{"id":5203,"date":"2018-07-30T05:36:06","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T12:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/?p=5203"},"modified":"2019-04-26T19:20:27","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T19:20:27","slug":"july-30-august-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/july-30-august-5\/","title":{"rendered":"July 30 &#8211; August 5 (2018)"},"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>Here&#8217;s how I looked right around the time I started getting mistaken for Jeff Lynne. This would have been back in the late 80&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5204\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_00-500x424.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_00-500x424.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_00-700x593.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_00-768x651.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_00.jpg 1180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/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\">&nbsp;The opening band for ELO was called Dawes. And they impressed me so much I bought one of their songs when I got home. This is <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;Feed the Fire.&#8221;<\/span> These guys are great!<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5203-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/feed_the_fire.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/feed_the_fire.mp3\">https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/feed_the_fire.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Monday the 30th \u2013 INEPTITUDE ON PARADE: PART 1! \u2013<\/span> It seems like everywhere I wanted to go was not possible due to road closures! Oh well, my tax dollars at work, I guess. I was up at 10 and out the door by 10:45 to an on-camera audition in Hollywood. The casting office was completely surrounded by construction work and closed streets, so I parked a ways away and walked. Good thing it was slightly cooler than it had been, otherwise I would have arrived drenched in sweat. The audition was for a Voice Over guy, but one that you would see on-camera. After seeing the prototype they had pictured on the sample scripts I realized that I probably wasn\u2019t what they were looking for, but I did my best nonetheless. I saw a bunch of guys who looked the part waiting to audition, and then I saw a few of my old VO pals who were sitting there wondering why they were there\u2026like me. One of my pals said, \u201cI have to come do one of these things every once in a while to remind myself why I don\u2019t do these.\u201d Well said. As a rule, VO folks don\u2019t really enjoy on-camera that much, and some avoid doing it altogether. But since the casting office requested me, I figured I\u2019d better at least make an appearance. After the audition I headed home to meet the plumbers who were finally going to fix my water heater the way they should have when the job was initially done two years ago. The plumbing works fine, but the way they installed it wasn\u2019t up to code. So when the city inspector came to inspect it, he had three corrections that needed to be handled before he could sign off on the permit. Oddly enough, the guy who screwed it up the first time returned to the \u201cscene of the crime.\u201d He\u2019s still employed! Unbelievable! But this time the inspector told me exactly what he needed to see before he would consider it up to code. When I told the plumbers what the problems were, they acted surprised; as if they\u2019ve never heard these things before. Is the code different for my house than every other house in L.A.? Good grief, man. How did this guy get a job in the first place?! I napped on the couch while they spent three hours correcting the problem. After they left I did some work, fed Roxy and Spook, and then Brittney came over to follow me to the Ford dealer so I could drop off my Mustang for \u201cearly bird service.\u201d This service allows you to drop the car off during the night, after business hours, so they can get to it first thing in the morning and have it ready for you by mid-afternoon\u2026allegedly. I needed to have my rear shocks replaced so I prepaid for the parts when I had my Mustang in for maintenance a month ago. They didn\u2019t have the parts in at the time, but with all of the traveling I\u2019d been doing, this is really the first chance I\u2019ve had to get over there to get the work done. But the place they\u2019ve provided for overnight early bird parking looked sketchy to me. It wasn\u2019t well lit, and the Ford dealership isn\u2019t in the greatest of neighborhoods in the first place. Plus, with a convertible, I worry about somebody taking a knife and slitting open the top to get what they want. (After having my Gran Torino stolen a few years ago I\u2019m excessively nervous now) I took Brittney over to Denny\u2019s to grab a bite to eat, but her chicken fried steak was too salty. So she sent it back in favor of some Buffalo chicken strips. But the celery that came with them looked rotten, so she took that back. Good grief, does ANYONE care about their job anymore? I like Denny\u2019s as a rule, but tonight they weren\u2019t on their A game. Like the plumbers. While at dinner I was thinking about the dubious place I parked at the Ford dealer. I called the dealership, and since the showroom floor was open until 10, I spoke with the manager. I told him I was nervous about leaving my car there overnight, and he suggested I come back and he\u2019ll move it to a more secure lot. Then he would e-mail the head of service to let him know where to find it. Now I\u2019ll sleep better at night. Speaking of sleep, I went back home to grab a nap, and then got up to do my nightly auditions and write Wally\u2019s Week. I fed and walked Roxy, and then got some paint and started painting the wall at 4am. No, I wasn\u2019t scrawling my name or gang affiliation, but I was painting the new copper pressure relief valve that the plumbers had installed outside my house. It had to be a certain color in order to adhere to association rules. So with my high-beam flashlight, a paintbrush, some paper towels and a can of paint, I sloshed on a coat and let it dry for a while. I returned a short time later, after my late-night stroll through the neighborhood with Roxy, and sloshed on a second coat. The main reason I wanted to do it in the middle of the night was that the outdoor temperature was at the ideal level for paint to dry. If it\u2019s too hot outside, it\u2019s not optimum for painting. I went inside and finished Wally\u2019s Week, made some lasagna and watched a few more episodes of \u201cHappy Days\u201d from the first season DVD set.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Tuesday the 31st \u2013 INEPTITUDE ON PARADE: PART 2! \u2013<\/span> The best advice I ever got from my dad is, \u201cYou\u2019ve got to double-check EVERYONE! And then double-check them again!\u201d It\u2019s advice I\u2019ve always tried to follow to the letter, but sometimes I slip. Plus, if you\u2019re always double-checking everyone, they think you\u2019re attempting to impugn their abilities to do their job, and you come off looking like a jerk. But when I don\u2019t double-check them, I usually end up getting burned. When I got up at 3 I fully expected a call from the dealership telling me my Mustang was ready. I was going to brave the triple-digit temps and ride my bike the short distance to get my car. I could lower the top, put my bike in the back, and head home. But there was no word from Ford at all. What could have happened? It was only rear shocks! Then it hit me\u2026what if the service manager hadn\u2019t seen the e-mail from the showroom manager telling him my car was parked in a different lot. If they show up in the morning and there\u2019s no car parked there, then they probably don\u2019t look inside the key drop box. So my car and my car key were probably still sitting in the same place I left them 17 hours ago! Of course my calls to the dealership were unsuccessful. They couldn\u2019t find the service manager, so I explained my situation to the girl at the desk. Big mistake. She said she\u2019d investigate and call me back in 15 minutes. 30 minutes later, after not hearing back, I called them again and explained my problem to ANOTHER girl. Still no sign of the service manager. But a half hour later I got a call from one of the other service guys who swore he\u2019d get to the bottom of it. 45 minutes later the M.I.A. service manager called and explained the problem. He said he didn\u2019t check the keybox that morning, which they\u2019re instructed to routinely do, and he admitted it was his mistake. I thought it was nice he owned up to it, and didn\u2019t shirk the blame off on somebody else. He also said he\u2019d get right on my car and have it ready by 7pm, just before they closed. Unfortunately, I had anticipated picking up my \u201cadopted grandma\u201d Shirley for that evening\u2019s Laurel and Hardy \u201cSons of the Desert\u201d fan club meeting. I didn\u2019t want to take the Torino because it was too hot. Plus, the parking at the meeting is tight and I didn\u2019t want anyone scraping up my Torino. So I called my pal Clay and he drove over in HIS Mustang and we rode over to the Ford dealership. As a thanks I took he and his wife Mariah to dinner at the Coral Caf\u00e9 afterwards. What a wasted day. I went home to nap for a bit. I didn\u2019t have any auditions to do because it\u2019s the \u201cslow\u201d time of year for the industry. But when I got up I did some data entry on my computer, and did a wardrobe inventory check with my bowling shirts. I have about 15 custom-designed bowling shirts I like to wear at appearances and conventions. The fabric ranges from Laurel and Hardy, to Star Trek, to Muppets, to Frosted Flakes. And everything else in between. I also discovered that I prefer to wear a color coordinated t-shirt underneath the bowling shirt, and leave it unbuttoned. I really like that look. So I\u2019ve been busy looking at every bowling shirt in my collection to try and ascertain which color t-shirt would look best. I\u2019ve already color coordinated a solid fabric to go into the side panels, trim and collar on the shirts, so the t-shirt would need to be a different contrasting color. So I decided to pick some little obscure color out of the print and try and match a t-shirt to that. These days, you can find a t-shirt in almost every color of the rainbow. I particularly like those \u201csoft wash\u201d t-shirts that feel worn-in. After compiling a list of colors I needed, I bought a few on eBay that I figured would work nicely. Then I made some hot dogs on the grill and started my next set of \u201cTonight Show Starring Johnny Carson\u201d DVDs.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Wednesday the 1st \u2013 DOIN\u2019 THE ANTS DANCE\u2026AGAIN! \u2013<\/span> Mid-afternoon I woke up and did some things around the house. My pal Emily came over and we ran some errands. First I hit my mailbox to pick up some packages, and then we went to Hobby Lobby so I could buy a few colored t-shirts that I needed for my bowling shirt ensemble. We grabbed a bite next door at Lancers, and then headed to the local \u201cpot shop\u201d to get some CBD oil for Roxy. I\u2019ve had her on CBD oil for her vaginal tumors (which occasionally bleed) and since I\u2019ve had her on it she hasn\u2019t bled. So maybe it\u2019s working! I went back home to do some work and then nap on the couch. When I got up later I started working on my photo album project again. I\u2019m really close to being finished with all my South Dakota photos! Then I\u2019ll move on to my \u201corphaned\u201d L.A. photos! But first I had another ant situation to handle. I thought I had plugged their entry points, but apparently I missed one. So before I killed them, I got a light so I could follow their trail. Once I ascertained their point-of-entry I plugged it with packing tape, and killed every ant I could find. I also fixed the runner for one of my kitchen drawers. Then I turned my attention to my photo albums. These categories are going to be much easier than the last ones, because these are just photos. They won\u2019t have a narrative or captions. The thing that really slowed me down with the last set of photo albums was having to print out captions for pertinent photos in the collection. I scanned some checks for a bank deposit and then hit the hay.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Thursday the 2nd \u2013 BIG SCREEN BOND! \u2013<\/span> When I woke up in the middle of the afternoon I got some work done around the house. Then I headed off to the bank to make some deposits, over to the vitamin store to get some supplements, and then went back home. I fed the kids and then got cleaned up for my evening out with my friend Stephanie. She had never seen a James Bond film before, so she was in for a treat. A local theater is playing a Bond film starring a different James Bond every Thursday during the month of August. The Sean Connery pick was \u201cGoldfinger.\u201d I had seen it on the big screen before, but it was a lousy film print. I was happy to see that they\u2019d be running a blu ray print of it on the big screen! I dropped Stephanie at her house and then headed home to grab a quick nap. I got up to do a few auditions, and then did some more photo album work. Then after her dinner, Roxy and I took a nice, quiet stroll through the neighborhood around 4am. Then I got back to my photo album work. I made a pizza and then got ready for bed.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Friday the 3rd \u2013 SPOTTY SLEEPING! \u2013<\/span> At 8:10am I got a call from the City of L.A. telling me that the inspector would be out between 11am and 1pm to do the inspection of my water heater. Hopefully this will be the last of it. So I slept 3 hours and got up at 11. The inspector arrived at 11:20. He inspected the work and signed off on it. It\u2019s all good. He said there\u2019s only paperwork to complete by the plumbers, but I won\u2019t be seeing him again. Whew! Glad it\u2019s over. Then I napped on the couch for a bit while I waited for the technician from DirecTV to come see why I was having trouble getting high def programming on my upstairs system. (The downstairs system was fine) I woke up when my phone rang. It was DirecTV\u2019s automated system telling me the tech would be there between 2:30 and 3. Good. So I slept a little while longer. Then they called back at 2:30 and told me that he was 15 minutes away. I appreciate their diligence, but the intrusions into my sleep was bugging me. He arrived and worked for about 2 hours. He restored my system successfully after a lot of goofing around with my converter, futzing around with my dish on my roof, and splicing cables. When he left I slept until 6. I fed my pets and showered quickly. I needed to be at my mailbox by 7 to get my packages. Then I got some groceries, picked up a sandwich at Jersey Mike\u2019s, and headed back home. The spotty sleep I got during the day had left me still feeling tired. So I napped on the couch for a while (I turned OFF my phone!) and got up later to do more work on the photo albums. I ate my leftover Jersey Mike\u2019s sandwich and watched a few more Johnny Carson episodes.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Saturday the 4th \u2013 \u2018ELLO \u2018ELLO ELO! \u2013<\/span> When I saw Jeff Lynne\u2019s ELO in concert at the Hollywood Bowl back in 2016 I had said it was probably the best concert I had ever been to. And that coming from a guy who\u2019s seen Elvis and McCartney. So I was very excited to see them again tonight at the Forum. After having observed ELO fans in the audience dressed as Jeff Lynne (on the Wembley and Hyde Park DVDs) I decided I\u2019d do my part. I had been mistaken for Jeff several times back in the 80\u2019s because I wore a full beard, tinted glasses and a full afro. So I figured this time I\u2019d make the most of the slight resemblance. I got up at 3, did some work around the house, and then started in on doing my hair. Since my hair is a lot longer than Jeff\u2019s, I had to spray it with product and scrunch it as I dried it. That way it would stay in place and not fall down in my eyes. By the time I was ready to go I literally had a \u201chair helmet.\u201d My pal James picked up Edi, Gina, Mark and myself at my place at 5. We wanted to get there nice and early to make sure nothing got in the way of our evening. It was a fun (and quick!) trip to the L.A. Forum. We got there just before 6, and in Saturday L.A. traffic, that\u2019s somewhat of a miracle. I had been to the Forum many times back in the 80\u2019s and 90\u2019s (a few Lakers games, McCartney in \u201989 and Kiss in \u201997) so I had forgotten how really small it is compared to the enormous concert halls like the Staples center. But there was a nostalgic charm to it. We parked in Preferred Parking (really the way to go!) and walked up to the Forum. It was fun watching people do double-takes as I walked up with the group. Because I had sunglasses on I could watch people out of the corner of my eye, and they had no idea where I was looking. Some people would just stand there and stare, trying to decide if they should approach me or not. But then I bought some ELO swag at the souvenir stand. After that the fun was kind of over, because people figured if I really WAS Jeff Lynne, why would I be carrying around a bag of my OWN merchandise?! But it was still fun and we got some great photos. Mark, James and I all were wearing out Xanadudes t-shirts; shirts they we had printed up 2 years ago when we met Olivia Newton-John in Las Vegas. We enjoyed some Pink\u2019s hot dogs, lounged around and enjoyed the weather (because the Forum is close to the ocean there was a nice cool breeze). I was standing there thinking about how blissfully happy I was. Shortly after 7 we went inside to find our seats. I went to find some water and some caramel corn. As I walked to the snack stand, people would stare at me as I walked by. I wasn\u2019t carrying my bag of swag this time, but really \u2013 why would Jeff Lynne be walking to the snack bar just before showtime? But one guy said, \u201cThere\u2019s Jeff Lynne right there!\u201d It\u2019s probably the closest thing I\u2019ve done to cosplay in recent history. But it was a blast! By 8pm the auditorium was only half full, but there was an opening band named Dawes who took the stage shortly after 8. In my experience, opening bands are usually horrible. The rare exception was when I saw Billy Squier open for Pat Benatar in 1980 and he literally blew her off the stage! But this band was really good, and a good pick for this demographic. They weren\u2019t loud, the vocals were amazing, and the songs were well-crafted and right up this audience\u2019s alley. In fact, I made note of a song called \u201cFeed the Fire\u201d which I bought when I got home later. They were damn good! They got quite an ovation after their set was complete. I urge you to check them out. And here all along I thought opening bands were a thing of the past. Mark, James and I stood up during the intermission to stretch our legs, and we stood in the aisle by our seats. When we saw the band take the stage we rushed to our seats. The guy in the seat next to me leaned over and whispered, \u201cShould you be up THERE?\u201d! That made me laugh hard. ELO was fantastic, but it\u2019s hard to beat the Hollywood Bowl show from 2016 with its outdoor ambience and a 42 piece orchestra. However, it was an amazing time! The audience was great, people were dancing and singing along, and everyone had a superb time. My only complaint would be that the show is too short. There are SO many ELO songs I would have liked to have heard. I actually got quite emotional during a few of the songs and had to put my sunglasses back on. My discovery of and history with ELO all came flooding back to me as I sat there enjoying \u201cCan\u2019t Get It Out Of My Head.\u201d The first ELO song I ever bought was \u201cStrange Magic\u201d on 45 rpm. It had a picture sleeve and it looked like this\u2026<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5217\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/strange_magic-500x489.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/strange_magic-500x489.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/strange_magic-700x684.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/strange_magic-768x751.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/strange_magic.jpg 1445w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I thought they looked like a cool bunch of guys. Later when I got into radio at the age of 16 in Aberdeen, South Dakota, I heard a promo that our Music Director put together. It started out with the haunting strains of \u201cMidnight. On the water.\u201d I asked him what song that was and he said it was ELO\u2019s \u201cCan\u2019t Get It Out Of My Head.\u201d Then, as ELO started to have hits with \u201cTurn to Stone\u201d and \u201cSweet Talkin\u2019 Woman,\u201d I would sit there in the radio control room and study the 45 label carefully. I noticed that the songwriting credit in parenthesis under the title had the name \u201cJeff Lynne.\u201d I thought it was funny at the time, because the owners of our radio station were Jeff and Lynn Solem. Jeff Lynne. Funny. After that, I was hooked. And by the time I had moved to Sioux Falls at the age of 17, I was listening to \u201cOut of the Blue\u201d continually in my room, picking out every little musical nuance that helped to construct some of the most amazing music I\u2019d ever heard. The same aforementioned Music Director used to be a mobile D.J. He had these huge blue lights that he would light up at his dances for effect. When he quit doing the mobile D.J. stuff he had given me one of his lighting set-ups just before I moved to Sioux Falls. So I had this huge bank of blue lights in my room. While other kids were experimenting with marijuana and alcohol at that age, I was locked in my room with my blue lights on, listening to ELO albums and getting high in my own way\u2026with the music. I had even written my senior year literary thesis about that very subject (wish I still had it!). I didn\u2019t know it at the time, but I was meditating, in a fashion. To this very day I have my Tranquility Zone which is essentially the same thing. Blue LED lights and lots of meditative music (yes, even some ELO!). When I became a full-time DJ in Sioux Falls I had to travel around the area to events. My 1974 Nova didn\u2019t have a tape deck, so I put fresh batteries in my boom box, took along my cassette of \u201cA New World Record\u201d and played it continually. Every single song on that album is a gem! In 1989 I was mistaken for Jeff Lynne at the Culver Studios, and ended up getting invited to watch the Beach Boys and Chicago rehearse for their tour. But I\u2019ll save that story for another day. So yeah, ELO means a lot to me, and yeah\u2026I got a little emotional. After the show we drove back to my house and everyone got in their cars and took off. I showered all of the hairspray out of my hair and grabbed a short nap on the couch. I got up later and fed the pets, walked Roxy on our late-night stroll through the neighborhood (there were some good stars out!) and went back inside to make my traditional Saturday Night Super Salad and watch another episode of \u201cSNL\u201d from the second season DVD set. I had been waiting for Bill Murray to show up, and this was the episode! It was just after the Christmas break in 1976, and it was the first episode in 1977. Belushi had injured his meniscus and was in the hospital so he couldn\u2019t do the show. So they were down to just Garret and Dan as male Not Ready for Primetime Players. Chevy had quit toward the beginning of the season. The first bit Bill Murray did was as a grandpa sitting at a chess board which was hysterical. Later he showed up as a TV director who was rehearsing a televised execution of a prisoner. Comedy gold! It\u2019s funny that when Belushi called Jane Curtin from his hospital bed during Weekend Update he said, \u201cWho\u2019s that new guy\u2026Bill Murphy?\u201d Little did we know at the time, but of all the SNL stars, Bill Murry would become the biggest of them all; even getting nominated for an Oscar for \u201cLost in Translation.\u201d (Though Eddie and Dan have also been nominated for Oscars as well) And this particular episode featured Andy Kaufman doing his Elvis impression, wearing the very same costume I have in my collection! Amazing!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Sunday the 5th \u2013 MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: EATING VEGAN! \u2013<\/span> The day started with a conference call with some business partners at 5. Then I headed over to evening church. I got back home and walked Roxy, changed clothes and drove into Hollywood to meet my friend Valerie Perez at the Arclight to see \u201cMission Impossible: Fallout.\u201d She got me to break my boycott of all \u201cMission Impossible\u201d films. When they made Jim Phelps the bad guy in the first one I vowed to never see one again. I loved Jim Phelps in the TV series and making him the bad guy was a stupid move. This film was action-packed and full of amazing stunts. The story was a bit difficult to follow, with this person working for this person, but this person defecting and this person working for this person who\u2019s now working for this person. But there were a few typically good \u201cMission Impossible\u201d moments that made me cheer, and it\u2019s always fun hearing that amazing theme song on gigantic theater speakers. On the way out an usher named Ryan commented on my ELO hoodie. He said it\u2019s one of his favorite bands (he\u2019s only 26!) so we chatted for quite a while. Good kid! By the time Val and I hit Sunset Boulevard most every eating place had closed up. It WAS Sunday night after all. The only place left open within walking distance was a Vegan place. I figured \u2018what the heck\u2019 and we went in. I ordered some mac \u2018n\u2019 cheese and some fries. The fries were GREAT! But I don\u2019t think there was any real cheese in the mac \u2018n\u2019 cheese, so it was a little like eating apple pie where the apples had replace by Styrofoam balls. But Val and I had fun anyway. I got back home and napped on the couch for a bit, and then got up to feed and walk Roxy on our late-night stroll through the neighborhood. We saw a wayward bat flitter around above our heads for a while. I said to myself, \u201cIt\u2019s an omen!\u201d (Every time I see a bat overhead I mutter those words as an homage to the origin story of Batman.) As I turned around to lock up, I looked up into the eastern sky. Just before dawn I saw the Orion constellation begin to rise. That to me tells me that fall is coming soon. You can really only see Orion during the winter months for some reason. It\u2019s the first I\u2019ve seen of that constellation for many, many months. It made me feel good that fall is coming. I went inside and hit the hay.<\/p>\n<p>And how was YOUR week??!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PIX FROM THE WEEK<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5205\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5205\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5205\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_01-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_01-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_01-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_01-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_01.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5205\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here are a few shots I took at the ELO concert last Saturday. What a show!<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5206\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_02-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_02-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_02-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_02-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_02.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5207\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_03-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_03-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_03-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_03-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_03.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5208\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_04-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_04-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_04-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_04-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_04.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 560px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-5203-1\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/elo_2018_wally.jpg\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/video\/elo_2018_wally.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/video\/elo_2018_wally.mp4\">https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/video\/elo_2018_wally.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p align=\"center\">Here&#8217;s a video composite of some of the tunes they played. Sorry for the shaky camera work, but it&#8217;s tough to hold it still with people moving and dancing all around you.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5209\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5209\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5209\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_05-500x500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_05-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_05-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_05-500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_05-700x700.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_05-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_05.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5209\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here are some fun pics taken by my pal Mark&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5210\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_06-375x500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_06-375x500.jpeg 375w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_06-500x667.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_06-700x933.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_06-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_06.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5211\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_07-500x375.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_07-500x375.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_07-700x525.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_07-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_07.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 560px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-5203-2\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/elo_2018_mark.jpg\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/elo_2018_mark.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/elo_2018_mark.mp4\">https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/elo_2018_mark.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p align=\"center\">Here&#8217;s some video that Mark took of the ELO experience as well.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5212\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5212\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5212\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/wallysweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_08-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_08-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_08-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_08-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ww_20180730_08.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5212\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I&#8217;ve figured out the solution to the plastic straw conundrum currently plaguing society. Chew the ends off of a Red Vine suck your liquid through that. It&#8217;s biodegradable and adds a slight STRAWberry flavor to your beverage. When your drink is finished, eat your straw!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5209,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5203","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\/5203","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=5203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}