Today is the anniversary of Apollo 11 and the first lunar landing in 1969. As far as I am concerned, it is a day of celebration and ought to be declared a national holiday.
Coincidentally, I have been reading Jules Verne’s From the Earth to the Moon, which is quite enjoyable. I wish the film adaptation were available on DVD.
After too many years to mention (since the original airing?), I started watching The Muppet Show again. The episode (105) with guest star Rita Moreno is by far the best one on the disc (and judging from the fact that she won an Emmy for that appearance, I daresay it was the best of the season). It even featured her in a tango number!
Of special interest to me were the two references to my home state of Ohio. In one segment, Kermit announces an act he discovered as he was waiting in a bus station in Toledo, Ohio: the notorious Marvin Suggs and his Muppaphone. In another segment that originally aired only in the U.K., The Country Trio performed the song “To Morrow” about a town in Ohio named Morrow.
The episode was genuinely hilarious, and Rita Moreno was spectacular.
I must remember to add Muppet Wiki to my Links page.
[Edit: Added.]
Behold my first tomato! I planted it just a few days ago, and yesterday I saw this:
Do you know what this is?
If you can identify the flower in the photograph, please comment!
A coral dawn rose planted many years ago along the east side of my house:
Voila! Viola!
