What made you smile today?

My friend Sheila and I both have birthdays in November. For the past 40 years, we've celebrated together at dinner. This year the dinner was delayed until last night.

I always bring candles--one for her and one for me. We ordered a slice of chocolate fudge cake. I stuck the candles in the cake and lit them. We made a wish and then we blew. Neither of us could get the fire to go out. We tried again. No luck. At this point we were laughing so hard that we had trouble aiming. I finally got both candles out. Two old bats without enough breath to blow out a candle.

Laughing then. Smiling when I think back on it.

There’s not much we seniors can laugh about, but your’s takes the cake.

Probably blew from opposite sides and canceled each other out.

rog, We've been blowing from opposite directions for decades. Never cancelled each other out before. Whatever the reason, neither of us has laughed that hard in a long time.

PBS ran a show of two and a half hours of doo wop. This made me smile. I wanted to sing along. Couldn't but I lip synced.

This is dedicated to the one I love.

Fearless Girl and NYC’s statues of women are decked out in flowers today

How is the Bull dressed?

You mean the female Bull?

No, the bull she is facing down

Right, but the bull wouldn't be dressed up for womans day.

It was a rhetorical irony, I am sorry it fell flat for you! It did make me smile, I have always loved that little girl and what she represents. Without the bull her full power is diminished. I was just trying to bring the impact to me full circle.

finding a brand new Mickey Mouse watch at the thrift store for $4
pulled the battery tab and off we went

so happy

way cheaper than a new battery for my old watch and more fun

I have always know that pets as music are a good therapy to confront certain situations, diagnostics, episodes, etc. And indeed, my cat makes me smile everyday since I have him.

Me too, with one exception - her. I don't know where I would be without her and my wife!

My wife and I went to Stan's donuts in Santa Clara for their famous glazed donuts and coffee. yummy

https://www.yelp.com/biz/stans-donut-shop-santa-clara

The best way to get over feeling awkward in a situation is to lob the ball back over the net. Especially when you suspect the other person/people are trying to make you or who you are with feel awkward.

Or if it really is just you feeling awkward, enjoy it.

Notre Dame finally got a win against UConn for the first time in ages.

And I actually saw about half the game.