Tom Hanks is having a tailgate party in the back of the Playtone Records station wagon! Today at 1 ET, right here on this conveniently embedded TuneIn player.
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Anticipating April
A couple of my friends have birthdays coming up in April. One of them is Prue, who by now should be relocated in France. I’m waiting for her reply to a message I sent.
Here’s Prue’s first husband in an offbeat episode of Danger Man, reprising his croupier role from A Hard Day’s Night. If only Prue had been cast as the lovely lady with Patrick McGoohan. Note the presence of Desmond Llewelyn, the original Q in the James Bond films.
Time is Tight
The second anniversary of my combined cancer+afib diagnosis is coming up in April. Both conditions were successfully treated, and there continue to be follow-up appointments to ensure all is well. I need to decide what I want to do in whatever time is left for me to do it.
Technologist Pis*ing Contest
There’s an update on my Verizon Fios remote administration complaint:
https://community.verizon.com/discussion/comment/1834732#Comment_1834732
Hey, Groovy Guys and Gals
Trump is a bummer, but don’t let him bring you down. Love, that’s where it is.
Doing the Not Do-able
Trump is going to send foot soldiers into Iran. Of course he is. It’s a deeply complex country of complexity.
At almost a third of the size of the continental United States, Iran has around 93 million people. Taking, let alone holding, a deeply complex country of its size and complexity and weaponry with 50,000 troops, military experts say, is not doable.