I didn't realize today was Friday the 13th. I have had bad luck this week trying to get on the internet. At least I finished my Holmes Lego set. I was somewhat dismayed to see a logo on it saying that the Doyle estate was involved. I thought those greedy guys wouldn't get anything after all Holmes stories went public domain. It was an interesting build, though, with a rotating window turret and a sliding door that hides Moriarty. Some people were complaining about making Irene Adler Black, but I'm more concerned that the box pictures and such keep putting her with Moriarty as if she were a villain. I'm very pleased with Watson's skin being darker than Holmes. At last he's "as brown as a nut" as he was described in A Study in Scarlet! Also, the magnifying glass is comically large compared to the minifigures, but my set did include a smaller piece that looked more to scale. It was being used as table legs, and I had an extra piece which I put in Sherlock's hand. Maybe I'll paint it later to look like a magnifier. The tiny violin is great, but no bow to play it with.
Meanwhile, I have heard about the protests in L.A. and Trump sending in the National Guard. Also the assault on Senator Alex Padilla. Then I heard that Greg Abbott wants to squash protests in Texas too, and that scares me as an immigrant. I don't know if I'll go to the protest now. Regardless, I hope Trump's parade gets rained out.
Oh I almost forgot--Theatre Arlington is putting on a Sherlock play in December. This seems to be pleasantly a year of Holmes, even if everything else has gone to hell.
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