Work could have been a lot worse, too, especially for a major holiday weekend. We were off-and-on steady all afternoon. It would get busy, only to suddenly die out, and I'd be standing around again. I suspect a lot of people may be waiting for their day off tomorrow or the beginning of the month next week to do their shopping. Plus, holiday or not, it was too nice to be shopping. In and out with no trouble besides a few customers who are still grumpy over having to remember their bags and bag their own groceries.
It was so lovely, I took the long way home down Nicholson. It wasn't busy there, either. Everyone must have been out enjoying the bright roses blossoming in gardens as the sweet scent of honeysuckles drift in from backyards. The leaves are so big and green now, waving to me in the winds as I passed them.
Went straight upstairs and changed, then had a snack. Vacuumed and began the dusting while watching the Talk About marathon on Buzzr. It's debuting tomorrow at 8 PM, replacing Classic Concentration in their prime-time line-up. Got to see the last two two episodes of the marathon, as two young men defeated a pair of ladies to become retired champions. (To give you an idea of when this was filmed, one of the topics they had to describe was the notorious 1987 flop Ishtar.)
Switched to the remaining Looney Tunes wartime shorts as I did some quick dusting in the bedroom. Termite Terrace basically did three types of shorts during World War II along with their regular non-war programming. There were one-off character shorts and shorts featuring the regular characters, like "Herr Meets Hare" with Bugs Bunny tackling real-life German leader Hermann Goring and "Daffy the Commando" taking on the Nazis in Europe. There were also shorts with one-off characters like "The Draft Horse" and the gremlins from the Kremlin damaging Hitler's plane to a "Russian Rhapsody."
Most of the shorts weren't quite so specific. Sketch comedy shorts depicted life at home and in the barracks during wartime; they included "Weakly Reporter" on life in the city and suburbs, "Wacky Blackout" happening in the country, and "Meet John Doughboy," which came out even before the US entered the war. Allegories like "Fifth Column Mouse" and "The Duckinators" revealed how we got involved in the war and how we hoped to finish it.
Worked on writing for a while as the cartoons wound down. Brett and Charles finally find the Jabberwock amid the smoke. It seems like a fearsome beast guarding its treasure, but Brett suspects there's something else wrong with it...
There was something going on at the house, so I figured I'd clear out and eat dinner elsewhere. Finally decided I wasn't up to much more than a lamb gyro at the Gyro & Chicken place two blocks down. They weren't busy either at almost 7 PM. The lamb gyro was salty and messy; the fries were especially crispy. Enjoyed them in a small, quiet storefront with exposed stone walls and a couple of plain chairs and tables. A couple of kids came in to chat with the Middle Eastern owners as I ate.
Went for a walk to enjoy that nice evening after I left. Thought of getting a treat at WaWa, but finally decided I was too full and just used the bathroom there instead. I wasn't the only person out and about, either. Kids played with an old wicker chair at the apartments over the Ritz Theater; adults chatted over their porches and gardens.
Finished the night on YouTube with one of the Family Feud Armed Services Weeks in honor of Memorial Day. Went with the one from 1990 that showed on Buzzr the Sunday before Veteran's Day two years ago. Each branch of the Armed Services play each other; the top winners play for a trophy on the final day. The Army put in a good showing in the championship, but for the second year in a row, they were trounced by the Marines. They had the best answers, the funniest lines, and the most expert trash-talking.
Here's the entire week, so you can see how the Armed Services did competing against each other for yourself!
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