Odds and Ends

The Failed Promise: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson by Robert Levine was an interesting account. The beginning was the most notable with some early hints on why Andrew Johnson (Unionist and against slavery later on) seemed not a bad VP option. The book later on, though we got some interesting stuff thru the eyes of Douglas and some other black leaders, covered more familiar ground. But, overall interesting book with a Douglass speech in the appendix.

The Hallmark movie yesterday, Roadhouse Romance, was a low key affair with a basically new woman lead and a more well used male lead. The net effect was charming if a bit rough acting along the edges. Good line - country music is "three chords and the truth." The Sven movie was an Abbott and Costello monster movie that I didn't catch.

Football season began with Buffalo losing to the Steelers and the Jets losing to Carolina (where the old Jets QB went). Jets looked better in the second half. The Giants are playing Denver today, so all the "NY" teams sorta played teams they could beat though we shall see how the Giants do manage. [Not too well.]