Friday, July 31, 2020


-- 12:00a  Bed
--   7:55a  Up
--   8:15a  If I wasn't already up, would have been woken by guy working on siding.
--   8:50a  Leaving via bike for breakfast @McD:  2 sausage/egg burritos
I forgot my mask, so I held my cap in front of my face.
-- 10:40a  Home;  Total ride: 14 mi;  Sitting in garage;   "The View" ...
-- 11:00a  Skim Ch7 news
-- 11:47a  Inside after biking 2 mi
--   1:04p  Resume "Seth Meyers"
--   3:00p  "Inside Edition"
--   3:45p  Leaving to bike
--   4:10p  Inside after biking 2 mi and talking to neighbor
--   4:20p  Leaving to pickup dinner @McD.  Also stopped at Chipotle.
--   5:15p  Dinner @home: double fish + free fries
--   5:40p  Inside after biking 1&2 (840 for July, 27 mi/day)
--   5:50p  Skim Ch7 news
--   7:02p  "ET"
--   7:51p  "Breeders" (03/16/20)
--   9:22p  "Miracle Workers" (03/17/20)
-- 10:08p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:40p  Bed
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Thursday, July 30, 2020


-- 12:45a  Bed
--   7:35a  Up
--   8:08a  "Almost Family" (02/22/20, ep2).
--   9:35a - 9:45a  Tony called
-- 11:30a  Arrive for lunch @Himalayan Restaurant
There was no one on the patio.  I took the table on the far end.
-- 11:45a  PattyS arrived;  We both ordered 4-portion express lunches amd shared.
We had to place the order on our phones, but they took credit card at the table
after they brought the food.
A couple other tables got taken, but it was NOT busy so there was no pressure to leave.
--   2:23p  Home;  Sitting in garage
--   3:10p  Leaving to bike;  Very windy.
--   3:53p  Home;  Total ride: 7 mi;  Sitting in garage
--   4:00p  Skim Ch7 news
--   5:30p  Inside;  Dinner @home: salami
--   5:45p  "Inside Edition"
--   6:15p  +"Kelly & Ryan";  Preempted at :47 by John Lewis funeral.
--   7:03p  "ET"
--   7:39p  "All American" (03/09/20)
--   9:14p  "Briarpatch" (03/16/20)
-- 10:38p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:57p  "Jimmy Fallon"
-- 11:36p  "Seth Meyers"
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Wednesday, July 29, 2020


-- 12:55a  Bed
--   8:02a  Up
--   9:00a  Leaving via bike for breakfast @McD:  Oatmeal + sausage biscuit
-- 10:21a  Home;  Total ride: 10 mi;  Hit 800 for July;  Sitting in garage

-- 10:30a  Neighbor came over to ask me about selecting new printer.
Then he asked about error message he got when he unplugged external hard drive.
I tried to tell him what to do but he asked if he could bring his laptop over,
so I said OK.  It turned out that it was a MacBook, which I'm fairly unfamiliar with.

~~  I knew to go to Finder, but I didn't know how to go to the top level.
I stumbled onto 2-finger clicking on the title bar to bring up a list of folders.
I selected "MacBook" and that showed the Seagate drive.  A 2-finger click on that
brought up context menu and one of the choices was "Eject", so that was what I was
looking for.  I clicked on that and the drive icon disappeared and the LED light
on the drive went out, so that seemed to do the job.
~~  Unfortunately, we weren't wearing masks or keeping our distance.

-- 11:21a  Inside;  Workmen are pounding on the exterior walls, repairing siding.
-- 11:30a  +"The View"
-- 12:41p  "Kelly & Ryan";  Guest was Jenny McCuiston of Goldfish Swim School.
--   1:28p  "America's Got Talent";  The judges were outside on a studio street scene
watching acts on big screen.  But they were just reviewing original auditions to
make cuts.  There were a few new performances;  Skimmed through most of it.
--   1:55p  "United We Fall" (07/22/20)
--   3:25p  "Inside Edition"
--   4:05p  Leaving to bike a little (rain is in the area) and then get dinner in car.
--   4:30p  Picked up dinner @Naf Naf: falafel pita (received triple loyalty points)
Decided to eat at a table there outside.
--   5:20p  Home after biking 2&2;  Sitting in garage.
--   5:50p  Leaving to bike
--   6:43p  Home after talking to neighbor who is moving. Total ride: 7 mi;  Sitting in garage
--   7:00p  Inside;  It's starting to drizzle;  "ET"
--   8:03p  "Black Lightning" (03/09/20)
--   9:34p  "Breeders" (03/09/20)
-- 10:30p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 11:02p  "Jimmy Fallon"
-- 11:46p  "Seth Meyers"
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Tuesday, July 28, 2020


--   8:15a  Up
--   9:00a  Leaving via bike for breakfast @McD:  2 sausage/egg burritos
-- 10:45a  Home;  Total ride: 14 mi;  Sitting in garage;  Skim Ch7 news
-- 12:10p  Inside after biking 2 mi;  "The View"
--   1:05p  "Seth Meyers" ...
--   1:20p - 1:28p  Tony called to brag about how much work he's getting
--   2:16p  "Kelly & Ryan"
--   3:05p  "Inside Edition"
--   4:10p  Leaving for orange shake @Arby's
--   4:40p  Home;  Sitting in garage
--   5:55p  Inside after biking 2&2;  Dinner @home: roast beef
--   6:22p  "Awkwafina is Nora from Queens" (01/29/20)
--   6:59p  "ET"
--   7:35p  Leaving to bike
--   8:12p  Home;  Total ride: 7 mi;  "20/20: American Catastropher -- How Did We Get Here?"
--   8:40p  Leaving to attempt to see comet without traveling far
The Ashley Furniture store isn't in a dark place but it has a good view of the sky.
THe sky was almost totally clear when I arrived but it still wasn't completely dark.
--   9:15p  I could see some stars but it was starting to get more cloudy
--   9:35p  Home
-- 10:36p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:55p  "Jimmy Fallon"
-- 11:36p  "Seth Meyers"
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Monday, July 27, 2020


-- 12:25a  Bed
--   7:47a  Up
--   8:35a  Leaving to take out garbage
--   8:50a  After biking 2 mi, left for Jewel;  They finally have caffeine-free Diet Coke.
It was raining a bit on the way home.
--   9:30a  Home;  Breakfast @home: Chicken pecan salad sandwich (bought yesterday @Arby's)
-- 10:12a  Inside after biking 2 mi;  "The View"
-- 11:14a  Skim Ch2 news
-- 11:38a  +"Kelly & Ryan" ...
-- 11:50a  Nap
-- 12:57p  Up
--   1:31p  "Breeders" (03/02/20, ep2)
--   3:05p  "Inside Edition"
--   3:40p  Leaving to bike
--   4:22p  Home;  Total ride: 7 mi
--   4:30p  Leaving to pick up dinner @Noodles & Co.
--   4:55p  Home;  Dinner @home:  shrimp pad thai
--   5:30p  Leaving to bike
--   6:28p  Home;  Total ride: 9 mi;  Sitting in garage

--   7:35p  Inside after biking 2 mi;  Saw one of the turkeys.  A neighbor pointed
out that the other one just got hit by a van.  The injured one managed to crawl
into bushes and it appeared to be standing.  There had been a 3rd turkey.  No one
know what happened to that one.

--   7:40p  "ET"
--   8:25p  "Briarpatch" (03/09/20)
-- 10:05p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:36p  "Jimmy Fallon"
-- 11:15a  Bed
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Sunday, July 26, 2020


-- 12:30a  Bed
--   8:55a  Leaving via bike for breakfast @McD: 2 sausage/egg burritos
-- 10:28a  Home;  Total ride: 10 mi;  Hot, humid & windy;  Sitting in garage;
-- 11:40a  Inside after biking 2 mi
-- 12:05p  "Better Things" (04/16/20)

>>>   1:29p  "Breeders" (03/02/20)  (Metacritic: 65, 40-(60-88), #13)
Dramady of a British couple in their mid 40s raising 2 kids under 7 who are menaces.
~~  The dad has an important presentation in the morning but the kids won't go to sleep.
Finally, they fall asleep, and a couple of drunks outside start making a ruckus.
~~  I suppose I will keep watching, although I could skip it.  I've been led to
believe that it will be less about the kids later.

--   2:47p  "All American" (03/02/20) ...
--   3:05p  Going to sit in garage
--   3:35p  Leaving to get orange shake @Arby's;  Also went to Dollar Tree.
--   4:15p  Home;  Biked 1&1;  Sat in garage
--   5:00p  Inside after biking another mi;  Dinner @home: double burger (bought yesterday @McD);  Skim Ch7 news
--   7:40p  Leaving to bike
--   8:21p  Home;  Total ride: 7 mi
--   8:43p  "For Life" (03/10/20)
-- 10:06p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:36p  "Conan"  (7/23)
-- 11:25p  "Miracle Workers" (03/10/20)
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Saturday, July 25, 2020


-- 12:10a  Bed
--   8:10a  Up
--   8:35a  After 5 mi, stopped for breakfast @McD: apple raisin oatmeal + sausage biscuit
-- 10:34a  Home:  Total ride: 14 mi;  Sitting in garage
-- 11:54p  Inside;  Resume "Charmed"

>>>   1:04p  "Dispatches from Elsewhere" (03/01/20) (Metacritic: 66, 40-90, #16)
A quirky kind of science fiction fever dream in which four 'normal' people are pulled into a world of magic, technology, and philosophy.
~~  We are introduced to a guy and we're told that every [work] day is pretty much the same
except when he stops at bodega to pickup dinner, it's usually packaged sushi but might be
a burrito or ramen instead.  But then, on this day, after seeing a flyer on a light post strange
things start happening, as if it triggered a strange memory of participating in an
experiment -- or is it a vision of an experiment he'll sign-up for?
~~  He sees a psychiatrist -- because it's free -- part of his medical benefits at work.
It's unclear how many sessions he's had before the shrink asked him why he comes.
~~  It seems to be based on a alternate reality game played from 2008-2011 in San Francisco
that had 10K people playing without ever quite knowing what they were involved in.
There was a 2013 documentary about it and this show is based on that.
~~  I guess I'll keep watching since Sally Field is in it.

--   3:00p  Leaving for dinner @Kai Sushi: 5 plates
--   3:50p  Inside after biking 1&1;  "Briarpatch" (03/02/20)
--   5:30p  Skim Ch2 news
--   6:00p  Nap
--   7:25p  Up
--   7:40p  Leaving to bike
--   8:37p  Home;  Total ride: 10 mi;  Leaving for McD for free sundae with purchase
--   9:00p  Home;  Ate sundae and put double burger in fridge
--   9:24p  "Black Lightning" (03/02/20)
-- 10:25p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:53p  "Conan"  (7/22)
-- 11:34p  "Miracle Workers" (03/03/20)
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Friday, July 24, 2020


--   1:10a  Bed
--   8:36a  Up
--   8:51a  "Inside Edition"
--   9:12a  "Kelly & Ryan"
-- 10:03a  "The View"
-- 11:09a  Leaving to bike
-- 11:44a  Arrive for lunch @Mickey's: Sloppy joes
I think I saw an otter in Ginger Creek.
-- 12:56p  Home;  Total ride: 16 mi;  Sitting in garage
--   2:00p  Inside after biking 2 mi
--   2:11p  "ET"
--   2:42p  "Stephen Colbert"  (Wed)
--   3:30p  "Inside Edition"
--   4:10p  Leaving via bike to get cookies and cream shake at Chick-fil-A
--   5:35p  Home;  Total ride: 9 mi;  Sitting in garage
--   6:30p  Inside;  Dinner @home: salami
--   6:50p  "ET"
--   7:10p  "The Greatest #AtHome Videos"
--   7:55p  Leaving to bike
--   8:53p  Inside;  Total ride: 10 mi (37 mi total today);  "Inside Edition"  (Wed)
--   9:32p  "Conan"  (7/21)
-- 10:10p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 11:06p  "Stephen Colbert" (Thu)
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Thursday, July 23, 2020


-- 12:40a  Bed
--   8:18a  Up
--   8:18a  Up;  Yahoo has removed the ability to comment on answers.
--   8:55a  Leaving via bike for breakfast @McD: 2 sausage/egg burritos
-- 10:58a  Home;  Total ride: 15 mi;  Sitting in garage;  Skim Ch7 news
-- 11:40a  Inside after biking 2 mi;  "The View"
--   1:09p  "Kelly & Ryan"
--   2:12p  "Kelly & Ryan"  (yesterday, after first :13 preempted)
--   2:57p  "ET"
--   3:50p  Leaving to drive to bike north on York Rd from Lake St.
--   5:45p  After 12 mi, stopped for dinner @Johnny's Place on Golf & Mt Prospect Rd
Half Greek chicken.
--   7:24p  Back at car;  Total ride: 22 mi
--   7:58p  Home;  Talked to neighbor
--   8:40p  Inside after reassembling bike and biking 2 mi (Total 41 mi today)
--   9:08p  Skim Ch7 news (4p)
-- 10:17p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:36p  "Jimmy Fallon"
-- 11:14p  "Jimmy Kimmel"
-- 11:44p  "Seth Meyers"
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Wednesday, July 22, 2020


-- 12:00a  "Seth Meyers"
-- 12:35a  Bed
--   9:10a  Up
-- 10:11a  "The View"
-- 11:05a  Leaving via bike for lunch @Poke Bros: shrimp and imitation crab meat bowl (with coupon).
-- 12:43p  Home;  Total ride: 10 mi;  Sitting in garage;  There was some light drizzle
-- 12:53p  Real rain started followed by downpour, but it didn't last long.
--   2:11p  Inside after biking 2 mi;  Skim Ch2 news
--   2:55p  Nap
--   4:21p  Up
--   4:45p  Leaving via bike for cookies & cream shake @Chick-Fil-A
They removed the chairs from their patio (and still no indoor dining).
Manager explained that some customer complained that they weren't sanitizing the
patio tables, and he said he doesn't have the manpower to do that.  (Weird!)
I sat on the narrow window sill.
--   6:20p  Home;  Total ride: 11 mi;  Sitting in garage
--   6:36p  Leaving to pickup dinner @Steve's Gyros
--   6:58p  Home;  Dinner @home: 2 hot dogs (for Nat'l Hot Dog Day)
I couldn't find any local places with hot dog specials.
--   7:50p  Leaving to bike
--   8:30p  Home;  Total ride: 7 mi;  Sitting in garage
--   9:07p  Leaving to drive west to try to find a place with less light pollution to see Neowise comet.
--   9:30p  Stopped at a park in Warrenville.  The comet was supposed to be in the NW sky
near the Big Dipper.  I could see some stars, but relatively few, and I couldn't locate the
Big Dipper, nor did I see anything that looked like a comet.
-- 10:15p  Home;  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:51p  "Jimmy Fallon"
-- 11:28p  "Jimmy Kimmel"
-- 11:48p  "Seth Meyers"
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Tuesday, July 21, 2020


-- 12:37a  "Stephen Colbert"
--   1:25a  Bed
--   8:51a  Up
--   9:00a  "Kelly & Ryan"
--   9:55a  Leaving to bike
-- 10:45a  After biking 7 mi, arrived for lunch at Frankie's Deli: turkey on rye
-- 11:55a  Home;  Total ride: 16 mi;  Sitting in garage

-- 12:42p  Inside after biking 2 mi and talking to neighbor;  Drizzle was just starting
I seem to have lost broadband.  Rebooting modem didn't help.  Cable TV is also out.
--   1:08p  Called and the automated system said service should be restored by 5p.
The outage doesn't interfere with my ability to watch shows on TiVo.

--   1:10p  Skim Ch2 news
--   1:40p  "The View"
--   2:10p  Internet and cable are restored.
--   2:38p  "ET'
--   3:45p  "Inside Edition"
--   4:13p  Skim Ch7 news ...
--   4:35p  Leaving to bike but only went 1 mi because there was a slight drizzle
--   4:45p  Left to pickup dinner @Panda Express: Beijing beef
--   5:40p  Inside after biking 2 + 1/2.  The rain started getting heavier.
--   6:37p  "ET"
--   7:24p  "Inside Edition"  (Mon)
--   7:59p  "The View" (watching yesterday's preempted part)
--   9:39p  "Charmed" (02/28/20) ...
-- 10:13p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:35p  "Jimmy Fallon"
-- 10:46p  "Jimmy Kimmel"
-- 11:20p  "Stephen Colbert"
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Monday, July 20, 2020


-- 12:15a  Bed
--   7:40a  Up
--   8:45a  Leaving via bike for breakfast @McD: hotcakes & sausage
--   9:55a  Home;  Total ride: 10 mi;  Sitting in garage;
"The View";  preempted at :08 by CPD Supt Brown to show video of Columbus statue protestors.
Talked to a walker who asked me about my biking.
-- 10:25a  Inside;  "Kelly & Ryan"
-- 11:45a  Leaving to drive to Geneva Rd & County Farm Rd
-- 12:14p  Started biking NW on Prairie Path
--   1:14p  At Middle St (Bartlett Rd) in South Elgin, headed back.
--   2:18p  Back at car;  Total ride: 21 mi;  Weather was perfect
--   2:40p  Picked up dinner @Qdoba
--   3:00p  Home
--   3:44p  Inside after biking 2 mi

::::: 3:45p ::::: [Michael & Stephanie's Zoom wedding] :::::

--   4:17p  Video established;  Finished dinner, chicken salad bowl, while waiting
--   4:19p  Michael appeared between Jeri & Joel
--   4:37p  My camera doesn't seem to be active, but then I figured it out.
--   4:44p  Glass broken
--   4:54p - 5:17p  Called Carla
--   5:40p  Inside after biking 2 mi;  Skim Ch7 news
--   7:45p  Nap
-- 10:07p  Up;  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:38p  "Jimmy Fallon"
-- 10:55p  "Jimmy Kimmel"
-- 11:36p  "Seth Meyers"
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Sunday, July 19, 2020


-- 12:40a  Bed
--   8:40a  Up
--   9:30a  Leaving to bike but there is still a light drizzle
--   9:35a  Breakfast @home: PB&T;  "All American" (02/24/20)
-- 11:25a  I was about to go outside again but then I heard rain.
I looked at the radar.  Earlier, it seemed most of the rain was south and
moving southeast, but a cell that was in Kewanee 2 hours ago headed NE.
Might be raining another 2 hours.
--   1:41p  "Briarpatch" (02/24/20)
--   4:00p  Leaving to bike
--   4:40p  Inside;  Total ride: 6 mi
--   4:50p  Leaving to pickup dinner @Buona Beef;  Also got gas.
--   5:30p  Inside after biking 2 mi;  Dinner @home: Italian beef with free fries
--   6:22p  Leaving to bike
--   7:18p  Home;  Total ride: 10 mi;  Sitting in the garage
--   8:26p  Inside
--   9:09p  "For Life" (02/25/20)
-- 10:06p  Skim Ch5 news
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Saturday, July 18, 2020


-- 12:10a  Bed
--   8:14a  Up
--   9:00a  Leaving to bike
--   9:23a  After 5 mi, stopped for breakfast @McD: apple raisin oatmeal + sausage biscuit
-- 10:45a  Home:  Total ride: 14 mi;  Sitting in garage
-- 12:12p  Inside after biking 2 mi
-- 12:44p  Finished online renewal of lic plate sticker
--   1:01p  "Black Lightning" (02/24/20)
--   3:25p  Nap
--   4:00p  Up
--   4:10p  Going to sit in garage
Since it was cloudy, I biked 2 mi, and then went to Arby's for an orange shake.
I asked for a medium but it seems that they gave me a large.
--   4:40p  Home;  Sitting in garage;  Managed to finish the shake.
--   5:27p  Inside after biking 3 mi in barely there drizzle;  I hit 500 mi for July.
--   5:30p  Skim Ch7 news
--   6:12p  "Almost Family" (02/22/20) ...
--   7:20p  Leaving to bike
--   7:30p  Inside after biking 2 mi;  Dinner @home;  Ultimate BLT (from Arby's)
--   7:50p  Leaving to bike
--   8:42p  Inside;  Total ride: 7 mi (30 mi total today)

>>>   9:23p  "Awkwafina is Nora from Queens" (01/22/20)

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Friday, July 17, 2020


-- 12:25a  Bed
--   8:43a  Up
--   9:05a  Leaving via bike for breakfast @McD: 2 sausage/egg burritos
-- 10:35a  Home;  Total ride: 10 mi;  Sitting in garage
-- 10:50a  Inside after going to look to see turkeys in tree, but I couldn't see them.
I don't know if I was looking at the right tree
-- 11:00a  "The View";  Preempted at :48 by Lightfoot to explain plans for reopening schools.
-- 12:02p  Skim Ch2 news;  Entirely preempted;  Skim Ch7 news (started at 11:41p)
-- 12:41p  "Kelly & Ryan"
--   1:46p  Resume "Seth Meyers"
--   2:13p  "Jimmy Kimmel"
--   2:34p  "Kelly & Ryan"  (Wed)  Preempted after :10 by Mayor Lightfoot
--   3:00p  Going to sit in garage;  "Inside Edition"
--   3:35p  Biked 2 mi
--   3:50p  Leaving to get Oreo mint shake @Wayback Burgers;  They took order at door.
--   4:10p  Home;  Sitting in garage
--   4:50p  Inside after biking 2 mi;  It wasn't too bad when the sun was behind cloud.
Skim Ch7 news
--   6:07p  "Conan"  (Wed)
--   6:32p  "ET"
--   7:40p  Leaving to bike
--   8:42p  Inside;  Total ride: 11 mi (24 total today)
--   9:02p  "30 Rock" (07/16/20)
-- 10:13p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:40p  "Conan"  (Thu)
-- 11:09p  "Better Things" (04/09/20)
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Thursday, July 16, 2020


-- 12:16a  "Seth Meyers"
--   1:20a  Bed
--   8:07a  Up
--   9:40a  "Kelly & Ryan" ...
-- 10:05a  "The View" ...
-- 11:30a  Arrived for lunch with PattyS @Thai House:  shrimp pad woon sen.  Sat outside.
I had tried to place order online before leaving home, but the restaurant couldn't cope
with my unusual address.
--   1:31p  Leaving to bike north on Hicks Rd and then IL-83 to Townline Rd in Mundelein.
Stopped at McDonald's for Coke.  I had planned to ride a couple mi further north but
I neglected to map out my route.
--   3:41p  Back at car;  Total ride: 21 mi
--   4:23p  Home
--   4:47p  Leaving to bike for cinnamon shake @Dairy Queen.
I never had that flavor.  It was good, but I prefer chocolate.
--   6:10p  Home;  Total ride: 10 mi;  Sitting in garage
--   6:42p  Inside;  "ET"
--   7:26p  Skim Ch7 news;  Jennie Biggs, Raise Your Hand, was interviewed.
--   8:33p  Resume "The View"
--   8:54p  "Inside Edition"
--   9:19p  Resume "Kelly & Ryan"
--   9:58p  "Conan" (Tue);  Andy is back.
-- 10:26p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:45p  "Jimmy Fallon"
-- 11:28p  "Stephen Colbert"
-- 11:55a  "Seth Meyers"
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Wednesday, July 15, 2020


--   1:00a  Bed
--   7:50a  Up
--   9:00a  Leaving via bike for breakfast @McD: hotcakes & sausage
-- 10:30a  Home;  Total ride: 12 mi;  Sitting in garage;  "The View" ...
-- 11:32a  Leaving to bike
-- 12:10p  Home;  Total ride: 6 mi
Then left to shop at Dick's Sporting Goods, Dollar Tree and got an orange shake @Arby's
New saddlebag for bike has a cancer warning.
--   1:20p  Home;  Sitting in garage;  Talking to neighbors.
One neighbor found a dead mouse in the pool.  Board member thinks it was planted.
--   3:35p  Inside after biking 4 mi;  It's started to drizzle;  "Inside Edition"
--   4:20p  Skim Ch7 news
--   6:30p  "ET";  Dinner @home: pecan chicken salad (from Arby's)

>>>   7:02p  "United We Fall"
About a couple with 2 young daughters.  His critical mother lives with them.
~~  One description calls it a profoundly realistic family sitcom, but it's not
realistic at all.  It's constantly frantic and generally ridiculous.
~~  There is always a problem with a pilot episode.  We are plopped down in the
middle of their lives, but we have to wonder, what were they doing last month?
In other words, why are they portraying their problems as new or unexpected
(from their point of view)?
~~  I expect to keep watching, even though I probably shouldn't.


>>>   9:44p  "Brave New World" (07/15/20)
Based on the book.  I think I saw the 1980 TV movie.  I know I saw SOME version.
I don't remember many details, aside from the happiness drug called soma, so I don't
know how much the new version departs from that one.
~~  This is streaming on Peacock, so I have to watch it on a device.  I watched on my
laptop.  I may watch future episodes on my tablet.
~~  It's a bit confusing about what they are portraying.  We haven't yet been told how
long the utopia has been going and why it's now having trouble.
~~  I'll probably keep watching, but I'm not sure why.


-- 10:06p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:45p  "Jimmy Fallon"
-- 11:14p  "Jimmy Kimmel"
-- 11:35p  "Stephen Colbert"
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Tuesday, July 14, 2020


-- 12:44a  "Jimmy Kimmel" ...
--   1:05a  Bed
--   8:08a  Up
--   8:45a  Leaving via bike for breakfast @McD: 2 sausage/egg burritos
-- 10:16a  Home;  Total ride: 10 mi;  Sitting in garage
-- 10:42a  Inside after talking to neighbor;  "The View"
-- 12:16p  Skim Ch2 news
-- 12:39p  "Kelly & Ryan"
VT: Found the first Georgia PDQ restaurant which opened in Evans in 2014.  It closed Oct 2019.
--   1:46p  "Conan"
--   2:35p  "Stephen Colbert"
--   3:34p  "Inside Edition" ...
--   4:30p  Leaving via bike to get dinner @Poke Bros: tuna poke bowl (with coupon).
--   5:58p  Home;  Total ride: 10 mi;  Sitting in garage
--   7:30p  Inside after biking 2 mi;  "America's Got Talent";  Updated BIOS.
Halfway, the auditions switched to Zoom.  They went faster.
--   9:14p  "ET"
-- 10:18p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:51p  "Jimmy Fallon"
-- 11:38p  "Seth Meyers" ...
-- 11:46p  "Jimmy Kimmel"
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Monday, July 13, 2020


-- 12:00a  Bed
--   8:50a  Up
--   9:40a  Leaving to bike;  They're laying the new pavement on Meyers
-- 10:12a  Inside;  Total ride: 5 mi;
-- 10:30a  Breakfast @home: leftover shrimp kow;  "The View"
-- 11:17a  Skim Ch2 news
-- 11:37a  "Kelly & Ryan";  Kelly has a new background, a backyard seen from a kitchen.
She explained that she's in someone's guest house.  Preempted at :45 by Police Supt Brown addressing weekend violence.
-- 12:45p  Was putting bike into car and a neighbor asked me for help with her vacuum cleaner attachment which seemed stuck but not in a way that strength would seem to solve and then she asked me for help with her bike which seems way too big for her even after I lowered the seat.
--   1:15p. Leaving to drive to Frankfort
--   2:14p  Started biking east on Old Plank Road Trail and then north on Thorn Creek Trail to Glenwood.
--   4:35p  Arrived for dinner @JJ's Fish & Chicken: jerk chicken taco
Ate outside while sitting on the restaurant's window sill.
--   4:57p  Resumed biking
--   5:53p  Returned to car;  Total ride: 33.5 mi;  Weather was perfect.
--   6:40p  Picked up cookies & cream shake @Chick-Fil-A.
--   6:50p  Home;  Sitting in garage;  Talked to neighbor
--   7:42p  Inside after biking 1.5 mi  (40 mi total today);  "Inside Edition" ...
--   8:33p - 8:47p  Tony's wife called to point out that they're concerned about my eating habits.
--   9:32p  "ET"
-- 10:40p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 11:07p  "Jimmy Fallon"
He is back in studio but there is no audience and guests are still streaming from home.
He gets laughs from the band and crew.  It's hard to tell if they're forcing the laughs.
Or, they might be real laughs but laughing about how hard Fallon is trying.
I don't know if they re-designed the set.
-- 11:29p  "Seth Meyers"
He is still at home but he's moved to his in-laws' house. 
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Sunday, July 12, 2020


-- 12:10a  Bed
--   7:46a  Up
--   9:00a  Leaving to bike;  It's very windy
--   9:39a  Home;  Total ride 7 mi;  Sitting in garage
-- 10:00a  Inside;  Breakfast @home:  2 sausage/egg burritos (bought Fri)
-- 10:45a  Leaving to bike
-- 11:47a  Home;  Total ride 10 mi;  Sitting in garage
-- 12:00p  Inside
-- 12:23p  "All American" (02/17/20)
--   2:50p  Nap
--   4:17p  Up
--   4:55p  Leaving to bike
--   5:38p  Inside;  Total ride: 7 mi. Dinner @home: beef broccoli (from China Star)
--   6:15p  Leaving to bike
--   6:53p  Inside;  Total ride: 5 mi;  It's getting a bit chilly
--   7:32p  "For Life" (02/18/20)
--   9:10p  "Charmed" (02/21/20)
-- 10:46p  Skim Ch5 news
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Saturday, July 11, 2020


-- 12:25a  Bed
--   8:34a  Up
-- 10:07a  Leaving to drive to Lombard
Left 20 mins later than I planned because Tony wouldn't stop texting about how dangerous biking is.
-- 10:28a  Started biking west from Grace on Great Western Trail.
At Pleasant Hill, headed back on North Ave to Villa Ave.
-- 11:55a  Picked up chocolate shake @Strat's;  In drizzle, continued on Villa and St Charles Rd.
-- 12:25p  Returned to car;  Total ride: 19.5 mi
-- 12:45p  Home;  Biked another 1.5 mi (300 mi in July so far)
--   1:20p  Inside
--   2:20p  "Better Things" (04/02/20)
--   4:00p  Leaving to bike.
--   4:27p  After 4 mi stopped to pickup dinner @Mr Sub: turkey sub + soup (chicken noodle)
Before I left the parking lot, the bag broke and the soup fell.  They replaced it and gave
me a plastic bag.  Ate at Doerhoefer Park a block away.
--   5:50p  Home;  Total ride: 11 mi;  Sitting in garage;  Talked to neighbor
--   7:20p  Inside
--   7:32p  "Miracle Workers" (02/18/20)
--   8:54p  "Briarpatch" (02/13/20)
-- 10:28p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 11:04p  "ET"
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Friday, July 10, 2020


-- 12:20a  Bed
--   7:55a  Up
--   8:45a  Leaving to bike;  I thought it was going to be warmer;  It was also very windy.
Only biked 2 mi and then drove to McD on Ogden;  The drive-thru was unusually busy so I decided to drive off.
--   9:10a  Arrived @McD on Midwest Rd and I got onto the app, but the app said it was
outdated, so I loaded the new one, but when I tried to place my order it implied they didn't
have eggs.  So, I went inside.  The app was wrong, and I placed my order, and it took a LONG time.
--   9:49a  Inside after biking 2 mi;  Breakfast @home:  2 Sausage/egg burritos
-- 10:10a  Leaving to bike;  It was warmer now, but still very windy.
I got to Meyers Rd and found both outer lanes have been torn up, so crossing was difficult.
They had recently replaced curb segments (although they didn't seem that bad to me).  But
they had torn up a lot of pavment in the process.  So, now they're repaving the street.
-- 10:55a  Home;  Total ride: 7 mi;  Sitting in garage;  Skim Ch7 news
-- 11:42p  Inside after biking 2 mi;  "Kelly & Ryan" ...
-- 12:45p  Nap
--   1:35p  Up
--   2:27p  "In the Dark" (07/02/20) ...
--   3:45p  Leaving to bike
--   4:28p  Home;  Total ride: 7 mi;  Leaving to pickup dinner @China Star
--   5:00p  Inside after biking 2 mi;  Dinner @home: Shrimp kow
--   5:55p  Inside after biking 2 mi;  Skim Ch7 news
--   7:17p  "Inside Edition"
--   7:55p  Leaving to bike
--   8:35p  Home;  Total ride: 7 mi (31 mi total today); Sitting in garage
--   9:00p  Inside;  "Council of Dads" (07/02/20) ...
-- 10:15p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 11:29p  "Stephen Colbert"  (6/16)
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Thursday, July 9, 2020


-- 12:55a  Bed
--   7:30a  Up
--   8:15a  Leaving to bike
--   9:20a  Home; Total ride: 11 mi;  Sitting in garage
--   9:42a  Inside;  Tony called from the drive-thru at White Castle on his way to emmission test.
-- 10:15a  Breakfast @home: PB&T;  "Kelly & Ryan";
Preempted :23-:27 by Supreme Court unanimous decision that a president is NOT immune from supoenas.
-- 11:40a  Leaving to bike
-- 12:25a  Home;  Total ride: 7 mi;  Sitting in garage.
--   2:00p  After biking 1 mile, left to get peach shake @Chick-fil-A
--   2:20p  Home;  Sitting in garage
--   3:05p  Inside after biking 1 mi;  "Inside Edition"
A waitress named Jennika scolded racist customer.
--   3:37p  "Conan"
--   4:01p  Skim Ch7 news
--   5:25p  Nap
--   6:20p  Up;  Hearing thunder
--   6:43p  "ET"
--   7:10p  Cautiously leaving to bike;  There's no rain in the county at the moment
and the rain that is 15 mi west is heading north, but a cell can pop up anywhere.
--   7:50p  Home;  Total ride: 6 mi;  sitting in garage
--   8:00p  Inside;  Dinner @home: salami
--   8:35p  Inside after biking 3 mi (28 total today)

>>>   8:46p  "Briarpatch" (02/06/20)
Quirky mystery starts with a deputy (Michele Weaver) dying when she starts her squad car and it explodes.  This brings her sister back to the small Texas town.
~~  I've never heard of Michele Weaver before this season, and this is the 2nd show I've seen her in.
She's one of the stars of "Council of Dads", but she lasted less then 2 mins on this show,
I wouldn't have recognized her if I hadn't see her listed in the credits, and I still didn't recognize
her face on this show, even after knowing who she was.  I guess her hair was different.
~~  Strange show, but I expect to keep watching.

--   9:33p  I heard thunder.  Storm extends from Jacksonville, IL to Green Bay and NW.
The main line is in west of Aurora, but, somehow, a small cell popped up here.
-- 10:28p  Heavy rain starting, but it didn't last long.
-- 10:47p  Skim Ch 5 new
-- 10:58p  Rain resumed
-- 11:11p  "Jimmy Kimmel"
-- 11:46p  "Conan"
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Wednesday, July 8, 2020


-- 12:10a  Bed
--   7:13a  Up
--   7:45a  Leaving via bike for breakfast @McD: 2 sausage/egg burritos.
--   9:25a  Home;  Total ride: 11 mi;  Sitting in garage;
PattyS reports that one of her dogs died.
-- 10:25p  Inside after biking another mi;  +"Kelly & Ryan"
-- 12:00p  Skim Ch2 news;  Preempted by C19 task force briefing.
-- 12:14p  "Conan"
--   1:20p  "Charmed" (02/07/20)
--   2:24p  "Miracle Workers" (02/11/20)
--   3:30p  "Inside Edition"
--   4:00p  Leaving to get dinner @Panda Express
--   4:35p  Inside after biking 1&1;  Dinner @home: mushroom chicken & noodles
--   6:00p  Inside after sitting in garage, talking to neighbor, and biking 1&2;  Skim Ch7 news
--   7:09p  "ET"
--   7:50p  Leaving to bike
Although there was the possibility of rain, otherwise, it's very nice out now.
There seemed to be two separate incidents involving fire equipment.
--   8:30p  Home;  Total ride: 7 mi;  Sitting in garage .
A neighbor seems to have left her house without her keys and her garage door opener
wasn't working.  She got another neighbor to climb a ladder to her patio door.
--   8:55p  Inside

>>>   9:11p  "For Life" (02/11/20) (Metacritic: 64, 50-85, #10)
Inmate passes the bar exam to become a lawyer to help represent other prisoners
as he seeks to overturn his own conviction.  Inspired by a true story.
I delayed watching this because the commercials didn't catch my interest.
~~  Seems similar to "Proven Innocent" where a sneering district atty is running for Atty Gen,
But, in that one, the convict turned lawyer already had her conviction overturned.
And a strange aspect of this one is that the warden is in a lesbian marriage with
another DA running for Atty Gen.
~~  The inmate managed to sneak something in and out of the prison using his wife -- the
mother of his daughter.  The wife could have gotten in a lot of trouble.  So, it makes me
feel like a lot of this series is going to be far-fetched.

-- 10:49p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 11:15p  "Jimmy Kimmel"
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Tuesday, July 7, 2020


-- 12:05p  Bed
--   7:00a  Heard belltower at college;  I usually assume that means they mixed up AM & PM.
--   8:36a  Up
--   9:15a  Leaving to bike
--   9:54a  Home;  Total ride: 7 mi;  Sitting in garage .
-- 10:15a  Inside;  Breakfast @home: turkey sub (from Jimmy John's)
-- 10:43a  Leaving to bike
-- 11:25a  Home;  Total ride: 7 mi;  Sitting in garage
-- 12:02p  Inside;  Skim Ch2 news
-- 12:50p  "Kelly & Ryan"
--   2:21p  +"Charmed" (01/31/20) ...
--   2:40p  Nap
--   3:40p  Up
--   4:10p  Skim Ch7 news ...
--   4:35p  Leaving for orange shake @Arby's
--   5:38p  Sitting in garage after biking around asking neighbors for 50% off poke coupons
--   6:25p  Inside after biking around a bit and got a couple more coupons
--   6:30p  Dinner @home: roast beef (from Arby's);  "ET"
--   7:07p  "Miracle Workers" (02/04/20)
--   7:55p  Leaving to bike around
--   8:45p  Sitting in garage;  Looks like storm is approaching.
--   9:15p  Light drizzle started but only lasted a few mins.
--   9:25p  Inside

>>>   9:32p  "Tommy" (02/06/20)  ...
First female police chief in Los Angeles, who happens to be a lesbian.
2nd show I saw this week with a cop breaking a taillight with baton.
~~  I delayed starting to watch this show because I didn't think it would be good.
After 10 mins, I'm wondering if I should bother to continue because there's no
reason I should care about the main character, who they portray as being magically
competent.  It feels too much like "Blue Bloods", which i stopped watching.
I stopped watching after 16 mins.

-- 10:08p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:42p  "Jimmy Kimmel"
-- 11:35p  "Inside Edition"
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Monday, July 6, 2020


-- 12:50p  Bed
--   5:53a  Up
--   6:30a  Leaving to bike
--   6:56a  Home; Total ride: 5 mi
--   7:24a  Leaving for Jewel
--   8:15a  Inside after biking 2 mi;  Breakfast @home: tuna sub (from Jimmy John's)
--   9:07a  Leaving to bike
--   9:34a  Home after biking 4 miles;  Sitting in garage;  Semi-napped.
-- 10:30a  Inside;  "Kelly & Ryan";  Preempted :15 - :32 for police to address violence this weekend.
-- 11:22a  Skim Ch2 news
-- 12:25p  Nap
--   2:10p  Up
--   2:23p  "In the Dark" (06/25/20)
--   4:10p  Leaving for cookies & cream shake @Chick-Fil-A
--   4:30p  Home;  Biked 1&1;  Sitting in garage
--   5:15p  Inside after biking another mi.  "Inside Edition"
--   5:47p  Carla called
--   6:32p  Skim Ch7 news
--   7:22p  "ET"
--   7:50p  Leaving to bike
--   8:57p  Home;  Total ride: 11 mi (25 mi total today)
--   9:09p  "Broke" (06/25/20)
-- 10:12p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:35p  "Jimmy Kimmel";  Anthony Anderson is guest host.
-- 11:13p  "Conan";  From Largo Theater -- but no audience -- unless you count his assistant. 
The guest is still on remote.
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Sunday, July 5, 2020


--   8:23a  Up
--   9:10a  Leaving to bike
-- 10:00a  Home;  Total ride: 8 mi;  Sitting in garage
-- 10:20a  Inside;  Shower
-- 12:00p  Arrive in Volo for PattyS's birthday party:  Meatballs plus watermelon
--   4:50p  Home. Sitting in garage
--   5:20p  Inside;  Skim Ch7 news
--   6:41p  "60 Minutes"  (All rerun segments)
--   7:06p  Resume "Charmed"
--   7:50p  Leaving to bike
--   8:35p  Home;  Total ride: 7 mi;  Sitting in garage
--   9;00p  Inside
--   9:11p  "Miracle Workers" (01/28/20)
Eddie said hi to Jennifer, but we only heard her voice and she's not in the credits.
This takes place in the Middle Ages and school is a new thing.  Eddie's daughter,
Allie, graduates after the first class, since there are only 3 things that the
teacher knows -- one of them being that the Earth is flat.
-- 10:01p  Skim Ch5 news  
-- 10:39p  "Council of Dads" (06/25/20)
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Saturday, July 4, 2020


--   8:23a  Up
--   9:00a  Leaving to bike
--   9:25a  Arived @McD for breakfast: 2 sausage/egg burritos.
-- 10:32a  Home;  Total ride: 10 mi;  Sitting in garage;  "Broke"  (6/18)
-- 12:07p  Inside after biking 2 mi;  Saw people using the pool.
-- 12:46p  "Council of Dads" (06/18/20)
--   3:10p  Leaving to bike 2 mi.
Went to Jimmy John's.  I had tried to use app at home but it kept saying that
it couldn't "deserialize" something.  Am I supposed to know what that means.
I wanted to use a discount code but the store employee said it can only be used
from the app and he didn't know what the message meant either.  For the discount,
I had to order 2 sandwiches.  It worked when I ordered 2 different ones.
~~  And then I went right next door to get a poke bowl.  I'm not sure why I
wanted to buy so much at once.
--   3:40p  Arrived to pickup cookies & cream shake @Chick-Fil-A
--   3:55p  Home;  Sitting in garage
--   4:55p  Inside after biking 2 mi
--   5:08p  Started laundry;  Skim Ch7 news
--   6:40p  "In the Dark" (06/18/20) ...
--   7:00p  Dinner @home: salmon poke bowl
--   7:40p  Leaving to bike
--   8:47p  Home;  Total ride: 11 mi;  Sitting in garage and hearing constant fire crackers
--   9:09p  Inside
-- 10:05p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:43p  "Charmed" (01/24/20)
-- 11:45p  Bed
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Friday, July 3, 2020


--   7:58a  Up
--   8:50a  Leaving to bike
-- 10:05a  Arrived @7-Eleven on Irving Park and Addison in Wood Dale
-- 10:30a  Arrived @gazebo in Benson Park and had my Big Gulp.
-- 11:31a  Arrive for lunch @Kyle's Corner: 2 hot dogs
-- 12:51p  Home;  Total ride: 23 mi;  Sitting in garage
--   2:30p  "Kelly & Ryan"
--   3:57p  "Inside Edition";  Seems to be all rerun segments
--   4:04p  Skim Ch7 news
--   6:00p  Dinner @home: Chicken Club wrap from Arby's (bought yesterday)
--   6:10p  Went out to get mail then sat in garage
--   7:45p  Leaving to bike
--   8:25p  Home; Total ride: 7 mi;  Sitting in garage
--   8:45p  Inside;  "ET"  (Seems like repeats)
--   9:03p  "In the Dark" (06/11/20);  The lab tech was named Jen.
-- 10:34p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 11:25p  Bed
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Thursday, July 2, 2020


--   1:10a  Bed
--   7:47a  Up
--   8:45a  Leaving to bike
--   9:20a  Arrive for breakfast @Jason's Deli: salmon
The dining room was open.  They had boxes on most of the tables with signs that the those tables were closed.
-- 10:40a  Home;  Total ride: 13 mi;  Sitting in garage
-- 11:00a  Skim Ch7 news
-- 11:28a  Inside after biking 1 mi;  "The View"
-- 12:39p  "Kelly & Ryan";  Host chat only
--   1:30p  Nap
--   2:45p  Up
--   3:07p  "Inside Edition"
--   4:10p  Leaving to bike
--   4:53p  Home;  Total ride: 7 mi;  Leaving to get orange shake @Arby's..
Also went to Dollar Tree
--   5:30p  Home;  Sitting in garage
--   6:25p  Leaving to bike
--   7:22p  Home;  Total ride: 9 mi;  Sitting in garage;
I just heard cicadas and noticed that I don't think I've been hearing them
for the last few days or more;  But the beginning of July is usually when I start hearing them.
I wonder if the earlier ones were a different brood that is short-lived.
--   8:35p  Inside after biking 2 mi (32 mi today);  "ET"
--   9:16p  "Last O.G., The" (06/09/20)
-- 10:22p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 11:10a  Bed
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Wednesday, July 1, 2020


--   8:25a  Up
--   9:25a  Leaving to bike
-- 10:48a  At 14.6 mi, arrived for lunch @Bill's Place, but it doesn't open until 11a.
-- 10:56a  Ordered pulled pork sandwich;  The dining room was open with 50% capacity.
There was no temp check.  Hand sanitizer was available but not required.  It was very sticky,
so I went to the washroom and washed my hands.
-- 12:25p  Home;  Total ride 24 mi;  Sitting in garage.
Saw that they're working to prepare the pool for opening.
--   2:00p  Inside after biking another 2 mi;  "The View"
--   3:15p  "Inside Edition"
--   3:45p  "Kelly & Ryan"; Desk chat only
--   4:00p  Skim Ch7 news ...
--   4:45p  Leaving via bike for mint shake @Dairy Queen.
--   6:10p  Home;  Total ride: 10 mi;  Sitting in garage
--   7:09p  I was going to bike just a couple miles before going inside
but then a neighbor join me on ride.
--   7:54p  Home;  Total ride: 7 mi  (43 total today);  Sitting in garage
--   8:03p  Inside;  Dinner @home: salami
--   8:22p  "ET"
--   9:14p  "Council of Dads" (06/11/20)
-- 10:33p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 11:16p  "Broke" (06/11/20)
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