Category Archives: Television

LISTS, Television

TV Shows That Never Got to Wrap Up and Need More Seasons

  • Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency
  • Lie To Me
  • Arrested Development
  • Dark Angel
  • Better Off Ted
  • The Orville
  • Friends From College
  • The Guest Book

Holidays, Nature, Television, Words, Writing

Patrick stream of consciousness

  • Patrick Stewart
  • Captain Picard
  • Make it so
  • Data
  • Computer
  • Hard drive
  • Memory
  • Memories
  • Childhood
  • Sisters
  • Dance routines
  • Rescue Aid Society
  • Records
  • Library
  • Books
  • Bookshelf
  • Construction
  • Wood
  • Sawdust
  • Leather
  • Summer camp
  • Pine trees
  • Boundary Waters
  • Loons
  • Loon calls
  • Mist on the lake
  • Sunrise
  • Peace
Events, Memories, Movies, Music, Science Fiction, Television, Trivia

Previously On November 10

  • 1989 – German citizens begin demolishing Berlin Wall
  • 1989 – College student (it’s me) raced to Merle Hay Mall in Des Moines, Iowa to stand in the electronics section at a mall store so that I could watch the fall of the Berlin Wall
  • 2012 – Barack Obama elected as 44th President of the United States
  • 1483 – Birth of Martin Luther, leader of the Protestant Reformation
  • 2010 – Disney composer Alan Menken (The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Pocahontas) receives 2442nd star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame
  • 1241 – Pope Celestine IV passes away
  • 1969 – Sesame Street premieres
  • 1908 – First Gideon Bible placed in hotel room
  • 1889 – Birth of Claude Rains, famous for playing Chief of Police in Casablanca
  • 1940 – Walt Disney’s first day as FBI informer
  • 1801 – Dueling is outlawed by the state of Kentucky
  • 1871 – Birth of Winston Churchill, but not the Winston Churchill you’re thinking of
  • 1964 – Birth of Kenny Rogers, but not the Kenny Rogers you’re thinking of
  • 1969 – Birth of Ellen Pompeo, yes the one you’re thinking of
  • 1958 – The Hope Diamond is donated to New York’s Smithsonian Institution
  • 1990 – Home Alone movie premieres at the box office
  • 1766 – Charter signed for Queen’s College / Rutger’s University
  • 1998 – Premiere of Star Trek: Insurrection
  • 2014 – London Premiere of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
  • 1963 – Actress Doris Roberts (Everybody Loves Raymond) marries novelist William Goyen who is 15 years her senior
  • 2007 – Author Norman Mailer dies
  • 1954 – Unveiling of the Marine Corps War Memorial depicting the raising of the flag during the Battle of Iwo Jima
  • 1928 – Emporer Hirohito is publicly confirmed
COVID-19, Events, Nature, Social Media, Television

Things I’ve Done So Far During Quarantine

  • Dishes — a lot of dishes
  • Put away all the laundry that was sitting in piles of “This is clean; I’ll put it away someday.”
  • Cleaned out two boxes of stuff from my job
  • Practiced piano
  • Started a 1000 piece puzzle
  • Caught up on current season of Schitt’s Creek (so sad it’s over!)
  • Caught up on current season of Spring Baking Championship
  • Caught up on current season of Sister Wives
  • Watched last season of Flip or Flop
  • Watched season three of Lie to Me
  • Cleaned all main floor floors
  • Cleaned kitchen more times than I should have to
  • Actually cooked real food
  • Walked outside daily
  • Signed up for GeekNerdDating.com
  • Forgot to cancel before my trial period was up
  • Interviewed for a job
  • Updated my resume
  • Read
  • Stacked up a bunch more books to read
  • Debated rearranging all furniture in living and dining rooms but decided that was a terrible idea with nobody to help me
  • Video chatted with Grandbaby/Son/Daughterinlaw
  • Video chatted with my Tribe
  • Talked to parents daily
  • Spent too much on Amazon
  • Cleaned off all my ceiling fans with the new extendable pole duster I got on Amazon
  • Had groceries delivered twice
  • Had pizza delivered once and then was reminded that pizza messes with my stomach something fierce
  • Listened to birds singing
  • Took lots of nature pictures
  • Set up a private Facebook group for the condo association where I live
  • Wrote social media posts for pages I admin (some scheduled out through August)
  • Organized my Sharpies
  • Set up a main floor work space
  • Tried to wear something every day that makes me happy

St Patty’s day shirt & my Christmas leggings

 

View from the bench in front of my home