All elements of the day pertaining to doctors or insurance were awful, including the hour of the morning at which I was awoken by a phone call canceling an appointment I had been waiting nearly a month for, even after I offered to pay out of pocket, which you would think a doctor's office would go for.
In the evening, however,![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
spatch and I walked into Porter Square and not only was he delighted with the paperback of Matthew Kennedy's Joan Blondell: A Life Between Takes (2007/2014) with which I presented him as soon as I had collected it from the bookstore, the sight of it inspired one of his coworkers at the Somerville to whip out their phone and order their own copy on the spot, which I recognize is not Bigolas Dickolas Wolfwood levels of influence, but it still makes me happy. The bookstore clerk also spoke effusively of the biography's subject and especially recommended Desk Set (1957). Rock on, Joan Blondell.
In the evening, however,
spatch and I walked into Porter Square and not only was he delighted with the paperback of Matthew Kennedy's Joan Blondell: A Life Between Takes (2007/2014) with which I presented him as soon as I had collected it from the bookstore, the sight of it inspired one of his coworkers at the Somerville to whip out their phone and order their own copy on the spot, which I recognize is not Bigolas Dickolas Wolfwood levels of influence, but it still makes me happy. The bookstore clerk also spoke effusively of the biography's subject and especially recommended Desk Set (1957). Rock on, Joan Blondell.
