22 November 2016

Eleven twenty-two has not escaped me and I am overwhelmed by activity. Not as an alibi but a matter of fact. Thanksgiving is right around the corner, work is demanding way too much time and putting the squeeze on my ‘free’ time with the longer, extended hours this week.

So the stress is different and more annoying than anything.

Today after work I bought a nice turkey and a few things for sides. Very small this year. Looks like S1 and very low-key. Va was in, now she is out.

The turkey is over 20 lbs which will be mostly processed for meals during the long winter. Turkey soup, stir fry, tacos. I bought some rolls for sandwiches during the afternoon & evening games. Sweet potatoes were a real deal at $.69/lb. Cabbage always inexpensive as well.

There is a covered dish lunch at THD on Black Friday so more turkey, sides & pie. It would be really nice without all of the obnoxious customers.

I came up with a BRILLIANT idea today. With my smart phone, I looked up and translated a phrase from English into Hindi for when an Asian Indian is rude. I will tell him with a smile to apane aap ko bakavaas jaana.

If he says anything to management, I just deny it. ‘I don’t even KNOW Farsi’ boss. Only when one is rude & obnoxious. I shouldn’t have to wait too long.

Today's image is lifted directly from Merriam-Webster, the dictionary and the word is debonair. This would have been the birthday of another of my heroes. You heard me, Napoleon Solo, aka in real life Robert Vaughn, was a hero & born this day. Sadly, he recently passed on 11/11.

Mr Vaughn was voted the handsomest man alive back in the day. This ‘title’ has since evolved, I am thinking degraded, slipped or stooped, to this years ‘loser’ Dwayne Johnson, aka The rock. This pumped up steroided turkey in NO WAY holds a candle to Mr Solo, I mean Vaughn.

Vaughn was married to his only wife 40+ years which I think is a record by today's Hollywood standards. He also had a PHD. On the bonus disc of my prize collection of the entire Man from Uncle series, Vaughn is interviewed with Illya K and he is the same as when he was N Solo. Didn’t even seem like he was acting. He was Great and the mold is broken. So dream on rock.

Also celebrating today, Jamie Lee Curtis. How many ways can YOU spell HOT ?

I mean not IF, but WHEN she lands here at the cloud, Red Carpet installed up the stairs & she gets the entire floor. This is one case where the child is MORE famous & likable the than famous parent.

J has had no problem with life endorsing products, working or aging gracefully NOT covering the gray but GOING with it. Just smashing.

If her and Sandy were to arrive at the same time, I would take my chalking gun, fill it with a fresh cartridge of a silicone-based adhesive and fill one ear to overflow while stopping up the other one to prevent leakage.

Must go. Getting too ‘worked’ up. Sandy, Jamie & now poor Bob.