You know what sucks? When it’s 4:30 in the morning and you can’t fall asleep even though you’re so tired you can’t keep your eyes open. Like RIGHT NOW, for instance. I’m not sure why this is happening for the third night in a row, but I might decide to haul my body to the chaise in the family room any minute now because I always sleep like a rock on the chaise. (If I stop typing all of a sudden you’ll know why.) In the meantime I’ve been Googling friends from the past to amuse myself, with the unfortunate outcome that several of them are DEAD. Holy crap,
right?
In case you’ve forgotten, Sam is off work this week and will be hanging out with me 24/7 at Howdygram headquarters except for a short list of Monday morning errands that includes a drive-by at Mesquite City Hall to pay the water bill (they have a drop-box) and a trip to Costco for our usual roster of essential provisions. With regard to the latter, they are: 1) store-brand canned chicken; 2) mozzarella balls floating in oily green goo; 3) muffins on steroids; 4) a big box of breakfast burritos; 5) a tasty ton of teeny tacos; and 6) chipotle chicken flautas. He’ll also be on the lookout today for seasonal appetizer doodads that Costco might be stocking for holiday parties. We’re extremely fond of seasonal appetizer doodads.
Incidentally, it’s 9:45 a.m. now and Sam just left on his errands. He promised to call from Costco on Face Time so I can survey the grocery landscape and help him decide what else to buy. That store has so much great shit a person such as yours truly could have a nervous breakdown.
For your possible interest Sam and I enjoyed two very fine movies last night: a quirky comedy called
Champagne for Caesar (1950) starring Ronald Colman and Vincent Price; and
Gentleman’s Agreement (1947) starring Gregory Peck, John Garfield and Dorothy McGuire.
Champagne for Caesar was a real hoot because you never get to see Ronald Colman and Vincent Price do comedy ... and they were TERRIFIC! Colman plays an out-of-work genius who gets turned down for a job at Vincent Price’s fancy-schmancy soap company and hatches a plan to get even by bankrupting him as a contestant on the TV quiz show that Price funds and sponsors. This is truly great stuff with a lot of hilarious outbursts by Price and erudite one-liners by Colman. Others in the cast include Barbara Britton as Ronald Colman’s sister, Art Linkletter as quiz show host Happy Hogan and Celeste Holm as a cute floozy hired to distract Colman before the $40 million question. I’ve got this movie on DVD and want to watch it again because Sam slept through the last half and I want him to see it.
All of a sudden I need food. Thank you.
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