Snow Day! Actually, more of a snow and wintery mix day, but the effect is the same. At the moment our street is a big block of ice. This means we've been cooped up with three bickering teenage girls all day. Yay us.
We completed another gym cycle this week. On the first day we felt tight, so we broke protocol and began with cardio. That loosened everything right up. The subsequent strength and weight days went just fine. True story: our gym has a mirrored side room for stretching, aerobics and the like. We were in there when a gym bro took off his shirt and flexed and took pics. There were at least half a dozen other people in there too. We admit to being impressed, but bro, seriously? Seriously, bro.
Sports wrap: the New York Mets quite sensibly brought back slugging first basemen Pete Alonso for two years and $54 million. Despite his playoff clinching homer against Milwaukee, (right before he clubbed that homer, we turned to Mrs. Stroock and said, he hasn't had a big hit all year), Alonso had a down year. He may be on a career decline. But it's possible Alonso will have a rebound year, and he ain't a half bad first basemen. Alonso 's always been a touch on the plus side, his nickname is 'Polar Bear' for a reason. Stroock's Books believes Alonso would benefit enormously from losing 15-20 pounds. Signing Alonso is a good risk for the Mets to take.
Sports wrap II: NFL Hall of Fame announcements tonight. If you don't think Eli Manning is a Hall of Fame quarterback, you don't understand football and should find something else to watch...Real Housewives, or The Batchelor or something.
Trump refuses to back down from his call for the US to take over Gaza and for Gazans to leave the Strip. Stroock's Books endorses the latter 100 percent. Transfer remains the only humane option. Netanyahu is supporting Trump's plan, and why wouldn't he? Trump's machinations are having interesting political side effects in Israel, as the hard right nationalists in Bibi's coalition support Transfer as well. Trump's plan is giving Bibi political cover for stages 2 and 3 of a potential hostage deal. Reader(s) will recall what the imams say.
Yesterday we figured out what's going to happen at the end of the Battle of Waterside in Derry, and began a pair of scenes describing same. The battle of Waterside is going to be the catalyst for a lot of bad stuff, man. This enabled us to start a third scene describing the immediate aftermath of the troubles in Derry.
We're bringing back BBC reporter Colm Connolly from World War 1990: The Weser. Fun fact, our grognard informs us that there was actually a BBC reporter named Colm Connolly. This is 100 percent a coincidence. Our Colm Connolly is named Colm because of Colm Meaney from Star Trek. Weird.
Oh, and meet 'Reverend Roger' a Norther Ireland Prod, former UVA gunman, and current IRA patsy. The Right Reverend Ian Paisley is going to make Roger very mad.
Anyway, we now have a spark for the political scenes that must needs follow the Derry rotten business. We wanted to draw things out for a few months on the timeline, and now we are drawing things out for a few months on the timeline.
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