My brain is too full to simply enjoy something

This is wonderful, in terms of wordplay and performance

Watch on YouTube

But it was 1942. There was fabric rationing
https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/restrictions-and-rationing-on-the-world-war-ii-home-front.htm
The Zoot suit he ended up with was less wasteful than the classic one, but it worried me. Still, there were definitely reet pleats, and (thanks, Derek Guy, for making me check) no collar gap.
It was a year before the Zoot suit riots in LA (the cut of those clothes used a lot more fabric. It was an excuse for violence from white guys claiming patriotism).
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/zoot-suit-riots-and-wartime-los-angeles

Unrelated except for my own tendency toward free-association, the "Mr. Zoot Suit" scene from "Blast from the Past."
https://youtu.be/56SLRFpWVXs?feature=shared

Record warmness, but January still tends to be cold around here

It's almost a year of living alone in the house, with the thermostat set in the 50s. I have looked back at the oil bills, and at the temperature ranges. The tank in theory holds about 200 gallons, but I never let it get empty (I call the oil company when it's at 1/4), so the usual delivery is between 175 & 180 gallons.
The first delivery of 2024 was January 10, 180 gallons. Barely over a month later, February 15, 181 gallons. That's 6 gallons a day, yikes. January had some above-freezing days (and a few nights) but there was only one day that got to be as warm as inside the chilly house.
The next delivery was April 2, 174 gallons, so somewhat under 4 gallons a day for that time period.
Then the next delivery was this week, 179 gallons. Parts of April and May, parts of November and December, so closer to 2 gallons a day? Very iffy calculations.
The water in the house is heated by the sun for part of the year, otherwise I have the electric tank on for two hours a day. The oil system is not responsible for that kind of warmness.
There is no gas in the house, so I don't worry about that kind of fossil power.
I don't have air conditioning, but do use electricity for many things (like the laptop I'm typing on, for example).

:-( Olivia Hussey

The 1968 Romeo and Juliet was extremely important to me. I was sorry decades later to learn that the young actors had been treated badly, but it was my introduction to Shakespeare and costume dramas and (probably a modern interpretation of) Renaissance dance.
She was barely older than my friend group, which made it more relatable.
https://variety.com/2024/film/news/olivia-hussey-dead-romeo-and-juliet-black-christmas-1236261093/