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1. In my attempt to watch "Tracker" on DVR, I ended up seeing the last hour of the Superbowl instead. Actually I fast-forwarded through 90 % of it.

Take aways?
( for the wildly curious )

I gave up on trying to watch Tracker. I may try it on Paramount Plus at some point. I think this was CBS, or it will repeat.

2. Tried "Fire Country" which is kind of entertaining. It reminds me a little of Virgin River and Sullivan's Crossing in concept, which is a combo procedural/family drama/soap opera.

Canada seems to be making a lot of these, and a good portion of them are based on Robin Carr novels. (I don't read Robin Carr.)

What I noticed about Fire Country, was the young detective on Lucifer had aged and is now playing Manny on Fire Country, with gray hair. I'm like - whoa, how did that happen? Actually a lot of actors who are recognizable in the parent roles, aged.

3. Barbra Streisand makes an interesting comment in her Memoir about her film the Mirror had Two Faces, she's discussing directing Lauren Bacall (aka Betty Carlson). The comment is one that Bacall actually makes. "The odd thing about growing older, is inside you are still young, and raring to go, excited to start, but on the outside you are old. The mind stays young while the body ages."

I thought that was interesting. I don't know if I agree or not.

4. Work

Well, I took care of the thing that was keeping me awake last night - and I couldn't stop thinking about - first thing this morning, with two carefully worded emails.

And got praise from management regarding my handling of it. So yay?

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Brrr...oh good they turned on the heat. The wind was sharply hissing through the window panes. It's around ten degrees outside with the wind chill. And the heat wasn't on full blast. Yet, when it's fifty degrees? It's on full blast. Why is this?

In other news.. they've cast the Fantastic Four for the MCU

"Pedro Pascal [Last of Us & Mandalorian] is the brilliant and elastic Reed Richards (Mister Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby [The Crown, Fast & Furious, Mission Impossible] is the powerful Susan Storm (The Invisible Woman), Ebon Moss-Bachrach[ The Bear] is the clobberin' Ben Grimm (The Thing) and Joseph Quinn [Eddie - Stranger Things] is the charismatic hot head Johnny Storm (The Human Torch)."

On the fence about Reed and Johnny, but totally there for Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm, and Ebon as The Thing. That's good casting. I love Vanessa Kirby.