In case you care, my first choice was Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom Soup but we don’t have any in the pantry. Sam promised to go to Wal-Mart tomorrow to stock up.
This might be an ideal time to share my latest Shit-O-Meter readout, which provides an up-to-the-minute report of my ongoing pain and overall misery. An “07” is definitely NOT VERY SWELL. To get some relief and lower that number I have to take a surprising number of medications … Mylanta (caramel/vanilla flavor), a prescription chewable and a teeny prescription anti-nausea tablet, all washed down with a Glucerna meal replacement shake for elderly diabetics. (With a bendy straw.)
Click here to view a detailed explanation of our Shit-O-Meter numbers.
MONDAY, 11/18/2019, 9:34 P.M. Thanks to Facebook (woo-hoo!) I recently reconnected with a girlfriend (Roxanne Henkin) who I’ve known since second grade. She’s a mostly-retired professor emeritus at the University of Texas in San Antonio. I promised her I’d post a photo of our fourth grade class (1960/1961) from Highland School in Skokie, and here it is. Check it out. I’m the adorable, exceptionally bright child with my face outlined in red. Roxanne is in the bottom row, far left. Rocky and I were also in Brownies together in second grade.
Fourth grade was a banner year for me because Mrs. Taylor taught us all about civics, which resulted in a lifelong interest in the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the three branches of government and the separation of powers. She also helped us stage mock presidential debates to prepare us for the Kennedy/Nixon election coming up that year in November. I’ve always loved politics … and still do.
FYI, I can still name everybody in my fourth grade class (even Herbie Rotfeld!) with the exception of three people. I’m drawing a blank on: 1) the boy in the third row, second from the right; 2) the boy directly to my left in the fourth row; and 3) the girl in the bottom row, second from the right (I think her name might be Laurie). If you can identify any of these children — who are now 68-year-old senior citizens — please let me know as soon as possible.
I love public school teachers!
Thank you.
There are lots of quirky display fonts here tonight (“Rowlink,” “Festive Cheer,” “Young Coconut,” “Magendfret,” “Jolly Joy”), a lovely script (“Ganella”) and even a fine layered font (“Hansley”). Download links appear below the font list.
Incidentally, please send me an email if you want the font file for “Hansley,” because I received it as a gift from Creative Market. (In other words, the only way to get this font is directly from yours truly.)
- LT. COL. ALEXANDER VINDMAN, the top Ukraine specialist on the National Security Council, who listened to the July 25 telephone conversation in the White House Situation Room and reported his concerns about Trump’s mention of political investigations to the top NSC attorney, John Eisenberg. He said it was Eisenberg who decided to move the record of the call onto a highly classified server that few could access.
- JENNIFER WILLIAMS, a foreign service aide working for Mike Pence’s office. Williams listened in on the July 25 call between Trump and Zelenskiy.
- KURT VOLKER, former special envoy to Ukraine who, along with Gordon Sondland and Energy Secretary Rick Perry, was one-third of the “three amigos” tasked by Trump to handle Ukraine policy. He was on the list of witnesses requested to appear by Republican members of the Intelligence Committee.
- TIM MORRISON, a former National Security Council aide, heard the July 25 call but in closed-door testimony told the committees conducting the impeachment inquiry that he didn’t view Donald Trump’s actions as illegal or inappropriate. Republicans believe his testimony supports the “president’s” position that there was nothing improper about the July 25 call, and they included Morrison on a list of witnesses they asked the Intelligence Committee chairman, Representative Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), to call.
While we’re discussing Trump — which conveniently rhymes with the Yiddish term “schlump” — I’d like to share the following comparison photos for your possible interest. Here we have Presidents Obama (the photo on the left) and Trump (the photo on the right), both on official state visits to Great Britain several years apart, wearing white tie and tails for a formal dinner at Buckingham Palace. Of special importance here is Donald Trump’s suit: 1) how poorly it fits; 2) Trump looks like a SLOB; 3) the sleeves are covering his hands instead of stopping at at the edge of his shirt; 4) his vest is six inches longer than the jacket; 5) the jacket is too tight to button; 6) the shoulders of the jacket are hanging badly; and 7) the pants are too long, sacky and ill-fitting.
Bottom line … the facial expressions say it all!
Thank you for reading this. I think I need a William Powell movie now.
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