"Beware the man who looks you straight in the eye. He wants to prevent

[niyad]

you from seeing something. Look for it." Instructions from Lord Peter Wimsey to his agents, fondly known as "The Cattery".

In these times, I always interpret it as the bright, shiny thing, distracting everyone's attention over here, while the important/nasty stuff is going on out of sight. So, turn your head, open your eyes. LOOK AROUND!!! What are they so desperately trying to distract you from noticing?

[MiHale]

1. Thinking along the same lines..

This feels like a huge distraction event. Eyes peeled.

[niyad]

3. Wow. It must be so comforting to know with certainty every nasty,

horrible thing they have planned, especially considering they have already surpassed even some of the most cynical and imaginative types out there. Way to insult people.

[Hekate]

5. Uh huh

[Skittles]

17. misconduct from someone who pimps for Trump is hardly news

ya know?

[Hekate]

7. I love Peter Wimsey -- nice to see a reference to his lordship

[niyad]

10. Have you seen the Lord Peter Wimsey-Harriet Vane series? I just watched

them again for about the sixth time last night. I do wish they had been able to seecure the rights to "Busman's Honeymoon", but, alas, they could not.

[Hekate]

11. Wd love to, but the last Wimsey films I ever saw were on PBS about 1976...

Hubby’s good at finding things — what streaming service are they on?

[niyad]

12. Oh my gosh. .you are in for a treat. I watch them on youtube, have no idea

about what streaming services they might be on. Google "Lord Peter Wimsey Harriet Vane Mysteries youtube". Edward Petherbridge and Harriet Walter (who played Fanny Dashwood in the Emma Thompson-scripted version of "Sense and Sensibility&quot . "Strong Poison". "Have His Carcase". "Gaudy Night". 10 episodes total.

[Hekate]

15. Thank you, thank you!

[Hekate]

16. Found it! First one that came up was Murder Must Advertise, which we watched all the way thru...

The next was Strong Poison, where he meets Harriet Vane as you know, but we only watched episode 1 because of it being midnight by then. I do like the new cast of actors — they look so much more like the description of the characters in the books, Wimsey especially.

For me this is like meeting old friends after decades (Oh look, Miss Climpson is on the jury) . Hubby, who is hard to please sometimes, is enjoying himself too, especially the witty repartee.

I do have the books, but haven’t re-read them in a long time, so seeing this is just so much fun. And needless to say, we needed that.

[niyad]

18. This makes me smile. So glad that you found them! Emjoy!

[mountain grammy]

8. Distract from the big beautiful

Bomb, er Bill. It seals the deal for our dictatorship. We must stop that bill.

[Wicked Blue]

9. Everything is a distraction from everything else

I've been saying that for years.

[Maru Kitteh]

13. Yeah I'm not really buying it either. The whole ride home I was thinking,

what are we NOT talking about?

Gas
Bogus Billionaire Bill teetering at the abyss
Terrible jobs report
No deals
Inflation
TACOs
Courts ruling against Drumpf
Tariffs failing

Tourism in our area is down 47%. Forty-seven percent. That’s great for finding good camping spots again but the consequences in this community will come swiftly and they will bring serious pain.

[niyad]

14. Excellent list. And you have reminded me to look up our tourism stats.

I noticed the other day as a friend and I were driving through Garden of the Gods that there were fewer cars, fewer people on the trails, then one usually sees after Memorial Day.