Found out this morning that the owner of our favorite bagel cafe sold the business. We’re hoping that it won’t change too much. It’s been a big part of our lives for many years. It’s sort of our Cheers, the one place we go where we’re guaranteed to run into people we know and who know us.
Looks like our recent regular bout of rain is over for the time being. Guess I’ll have to mow the lawn this weekend. I’d rather be at NECON. Much rather be at NECON.
Did some more work on the Screem essay this morning. I’m hoping to have a solid first draft finished by the end of the weekend so I can spend most of next week working on the short story that’s due at the end of July. Part of the essay involves an interview that I’m still awaiting, so I can’t finish it off completely, but I can get 90% of it done, at least.
I saw the first episode of Big Brother and decided I wasn’t going to watch it this summer. Of the returning players, Janelle is the only one that I like, and the two guys annoy me. Not a big fan of the new format this time, either. My resolve weakened the other night and I watched the first 10 minutes of the Veto episode and decided I was right in the first place. No more!
The Fiona-in-prison plot of Burn Notice seems to be winding down a little. No one tried to kill her this week: that’s a start. I like stories that put a lot of pressure on the protagonist. Michael’s on the roof of a police station surrounded by cops, pretending to be someone else, when his handler calls to say he needs to go meet with an arms dealer on Fiona’s behalf right now. They’re hinting that someone major won’t survive next week’s episode. I can’t see it being one of the big five, but maybe Pearce or his handler?
Covert Affairs is a decent spy thriller. There’s a lot going on on this show. There’s the Arthur/Joan tension of husband/wife vs. boss/subordinate. There’s the Joan/Lena tension of rivals for power in the agency. There’s the sisterly tension, especially now that Annie’s sister knows what she does. The interesting decision to kill off Jai, and how people react to that. Annie’s under cover operation that has her sleeping with the enemy. And the unrequited romance with Auggie. Plus some whopping good stories, although I thought Red Rover fell into line a tad too easily this week. They didn’t leave much time to convert her, so she had to be agreeable, I guess.
