Such is life!
A sweep.
Why?
Such is life!
A sweep.
Why?
Today, the moment of truth! Election Day!
As I stated yesterday, I see Kamala Harris winning. I add today that I do not believe the final result will be extremely close. Harris closed in a windstorm the past two weeks while Trump dug his grave deeper.
For months now, my blog has been heavily invested in the election. That time is over. Yes, I will speak of the final result, Harris appointments, etc. However, today I am not going to dwell on politics. The time over. The result is the only thing important. And that will take one or more days to determine.
I am going to share some nonpolitical items with you today. Hope you enjoy the political pause.
Amusingly, I began with a political figure. His story is fraught with humor.
Tucker Carlson.
He claims a “demon” attack while he was in bed left him bleeding. An amusing story if Carlson was not so influential. He’s one of Trump’s crazies.
On this day in 1941, the Combined Japanese Fleet received Top-Secret Order No. 1 that Pearl Harbor was to be bombed one month later on December 7.
Would you believe? New York City’s first motorized taxis were electric vehicles. Called Electrobats. The year 1897.
Longevity/distance a problem. They went out of use in 1907 replaced primarily by gasoline run vehicles. Electric operated taxis did not return to New York City streets till 2022.
A lock of George Washington’s hair will be auctioned at the end of the month. Starting bid is $15,000.
Catholics found it difficult to remain in the Church and pulpit even in 1605. Guy Fawkes was a Catholic. He led 13 Catholic conspirators who planned to blow up King James I and Parliament.
The plot was discovered, Fawkes and his group were arrested. Fawkes was tortured and then executed.
Today is celebrated as Guy Fawkes Day in England. His effigy traditionally burned on a bonfire accompanied by fireworks.
Illegal votes an “issue” under Trump. There was a “for real” illegal vote in 1872. Woman’s advocate Susan B. Anthony voted for Ulysses S. Grant. Two weeks later she was arrested, tried, found guilty of illegally voting and fined $100. She refused to pay the $100 and never did.
Forty eight years later in 1920, women voted for the first time. Eight million women exercised the right for the first time.
On this day in 1917, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Louisville, Kentucky, ordinance requiring blacks and whites to live in separate areas.
Some local Key West items.
It’s that time again! The Key West World’s Fastest Boat Races. The boats have arrived. Sitting all over town. The actual races will take place wednesday, friday and saturday.
Jean Thornton knows everything about Key West. She has been here for years. She called me yesterday. Told me more boats in Key West for the races than ever before. Significantly more!
Proof. The Boat Parade was sunday night. The line of power boats ran nearly the entire length of Duval Street.
I have a visit scheduled this afternoon with Dr. Norris re the lower lumber MRI I did last week. I am anxious to find out the results.
I close with the weather. Key West weather. Are we in line for a tropical storm or hurricane in a few days?
The hurricane season ended October 31. As has happened in the past, hurricanes never know it. They do not pay attention. There have been one or two post October 31 hurricanes.
Rafael may be forming. If it does, it appears it will hit Cuba as a hurricane. Key West and the Keys will have heavy winds and tons of rain. The Key West weather was expected to begin later today. It is 8:30 in the morning as I am writing this blog. The rain has already begun. Pouring big time!
Enjoy your day!
One day more! Tomorrow Election Day!
Vote! Vote for Kamala Harris!
What more can I say. America’s survival depends on it.
Harris is about us, the people. Trump is about himself. Need I say more.
I see Harris winning. Her momentum the past two weeks indicates it.
Polls have not been dependable the past 10 years. If my recollection is correct, they have only been accurate one time in recent years.
If Trump wins, evangelicals will have been a major contributing factor. God will have been on the wrong side in this election.
Which means, woe is our nation.
Moving on to other issues.
An important issue on the Key West ballot. One I voted NO to the several times it appeared.
Those items authorizing a total of $226 million in the next 30 years for parks and recreation, transportation, police and fire, and climate change adaption projects.
An open checkbook to the Key West City Commission!
A person has to be crazy to give these politicians that much dollar power. Most cannot even balance their own checkbooks!
Something I was not aware of. My Catholic grammar school, high school and college educations made me aware of the Catholic Church’s Index. The Catholic Church indexed books it deemed contrary to the Church’s beliefs.
I worked in the Manhattan College Library while in college. A Catholic institution. A portion of the library was dedicated to storing certain books which had been indexed. Prohibited to lay reading.
I had access. Over a period of four years, browsed many of the Indexed books. Many interesting. Some I thought were not bad at all and should not have been banned.
The Catholic Church began publishing the Index in 1571. The Church stopped so doing in 1966 due to the sheer number of books involved.
I close with an oddball joke I ran across on the internet yesterday: What’s green, furry, has 4 legs and will kill if it falls out of a tree onto you? A pool table.
Not the best of odd statements. However, the best I came across yesterday.
Enjoy your day!
Yesterday was an odd one.
I decided to vote. Drove to the new Election Bureau building on Stock Island. Packed. Parking in the lot and on both sides of the highway. Easily 40-50 cars. My handicap sticker proved valuable. There was an open handicap spot in the lot and an attendant directed me to it.
There was a long line waiting outside to gain entrance to the building. Before I even got to it, I ran into Ashley. One of my physiotherapists. She had just finished voting. Still sweating. Not from the voting. Ashley is a runner. She had run from her condo behind the Regal Theater and was going to run back. A beauty. All a woman should be at 27 yeas of age. We enjoyed a pleasant conversation. She told me the whole voting experience would take about an hour.
I got in line. Outside, of course. I counted the people waiting. I was number 35. The line soon became 50.
It was a bit warm. The building and trees blocked the wind.
It took 35 minutes before I entered the building where the line continued inside.
There was a couple in front of me in line. We talked the whole time. Mid-forties. From Summerland Key. The husband began the conversation. He expressed his feelings re the election. Sounded like a Harris supporter. I merely nodded yes to what he said. I have always felt a polling place is not where politics should be discussed. People are there to do their thing. The talking behind them.
We talked about their kids, my Robert and Ally, the weather, cost of groceries, and a ton of other miniscule things. Every now and then the husband tried to direct the conversation to politics. I avoided his move each time. There was something strange about him. Just before we gained entry to the building, I understood why. He was a Trumpie. I had misread him. He was wearing a red cap with Make America Great Again emblazoned on it.
The building inside was terrific. Air conditioned and clean. A huge room well organized. A number of election staff personnel standing about directing people. I was impressed with the organization. And the joviality. Each staff person smiling and courteous.
My Trumpie friend proved what he was. There were different colored lines on the floor. We had to stand behind each as we progressed. The one near the end before receiving your ballot was orange. My Trumpie friend stepped over the line before his time and walked 5 feet ahead. He was kindly reminded to go back behind the orange line. He kept his head and nose up and ignored the woman staff person. She kindly reminded him again. He went back, but only to the line. Neither touched nor crossed it. A Trump asshole was all I could think.
When I entered the building, there was an empty chair inside by the door. I was asked if I wanted to sit. Only me. No one else. I said no. Thought, do I look that old?
High rise tables were set up for people to stand at and complete their ballots. Also, 4 small tables with chairs for I assumed the aged and infirmed.
By the time I was ready to receive my ballot, I felt aged. I was tired. I had been standing about 40 minutes. It must have shown in my body and face. I decided I was going to ask if I could sit and complete my ballot. Before I could, another worker asked if I would like to sit and I graciously accepted.
It felt terrific to sit.
It suddenly dawned on me that I must look old. Don’t laugh. Before my heart attack in January, I was 89 years old. People always took me for a person in his 60’s. Since the heart attack and three heart surgeries plus losing 60 pounds, I am still 89 but now must look it!
The thought did not make me happy. Vanity, I guess.
When I left and was in the lot at my car, the MAGA couple were waiting for me. They wanted to say good bye and how they enjoyed our conversation. If they only knew I was a Harris fan. They said I looked disgruntled. I quickly explained how the age problem bothered me. They helped by replying you are old and look old, etc. I disliked them even further.
That’s the new me I guess. Eighty nine and look eighty nine!
I hustled over to Brady’s Irish Pub for the Syracuse/Virginia Tech game. Ruthie took care of me. Set me up with my own TV set. I was the only Syracuse fan.
I had high hopes for Syracuse. We were only 4 point underdogs.
The first half was a disaster. For Syracuse. Took 10 minutes to get our first down. While Virginia Tech had already enjoyed 7. With two mines to go in the first half, Syracuse was down 14-3. Syracuse had the ball however. Looked like a Syracuse touchdown by half time. Not to be. Syracuse fumbled. Just like we had fumbled a few times against Pitt who slaughtered us in our last game.
That did it for me. I never leave a Syracuse game. No matter how bad we are getting beaten. For more than 60 years, I have been a diehard fan and remain till the bitter end.
Not yesterday. I said to myself, Screw it! I’m going home and left at halftime. I did not want to see Syracuse get humbled again.
I cannot get Syracuse sports on my TV. So when I got home, I went to bed and slept till almost 5. When I woke, I checked the final score of the game to see how badly Syracuse had been beaten. Was I wrong! Syracuse had won 38-31 in overtime!
Now I was the asshole.
Syracuse had a terrific second half as it turned out. Syracuse now 6-2 and bowl eligible.
Such was my saturday. Don’t know if it was exciting. Interesting, definitely.
Enjoy your day!
One of America’s greatest cowards and non-existent supporter of American war heroes and those who have fought to defend our country is Donald Trump. He turned on Liz Cheney again. Suggested she was a “war hawk” and should have guns “trained on her face.”
Trump’s words were based on the fact that she had never fought in a war yet could send other Americans to war.
I don’t know where Trump was coming from. When did he ever wear a military uniform? What war did he ever fight in? Remember, he avoided military service during the Vietnam War based on a “a claimed diagnosis of bone spurs.” An unproven one. Where is his medical report? As with his tax reports, never provided.
An example of the quality of the U.S. economy. The stock market is having its best year of any since 1936.
George F. Will is an asshole conservative Republican. The only way I can describe him.
He is 83 years old. Thinks as if he was 103. Makes the Biden of this year appear brilliant.
I have followed Will his entire career. He disappointed me yesterday, he disappoints me today.
His position re tuesday’s Presidential election is “voters face the worst Presidential choice in US. history.” Added, “There have been mediocrities and scoundrels in the 59 previous Presidential elections. But nothing like this.”
Knock Trump, praise Harris. For some reason, he cannot.
My advice to Will, retire now/immediately from the Washington Post. Most Americans do not pay attention to you today. They do not even know who you were or are.
If your stature is what you perceive, you would have stood for Harris in your recent writing instead of suggesting they both suck.
Respectfully, again I have not heard anyone mention your name in a political discussion or any other type in years.
Surprise! I thought that the percentage of people owning guns in the U.S. was huge. Not so. Only 32 percent of the population own guns. The problem creating a higher percentage in most people’s minds is that a large number of gun owners own more than one.
Fast food chain restaurants have been closing sites at a rapid rate. The most recent is Wendy’s plan to to close 140 restaurants by year end.
Management says the 140 sites are “dated.” Wendy’s advised however it would be reopening about the same number of new restaurants that it expects would be twice as profitable.
Ever wonder what the “thing” at the end of a shoelace is called? An “aglet.”
Live and learn. I’m always amazed! The largest ballet school in the world is in Cuba. Would have thought the U.S., France or Russia.
Remained in again last night. My back again. Amazing. One thing after another. What a year this has been!
Back better this morning. M game plan for today is to vote later this morning. Then be at Brady’s Irish Pub by noon to watch the Syracuse/Virginia Tech game.
I close with joyous news. Chris and Don are back. Syracuse area residents and fans who visit Key West 2-3 times a year.
I received an email from them yesterday that they have returned. They will be here for the entire month of November. Great! Good friends for years!
In recent years, we have been enjoying Thanksgiving dinner together. First thing they asked in the email, this year again? Of course!
Enjoy your day!
Wow! It is hitting the fan since Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally earlier this past week. He had many speakers. Most screwed up one way or another, including Donald. The worst however was the comedian no one ever heard of who referred to Puerto Rico as an “island of garbage.” If we were not aware, we learned. Never insult the island of Puerto Rico itself or its flag. Puerto Ricans are proud of their island, whether they still live on the island or reside in the U.S.
Puerto Ricans are considered part of the Latino group of voters. Most are Republicans and Trumpies. However not since the asshole comedian referred to their home island as garbage. Another adverse result is Trump so far has refused to apologize for the speaker’s misstatement. Typical Trump. Never apologizes. In fact, he considered the rally a love fest just as he continues to label January 6.
Puerto Ricans are pissed off big time! Many are openly advising they are changing who they will be voting for. They have moved from Trump to Harris.
The comedian’s faux pax and Trump’s failure to apologize for it could affect the election by throwing some of the close states to Harris. Pennsylvania has a huge Latino population. Puerto Ricans are on the march there. They even have decided to make Florida an issue. Would you believe! That is how mad they are.
So much material again today. I missed doing the blog one day and news is booming everywhere. I again will not be able to organize my material. It will be provided in the order it appears in my notes.
Trump’s MAGA followers are infuriated by a new Harris-Walz campaign ad voiced by actor Julie Roberts. The ad encourages women to vote for Harris, even where the husband is backing Trump. Her advice…..Don’t tell your husband you voted for Harris.
Sort of keep peace in the family. What the husband doesn’t know won’t hurt him.
Those opposed to Roberts’ position say such action by the wife is kin to an affair. Wow! Others claim it is nauseating. Some evangelical clergy remind the Bible says the husband is the head of the household and the wife shall do as he says and as he does.
Would you believe? These MAGAs and hard assed Republicans live in another time. Makes me wonder how happy these women really are living with such commanding men.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says Trump has promised him “control” of “public health issues.”
Lord, help us! The man is incompetent and inept. In reality, a quack. His father he is not.
Because of his natural limitations, he is a danger in any governmental position.
One example of his waywardness is misinformation he provided that contributed to a measles outbreak that killed 83 people. The man is a danger.
“An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” Derived from an 1866 piece of public advice: “Eat an apple on going to bed, and you’ll keep the doctor from earning his bread.”
Syracuse plays Virginia Tech tomorrow at the Dome in Syracuse. Syracuse 5-2, Virginia Tech 5-3. The game is at noon. Virginia Tech favored by 4 points.
Major announcement yesterday. The U.S. economy continues to be the best in the world. The result of Biden-Harris’ hard work the past 4 years. Contrary to what Trump and his followers spout, Trump left the country in terrible shape economically. His election to the Presidency again will without question result in economic disaster in less than one year. Especially his tariff program. A disaster!
Love all of you, my friends! Vote for Harris for your benefit and mine!
An Opinion writer in the Washington Post spelled out the result of the election correct: “I am absolutely convinced — you can take this to the bank — that it will be either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump.”
Reread the Opinion piece again slowly if you failed to note its humor the first time.
Trump has “protected women” all his life. So he says. Even before he became a politician. Look at how he treated women. Grab ’em by their genitals! His claim that his most successful action as President was appointing three Supreme Court Justices who guaranteed the Dobbs decision.
Ladies, you don’t need him. And he does not need me to tell you. He is a degenerate and hater when it comes to the opposite sex. Forget not, actions speak louder than words.
Saw this statement on the internet yesterday: Say no to tyranny – Vote Harris!
The Supreme Court needs to be fixed. Too many Republican/strange decisions. The most recent this past week. A Virginia case that threw 1,600 voters off the ballot because of a “non-citizen” claim. An unproven one. Virginia said it was so and did it. The Supreme Court said it was ok without an actual investigation and roughly one week prior to the election.
We need a new Supreme Court. The present majority is “screwing” the America public too much.
Americans love avocados. Avocado in Spanish is Aguacate which comes from the Nahuatd word “ahuacatl,” which in turn means “testicles.”
So, tree testicles anyone?
Enjoy your day!
Happy Halloween!
Be careful driving tonight. Watch out for the kids.
I loved tricking and treating with my children when they were small. Got a second chance with Robert and Ally. Joined Lisa and Corey walking with them Halloween evenings.
Completed the Halloween walks each time by sitting with my children and then Robert and Ally and eating the candy they had collected. And for several days following.
I was a kid at heart! Still am!
There was no blog yesterday. Sorry. I am having a few “off” days and did not feel up to it.
Ergo, I have two days of things to share today in one blog. Means today’s blog may be a bit long. Bear with me. The material is interesting. It also means I shall be sharing my thoughts in the order they appear in my notes. Organization lacking.
We start with tuesday afternoon. A first time visit with Dr. Schnapp. He is a neurologist. Dr. Norris referred me. My lower back suddenly killing me. Norris suspects I may have a disc problem.
Since it was my first visit with Schnapp, I did not get to see him. His physician assistant Julie handled me. Took info, checked me out, etc. I see Schnapp next wednesday. In between I have had an MRI and he and Norris are awaiting the results.
Julie was terrific. Knowledgeable. Put up with my detailed rendition of my problem.
Then to The Grand for Happy Hour. Sat next to Chris. My company for the second week in a row. She works Security at the Airport. She has interesting stories to tell.
A couple were seated to my left at the bar. As they were leaving, the wife asked if I was Louis, Key West Lou. Love it when this happens!
They were Lisa and Greg Runion from Sylvania, Ohio. Sylvania near Toledo.
We had an interesting chat. They have been reading my blog for years. Both retired teachers.
They have a daughter Brynn. She works for Nationwide Insurance in Columbus. Loves the job. Nationwide is helping her get a Masters.
Brynn and Nationwide brought back a fond memory. When I was a young lawyer in the 1960’s, I was a Nationwide insured. Homeowners and auto. Nothing big. Nationwide at the time had a Policyholders Advisory Committee. Somehow I got elected up several ranks in the organization and ended up National Chairman of the organization for two years. Spent some time at Nationwide’s home office in Columbus. Got to know Nationwide’s President Murray D. Lincoln well. An outstanding individual. A class act. Influenced me. He died in 1966.
I suggested Lisa and Greg mention Lincoln to their daughter. See if she was aware of him. If not, she should become acquainted with his history. He was a true leader.
I hope to run into Lisa and Greg on their next Key West visit.
Matt was bartending. Nice guy. A gentleman.
A sudden hug and kiss. It was Jean Thornton. Husband Joe was with her. I had not seen Joe in months. They live in Birmingham. I spent 12 days in their home when I escaped Hurricane Irma. Great people!
Joe was leaving yesterday. Someone has to work. I sometime think Jean spends more time in Key West than Birmingham. Actually, the two are together often as they should be. The past few years they have become world travelers.
I ate early. I had not eaten since 6 am. A busy day. Meant I left The Grand early.
Tuesday night was Kamala Harris’ major speech at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C. The same place from which Trump spoke before sending his people to the Capitol on January 6 to do damage, etc.
Harris was terrific. She’s got it! Well qualified to be President.
Yesterday was an MRI at the Key West Hospital. First time I have had an MRI since receiving the pacemaker. A big deal. Preparation wise and during the procedure. Because of the pacemaker, I had 6 additional nurses. I was the first MRI that morning with a pacemaker. Five of the 6 nurses involved were learning. You need a pacemaker observer when you have an MRI. Don’t ask me why. Confusing.
So I had the 5 learners plus Cathy. Cathy was their teacher. She knew everything. I was impressed with what she knew about me and my pacemaker. She even knew the first surgery at Mount Sinai had left a wire in my heart and I had to have another surgery to get it out of my heart.
The MRI went well. So I assume. I will know next week if I have a lumbar disc problem. The MRI was to determine if I did.
I felt under the weather yesterday. Telephoned Carola to tell her I would not be at Brady’s in the evening. She had planned on baking me Irish scones. I did not want them to be wasted.
Trump’s major speech at Madison Square Garden turned out to be a major screw up. Someone on his program spoke poorly of Puerto Rico. A garbage dump or something. Going to cost Trump votes in the U.S. A ton of Puerto Ricans now live here on the mainland. They are insulted about the comment and Trump’s failure to apologize for it. Trump says the event was a “love fest.” In his mind only.
The Washington Post’s failure to make an editorial choice for President has thus far resulted in 250,000 cancellations. Bezos deserves it! May he take a gigantic financial loss.
Would you believe? Why is it not happening on the U.S.? Since 2007, all McDonalds’ fleet trucks in the U.K. have been fueled with cooking oil from their restaurants. In 2018, McDonalds successfully redid 80 percent of its waste cooking oil for use across its European fleet.
The Dodgers won the World Series. Four games to one. Sloppy baseball yesterday caused the Yankees to lose the game.
I have tons more material. Saving it for tomorrow.
I want to close however with Actress Lee Grant. She is 99 years old today. God bless her!
She starred in movies such as Shampoo, In the Heat of the Night, Airport ’77, and Valley of the Dolls.
She won an Oscar for her brilliant comic performance in Shampoo. Grant was blacklisted from 1952-1964. She won the Oscar after her blacklisting had ended.
The years of her blacklisting were times when we feared a nuclear war with Russia. Serious business back then. A daily fear. McCarthy was a fruitcake U.S. Senator. A weirdo much like Trump. A danger much like Trump.
McCarthy caused many in the movie industry to be blacklisted, lose their ability to work. Careers were destroyed. Some justifiably, some not so.
Grant was blacklisted. Not because she was a Communist. Her husband apparently had some involvement. She refused to testify about her knowledge of his doings. She herself was never involved. She was blacklisted because she would not testify against her husband.
When she was back to work, she also starred in the TV show Peyton Place.
When 50, she decided to direct also. She became a successful director as well as actress.
Enough for today.
Enjoy your day!
Another restaurant chain has closed down a number of locations. TGI Fridays announced nearly 50 locations have been closed down. Rumor has it the chain is considering bankruptcy amid monetary debts.
TGI Fridays had 250 locations at the start of the year. Last week, 213. Today, 164.
Not a healthy track record.
Based on the many comments yesterday, Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally was an absolute failure. Campaign hierarchy were all over the place yesterday trying to correct the many errors speakers had made.
Stephen Miller was one of the speakers. A strange duck. He has Jewish blood. His Jewish grandparents immigrated to the U.S. Yet he is anti-Semitic and anti-immigrant. He was Trump’s speech writer when President and now continues to guide Trump re immigration. He evidences a nationalism that places him in the Hitler camp. He promotes “America for Americans only.” Hitler used to say “Germany for Germans only.”
He reminds me of Joseph Goebbels in thought and appearance. I have written this several times in the past.
Bess Levin in a Vanity Fair 10/28/24 article said: “Do not say he didn’t warn you.” Donald Trump’s racist, misogynistic, antisemitic MSG rally was an explicit preview of a second term.
Trump continues to show us he is considered with boosting himself and using his power for revenge. If so, when will he have time to help ordinary Americans?
I made an error the other day re Jeff Bezos. I thought he only owned a piece of the Washington Post. Not so. He owns one hundred percent of the Washington Post.
Tonight, Kamala Harris speaks at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C. The place from which Trump made his January 6 speech. I am confident Harris’ speech will be a humdinger. She has come a long way in a short time. She has established her credibility to be President.
Democracy had its beginnings late in the 6th century B.C. in Athens. It was known as the “demokratia.”
“Black Tuesday.” October 19, 1929. The New York Stock Exchange collapsed. Many investors wiped out.
Another Abraham Lincoln quote. He had a way with words: “Honestly, if I were two-faced, would I be showing you this one?”
Yankees down 3 games to the Dodgers. Does not look good for the Yankees. Game 4 tonight. The Dodgers could sew up the series. If not tonight, another time soon. A 3 game edge too much to overcome.
I close with my day. This afternoon a visit with a neurologist. My back. Norris thinks I may have a disc problem. If it isn’t one thing, it’s another. Better than another heart attack, however.
Following the doctor visit, I will be at The Grand for Happy Hour.
Enjoy your day!
Something screwed up WordPress for me yesterday. I am unable to do my blog without it.
I was unaware till last night there was a problem Notified Sloan. She is an early riser. Got to it at 5 this morning. Blog now up and running.
Love the woman!
As a result, today’s blog is relatively short.
Madison Square Garden has always been a place of enjoyment for me. As far back as the old Madison Square Garden on 8th Avenue when I was in college. Many a game I have watched in the old and the new. Never a contamination. Till yesterday when I watched the Trump rally on TV. He dirties everything! The event was crude and racist.
Giuliani as a speaker. Puerto Rico described as a “floating island of garbage.” A description I do not understand, especially since there are 800,000 Puerto Rican voters in New York City alone. Not smart politics. Jokes were otherwise made of Latinos. Hate accompanied the words of many of the speakers.
Trump says the worst things about Harris. False and degrading. She should retaliate by telling the world he has a 2 inch penis. Would that be funny! The fact that none of us knows means nothing. It is merely retaliating with what is probably a falsehood. Tit for tat. Deserved.
One thing about Harris. She knows who she is. She refuses to permit Trump or anyone else to define her.
I have been a Yankee fan since the day I was born. It hurt that they lost to the Dodgers again yesterday. More games to go, however. As Yogi Berra was wont to say…..It ain’t over till it’s over!
An Abraham Lincoln quote: “It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.”
Advice Trump should follow.
I have been to St. Louis, Missouri, only one time. The city’s Gateway Arch impressed me. The 630 foot high catenary arch was completed this day in 1965.
The New York City Subway System enjoyed a birthday yesterday. It was 120 years old.
I close with what I consider an amusing comment/observation concerning me.
Academia wrote me today asking if I was the “Louis Perone” who in 1990 authored: Lattice Model for Thermotropc Liquid Crystals. III, Confromational Statistics of the Semiflexible Molecular Tail.
No way. I do not even understand the title. I am complimented to have been asked, however. My intelligence level is not that high.
Big medical week ahead. Begins today with a heart visit with April Gallagher.
Enjoy your day!
I was overwhelmed yesterday listening to Michelle Obama’s speech in support of Kamala Harris. One of the best political speeches, if not the best, I have ever heard.
The presentation was before a crowd estimated at 30,000 in Houston.
Got to say it again, Obama was terrific! Out doing even the best speech her husband ever gave.
She touched on a number of subjects. Dwelled heavily on abortion and women’s rights. It was in these areas where she super achieved. She covered every problem a woman could confront, every danger Trump had placed American women in, subsequent dangers were Trump to be elected. Her attention to detail impressive. Never boring.
She closed her presentation with a pitch to American men. Support your women! Don’t let them down! Vote for Harris!
The Opinion pieces in The Washington Post yesterday knocking the Post’s non endorsement position were voluminous. Though the Post deserves no credit concerning the issue, I must compliment the paper on publishing so many of the anti-editorial comments.
People were mad! Properly so!
One piece described the no endorsement editorial as “verbal vomit.” Love it! Another reflected “how the German newspapers cowered to Hitler.” Another with Chamberlain’s Munich disaster as “British appeasement in the face of fascism” when comparing the two events.
Most were in a similar vein.
There were many comments and articles written by other media to the effect that the editorial was to satisfy/required by Jeff Bezos. An Amazon owner and an owner of The Washington Post. Bezo Trump’s friend for years.
Another Rupert Murdoch situation. Raises the question whether men of wealth should be permitted to own any type media.
Last night was Parade time at Fantasy Fest. A big deal! Sixty thousand plus lining Duval Street watching.
The first Fantasy Fest Parade was this day in 1979. Ten thousand watched compared to the sixty thousand plus today. The winning float was “Bride of Dracula” sponsored by Fast Buck Freddies.
I gave up years ago attending the Parade. Too many people. Difficult for a person my age to walk around. In addition, my car was towed twice. Too late in the morning to retrieve it. On Stock Island. The cost too much also. Around $235 the last time.
So I have come to watch it on TV. Viewed it last night on Sloppy Joe’s outside cam. Can’t get a better seat. Second floor in effect of Sloppy’s. Great view, no people bustling around.
The Parade was its usual greatness. More enjoyable was watching those standing viewing the Parade. Yelling and screaming, fighting for beads thrown from the floats. Key West goes “beads crazy” during Fantasy Fest.
The Headdress Ball was Thursday night. Sushi won the $5,000 first prize. Sushi in his acceptance speech announced Randy Roberts will be in the Red Shoe New Year’s Eve when it drops at midnight at the Bourbon Street Pub. Sushi was the “star” in the Red Shoe for 25 years till he retired. Now others are selected each year to replace him.
Key West water is terrible. I have not drunk it in years. Taste is poor. Makes me think bad things are in the water.
I buy my water at the supermarket. Zephyrhills has become my water of choice. Expensive and as packed heavy to carry.
This is Zephyrhills’ 60th birthday. The water was introduced for sale in 1964.
Hugh Grant is the famous British actor. Love his work!
Grant’s career almost went down the tubes in 1995 after he was arrested for lewd behavior. He was caught receiving oral sex in his BMW from a sex worker on Hollywood Boulevard.
Being orally copulated was ok back then for a Presidential candidate, but not a name star! His career was in jeopardy.
Grant faced up to the problem. Within days, he appeared on the Jay Leno Show. Another TV show I watched in my earlier day.
Grant appeared properly embarrassed. A naughty boy caught with his hand in the cookie jar. Or rather, his pants down.
Leno asked: “What the hell were you thinking?”
Grant’s response: “You know in life what’s a good thing and what’s a bad thing. I did a bad thing.”
The laughter and applause was overwhelming. Grant’s sincerity and humility saved his career.
I close with a topic I first wrote about two months ago on August 26, 2024. I refer you to it. The subject matter concerned the Sistine Chapel.
What I wrote about August 26 popped up in another internet article yesterday.
What I wrote on August 26, I never knew till the day before when I tripped on it on the internet.
Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Magnificent. Religiously moving. Two fingers reaching to touch each other. One God’s.
Years later, Michelangelo painted the wall behind the alter in the Sistine Chapel. The painting known as The Last Judgment.
My “new knowledge” in the August 26 writing was the ceiling contains 343 penises stark naked. The Last Judgment contains 400 plus nude saints, sinners and sacred souls. Nude means totally exposed. Asses and penises clearly evident.
Why did Michelangelo paint these two religious works with exposed genitalia, etc.? Who was in control of the subject matter?
I suggested Michelangelo painted the penises, etc. because he was gay and was artistically fond of the male body. I also suggested he disliked Pope Julius II who hired him each time and could not control Michelangelo. History uncertain.
The reason I write about the subject again is that I have been fortunate to have been inside the Sistine Chapel on two occasions and saw none of the nudity. Perhaps I should have looked closer. If I ever get there again, I will.
Many have visited the Sistine Chapel. Every time I run into one since my August discovery, I ask if they saw the various exposures. Not one has! They look at me as if my question is crazy.
I’m sure they will look closely and see them if they ever have the chance to return.
I hope I get the chance.
Enjoy your Sunday!