Ken1951
Addicted to Fun and Learning

R.I.P. George Winston -
"For time is running, take everything life can give you.
You know it's there so take it, even fake it 'til it comes true..."
I have fond memories from school days, watching rasslin' on Saturdays and Cordon Solie, did some work for The Great Malenko a few years after the service-and met the man-Dusty Rhodes!Interesting juxtaposition with the Iron Sheik. I know that might seem a bit strained, but hear (read) me out.
When I was younger, going to grad school, I worked graveyard (11-7) at a lunatic asylum (true story). Night classes were usually over by 9... possibly 10PM, at the latest. Because of that, I could go to school, and then go to work. Sleep during the day. During third shift, most patients were asleep, so I spent evening through early morning studying. Also, and a big plus, the IBM Selectric II at the nurse's station was available for use. It was the Mark Levinson of typewriters, for sure.
I found it easy to concentrate in that quiet environment (although the stretch from 2-4 AM was tough on the eyes), because most patients were heavily medicated, sleeping soundly. It takes a particularly strong psychosis to push through Haldol. So for me, it was the books. Unless Jan the Nurse was rotating the night shift with me, but that is another story altogether.
Anyhow, I'd also sign up for weekends (being poor and needing OT $$$). On weekends most hung out in the day room, watching TV. Television is really the biggest (and probably most dangerous) tranquilizer known to man. Two shows we could not let patients watch. First was 700 Club, Robertson's thing. Because when he'd start 'passing the plate' as it were, they'd line up at the free phone calling toll free, asking for personal prayers and such. No one else could use the community telephone.
Next, was Championship Wrestling from Florida, with Gordon Solie. That show typically excited patients, in spite of whatever dosages they were on, and they'd start reenacting the matches. Putting each other into head locks, sleeper holds, and such.
So both Pat and Gordon were banned, for therapeutic purposes. Odd, how things work out.
RIP, both.
Ken Kesey was also a psych ward night attendant, resulting in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.Interesting juxtaposition with the Iron Sheik. I know that might seem a bit strained, but hear (read) me out.
When I was younger, going to grad school, I worked graveyard (11-7) at a lunatic asylum (true story). Night classes were usually over by 9... possibly 10PM, at the latest. Because of that, I could go to school, and then go to work. Sleep during the day. During third shift, most patients were asleep, so I spent evening through early morning studying. Also, and a big plus, the IBM Selectric II at the nurse's station was available for use. It was the Mark Levinson of typewriters, for sure.
I found it easy to concentrate in that quiet environment (although the stretch from 2-4 AM was tough on the eyes), because most patients were heavily medicated, sleeping soundly. It takes a particularly strong psychosis to push through Haldol. So for me, it was the books. Unless Jan the Nurse was rotating the night shift with me, but that is another story altogether.
Anyhow, I'd also sign up for weekends (being poor and needing OT $$$). On weekends most hung out in the day room, watching TV. Television is really the biggest (and probably most dangerous) tranquilizer known to man. Two shows we could not let patients watch. First was 700 Club, Robertson's thing. Because when he'd start 'passing the plate' as it were, they'd line up at the free phone calling toll free, asking for personal prayers and such. No one else could use the community telephone.
Next, was Championship Wrestling from Florida, with Gordon Solie. That show typically excited patients, in spite of whatever dosages they were on, and they'd start reenacting the matches. Putting each other into head locks, sleeper holds, and such.
So both Pat and Gordon were banned, for therapeutic purposes. Odd, how things work out.
RIP, both.
And don’t forget watching, Ernest, “Be - H E A L E D!” Angley on late TV after shuffling back to the dorms from a fun Saturday night of hopping fraternity parties.I have fond memories from school days, watching rasslin' on Saturdays and Cordon Solie, did some work for The Great Malenko a few years after the service-and met the man-Dusty Rhodes!
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Ted Kaczynski, ‘Unabomber’ Who Attacked Modern Life, Dies at 81
Alone in a shack in the Montana wilderness, he fashioned homemade bombs and launched a violent one-man campaign to destroy industrial society.www.nytimes.com
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Ted Kaczynski, ‘Unabomber’ Who Attacked Modern Life, Dies at 81
Alone in a shack in the Montana wilderness, he fashioned homemade bombs and launched a violent one-man campaign to destroy industrial society.www.nytimes.com
A great article and another sad loss for humanity. We were lucky to have Glenda.Oscar and Emmy winning actor and politician Glenda Jackson aged 87.
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2...scar-winner-and-former-labour-mp-dies-aged-87
RIP John and thank you.John Goodenough, who became the oldest Nobel Prize winner in 2019 for his work developing the lithium-ion battery which allows for rechargeable power in devices ranging from mobile phones to electric cars, has died aged 100.
He is a fantastic actor. I will miss him.One of my very favorite actors has passed. Can't think of a film much funnier than the original "The Inlaws". RIP Alan Arkin.
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