flash back

I saw a report on the morning news today about the first landing on the moon 50 years ago in July.  That July my husband and I celebrated our first anniversary by buying (are you ready for this?) our first ever color TV.  We bought it specifically so we could watch the moon landing in color.  Only problem was there was not a lot of color, or color transmitting cameras, during that very exciting, and sometimes fuzzy transmission.  Those were the days when it took a lot of fine tuning and color adjustment to get almost realistic colors on our TV but we did discover, to our delight, that Saturday morning cartoons showed up in beautiful color.  We had a lot of fun watching such classics as "Bulwinkle", "George of Jungle", "Dudly Doright" and so much more.  Life was fun in 1969.

too easy

I heard a few more details on the news this evening about the new gambling law in Indiana.  If I understand correctly you can now bet on team sports using an app on your phone or computer.  I'm not worried about this on a personal level because I don't follow sports with enough interest to ever bet on the outcome of a game.  Although I will admit I'm pleased with how well the US womens soccer team has been doing this week. However, if I hear that I could buy Power Ball tickets  with my phone I might be tempted.  I have saved myself money by not being patient enough to stand in line at a grocery store to buy lottery tickets.  Since I am a person who appreciates the convenience of being able to buy a book through Kindle at 11:00pm, I can imagine being very tempted by easy access lottery tickets.  If you already know that this can be done, don't tell me.

New laws

I heard a recap on this evening's news of some new laws just passed for the state of Indiana.  First, growing hemp will now be legal. Can legalized marijuana be far behind?  I have mixed feelings about this.  I do think medical marijuana can be a real blessing for some people.
The second law says that 'revenge porn' is illegal, punishable by up to a year in jail.  In case you're not sure what 'revenge porn' is (I had never heard of this) it happens when one party, upset over a romatic break up, shares lewd, revealing pictures of his or , ex, intended for private viewing, with the cyber world.  I can't help wondering why anyone would send pictures like that to anyone else in the first place.  Use a little common sense people.
And finally the third new law that attracted my attention.  Evidently more types of sports betting and casino gambling are now legal. This really won't impact me much unless someone floats a casino boat on the St. Mary's or builds a casino as part of Headwater's Park.  Ah well, a girl can dream.

and even more confusion

In the interest of fairness and curiosity, I watched the second half of the Democratic candidates' debate this evening.  Lots of interesting comments and a lot more shouting and interrupting than last night. I find that I have three favorites from last night and three from tonight, four women, two men.  I don't know how the 2020 election will play out but I really do hope that the Democratic party is smart enough to nominate a young, articulate, smart, experienced, young, female candidate.  We shall see.  

more confusion

It will come as no surprise to most of my friends that I frequently find things confusing.  Things like the necessity for traffic circles leave me wondering.  But in the last few days a couple of new things have me scratching my head.  First, over the last several years I've heard that coffee is good for you and is not good for you.  Just yesterday I learned that coffee can help you loose weight by activating your brown fat. I didn't even know I have different colors of fat.  Over the last few years I've heard that people should take a baby aspirin every day.  Then, not long ago, I heard that if you're over 70 and don't have heart problems you should not take baby aspirins.  However, after my recent surgery, my doctor told me to take two baby aspirins every day.  And right now I'm watching the first of the debates between 10 of the hopeful Democratic candidates for president.  Ten more will debate tomorrow evening.  Talk about confusing.  All I know at this point is who I won''t be voting for in 2020.

Just for laughs

I've mentioned before that I get lots of interesting catalogs from time to time.  I think this is because the lady who lived in this apartment before me bought everything through catalogs.  Today, one of my favorites arrived in the mail.  Not surprisingly, the name of the publication is "Catalog Favorites."  I have bought a few gifts from this catalog but I particularly enjoy it for the clever captions on the T-shirts they sell.  Here are a few of my favorites from this issue: 
"I thought the dryer made my clothes shrink, turns our it was the refrigerator."
"I thought growing old would take longer."
"Dusted once, it came back.  Not falling for that again."
"The 12 step chocoholics program - never be more than 12 steps away from chocolate."
"If you can't remember my name, just say 'chocolate.'  I'll turn around."
And of course my all time favorite: "Being cremated is my last hope for a smoking hot body."

Selective recuoeration

It's been almost two weeks now since I had my hip replacement surgery and I'm healing very well. I still use a walker some and my cane some, but more and more often I find myself walking around my apartment with no help at all.  However, I've noticed a strange phenomenon in my recovery process.  I seem to be able to find the energy I need to do the things I want to do and yet totally lack the ability to do anything unpleasant.  For example this past weekend I spent four hours in the library on Saturday, mostly sitting I admit, and about four hours at a graduation party on Sunday, again mostly sitting.  However today, when I had no appointments or committments, I convinced myself that I should spend the day pretty much just lying around, reading a good book and playing computer games.  I was sure I absolutely am not strong enough yet to vacuum the livingroom.  I love this selective recuperation.  Don't tell.