Like DR Doug R, my old fire alarms would go off every time I used my oven and I would wind up having to pop the battery, hopefully remembering to put it back in place. This past fall I wised up and bought new detectors that were not so sensitive to moderate heat. During all the cooking On Christmas Day there wasn't a peep from them. I also like how the units easily screw off the base (easy to change batteries) and that they have a built in emergency light.
And now...off to sing Carmina Burana!
I am happy to learn today that my friend Ben Hope, who was the Joseph character in our May reading of the Appalachian Chrtistmas piece, has been cast in the Broadway production of ONCE to cover several roles
I got rid of my smoke detector because it went off every time I started cooking!
Still proofing after all these years. Going very slowly and methodically. Finding only a few em dash things and only a handful of bad across-the-page hyphens, all easy to fix. However, amusingly, I thankfully caught a whopper of a mistake in the very first paragraph of the prologue. It just goes to show that you can have three sets of eager eyes proofing (not including mine own) and all sets of eyes somehow missed this huge whopper of an error. In the paragraph I say it was 1993 and that I'd just pulled out from The Shores, where I'd been living since 1998. How could everyone, including me, miss that over and over again. It should have obviously said 1988.
Quote from: TCB on February 21, 2012, 03:53:49 PMQuote from: Dan (the Man) on February 21, 2012, 09:20:09 AMSeems that lots of people forgot about SMASH last night (myself included--MAUDE reruns again)I'm afraid that SMASH is not must see TV for moi. If you people would just watch the blind auditions of THE VOICE, you would be already set when SMASH comes on. I don't watch SMASH, but I have really gotten hooked on THE VOICE.From just about every thing I've read about THE VOICE I gather that it's not as bad as AMERICAN YODEL (the opinion piece in last week's EW was a love letter to the show.). But in any case, these talent competition shows aren't my cup of tea.
Quote from: Dan (the Man) on February 21, 2012, 09:20:09 AMSeems that lots of people forgot about SMASH last night (myself included--MAUDE reruns again)I'm afraid that SMASH is not must see TV for moi. If you people would just watch the blind auditions of THE VOICE, you would be already set when SMASH comes on. I don't watch SMASH, but I have really gotten hooked on THE VOICE.
Seems that lots of people forgot about SMASH last night (myself included--MAUDE reruns again)I'm afraid that SMASH is not must see TV for moi.
Those are lovely knitting projects, Ginny!
Quote from: Ginny on February 21, 2012, 08:16:35 AMAnd here's the Reader Wrap that I think looks like rainbow sherbet:What is a Reader Wrap? I really like it, I just don't know what it is.
And here's the Reader Wrap that I think looks like rainbow sherbet:
DR TCB a reader wrap is just what it sounds like, something you wrap yourself in while you read.DR Ginny are you making a short wrap? It is very pretty. Is it for you? I don't think I could wear something like that with all the dog hair in this house.
Quote from: Jane on February 21, 2012, 04:05:12 PMDR TCB a reader wrap is just what it sounds like, something you wrap yourself in while you read.DR Ginny are you making a short wrap? It is very pretty. Is it for you? I don't think I could wear something like that with all the dog hair in this house.DR Jane, this one will be about 60" long when it's finished. It's for me - I wanted something in summery colors because I get cold with all the air conditioning.
I like SMASH
Quote from: Cillaliz on February 21, 2012, 05:41:49 PMI like SMASHI do, too, DR Cillaliz - even skipped CASTLE last night to see SMASH in real time.
Mlle. is now officially banned in France. Guess there will be no revivals of "Mlle. Modeste" and no one can sing "Dites-Moi" with its "chere mademoiselle" lyric anymore. And Mlle. from Armentieres doesn't parlez-vous any more.
I like CASTLE too
Quote from: FJL on February 21, 2012, 07:25:19 AMAnd here's the ALW classic "Zoom the Spaceman wishes Matthew a super-happy birthday" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILjuF9gVHYMThat was cool!I am not sure that Matthew's DP is going to be too thrilled having Zoom flying over their bed tonight.
And here's the ALW classic "Zoom the Spaceman wishes Matthew a super-happy birthday" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILjuF9gVHYM
Thank you for the birthday wishes, DR's TCB, Cillaliz and KevinH