Lianna turned to me in the car this morning on the way to school and said: “What’s Obama’s last name?” “Good one!,” I said, but she said it was an old meme from years ago. I explained to her that I live under a rock so it was new to me and I only recently learned what a meme is.
It was timely: our ex-Prez was in the puzzle today, boringly clued as election victor in ’08 and ’12. His girls often make appearances too; less so, the missus. Nice to see you, Mr. Prez!
Sticking with the political for a moment, 46D was “Convention-hosting Swiss city,” and the answer was GENEVA, as in the Geneva Convention. Anoa Bob posted: I still have my “GENEVA Convention Member” card that I got during my hitch in the Navy. A few years back when we were waterboarding prisoners, a reporter ask Dick Cheney if that wasn’t a violation of the GENEVA Convention. He brushed off the question by calling it a “quaint” document.
I see Taylor was out in KC for the Chiefs’ game again yesterday. Her beau Travis Kelce leads the Chiefs with 48 catches this season, not counting this one very special one. Awwww. Word is TK’s mom approves. Reel him in, Taylor. We’re all rooting for you. That mini was a good move — he should be a helpless bowl of Salt Lake City Jello by now.
With all eyes on that romance and the interesting season the Jets are having, it might be easy to forget the baseball playoffs are going on, with two big games tonight. We’re pulling for Texas to unseat the hated ‘Stros, and for the Phils to move on to the WS too. Lots of ex-Nats in the spotlight tonight. Max on the mound for the Rangers, and Turner, Harper, and Schwarber in the lineup for Philly. It may all come down to Kimbrel in the Philly pen — and he’s been shaky lately.
There is no one on God’s green earth cuter than my Zoey, but a case could be made that Cordelia Anastasia Russell my grandniece in California is in second place. (She’s the blond on the right in a shot her mom sent me today.) She has her dad’s face but, you know, cuter. The redhead’s her bestie.
Remember “Singer Ronnie of the Ronettes?” SPECTOR, of course. There’s a Ronettes connection to Jimi Hendrix, alav hashalom. During the summer of 1964, the Ronettes spent a lot of time at Odine’s, an exclusive East Side club in Manhattan. According to Ronnie, that is where the Ronettes were first introduced to Jimi Hendrix, who was an unknown guitarist there at the time. Ronnie used to sing along with Hendrix as he played guitar. After running into Hendrix again in 1969, Estelle (a Ronette) and Ronnie were invited into the studio to do backing vocals on Hendrix’s “Earth Blues” song. Their work earned The Ronettes a credit on Hendrix’s LP Rainbow Bridge, posthumously released in 1971.
Anyway, Ronnie popped by the puzzle yesterday to guide Kelce on what to ask Taylor. He might have figured it out — he’s no dummy — but advice from an old timer can’t hurt.
See you tomorrow! Thanks for dropping in.
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