Mo 1/22/24

 Mo 1/22/24

720am (2-B). 920am (1-B). 540pm (2-B). 

Up 6am: Light freezing rain for most of the day with temps hovering near 32. A 'Winter Weather Advisory' is in effect until midnight. Westview is a moist sheet of wet gray ice, but it would be much worse if it were only a few degrees colder. 

I wrote up 'THE SINS OF THE FATHERS' by Lawrence Block for the blog. 

Watched 'THE JOKER' (Netflix). A mentally ill man lives with his mother in a garish urban nightmare. He's obsessed with stand up comedy, goes off his meds, and mayhem results. One of the darkest films I've ever seen about a person experiencing severe mental health issues; with Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Shea Whigham, Marc Maron, and Sam Morill can be heard telling a joke..."I just hope my death makes more 'cents' than my life."

In the middle of the film I called ATT Benefits about the billing change that they will no longer deduct $51 from my account. I thought that this was for dental insurance. I didn't get anything close to a reasonable answer. The clerk just read back to me what the fucking letter said and gave no reason. She did say that I have dental coverage, but I couldn't find any mention of this on the website. Then I called my dentist to change from Aetna to United Healthcare, but the clerk said that the office was closed today because of the ice. It must be bad out there. 

I did get an email from the post office that Buddy's medicine should be delivered by 9pm. However,  the roads are pretty bad and I expect a delay. {I misread the notice and it said that delivery would be on Th 1/25 at 9pm} 

Wrote The Chat 

1220pm: FIVE MILES AT 4.1 PACE AND ZERO SLANT; watched the latest WE MIGHT BE DRUNK.

Weights:  3 sets/ 15 reps

Reading 'FUNERAL IN BERLIN'

450pm:  TWO MILES AT 4.1 PACE AND ZERO SLANT; began SAM TALLENT on 'YOUR MOM'S HOUSE'.

545pm: In the tub with 'FUNERAL IN BERLIN' and listening to YES- 'Relayer';  RICK WAKEMAN- 'The Six Wives of Henry VIII'; SMALL FACES-  "Sha La La Lee'.

More of a J.R.E.

More 'KUBRA' (Netflix). I shut it down 10 minutes into episode #5. Kibir: 'Mighty, Arrogance, Great, Grave'. "Kibir" is the Turkish title to the series and it translates as 'pride' or 'arrogance'. 

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