I have been shopping at Food Lion lately in an attempt to stop the restaurant habit I've acquired over the past few years.

Toward that end they see me usually once and sometimes twice a week and the bill is typically 'sixty something'.

I have noticed a distinct pattern with this and it's somewhat disturbing when I note that I really do need replenished stores when I go there.

After wandering through the isles even when I arrive with an agenda in the form of a list or simple impulse buy the outcome is typically the same.

I keep thinking I should have studied home economics with my sister in high school rather than agriculture.

I don't know, perhaps the mechanics I learned then have secretly served me better, but I find my domestic skills distinctly lacking in this my old age.

Sometimes I think I cook okay. Other times I think I suck at cooking.

Regardless, the expense seems a bit more than I had envisioned and it's likely to get worse.

Perhaps my personal food bill actually isn't all that high in reality ...
 

Today is Flag Day in the United States.

Commemorating the adoption of the flag of the United States of America on June 14, 1777 by the 2nd Continental Congress.

The day was officially proclaimed by President Woodrow Wilson on August 3, 1949 resulting in the national holiday via act of congress.

However, Flag Day is not an official federal holiday.

Happy Flag Day to you !
 

I am not into mixed marriages personally. I have had several long term relationships involving persons as close to "my existence" as I could for reasons that are simply attraction in nature.

However, I think if that if your interests are more exotic and your attraction is someone whose existence is divergent or even opposite of your then it should be your right to pursue any manner of relationship you might deem appropriate.

When I was a kid there was a supreme court decision toward that end and the concept of "miscegenation" which is the interbreeding of people considered to be of different racial types.
 

I really don't fully understand the issues of the times which were notions of Jimmy Carter's 'ethnic purity' pursuasion and they were by and large passe by the early 1980s - 1990s.

Loving Day is an annual celebration held on June 12 marking the the anniversary of the 1967 United States Supreme Court decision Loving v Virginia which struck down all anti-miscegenation laws remaining in those state in which they remained on the books.

The initiating couple were Mildred Jeter Loving who was a black woman, and Richard Loving, who was a white man.

Subsequent claims have been made by Mrs Loving's grandson that she was not a black woman, but a Native American.

They met when he was 17 and she was 11 so they were childhood sweethearts by my recollection.

No mixed race couple should have been forced to a supreme court case to marry and live happily.

This is the United States after all, you know ... life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness despite what the democrats might think to the contrary.

Why would we care that somebody loves somebody else?
 

William West Anderson September 19, 1928 – June 9, 2017

In my childhood, I was a big fan of the Batman television series starring Adam West and Burt Ward.

Now in my child orientation to all things at that juncture I was unable to discern the tongue in cheek schtick of this program and I simply viewed it as a serious foray into science fiction and that super hero worship of which I was held in it's grip of starstruck awe for years.

Later, in my adult life I was fairly put out with myself for actually believing in this stuff because at that time it was evident that they were poking fun at me the entire time.

Adam West was the stage name of William West Anderson. He was an American actor known primarily for his role as Batman in the 1960s ABC series of the same name and its 1966 theatrical feature film. The film career of Adam West began in the 1950s.

He played in Geronimo in the year 1962 opposite Chuck Connors.

He was featured with The Three Stooges in The Outlaws Is Coming in 1965.

He was also in the science fiction film Robinson Crusoe on Mars in the year 1964.

He did voice work on The Fairly OddParents from 2003 through 2017 as well as The Simpsons from 1992 through 2002 and was a staple on Family Guy from 2000 through 2019. He portrayed fictional versions of himself in all three.

Late in his career, Adam West starred in two direct-to-video animations of Batman; Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders, and Batman vs Two-Face which was released after his passing.

Mr West died from leukemia in Los Angeles, California, on June 9, 2017. Rest in peace.