Movie Weekend

It’s Monday.  As expected we had some pretty sloppy wet weather all weekend.

The girlfriend returned from her trip to Ohio on Sunday. And no, I didn’t have any strippers over. My weekend was much more low-key in reality. One thing I did take advantage of was my girlfriend’s dislike of scary and violent movies. So, in her absence I packed in as many as possible and enjoyed every moment. I watched six different movies but my favorite of the weekend was easily Joker. I wasn’t sure how I’d feel about Joaquin Phoenix taking over the role of Arthur Fleck, but he didn’t take long to win me over. Watching his dark and violent slip into madness was brutally compelling.

Joker received 11 Oscar nominations, including best actor for Joaquin.  His performance was definitely Oscar worthy but the competition is tight and the Academy may be turned off by the dark nature of the film and its violence. If you don’t have a problem with psychological thrillers and violence, I recommend checking it out.

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Terry Jones

 
It’s Sunday! Sadly, Terry Jones of Monty Python passed away several days ago at the age of 77. I think the best way to honor him is to feature one of my favorite Monty Python skits. This one is simply titled “Mr. Creosote” from The Meaning of Life. Enjoy.

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Jacked C8 Wheels

It’s Saturday! Dammit! Is nothing sacred anymore?

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No car, no matter how beloved to the auto workers in the city of Detroit, is safe from having its wheels stolen. At least, it sure seems that way, given the state of this 2020 Chevrolet Corvette C8, which was photographed today on a street in Detroit’s West Village. Its wheels are missing, only the middle of the car—its bare rocker panels, no less—is supported by blocks, while the mid-engine Vette’s tail sits on the ground without so much as a pillow (or a jack stand).

We don’t have many details about the incident involving America’s reborn sports car. But the basics are simple to grasp: Car was left parked outside; bad guys or gals came along and helped themselves to its wheels; and there the car remains, freshly shorn of its primary components for getting around. The thieves didn’t even take the lug nuts, which were left on the ground nearby.

It isn’t clear who owns the car, although it may belong General Motors, despite its non-manufacturer Michigan license plate. There is a “1” sticker in the window, implying it belongs to a captured test fleet. Besides, we’d be surprised that a customer C8 would even be out and about—production is still ramping up after the company’s worker strike last year delayed the C8’s launch—and couldn’t imagine why any new Corvette owner would street-park their prized sports car in the dead of winter, be it in downtown Detroit—which doesn’t hold a great reputation when it comes to car thefts—or anyplace else.

In the meantime, it looks unlikely that the thieves will be able to offload the C8’s wheels and tires easily. There aren’t many of the cars around to begin with, so there’s neither much of a market for replacement wheels or tires nor much cover for the seller to explain where they got the parts in the first place. That said, you never know—a full set of new tires for the C8 costs well over $1,000, and a factory-fresh set of wheels might cost double that, if not more.

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