All across the country...
People who do what I do are relaxing. Or trying to. I woke up early this morning and could not fall back to sleep. But I was so exhausted I just laid in bed watching reruns of old game shows. I didn't even bother looking for something better on TV. I didn't want to expend the energy to change the channel. I feel a little better now but am still very, very tired.
I won't go into detail about how I felt when I got home last night other than to say I toyed with the idea of going to the emergency room for about an hour or so and finally just rolled over and went to sleep.
My work at the year-round office starts tomorrow, but will stop for a full two months on April 30th and I am actually looking forward to many days where I have nowhere to go and nothing to do, to try to rest and engage in more recovery. I will say I'm glad to be working reduced hours and days until April 30th and after that two month break.
Imagine putting a dollar into the bank two days ago and now you want to get it back, but the teller hands you only 87 cents. That's what has happened to the price of gold over the last two days. A 13% drop. Considering how people have flocked to investing in gold with the promises of vast increases in its price, this is coming as a rude awakening to them. Gold, like any other investment, carries an element of risk.
"The Avengers" was a big hit last year, but how big is always a question when it comes to Hollywood's accounting practices, and who owns which pieces of films. Now the "Iron-Man" himself, Robert Downey Jr., is confirming that the film that united him with other Marvel super-heroes on the big screen was, counting 'back-end', around $50 million. Considering the box-office bonanza the backers of the film realized, it was money well spent.
Social media continues to produce interesting news items. Like the Tacoma, WA man whose wife discovered that he was still married to his first wife, when Facebook suggested that the first wife might be "someone she knew" and they friended each other. The husband now faces a bigamy charge. His excuse? "I've never done anything intentionally wrong in my life."
L.A. Unified may need to rent out meeting space to hold those teachers who are the subjects of abuse allegations in "teacher jail" because their number is now more than 300. That's frightening, considering how long it seems to take them to investigate and resolve a case that isn't being handled by law enforcement, where an arrest is imminent.
This Date in History:
My 2nd wife was born on this date, making this a dark date...no, that's not fair. I was just as much at fault as she for not realizing we were never meant to be.
On this date in 1178 BC (estimated), Odysseus returned to Greece from the Trojan War.
On this date in 73, Masada, a Jewish fortress fell after a protracted siege, to the Romans.
On this date in 1521, Marlin Luther appears before the Diet of Worms for the first time.
On this date in 1853, the first passenger rail in India opens.
On this date in 1881, in Dodge City Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle. No one won.
On this date in 1917, Lenin returned from exile in Switzerland, to Petrograd.
On this date in 1941, Bob Feller throws the only no-hitter ever on opening day of the MLB season.
On this date in 1945, U.S. Army forces liberate the "high-security" POW camp "Colditz".
On this date in 1962, Walter Cronkite takes over as anchor of the CBS Evening News.
On this date in 1990, "Dr. Death", Jack Kevorkian participates in his first assisted suicide.
Famous Folk Born On This Date:
Wilbur Wright
Charlie Chaplin
Peter Ustinov
Henry Mancini
Dick "Night Train" Lane
Herbie Mann
Bobby Vinton
George "The Animal" Steele
Dusty Springfield
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Ann Romney
David Graf (RIP, Sergeant Tackleberry)
Ellen Barkin
Bill Belichick
Bruce Bochy
Jimmy Osmond
Jon Cryer
Vickie Guerrero (excuse me for spoiling your appetite)
Selena
I won't go into detail about how I felt when I got home last night other than to say I toyed with the idea of going to the emergency room for about an hour or so and finally just rolled over and went to sleep.
My work at the year-round office starts tomorrow, but will stop for a full two months on April 30th and I am actually looking forward to many days where I have nowhere to go and nothing to do, to try to rest and engage in more recovery. I will say I'm glad to be working reduced hours and days until April 30th and after that two month break.
Imagine putting a dollar into the bank two days ago and now you want to get it back, but the teller hands you only 87 cents. That's what has happened to the price of gold over the last two days. A 13% drop. Considering how people have flocked to investing in gold with the promises of vast increases in its price, this is coming as a rude awakening to them. Gold, like any other investment, carries an element of risk.
"The Avengers" was a big hit last year, but how big is always a question when it comes to Hollywood's accounting practices, and who owns which pieces of films. Now the "Iron-Man" himself, Robert Downey Jr., is confirming that the film that united him with other Marvel super-heroes on the big screen was, counting 'back-end', around $50 million. Considering the box-office bonanza the backers of the film realized, it was money well spent.
Social media continues to produce interesting news items. Like the Tacoma, WA man whose wife discovered that he was still married to his first wife, when Facebook suggested that the first wife might be "someone she knew" and they friended each other. The husband now faces a bigamy charge. His excuse? "I've never done anything intentionally wrong in my life."
L.A. Unified may need to rent out meeting space to hold those teachers who are the subjects of abuse allegations in "teacher jail" because their number is now more than 300. That's frightening, considering how long it seems to take them to investigate and resolve a case that isn't being handled by law enforcement, where an arrest is imminent.
This Date in History:
My 2nd wife was born on this date, making this a dark date...no, that's not fair. I was just as much at fault as she for not realizing we were never meant to be.
On this date in 1178 BC (estimated), Odysseus returned to Greece from the Trojan War.
On this date in 73, Masada, a Jewish fortress fell after a protracted siege, to the Romans.
On this date in 1521, Marlin Luther appears before the Diet of Worms for the first time.
On this date in 1853, the first passenger rail in India opens.
On this date in 1881, in Dodge City Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle. No one won.
On this date in 1917, Lenin returned from exile in Switzerland, to Petrograd.
On this date in 1941, Bob Feller throws the only no-hitter ever on opening day of the MLB season.
On this date in 1945, U.S. Army forces liberate the "high-security" POW camp "Colditz".
On this date in 1962, Walter Cronkite takes over as anchor of the CBS Evening News.
On this date in 1990, "Dr. Death", Jack Kevorkian participates in his first assisted suicide.
Famous Folk Born On This Date:
Wilbur Wright
Charlie Chaplin
Peter Ustinov
Henry Mancini
Dick "Night Train" Lane
Herbie Mann
Bobby Vinton
George "The Animal" Steele
Dusty Springfield
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Ann Romney
David Graf (RIP, Sergeant Tackleberry)
Ellen Barkin
Bill Belichick
Bruce Bochy
Jimmy Osmond
Jon Cryer
Vickie Guerrero (excuse me for spoiling your appetite)
Selena
posted by me at 2:13 PM
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