September 1, 2018

$30 win!



Just finished The Annotated Big Sleep. Now the movie is on TCM Demand. Carmen Sternwood's(Martha Vickers ) role in the book is quite different as is Vivian Rutledge.

May 24, 2011

Well, if you are in Ireland, you might as well have a pint of Guinness.



I am glad I ordered my fast pass early, they are now sold out.



“Somebody’s counting on that. It’s the easiest way to fool them. That or the police. Geiger can collect on these notes, unless you can show fraud. Instead of that he makes you a present of them and admits they are gambling debts, which gives you a defense, even if he had kept the notes. If he’s a crook, he knows his onions, and if he’s an honest man doing a little loan business on the side, he ought to have his money. Who was this Joe Brody you paid the five thousand dollars to?”

know one's onions Vrb phrs. Knowledgeable and competent in one's task. E.g."I'll say one thing for Craig, he knows his onions when it comes to repairing car engines."



Bob Steele as Lash Canino in the movie.
From the book:
"There's a boy that is tough like some guys think they are tough. He does a job for Eddie Mars when Mars needs him - trouble shooting. He'd bump a guy off between drinks. When Mars don't need him he don't go near him. And he don't stay in this habitat. Well it might be something or it might not. Maybe they got a line on Regan and Mars has just been sitting back with a smile on his puss, waiting for the chance. Then again it might be something else entirely. Anyway I tell Joe and Joe gets on Canino's tail. He can tail. Me, I'm no good at it. I'm giving that one away. No charge. And Joe tails Canino out to the Sternwood place and Canino parks outside the estate and a ground car pulls up beside him with a girl in it. They talk for a while and Joe thinks the girl passes something over, like maybe dough. The girl beats it. It's Regan's wife. Okay, she know Canino and Canino knows Mars. So Joe figures Canino knows something about Regan and is trying to squeeze a little on the side for himself. Canino blows and Joe loses him. End of Act One."
"What does this Canino look like?"
"Short, heavy set, brown hair, brown eyes, and always wears brown clothes. Even wears a brown suede raincoat. Drives a brown convertible. Everything brown for Mr Canino."

May 22, 2011

Son's Laptop got hijacked by a nasty Trojan Virus called MS Removal. It prevented Internet access and kept prompting you to buy Software after innumerable warnings of Viruses on the Computer. There is a real program Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool.This legitimate program is now being mimicked for the purpose of fooling computer users to acquire and pay for this fake software.

Fake Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool uses unfair scanning method and displays exaggerated scan results, informing users of threats even though it does not really exist on computer.

This is a complete Scam and probable Identity Theft after purchase. I researched the matter on another computer and was able to get rid of it. The Method: Boot up in Safe mode(Press F8 at start) and use System Restore. Later today, I'll do a Scan with Virus Software to look for any residual tracks. There are a lot of complicated cures listed out there, this is easy and it works.



Big operation for a loved one tomorrow. Will bring several books to read. This is one of them. No irony intended, looking to bring several books and this paperback will be easier to carry around.



This is about the life of Mithradates.

April 24, 2010

Lash Canino: What's the matter? Haven't you ever seen a gun before? What do you want me to do, count three like they do in the movies?

The Big Sleep is always worth watching. Screenplay by William Faulkner & Leigh Brackett & Jules Furthman. Directed by Howard Hawks.

Above is Bob Steele and Elisha Cook Jr.