We Have All the Time In the World

Began the morning with a quick breakfast and The Best of James Bond. This is an older CD collection of Bond themes up to License to Kill, plus instrumental music from the films and "We Have All the Time In the World" by Louis Armstrong on a second disc. I only had time for the Sean Connery Bond films - the iconic "Goldfinger," the title ballads from From Russia With Love and Thunderball, the lovely title song from You Only Live Twice by Nancy Sinatra, the searing Shirley Bassey title song from Diamonds are Forever - and the first two Roger Moore movies. The dark hard rock title song from Live and Let Die is one of Wings' best songs, but Lulu's title number for The Man With the Golden Gun is as bland as that movie is strange. 

I got such a late start, I ended up taking Uber to work. I think I made the right choice. It took less than 3 minutes for the morning driver to arrive. The afternoon driver came in 8 minutes. No trouble either way, absolutely no traffic - it was all going in the opposite direction. I got to work with time to spare.

No trouble at work, either. It was off-and-on busy all day again. I did have to shelve some cold items, but I was mostly sweeping or outside pushing carts. I wouldn't have wanted to be anywhere else. Once again, the weather was absolutely gorgeous and perfect for April, mid-60's and sunny and breezy as can be. They did send one of the college boys who had been cashiering to help out later. Otherwise, there were no major problems, and I was in and out.

Soon as I got home, I changed and went down for a nap. I'm sooo tired. I'm not used to working five days in a row at the Acme anymore. Passed out a little after 2:30 and didn't get up until 4:30.

Listened to More of the Monkees after I rolled out of bed. I found a double-disc vinyl version of the Monkees' second album at the FYE in Deptford two years ago. The Monkees may not have been fans of their second album, especially the bland cover they had no input in, but you can't argue with the results. Their biggest hit song, "I'm a Believer," came from this album, along with "I'm Not Your Stepping Stone" and "Look Out, Here Comes Tomorrow." I'm more partial to one of the group's best ballads, the lovely "Sometime In the Morning." The second vinyl disc features rarities that were recorded around the same time like "Apples, Peaches, Bananas, and Pears," "I Never Thought It Peculiar," "I'll Spend My Life With You," and the early versions of "Words" and "Valleri." 

Finished the night with the Sunday Match Game marathon. Plaid seemed to have been extremely popular for suits in the 1970's, especially early in the decade. Richard Dawson made plaid work in two jackets, one purple plaid, one brown, that he wore into 1977. He also seemed fond of a black and white houndstooth jacket. 

Gene Rayburn never seemed to quite figure out plaid. Probably the most infamous suit he ever wore was that green and red plaid monstrosity from late 1973. The panelists wouldn't even look at him when he came out. Jack Carter said he looked like a station break in Poland. (And given what Jack's shirt looked like, he wasn't one to talk.) Brett Somers and Pat Harrington teased him about his gray and white check with the pink shirt and bow-tie later in 1973, too, saying he looked like half of a vaudeville team. Richard thought he looked like a used car salesman.

Check out the checks and plaids in this hilarious and well-dressed marathon!

Match Game Sunday Classics - Best Plaid Suits & Fashions On Match Game