Three Beautiful Things 01-31-2023: Washing Machine Update, Watching Amateur Retirees Play Poker, *Columbo* and Late Night with Watergate

1. Brock came by and determined that a couple of suspension rods in our washing machine need to be replaced. Watts Appliance doesn't have these parts on hand (no problem), so Sherri will put in an order and once they come in, Brock can replace them. 

2. I almost never clean up the kitchen in the evening, so late this morning I took care of dishes and cleaned counters. For the first time, I moved the television onto the dining table and tuned into King of the Club, a WPT show on Pluto TV that I'd never heard of. It's fun. The show features everyday players, not pros, who get a chance to play for some pretty good prize money and experience what it's like to play on television. I especially enjoyed the episode I kept an eye on today because all but one of the players were about my age -- it was fun to watch old very appreciative players bring their skills and temperament to the table.

3. After I whipped up sesame chicken breasts and jasmine rice for Debbie and me and after we watched Jamie Lee Curtis' mom (Janet Leigh) as the guest star on Columbo, I fired up All the President's Men for about the 98th time. Debbie retired for the night before the movie ended, but I savored the entire movie, marveling again at everything about it, but especially Gordon Willis' cinematography. 

A while back, Debbie purchased the entire first season of the documentary series, Slow Burn. Like season one of the podcast of the same name, this season dives deep into how the break-in at the Democratic National Committee Headquarters metastasized into the uncovering of covert operations and cover up efforts that resulted in Richard Nixon's resignation.

This series features lengthy interviews with several behind the scenes people involved in the investigation of Watergate. It's fun learning more from members of the army of staffers, both Democrats and Republicans, who worked tirelessly in support of the members of the Senate Select Committee by interviewing people who would testify and organizing how the Senators would approach each day of questioning. 

I've listened to the first season of Slow Burn as a podcast a couple of times and it was fascinating to watch much of the same material structured into a series of hour long made for television documentary episodes.