#Tom Toomey

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Jim Rodford Tribute Show

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HUNG UP ON A DREAM: THE ZOMBIES DOCUMENTARY

Small British rock band

Make influential album

After they break up

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BHOC: SUPERMAN FAMILY #192

I remember that I passed up this issue of SUPERMAN FAMILY for weeks after it first came out, and for the most minor of reasons. I was a fan of the New Doom patrol, who were guest-starring in the Supergirl story across these three issues. But in this middle one, the chapter is only a short 10 pages in length, and the Doom patrol only show up for half a page. I saw that and I felt cheated by it,…

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Bad movie I have The Curse of King Tut's Tomb

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Cover von M. W. Kaluta

1st pg: Bob Toomey (W), Tom Sutton (P), Jerry Serpe (I), Christa Manner (L) Ein Stück Des Himmels; a bird, called "Brother Ugly", rises to f(l)ame and fortune by becoming a star after surviving a fire in a shed, literally a phenix.

2nd pg: Scott Edelman (W), José Luis García López (P), Jerry Serpe (I), Christa Manner (L) Der Ritter Im Goldenen Käfig; take note of the clever page composition.

3rd pg: Maxene Fabe & Ramona Fradon Braut Des Pharaos; Fraden's facial plays (are) in a league of their own.

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My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 2 Episode 24: MMMystery on the Friendship Express

Written by Amy Keating Rogers

Storyboard by Tom Sales & Corey Toomey

Directed by Jayson Thiessen

Animation directed by Ishi Rudell

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I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes

William Nigh opens his film noir I WOULDN’T BE IN YOUR SHOES (1948, TCM) with an impressive long shot of convicts waiting for their cell doors to open. Then Mark Stengler’s camera starts low on one death row cell before panning up to reveal a handsome young man and gliding on to introduce the other prisoners, all character types. They stand at the bars staring out in desperation and even hope. It’s a very powerful opening. Then the camera returns to the young man (Don Castle) as the prisoners, in a near-poetic use of repetition thanks to writer Steve Fisher, ask him to explain how he got there. And then Castle delivers the kind of performance you give when you’re waiting for your rich best friend to take you away from all this and give you a job in one of his many businesses, which, mercifully for all, is exactly what happened. He tends to play attitudes rather than objectives. It’s all posing and staring. His leading lady, Elyse Knox, isn’t much better, tending toward the singsong in her more dramatic moments. She, by the way, would retire after marrying football great Tom Harmon and raise much more talented children and grandchildren.

That neither of them can sink the film is a credit to Nigh’s direction and Stengler’s impressive camerawork as well as a whacky Cornell Woolrich adaptation with an overall sense of doom. Castle is an unemployed dancer who throws his tap shoes at some yowling cats outside his window. The next morning, the shoes turn up outside his apartment door. But their prints are also outside the hovel of a wealthy old man (the news report identifies him as a “miser”) who was strangled that night. When Castle finds a wallet filled with older 20-dollar bills, the police trace them and the shoes back to him, and before you can say “ineffective counsel,” he’s on death row. To save him, Knox enlists the help of a police detective (Regis Toomey) who just happens to have fallen in love with her after they met at the dancing school where she teaches. Nigh keeps the pace going so well you may not have time to consider all the plot holes, and the final twist is immensely satisfying.

Toomey is one of the film’s chief assets. His love-smitten flatfoot may be the most complex of the many police officers he played during his career, and he carries it off with impressive subtlety. He even reacts to Knox as if she were one of his better leading ladies, say Barbara Stanwyck or Loretta Young. There are a lot of good character people in the film as well, my favorite being Dorothy Vaughan as a testy neighbor who might hold the key to saving Castle. Of course, the supporting players tend to show up the leads. At one point, one of the death row inmates asks Castle how much time he has left. He responds as if he had been asked how long until his dry cleaning was done. Castle returns the question, and the convict (Bill Walker) invests just two words with a lifetime of suffering. When you see a scene like that, you know someone should be looking for another line of work. And in keeping with my dabbling in future vision, Walker had a long career with almost 200 film and TV credits, including the role of Rev. Sykes in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962).

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Birthdays 8.13

Beer Birthdays

Arnulf of Metz (582 C.E.)

William Blackall Simonds (1761)

Anders Jöns Ångström (1814)

Charles Wells (1842)

Lilly Anheuser (1844)

William J. Lemp Jr. (1867)

Mark Carpenter (1943)

Dave Keene (1955)

Tom Nickel (1972)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Ben Hogan; golfer (1912)

Annie Oakley; sharpshooter (1860)

Philippe Petit; high-wire artist (1949)

George Shearing; jazz pianist (1919)

Felix Wankel; German engineer (1902)

Famous Birthdays

Felix Adler; ethics philosopher (1851)

Giovanni Agnelli, Italian businessman, founded Fiat (1866)

Anders Jöns Ångström; Swedish physicist (1814)

Benny Bailey; trumpet player (1925)

John Logie Baird; Scottish engineer, television inventor (1888)

Grace Bates; mathematician (1914)

Kathleen Battle; opera singer (1948)

Danny Bonaduce; actor (1959)

Neville Brand; actor (1920)

Jane Carr; English actress (1950)

Dave Carter; singer-songwriter and guitarist (1952)

Fidel Castro; Cuban dictator (1927)

William Caxton; English linguist, printer (1422)

Bobby Clarke; Philadelphia Flyers C (1949)

Will Clarke; author (1970)

Tom Cohen; philosopher (1953)

Dave "Baby" Cortez; R&B pianist, organist, and composer (1938)

Alex de Renzy; film director (1935)

Joycelyn Elders; admiral and physician (1933)

Dan Fogelberg; pop singer (1951)

Julius Freed; inventor, "Orange Julius" (1887)

James Gillray; English caricaturist (1756)

Paul Greengrass; English film director (1955)

George Grove; English musicologist and historian (1820)

Pat Harrington Jr.; actor (1929)

Alfred Hitchcock; film director (1899)

Don Ho; singer (1930)

John Ireland; English composer (1879)

Salomon Jadassohn; German composer (1831)

Bert Lahr; actor (1895)

George Luks; painter (1867)

Salvador Luria; Italian-American microbiologist (1912)

Bernard Manning; English comedian (1930)

Debi Mazar; actor (1964)

Jimmy McCracklin; blues/R&B singer-songwriter (1921)

Vladimir Odoyevsky; Russian philosopher (1803)

Tom Perrotta; novelist (1961)

Valerie Plame; CIA agent and author (1963)

Kevin Plank; businessman, founded Under Armour (1972)

Thomas Pogge; German philosopher (1953)

Llewelyn Powys; British writer (1884)

Gene Raymond; actor (1908)

Herb Ritts; photographer (1952)

Buddy Rogers; actor and musician (1904)

Frederick Sanger; English biochemist (1918)

John Slattery; actor (1962)

Goldwin Smith; English-Canadian historian (1823)

Lucy Stone; feminist, suffragist (1818)

Margaret Tafoya; Native American Pueblo potter (1904)

Regis Toomey; film director, actor (1898)

Richard Willstätter; German-Swiss chemist (1872)

[littleharpethcrossfit]

Tuesday, 12 March, 2024

The weather should be PERFECT, and it was.

Warmup

3 Rounds

Weighted Squat Holds

30 Seconds Down

30 Seconds Rest

Strength

Back Squats

10 / 5 / 3 / 2 / 1

Progress To A New max

Bernie=275 Paul/Herb=225 Tom/Dana=205 Coach=175 Joe=165 Average Dave=135 Sue=125 Shannon=105 Linda=100 Sandy=95 Kayla=85 Tim/Alicia=and others, no postings

WOD

Run 800 / Row-Ski 1000 / Bike 2000m

THEN 5 Rounds

10 Front Squats (115 / 85 / 55) 10 Pull-Ups 10 Box Jumps (24/20)

And Finally

Run 800 / Row-Ski 1000 / Bike 2000m

Sue=16:13 Kayla=18:40 Joe=19:10 Dana=20:19 Shannon=22:00 Sandy=22:50 Tom=23:06 Coach=23:15 Bernie=23:39 Paul=24:01 Herb=24:17 Tim=25-ish Average Dave/Alicia=and others, did it.

Cool-Down

Anyhow Dips 10/8/6/4

Notes:

It all started yesterday evening when I opened a fine Dumol Chardonnay and texted Paul my tasting notes. Telling me with certainty that he would be here today, I promised him would save some for him. Well, it was like the old "Ants to a picnic" story. Soon everyone wanted a glass, and some how we scavenged 2 more whites and 2 reds that were just laying around at the Barn. Imagine that? What CrossFit Affiliate has 5 bottles of wine just waiting for a celebration. Belatedly, we discovered that March is Kayla's Birthday Month, so we are planning to continue her celebration this coming Thursday.

Great news !!! Robert has joined the ELITE PRVN (Tia & Shane Toomey) gym and will not be attending LHCF except to brag of his accomplishments at PRVN. More to follow on the LHCF blog.

A few of our medically oriented ladies were concerned that your old coach has been coughing and feeling poorly for a few weeks. Sweet Sue put her ear to my chest (as Herb loudly protested) and when Sandy upgraded to a stethoscope, and I was proclaimed to have a factitious mental disorder called "Munchausen Syndrome".

Thursday at 4 PM. Wine and snacks to follow, with an added level of intention to party since it is Kayla's Birthday Month. Please bring a snack and perhaps a bottle of wine, or just bring yourself like Robert and Sam always do.

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Elyse Knox in I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (William Nigh, 1948)

Cast: Don Castle, Elyse Knox, Regis Toomey, Charles D. Brown, Rory Mallinson, Robert Lowell, Bill Kennedy. Screenplay: Steve Fisher, based on a story by Cornell Wooolrich. Cinematography: Mack Stengler. Art direction: Dave Milton. Film editing: Roy V. Livingston, Otho Lovering. 

I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes is a tidy, by-the-numbers Wrong Man thriller with an eleventh-hour climax -- in short, the kind of drama that would become standard on television a few years after it was released. Tom (Don Castle) and Ann (Elyse Knox) are a young dance team getting by between bookings on Ann's pay (and tips) as an instructor in a dance hall. One night, Tom flings his shoes out the window at a yowling cat. That same night, an elderly miser in their neighborhood is murdered and robbed. Tom's shoes become an important clue in the search for the killer, leading to his conviction for murder and imprisonment on Death Row. His only hope lies in Ann's attempt to persuade the police detective, Clint Judd (Regis Toomey), with whom she has flirted at the dance hall, to find the real killer. The movie was made by Poverty Row studio Monogram, so there's nothing fancy about it. The stars are low-wattage: Castle had been a bit player at Paramount before World War II, and had trouble restarting his career after being drafted and serving in the Army Air Force. Knox was a former model whose career never quite took off before she was signed by Monogram to play the girlfriend of Joe Palooka in a series of movies based on the comic strip hero; she married football player Tom Harmon and became the mother of Mark Harmon. Regis Toomey was probably the best-known member of the cast, with an IMDb list of 273 credits, stretching from 1929 to 1985, mostly in character roles. Director William Nigh started as an actor, but turned director in 1914, working steadily for B-movie factories like Monogram. I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes was his next-to-last feature. Mostly a straightforward movie, it does try a little too hard in a montage in which Tom, counting the hours until he goes to the chair, is haunted by echoes of the word "shoes." It comes off, unfortunately, as a little silly. Otherwise, it's solid, unpretentious, and modestly entertaining.

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Supply: Adobe / Getty PicturesUS Congressman Warren Davidson of Ohio has referred to as for the removing of Gary Gensler as  Securities and Change Fee (SEC) chair following the Grayscale ruling on Tuesday. Reacting to the ruling on Grayscale lawsuit, Congressman Davidson wrote that Grayscale’s victory supplies extra proof that Gary Gensler’s actions on the SEC are arbitrary and capricious.The courtroom had earlier granted Grayscale’s petition and vacated the SEC’s order. The ruling newest ruling has given hope for an imminent Bitcoin spot ETF within the US markets. Nonetheless, the path to get a green light on one will not be but utterly clear.  Chair of the Home Monetary Providers Committee Weighs in on Grayscale RulingRep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., chair of the Home Monetary Providers Committee, additionally reacted to Grayscale's victory towards the SEC saying that SEC Chaira Gary Gensler’s campaign towards the digital asset ecosystem is falling aside beneath scrutiny from the courtroom. Congressman McHenry additionally cited the most recent ruling for example why the nation wants a complete regulatory framework, just like the Monetary Innovation and Expertise for the twenty first Century Act should be adopted as legislation. In a proposed law, McHenry and different Republican lawmakers had outlined the position of SEC and CFTC in regulating the crypto business. As reported earlier, the invoice has cleared two House committees. Nonetheless, the invoice is but to get approval from the Biden administration earlier than it turns into the legislation. Former Senator Pat Toomey additionally reacted to the ruling saying the Courtroom of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld the rule of legislation and correctly served American shoppers by vacating the “arbitrary and capricious” determination of the SEC denying Grayscale’s utility to transform its Bitcoin Belief to an ETF. US Congressman Reiterates Name to Dismiss Gensler as SEC ChairEarlier in June, two Home Republicans - Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, and Home Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn - had proposed a invoice named “SEC Stabilization Act.” The proposed legislation referred to as for removing of Gary Gensler because the SEC chair and appoint an “executive director” to supervise the company’s operations. Many from the crypto group have additionally referred to as for dismissal of Gensler from his position on the SEC. 

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Review of the crime series "Ghosts of the Past" / Bloodlands Explained: What’s Up With the Ending?

“Ghosts of the Past” / Bloodlands Genre detective, thriller Creator Chris Brandon Cast: James Nesbitt (Detective Chief Inspector Tom Brannik), Lorcan Cranich (Detective Chief Superintendent Jackie Toomey), Charlene McKenna (Detective Sergeant Niamh McGovern), Ian McElhinney (Adam Corrie), Peter Ballance (Patrick Keenan), Lisa Doane (Tory Matthews) ), Lola Petticrew (Izzy Brannik), etc. Channel…

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Following their takeover of the House of Representatives, Republicans are establishing what they call a pioneering congressional group with a focus on digital assets. On Thursday, Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC) announced the creation of a new subcommittee for the House Financial Services Committee, the Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Inclusion. According to Politico on Thursday, McHenry said he thinks there is a significant gap in how they structure the committee, since it spends more time discussing issues pertaining to the digital asset sector than the broader financial industry. French Hill (R-AR), who was appointed as the full committee's vice-chairman, will serve as the subcommittee's chairman. In addition to developing policies that target underprivileged communities through the promotion of financial innovation, the new panel will offer "rules of the road" for federal regulators of the digital asset ecosystem, according to a recent press release. At a time of significant technological advancement and change in the financial sector, it is their responsibility to work across the aisle and promote responsible developments while stimulating FinTech innovation to flourish safely and efficiently in the United States, Hill said in a statement. The Lummis-Gillibrand Responsible Financial Innovation Act was introduced in the Senate in June of last year, and more recently, the Stablecoin TRUST Act was introduced by former Republican Senator Patrick Toomey in the final weeks of his Congressional career. Several other pieces of crypto-related legislation are also currently making their way through the legislative process. Hill is not new to proposals for crypto policy. When the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System was mandated to conduct a study on the potential effects of a U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in 2021, Hill co-sponsored the legislation and referred to it as "essential work" when the report was eventually made public. Republicans in Congress have criticized the way regulators have handled the digital asset market. Congressman Tom Emmer (R-MN) has critizised the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under Chairman Gary Gensler for what he calls the agency's "regulation through enforcement" strategy. Republicans are anticipated to utilize the 118th Congress as an opportunity to create regulatory clarity for the developing asset class—a goal that is broadly supported both within the financial industry and within the halls of government. In December, when he was chosen to lead the House Financial Services Committee, McHenry said the committee will focus on the digital asset ecosystem and pursue "a comprehensive regulatory framework for the digital asset ecosystem." McHenry was one of many legislators who voiced criticism after the abrupt collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX in November, claiming that a strong regulatory framework would have helped prevent the catastrophe that rocked the industry and had a detrimental effect on countless American investors. McHenry stated in a news release that he has long argued for Congress to provide a clear regulatory framework for the digital asset ecosystem, including trading platforms. It is crucial that Congress create a system that guarantees Americans have sufficient safeguards while also enabling innovation to flourish in the U.S. Additionally, he raised the prospect of speaking with businesses like Binance, focusing on the part that company's CEO Changpeng Zhao's company played in FTX's demise after he telegraphed his company's decision to sell its holdings in FTT and eventually rejected its buyout of Sam Bankman-Fried's now-bankrupt exchange. He looks forward to learning more about these occurrences from FTX and Binance in the coming days, as well as the actions they will take to safeguard clients throughout the transition, McHenry said. Source link

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The Zombies - "Moving On" 

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BHOC: SUPERMAN FAMILY #191

BHOC: SUPERMAN FAMILY #191

It was time for a new issue of SUPERMAN FAMILY to drop, and so I dutifully purchased this Dollar Comic from the 7-11 that week. SUPERMAN FAMILY was a bit of an inertial pick-up from me–I wasn’t particularly or especially drawn to any of its myriad of strips, and yet I liked Superman and his world in general, and that was enough to carry me through more often than not. This issue folds new…

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My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 2 Episode 18: A Friend in Deed

Written by Amy Keating Rogers

Storyboard by Tom Sales & Corey Toomey

Directed by Jayson Thiessen

Animation directed by Danny Lu