January 26, 2019, T+26, Part 3, Day 1 Of Negotiations

Moonshot: wow. Look at this --

At Sundance:

Billed as "a cinematic event fifty years in the making," director Todd Douglas Miller's "Apollo 11" premiered Thursday (Jan. 24) as one of the festival's opening night films. The 93-minute documentary, presented by Neon and CNN Films, was crafted from a newly-discovered trove of large-format, 65mm footage and more than 11,000 hours of uncatalogued audio recordings to provide a new look of one of the most iconic and historic moments in human history. Disclosure: The author of this article, collectSPACE.com editor Robert Pearlman, served as the historical consultant on "Apollo 11." 

Can you imagine? A treasure trove of newly-discovered large-format, 65 mm footage and more than 11,000 hours of uncatalogued audio recordings?

Hunch: next Christmas, a new Apollo 11 book / DVD combo.

Just in time for Disney's opening of Star Wars Land. Opening date not announced. I'm betting they plan for Memorial Day but if glitches will open July 4th. Plan accordingly. My recommendation if going: take Uber; don't -- whatever you do -- don't drive and park.

Last chance: Forever stamps, 50 cents each today. Tomorrow: 55 cents, each. A ten-percent jump overnight. I guess doing it over the weekend so no one notices. But in all fairness, it's not how much a stamp costs, it's how much one's overall mailing costs are. Ours: almost nothing. Ship direct from Amazon to friends, family with free shipping. Snail mail? E-mail.

Exception(al): Laura Allyn greeting cards. Some of the best on the market. Handmade. Hand-delivered (by the USPS).

Birthday: it's hard to believe that Ellen DeGeneres is 61 years old today. She seems so 20ish. Sixty is the new twenty, I guess. I haven't seen her in a  long, long time, so I assume she has changed a bit since I last her, maybe thirty years ago.

New caravan: 8,000 and growing.