Not to start this off on a sour note, but I'll just mention one thing I have noted this summer: those who drive with their masks on in their cars are the worst drivers! While I am glad they do wear masks, this at least gives me a warning to try and avoid them if possible. As for derecho, that is a term I had never heard of before a terrible set of thunderstorms hit Northern Illinois soon after I left there and returned to Florida. Thankfully no one I know was adversely affected.
To mention a few random things since the last time I wrote one of these: 2020 being miserable has even impacted the soda manufacturers. The variety of pop (at least in 12 packs) has been lacking as of late. At least last month there was the unexpected revelation that at Speedway convenience stores only is Mountain Dew Spark, which tastes like raspberry lemonade and I am in favor of the flavor. Another thing I did was return to the cinemas; while a risk, I am willing to accept that risk and believe that each chain's measures will be enough. One thing I saw which wasn't good as Peninsula, a horror/action movie from South Korea that was a sequel to the awesome Train to Busan. Unfortunately, Peninsula wasn't too good... an attempt at being a mindless modern Hollywood blockbuster, only with terrible computer graphic effects. At least the week prior was being able to experience The Empire Strikes Back theatrically, which was awesome. For certain it was MUCH better than the last few Star Wars movies... and to deliver a hot take, recently I finally watched The Mandalorian-Baby Yoda is cute and all but the whole thing was just meh and dull to me, among other issues such as there being too much humor... one of the main problems I had with the last few Star Wars movies.
The past few weeks haven't been too terribly exciting so it was nice that Mecum returned to Kissimmee; each January I discuss the largest auto auction in the world (at least 3,000 vehicles) and because of The Black Plague canceling some of their scheduled events, they had to have another one in this area of Florida. While they had “only” 1000 vehicles and nothing was in 7 figures like their usual auctions here, it was still nice seeing a wide variety of different cars... even with how hot and humid it was. After that, on the way home I ate at a BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse as my last visit to one was ages ago and I have always enjoyed their food; the same was true on this day.
When I return sometime later in the month, who knows what will be discussed. Hopefully everyone has a nice Labor Day today.
