Wed

-- 12:20a  Bed

--   7:36a  Up

--   8:20a  Leaving via bike for breakfast @McD: apple raisin oatmeal + sausage biscuit

I had asked for sausage/egg burritos without cheese but they said they couldn't do it 

without cheese because their mixture was still frozen..

-- 10:18a  Home;  Total ride: 15 mi;  Sitting in garage;  "The View" ...

-- 11:29a  Leaving to bike.

-- 12:11a  Home;  Total ride: 6.5 mi;  Sitting in garage

-- 12:30p  Inside

-- 12:50p  "Kelly & Ryan" (Desk chat only)

--   1:12p  "Resident, The" (05/11/21)

--   3:18p  "Inside Edition"

The "Jeopardy" contestants had an "sh" either at the beginning or end of last name.

--   4:00p  Leaving via bike for dinner @Pete's Fresh Market hot bar: Seafood Plus..

--   5:58p  Home;  Total ride: 11.5 mi;  Sitting in garage

--   6:30p  "ET"

--   6:40p  It started raining

--   7:19p  Downpour stopped

--   8;00p  Home after biking 3 mi  (Total 36 mi today).  Leaving to pick up chocolate shake @Arby's with coupon

Total biking for June: 825 mi

Total biking for 12 months: 6000 mi!

--   8:16p  Home;  Sitting in garage

--   8:33p  Inside after talking to neighbor

--   9:22p  "black-ish" (05/11/21)

-- 10:25p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 11:00p  "Stephen Colbert"

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Tue

-- 12:10a  Bed

--   8:37a  Up

--   9:00a  Leaving to bike..

--   9:20a  Heard thunder;  Inside after biking 3 mi;  Breakfast @home: leftover panda

"Flash, The" (05/11/21)

-- 11:15a  Skim Ch2 news

-- 11:37a  "The View"

-- 12:50p  Leaving to bike

--   1:53p  After 8 mi, stopped for lunch @Frankie's Deli: turkey on rye + soup (split pea)

Ate on patio.

--   2:25p  Continued ride

--   3:13p  Home;  Total ride: 17 mi. Sitting in garage

--   4:00p  Skim Ch7 news

--   4:42p  Leaving to bike for mint shake @Dairy Queen.

15 seconds before I arrived, I saw 6 or 7 maskless teens enter.  I biked around the

parking lot, waiting for them to leave -- something none of them seemed to want to do.

I eventually went in and they left.

--   5:19p  Arrived at shelter @Ty Warner Park

There was a sign that said it was reserved for a private party but I don't know if it was

leftover from lunchtime or whether the party was starting later.  Regardless, the shelter

was unoccupied and I sat with my shake.

--   6:20p  Home;  Total ride: 13 mi.  Sitting in garage;  "ET"

--   7:27p  Inside after biking 4 mi (Total 37 mi today);  "America's Got Talent"

--   9:42p  "Inside Edition";  There was a spider on my laptop screen

and then it disappeared.

VT: Camilla, GA

-- 10:22p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 10:48p  "Stephen Colbert"

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Mon

-- 12:40a  Bed

--   8:36a  Up

--   9:20a  Leaving via bike for breakfast @McD: Egg/sausage burritos, 2;  Ate inside.

-- 11:19a  Home;  Total ride: 15  mi.  Sitting in garage

-- 12:12p  Inside after biking 5 mi;  Skim Ch2 news

-- 12:55p  "The View"

--   2:20p  "All Rise" (05/10/21);  Hearing lots of thunder

--   2:41p  Rain started but it didn't last long.

--   3:38p  2nd round

--   4:00p  "Inside Edition"

--   4:40p  Leaving to pickup dinner @Noodles & Co

--   5:18p  Inside after biking 3 mi;  Dinner @home: spaghetti & meatballs;  

"The Moodys" (06/06/21, ep2)

--   5:45p  Skim Ch7 news

--   6:35p  Leaving to bike

--   6:58p  Inside after biking 4 mi (Total 27 mi today);  "ET"

--   8:07p  "Debris" (05/10/21)

--   9:34p  "Breeders" (05/10/21)

The father of the main character hates cheese.

-- 10:12p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 10:39p  "Stephen Colbert"

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Sun

-- 12:25a  Bed

--   7:48a  Up

--   8:20a  Leaving via bike for breakfast @McD: apple raisin oatmeal + sausage biscuit

-- 10:17a  Home;  Total ride: 13 mi;  Sitting in garage

-- 11:00a  Left for Walgreen's

I intended to redeem $6 on a purchase, but the cashier said I only had $5 to redeem.

But when I got the receipt it showed the original balance was over $6.  I don't know

if it can only be redeemed in $5 increments, but the cashiers are clueless.

Meanwhile, I might have saved MORE money if I bought it at Osco.  

-- 11:35a  Inside after biking 2 mi;  Midway there was a barely-there drizzle for a minute.

-- 11:54a  "Pose" (05/09/21)

--   1:41p  "Good Girls" (05/09/21)

VT: Donalsonville, GA

--   2:59p  "Neighborhood, The" (05/10/21)

--   4:20p  Leaving via bike for dinner @Mr Sub: cold cut sub;  Ate at park.

--   5:41p  Stopped for caramel sundae @McD

--   6:58p  Home;  Total ride: 19 mi;  Sitting in garage

--   8:15p  Inside after pumping up neighbor's bike tires and biking 4 mi (Total 38 mi today)

--   8:27p  "Bob Hearts Abishola" (05/10/21)

-- 10:02p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 11:00p  "Conan"  (Thu)

-- 11:32p  "Stephen Colbert"  (Thu)

VT: Blakely, GA

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Sat

-- 12:35a  Bed

--   9:12a  Up

--   9:40a  Leaving to pickup breakfast @McD

-- 10:11a  Inside after biking 2 mi;  Breakfast @home: Egg/sausage burritos, 2

-- 10:38a  Inside after biking 1/2 mi;  It started to drizzle

-- 10:40a  ... "Last Man Standing" (05/06/21)

>>> 11:16a  "Rebel" (04/08/21)  (Metacritic: 57, 10-78, #7)

Inspired by Erin Brockovich's life, but with a fictional character.

~~  The promos haven't gotten me interested and it seems that it hasn't been renewed.

~~ Most favorable review says, "A strong ensemble. Quick witted

dialogue. Interesting cases. Romantic entanglements. Interpersonal

strife. A force to be reckoned with lead. She’s a rebel with a cause and

she’s a delight to watch."

~~  Another said, the "eries tells you what it's thinking and feeling to an

exhausting degree, barks out its iconoclastic ideology at every turn and

still somehow ends up feeling like an entertaining broadcast TV

throwback. Credit there goes to Vernoff's smart structuring of the story

and an outrageously good cast 

~~  But harshest critic said it, "is merely a boorish bore"

~~  There are supposedly thousands of people that have gotten sick from a 

bad heart valve, but the ONLY way they can get justice is if the title character

can get a specific lawyer (the husband of her late best friend) to take the case,

which he says is unwinnable.

~~  Pilot episodes often try to squeeze too much in, but it's hard not to be

turned off by it.  Too much is too convenient and too much doesn't make much sense,

and I have no reason to care if she eventually wins the case.  I don't plan to watch it.

--   2:08p  "Charmed" (05/07/21)

--   3:50p  Leaving to bike 4.5 mi, then left to pickup dinner @Panda Express.

--   4:58p  Inside after biking 3 mi;  Dinner @home: mushroom chicken + green bean chicken.

Watched Ch7 news but it was 100% about tornado warning in Kankakee area and east.

--   5:56p  Home after biking 4 mi;  Sitting in garage as it's just starting to rain

--   6:27p  Inside;  "Batwoman" (05/09/21)

2nd show I watched today where they had to replace a weight on a pressure plate.

--   8:01p  "Equalizer, The" (05/09/21);  KEN played KEviN.

-- 10:00p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 10:24p  "Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist" (05/09/21)

-- 11:46p  "Simpsons, The" (05/09/21)

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Fri

-- 12:50a  Bed

--   8:48a  Up;  Raining.

--   9:15a  Breakfast @home: sardines with leftover Indian potatoes & rice;  

"Moodys, The" (06/06/21)

-- 10:15a  "The View"

-- 11:30a  Skim Ch2 news

-- 12:23p  "Manifest" (05/06/21)

--   2:30p  Nap

--   3:42p  Up;  "Inside Edition";  First :08 preempted by Chauvin sentencing.

A widget menu popped up on my laptop screen -- I have no idea what that's about.

--   4:05p  Skim Ch7 news ...

--   4:25p  Leaving to bike.  Only did 2 mi because it started drizzling, 

then left for dinner @Burger King: 2 Whopper juniors (with coupon).

--   5:23p  Home;  Leaving to bike

--   6:26p  Home. Total ride: 10 mi;  Sitting in garage;  "ET"

--   7:00p  Leaving to bike

--   7:53p  Inside;  Total ride: 9 mi (Total 21 mi today)

--   8:23p  "Clarice" (05/06/21)

-- 10:25p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 10:51p  "Jimmy Fallon"

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Thu

-- 12:50a  Bed

--   7:45a  Up

--   8:50a  Leaving to bike

--   9:29a  Inside;  Total ride: 7 mi

--   9:40a  "Kelly & Ryan"  (Desk chat only)

-- 10:01a  "The View" ...

-- 11:20a  Arrived for lunch @Siri Thai Two:  Shrimp pad woon sen

-- 11:30a  PattyS arrived;  We were able to eat outside.

A woman who works at nail salon next door is named Jenny.

--   1:44p  Home;  It started raining about 10 mins before I got home

but the tornado sirens were going in Palatine for no apparent reason.

--   2:04p  "B Positive" (05/06/21)

--   3:32p  "Inside Edition"

--   4:00p  Nap

--   5:50p  Up;  It's still drizzling a bit

--   6:00p  Sat in garage with dinner @home: tea leaf salad

which I picked up yesterday @Pa Lian Burmese Restaurant.

--   6:25p  Inside;  Skim Ch7 news

--   8:23p  Inside after biking 4 mi;  Streets are still a bit damp;  "ET"

--   9:21p  "Stephen Colbert"

-- 10:10p  Skim Ch5 news

VT: Bainbridge, GA

-- 10:36p  "Jimmy Fallon"

-- 10:47p  "Jimmy Kimmel"

-- 11:44a  "Seth Meyers"

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Wed

-- 12:01a  "Seth Meyers"

--   1:00a  Bed

--   9:08a  Up

--   9:58a  Inside after biking 4 mi;  It started drizzling in the last 1/2 mile.

-- 10:00a  "Kelly & Ryan"  (Desk chat only)

-- 10:08a  "The View"

-- 11:00a  Skim Ch2 news

-- 11:25a  Leaving for lunch

-- 11:43a  Arrived @Pa Lian Burmese Restaurant

Discovered that they were doing construction so there was no dining.  Took food out.

-- 12:12p  Arrive for lunch @Ghareeb Nawaz: tilapia curry

I didn't realize it was a counter-serve place.

-- 12:53p  Home

--   2:25p  Leaving to bike

--   3:27p  After 8 mi, stopped for cone @McD

--   4:51p  Home;  Total ride: 18 mi in strong winds;  Sitting in garage;  Skim Ch7 news.

--   6:12p  Inside after biking 4 mi & talking to neighbor (Total 26 mi today)

--   6:38p  "ET"

--   7:09p  "Inside Edition"

--   8:12p  "Stephen Colbert"

--   9:07p  "Young Sheldon" (05/06/21)

-- 10:08p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 10:37p  "Jimmy Fallon"

VT: Cairo, GA, birthplace of Jackie Robertson

-- 10:45p  "Jimmy Kimmel"

-- 11:53a  "Seth Meyers"

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Tue

-- 12:05a  "Seth Meyers"

--   1:00a  Bed

--   8:25a  Up

--   8:50a  Leaving via bike for breakfast @McD: apple raisin oatmeal + sausage biscuit

-- 10:53a  Inside;  Total ride: 15 mi;  "The View"

VT: Found 2 synagogues in Thomasville.  One seems to be a historic building but not an

active congregation and the other is a messianic in a strip mall.

-- 12:15p  Skim Ch2 news

-- 12:50p  "Kelly & Ryan"  (Desk chat only)

--   1:08p  "Stephen Colbert"

--   2:15p  Nap

--   3:29p  Up;  "Inside Edition"

--   4:10p  Leaving via bike for dinner @Mickey's: Sloppy joe

--   5:58p  Home;  Total ride: 15 mi (Total 30 mi today);  Skim Ch7 news; 

Jenny Templin volunteered for tornado cleanup.

Jennifer Farmer interviewed about school year ending.

--   7:13p  "ET"

--   7:54p  "America's Got Talent"

-- 10:01p  "Conan" ...

-- 10:12p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 10:35p  "Jimmy Fallon"

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Mon

-- 12:40a  Bed

--   7:46a  Up

--   8:25a  Leaving to bike 3 mi, then drove to breakfast @McD: Egg/sausage burritos, 2

--   9:55a  Inside after biking 3 mi;  "The View" ...

-- 10:32a  "Kelly & Ryan"  (Desk chat only)

VT: Boston, GA

-- 11:05a  Skim Ch2 news

-- 11:55a  "Stephen Colbert"  (6/17)

-- 12:58p  "Home Economics" (05/05/21)

VT: Thomasville, GA

--   3:01p  "Inside Edition"

In the last half hour or so I've gotten 4 robo-calls supposedly from Apple support.

And they keep coming.  If you call the AT&T operator, it will tell you to use *60,

but I think that cost money, and you need to know the number to block.  The robo calls

keep changing numbers (and I don't know what the number is anyway -- I'm just assuming

they change numbers).  All you can do is report it to the FTC, but they can't do anything.

--   4:00p  Leaving to bike 3 mi, then left to get dinner @Mr Sub;

First, went to Walgreens to buy sunscreen and obtain $6 credit for next time based on today's

purchase.  It didn't seem to work, but I went ahead with the purchase and THEN the cashier

tells me I earned the $6.

--   5:12p  Inside after biking 3 mi;  Dinner @home:  Turkey sub + soup (chicken rice)

--   6:08p  Inside after biking 3 mi in strong winds (Total 15 mi today);  Skim Ch7 news

--   7:10p  "ET"

--   7:58p  "Manifest" (04/29/21, ep2)

--   8:58p  "Grey's Anatomy" (05/06/21): Guest: Sarah Drew

-- 10:06p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 10:50p  "Jimmy Fallon"  (missed beginning -- none of my 10 tuners were on Ch5!)

-- 10:57p  "Jimmy Kimmel";  First real audience but only 89 masked people.

Guest: Sarah Paulson

VT: I saw an impressive AME church in a 2011 photo that was rubble in 2013 and an empty lot in 2019.

It turns out that it was 88 years old and the roof collapsed,

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Sun

-- 12:30a  Bed

--   8:14a  Up

--   9:00a  Leaving via bike for breakfast @McD: apple raisin oatmeal + sausage biscuit

-- 11:07a  Home;  Total ride: 15 mi;  Sitting in garage;  "Goldbergs, The" (05/05/21) ...

-- 12:38p  Inside after biking 6 mi

--   1:28p  "Flash, The" (05/04/21)

--   3:09p  Laptop suggested that I should install software updates.

I ran the program and then it reported that it failed -- without an explanation.

--   3:20p  Nap

--   5:06p  Up

--   5:20p  Leaving to bike 4 mi and then get dinner @Mission BBQ: grilled salmon

The place was a madhouse, but there was no line to order;  I ate on their patio.

--   7:18p  Home after biking 7 mi;  Sitting in garage

--   8:08p  Inside after biking 2 mi (Total today 30 mi);  Skim Ch7 news

--   8:36p  "Stephen Colbert"  (6/16)

--   9:28p  "Kelly & Ryan"  (6/17);  Preempted :09-:13  Supreme Court ruling about ACA

Seems like it could have been a crawl.

-- 10:07p  Skim Ch5 news;  Hearing thunder

-- 10:45p  Tornado warning until 11:30p mostly to N

-- 11:07p  New warning until 11:50p, primarily to S

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Sat

-- 12:20a  Bed

--   9:07a  Up

--   9:25a  Leaving via bike for breakfast @McD: : Egg/sausage burritos, 2

-- 11:00a  Home;  Total ride: 10  mi.  It's very windy;  Sitting in garage

-- 11:10p  "Good Doctor, The" (05/17/21)

-- 12:35p  Inside

--   1:12p  "Big Sky" (05/04/21)

--   3:16p  "Young Rock" (05/04/21) ...

--   4:43p  Arrive to pickup dinner @Jollibee

--   5:00p  Arrive for dinner @Lamperts' for EJB's birthday: fried chicken & palabok

--   9:50p  Home

-- 10:00p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 11:39p  "Mom" (05/06/21)

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Fri

-- 12:30a  Bed

--   8:15a  Up

--   9:10a  Leaving for car emissions test

--   9:23a  Arrived at testing facility

I only had to wait a minute or so for the test and I was

able to renew my license plate sticker at the office there and there was

no wait in the office -- at least to start the transaction but there was a

very talkative woman behind the counter who didn't seem to recognize

that the guy who was serving me was busy with a customer. 

--   9:31a  I passed the test and headed to pickup breakfast @McD

because I couldn't think of anywhere else to go along the way.

-- 10:00a  Home;  Breakfast @home: hotcakes & sausage;  "The View" ...

-- 10:25a  Leaving to bike

-- 11:43a  Home;  Total ride: 13 mi;  Sitting in garage

-- 12:20p  Leaving to bike

--   1:07p  Inside after biking 4 mi and talking to neighbors.  I also talked to Tony's son.

--   2:03p  Skim Ch2 news

--   3:00p  ... "United States of Al" (05/06/21)

--   3:36p  "Inside Edition"

--   4:10p  "Seth Meyers"

--   4:58p  Skim Ch7 news

--   6:00p  Attend backyard party @neighbor's

--   9:00p  Home

--   9:21p  "Resident, The" (05/04/21)

-- 10:45p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 11:16p  "ET"

-- 11:42p  "Conan" (Thu)

VT: Quitman, GA

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Thu

-- 12:00p  "Seth Meyers"

-- 12:55a  Bed;  Heard mosquito abatement truck

--   9:10a  Up

--   9:55a  Leaving via bike for breakfast

I was heading to Mr Sub, but I went past there and stopped at Steak n Shake.  

The doors were locked and my bike didn't a response at the kiosk.  

So, I went back to Mr Sub and I also couldn't get a response there, so I kept riding.

-- 11:03a  Arrived for breakfast @First Watch: Farmer's hash (scrambled eggs; bacon; onion; potatoes)

When they saw me going outside to move my bike so it was visible from my table, they let me bring my bike into the restaurant.  The meal was fine, but not worth cost.

-- 12:50p  Home;  Total ride: 16 mi;  Hit 500 for June.  Sitting in garage

--   1:30p  Inside

--   1:53p  Started laundry

--   2:33p  "The View"

--   3:32p  "Inside Edition";  First :12 preempted by Biden signing bill making Juneteenth a Fed'l Holiday.

--   4:05p  Skim Ch7 news

There was an earthquake 135 mi SSE at 2:12p but I didn't feel it.

--   5:15p  Leaving to bike 2 mi, and then drove to Jewel. 

Also went to Dairy Queen for a chocolate shake.

--   6:09p  Home;  Sitting in garage.

--   6:30p  "ET"

--   7:05p  Leaving to bike

--   7:55p  Home;  Total ride: 8 mi  (Total 26 mi today);  Sitting in garage

--   8:14p  Inside

--   8:35p  "Kelly & Ryan"  (Wed)

--   9:53p  "Conan"  (Wed)

-- 10:09p  Skim Ch5 news

VT: Lake Park, GA

-- 10:39p  "Jimmy Fallon"

-- 10:57p  "Jimmy Kimmel"

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Wed

-- 12:10a  "Stephen Colbert"

--   1:25a  Bed

--   7:25a  Woken by noisy truck

--   8:17a  Up

--   8:39a  Leaving via bike for breakfast @McD: apple raisin oatmeal + sausage biscuit

-- 10:24a  Home;  Total ride: 12 mi;  Sitting in garage;  "The View"

-- 10:58a  Inside

-- 11:28a  Skim Ch2 news

I figured out the Mystery Message postage stamp fairly quickly.  Hint: MTMTE!

-- 12:03p  "Kelly & Ryan" (Tue)

--   1:06p  "Seth Meyers"

--   2:00p  "Conan"

--   2:22p  "Stephen Colbert"

--   3:07p  "Inside Edition"

--   3:35p  Leaving via bike for dinner

--   4:48p  Arrive for dinner @New China Wok: chicken kow

As I walked in, the strap on my mask broke.  I asked if they had a stapler but he gave me

a brand-new mask.

--   6:44p  Home;  Total ride: 22 mi (Total 34 mi today). Sitting in garage.

--   7:30p  Inside;  "ET"

--   8:10p  Skim Ch7 news

--   9:15p  "America's Got Talent"

-- 10:13p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 10:45p  "Jimmy Fallon"

-- 11:01p  "Jimmy Kimmel"

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Tue

--   1:10a  Bed

--   8:21a  Up

--   9:15a  Leaving via bike for breakfast @McD: Egg/sausage burritos, 2

Ate on patio, although they're allowing people to eat in dining room from 8a-5p.

I don't know why 5p is the cutoff time.  I was allowed to fillup my own soda

but it wasn't really cold and seemed to lack carbonation.

-- 11:15a  Home;  Total ride: 14 mi;  Sitting in garage

-- 11:22a  Inside after biking 4 mi;  "The View"

--   1:10p  Skim Ch2 news

--   1:56p  "Stephen Colbert";  First live audience in 15 mo.  It was also packed.

VT: I saw a pin for a Dollar Tree in the middle of a forested area in Valdosta.

It's listed as being on a street that doesn't seem to exist.  I called the store and

they said they are behind the Dairy Queen on a certain street.  I remember seeing

that DQ and the Dollar Tree behind it.  It's 3.5 mi east of the pin.  I wonder

about the process that placed the pin in the forest.  I verified that the DQ that

they were talking about was next to a particular restaurant and also across the

street from a Walmart.  The address number is consistent with the location.

I wonder how long it will take for Google Maps to approve my submission.

(It took them only 8 mins after they thanked me for the submission!)

--   3:09p  "Inside Edition"

--   3:50p  Leaving via bike for dinner @Wendy's: chili and baked potato.

--   5:42p  Home;  Total ride: 13 mi;  Sitting in garage.

Felt spider on my face;  Brushed it off but saw it on pants;  Jumped up and

saw it on recliner seat;  Sprayed it;  It jumped to floor and I stepped on it.

--   7:37p  Inside after biking 5 mi and talking to neighbors.

(Total 36 mi today, 450 for June so far)

--   7:45p  "ET"

--   8:47p  "Seth Meyers"

--   9:30p  "Conan";  First live audience, and packed..  Masked.

-- 10:00p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 10:49p  "Jimmy Fallon"

-- 11:17p  "Jimmy Kimmel"

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Mon

--   1:00a  Bed

--   8:17a  Up

--   9:10a  Leaving via bike for breakfast @McD: hotcakes & sausage

I ate on patio, but it seems that they were letting people eat inside.

~~  On the way there, I passed a new breakfast restaurant, First Watch.  I know it's

a chain because I've seen them on my virtual trips.  The strange thing is that

I've biked past here dozens of times since they opened in March and this is the

first time I've noticed them!

-- 10:48a  Inside;  Total ride: 12 mi in strong wind;  "The View"

-- 12:00p  Skim Ch2 news

--   1:07p  "Kelly & Ryan"

--   2:21p  "Stephen Colbert"  (Fri, rerun from Mar 12, 2020)  Was last show in studio.

--   3:03p  "Inside Edition"

Two Jens interviewed about gov't raiding their safe deposit boxes.

And J-Lo was in another story.

--   3:40p  Leaving via bike for dinner @Naf Naf: Falafel pita..

--   5:26p  Home;  Total ride: 11 mi;  Sitting in garage;  Semi-napping

--   6:20p  Inside;  Skim Ch7 news

--   7:46p  "ET"

--   8:11p  "Supergirl" (05/04/21) ...

--   9:05p - 9:40p  Talked to EJB again

-- 10:37p  "Jimmy Fallon"

-- 11:10p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 11:41p  "Jimmy Kimmel"

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Sun

-- 12:45a  Bed

--   8:22a  Up

--   9:10a  Leaving to drive to the start of Bloomingdale / Roselle Rd.

--   9:48a  Started biking north from Geneva Rd.

-- 10:53a  Arrived for breakfast @McDonald's at Weatherfield Way:  sausage biscuit

-- 12:48p  Back at car: Total ride: 23 mi

--   1:00p  Arrive for lunch @India Palace: chicken masala combo

I intended to go to the Burmese restaurant in the same strip that Jeremy recommended 

but it's closed on Sunday, of course.

--   2:12p  Home after stopping for gas;  Sitting in garage

--   4:09p  Inside;  "New Amsterdam" (05/04/21) ...

--   5:25p  Skim Ch7 news

--   7:05p  Leaving via bike for dinner @McD: double burger

They were SO slow, and seemed to be unaware.  And then, on the patio, there were people

eating at one table, but there was a group of 4 older people taking the remaining 2 tables

and they had finished eating, and gave the impression that they planned to sit there all night!

--   9:05p  Inside after talking to neighbors.  Total ride: 13 mi (Total 36 mi today)

--   9:17p - 9:42p  Called EJB to discuss birthday plans.  Nothing was nailed down.

-- 10:10p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 11:46p  "Everything's Gonna Be OK" (05/27/21)

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Sat

-- 12:10a  Bed

--   7:47a  Up

--   8:45a  Leaving via bike for breakfast  @McD: Egg/sausage burritos, 2;  Ate on patio.

-- 10:34a  Home;  Total ride: 13 mi;  Sitting in garage

-- 11:24a  Inside

-- 11:56a  "Everything's Gonna Be OK" (05/20/21)

--   1:30p  I'm hearing thunder at a distance;  "All Rise" (05/03/21)

A character was referred to as a pack mule.  It also happened on "Bob Hearts Abishola" yesterday.

--   1:45p  Rain started

--   3:44p  "Breeders" (05/03/21);  Distant thunder continues.

--   4:45p  Leaving to pickup dinner @China Star

--   5:22p  Inside after biking 3 mi;  Dinner @home: Combo lo mein

--   6:15p  Inside after biking 3 mi and talking to neighbor;  

--   6:25p  "Pose" (05/02/21, ep2) ...

--   7:40p  Leaving to bike

--   8:26p  Home;  Total ride: 8 mi (Total 27 mi today);  Sitting in garage

--   8:53p  Inside

-- 10:00p  I switched to my older TiVo and there is a screen that I've never seen before.

It says it's checking for updates.  It says if an update is needed, a message will appear

on the screen within 20 seconds.  If no message appears with 20 seconds, the bos is up to

date and there is nothing you need to do.  But several minutes have gone by and the

same screen is there.

~~   It seems that the message was on Channel 1995.  So, I don't know if I did something

to switch to that channel.  I switched the channel and everything seemed OK.  Maybe

TiVo triggered it in response to the problem I had with the channel line up.

-- 10:10p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 10:59p  "Debris" (05/03/21)

-- 11:14p  There seem to be fireworks but they stopped after less than a min.

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Fri

-- 12:55a  Bed

--   7:46a  Up

--   8:35a  Leaving via bike for breakfast @McD: apple raisin oatmeal + sausage biscuit

-- 10:28a  Home;  Total ride: 14 mi;  Sitting in garage

-- 11:00a  Inside

-- 11:19a  "The View"

-- 12:02p  Skim Ch2 news

VT: Valdosta, GA

-- 12:31p  "Kelly & Ryan" (Thu)

--   1:23p  "Everything's Gonna Be OK" (05/13/21);  They went to a safety deposit vault.

--   2:07p  "Good Girls" (05/02/21) ...;  They went to a safety deposit vault.

--   2:30p  Decided to sit in garage because it's too cold inside.

--   2:48p  It started raining

--   3:40p  Inside;  "Inside Edition"

--   4:13p  Skim Ch7 news

--   5:03p  "Bob Hearts Abishola" (05/03/21) ...

--   5:40p  Leaving to get dinner @Sweetgreen which will open at Oakbrook Center next week, but my neighbor told me they were giving away free food today for training purposes.

--   5:50p  Arrived and took first parking space I could find, but it was a little bit of a hike. Later, I could see that there were closer spaces. There was a family of three in front of me.

--   6:03p  They let people in.  The people ahead of me were giving their names.  I told the hostess that my neighbor just told me to come.  She pretended to give me a hard time for a few seconds and then let me in.  I got a a fish taco salad.  The fish was steelhead, which I had never heard of before, but, apparently, it's basically rainbow trout.

--   6:20p  Home;  Dinner @home;  "ET"

--   7:20p  Leaving to bike

--   8:16p  After 8 mi, stopped @McD: hot fudge sundae   

--   8:58p  Inside;   Total ride: 13 mi (Total 27 mi today)

--   9:08p  "America's Got Talent"

-- 10:41p  "Jimmy Fallon"

-- 11:32p  Skim Ch5 news

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Thu

-- 12:35a  Bed

--   6:10a  Up

--   6:37a  "Kelly & Ryan" (Tue)

--   7:45a  Nap

--   9:00a  Up

--   9:25a  Leaving via bike for breakfast @McD: Egg/sausage burritos, 2;  Ate on patio.

-- 11:28a  Home;  Total ride: 14 mi

-- 11:58a  Inside;  "The View"

-- 12:45p  "Seth Meyers"

--   1:39p  "Conan"

--   2:32p  "Kelly & Ryan" (Wed)

--   3:32p  "Inside Edition"

"Jeopardy" players all had 5-letter last names, but only 2 had 5-letter first names.

--   4:04p  Skim Ch7 news ...

--   5:10p  Leaving to bike 4 mi

--   5:38p  Inside;  Dinner @home: Reuben (bought Tues with coupon);  "Good Doctor, The" (05/10/21)

--   7:15p  Leaving to bike

--   8:05p  Home;  Total ride: 8 mi;  Sitting in garage

--   8:20p  Leaving to bike 4 mi

--   8:45p  Inside;  Total 30 mi today;  "ET"

-- 10:00p  "Conan"

-- 10:04p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 10:47p  "Jimmy Fallon"

-- 11:01p  "Jimmy Kimmel"

-- 11:57p  "Seth Meyers"

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Wed

-- 12:35a  Bed

--   9:15a  Up

--   9:32a  "The View" (Tue)

-- 10:36a  Leaving via bike for lunch

-- 11:15a  Arrive for lunch @Einstein Bros: avocado toast with lox;  At at bench outside.

I had to wait about 12 minutes for the sandwich..

-- 11:49a  Started heading back

-- 12:09p  After 3 mi, stopped at park where there was a conveniently shaded park bench.

--   1:09p  Continued biking;  Saw a blue jay.

--   1:52p  Home. Total ride: 16 mi;  Sitting in garage

--   3:06p  Inside;  "Inside Edition"

--   3:40p  "Jimmy Kimmel"

--   4:50p  Skim Ch7 news

--   6:20p  "Conan"

--   6:33p  "ET"

--   7:05p  Leaving via bike for dinner @Mr Sub: turkey + soup (chicken noodle);  At at park.

--   8:56p  Home;  Total ride: 14 mi (Total 30 mi today)

--   9:40p  "Seth Meyers"

-- 10:30p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 10:56p  "Jimmy Fallon"

-- 11:35p  "Jimmy Kimmel"

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Tue

-- 12:25a  Bed

--   8:10a  Up

--   8:50p  Leaving to bike for breakfast @McD: apple raisin oatmeal + sausage biscuit

-- 10:55a  Home;  Total ride: 15 mi;  Sitting in garage;  Skim Ch7 news

-- 11:26a  Inside;  "Cruel Summer" (05/11/21)

--   1:04p  "Cruel Summer" (05/18/21)

Also, was on a chat session with Comcast with long intervals between their responses.

It was determined that it is NOT possible for me to find out my office connection on my profile.

--   4:05p  Leaving to bike then left to get orange shake @Arby's.

--   5:09p  Home;  Total ride: 7 mi;  Sitting in garage

--   5:53p  Inside after biking 4 mi

--   6:20p  "Cruel Summer" (06/01/21);  Watching on tablet because TiVo failed to record it.

--   7:25p  Leaving via bike for dinner @McD: 2 double burgers

--   8:50p  Home;  Total ride: 10 mi (Total 36 mi today)

--   9:00p  Verified that "Cruel Summer" is recording.

--   9:03p  "Everything's Gonna Be OK" (05/06/21)

--   9:54p  "Inside Edition"

-- 10:16p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 10:36p  "Jimmy Fallon"

-- 10:48p  "ET"; Laurens: Bushnell, Zima, Alaina

-- 11:47p  "Seth Meyers" (Mon)

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Mon

-- 12:04a  Skim Ch5 news

--   1:25a  Bed

--   9:10a  Up

--   9:36a  Leaving to pickup breakfast @McD

-- 10:08a  Inside after biking 2 mi in barely-there drizzle.  Breakfast @home: Egg/sausage burritos, 2

"The View"

-- 11:51a  Skim Ch2 news

-- 12:40p  "Kelly & Ryan" ...

--   1:36p  Finished with call to Comcast.  The channel lineup hasn't changed but

one of my TiVo boxes has wrong lineup.

--   2:21p  Finished call to TiVo and they said I needed to switch from Elmhurst to Maywood.

That seems to have fixed it, but I'm worried about the implications.

--   2:36p  Finished call to TiVo regarding cancelling service on 2 boxes that haven't

been used because the fans are making noise.

--   2:50p  Tried to call Comcast back but the automated system went into a loop and hung up

on me because I couldn't tell them which credit card I have on file with them.

--   4:05p  Leaving to get dinner but first went to Comcast office.  They told me that

my head end office was Elmhurst (but it seemed difficult for them to determine that).

However, the Elmhurst & Maywood channel lineup -- at least with respect to the channels

I watch -- should be the same.  Which means TiVo obtained incorrect data from somewhere.

--   4:40p  Arrived for dinner @Jimmy John's: tuna salad sub

There were no other customers so I ate inside.  No one came in while I was eating.

--   5:00p  Home;  "Inside Edition"

--   6:00p  Skim Ch7 news

--   7:18p  "ET"

--   8:02p  "Cruel Summer" (05/04/21)

-- 10:00p  "Conan"

-- 10:10p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 10:44p  "Jimmy Fallon"

-- 11:25p  "Jimmy Kimmel"

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Sun

-- 12:55a  Bed

--   8:46a  Up

--   9:15a  Leaving via bike for breakfast @Dunkin Donuts: bacon-topped avocado toast.

I've never had that there before.  Lobby was closed so I had to go drive-thru:

The umbrellas on their patio were broken so there was almost no shade. .

-- 10:43a  Home;  Total ride: 10 mi;  Sitting in garage;  Talked to neighbor.

-- 11:55a  Inside after biking 4 mi

The repeat of "Cruel Summer" failed to record at 6a.  I had a feeling that there would

be a failure.  It seems that I'll be able to watch it on tablet, but I'm 5 weeks behind

so I don't want to watch it out of order.

-- 12:20p  "Cruel Summer" (04/27/21)

--   1:44p  "Batwoman" (05/02/21)  ...

--   3:01p  Leaving to bike

--   3:47p  Home;  Total ride:7 mi;  A lot of the time the sun was behind clouds, so not so bad.

--   4:08p  Home after getting root beer float @Arby's;  Sitting in garage, semi-napping

--   5:18p  Inside

--   5:37p  Skim Ch7 news

--   6:08p  "Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist" (05/02/21)

VT: Blackshear, GA

--   7:25p  Leaving via bike to dinner @Taco Bell: 3 chicken soft shell tacos.

As usual, I'm confused about ordering a combo and the cashier had no patience.

I skipped the combo, but they tacos came with cheese.  I scraped off as much as

possible and left the cheese on the table.  Will they get the message?  Probably not.

~~  I forgot to bring my headlamp, but, I got home before it was too dark.

--   8:50p  Home;  Total ride: 10 mi  (Total 31 mi today);  "60 Minutes"

Only watched last segment, which I think I missed when it aired last fall.

--   9:27p  "Equalizer, The" (05/02/21)

The first character to speak is the District Atty, played by Jennifer Ferrin.

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Sat

--   1:05a  Bed

--   8:40a  Up

--   9:20a  Leaving via bike for breakfast @McD: apple raisin oatmeal + sausage biscuit

I asked for no cream but it seemed like it had cream and they forgot to give me the fruit.

I went back in and said they forgot to give me the fruit.  They asked if I looked in the bag.

I repeated that they didn't give me the fruit.  She asked if I got a 2nd bag.  I repeated

that they didn't give me the fruit.  She was clearly exasperated, and she just gave me the fruit

-- 11:07a  Home;  Total ride: 12 mi.  Sitting in garage;  Talked to neighbor.

-- 11:38a  A robin flew into my garage but quickly flew out when it saw me.  I don't know what it was after.

-- 12:00p  Inside;  "Everything's Gonna Be OK" (04/29/21)

--   1:37p  "Young Sheldon" (04/29/21)

Andrea Anders was on this episode and I saw her yesterday on "Cruel Summer".

--   3:45p  Leaving to bike, then get orange shake @Arby's

--   4:30p  Home;  Sitting in garage;  

--   5:08p  Skim Ch7 news

--   5:53p  Inside after biking 4 mi; ... "B Positive" (04/29/21)

--   6:25p  ... "Call Your Mother" (05/12/21)

--   6:57p  "Manifest" (04/29/21) ...

--   7:30p  Leaving via bike for dinner @McD: 2 double burgers

--   8:56p  Home;  Total ride: 10 mi (Total 30 mi today)

-- 10:19p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 11:20p  "Neighborhood, The" (05/03/21)

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Fri

--   1:00a  Bed

--   9:06a  Up

--   9:38a  Leaving via bike for breakfast  @McD: Egg/sausage burritos, 2;  Ate on patio.

-- 11:27a  Home;  Total ride: 12 mi;  It was windy;  Sitting in garage

-- 12:00p  Inside;  I seem to be having trouble with most TV channels.

-- 12:30p  I had to reboot both of my TiVos, but I missed my morning shows.  "mixed-ish" (04/27/21)

--   2:40p  "Cruel Summer" (04/20/21, ep2)

There seems to have been an episode on 06/01, but my TiVo doesn't have it.

TiVo claims that there was no signal.  It seems that FREEFORM switched 

from Ch51 to Ch57, perhaps on June 1.  It seems that it's ready to record the next

episode on the new channel, but it seems like it missed the shift.

BUT, it seems  that it WILL record a repeat on Sunday.  Meanwhile, I

wasted 20 mins investigating this!

--   4:15p  Leaving via bike to get coconut shake at Sonic but they didn't have that flavor 

so I got caramel shake.  The dining room can be opened up on 3 sides, but it was still closed, 

so I went to park 0.8 mi away

--   4:54p  Home;  Total ride: 10 mi;  Sitting in garage;  "Call Your Mother"

--   8:03p  Home after biking 4 mi (Total 26 mi today);  Sitting in garage

--   8:29p  Inside;  "Inside Edition"

--   9:11p  "ET"

--   9:40p  Skim Ch7 news

-- 10:26p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 10:54p  "Jimmy Kimmel"

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Thu

-- 12:15a  Bed

--   8:28a  Up

--   9:22a  "Kelly & Ryan" ...

-- 10:00a  Leaving to drive to Frankfurt to bike

-- 11:11a  Started heading west on Old Plank Road Trail after encountering traffic problems 

from construction on US-45 near US-30.

-- 12:18p  After 11.5 mi, started heading back east at the end of the trail.

--   1:32p  Back at car;  Total ride: 23 mi

--   2:18p  Arrived for lunch @Golden Corral

I picked a table that was away from everyone, then a guy sits down at the next table,

facing me, and talks non-stop on his phone.  I tried to post photo of my meal on

facebook.  They had wi-fi, but it wouldn't upload -- no error message.

--   3:44p  Home;  Sitting in garage.

--   4:20p  Leaving to bike to McD for cone.

--   6:10p  Home;  Total ride: 13 mi;  Sitting in garage

--   6:30p  "ET"

--   7:20p  Home after picking of Rx;  Pharmacist couldn't explain why it was

more expensive last time.  He said if I want an explanation then I'll have to call Medicare.

--   7:35p  Inside after biking 2 mi (Total 38 mi today)

--   7:52p  "The View"

--   9:29p  "Inside Edition"

-- 10:17p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 10:50p  "Jimmy Kimmel"

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Wed

--   1:00a  Bed

--   8:16a  Up

--   8:50a  Leaving via bike for breakfast @McD: Egg/sausage burritos, 2;  Ate on patio.

-- 10:46a  Inside;  Total ride: 14 mi;  "The View"

Busy Phillips is guest for first time.

-- 11:54p  Skim Ch2 news

-- 12:22p  "Kelly & Ryan"

--   2:27p  "Young Rock" (04/27/21)

--   3:15p  "Inside Edition"

--   3:55p  Leaving via bike for dinner @Wing Ho: chicken kow

Ate at picnic table in Legion Park.

--   6:44p  Home;  Total ride: 19 mi;  Sitting in garage

--   8:14p  Inside after biking 4 mi (Total 37 mi today)

A 2nd-grader was selling paintings on the corner for $1, so I bought one

and handed her a dollar bill.  She tried to give me a $5 bill as change.

--   8:18p  "ET"; Aniston, Lopez, J-Woww.

--   9:02p  Skim Ch7 news

A herd of cows stopped a car chase, but when I saw it, I thought the

news anchor was joking because it looked like the car hit a wall with a cow mural.

It seems that there was something odd about the lighting -- maybe from police lights,

The cows seemed to be pink and purple. And, it must have been a snapshot

because there was no movement.

-- 10:18p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 10:46p  "Jimmy Kimmel"

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Tue

-- 12:45a  Bed

--   7:08a  Up

--   8:20a  Leaving to bike 4 mi, then left to pickup breakfast @McD

--   9:24a  Inside after biking 3 mi;  Breakfast @home: oatmeal and sausage biscuit

They gave me 2 packages of apples.  I don't know if they were out of raisins.

-- 10:13a  Inside after biking 4 mi

-- 11:02a  "The View"

-- 11:51a  Skim Ch2 news

-- 12:23a  ... "Kelly & Ryan";  They are now sitting near each other.

VT: Waycross, GA

--   1:17p  "New Amsterdam" (04/27/21)

--   3:06p  "Inside Edition"

--   4:00p  Leaving via bike for dinner @Young Prince:  BBQ pork sandwich

I was heading to the Arby's in Westchester to use expiring coupon, but I found that

it has gone out of business.  Young Prince was not allowing indoor seating and I asked if

they knew of a picnic table nearby.  The clerk didn't seem to know what that meant.

I explained that I was looking for a park where I could eat.  He knew of none.

~~  There was actually a picnic table across the street in front of a video poker place

that went out of business.  So, I ate there.  But, after I finished, I saw that there

was a gazebo in a park 840 ft away.

--   6:33p  Home;  Total ride: 22 mi;  Sitting in garage

--   7:00p  Leaving to get root beer float @Arby's;  Also used 2-for-1 roast beef coupon.

--   7:20p  Home;  Sitting in garage

--   8:02p  Inside after biking 3 mi (Total 36 mi today)

--   8:35p  "ET"

--   9:08p  "America's Got Talent"

-- 10:50p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 11:24p  "Jimmy Kimmel"

He had 2 guests with last names starting with "Har" and ending with "r".

And the musical guest was a band starting with "Ha".  

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