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(1) Curtis Reeves and the Popcorn Shooting Curtis Reeves Many of us have been known to throw popcorn. It could be that Chad Oulson , out with his wife at the movies in sunny Wesley Chapel, Florida, after texting the babysitter, really did throw popcorn at an irate 71-year-old retired police officer. The retired cop,  Curtis Reeves , shot and killed him. The two men had an altercation about noise in the theater and the illegality of texting just moments before Lone Survivor  was about to begin. Lone Survivor is a film about the Navy Seals. Shots rang out. Violence in vivo. The victim happened to be a former U.S. Naval officer who served his country from 1990 to 1997. The perpetrator, a retired captain of the police. Two veteran officers facing off, only one carrying a .380 automatic pistol. Blood gushing from his mouth,Oulson cried, "I can't believe I got shot!" Incredible. It could have been a mint or a peanut butter cup, just a theory, not popcorn, because Richard Esco

Before we begin: Are the ads on this blog getting in the way?  I had to ask. Anything I shop for on Amazon automatically is advertised here! And what about this Dynamic Views Blogger format? Yes? No? Who cares?  It's been awhile since we had any snapshots. (1) The Cold and Saving Lives Chicago Cross-country skiing The wise among us, I am told, will not leave home today. That's how cold it is.Nobody's flying to Florida; the planes are grounded. Subzero temps cut a wide swath and it is dangerous, moving about out there. I was at a birthday dinner last night for a couple of really small but well-padded toddlers, and it was all anyone could talk about, think about, worry about, surviving the deep freeze on its way. I can't help but text my daughter (I am a Jewish mother, after all): Please tell me you aren't driving downtown tomorrow to work . She quips back: No, gonna WFH. The salt is getting annoying This makes me happy. Then again, only a day or two ago, at three de