Bruce's Travels

Hey, all. Beautiful weather here after another hot spell. I'm sitting out on the lanai, and it's 67 degrees with a nice breeze blowing through the condo.  An Omaha Steaks chuck roast is in the oven with potatoes, carrots, and onions and is starting to smell mighty good. (Sister) Dawn and I are glad we're not up in the Northeast contending with winter storm Stella. STELLA! STELLLAAA! We also note the folks back home in Wisconsin had about a 5-6 incher earlier this week. March can be a real bitch up in Cheeseland. OK, today for the first time in my life, I went to a Costco. Just to gaze, gawk, to look with wonder upon the 30-roll cases of Kirkland toilet paper, the 5-pound jars of pickles, and the 3-pound pans of heat-and-eat lasagna. And, yes, a "Breitling Chronomat 44" automatic chronograph watch for $5,800 (retail $8,670). To be clear, I'm not a Costco member. Just contemplating at this point, with a little help and advice from (niece) Kris. I wasn'...

It's Sunday, March 5, an uncommonly cooler, drier day here in SW Florida, with a delicious breeze blowing through the condo. It's been terribly hot/humid here these past few weeks, even prompting me to think of relocating farther north in Florida for upcoming winters.  I've sent (sister) Dawn out on groceries, and I'm sitting here on the lanai with (cat) Abby occupying the chair next to me. Before getting into the nitty-gritty of this blog entry, I must say a few words about the Oscar telecast of Feb. 26, since that is where I left off on the last blog entry. Dawn and I watched the show to the end, and stared at each other in abject disbelief as pandemonium reigned on stage over the miscall on "Best Picture." We were actually rooting for "La La Land" but when all the dust settled, I wasn't surprised that the Motion Picture Academy voted for "Moonlight" given its partiality to noir cinema. In any event, this goes down as the biggest li...