My Day

Yeah, I overdid it with the hip today. I don't think it was the short walk, but rather the overall impact of the first active day on the cane. It's nowhere near as comfortable or supportive as the crutch, and by the time I finished at Marquette I was wiped out. I'm back on the cooling machine for the first time in a few weeks. But I think it's just a bump in the road. Overall I'm getting much better.

LOL

Betty White, on Match Game 78: I never see pornographic movies.

Gene Rayburn: Why don't you ever see pornographic movies?

Betty White: Because I don't have a pornograph.

Nightmares

A nightmare filled night - picture the movie Aliens fought in a Minecraft world - probably brought on by the hip acting up. It woke me up several times. But you know, in daylight that premise actually sounds kinda cool. Someone should design that game.

Abe Vigoda

 RIP the great Abe Vigoda, age 94.  Man, I liked that guy. As Fish in Barney Miller, and of course as Tessio in The Godfather. 

Mary Tyler Moore

 RIP to the television LEGEND. 

 Tonight I watched a woman take notes nonstop, filling page after page with what could only be a near transcript of the class. I don't understand that process. Take down the pertinent points, jot down reminders to review troublesome areas, be thorough - but SOMETHING has to sink in, and some things are obvious. There's no need to write down that Sunday inevitably follows Saturday. Have some confidence

Henry Worsley

RIP 

 Watching  Star TOS "Arena". Great episode.

LOL

 #Ouch After Wendy's promoted their 4-for-$4 meal menu, Burger King promoted their own 5-for-$4 meal by writing on Twitter "5 is better than 4." When asked how Wendy's would respond, Wendy's wrote, "with edible food."

The X-Files Reboot

Lisa, annoyed the NFC Championship was on Fox: 

Aren't we watching X-Files tonight?

Me: Yup. It's on right after the game. For which I thank the Fox schedulers profusely.

Carson Palmer is a choker. It makes the Green Bay loss all the more pathetic.

I liked the new episode. Lisa, not so much.

Great Game

Wow. Congrats to Peyton Manning and the Broncos. Great game

A Dream of Smiley's, and a nightmare of mine

 I had a nightmare. Lisa and I got remarried, because some paperwork snafu rendered the last 20 years void. This time it was at the awful basement church that is St Roman's. Tre didn't stand for the Our Father, and I thought the whole thing reeked of a shotgun wedding. Lisa was thrilled tho, BC "all the dinnerware matches", which it did at our real wedding BTW, but this time it was all paper plates.

After the ceremony I had to pee, which annoyed Lisa, but the men's room had a long line. Thankfully St Roman's had urinal's up and down the hall, so I took advantage. Some guy chose to talk to me at the urinal, and I told him he was barking up the wrong tree .. We went home

After the honeymoon night Lisa vanished, presumably knowing she couldn't handle such skill. I put up missing posters, but the cops were no help. They kept saying she ran off, I'd say with what $, and they'd point out cabinets of shoes and accuse me of lying about our finances.

Then I noticed the screen door was open. I went out on the porch and Angel had gotten out and was staring down two lookalikes. Between them was a tiny, sparkling silver and black kitten. For some reason I kicked the kitten into the house (nicely) and the cats went nuts, and I woke up

Smiley had a dream too. He slipped into a pond, and it carried him back in time. He befriended a girl named Anna or

Alice, also a victim of time travel, and together they struggled to find a way back to the present. All the while they had to stay ahead of the locals, who viewed Smiley's watch and glasses as evidence of witchcraft.

TV

 I'm watching the 2016 Prudential US Figure Skating Championship with YaYa 

My Thoughts - On the Oscar

A ridiculous concession to those who prefer to win based on the color of their skin rather than the value of their work. It devalues the award, and forever stigmatizes any person of color who wins an Oscar.

YaYa and Politics

The insomniac otherwise known as YaYa initiated an intelligent and insightful political discussion with me last night. She's a young woman of strong, well-thought-out opinions. Once experience complements that brainpower she'll be a formidable force in any debate; I look forward to those conversations down the road. :)

TV Time with LuLu

Watching Kitchen Nightmares with Lulu. "Finn McCools" :)

And: Yesterday at work, a miracle: for almost two hours the pain was gone. Not just the awful stuff that comes and goes, but the constant ache that's kept me company for a year. Oh, it came back alright, but those two hours were a beaut. #GoodSign

Cookie Time!

It's Girl Scout cookie time! Send Junie your orders by commenting here. ($4/box)

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Episode: "The Sky is Falling" 

This is the first time I've seen the show, and boy did the strength of the script surprise me. Well done

House of the Rising Sun

A wonderful, atmospheric novel set just after WWI. Part western, part action novel, part literary novel. James Lee Burke is a master

Warriors of the Storm by Bernard Cornwell

Another great tale of Saxon England by Bernard Cornwall.

SMH

A Kent State associate history professor is under investigation by the FBI for allegedly trying to recruit students to join ISIS!

LOL

Back to the Grind

 I started classes at Marquette yesterday, and went back to work. School went fine, work not so much. Spending 8 hours on an office chair older than some of my kids did the hip no favors. Yes, I was told I can get up and stretch if need be, but that doesn't quite do the trick. It's going to be an adventure - and to quote Louis L'amour, adventure is just another word for trouble.

Last Words by Michael Koryta

 Another good novel by Koryta

A lunchtime nap at HoHo's?

Went to lunch at a Chinese joint that doesn't always have the best reviews but has always been good to us and YaYa had to wake up the waitress in order to pay!! #truestory - Lisa