Friday Focus
From 36 Random Bits of Trivia That Our Parents Threatened to Throw Out If We Didn’t Dig Them Out of Our Childhood Closet by Jay Wells L’Ecuyer, msm.com:
And another, riotous:
RIP actress Polly Holliday, 88. She was a graduate of the Alabama College for Women in her home state. She worked extensively in regional theater, made it into off-Broadway productions and finally won a role on the Great White way in 1974 in All Over Town, directed by Dustin Hoffman. She had small parts in films, then landed the role that would make her famous — wise-cracking waitress Flo on Alice (“Kiss my grits”), doing 90 episodes. Surprisingly, the eponymous spinoff lasted only one season, 29 episodes, ‘80-’81. From there she divided her efforts between stage and screen. There are 39 titles under her name at IMDb, screen career spanning 1974–2010. She did 21 episodes of The Client. On the big screen she was in All the President’s Men (1974), Gremlins (1984), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), The Parent Trap (1998), The Heartbreak Kid (2007) to name five. She received two Golden Globes for her work on Alice, and four Emmy nominations, the last for Flo. She received a Tony nomination for the role of Big Mama in Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. She never married. Well done, Madam. Thank you. Photos from Google Images:
Overkill. Headline from nypost.com: “Deadly new opioid 100 times stronger than fentanyl seized for first time in Long Island raid: officials.”
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From NYP: “Wholesale inflation unexpectedly fell in August, teeing up Fed for interest rate cut next week.” My grocery bills have been lower the past two weeks, but I’m not sure if it’s because I’m catching sales. Are sales a sign of moderating prices?
Seeing all the vitriol of twisted leftists concerning the murder of Charlie Kirk I remind myself that it’s good to know who the enemy is.
Shot myself in the foot. I read that modems should be rebooted regularly, My mediocre T-Mobile connection is devolved to the old dial-up days. Fie!
The Maga Lady and my Constant Benefactress showed up with books today. There was too much to haul home, so I left a lot behind in the garden at my regular nook. My thanks to those kind ladies and to those who bought. Here’s what sold: four books and a DVD in Russian, five DVDs in English; Shapes, Opposites and More, a kids’ book; The Fire of Delayed Answers: Are You Waiting for Your Prayers to Be Answered? by Bob Sorge; Madmen Unbuttoned: A Romp Through 1960s America by Natasha Vargas-Cooper; a book on Yoga; and this one I kept in the mix just to see if it would sell, purchased by a gentleman old enough to have studied Latin when it was still offered in high school:
