Mid week

My NFL picks worried me this past weekend with 8 games decided by 4 points or less and 2 overtimes (I won 10 and only lost 4) . The Cowboys vs the Vikings turned out to be a great game to watch. The two overtime games were exciting, as were a couple of more. That makes me 18-8 the last two weekends.


Some of Sunday's birthdays:
Actresses / Actors 
Rita Hayworth in 1918 -born Margarita Carmen Cansino in Brooklyn, New York City, she was the daughter of flamenco dancer Eduardo Cansino, Sr., a Sephardic Jewish Spaniard from Seville, and Ziegfeld girl Volga Hayworth who was of Irish and English descent. 
Montgomery Clift in 1920 - received four Academy Award nominations during his career, three for Best Actor and one for Best Supporting Actor.
Tom Poston in 1921 - TV actor in lots of TV series, two with Bob Newhart (he married Suzanne Pleshette, Newhart's co-star when he was in his 70's). He also had recurring roles in Family Matters, Murphy Brown, Home Improvement, Cosby, Malcolm & Eddie, ER, Grace, Under Fire, That '70s Show, and Will & Grace
George Wendt in 1948 (age 62) - Norm on Cheers, He attended the Jesuit Rockhurst College in Kansas City, where he graduated with a B.A. in economics.
Singers/ Musicians
Jim Seals in 1941 (age 69) - born Sidney, Texas with Dash Crofts born in Cisco, Texas were the Duo of Seals and Crofts. They also played in the Champs (big hit was Tequila!) with Glen Campbell.
Gary Puckett in 1942 (age 68) - great baritone with The Union Gap, ... "Woman, Woman /Young Girl/Lady Willpower/ and Over You".
Alan Jackson in 1958 (age 52) - in my mind "The Giant" among country artists/songwriters since 1990.
Ziggy Marley in 1968 (age 42) - son of Bob Marley.
Eminem in 1972 (age 38) 

Wyclef Jean in 1972 (age 38)
Others
Daredevil Robert "Evel" Knievel in 1938
Golf Hall of Fame member Ernie Els in 1969 (age 41)

We lost Beaver Cleaver's mom (Barbara Billingsley) over the weekend. She was the quintessential TV mom on "Leave it to Beaver" when I was growing up ... wearing pearls to do housework, et al. Monday night, we lost Tom Bosley, the dad on "Happy Days" for 14 years. I remember him best as Father Dowling on the "Father Dowling Mysteries". Not a real good week for TV parents.

I have been reading some (older) paperbacks by Archer Mayor that are pretty good. About a cop in Vermont (of all places) ... didn't even know that had crime in Vermont. We (the lovely Ms Hilda and I) have also been watching some more BBC shows on CDs (we get them at the Tucson Pima County Library) that are really well done. Waking the Dead, sort of a cross between Bones and Cold Case, is well done and well acted and Ballykissangel, a touching show set in Ireland. We have been spending a lot of time close to hearth and home because of money problems, but we are both fairly healthy and getting along well. Hilda's hypoglycemia is doing well and so there's less to worry about. I can sleep all through the night without having to check on her ... sort of selfish huh? Seriously, I am so happy that she is doing better ... she is the love of my life.