Today is also National Coconut Cream Pie Day.
Vixmom how on earth did the Vixter stay awake with all that Benadryl in her!! I would have been out after the first dose. ;D
The Bodies exhibit was OK but it was also a little wierd. I wasn't grossed out but every so often the thought that these are real bodies just jumped into my thoughts. I didn't know this but there was some controversy over where the bodies were obtained. Apparently all the specimens are Asian. There are disclaimers all over the place that the bodies were obtained legally and treated with the utmost respect and dignity
Yikes, DR Vixmom, I hope today isn't spring picture day at school!
True Pogue, I always found the story in CAMELOT unsatisfying, because you get introduced to Arthur early on, and your sympathies lie with him. Lancelot is more one-dimensional as a matter of course, so it is hard to feel a ton of sympathy for him, and by extension Guinevere. It is difficult to wean onself from the wish that the character you like more ends up with the girl.
I will see if I can find a copy of Mists of Avalon today.
And why did she prefer Lancelot? ??? I would have until I was sixteen, after that give me Arthur any day.
I will see if I can find a copy of Mists of Avalon today.
Comedy teams:
Abbott & Costello, of course....Who's on First?
Penny - It just came in the mail today. It may take a little longer to get to the West Coast. Did you know in advance that you were the cover article (pages 1 through 3, then pages 19 through 24)?
btw - I sent Ginny the book outline and the article, to peruse for her workshops on grant writing...
It seems to have stopped raining for a moment - I dashed out with peanuts for these birds. No raccoons last night - the cat food is still in the feeding tray where I left it...
Yes, you did, and I thought they were wonderful. However, after my experience with the local arts consortium (not adequately promoting the free workshop I did for them), I hesitate to get you involved with them.
Lovely photos of all kinds today!
CONGRATS to DRPENNYO on being the cover author!!
Don't get ME started on the efficiency of Arts Organizations with PAID staffing! PAID by ME as a taxpayer....don't get ME started.
And I just sat through a hailstorm - hail stones like golf balls, no kidding - for the last ten minutes! And now the sun is threatening to show itself.
Oh, Penny, hope you're OK! And check your car, if it was sitting outside. Years ago we had such a storm and cars were damaged.
Taylor and Bosco - whatta nice picture! Wow - little kidz and dawgs... I have conflicting emotions when I see these types of pictures, hear wonderful stories of Normal Life with kidz and dawgs, watch nieces and nephews grow up into astoundingly beautiful and accomplished people... AND read of the Vixter's alarming allergic reaction and injuries, and random horrible stuff friends experience with their growing children... I alternate between feelings of great loss for not having children, and the "I-dodged-a-bullet" relief for not having children...
And I just sat through a hailstorm - hail stones like golf balls, no kidding - for the last ten minutes! And now the sun is threatening to show itself.
DR Vixmom, is the Vixter feeling better? I hope so! Crazy story. So what was she allergic to?
DES MOINES, Iowa - Wendy Dershem may think twice before leaving that egg roll on her plate at her next Chinese buffet. The Des Moines woman, her boyfriend and her two children were kicked out of a restaurant last week after management accused her of leaving too much food on her plate.
"They told us we are not welcome there anymore," said Dershem, a repeat customer at the Dragon House buffet. "We waste too much food. But the buffet is all you can eat. And you know kids. They won't always eat everything, and they want something else."
Dershem said she paid her $5.95 fee on Saturday but was abruptly told to leave after eating one plate of food.
Employees said they had been watching her family on previous trips to the restaurant and were fed up with her habits.
"They just take one bite and throw it away," said cashier Lin Huyen. "They take four egg rolls and crab rangoon, take one bite of egg roll and throw the whole plate. That is wasting food."
Dershem said she was shocked by the scolding and complained to management when she paid her check. "It was embarrassing. ... If it's a one-stop buffet, post it," she said.
Dragon House manager Kent Cao said his restaurant offers an all you can eat buffet, not all you can waste. Dershem's family took food, didn't finish it and then piled on the same food again, he said.
"She’s done that too many times," Cao said. "We would welcome her back if she has respect and knows what she wants."
Bob Oberbillig, an adjunct professor at the Drake Legal Clinic, says the patron would have no legal case against exclusion from a business unless there are other factors such as racial discrimination or mental health issues.
"An establishment can exclude people if they smoke or waste food," he said. "It's still a private business."
SYDNEY, Australia - Prostitutes, strippers and lap dancers can claim tax deductions for adult toys and lingerie, officials said Friday, as the Australian Taxation Office issued a list of deductible items for the sex industry.
Condoms, lubricants, gels and oils are among a myriad of other items that these workers can claim against tax, according to a fact sheet issued on the office's Web site.
While they cannot claim deductions for fitness classes that keep them in shape, the tax office ruled they can claim the cost of dance lessons.
"You can claim the cost of replacing or repairing things like equipment, adult novelties and other apparatus used in your work," the office advises, under a section titled "tools of trade."
"This is just another one of our occupational lists that we put together to help people," a taxation office spokeswoman said on customary condition of anonymity
I'll vote for the DR Charles mentioned version of the Camelot tale "Mists of Avalon". The films works for me too.
Well, in CAMELOT at least, she didn't at first. Rather despised his cockiness and assuredness as a matter of fact. His nobility and purity of spirit in bringing the dead knight back to life helped her to see him in a different light. Both try to fight their feelings of attraction but eventually give in to them though knowing they're wrong and somewhat damning themselves in the process. (Ah, the head and the heart sometimes fight horrendous battles within some of us.) And since Arthur loves them both, he can understand their mutual attraction and resigns himself to it never losing his love for either of them.In addition, in T. H. White's Once and Future King, Lancelot is introduced as ugly and apelike. He is the central character in the third book of the series, The Ill-Made Knight, which certainly places him with greater importance and dimention than the musicalization made of him.
I don't know. The story felt more adult and true to me that the "hero" didn't end up with the girl but didn't retreat into hatred and bitterness because of their weakness.
Wasn't Gueniverre a teenager when she and Arthur married? Haven't read T.H. White in decades, but she was very young, I think.
For those who may have been following the story of the two Australian (Ta smanian) Gold miners trapped for fifteen days a milebeneath the ground, they were finally rescued and WALKED our from the mine an hour ago.
CP, should I read the book or watch the film?
I don't think anyone has yet mentioned Flanders and Swan. (http://www.nyanko.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/fas/)Have some madiera, m'dear!
Hello, Tomovoz!
There is wetness here in Rehoboth. At last.
Hello DR Elmore
I guess you've always had problems with the Prodigal Son story too!
Quote from: S. Woody White on Today at 06:50:58amQuoteThere is wetness here in Rehoboth. At last.
Excited, are we?
Richard Cartlon was indeed one of the best known, and at times controversial, journalists in OZ. It's a pity he will be remembered for his last question - inappropriate and the worst aspect of "Sixty Minutes" style TV journalism.
TCB, knowing your interest in the Titanic, I wondered if you have seen this news piece.
Titanic's Last American Survivor Dies at 99
By ANDREW RYAN, AP
BOSTON (May 7) - Lillian Gertrud Asplund, the last American survivor of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, has died, a funeral home said Sunday. She was 99.
Hard to believe that we are still discussing the Titanic after 94 years. There was a period in the the Thirties and the Forties where the ship and the sinking were all but forgotten.
Good thing you were there to remind everyone.
.............................................. her face was puffed up like it was when the yellow jacket stung her last fall... her right eye swollen almost competely closed and the bruise on her cheek from when she was hit by the golf club in gym on Thursday.................................... (I mentioned that, right?) had changed from a slight purplish shadow to a huge green, yellow and purple mark on her swollen right cheek................................she looked like the loser of a prize fight.
PS The Vixter's face is much better today
The Bodies exhibit was OK but it was also a little wierd. I wasn't grossed out but every so often the thought that these are real bodies just jumped into my thoughts. I didn't know this but there was some controversy over where the bodies were obtained. Apparently all the specimens are Asian. There are disclaimers all over the place that the bodies were obtained legally and treated with the utmost respect and dignity but there were comments in the guestbooks saying things like "stop stealing bodies from China" and questions like "why are all these bodies Asian and where are the women"
We had lunch at South Street Seaport afterwards and then home with a stop at the grocery store.
And while I am at it, here is a photo I have been meaning to post since Christmas...Uncle Mike and Taylor at their first NUTCRACKER show!!!
Boy did we have fun!
Good thing you were there to remind everyone.
Must be one of those LIVE ON TAPE things
George can’t we watch David Blaine on the West Coast-not that I care to. ;D
That seems pretty silly -- it's a two-hour show which begins out here after the whole thing is already over. Who out in the west would bother to watch it?
Great news about the cover story, PennyO!!
Also Penny, I've put in a reservation for next Monday's performance of "...in the absence of spring..." Afterwards, I hope we can chat for a few! ;D
There was also Martini and Rossi.
Of Asti Spumanti fame.
I didn't watch it until the end and have updated my previous posts to add a spoiler alert....just in case someone is really going to watch the whole thing
Swell! I hope you will stick around after the Q and A, so we can have a hearty Haines His Way hug! I'm so glad you're going to come to this - I love the play, and LOVE my role...
The famous Olympic skier Picabo Street (pronounced Pee-Ka-Boo) is not just an athlete... she is now a nurse currently working at the Intensive Care Unit of a large metropolitan hospital.
She is not permitted to answer the hospital telephones any longer. It caused too much confusion when she would answer the phone and say...
Picabo, I.C.U.