V / III

Up early or slept in? 4:36a. THAT is the question.

Fired up this day Fans, subscribers and freeloaders.

Hold me back Ethel as I could cause harm or hurt someone OR do damage to someTHING IF NOT CAREFUL or

REASONABLY CAUTIOUS.

The operative word here is ‘reasonably’ followed closely by the concept of caution.

So I desired some noise and turned on the TuneIn app and discovered a fantastic program and a stunning episode. Today’s image is the logo for TuneIn available as a FREE app in the stores where such things can be found. Check it out. They could be sponsors if they PAID some $$$.

I COULD have or WOULD have MISSED ‘2000+’, a sci-fi radio show from the

1950’s. This episode was ’futuristic’ set in 2020.

It was a formulaic so think ‘War of the Worlds’. Radio reporters reporting of the arrival of the Martian ship like Jim Acosta of CNN.

Martians were coming to Earth and I am not going to issue a spoiler alert.

DIDN’T YOU HAVE A SOCIAL FUNCTION OF SOME SORT YESTERDAY OR LAST NIGHT? SEEMS I RECALL A VAGUE CLUE DROPPED PREVIOUSLY. JUST RIGHT OR WRONG POR FAVOR

Yes. The artist drop in for Atrium22 in Frisco was last night.

My day is shaping up for an early visit and extended stay at …

WHAT DID YOU END UP WEARING?

Come on !! REALLY ??

I am on the rails and speeding and all YOU want to talk about is derailing the Express.

WELL?

I don’t have time. YOU’re nagging me. This is getting too much like ‘wedded bliss.’ I am THINKING divorce and a new virtual side kick. Someone hotter as in steamy …

YOUNGER??

Not necessarily but ‘younger’ as in what? Age is such an irrelevant parameter.

Speaking of age, you get back to your cage and hush.

Today is my last surviving Uncle John’s birthday. Without unleashing Ms Bold Capps, he is 80-something and fading fast. If I don’t call today, I may very well not speak with him again as in ever. This is the perfect opportunity and simply must be done. He IS (still) a great joker AND jokester and when he is 100%, look out.

Uncle Farook was a PA State trooper when they were referred to as ‘round hats’ and if there ever was one from the mold of such things, it was Uncle John.

Big, as in tall, imposing and HIGHLY intimidating, when the booming voice was on and in play, little Mike or in my own case, the options were few. Diarrhea in the briefs, boxers or escape. Confession was an option as well. Hopefully you get the point for it is getting messy.

Not a call I am looking forward to but MUST be made TODAY. I told my Mom I would call her brother.

I think I will ‘ping’ him on Groucho Marx. You Bet You’re Life followed 2000+ and it is both a history lesson AND hilarious. Talk or think about collateral damage.

The lesson first, when interviewed by the host Mr Marx, one guest drove and worked on ‘hot rods’. Grouch goes dead serious and in a lower hushed tone said ‘during the last war many of the best fighter pilots were hot rods drivers.’ This would be WWII.

Another guest was from Nebraska, a suburb of Lincoln. Marx quips he didn’t know Lincoln (as in President Lincoln) had any suburbs without missing a beat. The crowd loved it roaring approval in the background.

What a hoot.

Anyway, I must get back to the list and complete the last of the legal forms. Get ready to venture out to the library to arrive shortly after opening and be prepared to remain there under lockdown conditions until the forms are ready to file. The librarian there is most helpful, all the resources are there and she can answer my easy procedural questions.

I got to go …

SO YOU SURVIVED THE INTENSE PRESSURE OF THE SOCIALIZATION EXPERIENCE?

But yes. I CAN handle such things.

Anderson Cooper was there.

NO!! THE REAL ANDERSON COOPER??

I think it was him. I was standing behind him and this guy was short with manicured white hair, slight of stature as in BELOW my physical dimensions and his outfit was atrocious. Probably ‘fashionable’.

[giggling …] WHAT WAS HE WEARING?

You’re KILLING me here …

The jacket was too small, FAR too small and tight as in tailored THAT way. It was some Gad-awful shade of blue I wouldn’t be caught dead in OR maybe I would be dead. Slacks or pants as I am not sure of the diff AND not going to fact-check THAT were another off-shade of blue.

And BROWN shoes. He topped off the costume or ‘outfit’ with nasty brown shoes.

AND WHAT DID YOU END UP GOING AS ?? POR FAVOR

[eyes rolling back in head …]

My Sperry topsiders, with laces, tied. One of my embroidered logoed WS polo shirts, gray of color and jeans of blue. Woven leather belt. Just what I had been wearing prior to departure.

WAS THERE ANY FOOD?

Is THAT all you think about?

Yes. Finger food as there was NO plastic silverware set out. Awkward eating the shrimp but I had had some practice in the past so was quite comfortable with that.

Quite a selection of little sandwiches with strange stuffings in geometric shapes which were all standard and recognizable.

Can I go now?

VERY WELL.

Oh, eye no.