A delightful evening! Spectacular! Eugene Robinson live!
Robinson is a Washington Post columnist, Pulitzer Prize winner, and MSNBC commentator.
Love watching him on Morning Joe. The man knowledgeable and soft spoken. His soft spoken nature was evident last night as it is on TV.
The venue the Key West Theater. Packed. 244 seats. Not one empty.
Robinson’s coverage of Trump amusing. Obviously not a Trump fan. His thrust the man does not know what he is doing nor has he surrounded himself with those that do. He suggested, without specifically saying so, he did not expect Trump to fill out his full four year term.
Two observations. Re the audience.
243 whites, 1 African-American. Robinson is African-American.
I am 81. Probably the average age last night. Only 2 persons under 60. My group who arrived in Key West 20 plus years ago aging. Younger interested replacements available?
I have known Kitty 20 odd years. Had not seen her in 10. Saw her last night. We were standing in line together waiting to get in to hear Robinson.
Age came into the conversation. Kitty happy she was 80 and still kicking. I smiled and whispered in her ear I was 81.
Kitty has an ageless beauty. Still shines through.
Kitty was with cane. She had a hip replacement in July. Coming along very well. Cane more of a mental support at this time rather than a physical one.
Hip replacements surround me. My dear fried Liz Moody is in the hospital this morning. For a hip replacement. I am hurrying doing this blog because I promised to be there before she went into the operating room.
Plan on spending the day with her lady friends waiting for the doctor’s report following the surgery. I am bringing my notes for tonight’s blog talk radio show. Tuesday Talk with Key West Lou. I will fine tune the show while waiting.
Topics tonight include Trump/Obama, the new health care act, cursive writing on the rebound, the 4th industrial revolution, a vaccination update, anti-Semitism, Stephen Miller, protests becoming criminalized, and more.
Join me! Nine my time. www.blogtalkradio.com/key-west-lou. A fast-moving eye-opening show. Guaranteed you will enjoy!
I mentioned yesterday that the word on the street was that Poker Run was returning. Sunrise Rotary and the City of Key West had abandoned their sponsorships following last year’s Poker Run. We were invaded by a few biker gangs.
I was wrong. There is a comment in Citizens’ Voice this morning that the Sunrise Rotary was not sponsoring Poker Run this year and the rumor that they were was false.
Did two Facebook Go Live videos yesterday. One concerned the rebirth of cursive writing. Fourteen states are teaching handwriting again.
Moonlight was the Academy Award winner for Best Picture. I saw the movie last week after it had received the award. I did not recall much of it. Fell asleep. Because I was tired or bored? Not sure.
There were some numbers in yesterday’s newspaper re the film. Neither a money maker nor costly to film. Gross so far only $25.3 million. Cost to make the film $1.5 million. The gross figure includes the $2.5 made after the film was declared Best Picture.
One in my group who viewed the picture thought we have become too politically correct. The cast is all black. Did the film win because of last year’s Awards and the furor that followed?
I continue to suspect man is living longer. Perhaps so. Read that in 2014, 72,197 persons were over 100 years.
Enjoy your day!
Not much suspect to it, man is living longer. By 5 yrs just in the past 25. But, women outlive us by 5 yrs.
The life SPAN for humans is not increasing. Human life span is still around 120 years. The human body just breaks down, no getting around that. As Arthur Spooner said, “it’s Gravity, and it’s comin’ for you.”
However, life EXPECTANCY of humans is increasing. This is due to reduction in infant mortality and better health care for the elderly. More people are living into their 80s and 90s.
What these numbers don’t show is how WELL these people live. How many of them are coping with dementia, cancers, COPD, etc. Careful what you wish for.
All good points and a reason to the make the very most of tomorrow.
Thats why I’m trying to get in touch with my feminine side so I’ll have more tomorrows to make the most of. Maybe the drag queens are on to something. [smiley face]