Micah 6:8
Isaiah 1:13-15
Yes, your life matters.
Some of you are still sheltering in place, but fear not: I'm here to keep you sane and entertained.
One could hardly ask for much more than that, now could one?
First off today, RIP Howard Hesseman - Doctor Johnny Fever from WKRP in Cincinnati. What a fun show that was. It's really too bad they didn't get the correct set of rights for the music they used in the episodes so we could have the real program show up in reruns. You know, I used to have a cat named Cincinnati, although he wasn't named for the show. He was a great cat.
Anyway, people probably forget about Howard's other credits, including Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Soap, and the fabulous Billy Jack.
Speaking of Billy, here's a little extra reporting on Billie: a picture of Billie actually being useful.
The Writer magazine has a list of words to use as prompts for each day this month. The freewrite word of the day today is Tension.
Back in my university days, Mom asked about how the women in "those pictures" managed to have their intimates show they way they did. (I'm afraid I don't have any idea how this conversation started, nor how it ever got to this topic). Being a long-time reader of comic books - and the wonderful ads found in them back then - I knew about Charles Atlas, and told Mom it was "dynamic tension." She never liked that phrase from then on. I did explain where it came from, but that didn't matter: the picture was in her head and just as there are things that once seen can never be unseen, there are phrases that, once heard, can never be unheard.
Sorry, Mom.
Keep Calm and Don't Stay Away.
I'll be back tomorrow.
The mental health issues related to our insane lockdown and the pandemic are especially hard for people with depression. NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, has a 24 hour helpline: 800-950-6264.
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