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 All Saints Cathedral Used Book sale took in over $27,000.00. The proceeds will go to fight hunger in the area. I'm so proud of my compadres in this venture. We handled a record number of books by performing a record number of volunteer person-hours. Oriental Theater I attended one of the welcome to the renovated Oriental Theater programs. While some of the work, including a badly needed renovated balcony, is still in progress. The repaired walls,  new seating,  carpeting, and LED lighting are obvious improvements. In addition, the projection room, new bathrooms, the lady's room on the main floor, the concession stand, and the sound engineering will make things better for everyone. Hats off to the board and staff at Milwaukee Film. Well done. Hazah! Diversity in Fim As part f the reintroduction of the theater space. Milwaukee film is promoting their annual Cultures and Community Film Festival. Beginning with an appearance by actress vocalist and film star Michelle William...

 ...they pull me back in.." Paraphrasing Sonny from the Godfather series. He was lamenting his need to run the family business. His family is a branch of the American Mafia. Our plight is the COVID pandemic. Three weeks ago, I sadly predicted the increased danger of COVID cases spiking as Milwaukee fans jammed into the "Deer District" and millions of other people went on vacation. Many, if not a more significant percentage, of these folks, were vaccinated. Yet cases of Covid increased across the county. Mainly because of the Delta Variant's more remarkable ability to infect and spread. This coupled with many adults refusing to vaccinate and Delta's attacks on young adults and children. I am deeply concerned about sending kids back to school. In particular, in cases where parents claim their children's rights not to use safe practices like social distancing and masks. In addition, the fact that some teachers are refusing to be vaccinated doubly concerns their ...

 How passionately we love to disagree. I read a quote from an article from  The Atlantic . Paraphrasing the quote, a nurse from a COVID burdened hospital said that unvaccinated patients were going to their death, maintaining that the pandemic was hoax. That's like St Joan of Arc saying that the fire isn't what distressed her; it was the lack of a view from the direction she was facing. BooK Sale: I'm going to post early this week. I want to give everyone a chance to enhance their library of books, DVDs, and Music CDs for what amounts to give away prizes at the All Saints Cathedral Hunger Book Sale. We're located at the corner of Juneau and Marshall. We'll be open from 11:00am until 6:00pm, until Tuesday of this next week. Clearance prices start on Sunday. If you're are into fiction we've got like-new hardcover copies of recently published well-known authors for five dollars and less.  They are going fast, but there's a delightful collection of children...

 My goodness, it was hot. Fortunately, the dew points were only in the uncomfortable range for part of the five days of 90 degree plus temperatures. The high humidity sticky feeling is the reason the atmosphere sucks the energy out of us. I got mildly dehydrated for one of the days. I was feeling lethargic and slightly nauseated. It was only after drinking a lot of water and taking a rather long nap that I began to recover. It was a typical attack. The saying is, "if you are feeling bad and thirsty, it's too late your already dehydrated." If you can afford the co-pay, an easy way to get better fast is to go to the ER and have a saline drip. A cheaper way is to consume some Gatorade-type drink. It contains electrolytes that take care of business rather quickly.  I worked as a volunteer at the Western Open in Chicago. The tournament took place in July and was notorious for the hot weather. We were advised to drink a large bottle of Gatorade before we got to the event. On to...