Blue Monday
Aug. 24th, 2019 10:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tracker7Went to Liberty after work Tuesday night. First time in weeks that I can recall not having to run the AC on a trip of more than a few miles. Made good time until just south of Danville - dense fog for the last 30 miles or so of the drive.
The visit with Mom&Dad was good. We were all terribly lazy - including Kaiser, to my surprise. A brief thunderstorm rolled through, and the very good Doberman needed all the reassurance that he would be okay and that the world wasn't coming to an end. I went back to Louisville late Wednesday evening, and while there was no fog, there were other things to slow me down, starting with my choice of routes.
For no good reason, I decided to go through Bernheim Forest instead of going north out of Bardstown. Under normal circumstances, it's an easy drive. Wednesday night did not see normal circumstances. Milling and paving, with miles-long one-lane stretches. I spent as much time sitting and waiting as I did moving between Bardstown and the I-65 onramp. But, hey, once on 65, things were great, and I figured I'd swing by Meijer for a couple of things. Westbound 265 was closed for a couple of miles due to an accident, providing something to look at while rolling east. Got near the store, and it's dark. Someone had driven into a utility junction box and knocked out power. I gave up and went home and went to bed.
Read a couple of Star Wars novels this week. Heir to the Jedi was pretty good, a Luke Skywalker story set in the first few weeks after Yavin. Thrawn: Treason was a real improvement over its predecessor, moving along at a heck of a good clip and tying in things from Rebels and Rogue One. If Zahn gets to do another Thrawn story, I think it will have to be set after the Rebels finale, and I have to wonder how long a leash Disney will give him.
In other Star Wars news, the trailer for The Mandalorian was released yesterday, and I am so very in on this. Looks like Jon Favreau really is giving me the space Western I've wanted. On top of that, an Obi-Wan series was confirmed, so that's three live-action Star Wars series coming. I'm all a-twitter.
The visit with Mom&Dad was good. We were all terribly lazy - including Kaiser, to my surprise. A brief thunderstorm rolled through, and the very good Doberman needed all the reassurance that he would be okay and that the world wasn't coming to an end. I went back to Louisville late Wednesday evening, and while there was no fog, there were other things to slow me down, starting with my choice of routes.
For no good reason, I decided to go through Bernheim Forest instead of going north out of Bardstown. Under normal circumstances, it's an easy drive. Wednesday night did not see normal circumstances. Milling and paving, with miles-long one-lane stretches. I spent as much time sitting and waiting as I did moving between Bardstown and the I-65 onramp. But, hey, once on 65, things were great, and I figured I'd swing by Meijer for a couple of things. Westbound 265 was closed for a couple of miles due to an accident, providing something to look at while rolling east. Got near the store, and it's dark. Someone had driven into a utility junction box and knocked out power. I gave up and went home and went to bed.
Read a couple of Star Wars novels this week. Heir to the Jedi was pretty good, a Luke Skywalker story set in the first few weeks after Yavin. Thrawn: Treason was a real improvement over its predecessor, moving along at a heck of a good clip and tying in things from Rebels and Rogue One. If Zahn gets to do another Thrawn story, I think it will have to be set after the Rebels finale, and I have to wonder how long a leash Disney will give him.
In other Star Wars news, the trailer for The Mandalorian was released yesterday, and I am so very in on this. Looks like Jon Favreau really is giving me the space Western I've wanted. On top of that, an Obi-Wan series was confirmed, so that's three live-action Star Wars series coming. I'm all a-twitter.