Deadwood

After a long 13 years, the final chapter of Deadwood aired tonight.  A show that's definitely in my top 10 of all time - great characters and some of the best, albeit profane, dialogue to ever grace the TV screen.  I haven't watched the finale - mainly because, unbelievably, for a show that I love so much, that inexplicably only ran for 3 seasons, and which I actually own the first two seasons of on DVD, I don't think I've actually watched the third season at all.  I only realized this today.  I can't believe it somehow passed me by or that I never got round to it.  So now I need to watch the third season before I watch today's finale.  Great, add that to the list... 

Observation

Was the year I was born in - 1976 - the worst year ever for music?  Judging by the quality of the YouTube clip I just watched of the 30 best songs of the year, undoubtedly.  Most of the songs were shockingly bad.  Seems like 1976 was the apex of the awful disco tune.  Perhaps it was just the compilation I happened to come across - so some further YouTube dives are warranted.  This was the best song of the 30:

And I think this is only because I like the Red Hot Chili Pepper's cover of it in the 90's.

Electric Cars

Very, very slowly, I am starting to see more electric cars on the road.  Perhaps it is a city thing – where electric cars and their somewhat limited range (100 miles before recharging?) are manageable.  What I do know is that there are more and more parking spaces dedicated to electric cars and their recharging stations, including in my work garage.  Work has started to send out regular surveys to see if anyone has or is thinking about buying an electric car, with the idea of probably taking away even more regular parking spots – just great for us average joes.  I have no immediate desire to get an electric car – they are still too expensive (the cheapest are still about double what I paid for my new car).  But if prices come down, extremely unlikely under the least environmentally-friendly president ever, then I wouldn’t say no.  I will say that I will never get a Tesla.  I hate Elon Musk, and refuse to have anything to do with any of his products.  I mean I REALLY hate him – just a total dick and douchebag.  I think about that Thai soccer team that got stuck in the caves, and he used it as a publicity stunt for his products – then when one of the divers criticized him and his useless submarine, without evidence he called the diver a pedophile.  Nice guy.

Mood

First day back at work after a long weekend, with a nightmarish week ahead of me.

Pollen

There is so much pollen flying about, that it looks like my driveway is covered in a light dusting of snow.  I have absolutely no idea where it comes from, but I'm just thankful that I'm not suffering from any kind of allergies at the moment.  That will come in a month or two.  I'm not sure whether this photo does it justice.

Green Lake

Not how I want to spend my Memorial Day weekend - woke up at 5 am this morning feeling absolutely dreadful, including some dry retching.  And then have been feeling awful all day - with a lingering headache.  I don't know whether I ate something that disagreed with me (although I haven't had anything out of the ordinary) or yet another bad reaction to blood pressure meds (I started a new medication on Friday).  But I wanted to do a hike today, but obviously didn't want to do anything too strenuous - so went for a Seattle classic that I haven't done for a while (although a quick search of my blog reveals that it wasn't as long ago as I thought), the Green Lake loop.  I used to do this all the time when I lived in the neighboring Greenwood neighborhood - a flat 3 mile loop around Green Lake in North Seattle.  And always tons of people - today was no exception.  At least I didn't experience painful leg cramps like I have been suffering from recently - that bodes well for the new medication, and for doing another hike tomorrow (though, again, probably something not strenuous and fairly local - I have no desire to get stuck in holiday traffic). 

A First

Well I guess it had to happen sooner or later, but for the first time in the Greater Seattle area (and indeed for the first time anywhere for me) I actually saw someone wearing a Trump cap.  It wasn't one of those infamous red "Make America Great Again" cap, but a camouflage one with a big American flag and the word Trump emblazoned across it.  To be honest, I was quite surprised to see someone wearing one in the liberal bastion that is West Washington.  Must take some guts, since I've got to imagine that it does cause some staring and some comments - I know I wanted to say something (I wish I carried around a little bell with me, then I could have followed them around chanting Shame, Shame, Shame and ringing the bell!).  But if I was going to see someone wearing something like this, I would have put money on it happening where it did - in Walmart.