May 27, 2020

BBQ take-out at Hill Country. Brisket at $45 a pound - ouch!



Flatiron building with construction.



Madison Park Memorial Day. This was a WWI flagpole. Mentioned Somme offense and defense: Eternal Light Flagstaff.



Masks.



History channel Grant is good.

May 25, 2020

Memorial Day takes on extra meaning this year. We lost those who serve, even when they were not in the armed services. This does not dilute the memories of the Vets, it adds to the meaning of service for those on the front lines.



Terrific book, starts with the history of medical practice in America and the emergence of science based innovations.



Finished this one, ripping good yarn. also finished Camus'The Plague.



Watched The Stranger, what an ending!



Watched Bright on Netflix. I want two hours of my life back. I did like the Feds Magic squad.



Stella Artois Midnight Lager, on sale and a $4 rebate. Haven't had a beer in months.

May 23, 2020

Perfect score!



Beforeigners was great. Can't wait for Season 2. Part of it features King Olaf (var. v) who is a crossword staple.



Somoene told me that Samuel Pepys has a first-hand account of the London plague. Free for Kindle on Amazon.

May 21, 2020

Beforeigners is a wild SciFi / police procedural romp. Going to leap into episodes 3-6 soon.My home HBO only has episodes 2 and 4 on-demand. Thankfully, I can stream on another TV.

May 17, 2020

Saw this in the New Yorker: Big Read - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Different readers for different passages, even a reading from Antartica. Quite good.



Enemy of All Mankind by Steven Johnson looked too good to pass up.

May 16, 2020

Our Lady Queen of Martyrs in the sun.



Gandhi with a mask.

May 11, 2020

Finally! I tried cancelling, COVID-19 reasons and a cancelled event, a trip that was scheduled for this past weekend for quite some time. I reserved the whole schmeer: plane, hotel and car. The car rental and hotel were refunded quickly. The plane refund took some doing. I put in numerous requests for cancellation but never received any feedback except that it was received. I called last Monday and was told the agent couldn't handle it, could I wait. Forty-five minutes later I had another agent, again on hold with awful music. They dropped the call. Thankfully, I received a call about ten minutes later. The refunds came in this weekend, the Insurance came in today. This shouldn't be so hard and time-consuming. The refunds for the car and hotel were done on-line and quickly.



RIP Betty Wright:"Clean Up Woman" and "Tonight Is the Night" are on my playlists.


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RIP Jerry Stiller. Above as Launce, servant to Proteus and master to Crab, a mongrel dog. Crab is played, says the publicity, by a cur-a dirty white mutt-found wandering through the park during rehearsal.

May 10, 2020

Happy Mother's Day. I toast you all with a Mimosa.



Shakespeare and the plague was a pertinent article.



$17 win with two free plays.

May 9, 2020

Great reunion piece on MSG network. This was after a broadcast of the 7th game, fifty years ago.

May 8, 2020

Welcome back Starbucks!

May 2, 2020

COVID-19 still dominates all facets of living. About to go Senior shopping.



I received a $10 credit from Amazon, time for Plague books. Albert Camus is a terrific writer, great observations. Looking forward to Defoe's Journal. The 1918 Spanish flu seems like something I should know more about. That is 1918 not 1917!