Boss_Tweedy

George Will pulled no punches: https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/opinions/this-sad-embarrassing-wreck-of-a-man/2018/07/17/d06de8ea-89e8-11e8-a345-a1bf7847b375_story.html?noredirect=on

I watched "The Death of Stalin" and "Genius" over the weekend. Both are good movies. I missed "The Death of Stalin" at the theater earlier this year, and I'm not sure whether "Genius" even ever played in my neck of the woods.

Very bummed to learn the news about Elvis' fight with cancer. I still haven't seen him live, but it's definitely a bucket list item for me. Hope he'll be on the mend and touring again soon.

Sorry it's taken me so long to respond. I really enjoyed it though I had the same assumption going in (that it wouldn't be as rocky). I noticed a friend whose taste I trust listening to it on Spotify pretty frequently, so I decided it must be worth a listen.

Saw my first GBV show tonight. Had a drink from a bottle of tequila that Robert handed to the audience to pass around. And saw him briefly and complimented him on the show outside the venue afterward. That was a damn good show!

Guided By Voices

Thanks, Donna. You're exactly right. With every passing day there's something else I wish I could share with him. Even small things like the scores of ballgames. I did go to a minor league baseball game one night last week and sat next to an empty seat (imagining him sitting there next to me throughout the game). I promise I'm not crazy. It was just comforting to imagine him sitting there by me. And I find myself having conversations with him still, especially when I'm alone in the car. I did watch! And they've been in first place in the NL East for most of the season! That's definitely so

Thank you. I did exactly those things. And I wanted to do something for someone to commemorate the date. So I visited a 92-year-old World War II veteran who, along with his wife, were like a second father or grandfather and mother or grandmother to me when I was little. His wife kept me during the day while my parents worked. His health isn't good, and his wife has to spend most of the time at home caring for him. She had mentioned to my mom that she wished she could get out and enjoy a hot doughnut with coffee. So I brought them a dozen freshly made doughnuts and spent some time visiting them

Today is the first Father's Day since I lost my dad.

I love me some John Coltrane. There's a pretty good documentary on him, "Chasing Trane," that came out a couple of years ago. Can't wait to hear the recently discovered stuff.

Belle and Sebastian

Saw "RBG" last night. Very good documentary.

Joe Biden

Streaming at NPR Music:

It's good stuff, but it didn't grab me as quickly as "Sometimes I Sit and Think..."

Today started in the ER, this time with my mother. Yesterday she had surgery she's needed on her foot over the last four years because she had to care for my dad. There were some complications, so we spent the entire day at the hospital. I brought her home around dinner time last night. Unfortunately the prescription the surgeon gave her for pain had little to no effect. She tried to tough it out, but she suffered greatly. By 3 a.m. this morning she couldn't tolerate it anymore, so we called the surgeon, who quickly dispatched us to the ER. The ER doc gave her morphine, but she still couldn't

I'm hoping Jeff's memoir will be released some time this year. Not sure if that's the plan, but I've been excited about it since it was announced.

I have HBO now for the month, so I watched "Sweet Dreams," a movie about Patsy Cline starring Jessica Lange. Meh. Also watched "The Zookeeper's Wife," based on a true story from World War II with which I was totally unfamiliar. I really enjoyed this one.