Will I get an omen tonight?

 Tempting Fate

Will we meet?

Tomorrow, I hope to meet my friend, Clara, in Bristol. This is our third planned meeting this week, the other two were cancelled, and the night before I saw bad omens. Will that happen tonight?

The first was on Friday, in a dream about a story I started, and never finished, one I hadn't thought about for so long, I can't recall when I did think about it. The Omen here is that the spaceship's name was Empire's Wrath, but a rust stain changed Wrath to Wraith. wrath mean anger, Wraith is an evil spirit. Friday was also the 13th time, we'd planned to meet.

On Monday night, a lone magpie sat on a garden ornament, you heard the proverb; "One for sorrow, two for joy."

Love Goddess

 Film Noir

Hollywood alone

Any list is personal, here is my list of Love Godesses of Hollywood.

Before I list the ladies, number 1 & 2 have no comaprison in my eyes.

Ava Gardner

Jane Russell

Lana Turner

Hedy Lamarr

Myrna Loy

Barbra Stanwyck

Jane Greer

There are names I missed out, and ladies such as Veronica Lake, who I think had over-rated beauty.

There are four you mny be suprised I omit

Brigette Bardot, Katherine Hepburm, Claudia Cardinale and Audrey Hepburn.

Bardot was more attractive as she aged, I never liked Audrey Hepburn or Claudia Cardinale, my dislike could be because I don't enjoy the light comedy of the flms they were in.

Katherine Hepburn was a brilliant actress, that cannot be argued, but I never considered her as attractive.

Claudia was over-rated in my opinion, never better shown than in the film The Red Tent, when her presence, almost closed the film. The producer, her boyrfriend, wanted a larger part for her, even though she was only in the film so it could be sold to Italy.

Sky Digital

 Netflix 

                                                                              Amazon Prime

The BBC are losing so much money to subscriber channels, they are considering adding Netflix and Amazon Prime to the TV License.

This would not affect me, I'm only watching Arcane, Archer, and Foyle's War on Netflix. Adding Amazon Prime will save me money, the only series I saw on there was Ballard.

The Channel I watch most is YouTube for documentaries and Classical Music.

Net Zero

 Selling my eBooks online is a struggle

Why Bother?

One way I eased my mental strain was not to worry about not selling my eBooks.

Things were not too bad at Draft2Digital, then they undertook a lending library project, that slowed the royalties because the users pay the library to read the eBook, the library pays D2D for the goods, but unless the book sells well, the writer sees nothing. The final nail in the coffin came two years ago, when they joined with Smashwords, from the start, I thought Smashwords was a scam. I have read of writers being asked if a sequel is planned for a story, for which they have no sales record; I can vouch for this, as I had two requests

Who comes to mind?

 Helene Grimaud

Marta Argerich

When you think of the older generation of female pianists, the names that usually come to mind are Marta Argerich and Maria Joao Pires, but the lady who I think of is Helene Grimaud from France, I can't think of a reason why she comes to mind

Why is a lone magpie a bad omen?

 I ignored the omens

Do you believe in Omens?

This morning, I again ignored the Omens, and again I paid the price with another cancelled date with a lady who claimed to live in Bristol, and who claimed to love me.

Why is a lone magpie a bad omen?

Magpies by nature are gregarious birds who group together, so if you see a lone magpie you know trouble is coming.

Nursery Rhyme

As the rhyme starts.

One for sorrow, two for joy.

The search for Carmen Sandiego is over

Top Cat 

Family viewing 

For the past week, I have searched my DVD selection for my set of Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?

I knew i had them and I knew I hadn't sold the discs on eBay as they're one of my favourite cartoon series