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Meetings accomplished/meetings still waiting for.....

 It drizzled overnight.  It drizzled enough this morning to warrant staying at home - making our later evening visit to CVS (and later, to Trader Joe's) fortuitous! On Wednesday, 11 November, at 2pm (not the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th year), 7 of us (6 employees an me, the volunteer) were honored as veterans.  For the second year in a row, I was the eldest, both in current age and when I served (1964-1970) was well before anyone of the others even started in the military. And then last night (the 12th) was the annual Community Council meeting at St John's Hospital.  Katherine went with me last night.  I was there, a year ago, when I stated that I became a volunteer because of Juan Marquez, the security guard at St John's who befriended us...and who was shot when he was trying to prevent his car from being stolen in south-central LA. Someone/somehow screwed up my Micardis prescription at CVS and UCLA has been non-responsive in trying to expedite a refi...
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the aphrodesiac (or however you spell it) of the power of the featured speaker.....

 I discovered this - fast - in 2009  when my first book was published and I went out on speaking tour.  I learned the art of turning an offer down from offerees - some of whom, indeed, were quite tempting.....none of which, throughout the years, did I ever consider accepting.......but I do admit to showers and masturbation as remedy......and from 2009 through my 'final' engagements in 2015 - a speaking and harmonica playing career curtailed by bladder cancer...... I'm alive - still - paying less and less attention to what I should be doing as I get older to what I want to di - not quite caring otherwise....... And there! I made a salient comment or two and can now complete my thoughts for the day....!?!
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27C at 14:30

 What an absolutely beautiful day today!  I took my morning walk - my 'usual', 2250+ step walk - the Longevity morning  walk, as Katherine calls it (since there is an afternoon walk, as well), stopping at Trader Joes for something (whatever I put on my calendar), then home to start my morning class online, prior to going ot City Hall, then the bus center for tap card refills for Katherine's two cards.....then to Chase where we took care of a CD that has come due, depositing both the interest income and a small amount for 'extraordinary' items.......with the balance going into an 8 month CD renewal. We took the #2 bus along Wilshire, first to Whole Food, then walked back, across the street to Trader Joes and then home for lunch and a nap.....next up - a walk back to Trader Joes???
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Again!

 For the 11th time since 6 April 2026, we were attacked by a piss bomber.  He initially came on 6 April and this is a direct link - as far as we are concerned - with the Court TRO hearing on 23 November. Tomorrow I will write the emails that have to accompany the video off of the security system we have installed to the other offices of the City - as additional information - vis a vis what we are currently dealing with.......we have to shift our attention, now, to possibility of finding alternative procedures towards getting assholes served......but will that be an end to our serial attacker? 
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One more day

 It is 7:45 am on the day before TianTian and Joanna go home.......another year until I see Joanna again. TianTian will be back down to go to music events with me.....but half-way around the world is a tad bit too much for other than once a year.....such is life..... Not much to write now.......tomorrow is the end of this wonderful week of getting together.
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Keeping up with the kids........

 TianTian came down from Santa Clara on Saturday......as Halloween was rained out.  We did late afternoon Moonhouse for lunch (American Chinese foon) and Lan Noodles in West Hollywood for 10pm Lanzhou mian...... Joann's plane arrived on time on the 1st....her luggage took forever and after finally departing LAX we went to Teddy's for breakfast and the two of them went to sleep until around 4pm.  Then we went to Cerritos for an ABBA tribute concert......great venue!  Interesting area so close and yet so far, far away....... It is now mid-morning on the 2d.  Katherine was already here to spend time with us.....she'll join us tomorrow for Mexican lunch........ Soon:  we wake up TianTian and head out to Monterey Park and Cantonese food!!!
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Friday!

 Last night I wore the red clown nose and humungus sized bow tie doing a Halloween Sweet Dreams.  I won't be there  next week as Joanna and TianTian will be here. This morning Katherine and I go downtown on various and sundry chores....... I've downloaded/printed out three articles to read later - all from the NY Times: A long essay about Langers Deli and pastrami - I'll save this one for Joanna - maybe we'll go there...in spite of the neighborhood The re-birth of Montague Street in Brooklyn.......this is meaningful as the branch of Food Dealers Industrial Bank that my father was affiliated with, opened on Montague Street....and as a child, I went with my father to the opening. Nick Kristoff discussed June 1989 in Beijing.....he was there.........I was there, too!!
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