August 6, 2026: House on Taylor Ave. in Racine, Wisconsin displaying July 4, Halloween, and Mother's Day decorations.
Another Week: Number 189
We continue to alternate between occasional pleasant days and unusually humid and rainy weather. I got my mowing and fertilizing done on Tuesday, then turned the air conditioning on and was awakened after midnight by bone-rattling thunder.
Earlier on Tuesday, I walked into my local Walmart Supercenter and noticed something on floor of the entry aisle — a $20 bill. That was helpful.
On Wednesday, the streaky Chicago Cubs completed a sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers at Wrigley.
I continue to try to recall my dreams. On Friday morning, I dreamt that Amy was trying to fix the plumbing in our apartment — but the leak only became worse, and she complained that her shoulder was hurting. “Not for long,” I thought. “You’re going to die soon.”
On Saturday, I mowed again after just four days, because all the rain makes the grass grow so fast, and more rain was expected Sunday.
On Saturday night, the Indiana Fever game at Chicago erupted into flagrant controversy.
I walked 6.79 miles this week.
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Catch Me If You Can (2002)
My mom and I have seen this one before, but we watched it again on Saturday night. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Frank Abagnale Jr., a real-life, check-forging con man who fooled his way into a Pan Am cockpit and a Georgia operating room, among other restricted workplaces. It’s a Steven Spielberg movie, so it looks great even if its heart is about a half size too small.
Tom Hanks co-stars as “Carl Hanratty,” a composite FBI agent slowly gaining on Abagnale. Hanratty is from Chicago, and Hanks’ attempt at a Chicago accent is distracting — but you still feel for the poor jagoff.
This is one of those movies where the stars and the elaborate production somewhat undercut the true story, so you have to keep reminding yourself that these things more or less happened in real life. The exception is Amy Adams, a naive nurse who is heartbreakingly real when she cries.
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