do much. I went back to the A & P to return the $17.89 blades. And check it out; I got aparking spot right in front of my building, a rarity these days.

Bob found a great

parking spot

During the summer, people drove to their beach homes and it was easy to park on the street but alas,
autumn is here.

Sunday night, I watched The Sopranos and Curb your Enthusiasm. They both haven’t hit their stride yet. IFC was the place to be last night. Sweet and Lowdown and The Straight Story were playing. I really like Sweet and Lowdown and I watched 20 minutes of The Straight Story before The Sopranos came on. That seems like my kind of movie. Can’t wait to see the rest of it.

OK, that’s it. Have a great Monday. God Bless America.