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Holberg, 4 months ago to random

Don’t care for Resorts World. Sort of actively dislike it. But here I am as a lookie-loo to see if the people watching is any different with a porn convention in house.

(So far, not really? Private parties, probably.)

Holberg, 6 months ago to random

As irritatingly disruptive as all the F1 prep has been, I have to say I like a Strip where the predominant vibe is suddenly upscale motorsports.

Holberg, 9 months ago to random

This kind of Italian joint, legit not themed—actually a location for CASINO—and it’s totally perfect because conversation at an adjoining table of two mobbed up looking couples has turned to what it’s really like living in a prison cell.

Holberg, 7 months ago to random

Quaglino’s just brought me the smallest martini ever made haha. Like, are petite martinis a thing?

Holberg, 5 months ago to random

Just learned that televangelist fraudster Jim Bakker hadn’t read the Bible cover to cover until he went to prison.

A confirmation bias of sorts, I suppose, but I’ve long suspected most of the people snarking at me to read the Bible have not in fact read it themselves.

Holberg, 10 months ago to random

Trying all kinds of new things lately. A favorite bartender suggested spiking my cognac with Bénédictine. It makes a very pleasant digestif! Also 80 proof like the cognac, so the drink’s still nice and punchy.

Holberg, 9 months ago to random

I’d already considered this a nightmare experience. BUT after taking two hours to find an open charger and one hour to charge, I’ve now spent two hours on the phone with Electrify America because I can’t detach the charger from the car. Sweat-drenched and exhausted from pulling on it endlessly with new combinations of instructions. We’re almost to hop on one foot and say this magic phrase while locking and unlocking the car three times.

Holberg, 10 months ago to random

This was me feeling very arty almost a decade ago (spooky because I can remember taking this photo as if it were a few years back) as I drove back to Beverly Hills.

'Number One Babe and Nakatomi Plaza' (2014) by Mats Holberg

Holberg, 10 months ago to random

Okay, someone just posted something that for some reason reminded me THE PIRATE MOVIE with Kristy McNichol is a thing that existed.

For whatever reason in the mid-90s, Kristy McNichol and I were always at Gelson's at the same time. As if we were soulmates except that we weren't. We were just shopping for groceries.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U744X4O6gXE

Holberg, 8 months ago to random

The other day at a shop, a little boy was showing his mother a bracelet he really liked. She very quickly replied, ‘Oh, sweetie, those are for girls. Let’s go find where they have something for boys.’ I heard it a few more times from both parents. Clearly, he liked things this society considers feminine.

I felt so bad for him because liking the ‘wrong’ things meant his interests would never be encouraged—or even allowed—by parents who are vigilant in their panic.

Just let the kid have his joy.

Holberg, 6 months ago to random

SALTBURN has a flimsy and unconvincing plot but it also made me more infatuated with Rosamund Pike than I’ve ever been. And I’ve been pretty damned infatuated with her.

Holberg, 11 months ago to random

Just to prove I do sometimes drink not gin.

Holberg, 3 months ago to random

Okay, this Bentley plate on a Chrysler made me chuckle at the memory of Mom driving out to the desert with her friend in a Bentley just purchased by the friend’s extremely insecure husband. He’d recently gotten rid of a new Rolls-Royce because his buddies at the club teased him by calling it an ‘old man car.’

Anyway, when they stopped for gas some kids said ‘Wow is that the new Chrysler?’ Mom smiled, said ‘Yes, it is!’ and couldn’t wait to tell the husband about the compliment his Chrysler got.

Holberg, 6 months ago to random

Been thinking this last week I should buy a pair of slippers at LL Bean. But no online browsing yet. And becoming more convinced marketers can already read our minds.

Holberg, 4 months ago to random

I’ve spent 25 years not caring for prepared foods at Whole Foods. This is just a given, a rule, the norm.

And the definition of insanity is that I STILL occasionally buy something if it looks interesting when I’m passing the case. As though this will be the one time I actually like it. Which it never is.

Holberg, 6 months ago to random

And now…

Holberg, 7 months ago to random

Funny how DRESSED UP a lot of elder Gen Xers get for the U2 show.

Holberg, 7 months ago to random

Screening of Dario Argento’s SUSPIRA. Something about pictures made in the ‘70s is that some Golden Age stars were still working. Like Joan Bennett here in her final role.

Absolutely SUPERB podcast called Love Is a Crime—incidentally—about Joan Bennett by her granddaughter Vanessa Hope and Karina Longworth. Her career took a hit when her husband shot the agent he believed to be her lover in the middle of Beverly Hills.

Holberg, 11 months ago to random

Toto's 'Pamela' and I've liked every Pamela I've ever known. There should be more of them.

Holberg, 11 months ago to random

What’s the article of clothing you’ve owned the longest? Extra points for a photo.

Holberg, 2 months ago to random

Petition guy in front of the DMV and I started to say I don’t sign random petitions when I noticed his t-shirt read: Nevada Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment.

Oh, hell, yes to getting this on the ballot. Something I’d meant to sign at an event a few weeks ago before getting distracted. Written to enshrine strong abortion rights in the state constitution.

Holberg, 8 months ago to random

Re: that last @auschwitzmuseum boost. I went to Auschwitz almost a quarter century ago on a bitterly cold January day. There I am walking through its vile gate.

Some of the hardest hours I've ever experienced in my life. But also some of the most important. And something you should do if you have the opportunity.

We all broke down in various evidence rooms. For me, it was the piles of luggage with carefully lettered names and addresses. As if this journey were one from which they'd return.

A pile of battered luggage -- each dark brown or black suitcase with carefully lettered names and addresses in white.

Holberg, 7 months ago to random

I love stores blaming self-checkout for shoplifting loss when it was their idea and they make us do it.

Holberg, 11 months ago to random

If you need to be delighted by something this morning, I present the tree goats of Morocco.

I was driving near Essaouira the first time I saw this and literally slammed on my brakes because I thought I was suddenly hallucinating. But then you learn how common it is and after a day or two it's, oh, yeah, more goats in trees.

Holberg, 5 months ago to random

Okay, I’ve got a question for the cooks out there. I made a butternut squash soup and it’s pretty good. But there’s a missing note—I’d say somewhere in the middle—and I don’t know what it is.

Ingredients: butternut squash, chicken stock, olive oil, onion, garlic, ginger, sage, rosemary, salt and pepper.

Maybe something like cumin seeds with the olive oil and onion at the beginning? Anyway, if you have some thoughts, lay them on me!