Today’s Business: 2010-09-16
Today’s Activities
- Shower. DONE.
- Cat duty. DONE.
- Wash 2 loads of laundry. IN PROGRESS.
Log
09:15 AM: I’m up. Gray and rainy this morning. Still though, I’m not complaining, as we really need the rain. Our grass is mostly brown.
12:15 PM: Watched The History Channel’s mini series: America: The Story of Us; Part Four on the DVR. This one covered the growth of American mega cities, and how the advent of mass-produced steel made it possible to build them vertically (sky scrapers). They illustrated Henry Ford’s bolstering of industrial forces to build the first widely-affordable automobiles. The discovery of oil in Texas was also covered and how oil made the US the biggest oil producer in the world during the early twentieth century. This show detailed Edison’s grueling efforts to find a filament that would glow a long time in his light bulb and how the advent of that artificial light source fueled the growth of the electricity generation industry. They talked of the advances in work place equipment and the evolution of work safety regulations. Prohibition was briefly covered as well, and how it caused organized crime to grow in its near-dynasty status in the 1930s. To combat the increases in organized crime, and to create a new source of cash flow for the government, prohibition was abolished in late 1933. Again, an excellent show, and I’m so looking forward to viewing part four sometime either today or tomorrow. I wish that in lew of American history classes in school, we could have watched this show when I was a high school freshman. That would have made those classes much easier to understand and the events more readily related to.
02:00 PM: Watched today’s episode of The Young and the Restless on the DVR.
02:45 PM: [Emmy] and I finished up the leftover pork roast from last weekend, and we ate some fresh strawberries for dessert, for lunch.
04:45 PM: Nap time. Back later.
05:30 PM: We’re back up again. Great nap on this rainy afternoon, hearing the drops pelting the roof not four feet from the head of my bed.
05:45 PM: Heading out for this week’s shopping trip and today’s visit with Mom. Back later.
09:00 PM: We’re back home again from our shopping trip, and everything purchased has been put away.
11:30 PM: Just watched lots of national and local news, and was surprised that Sarah Palin is advising republican and tea party candidates to speak to only Fox News reporters (those who are sympathetic to their cause). But maybe I should not be so surprised, as many of their rallying points don’t hold up under objective questioning. Then there was New York republican gubernatorial nominee, Carl Paladino, who says he opposes all abortion, even in cases of rape and incest. Seems to have no empathy for the women carrying babies in these cases. Well, the good thing is that he appears extreme in his views, so that the democratic nominee will probably beat him in November — if the democrats show up to vote that is. Grrrrrrr.
12:00 AM: Watched a bit of David Letterman. He told a few chuckle-worthy jokes but nothing terribly funny. Perhaps I’m just very tired, and so, lack enough energy to laugh. 
So I’m off to bed. More tomorrow, take care, and sleep well.
Received Mail and Shipments
None today.