4 Sept 10

Hello again from the desert southwest. It is Saturday AM about O-Dark-Thirty as we said in the military. Everything is as close to being normal as things around here ever get. I will probably write this entry over a couple of days.
Picture of the week:

Today's Joke: Two guys are drinking in a bar. One says, "Did you know that elks have sex 10 to 15 times a night?"  "Aw crap..," says his friend, "and I just joined the American Legion!"

Medical updates: I am set up for an MRI on my shoulder on Monday AM at 0600 hrs. I worked for Perry for 4 days this week, 28 hours, which helped keep the proverbial wolf from our front entrance. Hilda is doing fine, they've got her on Prednizone to try and keep her antibodies from attaching to her insulin, we've cut down the dose and upped her insulin intake. So far ... no low blood sugars like before. We have not heard anything on her disability from the Federal Gov'ment as of yet.

Day to day stuff: I am listening to The Pine Valley Cosmonauts, Billy Joe Shavers, Robert Earl Keen, Kinky Friedman, et al on Texas Exile Radio and checking the news on the computer.

Today (Saturday) birthdays include:
Radio news commentator Paul Harvey in 1918, always liked him on the radio ... especially The Rest of the Story.

Actor Dick York in 1928, He is best known as the first actor to play Darrin Stephens in the 1960s sitcom Bewitched. The show was a huge success and York was nominated for an Emmy in 1968. He suffered a debilitating back injury on the set of They Came to Cordura caused him increasing pain, so in some of his final episodes on the show the script was written around his being in bed or on the couch for the entire episode. During the fifth season on the sitcom, he collapsed on the Bewitched set and was rushed to a hospital. From his hospital bed, he resigned from the show to devote himself to recovery. For the 1969-70 season, he was replaced in the TV series by actor Dick Sargent, who held the role until the series ended in 1972. Both "Dicks" were very similar in appearance as far as I remember.

Dancer/actor Mitzi Gaynor in 1931 (age 79), She sang, acted and danced in a number of film musicals, often paired with some of the biggest male musical stars. Best remembered for South Pacific (at least by me)

Two of my favorite golfers ... Raymond Floyd in 1942 (age 68) and Tom Watson in 1949 (age 61), both are in the Golf Hall of Fame I think.

Actor Judith Ivey in 1951 (age 59), Despite a long history of theater and film performances, she is often associated with her one-year run on Designing Women in its final season, playing the Texan B.J. Poteet. She replaced Julia Duffy's - Alison Sugarbaker, who was herself a replacement for Delta Burke's character Suzanne Sugarbaker. She also played a notable role on the television show Will & Grace where she portrayed the mother of Dr. Leo Markus.

More Day to day esoterica:
   Today is our Shuffleboard day at the Legion, good times with friends. Watch some college football on the big screen. Our of U of A Wildcats played last night and romped over Toledo big time. Good going CATS! They play The Citadel here in Tucson next Saturday. Cannot wait until basketball is here though, we're big U of A basketball fans.
   One of my older poems just received an award online, that was neat.

Lady of New Mexico

Lying beside you,
          all black hair and brown limbs.
Your language excites me
          as much as your body.
If there is a language of love,
          Spanish it is.
It flows from your tongue
          as rivulets of snow melt.
“Te quiero mucho” you murmer
          I love you in English.
But mas, mucho mas in Espanol.
Words, delicate as butterflies
         float in the air like dust motes.
Every phrase a poem,
         every thought a lyric.
Sweet, dark-eyed child of the llano estacado.
         soft wind
              from the harshness of the desert.
Couple with me,
         let us become one.
But whisper to me in Spanish.
         Mi amor,
             mi alma.

We have been watching a new series of movies (from the library) ... Foyle's War, which is about an English Police Inspector during WWII. Good series and well acted.
It is now Sunday morning, I'll have to get the ever lovely Ms Hilda up earlier than usual. She has a budget meeting at the Legion Auxiliary at 1000. This afternoon, we'll wash clothes and watch some TV. I hope to catch some football. Have to sleep early tonight, as I have to awake at 0430 to get to the VA for my MRI. I hope that everyone had/has a great Labor Day weekend.