![]() The date 02 02 2020 - reads the same either direction - a palindrome. The last time was 11,11,1111 (Nov 11, 1111) The Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49’ers in the Superbowl. The President congratulated the great state of Kansas (not Missouri) on their victory. The Senate debated the impeachment of Donald Trump, calling no witnesses, introducing no evidence, hearing no testimony, and eventually acquitted him. The first caucuses for the 2020 Presidential election happened in Iowa, and it took 4 days to get dubious results (a tie between Pete Buttigieg 26.2% and Bernie Sanders 26.1%). Trump gave the State of the Union address - full of lies and half truths - and on national TV - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripped her copy of his speech in half. Bernie Sanders is leading in the nomination for the democratic representative. The Corona virus or Covid-19 arrived with a vengeance out of China. The stock market fell 12% in the last week of February, the biggest drop since the recession of 2008. Ran into Joe Cardinal (Cardinal Music Productions) today..wonder what’s up..there are no coincidences. Turns out I saw The Fantastics featuring Sydney White, who is Joe's recent leading lady - Legally Blonde, 9 to 5 and Carrie. ![]() Of all the Gall! What universe did I step into? While getting tested for gallstones, I suspect a Friday ultrasound caused a “large” stone to be ejected Saturday night - 3 hrs of intense pain. Resting on Sunday only to have minor but suspicious pain return Monday. Off to the ER looking for an x-ray - or something. A blood test showed sepsis (a life-threatening illness caused by your body's response to an infection) and that was evidence that a stone was probably blocking the bile duct. Need to be clear here - left untreated sepsis will kill you. I was admitted. The next day I received an endoscopic treatment (camera down the throat) to reach the bile duct and the removal of a very large stone. I was informed by two doctors to take advantage of my situation and stay in the hospital and wait for an opening in surgery - laparoscopic gallbladder surgery (cholecystectomy) - otherwise I would have to get into the usual line - could easily be weeks and my gallbladder could make me very sick again - I agreed. Wednesday was not too difficult - no food or drink after midnight - and stayed that way until 8 pm - basically all day. I had dinner. Thursday the same - long days sitting without food or drink in a hospital bed. Both these days I was hooked up to the saline drip and antibiotics. No luck on Thursday. By the end of waiting Thursday evening I had put on 10 lbs of water - I was so bloated I couldn’t eat. I talked to my doctor Dr. Kvokvotav (he is great) and said if they didn’t stop the water I’m pulling out. They stopped the water. Friday was hell but I got a call around 5:30 to get ready. I waited until 8 and was told no. They said one more day. It was late, I was exhausted and went to sleep. It happened Saturday morning around 10:30. Nurse Hannah and I celebrated afterward with a quick in and out catheter. For that week I lived in those stupid hospital gowns, cold thin blankets, needle (drip) constantly in my arm (difficult to move in bed and you need to carry the pole everywhere), 1 or 2 blood tests a day, 3 temperature, blood pressure and pulse checks and dozens of crazy sick people - a hospital is not a fun place. Had it gone the usual route, I would have been given a date, stopped eating the night before, showed up the appointed time, and about 2 hours later it would have been done. I might have been held overnight then released. What universe did I step into? (US cost $40,000 - $100,000 - includes endoscope and 2 days hospital) In Canada the surgeon is paid about $600 for the operation, total cost around $5,000. Thoughts Reality lives on the edge of now, the unfolding present moment. We can influence the character of that flow by choosing to welcome it with a smile, gently. slowly, lovingly or fight against a perceived "anger" with it's arrival. Music training program. Play the note on the page - the program recognizes the note you played and places it (in another colour) on the staff - right or wrong. ![]() Attended The Cassilis Engagement University Players A period piece (Victorian England) about the engagement between a common girl and a landed aristocrat . She and her mother visit the grand county home for a week where the rich relatives and friends do not approve. There is no intricate scheme to separate the two, yet in the end it’s the girl who decides the “grand” lifestyle is too boring and stuffy - she terminates the engagement. A David Court set (first of the season I think) which did not fail to impress. Costumes were outstanding and the lighting good. Acting (all round) was excellent - it was the play itself which fell short - nothing of any real excitement happens. Windsor Express - basketball game Loss to London Lightning. Stellar game by London’s AJ Gains. Express missing star players Chris Jones and Shakil. Turns out Shakil was traded, but Jones is still on the roster along with the return of Quinnel Brown (yes!) and Chris Commons. Team is looking good. ![]() The Fantasticks Kordazone A pretty good job - fixing some sound issues would help, (collar mics) Sydney White, who has been about but I'd not seen - great addition to local talent - hope she stays around. Wish full reprise of "Try to Remember" closed show. ![]() Viewed Line of Duty (Netflix) UK police drama - internal investigations of cops gone bad. Well done. Six one hour episodes, five seasons. (30 hrs) Main cast, left to right - Martin Compston as DC Steve Arnott, Vicky McClure as DC Kate Fleming and Adrian Dunbar as Ted Hastings. Read River to the West, John Jennings 1948 Not sure where I found this book, but the inscription was curious - "Caroline Stewart, 1952 May-June, Niece of Thomas Smart - the only book he ever read from beginning to end. Given to Carol after uncle's death" I felt I should honour their family history and read it too. Takes place around 1810-13 and is based on the the true story of the fur trade expansion west by John Jacob Astor. Broken into five parts - we see the gathering of men to head west, then the long sea voyage around South America, the tragic loss of ship and men to the natives around Vancouver, the escape and return to camp of the main characters (not Astor but his agents) and the return overland to New York. At the time of his death in 1848, Astor was the wealthiest person in the United States, leaving an estate estimated to be worth at least $20 million. His estimated net worth would have been equivalent to approximately $649.5 million in 2019 dollars. In it's day it was probably a great beach read - now a little dated - it could be an interesting movie.
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