09:01 – The taxes are in the mail, so I can forget about taxes for another year. Except, of course, for quarterly estimated tax payments, quarterly sales tax returns, and so on.
Barbara and I are watching The L Word and series five of Mad Men. Both are excellent, but The L Word is the better of the two. Oddly, it appears that only one of the actresses playing major roles in The L Word is actually gay. Several of the others are married (to men) according to Wikipedia. A couple of the primary actresses have never been married, but that of course says nothing one way or the other. I’m rather surprised that there was no outcry from the gay community, or at least none that I heard about. Having straight actresses playing lesbians seems a bit like having white people playing blacks.
Mad Men, as always, is well written but very dark and depressing. Nearly all of the major characters are weasels or weaselettes. The one exception is Megan Draper, wife of the lead character, played by Canadian actress Jessica Paré. What is it about Canada that it turns out so many adorable women? I think we should invade Canada and steal their women. In return, we can give them some of ours. I have a list, starting with some female politicians who are frequently mentioned in the comments here.
14:31 – Barbara got a call from her sister about 1:30. Her dad apparently collapsed at lunch and the EMTs were on the way. Frances told Barbara to meet them at the hospital, so Barbara got dressed and headed for the hospital. Frances is driving Sankie to the hospital. At this point, we have no idea how serious Dutch’s condition is. Of course, Dutch is 90 years old, and we all fear the worst.
15:00 – Barbara just called from the emergency room. Her dad is okay. He had a temperature around 103F (39.5C), which is enough to make a young person feel pretty ill, let alone someone who’s 90. The EMTs also had a hard time finding a pulse. Barbara says he not in any serious danger now other than the obvious for someone 90. They’ll probably admit him. Barbara is going to come home. As she said, there’s nothing she can do there.