Message 962

Yesterday I watched the two NFL Conference Championship games. They were both good games. I was glad to see Green Bay win over Chicago, but I would rather have seen the Jets win over the Steelers. Joshua watched the games with me. He brought in a pizza and salad and a burger for lunch. In the evening I watched PBS, including the third episode of Downton Abbey. I also read some more on my Kindle.

Message 961

Helen and Jim could not make it, so I did not go to Starbucks yesterday. I did my Safeway shopping though and finished reading The Economist. In the evening I watched the Sharks beat Minnesota 4-3. It was a good game, and Setoguchi scored two goals. This is the Sharks fourth win in a row, so they are starting to climb out of the hole they dug when the lost six in a row. It’s a tough league this year.

Message 960

Yesterday I went out to dinner and a movie with the Morrills and the Ariagnos. We saw Barney’s Version. It was a wonderful movie with a great cast. I give it five stars. After the movie I read some more on my Kindle and watched Charlie Rose.

Message 959

Last night Josh came over and brought burgers and watched the Sharks game with me. They beat Edmonton 2-1 in a shootout with The Big Pavelski (which he prefers to Little Joe) scoring the winning goal. I also read some more on my Kindle.'

Message 958

My doctor asked me to get a chest x-ray just in case it shows something. I feel sure it will show nothing. Julian is in New York this week, and Beech has been sick with the flu all week, so Vanessa took him to PAMF and got a prescription. She also saw a doctor for her foot, which she thought had a piece of glass in it, but the doctor said there was no glass. Instead she is going to have an operation to remove the nerve. She has had a lot of trouble with her feet for years. I took Annie with me to Heidi’s Pies this morning and had breakfast with Reggie and Henry. Annie was real good and ate all of her breakfast, including two scrambled eggs, a mickey mouse pancake, two strips of bacon, a cup of fruit, and a glass of orange juice. She also watched her Baby Einstein DVD. She was super good today.

Last night I watched a DVD of the movie The Big Empty. It was an allegory about the human condition, always strange and sometimes funny. I give it 3 stars. I also read some more on my Kindle.

Message 957

Yesterday I had an appointment with my doctor at PAMF. She was concerned that my weight is now down to 166 pounds, But she was not concerned that my height was down to 5 ft. 11.5 inches, so I have shrunk 2.5 inches. She persuaded me to get a chest x-ray and some more blood tests, plus she wants me to have an endoscopic exam of my stomach. I am also slightly anemic. I reluctantly agreed to all of this even though I think I have just lost weight because I am not hungry and do not eat much.

Yesterday I also read the new Science and watched a DVD of the movie The Punisher. I did not realize it was based on a comic book when I ordered it, but it was not too bad. Mostly it had lots of violence. I give it 2.8 stars.

Message 956

Yesterday Julian brought Beech and Annie and shared Taco Bell take out with me. They could not stay long so after they left Josh came over and watched an afternoon game between the Sharks and Phoenix. The Sharks won 4-2, including an empty netter by Thornton at the end. They have won two in a row now, so maybe the are getting their groove back. In the evening I read some more on my Kindle. I am now half way through the book The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein. It is very good.