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- My older child, who will be home from Alabama soon, texted me and said we simply must watch Smokey and the Bandit upon her return. No idea where that came from, but we can do that. We have the technology. So then on the way to the post office this morning I was remembering all of those Pontiac LeMans sedans used inauthentically as Alabama state trooper cruisers in the movie. Seems like it was a custom run and there was something wrong with it, so the production was able to pick them up on the cheap. (I know that’s a true story. I just can’t remember whether it’s about this movie.)
- Hero and Apollo 11 astronaut (but I repeat myself) Michael Collins has died at 90. When I first learned about Apollo 11 as a wee one, I didn’t grasp that the lunar lander wasn’t the same thing as the command module. So I never understood why a guy would fly all the way to the moon and then not get out. Heh. RIP and thank you, sir. You did one of the very coolest things anyone ever did.
- We’re about to finish Vera (well, as much as there is right now). We may do Shadow and Bone next before going back to something longer.
- eBay has changed a lot for sellers since I last used it for that. I’m doing a bit now, and while it’s not the least expensive way to sell your stuff, I think there is more than sufficient value added for the difference. There are lots of things that were manual back in the day that are now pushbutton.
- I’m reading and enjoying Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies, which a special friend gave me when it was new 20+ years ago. It’s a collection of nine short stories. I think I only ever read the first one back in the day. I’m a much better candidate for this book now. There are delicious and resonant subtleties in her writing that I wasn’t equipped to appreciate then.
- We took a little drive around MidCity District last night. We’re coming up on four years (!) since it first opened, but there still isn’t really enough there to give it an all-of-a-piece feel. (I assume that’s COVID-19 retardation, at least partially.) Aaron and I will give Kamado Ramen a whirl soon.
- We have a Texas double-header for IndyCar this weekend (featuring half the oval races on the entire schedule!), including the return of Tony Kanaan to Chip Ganassi Racing—but weather looks pretty bad for Saturday night right now. Maybe it will blow through earlier than expected. And whatever happens, the Sunday race looks much safer meteorologically.
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I really loved Interpreter of Maladies and her novel Namesake, as well.
I chose the word (resonance) carefully, because that’s what I feel with some of what she puts down. I think 20 years of additional life experience has increased my ability to appreciate her.