Internationally Famous

I got this blog hit recently.  Either the Hotelier told his cousin to throw me a bone or the UK is messing with me.

I saw the Hotelier recently along with his wife, whom I’ve decided to dub with the bar/blog name of Janet.  We all were invited over to #1’s house for my favorite Hallmark holiday.  I was hoping they’d be serving Mountain Mike’s heart-shaped pizza.  I love lousy pizza.  But #1 headed south with enchiladas suizas and a shrimp and grilled pineapple salad.  We rarely saw pineapple when I was a kid, and we certainly never went near the BBQ with it. I guess that is because we didn’t have a BBQ. Did I ever tell you about shoveling sidewalks or mowing the lawn with a push mower? Of course I have. OK, so in addition to Valentine’s Day, we were celebrating Janet’s retirement.  She told her boss that day that she was packing it in, right after she checked her bank account to make sure her annual bonus check had hit.

There is certainly a lot to watch on the teevee.  We’ve finished a couple SNL documentaries and the 50th anniversary special.  White Lotus season 3 debuted Sunday so we will certainly get to that. What you don’t want to get to is Apple’s The Gorge. It starts out as your standard Cold War era drama until some 1940s B horror flick monsters come out of the gorge and scale the walls.  Unfortunately, they were susceptible to high powered rifles, which allowed the story to continue. At that point we decided to go to a 30-year-old Homicide episode.  That show still holds up.

Elon remains in the news.  A lot has been made of his Oval Office show during which his kid picked his nose.  They said Trump sat there like a groveler, but he probably had crapped his diaper and couldn’t move. Elon went on a spiel about “unelected bureaucrats” running the show, without even the slightest sense of irony. And we recently learned Elon’s “lucky” 13th kid was born to a 26-year-old MAGA influencer a few months ago. She said, "I have not previously disclosed this to protect our child's privacy and safety, but in recent days it has become clear that tabloid media intends to do so, regardless of the harm it will cause." This is likely a crock of shit and she’s just pissed that Elon did not swing by with a Mountain Mike’s heart-shaped pizza.

My brother just checked in with me to see how I was doing.  He clarified that he meant physically, as not much could be for me mentally.  This type of cruel humor has been used on me since the early 1960s and is one of the reasons we rarely speak.  I told him I’d get back to him via email.  Since he’s on the blog email list, I’ll let this be my response. 

Before closing, I’d like to alert you to the fact that Meghan Markle has re-branded the rubbish she is selling from American Riviera Orchard to As Ever. She had some trademark issues with the first and now they are popping up with the second.  I get the feeling she is not wicked smart.