Happy Birthday Matilda!!

I didn't cancel Hulu because I didn't want to deal with with M's mom and her drama that would have happened. Although if I can get just ESPN unlimited I might convince her that is enough. And we have Prime because of football.

I've been watching Taskmaster on Pluto . Alsa they only have a few seasons and we are almost done. And I want more because Pimento from Brooklyn 99/Derek from The Good Place was on a season (or two maybe ?) and I've seen some clips and he is totally funny and unhinged. And I've also been watching The Great Canadian Bake Off on Roku channel .

I want to watch Murderbot but I'll wait until after football season and cancel some stuff.

“Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.”

- Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography

Assata passed away today, at 79, in Cuba. My brain is full of words, but they all sound so hollow.

All of Taskmaster is on YouTube.

Joe Jackson has the song Nineteen Forever so there is some musical love for the age there.

I've heard your words, Karl. While I'm familiar with that sense of inadequacy, I'm sure the words only sound hollow to your own ears. Feel free to say what you want to say, though I think I mixed up this person with Tupac's mother Afeni, so I'm a bad revolutionary right now I don't cancel anything cause it's not my money, though maybe I use it a little less.

I'm afraid I mostly just recognize her name enough to know there is respect due.

I have balanced my checkbook or whatever you call it when there are no checks involved, and I have a good chance of not getting overdrawn before payday, hooray! And this is when my extra money from cashing in vacation time comes in, so I'm excited about that. I'm gonna pay so many bills, y'all! Or maybe just one bill but extra hard. But it's exciting!

Dear Extra-wide Pickup Driver,

You do NOT want to play chicken with someone driving a 20-year-old Chevy that's already been bought back from salvage after the insurance company totaled it. Stick to your own lane!

Signed,

Cares Not a Whit about Cosmetic Damage

Okay, Tim's blood pressure made the decision on whether or not I'm going to the 40-year grade school reunion. His blood pressure is normally like 108/60-something, but today it's 80/50-something. This happened last weekend, and his oncologist said that because he doesn't have any other symptoms, he doesn't need to go to the ER, but should hydrate as much as possible, including electrolytes. But if he *does* develop any other symptoms (fever, abdominal pain), he should go to the ER right away. So I'm for damn sure not leaving him home by himself. Even if someone like our nephew could come hang out with him, I don't want to be a 45-minute drive away. So for now we hydrate. And I honestly don't mind missing the reunion. My inner trash goblin who craves drama will survive.

Yeah, that’s a stay home situation. Hope it doesn’t escalate