Since we’re all relaxing on this Labor Day, what is the most difficult job you’ve ever had – the one that had the most labor, and the one that kept you going and going with never a moment’s rest.
I played Gershwin on the piano (I’m very good as Gershwin whilst sitting on the piano
But that smoothly (?) brings me to the topic of what's to become of the Supreme Court - I've tried to engage people in conversation about this, but I seem to have no takers on the subject, at least not on this holiday weekend.
Sep 5, 7:51 AM EDT
Bush to Nominate Roberts As Chief Justice
By JENNIFER LOVEN
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Moving swiftly, President Bush will nominate John Roberts to succeed William H. Rehnquist as chief justice, a senior administration source said Monday.
The president was to make the announcement in the Oval Office before leaving for another trip to the hurricane-battered Gulf Coast.
Bush met with Roberts at the White House on Sunday evening for about a half an hour and then offered him the top position at the Supreme Court on Monday morning, the administration official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because Bush had not announced his selection.
Bush already had nominated Roberts to fill the seat of retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. It would just take a little paper shuffling to change the nomination for Rehnquist's seat.
The president still wants Roberts to be on the bench when the Supreme Court resumes its work on Oct. 3, the official said. That means Bush would have to find a new nominee for O'Connor's seat. She has offered to remain on the bench until a successor is seated.
Sep 4, 6:31 AM EDT
Katrina Evacuees Distraught Over Lost Pets By MIKE STOBBE
Associated Press Writer
ATLANTA (AP) -- As Valerie Bennett was evacuated from a New Orleans hospital, rescuers told her there was no room in the boat for her dogs. She pleaded. "I offered him my wedding ring and my mom's wedding ring," the 34-year-old nurse recalled Saturday. They wouldn't budge. She and her husband could bring only one item, and they already had a plastic tub containing the medicines her husband, a liver transplant recipient, needed to survive.
Such emotional scenes were repeated perhaps thousands of times along the Gulf Coast last week as pet owners were forced to abandon their animals in the midst of evacuation.
In one example reported last week by The Associated Press, a police officer took a dog from one little boy waiting to get on a bus in New Orleans. "Snowball! Snowball!" the boy cried until he vomited. The policeman told a reporter he didn't know what would happen to the dog.
At the hospital, a doctor euthanized some animals at the request of their owners, who feared they would be abandoned and starve to death. He set up a small gas chamber out of a plastic-wrapped dog kennel.
"The bigger dogs were fighting it. Fighting the gas. It took them longer. When I saw that, I said 'I can't do it,'" said Bennett's husband, Lorne.
Valerie Bennett left her dogs with the anesthesiologist, who promised to care for about 30 staff members' pets on the roof of the hospital, Lindy Boggs Medical Center.
"He said he'd stay there as long as he possibly could," Valerie Bennett recalled, speaking from her husband's bedside at Atlanta's Emory University Hospital.
On Saturday afternoon, she said she saw a posting on a Web site called petfinder.com that said the anesthesiologist was still caring for the animals.
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The Bennetts had four animals, including two beloved dogs.
They moved to Slidell, La., in July when Valerie took a job at an organ transplant institute connected to Lindy Boggs. Lorne, a former paramedic, is disabled since undergoing a liver transplant in 2001.
On Saturday, as Hurricane Katrina approached, both went to the hospital to help and took all four animals with them.
They fed their guinea pig and left it in its cage in a patient room. They couldn't refill its empty water bottle because the hospital's plumbing failed Sunday, they said. They poured food on the floor for the cat, but again no water.
"I just hope that they forgive me," Valerie Bennett cried.
I do not sleep well in daylight
Oh, DR Matt H: You are must too kind regarding Oscar Levant's "piano scenes."
One is way over-the-top for me.
I don't mind his drollery...but that mug concentrating on playing a classical piece...transcends drollery for me.
Is there nothing more embarrassing than Ginger Rogers' French "dramatic" scene at the end of The Barkleys of Broadway?
...Because I had never worked in an office, I worked in a sea food plant (less money but I would have stayed there forever vs that place), I bought into him telling me how stupid I was and that no one would hire me. It was a very bad time.Change that into "no one else would love" and you've got a very standard line used in abusive relationships. Which, given the difference of a work environment, is what you were in.
I must say that temping for a few years after that was the best thing I could have done for myself. I learned that far from what HE said, I could walk into ANY office and do a good job. I had many job offers but I was to scared to take them.GOOD FOR YOU! Now, any lurkers out there who recognize themselves in what Danise has posted, PAY ATTENTION!
Anyway, it all worked out in the end. I'm very happy with my current job. I have times when I mumble and grumble but for the most part, I wouldn't trade it.
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I see London
I see France
I see TCB's
Looking askance.
You mean, that's all really a clever make-up job?I fooled you Mr. Ron Pulliam, I'm not wearing any!
TODI suspect someone will rightfully answer: "Mother".
der Brucer
Yes, DR der Brucer, I will say "mother," not so much because it was difficult, but because it was (is, even though DS Rob is almost 20) 24/7 and, especially in the newborn/infant stage, had no structure. I had worked professionally for 12 years before, cold turkey, becoming a stay-at-home mom. Not knowing even when I'd find time in the day to take a shower was quite unnerving. Fortunately, I have a wonderful husband who's been a parenting equal from day 1 (as I type this, he's out helping Rob practice his driving maneuverability skills - he takes his road test tomorrow for his first driver's license - late bloomer, like me).
Late bloomer, my ass! I was terrified of you 30 years ago, you were so together.
I was so relieved when one day, on my way to the job, I was rearended.
And a friend dropped by this afternoon and brought me NATIONAL TREASURE (with Nic Cage) to watch. I've been wanting to see this for months, and now I'll be watching it tonight.
The Hershey Cake layers are out of the oven and they even came out of the cake pans reasonably in tact. We sampled the spill-over edges that I had to cut off to get the layers out of the pans. So far: YUM!
We will actually celebrate his birthday Wednesday with an early dinner at Montgomery Inn (ribs) and a preview performance of "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," which opens officially at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park on Thursday. The last time DH Richard and I saw this show, DR elmore was in the cast!As Hero???
Ginny, you are[/i] going to post the recipe, aren't you?? (if you haven't already) ;)
;D
Actually, DR elmore, I was almost 21 before getting my license. I've just been making up for lost time behind the wheel all these years!
George - Yes, I'll post the recipe after we've taste-tested the result.
I'm glad you're back from the house with no computer.
DR Cillaliz - I hadn't realized until last night's chat that you're staying in the same hotel as Danise and I and that you're arriving in NYC the same day I am. Are you flying into LGA?
Yes, I'm on Midwest Airlines (I love the hot chocolate chip cookies). I arrive at LGA at 4:27
Jane is still trying to get into the Comfort Inn. She has a friend who is going to keep checking while she and Keith are on their trip.
We'll have to exchange cell phone numbers via email so we can find each other more easily
As Hero???
;)
Alas, i'm no one's Hero. i played Eronius, father of Miles Gloriosus and Philia.
Alas, i'm no one's Hero. i played Eronius, father of Miles Gloriosus and Philia.
I've played Hysterium, father to no one.But a great collector of art!
Anthony is watching Monk and I am typing. We watched the last six episodes of Six Feet Under while out at the parents (in-law). The final episode was very well done. All I will say since I know that Dear Tom is still on Season 5, if I recall correctly.
I've played Hysterium, father to no one.
I will have to be very careful in reading the rest of that ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY on the new TV season for fear that the description of VERONICA MARS might reveal the identity of the killer that was shown in the season finale and which I'm only a couple of weeks away from seeing.
I read it doesn't say anything.
Laura, you are a Saint with a capital S! Tell Lyn and Kerry to take you out for mountains of cake!
Most tedious show... Maltby and Shire's "Baby".... it was the only show that my best pal, conductor/mentor, Mark almost fired me from. Lots of notes, lots of accidentals and a VERY "close" pit, not a lot of room and I was under the stage extension which I had to sit very still as if I moved, I would knock my head. All those conditions and the score made not so great work.
Question for BK or Jose, or anyone who has an ear to the ground on New York theater - what's causing the very strong advance negative vibe to the show IN MY LIFE? I've been following theater for a long long time, but I can't remember any show where the vibes have been so negative even before a show started performances and even going back to its press preview. Is it that the writer/director is financing it? The subject matter of Tourette's and OCD? I'm finding it unusual.
I love Baby! Last month, I got the 3-track limited collector's edition recording of the show with Lea Salonga. The songs are "I Chose Right" by David Shannon, "Two People in Love" with Lea, David and chorus and "The Story Goes On" by Lea. She is fantastic! Very similar to Liz, but very good in her own right. Why couldn't they do a whole cast recording? There are a couple of cast photos, so it was a whole production.
Where is JoseSPiano when a frenzy is needed?
Jane is still trying to get into the Comfort Inn. She has a friend who is going to keep checking while she and Keith are on their trip.
Back from Canada.
Family and friends think the Prez and his cronies are idiots for taking so long to respond. And all the cabinet members going down to help out for a day and smiling for the camera. Camera op.
It is just so sad. And anyone who doesn't say there is a division between african-americans and white folks are wrong. In the sea of faces it was hard to find one person who was white (there were some but very few).
It became so sad to watch. It wa interesting to watch the Canadian, UK and France views. Montrealers were able to see their views. Not very complimentary.
And the USA has to think about receiving aid from Russia and Cuba! Come on!