Message 190

Yesterday I watched Cal beat Stanford in what around here is called The Big Game. In the evening I watched the Sharks beat the Capitols 7-2. Also, I read all of Friday's The Economist.

Today I will watch football and work on writing my memoirs. I am now on page 14 and am starting the Third Grade in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Message 189

Last night I watched the movie Mongol, the first part of a trilogy about the life of Genghis Kahn. I only give it three stars because it is hard reading the subtitles, and the culture portrayed is so strange that many things are incomprehensible. However, it is a grand spectacle and an adventure of epic proportions. Also, because it is based on a true historical series of events, I give it a lot of respect. I find it extraordinary that one out of every 400 people on earth alive today is descended from Genghis Kahn.

This morning I will meet Helen and Jim for coffee and do my grocery shopping. Joshua said he would come over tonight to watch the Sharks game.

Message 188

After Beech's echocardiogram yester day, Vanessa, Beech, Annie, and I went to Tokyo Subway for dinner. We got there about 5 PM, so we had the place to ourselves. The doctor at Packard said Beech should wait until next fall for surgery to replace his valve.

Last night I did not watch a DVD. I just finished reading my Science magazine.

Message 187

It is almost noon, and I just got back from having breakfast with Vanessa and Annie. There was an accident or something that had closed Sand Hill Road going toward my condo, so I eventually had to turn around and get back on I280 to Woodside Road and take Alameda de Las Pulgas home. At least it gave me a lot of time to listen to NPR.

Last night I watched the last episode of The Wire. There are still a couple of Special Features about the show that I will try to watch today, then I will be finished with it. It is quite a good series, and I still give it five stars.

Vanessa has to take Beech to Packard for another echocardiogram this afternoon. Afterward she may come by with the kids so we can go out for burgers.

Message 186

Last night I watched disk 4 of season 5 of The Wire. Only one more disk to go, and it will all be over.Today I will finish last Friday's edition of The Economist, and tonight I will probably watch the last disk of The Wire. In other words, not much is happening here.

Message 185

Yesterday I took Beech to lunch and his gymnastics class. He had a little bit of a cold, so he did not go to school. They have a rule about not coming to school sick. In the evening Joshua brought in food from Chili's, and we watched the Sharks game. They beat Nashville 4-1.

Vanessa just called and said Beech was not well enough to go to school, so she is bringing him and Annie down to pick me up and go to Starbucks for coffee.

Message 184

Last night Joshua brought pizza and we watched the Sharks beat Chicago. Tonight he said he would come over and watch them play Nashville. Yesterday I watched the Raiders lose to Miami and the 49ers beat St. Louis. So the home teams won two out of three, which is better than has been usual of late.

After Josh left I watched PBS and saw a Nature program on the bald eagle and Masterpiece Contempory.

I even turned in early, before midnight, last night.

Today I am picking up Beech to take him to lunch and to gymnastics.