An hour of Sexy Pet, as she was called in France. It’s on Glynis GirlGroupGirl’s show ‘From Crayons to Perfume’ on WFMU.
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Note to Glynis: It’s pronounced “Peh-too-lah.” Petulia is a 1968 movie with Julie Christie. Petula appreciates that “Pet” is a term of endearment, but she prefers being called by her full name. I know that because she told me herself. 🙂
Glynis played a later recording of “I Couldn’t Live Without Your Love”. This is the original, one of her perfect 60’s Pop singles.
Trump continues to be the likely 2024 Republican candidate. Like moths drawn to the flame, Republicans are refusing to see that he is throwing the entire party under the bus. How’s that for a mixed metaphor? It must be true that you can fool some of the people all of the time.
He was unique, and his first movie continues to be delightful viewing.
I recently posted about Ben McKenzie’s book on crypto scams. McKenzie was James Gordon on the Gotham TV series, which featured Paul Reubens in an inspired role as the father of Robin Lord Taylor’s Penguin.
At age 88, my father was in denial about his condition. He acknowledged that he was “slowing down,” but that was as far as it went.
I joined my sister who is an M.D., and my sister who is an R.N., to have the “it’s time” talk with our father. It was time for him to move to an assisted living facility, which he angrily refused to even consider. A month later he suffered a massive stroke, instantly turning my life inside out. Ten months later he was gone.
One of my father’s neighbors told me there had been an incident months before Dad’s stroke. He saw Dad sitting in his car in the middle of the street, so he went outside to check on him. Dad was disoriented, failing to acknowledge the neighbor by name, and he couldn’t remember which house was his. The neighbor pointed to the house, and Dad recovered enough to get the car into the garage. My father had a Mitch Moment, probably due to a mini-stroke, according to my sisters.
My guess is that McConnell forgot where he was. After recovering from whatever hit him, McConnell insisted that he was fine, but everyone can see that he isn’t. McConnell needs to be told what no elderly person wants to hear, “It’s time.”
Mitch should resign, effective immediately, as should Dianne Feinstein. Biden’s mental acuity seems mostly okay for now, but he should drop his bid for re-election, and Trump isn’t far behind in age.
Back in college I did a lot of hitch-hiking, usually for the 100 miles between home and campus. Hey, it was the 70’s. A high point was a ride with a beautiful, dark-haired 30-ish woman who was driving a convertible. Like a scene from a movie, she suggested another sort of a ride, but the circumstances prevented me from taking advantage of the opportunity. Regrettably, it was for the best.
Sometimes I hitch-hiked with my roommate Brad, and on one occasion we were stopped by a Massachusetts state trooper. We thought we were in trouble, but like Daffy said he was a swell guy, and he gave us a ride most of the way down the Mass Pike.
Like Daffy I have flat feet, and I wear custom orthotics in my running shoes. I’m very pleased with my new Asics Gel-Kayano 29’s. They’re much better than the 28’s although your mileage, literally, may vary.
On YouTube there are reviews of the Kayano saying they “fit to size,” but that definitely isn’t true for me. In fact, I need to go up a full size for them to fit.
