It's raining in Los Angeles but the big storm is turning out to be much more scattered than the advance computer models had indicated. Some areas are getting the heavy amounts that were predicted but some aren't, and the storm is moving through more swiftly than expected. Yesterday, they were calling for a 70% chance of rain later today out in Burbank where the live, sometimes-outdoor telecast of Grease is being done later today. Right now, it's more like 30%. I wonder what the producers are hoping will happen, precipitation-wise.
I said the other day here that I had once believed the American people would never elect as president a person who hadn't previously been a governor, a senator or a congressperson. I should have added "vice-president" into that list and made clearer that I meant that was in the future because we have had chief execs who were none of the above. But I no longer think it's impossible even if I still don't think that Trump guy will be the first.
We are still fixing some tech problems involved in the migration of this website to a new server. All should be normal shortly.
And speaking of normalization: My knee continues to heal from replacement surgery and a recent blood test has my doctors about 95% confident that the infection I had last Halloween will not be returning. That's comforting to know. I am walking fairly normally now, sometimes for a mile or two a day. The knee does not feel exactly natural but it works for that and only hurts (briefly) when I get up from a seated position. I am not though yet able to resume driving a car. I tried it the other night, late when there was little traffic around. My problem is operating the brake properly. I'm not able to master the control one needs to brake gently. I either don't brake or I brake too suddenly. My physical therapist is working on this and another few weeks should solve that.
Am I glad I had my knee replaced? Even on those days when it feels like they accidentally put in an elbow? Absolutely. It's a lot better than it was in the months before I had the surgery. I hate to think how bad it would have gotten if I hadn't.