Bobservations

The other morning I was in our home office and Carlos came in to ask a question:

“I need a word that starts with letter ‘B’ for an acronym we’re trying to create.”

“A ‘B’ word? Any ‘B’ word?”

“Yes—”

“Box, boxer, boxing, butter, biscuit, baker, bowling, ball, basketball, bruise, big, back, backwards, babbling, Babel, basement, baby, babysitter, back, backhand, backache, Bug, Bat, Bus, Bun, Bin, Boon, Bliss, Beard, Bread, Brain, Bugle, Beauty, Brave, Baggage, Budget, boredom—

“STOP!!!”

“Bureaucracy, Ban, Buy, Bear—”

“BOB!!!!”

“Yeah! Bob, and beach and …”

I could have gone on and on but finally I said,

“Believe.”

“Yes. That’s it.

Best be.

This Tuxedo says is from September 2021 …

But by all means, sit by and do nothing and let it happen, or … CAST A GODDAMNED VOTE!

It appears that the massive crowds expected at Melanie: From Whore House to White House never appeared. It its third weekend it suffered a 62% drop in attendance and puts the “film” on a path toward grossing $15.4 million in total, nowhere near the $40 million that Jeff Bezos’ Amazon spent to acquire it and an additional $35 million to promote it.

Amazon MGM swears that Melanie: From Whore House to White House will muster strong numbers on streaming to make up for its poor box office showing but they have no plans for a release date as yet.

Movie-speak for no one will see this.

By now, you’ve all heard about the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie from her home in Arizona. Sad; I wouldn’t wish it on anyone and I hope they find her alive and everything ends well.

But … cases like these infuriate me because all the media hype surrounding the case has made its way into every single news program mostly because Nancy Guthrie is Today show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother.

And because she’s white. It isn’t lost on me, nor should it be on anyone, that when a women of color goers missing, you barely get a blurb on the news before it moves to the back page.

If it’s a trans woman you get almost zero news reporting, and the same goes for missing or murdered  indigenous women.

I wish the media would treat all missing persons stories the same and not continually give precedence to white women and young white girls, while ignoring any and every other woman that is taken.

Anderson Cooper is leaving 60 Minutes after turning down an offer from CBS News—formerly the Columbia Broadcasting System but now called Complete Bull Shit—to renew his contract. Cooper, a longtime Husband-In-My-Head, has been a correspondent with 60 Minutes for nearly two decades and was reportedly on Complete Bull Shit News MAGAt-editor-in-chief Bari Weiss’ short list to anchor the Complete Bull Shit Evening News, but he not only rebuffed Weiss’ attempts to recruit him, but he also walked away from 60 Minutes.

Excellent job, sir.

Orlando is about to take a long-anticipated step at demolishing the former Pulse nightclub to make way for a permanent memorial honoring the 49 people killed there in 2016.

Some signage will be saved and become part of the memorial, and the current shrine along S. Orange Avenue will be partially closed during the work, though a small area will stay open so visitors can still leave flowers and other tributes.

Never forget. 

Kunal Nayyar of “Big Bang Theory” has been quietly paying medical bills for random families in need:

“Money has given me greater freedom and the greatest gift is the ability to give back, to change people’s lives … [but] what I really love to do is go on GoFundMe at night and just pay random families’ medical bills. That’s my masked vigilante thing! So, no, money doesn’t feel like a burden. It feels like a grace from the universe.”

The actor—who played Raj Koothrappali on “Big Bang Theory”—boasts a net worth of $45 million.

Good on him.

This is Hungarian born model Máté Kovács—who apparently also goes by Kovács Máté—but the question is, under either name Would You Hit It?

Architecture Wednesday: The Snyder House

The Snyder House—a Bertrand Goldberg design—is something of a legend in the long history of Shelter Island. Built in 1952 it was recognized as a mid-century marvel, both in design and waterfront location, offering magnificent panoramic water views of West Neck Harbor and Long Island Sound.

In 2002, the current owners undertook rebuilding the home on its original sprawling footprint, maintaining the elements of its mid-century modernist design while sparing no expense to bring this 20th-century masterpiece up to 21st-century living standards of ultimate comfort and high-end quality. The result is a 6,000 square foot one-level oasis perched on three-quarters of an acre, surrounded by water, offering magical sunsets, and jaw-dropping water views that remain as spectacular today as those enjoyed by the Snyder family70 years ago.

The original massive stone fireplace—with 8 flue—and stone floors pay homage to Bertrand Goldberg's vision, providing a dramatic contrast with the interior glass walls, revealing water and nature beyond. There are 6 bedrooms and 4 and 1/2 baths, a cook's kitchen, and numerous seating areas. Outside there is 74-foot-long heated saltwater gunite pool, a private beach, plus something truly rare and unusual: a 235-foot-deep water dock.

Located in the heart of Shelter Island, with easy access to world-class dining and shopping, The Snyder House, is not to be missed … though it was just sold for $14M USD.

I guess I did miss it.

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