Friday, July 18th. 76 degrees. No Internet at work. No Wi-Fi which means no phones, no access to requests. I came in to find security wandering around telling me that the security cameras were down.

In order to save data, I am holding off from using my phone though I am using my phone to write this…

I was just thinking about Lick Nattanzio and trying to remember if there was some underhanded dealings that ol’ Lick was affiliated with. Thinking about Lick was from listening to Beginnings by Chicago. Con Jarroll considered them a favorite band and being the snot nosed punk I was (and still am) I would rib him mercilessly about his musical tastes. I am still indifferent to the music of Chicago but do appreciate a handful of their songs.

Con and Lick got along well. I was the odd man out which was a position I would eventually get used to, though 47 years ago it stung a little. Con and Lick could recite Odd Couple skits and they were not interested in my take regarding Plastic Bertrand and Ca Plane Pour Moi.

I had a good call with my brother Brian last night, almost an hour on a range of subjects. HBJ was mentioned since we both worked there albeit at different times.

There is an Asian gentleman sitting a few feet away from me whose live streaming and I seem to be part of his live stream so he’s part of this here blog.

I just had a half an hour meeting with my supervisor, the woman who makes the decisions on how I live my life for the past 3 months. It went well. I didn’t say anything but I did look good on the webcam.

I wrote down the elevator singing I’ll go crazy by James Brown earlier. I was at my desk singing “Skyy Can You Feel Me” by Raphael Saadiq. I am in a good mood, and why not? It is a Friday.
Mike is at my crib. Bill is on the upper west side getting ready for a play, rehearsal they call it and I am outside my building smoking a mini cigar.

I did have a plan to have halal food for lunch but I’ve just been snacking all morning and I’m not really hungry. I am eating just to pass the time, not for hunger so that’s that.

I got to the office this morning and there were two security people there. I asked someone what was going on and they said the security cameras were not working. So that was weird. It should not have any effect, and allowed me to do my job or so I thought without the watchful eye of Big brother.

But as luck would have it there was no internet either so I could not do my job so I sat and read a book at my desk which was fine because I only get a few minutes to read it and the book is picking up. For the past couple of days I thought it was quite dry but it seems to be picking up because I know of the players that are being written about.
I just had a nice phone call with Jimmy Chile; he’s such a good guy, and I made him laugh, which made me smile.

It is actually a gorgeous July 18th. The weather is just fine, not too hot, with a nice breeze, no humidity, which makes me cock an eyebrow.