Catching Up

Long time since I posted, so... let's catch up.  Saturday night we had a family poker fest -- my jello came through -- and while we were playing, it was announced that we had bombed Iran.  My first thought, of course, was that I hope the man knows what he is doing.  And, so far... he has?  The Iranians reacted very minimally, a cease fire may be working, and maybe we destroyed the sites, or at least damaged them?  I think he walked a fine line here, but... if he pulls this off, he deserves the credit.

Sunday was Corpus Christi, and it was beautiful; the Mass was fine and the procession was wonderful.  Beautiful altars and the homilies were cut just short due to the weather.  It was quite hot (I joked I was going to die Saturday night) but it was just cool enough -- and enough of a breeze -- so that it was uncomfortable but not terribly so.  The only downside was that I got dragged into speaker duty, and of course no one liked how and where I put the thing, not that it worked all that well anyways.  Oi.  One of these days I will not do it and I will really enjoy the Feast!

Sunday night I went to a dinner at the Filipino-American Cultural Center; it was a buffet catered by a local Filipino restaurant, and we all know how I love to expand my culinary horizons.  It was quite good -- lots of interesting dishes and wonderful desserts -- so much so that I would go to the restaurant as well (my sister is less than thrilled).  I also bumped into a couple of former coworkers, which was good (always nice to see happy couples).  I probably ate too much, but... as I noted, it was a buffet, and I tried every dish, and the fact that I liked it...

Monday and Tuesday...well, it has been very hot.  The AC does work, but the thermostat does not, so I have been manually controlling it; I figure I will call a tech today or tomorrow (they are busy and I am surviving for now) and set something up.  I went out today at 9 to put stuff in the compost pile and get mail and you could see it was still unpleasant.  Should be better through the week, but now there are a threat of storms...

Last nite I went to see Brand New at Jacobs Pavillion.  Yes, I was in the pit (close) and so I stood and sweated for four hours.  They started late -- oi! -- but no opening act, and went for nearly two hours (at least 90 minutes).  No "Jude Law and a Semester Abroad" (bummer) but quite good; as with a lot of bands, they'd play something and you are like "Yeah, that is a good song."  Certainly there has been a lot of... controversy regarding his, um, allegations about his personal life.  (I know some people have strong opinions!)  But, the subject seemed not to come up...no one in the crowd mentioned it, at least, and that surprised me.

I was thinking two things... one, they are creating a neighborhood down there, with apartments, pot dispensaries, etc.  I have to admit it's pretty cool, especially if you can work from home.  There is certainly a lot of cool stuff to do around there.  This got me to thinking that there are plenty of fun things to do in the CLE and I should probably do them this summer.  June is almost done and... well, summer and life go quickly nowadays.