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.

Message 948

Yesterday I watched Green Bay beat Philadelphia in the NFL playoffs. Afterward Josh came over and brought burgers and watched the Sharks lose to the Ducks 0-1 with me. NHL games are getting as hard to predict as the NFL. Any team is likely to win any given game. After the hockey game I watched a Nature show on PBS about the people who lived the Born Free story and helped make the movie and what happened afterward. After that I watched the new Masterpiece episode on PBS about titled British having to marry rich Americans in order to keep their estates afloat, and how the women then get cut out of the inheritance.

Message 947

I am feeling better today. Yesterday I drove to Los Gatos to give Susan her birthday envelope and have dinner at Live Oak Kitchen. I had the bacon cheeseburger. It was good to see everybody, but Amelia was doing her school flag thing, so she was not able to join us. When I got home I finished reading The Economist.