poor little fool, rick nelson

 the afternoon dance party on the new prague radio station does plenty of older songs that i am not too familiar with. this included one called 'poor little fool' by rick nelson. the lyrics i recalled best while hearing it on my car radio were 'gave my heart away, i was a fool'. i was more familiar with other songs by this performer, especially 'garden party' and 'mary lou'. the video found on youtube likely was clips from 'ozzie and harriet' as all were in black and white. 

at work i saw emails about toner cartridges for the check printer. when given a tracking number it states it is in indianapolis, still not sure when it is arriving but i don't like being down to one printer. there was also an issue with the positive pay function, which was not available for most of the day. i let i.t. know about it more than once, and it was fixed at the end of the day. it happened when i printed a file by mistake, meaning to hit 'print selected' but hit 'print all'. the dates on the check file were wrong, showing the year as 1933. i also got an answer about what to do with checks with no account number. one was sent back to milwaukee and the other may be a refund check. this was prompted by sending two similar looking checks- that had account numbers on them- to the branch. in the evening i went on a walk and found 90 cents. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when penny asked leonard to fake a relationship for her dad. it was followed by the one where billy bob thornton was a guest star, a doctor to the stars. 'the conners' included darlene's beau arguing with dan about the hardware store. and becky lying about being successful to an old friend from school. 

aha caffeine sparkling water

 i ended up at the target in roseville after work as i was looking for cable ties, and i wanted some food and drink as well to tide me over until i got home. so i got some hawaiian sweet bread, and a can of aha caffeine sparkling water. it is mango and black tea flavored. it is canned under the authority of coca-cola. i saw the man from the customer service counter that had helped me when i was in the self-checkout line, and he spoke of the volume of revenue at this store per day, something like over a quarter million. he said it was one of the busiest in the system. i said it must be due in part in being target number one. it was probably my first visit there since late january when i got a lady gaga CD. they have a little bit of everything there. 

at work i was asked to send old dominion freight line invoices to irvine, california, to a furniture company. there were 17 of them. it meant finding an empty check stock box to put them in. there was some kind of employee appreciation event but it didn't last long, hard to follow what kind of event it was. but there is another one later in the week. in the evening i went on a walk and found 28 cents. the 'big bang theory' rerun was when the ladies went out of town and bernadette and amy have fun, while penny studies. then the script is flipped as the two are hung over. the dudes try to work on a project but get off-topic, and try to handle it with ripping off arm hair with duct tape. it leads to them watching a clip from 'ghostbusters'. 

overwhelmed, royal and the serpent

 there are many songs i hear on my car radio, but some stand out more than others. this is still true of one i heard a while back, 'overwhelmed' by royal and the serpent. the hook was 'my anxiety creeps inside of me'. the video i found on youtube has a 1970s living room look to it, including a zenith console TV. the singer is a scantily clad woman on a couch. by the end of the video the room is trashed, and the singer lights a cigarette. and at times the action is displayed on the TV. there are others in the video, but they are fully clothed. 

things hummed right along at work, but there was another big check file from a business line that normally sends very little. it was nearly two thousand today, and last week more than three thousand, all checks for small amounts. there was some 'personal and confidential' items that arrived in the mail, once it was finally sorted in the mailroom, for two colleagues of mine. i was asked to overnight them. after getting home and having dinner i went to get things printed at a fedex office. this included the two st. paul saints baseball tickets. i watched some of the two college basketball tournament games but not a lot. houston and baylor won to reach the final four. i also went on a walk and found 52 cents. so i have enough for another bag of chips from the vending machine at work, got one earlier today. these are the ones saved for weekend meals. i did a virtual open-mic and the flautist, who did not perform, spoke of living in irving, texas, when she was little. and meeting actor john ritter. this was after i mentioned seeing the movie 'vfw' as a redbox rental. i placed another DVD order with amazon, replacing the VHS copy of  REM music videos. a different disc was found at cheapo this weekend that i didn't buy and i think i will pass on that one. i still have a reason to go back and get a CD in the dollar section sometime soon but i am trying to think of what else i would like to get. i usually get at least two items on each visit. i got the idea to do the true 'replacement' during the morning commute. the order used up the remaining amount of gift card money, and i only had to pay for shipping. i usually just order once a month for this reason- as gift cards make it cheaper. 

gung ho movie

 i watched a DVD movie this morning, a recent purchase, 'gung ho'. i recognized michael keaton and george wendt in it. i know i hadn't seen it in a while, and i do recall how there was a TV show based on this movie but it didn't last long. the story was still familiar to me, how a car plant was re-opened after the main character persuades a japanese company to do so. early in the movie when he is in japan i said it made sense when he went to a mcdonald's to eat as he was familiar with that food. and i recalled the 'capsule hotel' as well. much of the movie centers around the culture clash between who runs the plant and the workers on the line. some things i did notice that i hadn't before, such as seeing stroh's beer being drank in more than one scene. and in the closing credits, how stevie ray vaughan supplied music to it. i think it was just instrumental in some scenes. i liked how 'don't get me wrong' by the pretenders is one of the songs in it. 'tuff enuff' by the fabulous thunderbirds is another, and a brother of stevie ray's is in that band. there were multiple fight scenes as well, one of them in a grocery store. 

after the movie was done it was time to do laundry. then it was off to walgreen to get girl scout cookies. there was peanut butter sandwich and patty, so i got one of each. those went to my car right away and then i went inside the store to get some more things. this included a home run inn pizza, sausage. aldi had cheese pizza, but i need more than this on pizza. i also liked seeing a book of word finds with a charlie brown theme so i bought that as well. when i got home i did some research about st. paul saints baseball tickets, and ordered for two games. one is in may and the other in june. i try not to order things too far ahead but i also knew it was hard to find single tickets. i liked seeing a segment on '60 minutes' about sportswriter dave kindred. 'the simpsons' had a storyline including chief wiggum's wife, who we didn't see too often. i went on a walk in the evening and found 55 cents. i watched some of the college basketball tournament, but not too closely. i knew gonzaga beat creighton and michigan beat florida state. another e-bay order was placed, as i was the only bidder on a postcard and i had to wait for the auction to end. 

vfw movie

 this morning i watched a DVD movie, a redbox rental, 'vfw'. the premise was protecting the vfw hall from invaders, in this case a drug-addled horde. the opening scenes were alternated with the credits, i am not used to seeing it this way. normally the credits are done in one fell swoop. this was where it was said that the opioid crisis led to a rush for hylophedrine, or 'hype', a fictional drug. i recognized george wendt in it. one character was named walter reed, i caught the reference there as this is the name of a military hospital. there were 2 actors named williamson, but according to wikipedia research there is no relation. the action in it was steady, which i liked. the invaders were at the nearby abandoned movie theater complex. there of course was a high body count, no surprise as it is considered to be a 'horror thriller'. i was wondering where it was filmed, and the closing credits do mention the residence inn in dallas, as well as a goodwill store in fort worth. and there is a vfw post 2494 in irving, texas, so it does appear it was filmed in the dallas-fort worth metro area. 

after the movie was done it was time for errand running. there were four stops to make. first was to dump the movie at the gas station, and i got gas for my car as well. along with some trail mix and chili lime peanuts. then it was to the post office, and all three e-bay orders of postcards were there. next was the cheapo records store, where i got a CD- maroon 5 to replace the one stuck in the car's CD player- as well as a DVD movie- 'gung ho'. this is also a replacement, of the VHS copy. finally it was to IKEA to use a birthday coupon expiring at the end of the month. it was for frozen yogurt, it meant a small ice cream cone. i also got some swedish meatballs and mashed potatoes. when i got home it was time for lunch, and i watched some of the college basketball tournament. oregon state beat loyola in the first game on CBS, and i fell asleep during the second one, baylor beat villanova. i placed some more e-bay and amazon orders, 2 DVD movies and 2 postcards. a third postcard is up for auction, so it meant placing a bid for it. there was light rain when i went to aldi for my weekly grocery order. in the evening i went on a walk and found 63 cents. i did some online research and found out where girl scout cookies are being sold, so now i have more to do sunday. i can go to a nearby walgreen for the cookies, as well as do laundry. this was prompted by seeing an electronic billboard while errand running that mentioned the cookies being available through cub foods. i don't recall getting any cookies last year due to the pandemic. i know some of the fish fry venues have them, but i made it to just two before things were getting shut down. i like the peanut butter kind, so there are two kinds that i normally get. 

2 winston churchills

 thanks to garrison keillor's 'writers almanac' i found out there were 2 famous people named winston churchill. there was the british prime minister, and the american writer. i was not aware. the american was born in st. louis. it led me to contacting my 'ohio friend' as it reminded me of a quote by one of them in a book i was given, about writing history. found out in reference to writer jack london, who apparently lived with the american writer for a while. it also reminds me of how i found a book about the civil war for sale at a library and wondering which one wrote it. this means finding it in whatever box it is in. 

at work we got caught up on running checks through the envelope stuffer by midday. the part was installed mid-morning, shortly after it arrived. actually two of them did, at the branch, technician said a second was ordered in case the first didn't arrive. and the tech decided to take the other one when leaving. my colleague left once we were caught up and probably went back to working from home. it was nice to have somebody there for a few days, had some questions more easily answered in person, but i also like it when i can get the work done on my own. so i didn't mind being by myself again for the second half of the day. for this week's fish fry dinner i went to the mcdonald's near my workplace, got a filet-o-fish, fries, and a shamrock shake. the shake was why i went to mcdonald's this week as i know it is there for a limited time and figured that likely means through the end of the month. i have a few ideas for the final place to visit for fish next week for lent. in the evening i went on a walk and found 40 cents. i went to the hy-vee in eagan for my weekly grocery order, after having dinner with a can of coors light, and there was plenty of remodeling happening. some aisles were nearly empty, so it meant i switched one drink i normally get as i could find powerade more easily than sparkling water. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when sheldon and raj feuded when they worked out of the same office. it was also when howard gets back together with bernadette. it was followed by the one where howard tries to throw out the first ball at an angels baseball game. 

tamarind

 drank tamarind as a snack at midday. it was in jarritos soda in a bottle, at walgreen in the closeout aisle. this soda brand has name recognition as i had drank it at one of the venues i had performed at- the place didn't serve beer. it rang up as just fifty cents. also had oscar mayer lunchables and a twix ice cream candy bar. had to look it up on wikipedia about this fruit, had never heard of it. this is tropical, and can be used as traditional medicine as well as metal polish. the wood can be used for woodworking. it tasted fine. at work there was a temporary solution found on the envelope stuffer. there was two techs that arrived just before midday and re-wired the unit. the part ordered was apparently stuck in memphis, but should still be arriving soon. my colleague ran through something like eight thousand checks by the end of the day and we should be caught up by midday friday. my boss hoped that we would be far enough along that my colleague could go back to working from home but the main variable is the part installation, along with any more checks that are printed friday. i went on a walk in the evening and found 70 cents. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when sheldon got cats after things ended with amy, and his mom was called in. sheldon re-started his relationship with amy and got rid of the cats. it was followed by the one where howard takes sheldon's class. thanks to youtube videos i have another bio-pic to look up, 'beyond the sea' about musician bobby darin. john goodman is in it. i recall wanting to see it at theaters many years ago, but i think it was in limited release. looks like it is available on DVD at amazon, and i do have some gift card money to use.