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Placido Domingo

 Peaceful Sunday.....this morning, not to be confused with the translation of the opera singer's name. It was slow on the path this morning.....I didn't really mind as it was sunny outside and while the outside temperature was a bit lower than the past couple of days at this hour, it was enjoyable.....and I rode north to Montana, stopping off at Sam's for a cup of brewed coffee....last time there - that coffee was awful......even though it is a pleasant stretch of land to view waking up and getting out on a Summer Sunday on Montana Avenue, Santa Monica. I read in the paper that Sony has invested in and announced the 2028 re-opening of the Cinerama Dome on Sunset, a block and a half east of my office in the 70s at 6430 Sunset Blvd.  The office before that, 1680 Vine Street, is still functioning as a commercial building but from the outside, across the street from the Pantages Theatre on Hollywood Blvd, it appears overwhelmingly vaccant.  And there does appear to be a slow ...
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Should I have gone to Dodger Stadium today?

 Embarrassed to say that Wednesday evening I got an email from Irv - get a ticket, it will be expensive - for today when they are honoring Reggie Smith.  Lonnie and daughter Sheryl will be there.  Irv and Scott will pick me up...... It was going to be too much for me - the time that I'd be on my own, prior to the festivities, was simply not worth the price. It would have been nice to see Reggie, Lonnie, Sheryl again - little likelihood of getting to see them again....such is life...... Regardless, I trekked - by bus - up 26th Street to San Vicente.  Brought 3 pairs of shoes to RealReal and then walked back home.....12,608 steps recorded on my iPhone today.......
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A long, long day heading towards a Sweet Dreams evening.....

 It all started with a morning walk today.   Then, Katherine and I took the #1 bus to Westwood to return the pruner she got from Amazon.  It was too large and could not be dropped off at our Whole Foods market so we took the bus......easy, peasy!!! And then - finally - to the 'famous' Ranch 99 Market, the Chinese market......and happily, my initial assessment was confirmed:  'no big deal'.  Better buys locally and at both Nijiya and Marukai! Home with what we purchased and then off to Whole Foods for two pizzas for $25.  We had to wait 40 minutes for them to bake but then had 2 pieces, each, prior to carrying home to pack in the freezer/refrigerator and then, after taking the two pizza boxes to the garbage, we went back up the hill to Trader Joes for miscellaneous....... And that was our day, before now, when I start to read.........
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Tuesday morning blues........

 Hey, I miss my classes, even though it'll only be a couple of weeks off prior to the Fall semester beginning.  I like the structure and the fact that in addition to attendance, there is 'suggested' homework that is equal to approximately two hours for each hour of class.....8 hours of classes in the Fall......24 hours a week of 'structure'....that works for me. I'm going to call the Santa Monica Public Works Supervisor today.  We need 'guidance' vis a vis filling out forms for modification of tree height but not until after the TRO Court hearing scheduled for 20 August.........do I call this morning or this afternoon??? Regardless, I will go to Spectrum Internet today to determine what exactly I am paying for and what I get for this.......and whether I will keep Spectrum........... Sometime this week or next I'd like to see the new Spiderman movie........I do not have sufficient bladder control to see Odyssey - and I do not like interrupting watchin...
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At 9:46am on Tuesday morning.......

 I've decided upon my first AI project! About a month ago I started writing an essay - topic?  Long since forgotten.....but I did have over 2,000 words in a raw, very unfinished, central topic not really developed jumble of words. Can AI turn this one into an essay?   Will I be able to figure out how to do something?  Wait and see??? And other than that, I've already been out and done around 1,800 steps to start the day, wearing shorts in 24C weather, as I picked up a dozen copies of today's SMDP with our second of three notices published.  I have a relatively light week ahead vis a vis schedules and I will use it to get further ahead for my American Novel reading for the fall.
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The New Yorker on Monday - at 10:20am!

 I have vision impairment.  Color blindness never really impacted me but the difficulties I now encounter make it difficult at times and definitely, it results in slower reading.........and for years, the wondrous receiving of that weekly print edition of The New Yorker was something to look forward to. And it was with sadness that this year I did not renew my subscription....... And it is with happiness today that I was able to 'routinely' log into Libby, the public library app that ties me into the Santa Monica Public Library where the new edition of New Yorker became available.....and it is now on my11''x5-1/2'' split screen where, at the expansion of two fingers on the screen (scrolling down) that I can enlarge the font and read far more easily than I could in the past......and I anticipate using this site as my sight faces further impairment......
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36C in the San Gabriel Valley but here in Santa Monica........

 .....27 but with the winds coming in , off the Pacific Ocean, it feels cooler than that.    While in Temple City, it sure as hell felt uncomfortably hot. We went to Bistro Na for Beijing Duck....the duck was superb....the duck soup, likewise!!  This place is indeed gourmet cooking - in the heart of China in LA - the San Gabriel Valley. Last night, Saturday night, TianTian, in for a concert tonight, and I went to the Catalina Jazz Club at 6725 Sunset Blvd where the Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Band was playing a 25th anniversary gig.  This band was the Grammy-winning film compuser's creation.  He died of cancer last year and this was the band's first performance subsequent to his death.   I await the day that Waymo will take me to this club - I can envision going solo a few times a year, thus expanding the scope of music I have the ability to still experience at live performance.....
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