Happy Labor Day weekend to you! Some call this holiday weekend the “unofficial end of summer”.
If you’re wanting more warm weather, I know you’ll get it. But, if you’re ready for fall, temperatures definitely start dropping off in September!
Those stats are for Decatur in Central Illinois.
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A TASTE OF FALL
Bud Light is introducing a new line of fall-flavored seltzers!
Which would you try? I’d try them all. I think my favorites (in order) would be Maple Pear, Apple Crisp, Pumpkin Spice, and Toasted Marshmellow!
I’ve had the Bud Light Mango Seltzer and it was so good.
AND, NOW A TASTE OF THE WINTER HOLIDAYS!
Last week, at Kroger, I spotted Egg Nog ice cream 
!
Happy Holidays! 
NORMALLY, I DON’T SHAME PEOPLE….
Except those that absolutely deserve it and are totally ignorant.
Chloe Mrozak, you’re a pathetic individual!
The Oak Lawn, Illinois, woman was arrested last week in Honolulu, Hawaii, for allegedly using a fake COVID-19 vaccination card.
On the falsified and sloppy card, the vaccination “Moderna” was misspelled “Maderna”!
She was ultimately taken into custody and her bail was set at $2,000
A spokesperson for the Attorney General’s office in Honolulu says “Everyone should know that falsified CDC cards are a federal offense and in some states, it is a separate state charge. In Hawaii, using falsified proof of testing or vaccination documents for travel into the state is a misdemeanor that carries a fine of up to $5,000 and/or imprisonment of up to one year for each count. Our department will prosecute these crimes to the fullest extent provided by the law.”
Damn, why didn’t you just put Madea on it?
IN OTHER COVID-19 NEWS….
61.6% of adult Illinoisans are fully vaccinated now (78.6% have gotten at least one dose)!
And…
“YOU LOVE ME”
This is third book in the “You” book series by Caroline Kepnes from which the Lifetime/Netflix television series “You” originated.
Book 1 (“You” — 2014) and Season 1 were pretty close, yet there was much more of difference between Book 2 (“Hidden Bodies”– 2016) and Season 2.
After reading the Kepnes’ latest, “You Love Me”, I hope the new season deviates greatly from the book. Also, I hope Kepnes expands her writing resume and leaves the “You” series behind!!!
There was very little I enjoyed about the third book!
“YOU” (SEASON 3)
Now, speaking of the creepy, stalker, “love story” series, “You”, the trailer for the third season dropped earlier this week.
It premieres on Netflix on October 15, 2021. It’s not known if Netflix will drop the entire series as once, as it usually does.
REBA’S TRIPLE TREAT
This year, I’ll get an early birthday gift from Reba McEntire even though I’ll be buying it for myself!
The three-disc, “Reba Revived Remixed Revisited”, arrives October 8, 2021, on MCA Nashville, the record company where she scored most of her career hits and chart toppers.
I’m mostly excited for the “Remixed” disc.
DJ Tracy Young, who won a Grammy for her 2019 Madonna remix of “I Rise” is remixing “Turn On The Radio”, which was Reba’s last #1 hit at country radio, on January 1, 2011.
Here’s the original. I can’t wait to hear Tracy’s remix!
In a February 2017 blog entitled, “Reba Invites You To Church – Country Style”, I wrote, “If you’re listening, how about a bonafide dance album next? Your voice and EDM could be amazing!”
And, in June 2012, I wrote, “But, when you’re ready, skip country music and make a dance album in the vein of “You Keep Me Hangin’ On”, your #2 Billboard Dance hit from 1996. That would be awesome.”
So, this is definitely something I’ve been feeling since 1995 when “Starting Over” came out!
“CHERNOBYL”
After watching the incredible HBO miniseries about Chernobyl, I read Adam Higginbotham’s 2019 book, “Chernobyl”, subtitled “The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster”.
What a great, thorough book.
Here are a few things I learned and I’ll share more in the future.
- Ground was broken for the Chernobyl plant in 1970 and its Reactor Unit Four went online in 1983 as the newest and most advanced RBMK (Reaktor bolshoy moschnosti kanalnyy), a graphite-moderated boiling water reactor, which was unique to the Soviet Union.
- The Soviet Union, especially after the Three Mile Island accident in Pennsylvania, touted its nuclear industry superior to the United States because their scientists were better trained and their safety standards were higher.
- The Soviets knew of all the faults with their reactors, but did nothing about them because of the cost. This, even after several accidents dating back to the 1957, when the USSR had its first nuclear disaster.
- At the time of the explosion of Reactor Unit Four on April 26, 1986, a fifth and sixth reactor were being built. They were never finished.
“CHERNOBYL”
This five-episode 2019 HBO series covers the hours leading up to tragic 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion in the Soviet Union and its aftermath.
The series was nominated for 18 Emmy Awards, including three for acting, and it won a total of ten, including “Outstanding Limited Series”.
The acting was incredible and I’m glad I finally got to see the series and it prompted me to read the book I talked about above.
GRADE: B+
THAT’S IT
With all the craziness in the world, make it the best in your little part of it!
Anthony
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