sherlock holmes exhibit

 i spent much of the day at the minnesota history center. first half was for a lecture about king philip's war. then i walked to the restaurant district near the xcel center and had some pizza. my first choice was not available, door was locked. so i went across the street to a place i had been to, but not in a while. then it was back to the museum for the sherlock holmes exhibit. i had done lectures virtually before, but this time i did it in person as i wanted to get to this exhibit. i was pleased that they had some displays of how the character influenced pop culture, including charlie brown artifacts. one was an ad with snoopy, the other was a plush woodstock. both had the deer-stalker hat on. i was reminded of how there was a charlie brown special, called 'it's a mystery', where snoopy becomes a detective. i learned some things while there. they had a section about the time period the character was created in, with all of the technology available. and there was mention of the stories becoming popular due to the inability of the london police to catch jack the ripper. there was also mention of an actor named ian fleming doing sherlock movies. had to look it up, not the same one who wrote the james bond books, just the same name. there was a poster of the sherlock show i was most familiar with, called 'elementary', where sherlock comes to new york and dr. watson was played by lucy liu. i made it to the post office before the museum, but no orders to pick up. i laid down for a while after getting back from the museum, then went to aldi for my weekly grocery order. during my walks i found 2 dollars 96 cents. there was a paid program after the late news about kirk cousins, the vikings quarterback, getting the bart starr award. i had heard of some of the previous honorees, including kurt warner.