Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Journal of the Plague Year 4-20-2020



While the rest of the world slept, we watched TV. Or maybe it’s the other way around. In any event, here’s our watch list for the last few days:

Tiger King: Let’s be honest. This is trash TV. In the end, none of the characters are particularly appealing or redeemable. Nevertheless, we did watch to the bitter end. And apparently there's one more episode coming soon, back by popular demand. Cute cats.

Freud: Managed to get through four episodes of this costume horror series, each one bloodier and crazier than the one before. It had all the clichés, with the benefit of a few lines in Hungarian spoken with a German accent that even I could understand. But it also had the ages-old trope about Hungarians being closer to the dark side due to … something in their blood. I find that irritating but maybe true, given the politics right now of that country. 

Bosch, Season 6: Based on the Michael Conelly novels, this is a well-written series about an idiosyncratic LA cop who wins some, loses some, and tries to keep victims from falling through the cracks. 

Sour Grapes: A 2016 documentary about wine fraud, the film is really a story about the vulnerability of hedge fund managers and others with too much money. If you enjoy drinking Burgundy, it’s worth watching. 

Nothing much else has happened. We have not bought gas since March 14 and still have about 90 percent of that tankful. New chairs that we ordered in the fall finally arrived. The delivery and setup crew wore masks and gloves. My Minneapolis son decided he could safely visit the old folks without infecting them, so he showed up with mask and gloves and we sat in lawn chairs on the driveway six feet apart. It was wonderful to see him in person, but I wish I could have hugged him.

Stay safe and keep watching!





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