I’m home at last! In fact, it’s now 2:07 a.m. on Monday—a time when I’m awake about once a year (our plane landed at O’Hare about an hour ago, giving us an 18-hour delay. But I did manage to avoid the snorer: though still seated next to him on the 15-hour flight, when I decided to sleep I managed to find an empty bed/seat in another part of the cabin. Besides discovering that Air India isn’t so great at communicating with customers, I also watched Ben-Hur for the first time and discovered that not only is it a dreadful movie, but Charlton Heston was a dreadful actor. Live and learn. The only good movie on tap on the plane was one I’d seen a gazillion times—”On the Waterfront”—and so I mostly read and slept. There’s a lot to be said for business-class status for long haul trips, but I’m still to0 cheap to pay for it myself.
On this day in 1841, William Henry Harrison became the first U.S. President to die in office, and the one with the shortest tenure: he was President for 30½ days. On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. Notables born on this day include Dorothea Dix (1802), Muddy Waters (1913), Clive Davis (1932), and Robert Downey, Jr. (1965). Those who died on this day include Johnny Stompanato (1958, stabbed to death by Lana Turner’s daughter), Gloria Swanson (1983), and Roger Ebert (2013). Meanwhile in Dobrzyn, Andrzej is messing with Hili:
Hili: Do you see the same as I do?A: If you see the same as I do, then yes, I do.
Hili: Czy ty widzisz to samo, co ja widzę?
Ja: Jeśli ty widzisz, to samo co ja widzę, to tak.
Reader Anne-Marie from Montreal, our premier Squirrel Photographer, sent a lovely photo of an American Red Squirrel (Tamiascirus hudsonicus):
Welcome back!
Glad you are home finally…! Poor PCC[E]
Hans Christian Andersen also born this day in 1805…
Wasn’t Hans Christian Andersen born on the second of April or is that just a fairy tale?
Glad you got to escape from the snorer
The first rule of Tautology Club is the first rule of Tautology Club.
I think when the fight you are on shows three movies and serves three meals, you should get some of your money back. Somebody, land the damn plane.
yes, after so many hours of “the fight you are on”!
Always good to hear from the anal. Like having my own editor.
Glad you made it back in one piece, PCC(E)! Would good quality earplugs help shut out snorers?
“The Ten Commandments” was gag-worthy too, but I’m biased. Rotten Tomatoes gave it a high rating, so there’s just no accounting for taste.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1021015-ten_commandments/
Awww look at that cute red squirrel! I saw one eating seeds in the snow in my backyard yesterday.
Glad you made it. Did Lincoln die in office? Heston sucked as an actor but I never thought Wayne was that good either.
Most Hollywood movies from that time period were pretty awful, and mosT lead actors were just as bad, with a few exceptions. Richard Burton, I suppose.
Welcome back, PCC(E)! Glad to hear you’ve returned safely.