I hope these kids are ready for the Socratic method.
Sounds threatening. Don't test me, boy, I have Socrates and I know how to use him!
For voir dire purposes, I think I'd choose Abraham Lincoln and Eleanor Roosevelt. Then they'll know whose side I'm likely to be on.
Tomorrow I'm going to meet a new Internet friend F2F. She raises heirloom sheep and goats and I get to help feed them. Then I'm washing her dishes because she's dealing with depression and physical disability and needs some help. I think it's a fair trade, dishes for goats. (Note that I've never met her IRL before, so I'm hoping she's as cool as her online persona is.)
So groovy Consuela for all the cool travels!
I'm beginning to wonder if my Nemesis is in cognitive decline.
Huh, that must be a disturbing insight into her. I'd not be surprised if you're right. You certainly know what you're looking at.
Aw, Robert Guillaume!
Indeed. I always identified with Jessica and the Benson/Jessica interactions were so delightful. eta: Huge Soap fan. Have seen the episodes multiple times.
I am realizing now with Robert Guillaume-- I think I always wanted Benson to be my dad. I never had a dad, and for my young childhood didn't even really understand that it was "normal" to have a dad, but when you say "dad"- I picture Robert Guillaume on Benson with the governor's daughter. Even though he clearly wasn't her actual dad, but that it what it meant to me at the time.
Aw, Sophia. That's so sweet/sad.
My strongest memory of Robert Guillaume is from the Christmas episode of Benson when he sang "O Holy Night," and breaking out in goosebumps at the sheer swoony richness of his voice. And of course that episode is up on YouTube, so I just listened again, and... exact same thing. Utterly, viscerally, heart-rattlingly thrilling.
I remember seeing him play the Phantom in Phantom of the Opera at the Ahmanson here in Los Angeles. He was amazing, his voice in that role is my benchmark for how the Phantom should sound.
I've heard so many people say that today. I need to look it up online.
In high school, I saw him in an all-black production of "Guys and Dolls." Which was on its way to Broadway. He played Nathan Detroit and was incredible.im so glad my parents took us to cool stuff.
Weirdly, I always think of Robert Guillaume when I am filing my taxes because of an episode of Benson where he was audited and one of his deductions is the suit he is wearing to the audit. I don't know why that particular scene lodged in my head so securely, but it certainly did.
Today was very long. Tomorrow will also be long, but with fewer exciting new experiences. At least that's the plan.
