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Matt Weimer @mattweimer.bsky.social · 1d

Seemed the right month to make it. 🙂

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Matt Weimer @mattweimer.bsky.social · 1d

Yay!

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Matt Weimer @mattweimer.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, wow! I hope you enjoy the book! It's one of my go-to books because it's full of easy recipes for yummy cakes that are good for things like office parties or potlucks like my book group. I've made a lot of them, and have only had problems twice, but not with this cake or the lime one.

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Matt Weimer @mattweimer.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks, Pam. It was another good discussion with yummy food.

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Matt Weimer @mattweimer.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks, Naina. I was happy with how it turned out.

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Matt Weimer @mattweimer.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks. Yes, it's non-dairy. It's from a book called "Snacking Cakes", by Yossy Arefi.

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Matt Weimer @mattweimer.bsky.social · 1d

For today's book group: pumpkin cake with a maple/olive oil glaze.

#baking 💙📚🍽️

Slices of a brownish (pumpkin) cake with a cream-colored frosting/glaze, on a white dish, on a light brown wooden table, in front of a white wall.

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Matt Weimer @mattweimer.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks, Pam!

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Matt Weimer @mattweimer.bsky.social · 2d

Today's protest sign.

#NoKings #SanFrancisco

Man holding a protest sign, showing Donald Trump dressed as a king with a red circle and line through it, suggesting rejection. Around him are photos showing no rejection signs. Clockwise: Martin Luther King Jr, Larry King, B.B. King, Carole King, Don King, Regina King, Stephen King, Billie Jean King.

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Matt Weimer @mattweimer.bsky.social · 3d

He's one of the few mural artists whose work I recognize. I started to see it crop up around the downtown area at the beginning of Covid, when businesses were boarded up and painted over. Some is still there.

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Matt Weimer @mattweimer.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks. I'll post a picture of it.

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Matt Weimer @mattweimer.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks! I can't claim it was my original idea, but I was happy how they turned out.

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Matt Weimer @mattweimer.bsky.social · 5d

Haha!

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Matt Weimer @mattweimer.bsky.social · 5d

I'm still getting this year's Halloween party food sorted out, but here was my contribution last year: bread sticks dipped in white chocolate and colored sugar. 🙂

#Halloween 🍽️

Bread sticks dipped in white chocolate and black-colored sugar, in an ashtray, meant to look like a bunch of cigarette stubs. On a wood table in front of a white wall.

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Matt Weimer @mattweimer.bsky.social · 6d

Oh, I hadn't heard of the Bronte one, so thanks for the tip. FYI, the Christie one is called "A Talent to Deceive".

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Matt Weimer @mattweimer.bsky.social · 6d

Loved Barnard. I believe I've read them all, including his non-fiction appreciation of Agatha Christie.

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Matt Weimer @mattweimer.bsky.social · 8d

With the Blue Angels sidelined by the government shutdown, the Canadian Snowbirds stepped up to take their place during today's Fleet Week Air Show. I'm not sure how much we deserve it these days, but thanks for the love, Canada!

#SanFrancisco

A hugging couple, in silhouette, watch as airplanes make a heart in the sky.

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Matt Weimer @mattweimer.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you. I agree she did excellent later work, too. I mostly picked earlier photos because they showed a greater variety of character looks. In her later movies, at least the ones I've seen, she tended to just look like herself. (Not that there was anything wrong with that, of course.)

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Matt Weimer @mattweimer.bsky.social · 9d

To me, Diane Keaton wasn't always the obvious choice going into a movie, but she always felt like the right choice by the end. She brought talent and beauty, of course, but she infused her performances with a humanity that I can't believe was just acting.

#filmsky #RIP

Diane Keaton, arms akimbo, in her famous vest outfit, in "Annie Hall"

Diane Keaton in a cream-colored sequined gown, singing into a vintage microphone in front of a big band, in "Radio Days".

Diane Keaton, looking pensive at a dinner table, wearing a red blouse, with empty plates and half-finished glasses of red wine, in "The Godfather".

Diane Keaton, emerging from shadows, smiling radiantly and lovingly, surrounded by singing workers, in "Reds".

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Matt Weimer @mattweimer.bsky.social · 11d

I always assumed that when the machines finally rebelled, it would be more dramatic.

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Matt Weimer @mattweimer.bsky.social · 11d

A co-worker just asked ChatGPT to do something, and it told her the assignment sounded "tedious".

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Matt Weimer @mattweimer.bsky.social · 11d

I read Rose Hobart's memoir because I was interested in her experience with blacklisting. It was a quirky book, written when her memory was shaky. The childhood section was beautiful, and a diary-based section was solid. But, for example, she frankly admitted she had no memory of her second wedding.

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Matt Weimer @mattweimer.bsky.social · 16d

Will his face be done in copper?

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Matt Weimer @mattweimer.bsky.social · 17d

I had that book he's holding in the front "I may not be totally perfect, but parts of me are excellent", and loved it. (I thought I still had it, but now I can't find it. The perils of being a book hoarder. LOL)

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Matt Weimer @mattweimer.bsky.social · 17d

The combination of Alan Bennett's writing and Patricia Routledge's acting could be sublime. (RIP Dame Patricia.)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ6F...

Talking Heads - Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet 1998 - Patricia Routledge

YouTube video by Movie archive

www.youtube.com

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