The Sog

Sog...like in S-O-G-G-Y, that was yesterday's weather story hereabouts.  Some is better than none, water that is.  Drizzled most of the day with very light periods of actual droplets falling.  Soggy, like the wretched Denver-Seattle matchup (if you call it that) in the Super Bowl.  One very boring and amazingly predictable football game.  Was very nice to watch though on my laptop here in the dining room thanks to the Fox Network.  No cost either...lots of ads, as expected but still, excellent coverage of a lousy game.

Sunny outside and 48 degrees currently.  Off to Chris' Club tonight, a bit of fun even when it isn't.  Nice to meet our friends and have a burger.  The band itself has lost much of its fire for me, 2 years ago it met the need for some bluesy stuff mixed with the odd R&B piece and some funk thrown in for good measure.  Now I've heard everything they can play many times over and I'm sorry (no I'm not!) it's just plain boring.  Ronnie's guitar playing is as good as ever, he's really a great guitarist but the format is stale (supposed to be a BLUES jam) with many of the same "acts" getting in the way MOST of the time. The place itself is a DIVE, but friendly as it can be and fills up nicely and people do pay attention some of the time and some dancing goes on which is always fun.  The burgers are a value and GREAT!  I miss some of the old characters that we've lost along the way though and that doesn't help my overall gloomy feeling about the state of affairs at CC.  It was a 10 in my book, now it's a 4 or 5.  Jeff playing the sax is the high point of the night when he's there.

Look them up on Facebook...I cannot make the damned link work.  https://www.facebook.com/chrisclubvallejo

Today's activities?  Make an Apple Tart,  Mop the Kitchen Floor, Empty the Cat Box, Work on the memory problem on my machine in the bedroom.  Yes, it burps now and again and it's getting worse.
I ordered a replacement stick last night from Newegg, should be here tomorrow.

Made the Apple Tart, 6 Fuji's...big apples with great taste and a consistency/texture that works when cooked. Sweetened with Coconut Sugar. Lots of butter, nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice as seasonings.  A touch of vanilla.  45 min at 360 pre-heated oven in cast iron pie pan.

Cats are Cats...

 

One of the Great Benefits of Being 70.

I'm old...70...how the hell did that happen?  All the stupidities of a wasted youth didn't do me in it appears, at least, not yet.   A few minor aches and pains, sure...like a Monday morning football player after a Sunday game, no big deal.  Otherwise it's a smooth going routine really, up, stumble in to pee, groan a bit for effect, flush, wash hands, attend to coffee machines needs, push various buttons, cuss, throw out the grounds, wipe up the overflow from the floor, fend off the kindle of kats at my feet,  trip on the rug, open the door, watch kats escape, round up the bear-like one, grab newspapers, go back inside, kick bear-cat away, shut door, sit down, wipe up spilled coffee from newspaper fumble.  More fending, more slurping. More wiping.  And that's before breakfast.

Breakfast today will be a breakfast with friends like we did last week in Vallejo.  This time they are coming up here and we're going to Bab's Delta Diner, a staple in the local area for residents and visitors alike.  We are NOT a member of that staple.  We have actively avoided the bloody shop for years and years, I was last inside it sometime in the late 90's as my failing memory recalls, seems like ...a long time ago.  Why?  Oh, the crowd, the boring menu, some of the people...a myriad of reasons all good enough to quit the place whenever we did.  No it's been bought by a new owner and I guess we will see if any of the fixable things, like the lackluster menu, the noise level can be elevated to the cafe we went to in Vallejo.  We cannot fix the people, so we will have to sort that out over time, which will be short.  We shall see.

Too early to think, so I'll go now and find that damned coffee cup...