Victory, Preferable to Death

 Glorious day today.. well, the usual, more or less.  But tonight some of Team Eleven went downtown to Parnell's to play Pub Quiz... quick; 30 questions, 6 theme rounds of five.  I have to admit, I was a little skeptical going with the weather... it's a bit brisk and wet out there, but, like Kari Lake, I am "Pub Quiz anytime, anywhere," so off we went.  No food, but a Bombay Sapphire and tonic (I deserve it, I lied to myself) and we were good to go...and we won!  Narrow, half-point win, but... we will take it.  (My knowledge of the periodic table helped us get a perfect final round to seal the deal, always a good thing.)  And it was fun -- like I need a reason to escape the house.  Anyways, we all decided to dine afterwards, so off to Hofbrau Haus... 

I had never been.  It was good... huge place; I had heard it was, didn't quite get the scope of it, though.  Menu was broad and had a lot of interesting choices.  I had a chicken sausage and pretzel dish; the sausage came in this large bowl of water (poached), which was visually impressive, but a bit...superfluous.  The sausage was just ok, but the pretzel and the honey mustard sauce were off the charts.  Bit pricey, though.  We liked it, though; I can see us going back -- to both -- soon.

Anyways, yesterday I watched "A New Leaf," a film from the 70s starring Walter Matthau and Elaine May...basically, playboy marries rich heiress intending to kill her, falls in love with her instead.  It was quite good; to be sure, the plot appealed to my sense of humor.  Matthau isn't quite the suave leading man (I think) but he was quite funny, as was May.  Sort of a period piece, but amusing enough.  797 down on the National Film Registry...

Broke down and turned on the furnace (snow?  now?), but I forgot to switch the filter, so I am sure dust is in every corner of the home.  Oops.

https://www.commentary.org/articles/rob-long/late-night-television-conservatives-liberals/

Interesting.  And, dare I say...largely correct!