Message 856

Yesterday I went to PAMF and got my flu shot. I also finished reading The Economist and Science. Mimi was able to come home early to come with me to the family dinner in San Mateo. It was the first time that Julian, Annie, and Maureen were able to meet Mimi and vice versa. Julian grilled hamburgers, and hot dogs and Vanessa made salad and cooked a cherry pie. In the evening I watched the new episode of Wallander on Masterpiece Mystery.

Message 855

Yesterday I got some more work done on my memoirs. I also read quite a bit of The Economist. At 5 PM I watched the Stanford/USC game on ABC. It was a very good game that Stanford came from behind and won on the last play of the game. I was surprised that USC was as good as the were. In the evening Mimi and I watched a Netflix DVD of Part One of the uncut version of the French movie Lady Chatterly. It is the same movie we watched a couple of nights ago but with more exposition and background scenes included which makes it nearly four hours long.

Message 854

Mimi and I met Helen and Jim at Starbucks this morning. Last night we watched a DVD of breaking and Entering. About half way through I( realized I had seen it before. I notice on my blog that I have it rated as 3.5 stars. That seems about right. It has a good cast, but the behavior of some of the characters seems incomprehensible at times.

Message 853

I forgot to mention yesterday that we did not go to Heidi's Pies because Reggie had breakfast with the Blue Angels, who are in town for Fleet Week. I worked a little on my memoirs, and I read a lot more on my Kindle. I am 49 percent finished now. In the evening Mimi and I watched a DVD of the movie The Private Lives of Pippa Lee. The movie had a very good cast and was well written, but the subject was too unpleasant for my taste. I do not like movies about dysfunctional people dragging themselves and their families and friends down with guilt trips and erratic behavior. I give it 3.9 stars.

Message 852

Yesterday I worked on my memoirs and read on my Kindle. Mimi and I went to Sizzler for dinner. In the evening we watched a DVD of the movie 9 Songs. It was a pretty simple minded movie about a boy and a girl who go to rock concerts every night and have sex during the day. I give it 2 stars.

Message 851

Yesterday I worked on my memoirs and read on my Kindle, as well as watching Charlie Rose, The News Hour, BBC World News, and Tavis Smiley on PBS. Also I had a nice video phone conversation with Liz in her office on Skype. In the evening Mimi and I watched a DVD of the French movie Lady Chatterly. It was strange to see the D. H. Lawrence characters speaking French, but it was quite well done. I give it three stars.

Message 850

Vanessa came down yesterday and met me at Starbucks. She says she is recovered enough now to resume our Sunday family dinners. In the evening Mimi and I watched two DVDs from Netflix. The first was a sumptuous Chinese movie that came out about five years ago called Curse of the Golden Flower. I give it four stars. The second was a French movie that came out in 1985 called Rendez-Vous. It starred Juliette Binoche when she was very young. I give it 3.5 stars.