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This morning I followed the usual Thursday routine at Heidi's Pies and the San Mateo Library. Afterward I dropped Annie off at Maureen's house so she could take a nap. Vanessa has a construction working on her house making new closet space for Annie, and they are making enough noise to keep Annie from her regular nap. If she does not get this nap she becomes very difficult to be with.

Yester I watched Annie in the morning and Beech in the afternoon. Vanessa had to take Beech to the doctor for a strange allergy that makes his face red like a sunburn, except around the mouth and nose. Claritin helps a lot.

Las night I watched the commentary on Patton, which included several documentaries and discussions of the movie. It is an unusual movie that both portrayed history and made new history. Oliver Stone pointed out that Patton was Nixon's favorite movie which he watched multiple times in the White House, prompting Oliver Stone to suggest that it helped motivate Nixon to invade Cambodia. Sally and I joined the march in Washington when that happened. Anyway, I give Patton five stars. It is a very great movie. George C. Scott got the Oscar for his portrayal of Patton which was superb. The Oscar winning screenplay was by Francis Ford Coppola when he was young and before he became famous. Altogether, the film won seven Oscars, including best movie. Interestingly it was a favorite of both hawks and doves at the time of the war in Vietnam.