We had entertaining video calls with
both the BRS and FBR last evening. The BRS definitely acquires additional
attitude with each passing day. Yesterday she demonstrated the ability to scale
the front of the stove in several vain attempts to immolate her hand. She understands
something is “hot” when she is warned but seems more fascinated than fearful.
My Favorite Son and the ABFA took turns scaling her back when she tried to
reach the lit burners in the back – by necessity in the back. The FBR was
outwardly serene as she deigned to allow us to join her while she finished off
dinner. My daughter related a story about the FBR who, after watching a video
of a rhythmic gymnast, decided she was all in. She grabbed some of Wingman’s kickboxing
hand wraps to substitute for the ribbon she’d seen with the gymnast. She then
gave a credible performance although she stopped whenever my daughter tried to
join in the dancing. Finally she decided since the video was from the Olympics
and included an audience she needed one as well. Soon her entire array of
stuffed animals was positioned on the couch to view her performance. I vainly
tried to get a copy of the hilarious video but, since I am Instagram averse, I
failed. In my search I ran across what may be my favorite picture of the FBR
and I together. It captures our relationship so well. We tend to bring the
silliness out in each other.
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| FBR and I |
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| Lunchtime Progress |
Our house is now solar equipped
although we’re not completely hooked up yet. We still have to get an electrical
inspection and then the power company has to install some sort of device. I was
totally impressed with the installation crew. They showed up right at 7am and
worked non-stop throughout the day. I stopped by for lunch and they were more
than halfway done. When I came home from work shortly before 5pm they were done
and gone. I’ve been impressed with this company from the get go. Now we’ll see
if it all works out as I transition into an energy producer.
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| Installation Complete |
Back at the cinema last night to see
Ad Astra. This is a very interesting take on science fiction. Brad Pitt, who
towers in this, plays an astronaut in the near future whose father may or may
not be sending deadly waves of energy from across the solar system after being
considered dead for many years. Pitt is charged with journeying to Mars to make
radio contact with him. Along the way he runs across pirates on the moon and Norwegian
space baboons. This sounds like an action packed sci fi frolic but it was
anything but that. It was an intensely personal and uniformly bleak journey for
Pitts character to rediscover his humanity. It’s easy to forget just how good
an actor Pitt can be until you see him in something like this. He has to be
that good because the movie is so personal despite the breathtaking scenery he
journeys through. Too many sci fi films focus on the scenery and forget about
the story. This was so good and features the first ever climatic scenes in the
rings of the planet Neptune (didn’t even know they had em). This movie is completely
in Pitt’s hands and he delivers. Some viewers may be put off by the austere pace
and settings but the movie inexorably hits all the right marks on Pitt’s
journey.
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RECURRING
CHARACTERS
BRS
- Blog Reader the Sequel
- second granddaughter; FBR - First Blog
Reader - first granddaughter, ABFA –
Amazing Best Family Athlete = my daughter in law; Wingman – my son in law; Keene
Friends 1 & 2 – friends since high school from my home town of Keene,
NH; Soxfather - my brother in law; Great Aunt = my elder sister; Cantankerous Friend – friend since
grade school who likes to argue about everything, poses as radical leftist to
attract women; Pittsburgh College
Roommate – high school friend, also a “Minor Celebrity” in Pittsburgh; Deckzilla – our backyard deck which
grew to monstrous dimensions once my wife got involved in planning; Maine and Virginia Musqueteras – two
close friends of my wife – her US sisters, my wife is the 3rd musquetera
(musketeer); Riggins - also known as
the Grandpuppy, son's dog, surrogate grandchild while awaiting arrival of the
BRS; PanaGals – female
relatives/friends of my wife from Panama; Panamanian/Latin
Mafia – inevitable group of Latino friends my wife accumulates wherever we
have lived & their spouses; Neighborhood
Mafioso - wife's close friend and Panamanian mafia member, Favorite Panamanian - the wife (of
course); First Friday – celebrations
to mark the First Friday of the Week; Deckzilla
Dude – senior citizen carpenter/contractor; Voices of Inappropriate Worth - members of public who come to every
Worcester public meeting to complain, all are on public assistance along with
demeanor issues
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