X-files forever!
Shudder--just watched the episode from last night, surely one of the creepiest of all eleven seasons. Mulder and Scully encounter AI with nearly dire consequences--and until the machines actually seemed to come alive, it was all so very familiar. We've all dealt with robot calls, roombas, automated payment, computer voices on the phone when trying to talk to the credit card company or bank, electronics at home that won't do what we want them to, and a site on the 'net not recognizing our passwords. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry when Scully kept putting in her birthplace only to have the site tell her it was wrong. Yep, I've had that happen, except it was my mother's maiden name.
I thought this was funny: At the hospital, we change some of our IV tubing every 96 hours--and are required to put a little label with the correct dates on the tubing. Last weekend, when I went to check the label, the previous evening nurse had written 2/25 to 2/29. Hmmm, it's not leap year, so 2/29 won't be for two years. Seems a trifle longer than hospital protocol. I changed the date to 3/1, humming the tune from Pirates of Penzance "A Paradox" under my breath since it deals with that maddening problem of February 29th with such amusing zest.
Other things I am watching: Waco is so good, about David Koresh and the Branch Davidians pitted against the ATF and FBI. It really shows all the people on both sides as both human and a bit crazed. Such a waste.
MindHunter is really good too, although Waco has drawn me away from it and lately I've had very little time to watch TV. This explores two FBI agents, one progressive, one more old fashioned, coming into the new world of serial killers (or sequence killers as they call them) in the 70s and how the FBI had to learn to change. The first agent, Holden, is on his way to being a profiler--his conversations with this one very erudite rapist/murderer are fascinating, and the actor playing that criminal is amazing.
Huh--just noticed all the series I've mentioned are about the FBI. I do watch other stuff, too...like my hero Trevor Noah on the Daily Show.
I really meant to post more after the wonderful cruise, but we came back to a really busy week. Arrived home after six on Saturday the third, and the fourth, after two loads of laundry, packed an overnight bag to stay at my sister and mother's for the night. I got up before dawn (haha) to drive my sister to a surgical center for an elective procedure, hit my house briefly to feed the cats, went back to mother's to get Demelza up and take her to her day program, then went home to sleep before working 3-11:30. Ack. Luckily, it was a really busy assignment that day because I was still on Florida time. Basically, all of February was that busy--I'm having hopes of a quiet March. I had time to write today--yay!
How about you?
I thought this was funny: At the hospital, we change some of our IV tubing every 96 hours--and are required to put a little label with the correct dates on the tubing. Last weekend, when I went to check the label, the previous evening nurse had written 2/25 to 2/29. Hmmm, it's not leap year, so 2/29 won't be for two years. Seems a trifle longer than hospital protocol. I changed the date to 3/1, humming the tune from Pirates of Penzance "A Paradox" under my breath since it deals with that maddening problem of February 29th with such amusing zest.
Other things I am watching: Waco is so good, about David Koresh and the Branch Davidians pitted against the ATF and FBI. It really shows all the people on both sides as both human and a bit crazed. Such a waste.
MindHunter is really good too, although Waco has drawn me away from it and lately I've had very little time to watch TV. This explores two FBI agents, one progressive, one more old fashioned, coming into the new world of serial killers (or sequence killers as they call them) in the 70s and how the FBI had to learn to change. The first agent, Holden, is on his way to being a profiler--his conversations with this one very erudite rapist/murderer are fascinating, and the actor playing that criminal is amazing.
Huh--just noticed all the series I've mentioned are about the FBI. I do watch other stuff, too...like my hero Trevor Noah on the Daily Show.
I really meant to post more after the wonderful cruise, but we came back to a really busy week. Arrived home after six on Saturday the third, and the fourth, after two loads of laundry, packed an overnight bag to stay at my sister and mother's for the night. I got up before dawn (haha) to drive my sister to a surgical center for an elective procedure, hit my house briefly to feed the cats, went back to mother's to get Demelza up and take her to her day program, then went home to sleep before working 3-11:30. Ack. Luckily, it was a really busy assignment that day because I was still on Florida time. Basically, all of February was that busy--I'm having hopes of a quiet March. I had time to write today--yay!
How about you?