WHAT WE'RE WATCHING

Since Lois is back home, we've resumed watching Star Trek Enterprise. Although the series is no longer available on Netflix after 9/30, we found out that it will be available on Amazon Prime, so we no longer need to rush to finish Season 3 & hurry through Season 4.

And, my OCD forces me to reveal that I neglected to mention one movie that I watched while Lois was in FL. That movie would be Congo. "While searching for rare blue diamonds that could lead to a new revolutionary communications, TraviCom employees Charles Travis & Jeffrey Weems discover the ruins of a lost city near a volcanic site in a remote part of the Congo jungle." [Wikipedia]. Stars included Tim Curry, Ernie Hudson [Ghostbusters], Joe Don Baker, & Bruce Campbell [Ash Williams], who, sadly, only appears briefly at the beginning of the movie before he--SPOILER ALERT!--comes to a gruesome end, courtesy of killer gorillas.

LECKBAND TEMP CHALLENGE

I decided to do a temp challenge this morning, since it seemed unseasonably chilly outside. Results are from weather.com at 8:21a (CDT).

#1, TIE:  Ventura, IA, 51; Norfolk, NE, 51

#3:  Beatrice, NE, 52

#4:  Lincoln, NE, 53

#5, B"HERE'S TO YOUR HEALTH

"Keys to Happy Life = Exercise, Eating Fruits & Veg?" Drudge Report

THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE CHINA

"China targets 'effeminate' men in Xi's mounting push for conformity." Drudge

. . . NEW ZEALAND

"NZ cops arrest men entering locked-down city with 'large amounts' of illicit KFC." Drudge

TRENDING

"Swarm of bees kills dozens of endangered penguins." Drudge

"Schoolboy who hasn't seen a human face in weeks just glad celebrities had a good time last night." Babylon Bee

DEPT. OF SHAMELESS JOKE-TELLING *

* Courtesy of Reader's Digest, July/Aug 2021

"If I was stuck on a desert island with only one record, I would want it to be the record for being able to swim the farthest."

"Every class is drama class when you're in high school."

"Done with dating sites. I'm now focusing on pizza delivery guy because at least I know they have a job, a car, & pizza."

THE WIT & WISDOM OF BE SHAPIRO

"We realize that whatever our faults, whatever our shortcomings, we have a role in the world; tha whatever our faults whatever our shortcomings, we still are heirs to the greatest founding philosophy in world history; that whatever our faults, whatever our shortcomings, we are still citizens of the same body politic. The choice is still in our hands. But if Afghanistan is any indicator, it's quickly slipping away." Column in Norfolk Daily News, 9/13

ABORTION

"During the infighting, we will continue to endure all the old, worn-out, pro-abortion arguments, such as the callously expressed right of a woman to control her own body as if there is not a second body involved. Early on, you might see this evolving miracle as just a process, but oh so quickly we have a human creature, an unborn child getting ready for love & awareness." Column by Jay Ambrose, NDN, 9/15