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 Thursday,  October 6, 2022

In bed by 10, awake at 6:30, out of bed at 6:40, 4 pss, 1 glass of red.  41 degrees out, a high of 65 expected, then a big cooldown for a couple of days, and frost warnings.  Trees have started to turn colors but no sign of falling leaves yet, soon there will be trillions.

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Looking a bit more like a 'world' war with all of  NATO meaning most of Europe and the United States supporting Ukraine against Russia and now with OPEC meaning Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Venezuela, Libya, Algeria, Nigeria, and Congo about to reduce oil production by 2,000,000 barrels a day to keep oil prices high, i.e., to help Russia.  Both China and India ambivalent.  

 CABARET:

[EMCEE]

Money makes the world go around

The world go around

The world go around

Money makes the world go around

It makes the world go 'round

A mark, a yen, a buck or a pound

A buck or a pound

A buck or a pound

Is all that makes the world go around

That clinking, clanking sound

Can make the world go 'round

When you haven't any coal in the stove

And you freeze in the winter

And you curse to the wind at your fate

When you haven't any shoes on your feet

Your coat's thin as paper

And you look 30 pounds underweight

When you go to get a word of advice

From the fat little pastor

He will tell you to love evermore

[EMCEE]

But when hunger comes to rap

Rat-a-tat rat-a-tat at the window

[CABARET GIRLS]

At the window

[EMCEE, spoken]

Who's there?

[CABARET GIRLS, spoken]

Hunger!

[EMCEE]  Ooh hunger! See how love flies out the door for...Money makes the world 

[CABARET GIRLS] Go around

[EMCEE] The world

[CABARET GIRLS] Go around

[EMCEE] The world

[CABARET GIRLS] Go around

[EMCEE] Money makes the

[CABARET GIRLS] Go around

[EMCEE]

The clinking, clanking sound of

Money, money, money, money

Money, money, money, money

Get a little, get a little

Money, money, money, money

Mark, a yen, a buck or a pound

That clinking, clanking, clunking sound

Is all that makes the world go 'round

Money!  It makes the world go 'round!

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Teleconferenced with my personal diabetes pharmaceutical specialist Jill Hansen, PhD, yesterday.  Glucose numbers have been way down for a couple of weeks, averaging around 140, A1c zone of 6.5.  Defective glucose meter or better results because of 4.5 ml Trulicity combined with Jardiance?  Scheduled another blood draw for glucose and kidney function on November 15.

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This morning's WaPo headlines, or, What, me worry?

A majority of GOP nominees — 299 in all — deny the 2020 election results

Former officer attacks day-care center in Thailand, killing more than 30, including 23 children

Russia’s nuclear rhetoric is escalating. Here’s what we know about its arsenal.

Missiles destroy residences in Zaporizhzhia

A more strategic Russian retreat signals a long fight ahead in Kherson

Search for human remains

Ian is likely Florida’s deadliest hurricane since 1935. Most victims drowned.

‘The worst we’ve seen’: Ranchers threatened by historic heat and drought

VP’s minor car accident revives worries about the Secret Service’s history of concealing its mistakes

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Geri called Helen this afternoon to make arrangements to visit Elise next week.  More evidence of her goodness, her faithfulness as a friend, her compassion in fact notwithstanding her occasional 'tough guy' talk about frustrations, Republicans, chipmunks, and white-tail deer.  Matthew 25; 31

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Browsing Criterion Channel came across a collection of short films on dance including a BEAUTIFUL documentary by Krzystof Kieslowski called Seven Women of Different Ages.  It reminds me of the tremendous discipline required of dancers, the great physical labor, perhaps (I can only guess) especially ballet dancers and of the great similarity between the dance instructors and military drill sergeants, very demanding, unforgiving.   Why do they do it, the dancers, the soldiers?   It also makes me want to look again for Kieslowski's DECAMERON and THREE COLORS; BLUE, WHITE, RED.  The film also reminds me of course of Katherine, Petit Morte, and the time I spent with the Milwaukee Ballet, Jean-Paul Comeliness, Roberta Bourse, Jutta Parsons, Are Cherchian, et al.  And now our beautiful Ellis will be a member of the company, an angel in The Nutcracker.

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Did some more work on "Last Wishes" checklist.  Quite a project.  Best done in advance rather than left to the survivor.

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