Message 541

Yesterday Vanessa and I had breakfast at Heidi's Pies as usual on Thursday. In the afternoon I picked Beech up after school and took him to Kung Fu. Afterward we went next door to Round Table Pizza. He won another stuffed animal from the machine. This one he gave to Annie when we picked her up at her day care on the way home.

In the evening I watched a DVD of the movie Black Narcissus. This is a famous movie made at the end of World War 2, but I had never seen it. It is quite beautiful and well done, but it is mostly of technical interest because it was shot entirely in a studio but gives the powerful illusion that it was shot in Nepal. I give it 3.9 stars.

Message 540

Yesterday I finished reading Science and also finished reading my book about The National Security Agency (NSA), titled Body of Secrets by James Bamford. In the evening I watched a DVD of the Czech movie Beauty in Trouble. So far as I can remember it is the first Czech movie I ever watched. The picture it paints of the people and the lives they live there is not very attractive, but I give it three stars.

Message 539

Yesterday I finished reading The Economist and started reading Science. In the evening I watched human evolution Part 3, Nova, and Frontline on PBS. Joshua was planning to come over and watch the Sharks game with me, but it turned out not to be on TV, so we cancelled. It is just as well I suppose because I heard on the News that they lost to Nashville 3-4.

Message 538

Yesterday Vanessa fixed a lunch for everyone, so I went with Annie and her 3-year old neighbor to Nealon Park. It was a beautiful day and a good time was had by all. In the evening I watched a DVD of the Japanese movie The Pillow Book. It was a strange movie, but I suppose was an example of how different the oriental culture is about how people behave. It is really hardly worth watching, but I give it three stars.

Message 537

Yesterday Julian brought in tacos , and he and I watched football, but none of our local teams were on TV. Later I watched the Sharks lose to Chicago 4-3. In the evening I joined the family dinner in San Mateo. Julian made spaghetti and it was so good I ate too much and had to put up with indigestion in the middle of the night. In the evening I watched the PBS Sunday shows.

Message 536

Yesterday I watched Stanford beat USC and the Sharks beat St. Louis. I also read about half of The Economist. In the evening I watched a DVD of the German movie for which the English title is Gloomy Sunday. It is a well made movie by people I was not at all familiar with. It was mostly shot in Budapest and is an allegory about World War 2 and what it did to the people in Europe. It was a lot about music, and it had the bizarre conceit that a song written by a piano player in a restaurant caused lots of people commit suicide. The message was that all the elegance, sophistication, and refinement of European culture was severely tested by the insanity of the German actions during the war. I give it four stars.

I am writing this message while I wait for an hour to pass before I can eat breakfast. I took my last Boniva this morning. I am glad to be finished with it and with Fosomax. It has been about five years now since I started this chemotherapy, and my doctor says that should be enough. In general I feel so much better these days that I can believe I can do fine without it.

Message 536

Yesterday I watched Stanford beat USC and the Sharks beat St. Louis. I also read about half of The Economist. In the evening I watched a DVD of the German movie for which the English title is Gloomy Sunday. It is a well made movie by people I was not at all familiar with. It was mostly shot in Budapest and is an allegory about World War 2 and what it did to the people in Europe. It was a lot about music, and it had the bizarre conceit that a song written by a piano player in a restaurant caused lots of people commit suicide. The message was that all the elegance, sophistication, and refinement of European culture was severely tested by the insanity of the German actions during the war. I give it four stars.

I am writing this message while I wait for an hour to pass before I can eat breakfast. I took my last Boniva this morning. I am glad to be finished with it and with Fosomax. It has been about five years now since I started this chemotherapy, and my doctor says that should be enough. In general I feel so much better these days that I can believe I can do fine without it.