Monday, August 10, 2020

-- 12:35a Bed 
--   7:20a  Up
--   9:05a  Leaving via bike for breakfast @McD: oatmeal and sausage biscuit.
-- 10:29a  Home;  Total ride: 10 mi;  Sitting in garage
It seems that I lost 2 mi on the odometer. 
-- 11:40a  Inside after biking 2 mi and talking to neighbors;  Skim Ch2 news
-- 12:00p  "The View";  Probably a rerun but TiVo recorded it and it was preempted
by coverage of the looting.  Crawls on the bottom  of the screen were just repeating
headlines about the looting instead of using them to report other news.
--  12:22p - 12:35p  Tony called.  The Best Buy is closed.  He claimed it's closed
permanently, but I think it's just a response to the looting downtown.

>>>   1:17p  "Snowpiercer" (05/17/20)  (Metacritic: 55, 30-83, #24)
When scientists attempted to solve global warming, they wound up creating an ice age.
What's left of humanity has been living on a train with 1001 cars for 7 years.
Based on a 2013 film.  The train was intended for the rich, but it was invaded.
~~  One critic said, "A mess, full of half-developed characters, illogical plot choices and incompletely realized social satire. But it's not awful."
Another said, "It's a clearly inferior version of something that was already great and never needed to be revisited again. "
~~  There are 50 characters listed on the 1st episode.  It starts with the "Tailees", the
people at the end of the train who are considered the lowest class.  Their rations are
cut and they want to start a revolution, but it's unclear why they think they have any power.
What's less clear is what is stopping the train from derailing.
~~  I suppose I'll keep watching it.

--   2:08p - 2:31p  Tony called, focusing on improving his newspaper ad.
--   3:05p  Leaving for orange shake @Arby's
--   3:30p  Inside garage after biking 1.5 miles.  Tornado warning has been issued and sirens sounded. There were a few drops of rain and I'm hearing Thunder starting.
--   3:40p  Downpour started.  Going inside.
--   4:25p  Upstairs.  Resume "Snowpiercer"
--   5:45p - 6:16p  Tony called to complain about the looting again.
--   6:17p  Skim ABC news
--   6:50p  Leaving to bike;  It's cool out so I only biked 2 mi
There were lots of twigs on the street.  I didn't see too many downed branches, and nothing especially large.
--   7:10p  Inside;  Dinner @home: Ultimate BLT (from Arby's);  "ET" was preempted by news
Got email from management company warning us about the storm -- about 3 hours too late.
--   7:54p  "Burden of Truth" (05/21/20)
-- 10:10p  Skim Ch5 news
-- 10:40p  "Jimmy Fallon"
-- 11:16p  "Jimmy Kimmel"
-- 11:40p  "Seth Meyers"
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