Monday (part II)
Today was not a red-letter day at work. In fact, I think it might even go in the “fairly shitty day” category. I found out that a friend of mine might be terminated. (No, . Not killed, just “no longer employed by the USPS.”) Let’s just say that I was not a very happy person at work today. I’m still a bit torqued about the whole situation, but I’m getting past it. Not necessarily “over” it, but I’m moving on. Which is a “good thing.” Why? Because that spared you from having to read the LONG diatribe rant that I was originally planning on writing. Thank the higher power of your choice for that.

NPR Stories
Talk of the Nation talked about Winston Churchill in the second hour. I had never really heard or read much about him before; I will have to rectify that situation.

On Fresh Air, Terry Gross interviewed Joe Hunter and Jack Ashford, two musicians who were part of the Motown Records studio musicians known as “the Funk Brothers.” This was a great interview and made a good prelude to seeing Standing in the Shadows of Motown, a new documentary/performance movie about the Funk Brothers.

All Things Considered had a cute piece about a new “digital library” for kids that is being developed at the University of Maryland. (Yes, I used the word “cute” about a news story. Deal with it.) You can find out more about it here. There was also a story about a lawsuit about “Winnie the Pooh” as a property concerning who has the rights to… umm… the rights. And, if you get a chance to listen to it, check out the “Mom’s Email” commentary.

Stray Toasters

  • I’m still amazed by how much I’m (re-)enjoying watching G.I. Joe on Cartoon Network. The animation quality, while good for it’s time, is… umm… yeah. And the writing? Hoo-boy. But, it’s still pretty damn fun.
  • I am now watching The Adventures of Superman on TV Land. ::: nostalgic bliss ::: I used to watch this back in Baltimore and Columbia after school. I [heart] this show. Jess calls it “Old Man in Tights.” Cheesy? Hokey? Dated? You betcha! It’s all that and more. I still [heart] this show. And the fedoras! You know… I’ve never thought about it before, but I think that this may have been where I got my yen for fedoras.

    Trivia: Noel Neill, who played Lois Lane on the series was in the 1978 movie starring Christopher Reeve. If you remember the movie, when the young girl (Lois Lane) on the train saw Clark running along side the train, she tried to point him out to her mother. Noel Neill played the mother.

  • The Leonid meteor shower is tonight. In fact, they are saying that it should peak in about an hour.
  • James Coburn died today.

And now, off to see the galactic lightshow.

Namaste.