{"id":4226,"date":"2017-08-21T06:09:32","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T13:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/?p=4226"},"modified":"2019-04-26T15:21:18","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T15:21:18","slug":"august-21-august-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/august-21-august-27\/","title":{"rendered":"August 21 &#8211; August 27 (2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:calc( 1250px + 0px );margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h3>RANDOM PIC OF THE WEEK<\/h3>\n<p>My pal Joey Torino made up this cool-looking TV Guide-esque parody of he and I at the Police Collector&#8217;s Show the previous week!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ww_20170821_00.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4227\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ww_20170821_00-386x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"386\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ww_20170821_00-386x500.jpg 386w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ww_20170821_00-500x647.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ww_20170821_00-700x906.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ww_20170821_00-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ww_20170821_00.jpg 927w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/humming\/humming.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"54\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Let&#8217;s wrap up our study of great &#8220;story songs&#8221; with one of the greatest story songs from the last four decades. The Charlie Daniels Band took the world by storm with <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;The Devil Went Down to Georgia!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fi13NxmjqLI\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Monday the 21st \u2013 CAR FUN! \u2013<\/span> Shortly after noon I got up and took Roxy out for a quick walk. I came back inside and did a phone interview with my old pal Greg Belfrage in Sioux Falls, South Dakota at KELO AM radio. He taped the interview to play closer to the time that \u201cBatman Vs. Two-Face\u201d comes out on home video. It was great chatting with him and we had a good conversation. I\u2019ll post when the interview airs so you can catch it on-line. The rest of the afternoon I did auditions while waiting for the Service Manager at the local Ford dealer to call me and let me know when to bring my Mustang in for service. I did some more work around the house, and when the guy from Ford called I told him I\u2019d bring the car over later that afternoon. We also discussed all of the issues they have with their Early Bird drop-off program (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/2017\/08\/14\/\">see last week\u2019s Wally\u2019s Week<\/a>). I told him I understood that, because of their remodeling, things were in a bit of disarray. But I suggested they post a sign near the Early Bird key drop box instructing customers where to park their cars. He said, \u201cThat\u2019s a good idea.\u201d Duh! They didn\u2019t think of that before? Anyway, I fed and walked Roxy and then got ready for dinner at the Smokehouse with two old \u201cTonight Show\u201d friends. I dropped the Mustang off at Ford, and my assistant Sara met me there and drove me to the Smokehouse. My pals Troy, Eric, Sara and I had a terrific time eating and catching up. I got home and enjoyed a short nap on the Most Comfortable Couch in the Universe, and then got up to walk and feed Roxy. I typed out Wally\u2019s Week, and then made some spaghetti and watched \u201cBarnaby Jones.\u201d I\u2019m now forced to use the \u201cnew and improved\u201d recipe of Old Wisconsin original summer sausage for my spaghetti sauce and it\u2019s not nearly as good. It just doesn\u2019t have the same zing as the old recipe. I wish they\u2019d bring it back. Time to try some other brands, I guess.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Tuesday the 22nd \u2013 LOTSA LEAKS! \u2013<\/span> When I got up at 2 the Ford guy had called to tell me that I had a leak in my intake manifold, and my A\/C compressor was bad and had a leak in it as well. The total estimate for service was about $3k. But it only has 68,000 miles on it, it\u2019s 14 years old, is in great shape, has been paid off for years, and I\u2019ve never spent a considerable amount of money on its repair. So this expense was expected. It\u2019s super clean and well worth the work. Besides, we still have some hot weeks coming in late summer, so I\u2019ve got to have good A\/C! They said I can pick it up on Thursday. I spent the rest of the afternoon at home doing bookkeeping, going through my corporate receipts, paying bills, reconciling my bank statements, and I got a bank deposit ready. I got lots done! I walked over to my auxiliary garage to get my Torino out for a dinner meeting, but I realized I left the aux garage door opener in my Mustang! Luckily a resident was kind enough to open it for me. I met my agent Brittney for dinner at Jerry\u2019s Famous Deli. She\u2019s come on to the agency fairly recently, so I wanted to get acquainted with her and talk about possible upcoming projects. When I got home I grabbed a short nap on the couch again. I got up around 2am to feed Roxy, and then we went on our walk. When I came back inside I wanted nothing more than to lie back down on the couch and sleep some more. I ended up sleeping until 10am!!!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Wednesday the 23rd \u2013 EXER-SIGHS! \u2013<\/span> When I woke up at 10, after an all-nighter on the couch, I did an audition, answered some e-mails, and decided I would pick up my \u201cadopted grandma\u201d Shirley for lunch. I picked her up in the Torino and we went to Marie Callendar\u2019s to eat. Then I ran a few errands. One of the stops was at a lighting store to try and find some lighting effects for my \u201cMonster House.\u201d I have a display above the TV in my home theatre that features five monster figures with a \u201cmonster house\u201d facade behind them. The translucent windows in the facade have red lights shining into them from the back, casting an eerie glow from inside the house. But I started to think about other lighting effects to put in there instead; ones that would allow me to change colors or even use different flashing patterns. But the lighting store didn\u2019t have anything I liked. I dropped Shirley off at home, and then I went to the bank to make a deposit. I got home and started working on the \u201cMonster House\u201d display. I had a spool of Super Night LED strip lighting, and I thought that might be good for the rear lighting effect I was looking for. So I brought up the big ladder from downstairs, climbed up and took down all the monster figures. Then I cleaned the platform where they stood. It was dusty and dirty and needed a good cleaning! I removed the monster house facade and took it down stairs to work on it. I added light-blocking vinyl all around the edge of the facade, so that there wouldn\u2019t be any light leakage. I wanted the lights to shine only through the translucent windows. I looped the Super Night lighting all around the windows and climbed back up the ladder and replaced it. But the lights just weren\u2019t bright enough to read properly. So I toddled back up the ladder and removed the facade. I took off the Super Night lighting and put it back in my cabinet to store it for another project. I ran back up the ladder, put the facade back into place, and replace the monster figures. But I noticed a back injury from last week was coming back\u2026and in full force! Last week while trying out a new jump rope, I pulled a muscle in the middle section of the right side of my back. It hurt pretty badly, but went away quickly. But now it was back. All of the climbing up the ladder, twisting to my right to lift the monster figures up and down, replacing the facade \u2013 it was all culminating in a horrible back ache! My friend Emily Danyel was housesitting at a house in my area that had a private Jacuzzi. Additionally, Emily is a masseuse, so she agreed to work on my back for a bit. I went over to pick her up to get some sandwiches at Jersey Mikes, and then we went to the Jacuzzi to try and settle this back issue. But it was hurting pretty badly. I really did it this time! I went home and put some Ben-Gay on my back and took a nap with a heating pad. I got up later and did auditions, fed and walked Roxy, and came back inside. My back was a little better, but not much. I showered up, put an Icy Hot patch on my back and got into bed with the heating pad. I ate the leftover Jersey Mike\u2019s sandwich and watched \u201cBarnaby Jones.\u201d OUCH!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Thursday the 24th \u2013 BACK TO BACK PROBLEMS! \u2013<\/span> I slept until 3, and when I got up I did some last-minute auditions. I answered some e-mails, did some photo editing, and did a little \u201clight\u201d work around the house. My back was still hurting quite badly. I haven\u2019t heard anything from the Ford people about my Mustang and it was supposed to be ready today. I finished up all my auditions for the day and drove over to meet Sara at Little Toni\u2019s for dinner. But I was hurting pretty badly again, so I went home and put some Ben-Gay on my back and napped. I got up later to feed Roxy and take her on our late night walk through the neighborhood (slowly!), and then came inside and found an odd position to lay on the couch that didn\u2019t hurt my back. I slept there until 7 and then got up to get ready for bed. What a mess!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Friday the 25th \u2013 STRETCH INTO THE PAIN! \u2013<\/span> Even though I had a session for American Airlines scheduled at 3, I had to call and cancel. I was in too much pain. So we\u2019re postponing the session until I\u2019m better. The maids came over at 11 to clean up Planet Wallywood while I laid around in pain. Ford called and said my car was ready. I spent the afternoon resting, and later my neighbor Bob drove me over to the Ford dealer to pick up my Mustang. Later that night my trainer Natalie Duran came over and I decided we\u2019d got back to Emily\u2019s to try and work out the issues with my back. She ran me through a few stretching exercises. I had been avoiding moving in the direction of the pain because\u2026well\u2026it hurt! But Natalie said I should \u201cstretch into the pain.\u201d She said when a muscle seizes the one in my back; it needs to be stretched out. So I\u2019m going to start stretching into the pain and see if that helps. Boy, it\u2019s been quite a year. First sinus issues; headaches, jaw pain, sinus pain\u2026and now this! What the heck?! I came back home and put on some Ben-Gay and took a nap. I got up later to feed and walk Roxy, and then I made some lasagna and watched \u201cBarnaby Jones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Saturday the 26th \u2013 \u201cDOCTOR DOCTOR \u2013 GIVE ME THE NEWS!\u201d \u2013<\/span> Sara and I went to the store to get some items for movie night, and she did all the heavy lifting for me. I was still pretty miserable with back pain. So while she put the groceries way and got ready for movie night I rested upstairs. We had a fun time watching the old Tony Curtis \u201cHoudini\u201d on Blu Ray. After everyone left I napped on the couch, and then fed and walked Roxy. But I just wasn\u2019t into doing my usual Saturday night routine, so I just got ready for bed and called it a day. But not before leaving a message on my Chiropractor&#8217;s voicemail asking to see him on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Sunday the 27th \u2013 HERE COMES THE HOT! \u2013<\/span> As I woke up Sunday afternoon I strongly considered not going to church because I was in so much pain. But I took a few Advil, put on an Icy Hot patch, and drove over to church anyway. It was much too hot to take Roxy as we were on the verge of a week-long hot spell of triple digits. The mild weather we\u2019ve had for August came to an end at last. After church Shirley, Sara and I went to Paty\u2019s to enjoy a gorgeous evening dining on the patio. It was warm, but not hot, and it reminded me of those Palm Springs evenings I love so much. After dinner Sara came over to work on my back for a bit. I took a dip in the Jacuzzi, put on a back patch, and napped. I got up later to do a bunch of auditions. I left another message on my Chiropractor\u2019s voicemail letting them know that my pain had not improved over the weekend. I\u2019m hoping I won\u2019t have to cancel any more sessions this week, and I can get back to my old self here very soon.<\/p>\n<p>And how was (OUCH!) your week??!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PIX FROM THE WEEK<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_4228\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ww_20170821_01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4228\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4228\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ww_20170821_01-470x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ww_20170821_01-470x500.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ww_20170821_01-500x532.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ww_20170821_01-700x745.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ww_20170821_01-768x817.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ww_20170821_01.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4228\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eric Silva, myself, and Troy Thomas; old Jay Leno &#8220;Tonight Show&#8221; alum; together at the Smokehouse!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4229\" style=\"width: 267px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ww_20170821_02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4229\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4229\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ww_20170821_02-257x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"257\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ww_20170821_02-257x500.jpg 257w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ww_20170821_02-500x974.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ww_20170821_02.jpg 616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4229\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tony Clifton is looking sharp in that new tuxedo jacket we made for him!<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4227,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wallysweek"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}