A new season of Jeopardy! has started. Today’s game noted the 60th anniversary of Star Trek.
Late Night Agents of SHIELD
Stephen Colbert, no longer a late night show host, has bequeathed his Captain America shield to Jimmy Kimmel. But don’t believe the claim that the artifact was first on display at the Marvel Comics offices in 1960. For one thing, in 1960 Marvel wasn’t Marvel, it was Atlas Comics.*
NCS@80
A video history of, and introduction to, the National Cartoonists Society.
PT for Me
No surprise that the diagnosis for my left knee injury is a “possible” torn medial meniscus. I’ll be taking an anti-inflammatory drug for a couple of weeks then starting physical therapy. If there isn’t an improvement within six weeks, an MRI will be needed for a better view.
“Quick to injure, slow to heal” is the reality, usually starting sometime in your fifties, for both men and women. One moment I was perfectly fine, jogging along as usual. The next moment something went “pop” in my knee and there was pain.
Two of a Kind From ’35
This is something I meant to do years — and years! — ago. Early in 1935, Walt Disney Studios released a Mickey Mouse cartoon, his first in color, called ‘The Band Concert.’
At the end of 1935, the Fleischer Brothers Studio released Popeye’s (much funnier) cartoon “answer” to Mickey, ‘The Spinach Overture’.
I’m making the comparison while QC-ing the replacement Popeye DVD set. There has been some cost-cutting, with DVD+R discs and basic packaging, but it plays without messing up, unlike the now-rotting 2007 box set.
Cold Compress Comfort
Between applying a cold compress gel pack several times each day and otherwise wearing a brace, I’m making progress with my knee injury.
The pain has been reduced to discomfort, and hobbling around the house has been improved to reasonably comfortable walking. Here’s hoping I don’t have a torn ligament or cartilage.
Update: I’ve made an appointment to see an orthopedic knee specialist.