Remember, today is Tuesday, not Monday. This happens every time we have a Monday holiday. Trying to keep the days straight this week will be a challenge for many of us. It doesn’t help any that yesterday felt very much like a Sunday. Kat and Tipper were both sick so we didn’t go anywhere or do anything special. We slept. All of us. Naps for everyone! I don’t consider that a bad thing. I am pretty sure that napping was to everyone’s benefit. Tipper is still largely unable to talk, so she’s staying home from school today. I’m not sure yet how Kat’s feeling.
I don’t think we were the only ones who had a quiet holiday, though. The neighborhood was Sunday-morning silent pretty much all day. The most exciting point came when my new readers were delivered. Granted, the fact that I opted for colors rather than basic black or tortoiseshell is kind of a big deal, but when that’s the biggest news coming out of our weekend, it speaks to how boring and unadventurous we are. What might be worse is that none of us really care that we’re boring and unadventurous. I think we all like it that way.
Tipper did manage to ask an interesting question this morning. “Have you ever been in the news?” I dodged the question because yeah, I’ve had my picture in small-town newspapers as I was growing up. It was always related to something I was involved in at school, though, such as a musical or a band contest. “It’s usually not a good thing when you’re in the news,” I told her.
“What if you, like, set an Olympic record or something?” She asked.
I stared at her a moment then said, “Look at me. What Olympic record do you think I have any chance of breaking? Even Paralympians are better athletes than I am.”
“Okay, but maybe you could set a world record for something,” she countered.
“What would that be? Snoring?” I said.
“You do snore pretty loud,” she said. “Like 86 decibels or something. Google and see what the record is.”
We did. The record is 111.6 decibels, kind of like having your house buzzed by a jet all night long. Tipper declared that such a level was “stupid crazy” and that it wouldn’t be a good thing for me to break that record. While I suppose that there is probably some little-known record that I could break if I really tried, that would fall under the heading of being interesting and adventurous, which we just don’t do very often.
Much of this morning’s news is more of the same. Israel, blah, blah, blah. Ukraine, blah, blah, blah. A lot of re-hashing of events with headlines that start, with “Understanding that thing that happened two days ago.” The articles take up space but are of little use. There are a couple of things worth mentioning, though.
If you’re older than I am or a fan of early 1960s beach movies, you might be interested in knowing that James Darren, aka Moondoggie in the ‘Gidget’ franchise, died at age 88. The three movies made him a teen heartthrob, which he later translated into a career as a director of television series like ‘Beverly Hills 90210.’ He was one of those guys who was “always cool,” according to his family. He was supposed to have had heart surgery but was not well enough for that to happen. Don’t be too surprised if the ‘Gidget’ movies show up on streaming platforms.
 Joey Chestnut Set A New Hot Dog Eating World Record. Why? Because some people find adventure in stuffing their face and getting paid for it. Being a holiday weekend that traditionally involves a lot of grilled hot dogs, I guess it was inevitable that he would pop up at a contest somewhere. And what is the record? 87 hot dogs in ten minutes. That would be another record that I won’t try breaking.
With two months left, Harris and the Orange Felon will devote most of their campaign time to just seven states. Thank the Electoral College. While it was meant to balance out influence across the states, it’s one of those aspects of the Constitution that just doesn’t work well anymore. There have been too many elections where the popular vote is rendered irrelevant by the Electoral College. I get it, if we went with the popular vote, most elections would be decided by people on the coasts. Yet, is that any worse than it being decided by people in seven states? I’ve been waiting my entire life for someone to make this a large enough issue to invoke change. It comes up every four years, but nothing ever happens.
Oh, but the Felon is convinced that he had ‘every right’ to interfere in the 2020 election. I’m not kidding. That’s how he’s framing the whole mess, including the January 6 storming of the Capitol. This creature is fucking insane to even consider making such a statement. Why, oh why, oh why can he not just go away? Why are people encouraging this insane behavior? Oh yeah, because stupid enjoys stupider.
Cooler weather is upon us, but don’t be putting up that winter wardrobe just yet. While it’s currently only 54 degrees in Indianapolis, by Wednesday temps will be back up in the mid-80s. We’ll see another cool weekend, which is perfect football weather, but there’s not much chance of rain in the next ten days or so. We might see a stray shower or two on Friday, but one has to be thinking optimistically to put much stock in that forecast.
Don’t forget: it’s Tuesday. You have to go to work.
Remember, today is Tuesday, not Monday. This happens every time we have a Monday holiday. Trying to keep the days straight this week will be a challenge for many of us. It doesn’t help any that yesterday felt very much like a Sunday. Kat and Tipper were both sick so we didn’t go anywhere or do anything special. We slept. All of us. Naps for everyone! I don’t consider that a bad thing. I am pretty sure that napping was to everyone’s benefit. Tipper is still largely unable to talk, so she’s staying home from school today. I’m not sure yet how Kat’s feeling.
I don’t think we were the only ones who had a quiet holiday, though. The neighborhood was Sunday-morning silent pretty much all day. The most exciting point came when my new readers were delivered. Granted, the fact that I opted for colors rather than basic black or tortoiseshell is kind of a big deal, but when that’s the biggest news coming out of our weekend, it speaks to how boring and unadventurous we are. What might be worse is that none of us really care that we’re boring and unadventurous. I think we all like it that way.
Tipper did manage to ask an interesting question this morning. “Have you ever been in the news?” I dodged the question because yeah, I’ve had my picture in small-town newspapers as I was growing up. It was always related to something I was involved in at school, though, such as a musical or a band contest. “It’s usually not a good thing when you’re in the news,” I told her.
“What if you, like, set an Olympic record or something?” She asked.
I stared at her a moment then said, “Look at me. What Olympic record do you think I have any chance of breaking? Even Paralympians are better athletes than I am.”
“Okay, but maybe you could set a world record for something,” she countered.
“What would that be? Snoring?” I said.
“You do snore pretty loud,” she said. “Like 86 decibels or something. Google and see what the record is.”
We did. The record is 111.6 decibels, kind of like having your house buzzed by a jet all night long. Tipper declared that such a level was “stupid crazy” and that it wouldn’t be a good thing for me to break that record. While I suppose that there is probably some little-known record that I could break if I really tried, that would fall under the heading of being interesting and adventurous, which we just don’t do very often.
Much of this morning’s news is more of the same. Israel, blah, blah, blah. Ukraine, blah, blah, blah. A lot of re-hashing of events with headlines that start, with “Understanding that thing that happened two days ago.” The articles take up space but are of little use. There are a couple of things worth mentioning, though.
If you’re older than I am or a fan of early 1960s beach movies, you might be interested in knowing that James Darren, aka Moondoggie in the ‘Gidget’ franchise, died at age 88. The three movies made him a teen heartthrob, which he later translated into a career as a director of television series like ‘Beverly Hills 90210.’ He was one of those guys who was “always cool,” according to his family. He was supposed to have had heart surgery but was not well enough for that to happen. Don’t be too surprised if the ‘Gidget’ movies show up on streaming platforms.
 Joey Chestnut Set A New Hot Dog Eating World Record. Why? Because some people find adventure in stuffing their face and getting paid for it. Being a holiday weekend that traditionally involves a lot of grilled hot dogs, I guess it was inevitable that he would pop up at a contest somewhere. And what is the record? 87 hot dogs in ten minutes. That would be another record that I won’t try breaking.
With two months left, Harris and the Orange Felon will devote most of their campaign time to just seven states. Thank the Electoral College. While it was meant to balance out influence across the states, it’s one of those aspects of the Constitution that just doesn’t work well anymore. There have been too many elections where the popular vote is rendered irrelevant by the Electoral College. I get it, if we went with the popular vote, most elections would be decided by people on the coasts. Yet, is that any worse than it being decided by people in seven states? I’ve been waiting my entire life for someone to make this a large enough issue to invoke change. It comes up every four years, but nothing ever happens.
Oh, but the Felon is convinced that he had ‘every right’ to interfere in the 2020 election. I’m not kidding. That’s how he’s framing the whole mess, including the January 6 storming of the Capitol. This creature is fucking insane to even consider making such a statement. Why, oh why, oh why can he not just go away? Why are people encouraging this insane behavior? Oh yeah, because stupid enjoys stupider.
Cooler weather is upon us, but don’t be putting up that winter wardrobe just yet. While it’s currently only 54 degrees in Indianapolis, by Wednesday temps will be back up in the mid-80s. We’ll see another cool weekend, which is perfect football weather, but there’s not much chance of rain in the next ten days or so. We might see a stray shower or two on Friday, but one has to be thinking optimistically to put much stock in that forecast.
Don’t forget: it’s Tuesday. You have to go to work.
Right after one more cup of coffee.
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