Taylor Swift’s two yr tour has ended. The Eras Tour. 100 forty 9 reveals. Attendance 10,168,008. Ticket gross sales $2,077,618,725. The perfect promoting tour of all time! Double the gross ticket gross sales of some other live performance tour in historical past!
Swift took care of her assist. It does take a Village! She gave out $197 million in bonuses to everybody engaged on her tour. Everybody means precisely that. Included truck drivers, caterers, instrument techs, , lighting, sound manufacturing, workers and associates, carpenters, dancers, band, safety, choreographers, pyrotechnics, riggers, hair, make-up, wardrobe, bodily therapists, and video individuals.
After I dropped Cindy off on the Keys Hospital at midnight, she and I assumed Steve was going to Mount Sinai. Seems to not have been the case.
I spoke with Cindy late yesterday afternoon. Steve is at HCA Florida Kendall Hospital in Miami. Why there as an alternative of Mount Sinai, Cindy didn’t know.
Steve being always examined. Drained, in any other case okay. Cindy drained additionally. She rented a automobile. No motel room, nonetheless. She has opted to sleep in a chair in Steve’s room.
They haven’t been advised something but as to the reason for Steve’s downside.
A Residents’ Voice merchandise yesterday: “Appears like half of America prefers a king to a President.” Appears so. Don’t look forward to an abdication. It won’t occur.
George Washington stated: “He would somewhat die on his ft than reside on his knees.” I hope it doesn’t come to that within the U.S.
Christopher Wray introduced he’ll resign earlier than Trump takes workplace. His name. The choice was resign or be fired when Trump grew to become President.
I’ve revered Wray. I respect his judgment. My sense is twofold. One to chorus from seeing the FBI being dragged right into a disgusting fray. The second, why put up with the bullshit!
I’m upset with Senator Grassley. An previous man getting used. A political foe of Wray’s for years. Nevertheless, his letter itemizing his claimed Wray deficiencies and errors over time beneath a person of his purported dignity. Time for him to resign his place!
Ever marvel why Elon Musk has turn out to be so authorities concerned in current instances? He now sits on the proper hand of God. His perform within the new administration is to scale back authorities prices. Most of which impacts him personally.
Musk’s newest cry includes the IRS. He says, “Delete it!”
The blokes who make the largest bucks don’t wish to pay their fair proportion. Profitable companies pay no or very slight taxes.
The U.S. authorities is run on the taxes paid by the center class. The center class carries the Nation on its again.
Trump’s “poor picks” proceed. He suggested Kari Lake will head Voice of America. She is going to promote the U.S. negatively worldwide!
Cheerleaders weren’t at all times women. There was a time after they have been males. Solely males. Ladies have been excluded. Cheerleading was thought of “a masculine sport.”
Cheerleading grew to become “feminine” throughout World Battle II when males have been off combating. The women took over the “sport” within the 1960’s equally as they started taking on or getting concerned in most different issues.
4 Presidents have been cheerleaders throughout their college phrases: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, and George W. Bush.
Folks searching for a greater lifestyle are usually not solely attempting to achieve the U.S. Different nations face the issue additionally.
Italy is one.
A rickety boat carrying 45 migrants from someplace in Africa and heading for Italy sank off the island of Lampedusa throughout a storm. Just one survivor. An 11 yr previous lady. In a life jacket. She was clinging to a pair of inside tubes for 3 days. Her voice was heard by a steamer going by at 3:15 within the morning.
Tuesday was going to be an enormous deal for me. My again was bettering. I used to be going to satisfy Steve at The Grand. Steve by no means confirmed as you’re conscious.
I sat on the bar for 1.5 hours. I’m not supposed to sit down on bar stools. Screws up my backbone and pelvic alignment. That’s the reason I take advantage of the again room at Brady’s to observe Syracuse sports activities. Can’t deal with bar stools. The enjoyable at The Grand is on the bar, nonetheless. So I sat on the bar.
After I left, I knew I had made a mistake. I walked out bent over. Again and pelvic space damage. Bought worse because the night time progressed.
Yesterday was my common neurophysiotherapy session. Defined what occurred to my therapist. She understood as quickly as I advised her the trigger. Correctly chastised me. Then stated you threw the alignment I gave you off. She measured my ft to make sure. She was right. One leg was shorter than the opposite.
She spent an hour doing the manipulations to make my ft, and many others. even once more. When she was performed, they did. However I damage like hell! I knew I might. Additionally knew by the top of the day I might be higher.
My pelvic space was with out ache by final night time. My again nonetheless sore, although much less. I sit with a lumbar brace as I work.
No extra bar stools for me! If I’m motivated to do The Grand once more, I’ll have the stool eliminated and stand.
I shut with what was a particular night final night time. A really particular one for me. Surprising.
No, I didn’t have intercourse.
Round 5 pm, I used to be looking out the web for a film to observe. Got here throughout one starring James Garner and Julie Andrews. By no means noticed it earlier than. Didn’t find out about it. Titled “One Particular Evening.”
Incredible movie! Garner and Andrews play two mature individuals. Late 50’s, early 60’s. Spouses lifeless. Meet and fall in love. An extended solution to the “love,” nonetheless. Each actors terrific. Garner performed a tough ass firstly. Completely different for him. Andrews her standard candy self.
The movie left me in a snug temper.
What adopted was even higher!
Three musical reveals. The primary two honoring the works of Oscar Hammerstein. The primary staring Julie Andrews. The singing performed by Broadway stars primarily. The reason is the present was supposed to convey the temper of a Broadway musical which is extra subdued than the movie model.
Hammerstein’s nice lyrics from 1943 to 1959 stuffed the TV. Oklahoma, Carousel, Showboat, South Pacific, The Sound of Music, and many others.
What may very well be higher.
The following present was the identical. With out Julie Andrews, nonetheless. It was primarily based on music from the flicks which had a much bigger bang to them.
My night time ought to have been over! What extra may I ask for? I received it! Barbara Streisand and her first present after 20 plus years. What a tearjerker!
The night should have been good for me. I slept soundly until 6 o’clock this morning. I’ve not had night time’s sleep because the coronary heart assault. I really feel like a brand new man in the mean time.
Get pleasure from your day!