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Today was a day with nothing going on.

Not that I'm complaining, but... I would have liked to have a movie outing, or a meetup to attend, or a luncheon somewhere, but...

nope.

So I made sure that won't happen tomorrow!

I looked around and found, wonder of wonders, an event at the Jepson!

It's a talk about one of the exhibits there, one I've yet to see, so I plan to go a bit early and visit some of my favorites, as well as the new Robert Barthe.

Hooray!

 

Okay, what to do now?

While clearing off the sun room table, I found a crossword puzzle.

Better yet, it was written by Matt Jones!!!

Oddly, it was not called a Jonesin' Crossword, but it definitely was.

The clues for the four puzzle answers that went all the way across just had an arrow pointing back toward the number in the "Across" column.

I finally "got it" after I solved the second answer: "Jack Bauer Drama".

That had to be "24", right?

Then I solved another line across: "Bill With U S Grant".

Okay, I thought, his face is on... a $50 bill!

So, these answers are all for things that stand for a number!

Ding, ding, ding!!!

So, the title of ""Adele Debut Album" is evidently "19" and the "Old Vinyl Single" is a "45".

Very cool!

Too bad I didn't realize until just now that the arrows were pointing back at the Across number for a reason.

Hahahaha!

(smile!)

"Celebrity Jeopardy" came on, so I glanced at the list of contestants and decided to stay.

Utkarsh Ambudkar was on the panel!

He's a pretty smart cookie, too, as he ended up winning.

However, his chemistry knowledge - and that of the others - could use a boost.

In that first round was the category "Hey, that's not an element", so I watched!

Germanium, Italium, Francium - he knew that one, then backed off and went to "sports".

Gold, Silver, Bronze - nope, he picked "Silver", not realizing Bronze is a mixture.

Californium, Floridium, Tennessine - none of them chose "Floridium" in time.

But when it came to choosing between Snookium, Einsteinium, and Curium, he knew that the one linked to a "Jersey Shore" character was a fake!

Good for him!

(smile!)

Now, "$!00,000 Pyramid" is on and it has Tiffany Haddish, wearing this super-blonde, super-curly wig straight from an Art Deco magazine spread!

Later!