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Just watched a movie, The In-Laws, that was cute--about a wedding where everything goes wrong when the long lost father of the groom appears. It's a piece of fluff--with no major messages, just a fun romp through a set of derailments that take place.

Danced today--had to struggle some since I felt like lead. Stopped afterward for a Frap--and things got better. Dinner was good--and I was feeling much better then.

Trump did it--he got himself nominated. Hillary is going to have to shift the game a lot--to accommodate the new image that Trump's team is promoting. They've focused on his roles as a parent, a business person, and a checklist of key attributes that balance out his demonstrable wackiness and missing skills. Hillary's team has to be brainstorming what they need to adjust--in order to parry this shifting of Trump's message.

Fortunately, for the DNC, he didn't let himself be dialed back--and he took the juice out of the clever and sharp speeches by his son, daughter, and a longtime business partner who has been with him for 40 years. They had elevated the discussion around his nomination--he shoved it back down to lower levels where finger-pointing and innuendo were the norm. He had a chance to really look presidential given the space created by the three introductions--instead, he pulled on the cloak of the demagogue and proceeded to do what he does best (blather and blast).  

Dance class up in Rescue tomorrow--planning on attending. There is a dance workshop in Lincoln tomorrow--but I'll have to pass on that.

Scary heat forecast for the coming week--100+ for several days in a row. Hottest is expected to be over 110--smoke and fires already happening. Could get worse--as the heat goes up.