By 11:30, it wasn't raining, just cold and cloudy, probably in the mid-50's. I figured it was fine to go for a walk, run some errands, and check out a new record store. Started out at Target to use that gift card I got from one of the kids for Teacher's Appreciation Day last week. I needed new hair clips. I only see those tasty Junkless bars at Target and WalMart. The chocolate-peanut butter bars were the only ones left.
Made a brief stop at the Haddon Township Library to renew my library card. I'd been meaning to do it for weeks, but I hadn't gotten around to it. After they renewed it, I looked around for a while. I have a ton of novels I still haven't read and didn't see any non-fiction that interested me, so I moved on.
Had lunch at The Westmont on the cliff side under the library. The rain was just picking up as I settled down for a Garden Omelet with spinach, tomatoes, and goat cheese, cheesy grits, whole wheat toast with fig preserves and raspberry-currant jam, and their amazing, thick, chewy bacon. The grits in particular really hit the spot. Tons of cheddar cheese and pepper, just smooth enough. Perfect for a cold, rainy day. They surprisingly weren't that busy. There was a big group in the back and a few people on the other side near the windows.
By the time I finished, it was showering too hard for long walks. I called Uber. The driver to Westmont picked me up in 5 minutes. The one who picked me up in Westmont to go home took 11 minutes, not bad for 3 PM. Either way, there were no problems getting there. The rain must have cleared out the traffic.
Moonrocket Vinyl at 8th and Ash proved to mainly be a colorful gift shop specializing in locally made crafts, but they did have bins with a small selection of records. I ended up with two brand-new reissues, one of which I'd never heard of but was certainly willing to try:
Miles Davis - Milestones....
Mean Mothers: Independent Women's Blues, Volume 1 (Bawdy blues numbers sung by strong women in the 20's, 30's, and early 40's.)
Since it was only a block away, I dodged the downpour and strolled down to Scoop Deville next. They actually were busy, a bit of a surprise given the chilly weather. I tried their Not Your Daddy's Oreo flavor, which was pretty much just cookies and cream with whipped cream on top. Still tasty though as I watched the rain come down in buckets.
(Incidentally, the rain has been coming down off and on, sometimes heavily, for the rest of the day.)
Watched MASH episodes from the third season for the next couple of hours after I got home. It's "A Rich Full Day" for the members of the 4077th as they deal with a Turkish soldier who just wants to get back out and kill people, a body that has somehow gone missing, and an officer who wants his soldier looked at first. "The Consultant" (Robert Alda, Alan Alda's real-life father) is a veteran doctor who follows Hawkeye and Trapper to the front after meeting them in Japan. He suggests a brand-new and delicate procedure that has never been done before, then leaves it to Hawkeye when he's too inebriated to pull it off.
Hawkeye is placed under "House Arrest" (or tent arrest) when he's caught punching Frank. Frank learns his own lesson in telling the truth when a visiting general (Mary Wickes) turns out to be very interested in him. Everyone at the 4077th is worried when Hawkeye, Hot Lips, and Klinger are sent to an "Aid Station" that is under heavy fire. Hawkeye spends the time getting to know Hot Lips beyond her relationship with Frank and learning to appreciate women a little better. "Love and Marriage" means something very different to a Korean doctor (Soon-Tech-Oh) whose wife is about to give birth and a young soldier who wants to marry a girl for her money.
Messed around online for a while, then finished the night with a late Match Game marathon at YouTube. There were quite a few contestants in the military during the 1973-1982 run of the show. The first in 1973 was an Army chaplain, which led to several religious jokes. There was the well-dressed Scottish officer in the nighttime episode whom everyone on the upper tier saluted, and the Air Force pilot with such bushy eyebrows, Gene insisted that he could comb them over if he ever went bald. A sweet officer lost to an excited mother-to-be with a very loud scream. Another one beat a very funny lady who insisted that Gene give her a new kid on the block kiss! There was also the PM episode with the cute Naval officer who was pit against a cheerful and pretty Israeli woman, and one of the last nighttime episodes where Jack Klugman went crazy, ran all over the stage, and lifted the officer's fiancee in the air after he won $20,000.
Celebrate a much drier Memorial Day and salute those men and women who died for our country in the 70's and early 80's with this short but very funny marathon!
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