The Godfather, Part III, Senor Frog's, The COVID Blues & Happy Holiday Wishes

As promised, here is the last thing I'll be writing in this miserable year of 2020. Normally, right now I'd be in the Midwest on the customary vacation to see various members of the family. However, the pandemic is so bad it was the prudent decision to not make the long journey this year; at least most of those family members were seen back in August when mom was buried. Earlier in the year I mentioned how 2020 was awful even before the pandemic as mom was sick starting in January. Other prudent decisions were made: another yearly tradition was attending the auto show in Orlando at the Convention Center, where many manufacturers displayed their new product. Believe it or not they held it last weekend. Due to The Plague being especially bad in Florida and the thing being indoors, it seemed like a bad idea for me to attend. Mecum in Kissimmee is early next year and as I would never have to go in any building if I did not want to... expect me there.

There isn't too much that's happened in the past few weeks. The Chicago Bears took an even worse nosedive than what I expected when I mentioned back in late October that their good record (at the time) was a real misnomer. They'll likely end up 8-8 once the season ends-good thing I hardly paid attention to them. I did go to the cinema more than once-the highlight there was seeing the new edit of 1990's The Godfather, Part III. I never hated it like many people do, even if the movie is not a classic like the first two. This 2020 cut is a little bit better than what was shown 30 years ago-I am glad that since 2010 all three of those movies I've been able to see theatrically.

I've been to more than one restaurant-Senor Frogs will be specifically mentioned as I had never been to one before. It's a loud tourist sort of place (no surprise as it's on International Drive) and it may be a place only visited once... that doesn't mean the food was bad. At least the burrito I had tasted fine, but it's priced like a tourist sort of restaurant. 2021, one thing I should do is visit more local establishments in the area as there is no shortage of those.

To close this out, I will wish everyone a Happy Holidays and a better 2021 for everyone-it couldn't possibly be much worse for me. On the other side of the coin, I really shouldn't complain: several people I know “got the COVID” recently and another was in a car accident-thankfully everyone ended up fine. Let's all hope next year isn't the dumpster fire this year was.

Thanksgiving, The Hunt for Red October, Space Mountain & Shrimp Dinners

There is not too much to write about since the last time I did one of these. Due to how “the plague” has been ravaging much of the country-Florida being one of the hotspots-it has been wise to not be out all that often unless I am at a place like a grocery store or Walmart to get some essentials. Of course I still once in awhile see a fool without a mask on in a grocery store or Walmart; it just makes me shake my head. Don't worry, I do not confront them... instead, walking away as far away from them as possible is what happens. Anyhow, Thanksgiving was for certain different this year than any previous year in my life... there is no complaints as it was still went with family and that's the important thing.

Otherwise, among the things I can discuss here, there is not too much else to say. One afternoon was spent at the Magic Kingdom; I have an annual pass-thankfully it won't renew until two months from now-and it might as well be used. As they temperature screen everyone and rigidly enforce the mask rule, there were not too many worries about being at WDW. The crowd was not heavy so Space Mountain Early last month I saw The Hunt for Red October on the big screen as it was a tribute to the late Sean Connery. Viewing it that way was a good time. Last week, I went to a Joe's Crab Shack as it's been too long since a shrimp dinner was had. It was good and the place being the opposite of busy was fine with me in terms of health concerns.

Right before Christmas I'll return and post something new. There actually is more than one activity planned for the rest of the year so there will be things to discuss. Hopefully by then I'll be feeling like it is the Christmas season.