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Laundry day is done today! Laundromat was nearly empty. There were a flood of cars though since Papa Johns was giving away small pizzas--something about customer appreciation month. I appreciated the pizza even though I've never been a customer. The pizza was tasty--I might try them again some day (or night).

Reading about a PD Voice Initiative that is recording people's breathing patterns over the phone and extrapolating the recorded data into predictions of whether or not the subject has PD. After they validate the procedure, they could offer a dial-up status report as to a person's progress with the illness. What an elegant and clever breakthrough! And what a low cost intervention! Just the price of a phone call!

Watched a film this evening--Anonymous. A historical thriller based on some concepts about who was the actual Shakespeare. It was lavishly done with major actors and was intriguing in its portrayal of who was the person who was the author of so much material but about whom so little is known. The film presents a complex scenario of intrigue and incest that produces various heirs to the throne. These heirs or heirs apparent trigger political infighting and jostling among each other that gets mimicked in the popular Shakespearean plays. The work didn't do all that well at the box office and garnered some review comments regarding the time switches that were made. But it held my interest even though the key character, William Shakespeare, was portrayed as an illiterate drunk who was a poser and a criminal and was used by the real author to help create the subterfuge.

Another day another twilight! May the night be bright and the rains be light! So says the sprite!