Life of Brian

I started rewatching LOST back at the end of April, and I was really enjoying it. Donna and I have watched it all the way through a half dozen times. The last time I watched it was back in 2018, so even though I’m very familiar with the show, there were always a couple of bits of plot that I’ve forgotten. But this time, as each of the six seasons progressed, I was remembering it less and less. Mostly because I had blocked it out, I can’t believe how stupid this show was. I gave serious consideration to just stopping at the point where I only had 8 episodes left, but I did power through and finished it off yesterday. Fairly sure I won’t ever rewatch it again.

When I bought a couple of books back in June, one of them was a “sequel” to The Andromeda Strain. I’ve read the Michael Crichton book and really enjoyed it. I also own a digital copy of the 1971 movie that I had just rewatched a couple of months ago. This is one of the very few instances where I’ve enjoyed a movie made of a book I liked. I watched part of the first episode of a 2008 TV adaptation before quitting; I just didn’t like it. Although, if I could see it again now for free, I might give it another try.

The book is called The Andromeda Evolution, and Michael Crichton’s name is in huge letters on the cover even though he didn’t write it; in a much smaller-sized font, the real author’s name, Daniel H. Wilson is shown. It started promising, but like LOST, the longer I read, the less I enjoyed it. I’m at the 300-page mark of a 360-page book, and I’m considering stopping. Also, like not rewatching LOST, I probably won’t reread The Andromeda Evolution.

There was a stretch of about 1/2 mile along the Ch’ak-Cha-‘ak trail this morning that looked like it had snowed. Aaah, it is high cottonwood fluff season.

I have been driving the Miata all week. Its typical day is getting used for going to the coffee shop and for a walk and then being parked for the rest of the day. I have been leaving the top down when I get back just in case I decide to go out again. After dinner I’ll go out and put the cockpit cover on for the overnight.

I had the windows up for the beginning of the drive this morning because it was in the low 50s, and it was like I was driving in a snow globe. Yesterday’s fluff was trapped in a vortex in the cockpit. It was mostly gone by the time I made it to Stomping Grounds…

I just can’t leave well enough alone. I really wanted to see the octopus and not have it blend into the background. So I moved it. Now it is in front of the house in some light-colored river rocks. The octo stands out. To fill that empty spot back on the patio I moved a water fountain to the spot that was in the carport area. Of course this left a 3″ deep by 12″ diameter empty spot there that will need some remediation…in the future.