I feel happy.  As this is the title for today, got to mention that TV series,  Happy Days .  Ran for 11 years from 1974 to 1984.   Few know that the pilot of this show led to the 1973 film,  American Graffiti , Modesto in 1962, the year I graduated from college.  What a cast: Howard, Richard Dreyfuss, Harrison Ford, Wolfman Jack and many others. Director George Lucas grew up in Modesto, but his home town had changed too much for the film, so the production occurred in Petaluma. Paul Le Matt, Harrison Ford and Bo Hopkins were reported to be drunk most nights. The soundtrack was the star of the movie, featuring  41 original hits , and there was a theme song for the  Happy Days   TV series. Ron Howard, now 70, matured from Opie Taylor into this film and series. He has done well, for he became a noted director, winning two Oscars, four Emmies and a Grammy. Henry Winkler made Fonzie famous, and the show spun off a bunch of others. There was a...

The numbers keep changing, but the Senate today approved the $740 billion economic package .  I've never seen Chuck Schumer looking so ebullient.  Next, the House, where the vote will occur on Friday, as they are in recess.  Next, President Joe Biden.  The odds are about as close to 100% as you can get.  You can read the whole thing.  Only 755 pages now. This weekend I watched two new films, in the comfort of my home, for free.  I was attracted to  Uncharted  because  Rotten Tomatoes  reviewers gave it a miserable 40% rating, but audiences scored it a 90%.  The audience is almost always right. The premise is enticing:  search for Magellan's gold, which has been missing for 500 years.   Americans all learned about him as the first to circumnavigate the world, a Spanish expedition mostly funded by 18-year old King Charles 1 of Spain ( who was broke, so the Fugger Family from Germany came up with the resources )...