Tuesday, June 30, 2020


--   6:18a  Up
It seems that only the US Y!A servers had bad certificates.  If I had tried to get on
the Canadian, UK, or Australian sites, I might have been successful.  But US is back up now.
--   7:00a  Leaving to bike
--   7:35a  Arrive for breakfast @McD: 2 sausage/egg burritos
--   8:45a  Home;  Total ride: 14 mi
--   9:00a  Leaving for Jewel
They still don't have any caffeine free diet cola.
--   9:35a  Home
--   9:45a  Leaving to bike
-- 10:49a  Home;  Total ride: 15 mi;  Tony called as soon as I got home.
-- 11:15a  Sitting in garage;  Also filled up bike tires.
-- 11:55a  Inside after biking another 3 mi;  "The View"
--   1:16p  "Kelly & Ryan";  Desk chat only
--   1:45p  Skim Ch2 news
--   3:01p  "Inside Edition"
--   3:35p  Leaving via bike for cookies & cream shake @Chick-Fil-A.
There was a car accident on the way.
--   4:31p  Home;  Total ride: 5 mi;  Sitting in garage
There was some rain in the area but I avoided it.
--   6:10p  Inside after biking 1 mi with OLD BIKE.  (34 mi today, 723 for June, 24 mi/day)
--   6:26p  Skim Ch7 news
Cheryl Scott was sitting during her report yesterday but she's back to standing.
--   7:24p  "America's Got Talent";  There's no audience but the judges are sitting close together.
-- 10:16p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:40p  "ET"
-- 11:40a  Bed
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Monday, June 29, 2020


-- 12:15a  Bed
--   8:25a  Up
Y!A was giving "page is not secure" messages on 2 browsers late last night and doing
the same thing today.  The main Yahoo site is up, and I tried to enter Y!A through it
but the same thing happened.  But I don't see any reference to the  problem on
the main page -- which would seem to be the most obvious place to post a status.
--   9:20a  Leaving to bike
-- 10:07a  Home;  Total ride: 7 mi;  Encountered some barely-there drizzle.  Sitting in the garage.
-- 10:35a  Inside;  Breakfast @home: Falafel pita (from Naf Naf)
-- 11:00a  Leaving to bike
-- 11:35a  Home:  Total ride: 6 mi;  Sitting in garage
-- 12:34p  Inside after standing in the sun having a long discussion about the swimming pool situation.
He as on the side of not spending money that doesn't need to be spent.
-- 12:37p  "The View";  Preempted at :35 for CPD response to weekend violence
--   1:20p  "Kelly & Ryan";  Preempted at :20 - :24 for Supreme Court striking down restrictive Louisiana abortion law.
--   2:12p  "In the Dark" (06/04/20)
--   4:02p  "Inside Edition"
They checked into a room, sprayed invisible, washable, paint on sheets, which can only be seen
with a UV light.  They checked into the same room under a different name the next night and
found the sheets had NOT been changed!
--   4:45p  Skim Ch7 news ...
--   5:10p  Leaving to bike or to get dinner or both.  I can't seem to decide what I want.
Talked to neighbor about pool and then biked 1 mi.
Biked 1 mile and when I got in the car I saw I was almost running out of gas so headed to get it filled up
--   5:24p  and when I got in the car I saw I was almost running out of gas so headed to get it filled up.
--   5:40p  Arrived for dinner @Kai Sushi:  5 plates.  On the way to the gas station, I saw their
"open" sign was lit.   They said they reopened on Friday.
--   6:03p  Home;  It started raining just as I was arriving;  Sitting in garage.
--   6:27p  Inside;  I had posted an update to blog while in garage, but it seems to have disappeared.
Then I saw that I posted it on yesterday's blog.
--   6:35p  Rain had stopped but now it's raining again;  "ET"
--   7:15p  "Council of Dads" (06/04/20)
--   8:45p  "Last O.G., The" (06/02/20)
--   9:35p  +"Man With a Plan" (06/11/20)
When I finished and the current show came on, there wasn't a Jen, but there was a  Genesis.
-- 10:00p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 11:30a  Bed
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Sunday, June 28, 2020


-- 12:48a  For 3 hours, I was trying to help PattyS set her favorite channels on her
Comcast box, but we were doing it through texting, which was a mistake, because I'd see
the bouncing dots indicating that she was typing, and when her message appeared, it was
a diatribe about hearing an animal on the roof, and later, I'd tell her to go to
Channel 2, and I got no response, and 10 mins later she says she took the dogs out
for a walk.  And, most of the time, when I gave her an instruction, she'd come back
and tell me all the things she tried instead of just following my instructions.
And when I told her just follow my instructions she says she doesn't need a lecture.
We should have been on the phone instead of texting.
--   1:05a  Bed
--   8:26a  Up
--   9:05a  Leaving to bike
-- 10:08a  Home;  Total ride: 11 mi;  Sitting in garage
-- 10:30a  Inside;  Breakfast @home: leftover spaghetti & meatballs
-- 11:00a  Leaving to bike
-- 12:00p  Home;  Total ride: 11 mi;  Sitting in garage
There was scattered rain on radar, but I only felt some random drops.
-- 12:50p  Inside after biking 2 mi;  +"Siren" (05/28/20) 
--   2:12p  "Man With a Plan" (06/04/20)
--   3:50p  Leaving to bike
--   4:20p  Home;  Total ride: 5 mi;  Leaving to pick up tomorrow's breakfast @Naf Naf.
--   4:45p  Home after picking up orange shake @Arby's;  Sitting in garage
--   5:30p  Inside after talking to a few neighbors
One reports that he was walking and confronted by the 3 turkeys who would not leave
him alone until 6 drivers stopped and got the turkeys to move on.
--   6:03p  "60 Minutes" ...
--   7:10p  Leaving to bike
--   7:50p  Home;  Total ride: 7 mi (36 mi total today);  Sitting in garage
--   8:20p  Inside;  Dinner @home: roast beef (from Arby's)
--   8:44p - 9:22p  Tony called
--   9:35p  "Broke" (06/04/20)
-- 10:30p  Skim Ch7 news ...
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Saturday, June 27, 2020


--   8:35a  Up;  Had been woken a bit earlier by a woodpecker on bedroom wall
--   9:10a  Leaving to bike to breakfast @ McDonald's hotcakes and sausage.
-- 10:35a  Home;  Total ride: 12 mi;  Sitting in garage
-- 11:00a  Inside
-- 11:35a  "Kelly & Ryan"  (Thu)
--   2:08p  "Last O.G., The" (05/26/20)
--   4:30p  Leaving via bike to get shake cookies & cream @Chick-fil-A.
--   5:42p  Home;  Total ride 9 mi;  Sitting in garage
--   6:33p  Biked another 2 mi;  Radar showed rain just to the west;
As soon as I left the garage I could feel a very light drizzle but now the sun's out again
--   7:00p  Inside after biking another 2 mi (25 mi total today);
It seems that what little rain there was went to the south;  Dinner @home: salami
--   7:26p  "Council of Dads" (05/28/20)
-- 10:00p  Skim Ch5 news
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Friday, June 26, 2020


-- 12:40a  Bed
--   9:03a  Up;  "Kelly & Ryan" ...
-- 10:20a  Arrive for annual ophthalmologist appt
-- 10:35a  Eyes dilated;  "Man with a Plan"
-- 11:35a  Home;  It's raining;  Breakfast @home: 2 sausage/egg burritos (bought Wed)
-- 12:00p  Skim Ch2 news
--   2:00p  "The View"
--   3:07p  "Inside Edition"
--   4:35p  Leaving to pickup dinner @Mr Sub;  There is light drizzle
--   5:00p  Home;  Dinner @home: turkey sub + soup (chicken rice)
--   5:25p  Skim Ch7 news
--   6:30p  Strong storms to north and west.  I head a lot of low rumbing of thunder.
If it wasn't still light out, there would be quite a light show in the sky.
--   7:19p  "ET";  Storm has arrived
--   7:50p  "Inside Edition"  (Thu)
--   8:41p  Resume "Seth Meyers"
-- 10:05p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:40p  "Jimmy Fallon";  Blackpink were guests.  One of them is a Jennie.
-- 11:25a  Bed with headache
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Thursday, June 25, 2020


-- 12:30a  Bed
--   7:51a  Up;  Laptop crashed again
--   8:53a  "Siren" (05/21/20) ...
-- 10:00a  "The View" ...
-- 11:25a  Arrived for lunch with PattyS at Poke Burrito in Deer Park Town Center.
They aren't really organized to take orders except online but they gave me a checklist of ingredients.
-- 11:40a  PattyS arrived;  After getting our orders, we sat in lawn chairs each of us brought
under a tree along Rand Rd.  It was too noisy.
--   1:15p  Patty left and I started biking west on Long Grove Rd, thru Cuba Marsh, and took US-14 to Cuba Rd.
Then headed back east, and took US-12 southeast.
--   3:00p  Back at car;  Total ride: 17 mi  (on old bike)
--   3:50p  Home after stopping for orange shake at Arby's
--   4:05p  Leaving to bring bike in for repairs.
--   5:40p  Home;  Biked 3&3;  The shop surprised me by fixing the rear gear cable
while I waited and they didn't even charge me because they had repaired cable in February.
But I just looked at my records an it seems that it was the front gear cable last time.
I gave them a $20 in a tip jar.  However, the gears are not properly adjusted.
Sat in garage  and semi-napped.
--   7:19p  Leaving to bike after fiddling with cyclometer, which wasn't registering again.
I don't really know what I did to fix it..
--   8:00p  Home;  Total ride: 6 mi  (29 mi today)
--   8:33p  "ET"
-- 10:04p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:40p  "Jimmy Fallon"
-- 10:55p  "Stephen Colbert"
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Wednesday, June 24, 2020


--   1:15a  Bed
--   2:25a  Up;  Had indigestion when I went to bed and it's not going away.
--   3:00a  Bed;  Mostly better, but still have dull pain on right side
--   7:11a  Up, but dull pain on right side persists
--   8:55a  Leaving to bike;  Generally feeling better.
--   9:20a  Arrived @McD but couldn't get the app to fully work so I went inside to get breakfast.
-- 10:05a  Inside after biking 2&2;  Breakfast @home:  2 sausage/egg burritos
-- 10:20a  Leaving to bike after talking to neighbor from next block
-- 11:17a  Home;  Total ride: 7 mi;  Sitting in garage.
Bike gear shift problem partially resolved by itself.
-- 12:22p  Inside after biking 2 mi;  Skim Ch2 news
--   1:08p  +"The View"
--   2:19p  "Kelly & Ryan";  I know that at least one segment was a rerun.
--   3:26p  "Inside Edition" (Tue)
--   4:05p  Skim Ch7 news ...
--   4:45p  Leaving to bike
--   5:30p  Inside after biking 3 + 2;  I felt some rain drops but it didn't rain.
Dinner @home: spaghetti & meatballs (half)
--   6:03p  Leaving to bike
--   6:32p  Home;  Total ride: 5 mi;  Talked to neighbor
--   7:25p  Inside after biking 2 mi on old bike (25 mi total today);  Put old bike in car.
--   7:30p  "ET"
--   8:02p  "Inside Edition"
--   8:57p  +"In the Dark" (05/28/20)
-- 10:31p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 11:00p  "Stephen Colbert"
-- 11:41p  "Seth Meyers"
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Tuesday, June 23, 2020


-- 12:20a  Bed
--   9:13a  Up
-- 10:00a  Leaving to bike
-- 10:23a  Inside after biking 3 mi;  It's too cool & windy;  Breakfast @home: PB&T;  "The View"
-- 11:21a  Skim Ch2 news
-- 11:50a  Leaving to bike
-- 12:30p  Home;  Total ride 7 mi;  Sitting in garage
-- 12:45p  Left to go to Best Buy to get an electric toothbrush.
It seems the one I wanted wasn't on the shelf.  So, I have to order it online, which I
should have done anyway.
--   1:25p  "Kelly & Ryan"
Also finished watching "Broke", "Seth Meyers", and restarted Support Assist, which
seemed to be running since 10a without showing any evidence of progress.  This time,
I selected only the BIOS update and that seemed to work.  Then I restarted it again
to install 8 recommended driver updates.  2 of the drivers failed to update, but
no explanation of what caused it to fail.  Chrome forgot all of the tabs I had opened.
--   4:00p  Leaving to bike and get dinner @Noodle's & Co
--   5:04p  Home;  Biked 2&2 in gusty winds.
Had trouble with cyclometer but messed around with it and it started registering and
then I had trouble with rear gear shift lever.  It won't downshift to the three lower gears.
--   5:10p  Dinner @home: shrimp pad thai
--   5:35p  Leaving to bike
--   5:55p  Sitting in garage after biking 2 mi
--   6:32p  Inside after biking another 2 mi  (18 mi total today);  "ET"
--   7:17p  "America's Got Talent"
-- 10:00p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:40p  "Jimmy Fallon";  He won't have mayonnaise in his house.
-- 11:07p  "Stephen Colbert"
-- 11:36p  "Seth Meyers"
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Monday, June 22, 2020


-- 12:30a  Bed
--   7:45a  Up
--   8:45a  Leaving to bike
--   9:44a  Home;  Total ride: 9 mi;  Sitting in garage
-- 10:00a  Inside;  Breakfast @home: falafel pita (bought Fri)
When I took it out of microwave, one falafel fell on floor.  At table, when I picked up
another falafel with fork, it fell apart and fell on the floor.
-- 10:17a  Leaving to bike
-- 10:55a  Home;  Total ride: 7 mi;  Sitting in garage;  Ch7 news.
It seems that the rain that was to the west went northeast, so missed this area.
-- 12:10p  Inside after biking 4 mi;  +"The View"
--   1:37p  "Kelly & Ryan"
--   3:40p  Leaving to bike and to drive to get shake (rain may be around)
--   4:16p  Sitting in garage with shake from Chick-fil-A after biking 2 + 2.
And it has just started raining.  And then it became a downpour.
--   4:45p  Inside;  Laptop crashed again;  Skim Ch7 news
--   6:15p  Inside after biking 2 mi and retrieving mail (that arrived during downpour).
It's cooled off a lot.
--   6:24p  "Inside Edition"
--   6:54p  "ET"
--   7:31p  "Last O.G., The" (05/19/20)
--   9:40p  "Broke" (05/28/20) ...
-- 10:06p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:51p  "Stephen Colbert"
-- 11:37p  "Seth Meyers"
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Sunday, June 21, 2020


-- 12:45a  Bed
--   8:50a  Up;  Laptop crashed again.  Ominous.  But rebooted OK.
--   9:55a  Leaving to bike
-- 10:55a  Home;  Total ride: 11 mi;  Sitting in garage
-- 11:30a  Inside after filling up tires and biking another mi;  Breakfast @home:  2 sausage/egg burritos
-- 12:00p  Leaving to bike
-- 12:48p  Home;  Total ride 8 mi;  Sitting in garage
--   1:50p  Inside;  +"Broke"  (05/21/20)
--   3:15p  Nap
--   4:38p  Up
--   5:10p  Leaving to bike to dinner.
I was heading to Wendy's but then changed my mind and started heading to Panda Express.
As I was approaching I heard some thunder and saw clouds to the south. I decided to go to
City Barbecue (same strip mall as Panda) because they have a patio with a covering.
But they said there was a 35 minute wait so I went to the Panda Express anyway.
  I didn't know whether they would detect my bike at the drive-thru but,
apparently, they did, and I got a Beijing beef bowl with noodles.

--   5:26p  Panda doesn't have a patio but I went to the one next to the City Barbecue,
Core Life Eatery.  There was nobody there.
--   5:57p  Started heading home.
Rode around subdivision to the east and then heard some thunder
--   6:23p  Home;  Total ride: 8 mi;  Sitting in garage.
Checked radar on phone and there was a strong cell 7 mi to west.  I kept checking
the radar and it wasn't changing, but it seems that the rain fizzled out before getting here.
--   7:00p  Inside after biking 2 mi;  (30 mi total today);  "60 Minutes"
--   8:54p  "Supergirl" (05/17/20)
-- 10:45p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 11:30p  "Simpsons, The" (05/17/20)
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Saturday, June 20, 2020


-- 12:10a  Bed
--   8:20a  Up;  Laptop crashed but rebooted OK.
--   9:20a  Leaving to bike
-- 10:01a  Home;  Total ride: 7 mi;  Wind was stronger than I expected;  Sitting in garage
-- 10:11a  Inside;  Breakfast @home: Chicken pita (from The Simple Greek), ate half.
-- 10:35a  Leaving to bike
-- 11:10a  Home;  Total ride: 7 mi;  Sitting in garage;  Talking to neighbors.
-- 11:53a  Inside after biking another 2 mi
-- 12:13p  +"In the Dark" (05/21/20)
--   2:09p  "Council of Dads" (05/14/20)
--   4:15p  Leaving to bike for mint shake
--   4:30p  Arrived at DQ.  There was a line.

--   4:51p  Arrived at Ty Warner Park, and, as I was arriving, a park employee in a golf cart
said that her detector showed lightning in the area.  She said it was within 2 mi, but I hadn't
heard any thunder.

I went to the large shelter, which was empty, and sat down to enjoy my shake.
There was no wifi, but I turned on mobile data and checked the radar.
It didn't seem like there was anything close enough to worry about.

~~  A few minutes after leaving the park, I heard one thunderbolt.  The sky was mixed.
I got home without encountering any rain.

--   5:27p  Inside;  Total ride: 8 mi;  Skim Ch7 news
Last night, a 15-yr-old boy on a bike was hit and killed on 75th about 700 feet
west of the Long John Silver's where I got my lunch on Thursday.
--   6:45p  "Siren" (05/14/20) ...
--   7:20p  Dinner @home: chicken pita (half)
--   8:20p  Severe thunderstorm warning until 9p.
--   8:27p  "Batwoman" (05/17/20) ...
--   8:55p  It started pouring
--   9:03p - 9:52p  Called EJB to wish him a happy birthday tomorrow.
He mentioned that he'll be seeing Jeri & Joel in the morning.
-- 10:23p  Skim Ch5 news
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Friday, June 19, 2020


-- 12:30a  Bed
--   8:40a  Up
--   9:00a  Leaving to bike
--   9:15a  Leaving to pick up breakfast @McD
-- 10:00a  Inside after biking 1&3;  Breakfast @home:  2 sausage/egg burritos
-- 10:35a  Leaving to bike
-- 11:20a  Home;  Total ride: 7 mi.  Sitting in garage
-- 11:32a  Inside;  Skim Ch2 news
-- 12:04p  "Kelly & Ryan"
--   1:08p  +"The View"
--   1:46p  Resume "Seth Meyers"
--   2:32p  "Single Parents" (05/13/20)
--   3:20p  "Inside Edition"
--   3:50p  Leaving for orange shake @Arby's
Also, went to Simple Greek and Dollar Tree
--   4:40p  Home; sitting in garage
--   5:20p  Inside after biking 1&2;  Dinner @home: salami
--   5:35p  Skim Ch7 news
--   7:30p  Leaving to bike
--   8:30p  Home;  Total ride: 11 mi  (25 total today); Sitting in garage
--   9:11p  Inside after talking to neighbor (assoc president) about why Tony's
subdivision has opened their pool but we haven't.  I'm not planning to use the pool,
but everyone is asking this question.  He says it a matter of liability and no one
he's talked to has an answer.
--   9:24p  "ET"
--   9:52p  "Man With a Plan" (05/28/20)
-- 11:13p  Skim Ch5 news
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Thursday, June 18, 2020


--   1:20a  Bed
--   8:00a  Woken by lawnmowers
--   8:28a  Up
--   9:00a  Kelly & Ryan
--   8:00a  Woken by lawnmowers
--   8:28a  Up
--   9:00a  Kelly & Ryan;  Preempted at :09, SC says Trump Admin ending DACA unlawfully.
Opinion says that President CAN end DACA but it wasn't done correctly.
-- 10:15a  Leaving to bike
-- 11:09a  Arrived to pick up lunch @Long John Silver's on 75th
-- 11:25a  Arrived to eat lunch @Dunham Place Park: fried fish
There was one picnic table, and it was in the shade, and it was unoccupied
-- 11:46a  Resumed ride
-- 12:47p  Home;  Total ride: 18 mi;  Sitting in garage
--   1:53p  Inside after biking 2 mi;  "The View"
--   3:02p  "Inside Edition"
--   3:30p  "Stephen Colbert"
--   4:14p  Skim Ch7 news
--   5:55p  Leaving via bike for shake @Sonic.
I wanted coconut but they didn't have it so I had a caramel shake.
--   7:24p  Home;  Total ride: 10 mi;  Sitting in garage
--   7:47p  Inside after biking 1 mi and checking out fire alarm going off on next block.
They found that smoke from cooking in one unit was the cause;  Dinner @home: salami
--   8:05p  "ET"
--   8:51p  "American Housewife" (05/13/20)
-- 10:30p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 11:09p  "Jimmy Kimmel"
-- 11:51p  "Seth Meyers"
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Wednesday, June 17, 2020


-- 12:50a  Bed
--   8:46a  Up
--   9:30a  Leaving to bike
-- 10:00a  Arrived for breakfast @McD:. hotcakes and sausage
I asked for sausage/egg burritos but the only ones they had had cheese on them already.
-- 11:17a  Home;  Total ride: 14 mi;  Sitting in garage
-- 12:20p  Inside after biking 2 mi
-- 12:30p  Skim Ch2 news
-- 12:49p  "The View"
--   2:20p  "Kelly & Ryan"
--   3:14p  "Inside Edition"
--   3:45p  Leaving via bike for cookies & cream shake @Chick-fil-A;  Sat outside.
--   5:09p  Home;  Total ride: 9 mi;  Sitting in garage and sort of napping.
--   7:05p  Inside after biking 2 mi and seeing a mariachi band serenading a birthday.
--   7:10p  Dinner @home: leftover chicken fajita burrito bowl
--   7:24p  "ET"
--   8:11p  "Inside Edition" (Tue)
Nurse practioner, Jennnifer Christoff, says daycare is safe.
--   8:11p  "Inside Edition" (Mon)
--   9:25p   Skim Ch7 news (4p)
-- 10:13p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:37p  "Jimmy Kimmel"
-- 11:39p  "Seth Meyers"
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Tuesday, June 16, 2020


-- 12:50p  Bed
--   6:08a  Up
--   7:55a  Nap
--   9:00a  Up;  "Kelly & Ryan"
-- 10:04a  "The View" ...
-- 11:25a  Arrived to order lunch @Indian Bistro on Dundee Rd
-- 11:40a  PattyS arrived
-- 12:10p  Arrived at Deer Grove East Forest Preserve and discovered that the shelters were off limits
but Patty happened to have a card table and lawn chairs in her car and we sat under a tree and ate.
--   3:28p  Patty left and I started biking on Palatine Trail from Quinton east to Arlington Heights
--   4:25p  Arrived at McD near Palatine Rd.  Used washroom and got a Coke.
--   5:37p  After doing a loop in forest preserve, returned to car;  Total ride: 22 mi
--   6:20p  Home
--   6:40p  Sitting in garage after biking 2 mi
--   7:30p  Inside;  Dinner @home: salami
--   7:55p  "America's Got Talent"
--   9:58p   "ET"
-- 10:22p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:45p  "Jimmy Fallon"
-- 11:39p  "Jimmy Kimmel"
-- 11:58p  "Seth Meyers"
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Monday, June 15, 2020


--   7:15a  Up
--   8:10a  Leaving to bike
--   8:40a  Home;  Total ride: 5 mi;  Talked to neighbor, then left for Jewel.
They had plenty of toilet paper but they didn't have any caffeine-free diet cola.
--   9:20a  Home;  Leaving to bike
-- 10:00a  Home;  Total ride: 5 miBreakfast @home 2 sausage/egg burritos (bought Sat)
-- 10:25a  Leaving to bike
-- 11:08a  Inside after talking to neighbors;  Total ride: 5 mi;  Skim Ch2 news
-- 11:54a  +"The View"
-- 12:50p  "Kelly & Ryan"
Preempted at :24 for announcement of Supreme Court decision favoring LGBTQ+ employee rights.
AND, then Ch7 preempted at :29 for Lightfoot announcement on use of force by police.
--   1:36p  "Goldbergs, The" (05/13/20)
Jennifer Gallagher was on the prom court list but not portrayed.
--   2:55p  Nap
--   4:15p  Up
--   4:30p  Leaving to bike
--   5:00p  Picked up dinner @Which Wich: turkey sandwich
Ate on a bench at the Holiday Inn next door.
--   6:05p  Home;  Total ride: 11 mi;  Sitting in garage
--   6:30p  "ET"
--   7:07p  Leaving to bike
--   7:29p  Inside;  Total ride: 4 mi;  (30 mi total today)
--   7:50p  "Schooled" (05/13/20)
-- 10:04p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:49p  "Jimmy Kimmel"
-- 11:46p  "Seth Meyers"
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Sunday, June 14, 2020


--   8:21a  Up, and still a bit sore
--   9:30a  Leaving to bike
-- 10:08a  Inside after talking to neighbor about 7000 RPM;  Total ride: 5 miBreakfast @home: PB&T
-- 11:05a  Leaving to bike
-- 11:45a  Inside;  Total ride: 5 mi
-- 12:36p  "Siren" (05/07/20);  Jennifer Oleksiuk played an Army officer.
--   2:11p  "Batwoman" (05/10/20)
--   3:50p  Leaving to bike to dinner @Poke Bros: salmon poke bowl
I went to Jimmy John's first but it closed at 2p.  Poke Bros is right next door.
They had one table outside and it was available.  It was a bit windy.
--   4:53p  Inside:  Total ride: 7 mi
--   5:00p  Skim Ch5 news
--   5:26p  "Supergirl" (05/10/20)
Also allowed Windows to install update.
--   6:26p  "60 Minutes"
--   7:47p  "Simpsons, The" (05/10/20)
--   9:03p  "Flash, The" (05/12/20)
-- 10:03p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:25p  "Last O.G., The" (05/12/20)
The 10th episode was broadcast on that date, but 4 earlier episodes are available online
so I watched online.
-- 11:30p  Bed
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Saturday, June 13, 2020


--   8:45a  Up, and sore
--   9:10a  Leaving to pickup breakfast at McDonald's.

After being told to wait just past the window, I stopped and my car engine started
racing at 7000 RPM.  I quickly turned the ignition off and waited for my order to come.
After the order came I started the engine and everything seemed okay
and I managed to drive home without a problem.

--   9:50a  Home;  Biked 2 mi;  Breakfast @home 2 sausage/egg burritos
-- 10:40a  Inside after biking 2 mi;  +"In the Dark" (05/14/20)
-- 12:51p  "Riverdale" (05/06/20) ...
--   1:17p - 1:34p  Tony & Sue called from the drive-up window at McD.
He says he's taking the day off.
--   3:21p  "Neighborhood, The" (05/04/20, ep2)
--   4:05p  Leaving to bike 2 mi
--   4:20p  Leaving to pickup dinner @Chipotle
--   4:50p  Inside after biking 2 mi;  Dinner @home: Chicken fajita burrito bowl (ate half)
--   5:25p  Inside after biking 2 mi;  Skim Ch7 news
--   6:27p  "Single Parents" (05/06/20, ep2)
--   8:08p  "Council of Dads" (05/07/20)
-- 10:04p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:40a  Bed
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Friday, June 12, 2020


-- 12:45a  Bed
-- 10:46a  Up;  Not sure why I slept so long but I had a dream that Pence resigned.
-- 11:15a  Leaving to bike north to Prairie Path then west to downtown Wheaton.
The Prairie Path was very busy.  After 10 mi, returned east.
At 16 mi, fell off bike at Grace St & Charles Rd in Lombard
while making a sharp turn.  Superficial scratches on left side.
--   1:04p  Arrived for lunch @Kyle's Corner Grill: Italian beef.
I had stopped at a restaurant in Glen Ellyn but I didn't want to pay $12 for spaghetti.
--   1:32p  Resumed ride
--   2:05p  Home;  Total ride: 23 mi;  Sitting in garage;  "American Housewife"
--   3:45p  Inside after biking 2 mi
--   4:00p  Shower
--   4:28p  Skim Ch7 news
--   6:30p  Leaving to bike
--   6:45p  Inside after biking 2 mi;  Strong chilly wind;  Dinner @home: leftover shrimp kow.
--   7:08p  "ET"
--   7:45p  "The View"
--   8:34p  "Kelly & Ryan"
--   9:20p  "Inside Edition"
-- 10:05p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:48p  "Conan"  (Thu)
-- 11:15p  "Jimmy Fallon"
-- 11:50a  Bed
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Thursday, June 11, 2020


-- 12:35a  Bed
--   8:17a  Up
--   9:10a  Leaving to bike
--   9:50a  Home;  Total ride: 7 miBreakfast @home: leftover pepper steak.
-- 10:25a  Leaving to bike
-- 11:06a  Home;  Total ride: 7 mi;  Sitting in garage
-- 11:30a  Up;  Skim Ch2 news
-- 12:08p  +"The View";  Dr Jen Caudle was guest, but a paid spokesperson for Safeguard.
-- 12:36p  "Kelly & Ryan"
--   2:14p  "Bless This Mess" (05/05/20)
--   3:02p  "Inside Edition";  There is a Jennifer on "Jeopardy"
--   3:55p  Leaving to bike to dinner @Frankie's Deli: turkey on rye;  Sat on patio.
--   5:15p  Home;  Total ride: 10 mi;   Very windy;  Sitting in garage
--   6:56p  Inside after biking 2 mi;  "ET"
--   7:50p  "Man With a Plan" (05/21/20) ...
--   8:15p  "Don't"
The first challenge was "Don't get hit by a giant tire."
You can't actually physically avoid it -- your family has to answer a question correctly
so that the tire won't be aimed at you.  Next, don't blink for 60 secs.  They didn't
actually have to last the 60 sec, but would lose $500 for each blink.  THe show
didn't do anything to them to try to get them to blink.  Next, eat a spicy pepper
without drinking water.
--   9:32p  "Single Parents" (05/06/20)
-- 10:23p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:57p  "Jimmy Kimmel"
-- 11:47p  "Seth Meyers"
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Wednesday, June 10, 2020


-- 12:20a  Bed
--   9:16a  Up;  "Kelly & Ryan" ...
-- 10:10a  Leaving to bike but there was still light drizzle;  Breakfast @home: shrimp kow (ate half)
-- 10:45a  Inside after biking 3 mi
-- 11:24a  Skim Ch2 news
-- 12:00p  +"The View";  Jennifer Laubach was pregnant with twins and she had C19.
-- 12:52p  "Inside Edition" (Tue)
--   2:00p  "Stephen Colbert"
--   2:44p  "Conan"
--   3:07p  "Inside Edition"
--   4:00p  Leaving to pick up dinner @BK
--   4:38p  Inside after biking 2&2;  Dinner @home: chicken nuggets
--   5:17p  Inside after biking 2 mi;  It's cool, cloudy and windy;  Skim Ch7 news
--   6:00p  "mixed-ish" (05/05/20)
--   7:00p  "ET" ...
--   7:20p  "America's Got Talent";  watched preempted part online.
--   8:31p  "Flash, The" (05/05/20)
--   9:40p  My keyboard was messing up again and this time I started experimenting
to see what various key did.  Then I did a search on the [esc] key acting like [logo]
key, and it revealed that [ctrl]+[esc] is an alternate way to bring up the Start menu.
So, it seemed that the [ctrl] key was stuck.  Hitting it several times seems to have fixed it.
-- 10:01p  "Conan"
-- 10:15p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:49p  "Jimmy Kimmel"
-- 11:43p  "Seth Meyers"
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Tuesday, June 9, 2020


-- 12:15a  Bed
--   8:50a  Up
--   9:15a  Leaving to bike;  I found that Chicago Av bridge across IL-83 was closed.
Crossed at Burlington tracks.
-- 10:09a  Arrive for breakfast @Einstein Bros: lox on avocado toast.
Ate on bench on sidewalk.
-- 11:30a  Home;  Total ride: 15 mi;  Sitting in garage
-- 12:20p  Inside after biking 1 mi;  "The View"
--   1:52p  Skim Ch2 news;  It didn't cover much aside from people entering church
for George Floyd's 3rd funeral.
--   1:56p  I looked at the radar and I wasn't expecting it to start raining for an hour
but there a sudden downpour just occurred but only lasted a couple mins.
--   2:00p  "Kelly & Ryan" ...
--   2:35p  Leaving to bike 2 mi, then pickup dinner @China Star
It started drizzling as I left the house but had ended when I got home
--   3:05p  Home;  Biked another 2 mi and it started drizzling again;  Dinner @home: pepper steak
--   3:39p  Went out, possibly to bike, but there's still a light drizzle;  Sitting in garage
Rain kept starting and stopping, sometimes drizzle and sometimes heavy.
--   5:04p  Inside;  Skim Ch7 news
--   6:44p  "ET"
--   7:00p  "America's Got Talent";  preempted by tornado warnings for Will & Kankakee Co.
--   7:23p  +"Broke" (05/14/20)
--   7:46p  "Man With a Plan" (05/14/20)
--   8:35p  "America's Got Talent";  started in progress at :66.
--   9:32p  "black-ish" (05/05/20)
-- 10:30p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:58p  "Jimmy Kimmel"
-- 11:39p  "Seth Meyers"
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Monday, June 8, 2020


-- 12:55a  Bed
--   8:14a  Up
--   9:05a  Leaving to bike
--   9:25a  After 3 miles stopped for breakfast @McD: 2 sausage/egg burritos (sat outside)
-- 11:10a  Home;  Total ride: 15 mi.  Sitting in garage
-- 12:18p  Inside after biking 2 more mi;  Skim Ch2 news
-- 12:55p  "The View"
--   2:01p  "Kelly & Ryan"
--   3:07p  "Inside Edition"
--   4:08p  Skim Ch7 news ...
--   4:40p  Leaving for cookies & cream shake @Chick-fil-A, sat outside
--   6:02p  Home;  Total ride: 10 mi;  Sitting in garage
--   7:02p  Inside after biking 3 mi (30 total today);  Dinner @home: salami
I saw the turkeys again, this time in the parking lot of the offices to the west.
--   7:18p  "ET"
--   8:49p  "Neighborhood, The" (05/04/20)
-- 10:07p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:48p  "Jimmy Kimmel"
-- 11:37p  "Seth Meyers" ...
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Sunday, June 7, 2020


-- 12:25a  Bed
--   8:14a  Up
--   9:10a  Leaving to bike;  It's cool & windy
--   9:28a  Inside after biking 3 mi;  Breakfast @home: PB&T
--   9:39a  "Conners, The" (05/05/20)
-- 11:05a  Leaving to bike
-- 11:45a  Home;  Total ride: 7 mi;  Sitting in garage
-- 12:32p  Inside after biking 2 mi
-- 12:39p  "All Rise" (05/04/20) ...
--   1:25p - 2:02p  Tony & Sue called and mentioned another local protest march.
It seems we got disconnected.
--   3:45p  Leaving to bike
--   4:05p  Arrive to pickup dinner @Mr Sub: turkey sub + soup (chicken noodle); Ate at park.
--   5:27p  Home;  Total ride: 10 mi  (took long way home)
--   6:55p  Inside after biking 2 mi;  Met new neighbors on next block.
--   7:14p  "60 Minutes"
--   9:11p  "Conan"  (Fri)
-- 10:07p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:35p  "Good Girls" (05/03/20)
-- 11:49p  "Simpsons, The" (05/03/20)
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Saturday, June 6, 2020


-- 12:15a  Bed
--   8:14a  Up
--   9:00a  Leaving to bike to breakfast @McD:  hotcakes and sausage (ate outside)
After eating, continued north on Summit to side street near St Charles Rd and then
headed west to Westmore.
-- 10:46a  Home;  Total ride: 14 mi;  Sitting in garage
-- 11:40a  Leaving to bike
-- 12:14p  Home;  Total ride: 4 mi;  Sitting in garage
-- 12:31p  Inside;  +"Broke" (05/07/20)
--   1:50p  Nap
--   4:13p  Up
Opened laptop and it said "Welcome to Windows" as if I'm a new user.  They don't
seem to worry about how scary such messages are, but when I clicked [continue], my
previously open screens were all still open.
--   4:40p  Leaving to bike
--   5:17p  Home;  Total ride: 5 mi;  The wind is strong & chilly;  Sitting in garage
--   5:30p  Inside;  Dinner @home: leftover spaghetti & meatballs
--   6:01p  Inside after biking 2 mi;  +Skim ABC news
--   6:16p  "In the Dark" (05/07/20)
--   8:53p  "Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist" (05/03/20)
-- 10:19p - 11:17p  PattyS called and she's back in Volo.
-- 11:27p  Skim Ch5 news
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Friday, June 5, 2020


--   1:10a  Bed
--   9:14a  Up
-- 10:05a  Leaving to bike
I headed into the west wind, which meant crossing the DuPage River, which means climbing
out of the valley, but I was too pooped after reaching the top of the hill, and then I
had to turn around and climb back up the other side.
-- 11:13a  Stopped @McD for Coke and it took forever for them to serve it.
After, I sat on the stairs of the building where I used to work to drink the Coke & rest.
-- 11:58a  Home and exhausted;  Total ride: 13 mi
-- 12:33p  Lunch @home: leftover chicken pad thai
-- 12:45p  Skim Ch2 news
--   1:31p  "Kelly & Ryan"
Preempted by Trump at :30 to lie about the "tremendous progress".
There are 4 companies, you could even say 7 or 8 companies that are doing
some similar and some different and even without that we're going to be back.
After, 10 mins of rambling, the station decided to return to normal programming.
--   3:00p  "Inside Edition"
--   3:54p  +"Goldbergs, The" (05/06/20)
--   4:24p  Skim Ch7 news ...
--   4:45p  Leaving for chocolate shake @Arby's;  I forgot to tell them to go easy on the syrup.
--   5:46p  Home; Sitting in garage after biking 3 mi and talking to neighbor who was walking dog.
--   7:00p   Leaving to bike
--   7:44p   Home;  Total ride: 7 mi;  Sitting in garage-
--   8:24p  Inside after biking 2 mi  (25 total today)
--   9:28p  "Conan"  (Wed)
-- 10:08p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:38p  "Stephen Colbert"
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Thursday, June 4, 2020


-- 12:55a  Bed
--   7:46a  Up
--   8:55a  Leaving to bike
-- 11:15a  Home;  Total ride: 20.5 mi;  Sitting in garage.
I biked through downtown Downers Grove and saw all the boarded up stores.
Took Maple west to IL-53 and then north to IL-56 and then east to McDonald's on
Midwest Rd.  Got a Coke and then headed home. 
-- 11:50a  Inside;  Lunch @home: salmon poke bowl (from Poke Bros, bought yesterday)
-- 12:15p  Leaving to bike
-- 12:43p  Home;  Total ride: 5 mi;  Sitting in garage
--   1:00p  Inside;  Skim Ch2 news
--   2:10p  "Kelly & Ryan"
--   3:23p  "Inside Edition"  (first :11 preempted)
--   4:00p  Skim Ch7 news
--   4:35p  Leaving to bike
--   5:15p  Home;  Total ride: 6 mi
--   5:30p  Leaving for orange shake @Arby's
--   5:45p  Home; sitting in garage
--   6:45p  Leaving to bike
--   7:13p  Home;  Total ride: 5 mi;  Sitting in the garage
I saw a pair of robins attacking a squirrel.
--   8:00p  Inside after biking 2 mi (38 mi total);  "ET"
--   9:10p  +"Supergirl" (05/03/20)
-- 10:15p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:48p  "Jimmy Fallon"
-- 11:10p  "Jimmy Kimmel"
-- 11:39p  "Seth Meyers"
I heard that 11 people were killed during the protests and 3 of them were Davids.
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Wednesday, June 3, 2020


-- 12:20a  Bed
--   8:10a  Breakfast @home: 2 sausage/egg burritos (bought Mon)
--   8:35a  "Conan" (Mon)
--   9:09a  "Last O.G., The" (05/05/20)
-- 10:10a  Left to bike, but there is still a light drizzle;
-- 10:20a  Leaving for Dollar Tree
-- 11:05a  Inside after biking 3 mi and talking to neighbor.
While on bike I saw the wild turkeys again, and this time I got a photo.  But
then they approached me aggressively.
-- 11:14a  Skim Ch2 news
-- 12:18p  "Kelly & Ryan"
--   1:42p  "Siren" (04/30/20)
--   3:05p  "Inside Edition"
--   3:45p  Leaving to bike
--   4:20p  Home;  Total ride: 8 mi;  Then left to pick up dinner @Naf Naf.
--   5:00p  Home;  Leaving to bike
--   5:20p  Inside after biking 3 mi;  Dinner @home:  Falafel pita (got triple points)
--   5:50p  Leaving to bike
--   6:27p  Home;  Total ride:  6 mi;  Sitting in garage;  "ET"
I used Galaxy Health app to track the ride for first time.  At every milepoint it
verbally give statistics.  It gave me a "trophy" at the end for breaking my own record --
since it was the first ride.  It plots speed & elevation -- by other app doesn't --
although the other app produces a file that could be converted to that.  I'm think I'll
probably stick with the older app -- CycleDroid.
--   7:29p  Inside after biking 2 mi
--   8:05p  "Batwoman" (05/03/20)
-- 10:00p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:35p  "Jimmy Fallon" ...
-- 10:49p  "Jimmy Kimmel"
-- 11:23p  "Stephen Colbert"
-- 11:52p  "Seth Meyers"
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Tuesday, June 2, 2020


-- 12:20a  Bed
--   8:17a  Up
--   9:02a  Leaving to bike
-- 10:00a  Home;  Total ride: 9 mi;  Sitting in garage
-- 10:41a  Inside after biking 2 more mi;  Breakfast @home: chicken pad thai (ate half)
-- 11:08a  Leaving to bike
-- 11:43a  Home;  Total ride: 6 mi (three were in a parking structure);
Sitting in garage;  "Man with a Plan"
-- 12:21p  Leaving to bike
-- 12:55p  Inside after biking 4 mi and talking to neighbor;  "Kelly & Ryan"
There was a Dr Jennifer who isn't Dr Ashton.  This one was a veterinarian.
I just found out that my Walgreen's was looted last night and is closed.  I'm glad I got my Rx's on Saturday.
--   2:45p  Resume "Seth Meyers"
--   3:06p  "Inside Edition"
--   3:45p  Leaving to pickup cookies & cream shake @Chick-fil-A
--   4:05p. Home;  Sitting in garage;  Talked to neighbor
--   4:40p  Inside after biking 1 mi;  Very hot and windy;  Skim Ch7 news ...
--   4:56p - 5:07p  Tony called
--   6:10p  Dinner @home: salami;  +"Man With a Plan" (05/07/20)
--   6:42p  Lightfoot address ...
--   6:54p - 7:26p  Tony called
--   7:37p  "America's Got Talent"
--   7:53p  Leaving to bike;  It was getting dark but I couldn't find my headlight.
--   8:39p  Home (before it was too dark);  Total ride: 8 mi
-- 10:01p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:39p  "Jimmy Kimmel"
-- 11:25p  "Stephen Colbert"
-- 11:43p  "Seth Meyers"
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Monday, June 1, 2020


-- 12:05a  Bed
--   7:14a  Up
--   8:21a  Leaving to bike
--   8:40a  Home after biking 3 mi;  Leaving to pick up breakfast @McD
--   9:00a  Home;  I expected to bike, but it started raining 5 secs after I got home
--   9:05a  Breakfast @home: 2 sausage/egg burritos
--   9:32a  Leaving to bike -- streets were dry
-- 10:15a  Home;  Total ride: 7 mi;  Sitting in garage
-- 10:23a  Inside;  Lightfoot talking about looting & violence last night
-- 11:05a  +"Kelly & Ryan"
-- 12:00p  Skim Ch7 news;  27 people were killed this weekend in riots.
-- 12:46p  "Siren" (04/23/20)
--   2:38p  "Simpsons, The" (04/26/20)
--   3:35p  Leaving to pickup dinner @Noodles & Co;  There was a barely there drizzle.
--   4:15p  Inside after biking 1&2.  Dinner @home: spaghetti and meatballs (ate half)
--   4:45p  Skim Ch7 news
--   5:20p  Leaving to bike
--   5:53p  Home;  Total ride: 5 mi;  Very windy;  Sitting in garage
--   6:24p  Inside after biking 2 mi
--   6:34p  "ET"
--   7:17p  "Inside Edition"
--   8:40p  "Council of Dads" (04/30/20)
Luly's birth mom is Michelle.  Luly is played by a Michele.
-- 10:04p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:50p  "Stephen Colbert"
-- 11:45p  "Seth Meyers" ...
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