Wed

-- 12:50a  Up;  "Seth Meyers"

--   2:42a  "Jimmy Fallon"

--   3:30a  Bed

--   8:40a  Up

--   9:15a  Leaving to bike, then pickup breakfast @Great American Bagel

The last time I was there was in June 2019.

-- 10:26a  Inside after biking 3+3;  Breakfast @home: lox on bagel

It's ridiculously expensive and I forgot to ask for a senior discount.

-- 11:14a  Inside after biking 2 mi;  The wind picked up;  "The View"

I had tried to watch it on Xfinity Stream on both my tablet and phone while I was eating

but they weren't working and they weren't working yesterday, either!

-- 11:37a  I deleted the app and reinstalled and and when I tried to sign in it said

"Connection Error".  This also happened in September.

-- 12:09p  Remembered that the last time that the problem occurred it was after a

momentary power outage and that seemed to require me to reboot my modem & router.

That fixed the problem -- but now it was requiring me to reset my password.  And that

requires a 2-step verification.  I did this on my phone, but later, I'll also have to

do it on my tablet.  It's amazing how much time this takes.

-- 12:44p  Skim Ch2 news

--   1:17p  "Good Trouble"

--   3:10p  Leaving to bike 1 mi, then pickup dinner @Bibibop

This afternoon was App Madness.  The Bibibop app lets you re-order previous order -- except there

seems to be a bug.  After to click to re-order, it then asks you what time that you want to pick it up

but you then have to press [OK] and it won't accept that click.  So, I had to enter the details again

and then it let me click [OK].

~~  But there was another problem.  I have $15 of accumulated rewards, and I wanted to use $5 of that

today.  Supposedly, I would get 50 extra points if I did 3 orders of at least $1 in January, so this

would have been the 3rd one because the order was $6 and I wanted to apply $5 of my balance, but it

wouldn't let me select a specific amount -- it insisted on taking the full $6.  So, I decided to back out

of that and I'd use the balance at some future date.

~~  The funny think is that it seems that there are other bugs.  I didn't even know if I needed to make

the 3rd purchase today, because, after I had made the 2nd purchase, I got a notice that said I had completed the January challenge and it seems that I already go the points.

~~  And then, after today's purchase, I got a notice that said I'm one step closer to competing 

the challenge.  So, they've got me very confused -- but I seem to be getting advantages.

~~  And, after, I went to McD to get free fries -- which they consider a "deal" -- and then went to

another McD to get a large Coke for $1 -- which is another deal -- but I had to wait 15 mins between

the deals.  It wasn't really out of the way, because the Bibibop was near one McD and then the 

other one was closer to my house.  The only problem was that it probably would have been more efficient if I picked up the drink first.

--   4:20p  Inside:  Dinner @home: Noodle cup with chicken;  "Extended Family"

--   5:00p  "Inside Edition"

They mentioned that only 3% of mushrooms are poisonous.  I thought most mushrooms were.

--   6:05p  Skim Ch7 news

--   7:20p  "ET"

--   8:07p  "Irrational, The"

-- 10:45p  "Jimmy Kimmel"

-- 11:06p  "Stephen Colbert"

-- 11:54p  "Seth Meyers"

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Tue
-- 12:15a  Bed

--   2:00a  Up

I felt cold and furnace wasn't blowing so I went to check the thermostat and it had reached

the setpoint -- which I had turned up 1 degree before going to bed.  So, I took a hot shower.

--   2:37a  "After Midnight"

For the first time, all 3 guests are famous actors, although one of them,

Mary Lynn Rajskub, I didn't recognize, maybe because she was wearing glasses,

although I'm not sure if I've seen her as a blonde. 

--   3:20a  Bed

-- 10:46a  Up

-- 11:03a  Skim Ch2 news

-- 11:30a  Leaving to bike, then  pickup lunch @Hong Kong Chop Suey

-- 12:27p  Inside after biking 1+1;  Also talked to neighbor;  Lunch @home: shrimp egg foo young

--   1:17p  Inside after biking 1 mi;  "The View"

--   2:20p  "Jimmy Fallon"

--   3:00p  "Kelly & Mark"

--   3:36p  "Inside Edition"

--   4:01p  Skim Ch7 news

--   4:20p  Nap

--   5:10p  Leaving to get dinner @Sonic: 1/4 lb double burger

I went there because I got a notice that there were half-priced cheeseburgers after 5p but it didn't say

what the price was.  When I got into the app there was no such notice, and, in general, they

often say, "discount will be taken at checkout", but it's confusing if it would be too late to

back out then.  But there WAS a notice for $1.99 double cheeseburger, so I decided to go for

that instead, but at checkout, it wasn't clear what the price was.  It showed the full price

and there was a discount total, that included the discounted "happy hour" Coke.

However, their discount is ridiculous because it's $1.89 off of a $3.79 medium Coke, which

means it's still a bit overpriced even with the "huge" discount.  

~~  Also went to Dollar Tree -- this one is in the same shopping center as the Sonic --

and got the 9V batteries I couldn't find at the other Dollar Tree.

--   6:15p  Home

--   6:58p  "ET"

--   7:20p  "Monsieur Spade"

-- 10:14p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 10:38p  "Jimmy Kimmel"

Elizabeth Moss was guest and she revealed that the next season of

"The Handmaid's Tale" probably won't be on until 2025.  I was execting to see it this year.

while I still have a Hulu subscription.  I might wind up canceling early.

-- 10:53p  "Stephen Colbert"

-- 11:20p  Bed

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Mon

-- 12:20a  Found remote behind recliner.  It had fallen between something that was hiding it.

-- 12:28a  "Funny Woman"

--   1:50a  Bed

--   9:37a  Leaving to pickup breakfast @McD;  They didn't have any pop.

-- 10:41a  Inside after biking 1+1+2;  Breakfast @home: hotcakes and sausage

-- 11:08a  Inside after biking 1 mi;  There was a little sun;  Skim Ch2 news

-- 11:41a  "The View"

-- 12:22p  "Kelly & Ryan"

--   1:20p  Nap

--   2:46p  Up

--   3:03p  "Inside Edition"

--   3:50p  Leaving to bike, then get dinner @Arby's: reuben (with coupon)

--   5:07p  Inside after biking 2+2; Skim Ch7 news

--   6:34p  "ET"

--   7:11p  "Bachelor, The"

--   9:17p  "Way Home, The"

-- 10:38p  "Stephen Colbert"

-- 11:14p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 11:42p  "Seth Meyers"

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Sun
-- 12:20a  Bed

--   9:13a  Up

--   9:30a  Leaving to get breakfast @McD: 2 sausage/egg burritos;  Also went to Dollar Tree

I've been meaning to buy 9V batteries but I keep forgetting when I'm there.  This time I headed

straight to the battery section.  There was one empty 9V sleeve on the bottom shelf with a AA sleeve

above it.  I asked an employee and he pointed to another aisle.  There were batteries there

but another empty 9V sleeve and it was filled with pens.

-- 10:45a  Inside after biking 2 mi; on damp streets  "Letterkenny" (s1x4)

-- 11:48a  "Shut Eye" (s1x2)

--   1:30p  Nap

--   3:40p  Up

--   4:00p  Leaving to pickup dinner @Ghareeb Nawaz

--   4:41p  Inside after biking 1+1;  Dinner @home: chicken biryani

--   5:22p  Skim Ch5 news

--   6:00p  ... "Shut Eye" (s1x3)

--   6:28p  "60 Minutes"

--   7:52p  "Shut Eye" (s1x4)

--   9:30p  I had turned the TV off after "60 Min" to watch the next show on my tablet.

Now, I want to turn the TV on again and the remote has evaporated.  It's black plastic

so it can be difficult to see.

-- 10:00p  Skim Ch7 news (on old TV)

-- 10:38p  "Shut Eye" (s1x5) on tablet

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Sat
-- 12:30a  Bed

--   8:35a  Up

--   9:00a  Leaving to get breakfast @BK: sausage/egg crois (free with loyalty points)

--   9:32a  Home

>>> 10:05a  "Letterkenny" (2/7/2016)

I first tried to continue watching "Runaways" which was the last show I was watching when I

canceled my first subscription to Hulu but it seems that it's no longer available.

They don't say that explicitly -- it just fails to find it on a search.

~~  Billed as: "Quick-witted, fast-paced snappy comedy about rural folk getting by in a small town."

I was already disliking it in its first minute but it's been on for 12 seasons so

I figure I should check it out -- but mostly it's because I've already watched everything

that was broadcast this week and everything that Hulu recommends to me are shows I've already watched.

~~  The title refers to the rural Ontario town where it takes place.

It's named afeter a town in Ireland and is populated mostly by the descendants of 

Irish immigrants who escaped to Canada during the Great Famine.

~~  A review on rollingstone.com said "It's very much a guys-being-guys show, even as it presents most of its guys as well-meaning fools at best."

The headline called it "Wonderfully weird".  It seems that "guys-being-guys" means drinking, smoking, and insulting each other because they have nothing else to do.

The main characters have a farm so we often see them hanging out at their produce stand in front of their house where they're available to trade insults other townies who drive by.  Apparently, some viewers can't get enough of this.

~~  From my view, the insults are meaningless nonsense and they talk fast and have a certain accent that I don't really even hear what they're saying.  A LOT of it is slang terms that I don't know.  Is it expected that most of the audience understands it.

But, this is only the 1st episode, so I don't know if it ever gets better.  

I don't know who does the actual farming.

~~  One reviewer compared it to "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" which I stopped watching after 1st season.

--   1:00p  Nap

--   1:30p  Up;  "Death and Other Details" (01/16/24, ep2)

--   3:10p  Leaving to pickup dinner @Pete's hot bar 

--   3:48p  Inside after biking 1 mi on still damp streets: Dinner @home: tilapia and shrimp

--   4:30p  ... "Death and Other Details" (01/23/24)

--   5:16p  Skim Ch5 news

--   6:10p  "Letterkenny" (s1x2)

--   6:55p  "Letterkenny" (s1x3)

>>>   8:13p  "Shut Eye" (12/07/16) on Hulu  (Metacritic: 50, 25-75. #14)

A mid level con artist who runs a few palm reading and tarot card shops gets into trouble with the Gypsy family who runs their local circuit.

--   10:07p  Skim Ch2 news

-- 10:58p  "SNL"

An actor was posing as Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees and I thought it was Jimmy Fallon -- and it was!

2nd show today with tarot cards.

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Fri
-- 12:40a  Bed

--   8:35a  Up

--   9:45a  Leaving to get breakfast @McD: 2 sausage/egg burritos

-- 10:15a  Home; "The View"

-- 11:29a  Skim Ch2 news

VT: Wilmington, IL 

-- 12:09p  "Jimmy Fallon"

--   1:25p  Nap

--   3:00p  Up;  "Inside Edition"

--   3:40p  Trump ordered to pay $83.3M in damages to E Jean Carroll

--   3:55p  Leaving to get dinner @Arby's: bacon turkey (with coupon)

--   4:34p  Home;  Skim Ch7 news

The Indiana Daily-3 had 1st & 3rd numbers were the same with a yellow ball of 4 and so did the Daily-4.

--   6:18p  "Kelly & Mark"

--   7:12p  "Children Ruin Everything"

>>>   8:59p  "Death and other Details" (01/16/24) on Hulu

One critic said, "It’s a keenly modern, thoughtful meditation on the simultaneously distortive and revelatory nature of the human memory."

But another said, "There’s way too much time dedicated to buildup."

RogerEbert.com said, "Imagine a 10-hour version of “Knives Out”" but also noted

"remarkably fun series premiere."

Another said, "It has neither the cozy charm of Only Murders nor the ferocious wit of The White Lotus".

I have a feeling it's an attempt to be similar to the later, although, apparently,

it's meant to have the visual and narrative style of an Agatha Christie mystery, however, I never attempt to figure out mysteries -- they're meant to be confusing.

The detective is supposedly the world's greatest, but he says, "That's what THEY say."

I'm also watching a show with detective Sam Spade who said about the same thing about himself.

-- 10:21p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 10:42p  "Jimmy Fallon"

-- 11:38p  "Kelly & Mark"  (1/19);  Trivia dancer was a Jenny.

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Thu
-- 12:50a  Bed

--   9:47a  Up

-- 10:25a  Leaving to pickup breakfast @Fresh Thyme in fog

-- 10:45a  Home;  Breakfast @home Maki rolls

-- 11:15a  "The View"

-- 11:45a  Skim Ch2 news

--   1:10p  Nap

--   3:03p  Up;  "Inside Edition"

--   3:55p  Leaving to pickup dinner @China Star

--   4:15p  Home;  Dinner @home: chicken chop suey

--   4:55p  Skim Ch7 news

A Lisle Woodridge firehouse had 7 babies in 2023.  One is a Genevive.

The Indiana Daily-3 and Daily-4 both started with 9 and had a yellow ball of 5.

--   5:01p  Momentary power outage

--   6:09p  "Jimmy Fallon"

--   6:39p  "ET"

--   7:07p  ... "Family Law"

--   8:11p  "Son of a Critch"

--   9:45p  "Kelly & Mark"

-- 10:18p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 10:36p  "Jimmy Kimmel"

-- 10:54p  "Stephen Colbert"

-- 11:38p  "Seth Meyers"

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Wed

--   1:30a  Up;  "Jimmy Kimmel"

--   2:14a  "Seth Meyers"

--   3:30a  Bed

--   9:20a  Up with light rain

--   9:45a  Breakfast @home: PB&T;  "Kelly & Mark" ...

-- 10:09a  "The View"

-- 11:03a  Skim Ch2 news

It sounded like the anchor said "flood" space.  The captioner said "blood" space.

I think they meant to say "floor" space and I don't know if it was spelled wrong on

the teleprompter and also misread by anchor who might have thought the teleprompter

was wrong but he picked the wrong substitute word.

-- 11:30a  "Stephen Colbert"

-- 12:20p  Nap

--   1:10p  Up;  "Good Trouble"

--   3:09p  "Inside Edition"

--   3:40p  Leaving to pickup dinner @Brown's  in misty drizzle

--   4:05p  Home;  Dinner @home: spaghetti and meatballs

--   4:52p  Skim Ch7 news

Naperville City Councilwoman Jennifer Bruzan Taylor interviewed about cars repeatedly

crashing into a backyard fence at a busy intersection.  They're looking into building

a roundabout.  The story was broadcast just as I was looking at a facebook post about

a dangerous roundabout in West Concord, MA.  I hate roundabouts.

I would think placing a steel barrier would be an immediate action to take.

--   6:55p  "ET"

--   7:20p  "Jimmy Fallon"

--   8:05p  "Kelly & Mark"  (Tue)

with Ken Jeong & Jennifer Nettles;  Yesterday was Ken Jennings, Joey G.

--   9:16p  ... "La Brea"

-- 10:14p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 10:43p  "Jimmy Kimmel"

-- 10:58p  "Stephen Colbert"

-- 11:49p  "Seth Meyers"

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Tue
--   1:50a  Bed

--   8:14a  Up with freezing rain, but, at least, temps are heading up

--   9:00a  Breakfast @home: PB&T;  "Seth Meyers"

--   9:42a  "Jimmy Fallon"

-- 10:19a  "The View"

-- 11:00a  Skim Ch2 news

-- 11:40a  Nap

--   1:46p  Up

>>>   2:00p  "Ride"

About a famous rodeo family who must save their Colorado ranch after a family member

dies in a bull riding competition while under the influence of a controlled substance. 

~~  This is on CW but had been on Hallmark channel and I ignored it there.

It seems like it was meant to have "Yellowstone" vibes, but a milder version.

~~  The mayor, who is an old friend of the family, tells the matriarch that

"Riding runs in your blood -- you need it -- your son needs it -- the whole town needs it."

I think that concept is ridiculous.  The bull-riding son tells his widowed sister-in-law

that those 8 seconds when he's on the bull is the only time his mind is truly quiet.

No fear, no worries, nothing to lose.  Um, his brother lost his life!  Apparently, his father did, too.

~~  It's only 10 episodes and it's been canceled.  I'll let TiVo record it but I'm

not sure if I'll bother watching.

--   4:00p  Dinner @home: soup (lentil) + Vienna sausage

--   4:23p  "Inside Edition"

--   5:00p  ... Skim Ch7 news

--   6:05p  "Kelly & Mark"  (Mon)

--   7:03p  "ET"

--   7:36p  "Night Court"

--   8:52p  "Extended Family"

-- 10:07p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 10:55p  Bed

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Mon
-- 12:25a  Bed

--   9:10a  Up

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

There was a barely there drizzle and it's cold enough to freeze, but it seemed OK.

-- 10:06a  Home;  Breakfast @home: 2 sausage/egg burritos

I tried to use Xfinity Stream on phone but it wasn't connecting.

I decided to try TiVo app, which I haven't tried to use in 3.5 months

because the 2 months before that it hadn't worked.  But, surprisingly, it was working, 

-- 10:30a  "The View"

-- 11:56a  Skim Ch2 news

-- 12:30p  ... "Funny Woman"

--   2:00p  "Monsieur Spade" ...

--   3:15p  Leaving to pickup dinner @Panda Express 

--   4:05p  Home;  Dinner @home: Beijing beef bowl

The Chinese restaurant that I usually go to is not open on Monday so I went to another one

however the item I wanted was only available in a large size, so I vent to another one and it

turned out that they're also closed on Mondays.

--   4:40p  "Inside Edition"

Every Final Jeopardy answers was wrong as was my guess that didn't match any of the contestants.

--   5:20p  Skim Ch7 news

--   7:06p  "ET"

Reese Witherspoon has received backlash for post that said she eats snow.  I do NOT eat snow

but I had a dream about collecting snow to eat last night.  I don't remember if I was doing the

collecting or if I was the one intending to eat it.

--   8:08p  +"Bachelor, The"

There is one Jenn, 4 "K" including 2 Kelseys.  There's a Sam and a Samantha.

There is a pair of sisters and they also are from his hometown.

-- 10:16p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 10:36p  "Jimmy Kimmel"

-- 10:53p  "Stephen Colbert"

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Sun
-- 12:45a  Bed

--   9:05a  Up

--   9:30a  Leaving to pickup breakfast @McD 

--   9:47a  Home;  Breakfast @home: sausage/egg McMuffin (free with loyalty points) + apple raisin oatmeal

... "Weeds" (08/12/12)

-- 10:28a  "Am I Being Unreasonable?" (s1x4)

-- 12:58p  "Weeds" (08/19/12)

--   1:48p  "Weeds" (08/26/12)

--   2:29p  "Weeds" (09/02/12)

--   3:15p  Leaving to pickup dinner @Pete's hot bar

--   3:49p  Home: Dinner @home: catfish; "Weeds" (09/09/12)

--   4:50p  "Weeds" (09/16/12) ...

--   5:16p  Skim Ch7 news;  Ron DeSantis has suspended his presidential campaign.

--   6:18p  "Weeds"-- (09/16/12, part 2)

--   7:29p  "Am I Being Unreasonable?" (s1x5)

--   8:26p  "Am I Being Unreasonable?"- (s1x6)

--   9:28p  +"Way Home, The" (s2x1)

-- 10:49p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 11:14p  "Kelly & Mark" (Thu)

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Sat
-- 12:10a  Bed

--   8:31a  Up

--   9:08a  Breakfast @home: PB&T;  "Transplant"

-- 12:25p  Nap

--   2:06p  Up

>>>   2:19p  "Monsieur Spade" ...

It about PI Sam Spade living in France 20 years after the events of "The Maltese Falcon".

This would be the 2nd show I've watched staring Clive Owen within the last 30 days.

--   3:15p  Leaving to get dinner @Arby's: double roast beef (with coupon)

--   3:54p  Inside

--   5:30p  Skim Ch5 news

>>>   6:22p  "Wild Cards"

Cop is paired with a con-artist to catch a thief.

I know the actor who played the cop from 136 episodes of "Grey's Anatomy" and the con-artist 

from 99 episodes of "Riverdale", but I didn't notice that on any of the commercials.

~~  The cop is played by a Giacomo, and so is another cop.

~~  One review said: "Everything in the show reeks of outdated television standards meddled with pitfalls. The suspension of disbelief is tested to the hilt in the episode."

And it seemed evident to me in the first 3 mins.

~~  2nd show today where something was hidden in a book.

~~  I guessed who the perp was as soon as the character was introduced.

~~  I'll let TiVo record it, but I have a feeling I'm not going to watch the show again.

-- 10:19p  Skim Ch7 news

-- 10:39p  "Saturday Night Live"

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Fri
-- 12:15a  Bed

--   8:32a  Up

--   8:55a  Breakfast @home: maki rolls;  "Children Ruin Everything" (01/18/24)

-- 10:17a  "The View"

-- 11:47a  Skim Ch2 news

-- 12:10p  Reusme "Family Law"

--   2:40p  Leaving to get dinner @KFC: fried chicken (with coupon);  "Inside Edition"

Dashboard indicator now shows the driver's side tire is low.  I expected this to happen since

it compares the pressure on one side with the other, so pumping up one tire can make the other relatively low.

--   4:08p  Inside after pumping up tire and shoveling walk;  Skim Ch7 news

Both the Indiana Daily-3 and Daily-4 started with 2, ended with 7, and the yellow balls were 7.

--   5:03p  "Jimmy Fallon"

--   6:47p  "ET"

--   7:17p  "Kelly & Mark" (Wed)

--   7:58p  "Son of a Critch"

I found the location of the house they use for exteriors.

-- 10:03p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 10:44p  "Jimmy Fallon"

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Thu
-- 12:35a  Bed

--   9:08a  Up

--   9:48a  "Jimmy Fallon";  Breakfast @home: PB&T

-- 10:25a  "The View"

-- 11:06p  Skim Ch2 news

-- 12:32p  "Good Trouble"

--   3:15p  Leaving to pickup dinner @McD

First went to Fresh Thyme to get Thurs special on maki rolls for tomorrow

Also, pumped up tire more and now the dash indicator turned off.

--   3:57p  Inside; Dinner @home: 2 double burgers

--   4:22p  "Inside Edition"

All the Final Jeopardy answers agreed with my guess and we were all wrong

--   5:22p  Skim Ch7 news

--   7:24p  "Found"-

--   9:02p  +"Family Law" ...

So, this is the 2nd recent show where exes are "nesting" -- where the kids stay in

the house and the parents switch weeks.

-- 10:19p  Skim Ch5 news;  3" of light fluffy snow expected (but more in IN)

-- 10:44p  "Jimmy Kimmel"

-- 11:02p  "Stephen Colbert"

-- 11:42p  "Seth Meyers"

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Wed
-- 12:25a  Bed

-- 12:40a  I thought I heard intermittant beeping.

Eventually, I got up, and it seems to be my carbon monoxide detector

but I don't know where the instructions are so I had to look it up online.

But, then it stopped beeping.  It seemed that there were 5 beeps in a row.

It seems it would either have one chirp every minute if it needed new battery

and 5 beeps if it was at the end of its life.  It's hard to know what to do right now.

--   1:10a  Back to bed

--   8:39a  Up, woken by a semi-robo call.  Usually, I would have had my doors closed

so I wouldn't hear the phone, but I left the doors open to hear the CO alarm, but it

hasn't made another sound.  It's 6F but it's supposed to get up to 16F this afternoon

but the wind chill will still be below zero.

--   9:27a  Breakfast @home: PB&T

-- 10:12a  "The View"

-- 10:48a  "Jimmy Fallon"

-- 12:30p  Skim Ch2 news

-- 12:56p  "La Brea"

--   2:25p  If my garage door opens and my car starts, will leave to pickup dinner @Bibibop

Also will first buy new CO detector.  Also going to Dollar Tree.

On the way, dashboard indicator said front drivers-side tire was low -- which seems to  happen when it's very cold.

--   3:36p  Home;  Added air to tire and then left to pickup Coke @McD

The intention wasn't so much to get the drink but to see if the dashboard indicator would reset.

However, it failed to reset.  So, I don't know if I didn't put in enough air or if the sensor is failing.

--   4:11p  Inside;  Dinner @home: Noodle cup with chicken

--   4:46p  "Inside Edition"

--   5:30p  Skim Ch7 news

--   7:19p  Tony started texting with questions about my fear of zombies (which I don't have)

and then he started copying and pasting things that obviously were produced by ChatGPT and

became repetitive and nonsensical.

--   8:11p  "ET"

--   8:56p  "Fargo"-

-- 10:11p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 10:35p  "Stephen Colbert"

-- 10:49p  "Jimmy Kimmel"

-- 11:46p  "Seth Meyers"

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Tue
-- 12:30a  Bed with headache

--   8:46a  Up;  Still in deep freeze

--   9;00a  Breakfast @home: PB&T

--   9:31a  "Am I Being Unreasonable?" (s1x2)

-- 11:07a  Skim Ch2 news

-- 11:41a  "The View"

-- 12:25p  "Kelly & Mark"

--   1:28p  "Weeds" (07/29/12)

--   3:11p  "Inside Edition"

--   4:00p  Dinner @home: soup (chunky chicken & sausage gumbo)

--   4:25p  Skim Ch7 news

--   6:15p  ... "Weeds" (08/05/12)

--   6:43p  "ET"

--   7:13p  "Night Court"

--   8:00p  "Extended Family"

Second show today where a kid was having their birthday.

Also the 2nd show where sushi was mentioned.

~~  There was a Jennifer on "The Floor" tonight.  She did NOT play against 

a Jennie, but she played against a Zennie, but they were both eliminated.

--   9:34p  "Am I Being Unreasonable?" (s1x3)

-- 10:18p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 10:40p  "Jimmy Kimmel"

-- 10:56p  "Stephen Colbert"; New but recorded on Thurs so he can't talk about Emmy's or the Iowa Caucuses

>>> 11:40p  "After Midnight"

It has 3 comedians seemingly as contestants on a game show where they're shown something that

is recently from the internet and instead of answering a question, they're supposed to tell a joke.

~~ The pace in the first item was such that I didn't hear any meaningful words and didn't

understand what was shown to prompt their responses.  So, after 4 mins, I suspect that

it won't watch this show.  I decided to rewind that part to listen again.  This time,

I picked up a bit, but it all seems totally pointless.

~~  It's based on a Comedy Central show call "@Midnight" which I never watched.

It ended in 2017 after 600 episodes.

~~  It seems a bit like "Whose Line Is It Anway", an improv show which I never watched.  One difference is that the most of the comics on that were on every episode, but "After Midnight" will

have 3 different guests each night.

~~  This is replacing James Corden's show, which I had stopped watching after the first week.

The new show is definitely worse.

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Mon
--   1:05a  Bed

--   9:30a  Up

-- 10:00a  Breakfast @home: Tuna;  "The View"

-- 10:50a  "Kelly & Mark"

-- 11:45a  Skim Ch2 news

>>> 12:22p  "Am I Being Unreasonable?" (02/23/23) on Hulu (Metacritic: 74, 50-100)

British show follows two friends who love having fun and booze, until everything unravels.

One of the friends is named Jen.  It's said to be a twisted comedy thriller.

--   1:59p  ... "Weeds" (07/15/12)

--   2:40p  Nap

--   3:20p  Up;  "Inside Edition";  Exercycle (15 mins)

All Final Jeopardy answers were wrong.

--   4:00p  Dinner @home: defrosted spaghetti & meatballs (from Brown's);  "Weeds" (07/22/12)

--   4:41p  Skim Ch7 news;  Wind chills at 15 below.

--   7:00p  "Emmy Awards"

I actually watched the shows of the first 3 winners, and one was a Jennifer.

I don't know if this is the first time they showed a list of "performers" who died.

A few years ago they started using "actor" as a genderless term, and maybe they decided

that "performer" fits better.  However, musicians and singers are also performers, 

so it doesn't seem to fit well.

-- 10:08p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 11:12p  "Kelly & Mark (Thu)

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Sun
-- 12:40a  Bed

--   9:11a  Up with wind chill of 35 below and wind gusts of 28 mph

-- 10:00a  Breakfast @home: PB&T

-- 10:19a  "Weeds" (09/12/11)

-- 11:12a  "Weeds" (09/19/11)

-- 12:01p  "Weeds" (09/26/11, s7x13)

--   1:40p  Nap

--   2:50p  Up

--   3:30p  "Weeds" (07/01/12, s8x1)

--   4:28p  "Weeds" (07/08/12)

--   5:00p  Dinner @home: soup (vegetable)

--   5:33p  Skim Ch7 news

--   6:15p  "60 Minutes"

--   7:16p  "Critics Choice Awards"

Host, Chelsea Handler was not as good as I expected, but still better than Jo Koy.

--   9:37p  "Funny Woman"

-- 10:39p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 10:59p  "Jimmy Fallon"  (Thu)

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Sat
-- 12:30a  Bed

--   4:07a  Up

--   5:20a  Bed

--   9:46a  Up

I flushed my toilet and the lever broke.  It's only 2 years old.

-- 10:30a  Breakfast @home: Tuna salad sub

... "Weeds" (07/25/11);  Hulu made me login again and I had to lookup the password.

-- 11:00a  "Weeds" (08/01/11)

-- 11:40a  "Children Ruin Everything"

-- 12:52p  "Transplant"

--   3:20p  Leaving to pickup dinner @McD 

Also went to Ace Hardware and ATM

--   4:18p  Inside; Dinner @home: 2 double burgers

--   5:10p  Finished installing new flush lever and unsure if it's correct.

--   5:14p  Skim Ch7 news;  Wind chills tomorrow morning will be 20 to 30 below

--   6:43p  "Son of a Critch"

--   8:09p  ... "Weeds" (08/08/11)

--   8:52p  "Weeds" (08/15/11)

-- 10:08p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 10:40p  "Weeds" (08/22/11)

-- 11:14p  "Weeds" (08/29/11)

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Fri

-- 12:04a  "Seth Meyers"

-- 12:35a  Bed

--   4:49a  Up;  Asking ChatGPT to remind me about details of "Interstellar".

It seems that it really doesn't discuss how they solved the initial problem which was a food shortage.

--   6:05a  Bed

-- 10:14a  Up with snow

-- 10:40a  Breakfast @home: maki rolls;  ... -"How I Met Your Father" (07/11/23, ep2)

-- 11:03a  "The View"

-- 11:45a  Skim Ch2 news

-- 12:55p  Nap

--   3:15p  Up;  "Inside Edition"

--   3:47p  "Jimmy Fallon" (Wed)

--   4:00p  Dinner @home: 4 hot dogs

--   4:57p  Skim Ch7 news

They're only showing a list of the places with the highest snow totals instead of of map that

shows the whole area, but I'm guessing I got 4-5" -- less than half of what they predicted yesterday.

Another inch is expected overnight.

--   6:21p  "Found";  There was a guest character named Jennifer Allen.

--   8:48p  "ET"

--   9:31p  "Ghosts UK"- (01/04/24, ep2)

-- 10:21p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 10:48p  "Jimmy Fallon"

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Thu
-- 12:25a  Bed

-- 10:35a  Up

-- 11:25a  Leaving to pickup lunch @McD

First went to Fresh Thyme to get Thurs special on maki rolls for tomorrow.

Then went to pickup tuna salad sub from Jimmy John's with coupon on app,

however I went to Subway first -- because I thought that's where the Jimmy John's was.

I had to lookup the address on phone, but it was only a couple blocks away.

I was aware that it was there, but I don't usually go to that one.

-- 12:08p  Inside after biking 1 mi and talking to neighbor;  Lunch @home: McNuggets (2nd 6-piece free on app)

-- 12:26a  "The View"

--   3:28p  "Inside Edition"

On Final Jeopardy only the 3rd place  guy was correct so he won.

--   4:00p  Leaving to pickup dinner @Naf Naf

I saw my first Stanley Cup in the real world.

--   4:38p  Inside after biking 2+2;  Dinner @home: falafel pita

--   5:17p  Skim Ch7 news;  Snow expected to start around 3a, with 8" expeceted by tomorrow evening

--   6:49p  "ET"

--   8:01p  "Good Trouble"

-- 10:04p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 10:37p  "Stephen Colbert"

-- 10:50p  "Jimmy Kimmel"

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Wed
--   1:00a  Bed

--   8:12a  Up

--   9:03a  "Jimmy Fallon"

--   9:30a  Breakfast @home: PB&T

-- 10:26a  "The View"

-- 11:43a  Skim Ch2 news

-- 12:31p  +"La Brea";  The previous episode was in Feb.

--   3:10p  Leaving to pickup dinner @Brown's

Also, went to Jewel;  There was a guy in the parking lot playing an accordian.

I assume that he was using an amp because he was by the street and I could hear it

when I was entering the store.  He was playing the theme from the "Godfather" when 

I arrived and when I left.  I don't know if he was playing any other pieces.

--   3:48p  Home;  Dinner @home: chicken chili spaghetti

From the photo, they normally dump a huge amount of cheese on it, so I told them 

no cheese.  However, there was hardly any chicken chili.  They made no attempt to

compensate for the lack of cheese.  This is the first time I've tried it.  I don't know 

if I should ever try it again.  They should be embarrassed to include so little chicken.  

\--   4:15p  "Inside Edition"

--   4:55p  Skim Ch7 news

Yesterday, both the Pick3 and Pick4 started with the same number and it happened again today.

The IN Daily3 and Daily4 both had a Mega ball of 9. 

--   6:32p - 7:08p  Carla called

--   7:49p  "Fargo"

--   9:56p  "Kelly & Mark" ...

-- 10:13p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 10:37p  "Stephen Colbert"

-- 10:50p  "Jimmy Kimmel"

-- 11:56p  "Seth Meyers"

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Tue
-- 12:05a  Bed

--   8:47a  Up with a couple inches of snow but vents on garage roof have no snow

-- 10:00a  Breakfast @home: PB&T

-- 10:26a  "The View"

-- 11:31a  Skim Ch2 news

-- 12:37p  "Jimmy Fallon"

--   1:45p  Nap with headache

--   2:45p  Up with headache and heavy snow is falling

--   3:08p  "Inside Edition";  Exercycle (15 mins)

--   4:00p  Dinner @home: chicken biryani (from @Ghareeb Nawaz)

--   4:25p  ... "How I Met Your Father" (07/11/23)

--   4:35p  Skim Ch7 news

The IL Pick3 and Pick4 both started with 1 and contained a 2 and 6.

The IN Daily3 and Daily4 both started with 8 and had Mega balls of 6 (as well as containing a 5)

--   5:56p  "Kelly & Mark"

--   6:39p  "ET"

--   7:27p  "Night Court"

This one was about not paying bills.  The other one was due to hurricane.

Yesterday, another show had power going out, but that was just until the tenant 

was able to put another coin in the meter.

--   8:33p  "Extended Family"

This one didn't have a power outage but the son turns off the lights to conserve.

Jim head back to his place to have heat, light, and a bacon cheeseburger.

-- 10:15p  Skim Ch5 news

The permit for Wilmette McDonald's was denied.  

I learned a Popeye's is opening on the block where my bike shop is.  I was at the bike shop

just a couple weeks ago and didn't notice the new building, which is on a lot that has

been empty for at least 12 years.  There is another Popeye's close enough to me -- in fact,

it's across the street from the place where I bought tonight's dinner yesterday.

But Popeye's is NOT my favorite place -- so a 2nd one is not worth anything!

-- 10:44p  "Jimmy Kimmel"

-- 11:09p  "Stephen Colbert"

-- 11:54p  "Seth Meyers"

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Mon
-- 12:40a  Bed

--   7:26a  Up

--   8:11a  "Krapopolis" ...

--   8:40a  Leaving to get breakfast @McD: 2 sausage/egg burritos

Also went to Dollar Tree;  The woman ahead of me was chatting exsessively with the cashier.

He called for another cashier but my stuff was alreaady on his belt, so the people behind me

got checked out first.

-- 10:05a  Inside after biking 1+2;  "The View"

-- 11:17a  Skim Ch2 news

--   2:30p  Nap

--   2:52p  Up

--   3:05p  Leaving to bike, then pickup dinner @Panda Express;  Also picked up dinner for tomorrow @Gharib Nawaz

--   4:06p  Inside after biking 2+2;  Dinner @home: Beijing beef

"How I Met Your Father" (07/04/23)

--   5:04p  Inside after biking 2 mi;  I'm hearing an owl;  "Inside Edition"

--   6:08p  Skim Ch7 news

--   7:00p  "ET"

>>>   8:32p  "Funny Woman" (01/07/24)

British series on PBS.

A young woman from Blackpool finds her voice in the male dominated world of the 1960s comedy, and in doing so takes London by storm.

-- 10:04p  Skim Ch5 news;  Snow has started, 3" expected by morning.

-- 10:36p  "Jimmy Kimmel"

-- 10:49p  "Stephen Colbert"

-- 11:36p  "Seth Meyers"

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Sun
-- 12:50a  Bed

--   9:28a  Up

-- 10:45a  "Weeds" (07/04/11);  Breakfast @home: PB

-- 11:51a  "How I Met Your Father" (06/20/23)

Meaghan Rath plays one of Jesse's coworkers and is the mom on "Children Ruin Everything".

--   1:22p  "Weeds" (07/11/11)

--   3:00p  Leaving to  pickup dinner @Pete's hot bar

--   3:50p  Inside after biking 1 mi;  Dinner @home: catfish plus breaded shrimp

--   4:27p  ... "How I Met Your Father" (06/27/23)

--   5:01p  "Ghosts UK"

Alison can see and hear the ghosts, but on this episode she could hear them through a phone 

connection and that seems a little bit too far-fetched.

--   5:54p  Skim Ch7 news

--   7:04p  "Weeds" (07/18/11);  Sushi mentioned.

Nancy's youngest son has a friend names Jenny (only mentioned).

--   8:12p  "81st Golden Globes";  I'm unfamiliar with the host, Jo Koy;  Sushi mentioned.

His opening monologue was 11 mins and I thought it was terrible, but the audience seemed to have liked it.

-- 10:38p  Skim Ch2 news

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Sat
-- 12:40a  Bed

--   9:16a  Up with about an inch of snow 

-- 10:06a  "Ghosts UK" (12/14/23);  Breakfast @home: PB

-- 11:20a  "Children Ruin Everything"

--   1:41p  "How I Met Your Father" (06/06/23)

--   2:40p  Nap

--   3:40p  Up with headache

--   4:50p  Dinner @home: Chunky beef veg soup; ";  "Such Brave Girls" (s1x6)

--   5:23p  Skim Ch5 news

--   7:04p  "Nada" (s1x2)

--   9:09p  +"Weeds" (06/27/11)  s7x1

I finished watching season 6 in 2011.  They showed the "previously on" at the start of

this episode and I don't remember anything about the complicated plot, although I'm not sure

how much of it is relevant.  It turns out that they decided to jump ahead 3 years.

~~ Jennifer Jason Leigh is on this and also on current show "Fargo".

Gary Anthony Williams is on this and also on current show "Night Court".

-- 10:37p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 11:13p  "Kelly & Ryan"  (Desk chat only)

-- 11:39p  "How I Met Your Father" (06/13/23)

This is the 2nd show today were someone works it the corporate offices of a grocery

and they both seem to have a job that probably doesn't exist -- like how to make something

like cabbage more popular.

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Fri

--   9:28a  Up

-- 10:25a  Leaving to bike, but will have breakfast @home

-- 10:42a  Inside after biking 2 mi;  Breakfast @home: maki rolls (bought yesterday)

-- 11:27a  Inside after biking 2 mi;  Skim Ch2 news

-- 12:00p  ... "The View"

-- 12:00p  ... "The View";  Also wrote out some checks and took care of some paperwork.

--   2:15p  ... "Such Brave Girls" (s1x5)

--   3:00p  Leaving to bike, then get dinner @Arby's: reuben (with coupon)

--   4:16p  Inside after biking 2+2;  "Inside Edition"

--   5:05p  Skim Ch7 news

--   6:43P  "ET"

--   8:07p  "Transplant"

2nd recent show that has a character named Cheese.

-- 11:41p  Skim Ch5 news

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Thu
--   1:30a  Bed

--   8:35a  Up with headache

--   9:25a  "How I Met Your Father" (05/30/23);  Breakfast @home: leftover tuna salad sub

-- 11:33a  Skim Ch2 news

-- 12:27p  "The View"

--   1:40p  Nap with headache

--   2:40p  Up with headache

--   3:05p  Leaving to bike, then get dinner @Brown's: chicken tenders

The pieces seemed 30% bigger than before.

There were a couple of kids that were skating around the restaurant.

--   4:38p  Inside after biking 3+1;;  "Inside Edition"

I just learned that the Golden Bachelor will have a stepdaughter named Jennifer.

I guessed at Final Jeopardy and was correct.  2 contestants were correct.

--   5:21p  Skim Ch7 news

--   7:13p  "ET"

--   7:57p  "Fargo"

--   9:41p  "Son of a Critch"

-- 10:38p  Skim Ch5 news

Skokie Swift will resume operation after 50 days (seems ridiculously long!)

-- 11:02p  "Kelly & Mark" (Desk chat only)

-- 11:55p  Bed

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Wed
-- 12:45a  Bed

--   8:07a  Up

--   8:50a  Leaving to bike, then get breakfast @McD: 2 sausage/egg burritos

News said there was scattered freezing drizzle but it was dry here, although the

streets did appear a bit damp, but it didn't seem slippery at all.

-- 10:07a  Inside after biking 2+2;  "The View"

-- 11:12a  Skim Ch2 news

They're reporting protests at an old Baker's Square in Wilmette because a McD is proposed for the site.

I don't think the adjacent residents have much of an argument, given that there had been a restaurant

there already.  I wondered if it could be built at the north end of Eden's Plaza, but then I noticed

that there is a Five Guys there, so they wouldn't want the competition.

-- 12:11p  "Night Court"

--   1:00p  "Extended Family"

--   2:25p  "Ghosts UK" (12/28/23, ep2)

--   3:10p  Leaving to bike, then get dinner @BK: Whopper ($3 on app);  Also got gas.

--   4:30p  Inside after biking 2+2;  "Inside Edition"

--   5:45p  Skim Ch7 news

--   6:51p  "ET"

--   8:00p  Nap

--   9:27p  Up

-- 10:01p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 11:04p  "Good Trouble"

VT: Looking at the unusual east end if I-70 in Baltimore.  It was originally supposed to

continue east to I-95 but they scraped that plan in 2014.

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Tue
-- 12:20a  Bed

--   8:30a  Up

--   9:10a  Leaving to bike, then pickup breakfast @McD

-- 10:05a  Inside after biking 2+2 in strong wind;  Breakfast @home: hotcakes and sausage

-- 10:42a  Inside after biking 2 mi;  "The View"

-- 11:47a  Skim Ch2 news

-- 12:26p  "Inside Edition"

-- 12:35p  "Fargo" (12/26/23)

Episode includes Linda (Kari Matchett), Lynda (Queeny Kuffour), Lindo (Sorika Wolf),

Landa (Beverley Brooks), and Tonda (Janine Kirk).

--   2:25p  Nap

--   3:10p  Up;  Leaving to bike, then get dinner @Bibibop

--   4:20p  Inside after biking 2+2;  Dinner @home: Noodle cup with chicken

--   5:02p  Inside after biking 2 mi;  "Inside Edition"

--   5:40p  Skim Ch7 news

--   9:04p  "ET"

--   9:33p  ... "Children Ruin Everything"

-- 10:05p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 10:40p  "Kelly & Mark"

-- 11:30p  "The Floor"

It's a new game show that I don't plan to watch but I wanted to see what it's like.

It starts with 81 players on a 9 x 9 grid.  They each supposedly have expertise in a

particular trivia category.  When they are chosen, they must pick a neighbor to challenge.

They are chosen by "the randomizer".

The winner of the challenge takes control of the neighbor's "floor".  

The winner gets $250K at the end of the season.  7 will be eliminated tonight.

Hosted by Rob Lowe.  

~~  The first chosen is an expert on veggies.  There are only 4 neighbors.  In other words,

diagonals don't count.  Apparently, you want to pick someone who claims expertise 

but is NOT an expert.  Maybe that means the producers picked a category for them?

She challenges someone whose claimed expertise is tools.

~~  Note: The first 2 happen to be black women.

~~  Each has 45 seconds to identify a picture.  No penalty for getting it wrong.

You can say "pass" but you lose 3 seconds.  If you get it right, your clock stops

and the opponent's clock starts.  When your clock runs out, you are out.

So, it took 7 mins to get to the actual game.

~~  The back and forth makes it hard to follow, but all you have to do is wait 90 seconds

and you find out who won without having to pay attention to what they were doing.

~~  If you win, you then inherit the category of the other person, so you didn't claim

to be an expert in that.  You can choose to keep playing or go back to the floor.

I'm not sure how to determine what is the best thing to do.  Probably going back to

the floor is best.  It seems that the strategy would be to avoid playing and let 

everyone else lose.

~~  When you've gotten a 2nd square, diagonals still don't count bout you have

more neighbor.  Each night, whoever has the most territory gets $20K.  They didn't

mention ties.  

~~  It was a little easier to follow the 2nd time because the other person was male

so you could hear the voices change as they go back and forth.  Note: they were still both black.

~~  If someone is on the edge of the board, they don't have 4 choices.  It doesn't wrap around.

~~  After a few picture-based challenges, a category was songs, so they're shown the

title with a missing word.

~~  I don't know if there is a Jen, but Josh said his wife is Jen, and then he played against Jasper.

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Mon
--   1:25a  Bed

--   8:50a  Up

--   9:35a  Leaving to bike, then get breakfast @McD: 2 sausage/egg burritos

-- 10:44a  Inside after biking 2+2

-- 11:04a  "Such Brave Girls" (s1x4)

-- 12:11p  "How I Met Your Father" (05/23/23)

--   1:03p  "Bear, The"- (06/22/23)

--   2:00p  "Great, The"-- (s3x10)

--   3:10p  Leaving to bike, the pickup dinner @Jimmy John's

--   4:13p  Inside after biking 2+2 in cold wind;  Dinner @home: tuna salad sub (ate half)

--   4:51p  Inside after biking 2 mi;  Skim Ch7 news

--   7:38p  Movie: "Notebook, The" (2004)

-- 10:14p  Skim Ch5 news

-- 11:00p  "Son of a Critch"

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