Not Feeling All That Well

Need to rest, recline, recharge. Plus I have to take the Beetle to our mechanic — starter button replacement. Plus I have a chiropractor appointment at 3:45 pm. Momma said there’ll be days like this / there’ll be days like this, my momma said.

1.21 (11:05 am) update: Feeling much better, but I intend to work standing up for the rest of my life. (Or on the couch.) Sitting up straight in a cushioned chair doesn’t work any more.

I’d Almost Forgotten…

…how perfectly written this is. Screenwriters Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg got it exactly right. Once. 13, 14 years ago. Their best shot, never matched it…although they came close once or twice.

The Irishman

Nobody did it better / Though sometimes I wish someone could have.

Eloquence, ace-level delivery, deep vocal timbre…how a newly inaugurated president should damn well look and sound. 35 years younger than our current, soon-to-be-sworn in President-elect. Born on 11.20.42, Biden was 18 on this cold January day.