i watched a DVD movie this morning, a redbox rental, 'true history of the kelly gang'. it is a 'bush ranger' movie, or an 'australian western'. i recognized russell crowe in it, but he had a small role. i found out there were plenty of movies about this outlaw, dating back to 1906. crowe has a song in it as well. and they do play the british national anthem in it, 'god save the queen'. i recall learning nearly 10 years ago, while watching the olympic games, how it is the same song as 'my country tis of thee' but different words. it is an engaging story, starting when ned kelly was a preteen boy, before of course his time of becoming an outlaw. i was intrigued by seeing a depiction of bare-knuckle brawling in it. and i would expect 'some scenes and characters were invented for dramatic effect' which is typical for movies 'based on a true story'. it was kind of funny how they describe 'donuts', as 'cakes with a hole in them', and say they are a common thing in america.
this was also an errand running day, and it meant going to the post office to pick up e-bay orders. all four were there, but the amazon order is still on the way. i tried going to another post office to see what stamps they had for sale, as i am interested in the sesame street stamps, but the line was too long. so i continued on to the holiday gas station and returned the movie, and got lunch. it was a cheeseburger as the hot dog in a pretzel, and godfather's pizza, were not available. i watched a little of the college football today, but not a lot. the early game was michigan state at michigan, and the michigan state spartans won. i was trying to follow scores online, as the iowa game was not on local TV. iowa lost to northwestern 21-20 despite having a 17-0 lead at the end of the 1st quarter. i also went on a walk and found 22 cents. in the evening i decided to do my annual viewing of my DVD copy of 'great pumpkin' as it seemed appropriate for halloween and i am a big charlie brown fan.
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