The Ogden wells: starting to produce; moderately good wells.
The Rink wells: updated; not particularly remarkable; very nice Bakken wells.
Friday, June 12, 2020
Notes From All Over -- The Evening Edition -- June 12, 2020
TCM: Victim. From wiki --
Victim is a 1961 British neo noir suspense film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Dirk Bogarde and Sylvia Syms. It was the first English-language film to use the word "homosexual."It premiered in the UK on 31 August 1961 and in the US the following February. On its release in the United Kingdom it proved highly controversial to the British Board of Film Censors, and in the U.S. it was refused a seal of approval from the American Motion Picture Production Code.
I don't know if I will enjoy the movie, but the first fifteen minutes are intriguing and the movie, black and white, certainly "holds up well," as they say. Had I not spent half a dozen years in England, I might not have been "hooked" on continuing to watch after the first fifteen minutes.Re-Opening: I'm starting to get "circulars" and third-class junk mail from places we used to frequent but closed due to the corona virus.
The very first frame: the UK prohibited anyone under the age of 16 to see the film. At thirty minutes or so into the movie, my first thought: wow, this is so like an Alfred Hitchcock movie. Later: great, great movie. Anglophiles, I would think, would enjoy it. I never really understood the meaning of "Roman holiday" until seeing this movie. Wow.
An example: today we received a notice from our favorite fine arts museum here in the DFW area telling us they were now open for their annual subscribers (which we are) with strict social distancing rules. My reaction is interesting: I really don't care any more. Somehow it almost feels like a jilted love affair. For months I was told to stay away, through no fault of their own; they were forced to close by a judge's declaration. But just the same, I feel abused, through no fault of the fine arts museum, but still.....it's completely irrational, I know, but that's the way it is.
I wonder if they will extend our annual subscription -- after all we were not allowed to visit for several months?
I've learned over seven decades of life -- almost eight -- that one's feelings/experiences are often not unique. If so, a lot of re-opening venues will have to work very hard to get their "lovers" back. We've learned to live without them; we have found new relationships.
I can think of a half-dozen places I will probably never frequent again, at least the way I'm feeling now.Wuhan flu:
NRFPT -- June 8, 2020
Wow, again I'm in a great mood, but things are moving too quickly to keep up.
NRFPT: Regular readers might have noticed a new "acronym" on the blog: NRFPT. I'm going to try this out for a while, see if it works. Every days, it seems, there's some data I want to get posted as fast as possible, but if I waited until the post was complete it might take days to post.
Memo to self: blog ranking. How many websites are there on the Web? Upwards of two billion and rising by about 1,500 every twenty-four hours.
DuckDuckGo: some analyst over at Barron's suggests Apple should "buy" DuckDuckGo as a search engine instead of relying on Google. Wow. Wrong on so many levels. The analyst obviously doesn't "understand" Apple.
NRFPT: Regular readers might have noticed a new "acronym" on the blog: NRFPT. I'm going to try this out for a while, see if it works. Every days, it seems, there's some data I want to get posted as fast as possible, but if I waited until the post was complete it might take days to post.
If I have something I want to post, and even if it does not meet the high standards of the blog, I may post it anyway but note that it's not ready for prime time (NRFPT). My plan is to eventually get back to the post and "complete" it -- I may or may not get around to it, but at the least the data I want posted is posted. NRFPT also means there may be more typographical and/or content errors than usual.DVDs: I see that two of my favorite films are now part of the Criterion Collection; maybe they have been part of the Criterion Collection for years but I only noticed them today: Mulholland Drive, Director's Cut, and The Grand Budapest Hotel. The former is available at our local Barnes and Noble store, full price, somewhat expensive, and I can't find it on Amazon -- strange. It's probably there, I just haven't found it yet. The latter, The Grand Budapest Hotel, is available through Amazon. Not sure yet if I will buy one, both, or neither. Later: I did end up buying the Mulholland Drive DVD.
So, we'll see.
Memo to self: blog ranking. How many websites are there on the Web? Upwards of two billion and rising by about 1,500 every twenty-four hours.
DuckDuckGo: some analyst over at Barron's suggests Apple should "buy" DuckDuckGo as a search engine instead of relying on Google. Wow. Wrong on so many levels. The analyst obviously doesn't "understand" Apple.
NDIC: The Bakken Is Dead -- June 12, 2020
The daily activity report:
Active rigs:
Featured link: Will America’s Pipeline Operators Survive The Oil Crisis?
Active rigs:
| $36.26 | 6/12/2020 | 06/12/2019 | 06/12/2018 | 06/12/2017 | 06/12/2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active Rigs | 12 | 61 | 62 | 53 | 28 |
Featured link: Will America’s Pipeline Operators Survive The Oil Crisis?
Notes From All Over, End-Of-Week -- Early Evening Edition -- June 12, 2020
TCM: tonight's feature presentation, Our Betters, 1933, pre-code. Wiki entry here. TCM's theme tonight: LGBTQ. This could be good. My hunch: it's all dialogue. A stage play on film. Apparently, the "draw": seeing Tyrell Davis as Ernest. He is the reason the picture was selected by TCM to be shown tonight, and yet Tyrell Davis only shows up in the last five minutes of the movie, a movie that runs one hour, 23 minutes. But apparently he "steals" the show. "No one" knows anything about Tyrell Davis, and even in this movie he is uncredited. Apparently he starred in many movies but was uncredited.
My hunch: it would be like Boy George showing up in the last five minutes of Tootsie.
Minnie Pearl. The last two words in the movie, Our Betters, "Minnie!" "Pearl."
Reality sucks: quick! Name the most dangerous "profession" in the United States. Driving trucks. Maybe not the most dangerous, but certainly among the top ten. See this story.
As cities across the country are discussing defunding or disbanding their police departments, truck drivers are voicing concerns of safety. Seventy-seven percent of truck drivers say they will refuse to deliver freight to cities with defunded police departments.
Truck driving is historically ranked as one of the most dangerous jobs in the country. In 2018, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistic reported truck driving as the most deadly job in the country.
Truck drivers have spent the last year on the front line of a global pandemic and protests. Now many are fearful of what might happen if police departs disband or are defunded.
Insurance: I can't even imagine the insurance rates on private automobiles if one lives in a zip code which has defunded police departments. I have paid for auto insurance in several different states over the years, and location, location, location drives (no pun intended) the premium. Southern California rates are horrendous. I imagine auto insurers are looking at Minneapolis, Seattle, Portland, to name just a few.
Restaurants: you really want to go out to dinner in/near an autonomous zone, or in a city with no police department?
College campuses: no city police department? Have you seen college "police" departments? LOL.
Theater or movies in a defunded city? Walking out into the dark after the show lets out. LOL
Little Movies, Aaron Lee Tasjan
My hunch: it would be like Boy George showing up in the last five minutes of Tootsie.
Minnie Pearl. The last two words in the movie, Our Betters, "Minnie!" "Pearl."
Minnie Pearl first used that stage name, as far as we know, in 1939. She would have had to come up with this name somewhat earlier. Our Betters came out in 1933. This, alone, is worth the price of an annual subscription to this blog.For the archives, our local DDAZ:
Reality sucks: quick! Name the most dangerous "profession" in the United States. Driving trucks. Maybe not the most dangerous, but certainly among the top ten. See this story.
As cities across the country are discussing defunding or disbanding their police departments, truck drivers are voicing concerns of safety. Seventy-seven percent of truck drivers say they will refuse to deliver freight to cities with defunded police departments.
Truck driving is historically ranked as one of the most dangerous jobs in the country. In 2018, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistic reported truck driving as the most deadly job in the country.
Truck drivers have spent the last year on the front line of a global pandemic and protests. Now many are fearful of what might happen if police departs disband or are defunded.
Insurance: I can't even imagine the insurance rates on private automobiles if one lives in a zip code which has defunded police departments. I have paid for auto insurance in several different states over the years, and location, location, location drives (no pun intended) the premium. Southern California rates are horrendous. I imagine auto insurers are looking at Minneapolis, Seattle, Portland, to name just a few.
Restaurants: you really want to go out to dinner in/near an autonomous zone, or in a city with no police department?
College campuses: no city police department? Have you seen college "police" departments? LOL.
Theater or movies in a defunded city? Walking out into the dark after the show lets out. LOL
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