Message 955

Yesterday I watched the other two NFL playoff games. I watched Chicago beat Seattle and the Jets beat New England. I was surprised to see the Jets win, but they outplayed the Patriots. In the evening I watched a Nature show about Ellesmere Island and the Part 2 (out of 4) of the new Masterpiece Theater, sort of a Jane Austin costume drama just before World War 1 dealing with how women were treated so badly by the inheritance laws. I also read

Message 954

Yesterday I watched two NFL playoff games. I watched Pittsburgh beat Baltimore and Green Bay beat Atlanta. In the evening I watched beat St. Louis and break their six-game losing streak. I am now watching Seattle get creamed by Chicago. I guess it is too hard for Seattle to get up for two games in a row. They beat New Orleans last week, and that was the high point of their season. I also finished The Economist yesterday.

Message 953

I just got back fro meeting Helen and Jim at Starbucks. Afterward I did my weekly Safeway shopping. Last night I read about half of The Economist and then watched Charlie Rose.

Message 952

Last night I went out to dinner with the Morrills and Ariagnos. After dinner we went to the Ariagnos’ house for lemon bars. By the time I got home the Sharks had already lost their sixth game in a row. I had to interrupt writing this message because Orlindo’s cleaning crew came to clean the condo. I went down to the common room and read my Kindle for a while. Then I went to the Dutch Goose and ate a cheeseburger with a soda. When I got back I reassembled all the things I had put away to help the cleaning crew. Then I watched the afternoon PBS news shows.

Message 951

I just got back from having breakfast at Heidi’s Pies. Reggie, Henry, Vanessa, and Annie were all there today. Annie was very good today. Afterward I went across the street and bought a new pair of gloves at Men’s Warehouse. I tried to buy a new car coat too, but they did not have one. Therefore I am washing my old one, which was starting to stink. Yesterday I watched Obama’s speech in Tucson, and I was very moved. We are so lucky to have him as our president. I also watched a DVD of the movie, Step Into Liquid. It was a documentary movie about surfing. I have seen several such movies, and this one ranks up there with the other good ones, starting with The Endless Summer and more recently Riding Giants. I give it 4 stars.

Message 950

Yesterday I watched a DVD of the French movie Marie Antoinette. It was lushly produced and dwelled on the absurd manners and customs of the French court. It was well done, but rather boring. I give it 2.8 stars. I watched another historical biopic DVD called Agora a few days ago that I forgot to mention. It was about Hypatha, a woman who ran a school in Alexandria about 400 AD who figured out that the earth’s orbit is an ellipse, and not a circle, but the Christians killed her and destroyed most of her library. It too was rather boring, so I give it only 2.8 stars also.

Last night I watched the Sharks lose again, this time to Toronto. the team thiat is coached by the Sharks ex-coach. Even though Marleau scored the first goal, and later scored a second, the Sharks lost 2-4, including an empty netter scored by the Mapleleafs at the end. Also the Shark’s best rookie was injured by a dirty hit.

Message 949

Yesterday I had a quiet day at home and did laundry. In the afternoon/evening I watched Oregon lose to Auburn in the college championship bowl. It was a close and tough game that Auburn won with a tie breaking field goal on the last play of the game. After that I watched a PBS show about Ulysses S. Grant.