BINGO Steve! If I were king this would be my distribution plan: Tier #1 Elderly who are living in care facilities as well as workers and staff in elderly care facilities Tier #2 Everyone else regardless of age, job, gender, race, culture, or social status. If you are willing and able to get in line. Then get in line. All of this social engineering stuff with the vaccine is about as stupid as the Titanic lowering half empty lifeboats rather than loading them with the people who were there who could have had a seat, regardless of gender, age, or status.

Heaven is going to need some better pitchers now that Hank is in the house. RIP Hammerin' Hank He was my second most favorite hitter. Here he is in good company.

Hiya Steve! Hope all is well in Japan right now?. I've always wanted to go there; looks so orderly and different than here in L.A. If I ever did relocate to Japan, I would find it my top priority to learn to speak Japanese. To make a real effort to show respect to their language and culture, especially if lived or worked there. My instincts tell me that would be well appreciated, and in the long run good for me too. At my job when I have Japanese nationals come in, I really appreciate the way they make a big effort to speak to me in English. Can't say that happens all the time with others; some expect us to understand them. Germans are really good about that too. Go figure, maybe we rubbed off on them.... LOL actually no we didn't and why they are so well mannered. Kip

Lady Gag me and Jay LOW-rent sounds more like a Super Toilet bowel half time show. I'd rather see Senior Wensces' hand sing the national anthem while the plate spinning guy does his bit than those other two. Parton yeah, that would have been better. Strider, did I ever tell about the time I got to feel Dolly's giant warlocks? She gave me a huge hug for helping out one of her employees back in the '80s when her show was taped out here. Yes, they are fabulous! I'll take it 'em as a hug---anyway I can get 'em. But my goodness she is short. Tiny in height, not tiny any other way. She would come about up to your waist if she said hello to you.

The Cunningham house is actually here in SoCal, not in Milwaukee. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/565-N-Cahuenga-Blvd-Los-Angeles-CA-90004/20783345_zpid/?

She is very deplorable.

I keep reading about some secret society of cannibals out there running the global politics. What next, vampires?

Funny! Friend of mine tried that Match.com site. He late 50s, divorced, grown kids and looking again. So, he shows me some of the profiles for women in the same group, and we were laughing about their ridiculous demands. Besides the fact some make very little money, have clearly screwed situations with kids at home, low education, and many other warning signs; they are looking for rich men to take care of them.... and it isn't like these are very good looking women. And then they post 20 photos of their stupid looking dogs and cats--- like that is going to seal the deal. Can you imagine if Match had been around when serial killer Ted Bundy was still alive?

Who's got the "munchies" now? Funny. Remember that old Bugs Bunny cartoon with two guys lost at sea, and at some point they start looking at each other like they are delicious foods? Then the land on an island where Bugs lives, and are intent on eating him? Hunger is a great motivator. Yum!

Happy Days was pretty good in the first season before it was shot in front of live audience. I didn't watch it much after that. My personality was more in line with sitcoms like The Bob Newhart Show during that period. Classic deadpan satire. Great ensemble cast. Comedy is the most difficult genre to pull off. Example of Happy Days in the first season. It was intended to feel more like the very successful "American Graffiti" film in the way it was shot, the writing, and the music. Not nearly as good, but that was the attempt.

I liked Montgomery more. Same way I liked Mary-Ann more than Ginger.

Spector was a dirtbag even before he killed his girlfriend. There are lots of Spectors in the RIP thread, just not many who went as far as Spector. Why are we always shocked when we learn about a Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby, Roman Powlansiki--- or many others? Part of who they are, we as a culture played a part in creating when we ignored the warning signs. The music industry should have defamed Spector 50 years ago for some of the stuff he was known to be doing. It wasn't like people were not aware he was piece of shit then. But oh no, as long as some people are getting paid...

Truth is dogs don't love humans anyway, they are just the greatest con artists on the planet. When you die alone in your home, eventually if not discovered, your Fido will eat your face. Doesn't make them evil, it is just testimony to their true nature and natural impulses as scavengers to eat the decomposing flesh that they no longer recognize as you. Humans have very silly assumptions about animal nature. Many view animals as being similar to humans in ability to reason, to love, or even to hate. Total mythology. Animals act on instinct from a varied set of traits which are deeply embedded in their DNA. Any ability they have to reason like a human might, is similar to the ability a one to two year child might have. And we all know we don't apply the same standards to infant children when it comes to knowing right vs wrong, empathy vs selfishness etc. Enjoy your furry friends, just don't die alone with him, or he will enjoy you right back.

Great part of the story which never made it into the film. The reason Virgil Sollozo had to take out Luca first, was Luca was the Don's ace in the hole, a psychotic killer but loyal to the Don. Reason why nobody would attempt to kill the Don... Luca would come after him. I also liked the back story on ex cop Al Neri.

Nice! I think my grandfather said he paid $500 for his new Model T back in the 20s

For much of my life I really didn't like Beatles songs. Could be just too much airplay, or like I said, the later studio stuff just sounded over produced to my ear. I really think they were rattled by Brian Wilson and Pet Sounds, and then tried too hard in the studio to be relevent. I also think "Sir" George Martin was very overrated. In later life I realized the songs they wrote were actually brilliant, but I needed to hear them performed by other artists and a more stripped down way to appreciate it. Personally, the Stones had much better studio albums (prior to Tattoo you), and nobody, NOBODY could touch The Who when it came to live performances. Lastly... two most underrated British acts were The Kinks and the Yardbirds Where does LZ fit into all of this.... Best "cover band" of all time.... hehehe Here is Oasis (Noel Gallagher) covering Strawberry Fields (song starts 40 seconds in)

I have so many books in my que that I need to read, and yesterday I picked up a 50 year old copy of The Godfather by Mario Puzo. Seen the film 1000 times and read the book 50 years ago. Now I'm so old I guess I am doing replays.

Love that film. Slater: Behind every good man there is a woman, and that woman was Martha Washington, man, and everyday George would come home, she would have a big fat bowl waiting for him, man, when he come in the door, man, she was a hip, hip, hip lady, man. Slater: George Washington was in a cult, and the cult was into aliens, man. Slater: This place used to be off limits, man, 'cause some drunk freshman fell off. He went right down the middle, smacking his head on every beam, man. I hear it doesn't hurt after the first couple though. Autopsy said he had one beer, how many did you have? Slater: Imagine how many people out there are fuckin' right now man, just goin' at it. Slater: Didja ever look at a dollar bill, man? There's some spooky shit goin' on there. And it's green too. Slater: Are you cool, man? Mitch Kramer: Like how? Slater: Okay. Kaye: Think about it! You're basically alone on a deserted island with 2 readily available women. One, a seductive sex goddess type. The other... a healthy girl-next-door-type with a nice butt. So the men have it all, the Madonna and the whore. Women get nothing! We get a geek, an overweight middle-age guy, and a nerdy scientific type. Randy "Pink" Floyd: Have you seen Jodi around? Wooderson: No she left your ass. Randy "Pink" Floyd: Well you win some you lose some. Wooderson: Let me tell you what Melba Toast is packin' right here, all right. We got 4:11 Positrac outback, 750 double pumper, Edelbrock intake, bored over 30, 11 to 1 pop-up pistons, turbo-jet 390 horsepower. We're talkin' some fuckin' muscle. Wooderson: That's what I love about these High School chicks man, I get older, they stay the same age. Wooderson: Hey man, you got a joint? Mitch Kramer: Uhh, no; not on me man. Wooderson: It'd be a lot cooler if you did. Wooderson: What do you reckon you're gonna do? Randy "Pink" Floyd: I don't know man I'll probably end up signing it, I just don't wanna give in so easy. Wooderson: Man it's the same bullshit they tried to pull in my day. Ya know, if it ain't that piece of paper, it's some other choice they're gonna try to make for you. You got to do what Randall "Pink" Floyd wants to do, man. And let me tell you this; the older you do get, the more rules they're gonna TRY to get you to follow. You just gotta keep livin' man. L-I-V-I-N. Slater: Man, if you're gonna sign that paper, man, you should throw a little grass in the middle, man, roll it up, and sign the joint, man. That's gonna tell 'em somethin'.