ymca exhibit, university library

 this afternoon i went to the university of minnesota to see the ymca exhibit at the elmer andersen library. i think i heard about it due the being on their email list from attending the sherlock holmes exhibit many years ago. i got a good look around, it was about how the organization was involved with the first world war. notable to me was finding out there was an olympic-style athletic event at a stadium in paris named for general pershing, after the war ended, in 1919. i of course know this organization from my hometown in central iowa, a place where i learned to swim as well as playing youth basketball there. on a different floor was an exhibit about documenting the george floyd protests. it had just begun on friday, the ymca exhibit started last month. there was 54 photos on the wall at the protest exhibit, and some of them didn't have captions up, although more than half of them did. i am thankful i took the light rail there as it meant not having to deal with traffic, especially rush hour, which had started by the time i was headed home. i had the day off for a doctor appointment in the morning, my annual physical, also got a flu shot. the physician asked about performing, it was the most i had talked about the subject in a while, at least with a non-performer. also that morning, before the appointment, i went to a target store and bought 2 boxes of seasonal cereal-pumpkin spice shredded wheat, and halloween captain crunch. i now have 10 boxes of cereal waiting to be eaten, as i had wanted to try all of these seasonal cereals i was seeing. so i am probably good on cereal for well over a month. i performed at an open-mic in the evening, and the story with the most reaction was the one about seeing a zoom lecture. it was in reference to the moderator saying there were more pleasant subjects. during my walks for the day i found 2 dollars 74 cents. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when sheldon ended up at a cowboy bar, and later on amy performs 'soft kitty' in various languages, including german. it was followed by the one where the space toilet, designed by howard, was doomed to fail early in the mission.