Message 1168

Yesterday I read some more on my Kindle. In the evening I watched some shows on PBS about the Aztecs and Incas and what their cultures were like. Just like everyone else, they were a bloodthirsty bunch. I just took my blood pressure and it was 148/75 with a heart rate of 66. It is a little high this morning. I wonder why. I feel good, so I am not worried. The next time I take it it will probably be back to better numbers.

Message 1167

Yesterday I read some more on my Kindle and watched the first disk of the series The Big C. It is a comedy about a woman played by Laura Linney who has terminal skin cancer. It sounds like an improbable concept for a comedy, but it is well done. I finished reading The Economist and had a good night’s sleep. Julian is in New York this week and Reggie is still on jury duty so we missed going to Heidi’s Pies again, but we should be back in business next week. I feel good today.

Message 1166

I had a good sleep last night, and I have a load working in the washing machine now. Yesterday I went to the dentist for a routine cleaning. He said I had a cracked filling that might give me trouble, but I said I would think about it until my next visit because it was not giving me any pain. Last night I watched a couple of PBS shows. One was about Churchill’s decision to sink the French ships to keep them out of the hands of the Germans at the beginning of the war. The French were too proud and stubborn to cooperate, so Churchill ordered them sunk. I also read some more on my Kindle, and I read about half of The Economist. I feel good today.

Message 1165

Yesterday I watched the Cowboys luck into a two point win over the Redskins on Monday Night Football. I am sure Andrine and Marty were both unhappy. Last Friday’s issue of The Economist finally arrived yesterday. I suppose the issue from the week before is lost forever. After football last night I watched a Netflix DVD of Transcendent Man, a documentary about Ray Kurzweil, who wrote the book The Singularity is Near that Ethan gave me and that I much admired. I had never seen Ray Kurzweil before, but he is a very effective speaker. I give it 5 stars. I feel good today.

Message 1164

I watched three NFL Games yesterday. Joshua brought in Subway sandwiches and watched the 49ers and Raiders both win their games against the Bengals and the Jets respectively. For the Sunday night game I watched the Steelers beat the Colts, who even without Payton Manning almost won the game. In the evening I watched another episode of Inspector Lewis on PBS. I also read some more on my Kindle. I feel good today.

Message 1163

This is two weeks in a row that I have not received The Economist. I have heard on the news that the post office is in financial trouble, but I do not understand why it could cause a delay of over two weeks. Yesterday I drove down to Los Gatos in the afternoon and Jason took ten pictures of my Sienna with his digital camera so I could send them to GEICO. A couple of weeks ago I got a letter addressed to Diane Baslersally saying that a client of their insurance company had filed a claim against the Sienna for damaging their client’s car on 10 August. I called them and was told that a witness had seen me run into a Land Rover in the Sharon Heights Shopping Center parking lot and left a note giving my license number. They sent me pictures but they were of such poor quality I could not make much out from them. Anyway they said the claim was over $2000 in damages. I was unaware of the accident at the time it happened, so I thought the claim was absurd and turned it over to GEICO who requested I send them pictures of my car. I also explained that Sally had been dead for nearly eight years and that the can is now in the family trust of which I am the trustee. It took me a long time last night getting these pictures to go through my email because the files were so big. I eventually had to send them as ten separate messages. Anyway, I also read more on my Kindle. I feel good today.

Message 1162

Yesterday after the usual Friday night PBS shows I watched the second Netflix DVD of the movie Lady Chatterly. I was impressed by the quality of the production, but the movie was more about the British class system than it was about sex. In fact it was often boring. I give it 3.5 stars. I feel good today. I just measured my blood pressure. It is 123/76, heart rate 67, which are fairly good numbers.