No, not sick yesterday. Had some morning business matters that required attention. Thank you for your concern.
Little guys can beat the big eyes. Small nations can defeat or take the best of larger nations. One example being the colonists in 1776 who eventually beat the mighty Great Britain. Another the Vietnamese who eventually forced us out of Vietnam.
Key West’s population a steady 25,000 over the years. The United States 330 million. Yet every year for 35 consecutive years, the tiny Conch Republic has defeated the forces of the United States.
Last night was the Great Sea Battle. As anticipated, the Conch Republic won. A tiny pirate ship and other small boats beating vessels of the U.S. Coast Guard. The Conch Air Force consisting of pre-World War II bi-planes defeating U.S. Navy jets from Boca Chica.
An exciting evening!
I watched from the Ocean Key House Pier. Cheered the Conch Republic on. Got wet from the spray.
Did the Chart Room before and after. Crowded. John bartending.
KONK E-Blast ran an interesting article and video this morning. A Deputy Sheriff on duty observed a meteor. He followed it with his dashcam. Through the sky till it is exploded. The explosion visible, also.
Two of Key West’s premier entertainers are teaming up to do a wednesday night event beginning this wednesday. Bobby Nesbitt will sing and play the piano. Skipper Kripitz, the drums. Both together at the Little Room Jazz Club.
Bocce thursday night a disaster. My team lost all three games. If the trend continues, I am going to come off the inactive list.
The team is having a difficult season. Hard to understand. For at least 5 years, the team one of the top ones. Good! All of a sudden, cannot do anything right. Inexplicable.
The State has reported no ZIKA disease found in mosquito samples this year.
Trump stated friday his first hundred days were “just about the most successful in our country’s history.”
Trump set the standard for what his accomplishments would be. Other than a Supreme Court Justice, he failed from my perspective. It has to appear that way to his supporters, also. Unless they are so blind they cannot see. Better stated, do not wish to see.
I expect a deluge of comments tomorrow morning disagreeing with me.
Where o’ where is the USS Carl Vinson?
We are concerned with North Korea. The Vinson part of a “carrier armada” Trump told us was on its way to North Korean waters. The carrier was first diverted to war games in the Indian Ocean. Games have been long over. Vinson does not yet appear to have reached the North Korea area.
Information in the Indian Ocean days was that the Vinson could make the 3,000 miles to North Korea in four days by traveling at full speed. Thirty five mph.
On April 28, 1945, the dead bodies of Mussolini and his mistress were hung upside down from a grid at a gasoline service station site in Milan.
On my first visit to Novara several years ago, I visited Milan often. A half hour train ride away. Anna is very familiar with Milan. She attended college there and then worked in Milan for several years.
The gas station where Mussolini was hung was one of the places we visited. All I could think was deserved retribution.
More robot/artificial intelligence information.
A Chinese technologist Kai-Fu Lee claims that within ten years artificial intelligence will replace humans in 50 percent of all jobs.
We should/must pay more intelligence to robots and artificial intelligence.
A couple of Key West/Hollywood connections.
Gloria Swanson spent several of her younger school years living in Key West. Her father was stationed here with the U.S. Army.
On a yacht trip in 1939, Swanson returned to Key West with several friends. Spent a few days learning about Key West anew.
Big star Jennifer Jones and equally big director David O. Selznick guested at La Concha in April 1946. They were not married at the time. What is common place now was not back then. Non-marrieds sharing a hotel room frowned upon.
Selznick was married to another. My recollection, Jones was divorced.
We end on a happy note. One involving a sad despicable place. On this day in 1945, the Dachau concentration camp in Germany was liberated by U.S. troops.
Enjoy your day!