I realize that I’ve lost some blogging energy and haven’t posted much lately, and what there is has perhaps very little interest to most. I’m working on some things that will hopefully be more entertaining to you. But there are gutters to clean — again — and leaves to rake, and guests are coming over today then we’re all going out to dinner.
Category: Life with Pratts
More Connections
The complete 48 Hours|Mystery program, “Did the Doctor Kill the Doctor?” is now available online. In an unexpected addendum to the story, I’ve been informed by my best friend, D.F. Rogers, that 48 Hours is now working on another show, about a totally unrelated murder, and last week CBS interviewed somebody with knowledge of the case. Dennis’ father.
Connections
A funny coincidence came up when talking to CBS News about the 48 Hours|Mystery installment that just aired. I learned that the daughter of one of my father’s cousins is married to the nephew of CBS News veteran Morley Safer. This is her in September with Ron Howard, before he shaved for his video endorsing Barack Obama.
Our Confused Clock
Do you have a radio controlled clock that receives the shortwave signal from the atomic clock in Colorado? Eric has a digital model in his room, but the analog “atomic clock” in the kitchen is old enough that it doesn’t know about the change in dates between Standard and Daylight Savings time. So Sunday morning it had fallen back. I switched the time zone setting to force it ahead by one hour. Because it’s an analog clock, this is how it’s done. Looks like a time-elapse effect from an old movie
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That’s my theme
OK, one more try with the updated theme. The last time I published something with this theme enabled, when the page rendered, WordPress lost contact with the database. If it happens again I’ll say something pithy and clever like, “S**T!
TONIGHT! 48 Hours|Mystery
REMINDER! Watch 48 Hours|Mystery tonight at 10pm ET, on CBS.