Originally posted February 8, 2024:
Here’s another simulated evening’s viewing of TCM Noir Alley. He Walked By Night has everything going for it — a tense story based on actual events, outstanding cinematography, and Jack Webb’s inspiration in creating his Dragnet radio and TV series. There’s no mistaking the voice of Reed Hadley, who narrated many crime movies, and appeared in a few of them. Take it away, Eddie…
Last weekend I attended two weddings. (I’ve taken up wedding crashing in retirement.) Fortunately, there were no funerals.
I must have caught something at one of those events, because last night I started to feel sick. It seemed like an ordinary, mild cold. I wore a mask this morning to a physical therapy appointment for my knee.
When the PT guy saw me he also wore a mask. Good thing he did.
I was doing all right until this afternoon, when I suddenly felt like some of RFK Jr.’s road kill. The thermometer said 100.7.
Darn. A Covid test kit that expired two years ago tested positive. Double darn.
A visit to urgent care confirmed I have Covid. My fever had risen to 101.2. This is an exact replay of what happened five years ago. I was vaccinated for Covid back then, and six weeks later I caught Covid at a social event. If the vaccine is reducing the severity of the illness, it feels no more effective now than it did in 2021.
Covid is now an endemic disease, like the flu. I also had a flu shot, by the way. Anyway, I’m out of circulation until this clears out of my system. Until then, I’ll look for ways to make life worth living.
The older I get, the stiffer my neck gets.
The BBC has plenty of soccer, soccer and more soccer on their sports stations. But they’re shutting down the drama station, BBC Radio 4 Extra. This will be a serious loss for visually impaired people.
Why the recent BBC decision to close Radio 4 Extra is a terrible mistake
https://www.radiotimes.com/audio/radio/bbc-radio-4-extra-closure-mistake-comment/
Back in 2008 the competition between Toshiba’s HD-DVD and Sony’s Blu-ray was coming to an end. Sony won, but now they’re abandoning the format.
Sony Japan marks last standalone 4K Blu-ray player as ‘Discontinued’
Panasonic continues to sell Blu-ray players, but for how long? Are the Chinese brands like Krovatar good enough to fill the void?
Yesterday, I took an emergency preventive step to protect this website. A year ago, Microsoft ended support for Windows 10. I didn’t pay for extended security support on the Windows 10 tower system in my office, and yet …
