November is already approaching the halfway point. The month has had a mild, even enjoyable span of good weather. I am hearing snippets of predicted forecasts for big blasts from winter weather.

Sunday was a nice day. I never could find the button to relieve the fatigue and by afternoon was feeling the potential effects of a sinus infection coming on. I think I guarded it off.

This week shall be hectic with a number of HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS: THE MUSICAL performances at The Schuster Center. I am excited to see patrons arriving in costume, which seems to be the trend, these days. When I was growing up, you wore a suit and tie to concerts and productions. The first experience I had with seeing audience members dressed in costume was when I attended THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW movie as a sophomore in college; however, that was the exception and not the norm. I love seeing the children, especially the parents, in costume. Some dads are just way cooler than others when it comes to dressing up.

On this date in history, in 2001, on the heels of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan prompted by the deadly terrorist attacks of September 11, the army of the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance captured the capital city of Kabul. Martin Scorsese‘s 1981 Raging Bull, a biopic about boxer Jake La Motta, had its world premiere and became an American classic, especially known for the Oscar-winning performance of Robert De Niro. The 1941 animated film Fantasia had its first public screening, and it became one of Disney‘s more controversial works, derided for its portentousness and praised for its stunning visual virtuosity. In 1850, Robert Louis Stevenson—the Scottish essayist, poet, and author of fiction and travel books who was best known for his novels Treasure Island (1881), Kidnapped (1886), The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886), and The Master of Ballantrae (1889)—was born.

I am feeling the great need for naps but they shall not come to pass.

Make it a great day!