Thursday

Last night's 200th episode of NCIS wasn't much for the viewer except for an opportunity to try to identify all of the characters who passed through Gibbs' dream sequence.  It was a little like the Seinfeld ending two-parter where the four main characters were on trial for their apathy and the prosecution brought all those bit players from prior episodes to testify.

The one thing that did catch my interest, at least in retrospect, was the rapid montage of scenes from the 199 previous shows that they used as a special introduction to this show.  They always have a short montage at the start of each show as they introduce the stars with short clips from the past.  And they accelerate the pace at the end of the introductions.  This one was just longer and had many, many brief scenes or pictures from the old shows.  (The Big Bang Theory has a similar montage vehicle at the start of that show where they depict The Theory of Evolution in about 10 seconds!)

The thought I had this evening during spin class was, "What would be in the montage of  The Life of LtPC?"  The more I thought about it, the more I wondered whether a proper montage is just pictures of buildings, people and landscapes?  And who would be interested?  Tough questions.

Included in my montage would be scenes that capture at least theses things:

1.   St. Pat's grade school and church in Ottumwa.
2.  The old house on the farm. 
3.  The barn on the farm.
4.  Wapello County Courthouse.
5.  A shot of old downtown Ottumwa, including the bridges.
6.  Walsh High School.
7.  Vet's Auditorium in Des Moines.
8.  Evans Junior High Gymnasium in Ottumwa.
9.  The Eldon, Iowa fairgrounds.
10. The Golden Dome.
11.  The Loop in Chicago
12. Old Capital in IC.
13. Lake Macbride in Solon.
14. The train station in Arlington Heights.
15. The house on Scott Street in Davenport.

Obviously, I could go on, but who beside me would be interested?  And these are just a few of the places.  Add in the people and it gets pretty lengthy.  But you can control the time by speeding up the frames.  Hmmm.  I might do it elsewhere at another time.  I think that the long story can be told with just the visuals.  Filmmakers do it all the time.

Another thought while on the bike tonight: Top Ten best liquid refreshments in LtPC's history (not necessarily in order of grandeur):  And have I done this previously?  Whatever.

1.  Ice cold Coke after high school basketball games.  Chilled in the snow outside the locker room.
2.  Fresh-squeezed iced-lemonade at the county fair in Eldon.
3.  Blooy Mary's with Major Peters spicy mix.  Playboy Club Chicago.
4.  Rum-spiked lemonade-icey's at Wrigley.  We could carry in a cooler!!
5.  Ice water in Mason jars in the hay fields.
6.  Camus Select Cabernet..Jordan ain't bad either.
7.  Chilled grapefruit juice.   There once was fruit station at a Marriott in Orange County...
8.  Starbuck's Americano (as hot as they can make it).  It had to be on the list!
9.  Beefeater and tonic.  There was a time before I discovered wine...
10. Coor's Light on the deck at Gov's with @bcbison after a Summer ride.

Sorry if this was a repeat.  It's fun going through the archives of the frontal lobe.

Enjoy TGIF.  Looks like it could be the QC Car Show with 4 tomorrow afternoon, and maybe wine at Bass Street with 2 and 4 after 5.  They have a good wine list at Bass Street...and it should be 1/2 price bottle night.

BCOT