Last weekend, Bob Odenkirk and his daughter Erin were at the Charles M. Schulz Museum, talking about their new book, Zilot.
https://schulzmuseum.org/zilot/
So Snoopy has competition, imagining himself as a world-famous attorney.
If Bob and daughter Erin visit the Norman Rockwell Museum, I’ll be there!
The two impatiens I repotted appear to be doing well together on the porch. As a young boy in Wisconsin, my parents had a greenhouse business. Perhaps I’m finally connecting with that part of my past.
On my Criterion Channel list is The Small Back Room, from 1949. It’s a lesser-known Powell/Pressburger movie, with the always sublime Kathleen Byron, that I have never watched. As I did for years with Gun Crazy, I’ve delayed watching Hour of Glory, as it’s known in America, because there can only be one first time for everything. Maybe you’ll watch it before I do.
It’s too risky to make even a toe-deep comment in the burning sand of the Israel-Hamas conflict. This is the most useful background I have watched.
For myself, John Oliver has the most meaningful commentary.
Okay, I’m going to make a comment. Netanyahu had a single political platform. Defending Israel, which he failed to do. Hamas took advantage of Netanyahu being focused on “reforming” the court system to weaken its ability to prosecute him for financial corruption. Now he’s overcompensating by claiming he will destroy Hamas, while laying waste to all of Gaza in the process. In doing this, Netanyahu is undermining the future security of Israel, by helping to create the next generation of terrorists. Why is the incompetent, self-dealing Bibi still in office?
Just as I know my next car won’t have a CD player, my next phone won’t have an analog headphone jack. Having no interest in a wireless headset, for a mere $25 I’ll get prepared now by giving this thing a try.
The temperature is coming down, but it’s been just below freezing, so the snow is wet and heavy. “Heart attack snow” to shovel, for some middle-aged and older men who aren’t in good physical condition.
