Smokey and the Bandit in Postcards 4

The truck and the car….1977: Smokey and the Bandit images used “under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License.”

This Hal Needham, 1977 chase film was just the right thing for me yesterday. Mindless crashes, splendid rushing here and there with great bangs and some pretty good music too. The film kept me amused and in bed between swigs of Day Quill and sneezes. All the Hollywood references and slang make sense, and the romance of the decade was on Reynolds and Field’s faces.

Ah, the snowman rode again in three sequels and three more television films. I just hope all those folks banked some of the money. But it was the ‘80’s, and they probably partied it all away.

I did.

• Himself: Worked hard and said he felt better yesterday. He did start for the gym this morning until I reminded him he was still contagious.
• Herself: Slept all morning and read while watching “Smokey and the Bandit.” Who knows how much I took in. G reports that I really slept all day. Today the world is fuzzy and I know the cold has settled in right behind my eyes.
• Reading: Reichs, Bones Forever.
• Balance: There really isn’t any when you have a cold.