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Well, you've read the notes, the notes had only half a kit and caboodle, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they have a whole kit and caMOOdle.
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And the word of the day is: ADVERTORIAL!
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TOD
EGGNOG!
or
from our local Bistro:
The Bay Bridge:
One Beach Egg (Crab Meat on an English Muffin topped with a Poached Egg & Hollandaise Sauce)
One City Egg (Filet Mignon on an English Muffin topped with Poached Egg and Béarnaise Sauce)
Potatoes
der Brucer
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Hi all! It's 3:26 AM. I went and got something to eat and then came back to room and crashed. I think it was only about 7 or 8 when I laid down.
Lovely pictures, dear TCB! I'm also glad that your friend, Stan is doing better.
DR td, I don't know if I'll have time for a visit but I'll try. Can you send me the address of that mall we met at and when you'll be there? I'm sorry but I don't have your phone number with me. I don't know what time I'll be able to pop by but it will be sometime during the day. I wouldn't want to try driving around after dark. All those curves/hills are ok in the daytime but I wouldn't want to try it at night.
I had hoped to met up with Debi and the family but I didn't get any response to my emails that I was coming up. I sent the time my flight would arrive so they know I'm here but they never said anything about meeting. I guess they already had plans and I don't want to be a bother.
Guess I'd better try to get some more sleep.
Laters all! :)
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LATIMES (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/shopping_blog/2008/11/thinking-of-goi.html)
Thinking of going Blu-ray? Hold on for the holidays.
The bad news is that the economy is in a tailspin. The good news is that it might result in plunging prices for consumer electronic products during the coming holiday shopping season, especially for Blu-ray disc players that show movies in high-definition. "There's talk of Blu-ray players hitting $200 pricing or even $149 for older models or less-known brands," said Ross Robin, analyst for NPD Group.
The $149ers probably won't have BD-live, an Internet hookup for downloadable games, IM chat and other online features designed for Blu-ray. But if you care only about watching movies in high-def on your HDTV, you can skip the newfangled online stuff.
AT $149 - I'm in!.
der Brucer
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LATIMES (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/shopping_blog/2008/11/thinking-of-goi.html)
Thinking of going Blu-ray? Hold on for the holidays.
The bad news is that the economy is in a tailspin. The good news is that it might result in plunging prices for consumer electronic products during the coming holiday shopping season, especially for Blu-ray disc players that show movies in high-definition. "There's talk of Blu-ray players hitting $200 pricing or even $149 for older models or less-known brands," said Ross Robin, analyst for NPD Group.
The $149ers probably won't have BD-live, an Internet hookup for downloadable games, IM chat and other online features designed for Blu-ray. But if you care only about watching movies in high-def on your HDTV, you can skip the newfangled online stuff.
AT $149 - I'm in!.
der Brucer
Count me in, too! :D Actually, I just bought "March of the Penguins" on Blu-ray at Costco yesterday for only $11.99 (plus tax)! I don't have a Blu-ray player, yet but there's no reason I can't start getting titles, if they're inexpensive. :)
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Topic of the Day: Eggnog is good! But I've never had "real" eggnog. I don't know how it would be. :-\
YEARS ago (when I was in middle or high school), our family used to go to a restaurant just a few blocks from where we lived. They had a build-your-own omelet and I would always get it with mozzarella cheese, bacon and pineapple. It was so good. I haven't had (or thought about) anything like that in years.
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Last night DR George wrote:
~~~Continued Vibes for Tomovoz's DP Colin!!~~~
~~~Continued Vibes for Tomovoz’s DF Allan!!~~~
~~~Heat Vibes for DRs Ann and Jed and Toby!!~~~
~~~Continued Vibes for DR Ann's F-I-L and Jed's Father!!~~~
~~~Continued Vibes for DR Vixmom!!~~~
~~~Continued Vibes for DR Jane's DD Sherlock!!~~~
DITTO!!!! :)
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Educating Kimmel - Chapter 82
PHRASES (http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/kit-and-caboodle.html)
The words kit and caboodle have rather similar meanings.
A kit - is set of objects, as in a toolkit, or what a soldier would put in his kit-bag.
A caboodle (or boodle) - is an archaic term meaning group or collection, usually of people.
There are several phrases similar to the whole kit and caboodle, which is first recorded in that form in 1884. Most of them are of US origin and all the early citations are American. Caboodle was never in common use outside the USA and now has died out everywhere, apart from its use in this phrase.
der Brucer
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Does Sausage McMuffin with Egg count for the TOD? :)
Seriously, Skip makes a seriously great Croque Madame, which we had a few days ago.
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DR DANISE is up early.
I have had my PT CRUISER since 2005, and I like it very much. Problems with the front wheel bearings - both had to be replaced - but it was under warranty at the time, so it was covered....
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I don't like eggs. And I don't like tapioca for pudding.
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I plan to order the MGM Classic Musicals Volume 3 from DDD - but will wait until tomorrow when The Boys in the Band is released as well.
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SO - since I have an HD TV - if I buy a BLU RAY player....my old DVD's will play on it?
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Not a big egg eater, but like mine scrambled or over easy.
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Last night DR George wrote:
~~~Continued Vibes for Tomovoz's DP Colin!!~~~
~~~Continued Vibes for Tomovoz’s DF Allan!!~~~
~~~Heat Vibes for DRs Ann and Jed and Toby!!~~~
~~~Continued Vibes for DR Ann's F-I-L and Jed's Father!!~~~
~~~Continued Vibes for DR Vixmom!!~~~
~~~Continued Vibes for DR Jane's DD Sherlock!!~~~
DITTO!!!! :)
Throw in a ditto for me too
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Monday morning greetings! Before I leave for errands and lunch with a good friend, I'll put a double recipe of chili in the crockpot for tonight's dinner. Another request from DH Richard.
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We had our first chili of the season last Thursday, DR GINNY....and it was great! And today the weather is even MORE perfect for it!
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"...it's the earrings that put it over the top..."
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HtSvr0DEcpc/SQ8Avp82WLI/AAAAAAAABOo/cdJ7Sj2IbDM/s320/arias.jpg)
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What earrings?
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Oh THOSE!
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Damnation of Faust in Evil Spirit Pants.....I think we should sell those garments at World of Wisdom...I know several people who need a pair.
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Good morning, all! I'm off to Toyland and physical therapy. I finished the chart for Jo Loesser so now I'm back to my church job.
Last night I watched THE AMAZING RACE; since Nick is a friend, I don't find him evil but devious; as he keeps saying, he's playing a game. I find the divorcees evil in their continued rudeness and pettiness.
After that I turned to Showtime on Demand and watched the first episode of Season 3 of BROTHERHOOD, which I'm happy to see back on the air.
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DR Elmore - did I tell you that I'm on the waiting list for Cranford from my library? I may be retired before my copy becomes available - but then I'll actually have time to watch it!
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Don't you be talkin' 'bout my caboodle that way!
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Good morning to all and one and one and all!
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Good morning, DR KERRY.
I am completely satisfied with the outcome of TAR last night. READ THE CLUE CARDS....whew.....
I think the top two teams from last night are becoming my favorites this season....
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I am not a big fan of the incredible edible egg although have had to eat many through the years. My favorite two egg dishes are deviled eggs (which I gave the basic recipe to DR Laura since there is no real recipe for the way I make them) and the eggs that one must put in potato salad.
Eggs are fine for cakes and French toast.
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And the word of the day is: ADVERTORIAL!
And The Song Of The Day Is; SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS
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"...it's the earrings that put it over the top..."
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HtSvr0DEcpc/SQ8Avp82WLI/AAAAAAAABOo/cdJ7Sj2IbDM/s320/arias.jpg)
I only gave one person that picture of me, and he SWORE he'd never show it to anyone. Men! Can't live with 'em; can't shoot 'em!
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SO - since I have an HD TV - if I buy a BLU RAY player....my old DVD's will play on it?
Most definitely. And if you use the HDMI connection, your Blu-ray player will upconvert your DVDs and scale them to your TV's resolution parameters.
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Page Two Dance!!!
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Good morning!
A cold morning but absolutely gorgeous! The high is only going to be 60, but it should be a lovely day for a walk, and I'm having lunch out, so that, too, should be fun.
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I have three remaining episodes of HAWAII FIVE-O which I should have no trouble completing this afternoon. Tonight, instead of starting on a new review disc, I'll work on watching and clearing out some of last week's shows on the DVR. I still have last night's DEXTER, the last 25 minutes of BROTHERS & SISTERS, and Thursday night's SMALLVILLE to watch.
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Hmmmm......
Twice this morning I have been kicked off the site with the error meessage that the server here wasn't shaking hands with my software. That has never happened before. (This was not the "too many connections" error message we sometimes get.)
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This morning, since I got up much earlier than I wanted, I had time to watch last week's THE SHIELD which will be one of the topics of conversation at lunch this afternoon.
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Twice this morning I have been kicked off the site with the error meessage that the server here wasn't shaking hands with my software. That has never happened before. (This was not the "too many connections" error message we sometimes get.)
Same here...was blocked from even viewing the board for quite a while this morning.
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On TV Tonight!™
NBC - CHUCK, HEROES, MY OWN WORST ENEMY
CBS - comedies, CSI: MIAMI
ABC - DANCING WITH THE STARS, SAMANTHA WHO?, BOSTON LEGAL
FOX - SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES, PRISON BREAK
CW - GOSSIP GIRL, ONE TREE HILL
ESPN - MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
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The only thing I would caution about Blu-ray upconversion via HDMI is that some players (like my Samsung) do not properly recognize aspect ratios for older films and will "stretch" a 1.33:1 image to fit the 16:9 screen. Since my television doesn't allow for a "sidebar" option in the screen mode choices via HDMI (and why is that, I wonder?), it makes for an annoyance. The funny thing is my Toshiba HD-DVD player recognizes all aspect ratios correctly.
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Well, as luck would have it, I need to head down now and get ready for lunch. It's going to be a late lunch, so the sooner I get ready, the sooner I get to watching HAWAII FIVE-O episodes before my ride picks me up.
WBBL.
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Twice this morning I have been kicked off the site with the error meessage that the server here wasn't shaking hands with my software. That has never happened before. (This was not the "too many connections" error message we sometimes get.)
Same here...was blocked from even viewing the board for quite a while this morning.
Ummmm....that was intentional. ;D
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The only thing I would caution about Blu-ray upconversion via HDMI is that some players (like my Samsung) do not properly recognize aspect ratios for older films and will "stretch" a 1.33:1 image to fit the 16:9 screen. Since my television doesn't allow for a "sidebar" option in the screen mode choices via HDMI (and why is that, I wonder?), it makes for an annoyance. The funny thing is my Toshiba HD-DVD player recognizes all aspect ratios correctly.
That seems very odd. My Samsung player handles all aspect ratios with ease. Of course, my 1500 was a later model than your combo player.
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The kids are off school today and tomorrow. Is it a federal holiday today? There was nothing in the paper like there usually is.
I am struggling to get through this massive A&E Adventure Collection. I did manage to get several reviews live this weekend, including a slew )(slough?) of Blu-rays, but there is still a massive stack to be tackled.
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The only thing I would caution about Blu-ray upconversion via HDMI is that some players (like my Samsung) do not properly recognize aspect ratios for older films and will "stretch" a 1.33:1 image to fit the 16:9 screen. Since my television doesn't allow for a "sidebar" option in the screen mode choices via HDMI (and why is that, I wonder?), it makes for an annoyance. The funny thing is my Toshiba HD-DVD player recognizes all aspect ratios correctly.
That seems very odd. My Samsung player handles all aspect ratios with ease. Of course, my 1500 was a later model than your combo player.
There are actually threads about this annoyance on several Fora (including, IIRC, HTF). I was hoping they would have a firmware upgrade to handle it, but so far, no luck.
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And now I'm REALLY going!
;D
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The kids are off school today
That's what they're telling you, huh?
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The kids are off school today
That's what they're telling you, huh?
Portland has the shortest school year in the nation. They call this month Noschoolvember around here. :)
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I awoke to the error message here - very annoying, and I've written our host once again, as well as the software people. I'm so bored and sick to death of these problems. Two weeks ago I sent a message to our host - no response - and it was about the smf software not being able to connect to the server.
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And the response - this is why I can't stand these people:
Nothign to do with you it had to do wiht database server this is resolved now thank you,
The typos are theirs.
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OK, chili's in the crockpot (on low) and I'm off to the PO and lunch.
Bye for now!
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Cook low
chili's in the crockpot (on low)
Cook low-
Sweet crockpot chili...
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MATT H and JMK
What,in your valued opinions,are the 5 Best Blu-Ray Titles to Buy to show off the new format?
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I got forwarded the following from Melissa Etheridge - I thought I'd share it:
You Can Forget My Taxes
by Melissa Etheridge
Okay. So Prop 8 passed. Alright, I get it. 51% of you think that I am a second class citizen. Alright then. So my wife, uh I mean, roommate? Girlfriend? Special lady friend? You are gonna have to help me here because I am not sure what to call her now. Anyways, she and I are not allowed the same right under the state constitution as any other citizen. Okay, so I am taking that to mean I do not have to pay my state taxes because I am not a full citizen. I mean that would just be wrong, to make someone pay taxes and not give them the same rights, sounds sort of like that taxation without representation thing from the history books.
Okay, cool I don't mean to get too personal here but there is a lot I can do with the extra half a million dollars that I will be keeping instead of handing it over to the state of California. Oh, and I am sure Ellen will be a little excited to keep her bazillion bucks that she pays in taxes too. Wow, come to think of it, there are quite a few of us fortunate gay folks that will be having some extra cash this year. What recession? We're gay! I am sure there will be a little box on the tax forms now single, married, divorced, gay, check here if you are gay, yeah, that's not so bad. Of course all of the waiters and hairdressers and UPS workers and gym teachers and such, they won't have to pay their taxes either.
Oh and too bad California, I know you were looking forward to the revenue from all of those extra marriages. I guess you will have to find some other way to get out of the budget trouble you are in.
...Really?
When did it become okay to legislate morality? I try to envision someone reading that legislation "eliminates the right" and then clicking yes. What goes through their mind? Was it the frightening commercial where the little girl comes home and says, "Hi mom, we learned about gays in class today" and then the mother gets that awful worried look and the scary music plays? Do they not know anyone who is gay? If they do, can they look them in the face and say "I believe you do not deserve the same rights as me"? Do they think that their children will never encounter a gay person? Do they think they will never have to explain the 20% of us who are gay and living and working side by side with all the citizens of California?
I got news for them, someday your child is going to come home and ask you what a gay person is. Gay people are born everyday. You will never legislate that away.
I know when I grew up gay was a bad word. Homo, lezzie, faggot, dyke. Ignorance and fear ruled the day. There were so many "thems" back then. The blacks, the poor ... you know, "them". Then there was the immigrants. "Them." Now the them is me.
I tell myself to take a breath, okay take another one, one of the *thems* made it to the top. Obama has been elected president. This crazy fearful insanity will end soon. This great state and this great country of ours will finally come to the understanding that there is no "them". We are one. We are united. What you do to someone else you do to yourself. That "judge not, lest ye yourself be judged" are truthful words and not Christian rhetoric.
Today the gay citizenry of this state will pick themselves up and dust themselves off and do what we have been doing for years. We will get back into it. We love this state, we love this country and we are not going to leave it. Even though we could be married in Mass. or Conn, Canada, Holland, Spain and a handful of other countries, this is our home. This is where we work and play and raise our families. We will not rest until we have the full rights of any other citizen. It is that simple, no fearful vote will ever stop us, that is not the American way.
Come to think of it, I should get a federal tax break too...
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And, yes, I slept in again this morning. However, for some almost-unknown reason, I decided to read through - a.k.a. practice - some piano music last night before I went to bed. I actually ended up reading through the Chopin "Preludes" - which, I realized, was the first time I had ever read through all of them. -I guess I was a bad piano major in college. ;)
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I think Miss Etheridge is on to something - want the courts to do the right thing? Every gay in the State of California refuses to pay their State income tax. Let me tell you how fast things will change.
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Blame Betsy Department (she sent this to me, had to share):
(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff245/jmk5659/cid_image001_jpg01C940DD.jpg)
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SO - since I have an HD TV - if I buy a BLU RAY player....my old DVD's will play on it?
Most definitely. And if you use the HDMI connection, your Blu-ray player will upconvert your DVDs and scale them to your TV's resolution parameters.
Yup...I got that connection when I bought my UP CONVERT DVD player last year.
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A Tax Revolt - I think our country started that way.
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MATT H and JMK
What,in your valued opinions,are the 5 Best Blu-Ray Titles to Buy to show off the new format?
Content aside, if you're looking for the most amazing picture and sound design I've experienced, it's no doubt the Wachowski Brothers' SPEED RACER. Some people hated the film, I thought it was a ton of fun.
If you're a fan of anime, I also highly recommend the new VEXILLE.
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Oh well, DR JMK, I wouldn't buy a Samsung anyway. I always buy the most trusted electronics brands like Joe's TeeVee or Mrs. Ferguson's DeeVeeDee Player DeeLux.
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Thanks for the suggestion DR DerBrucer. The frames look right & feel right. I guess I’ll have to find the time to stop & have them checked.
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I have SPEED RACER but have yet to watch it on my B I G tv.
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Samsung had a new firmware upgrade (released just last Friday) but it alas did not address the AR problem. I "chatted" with a snippy little tech rep about the problem who said he'd report it, after informing me he was well aware of aspect ratios. I had never said he wasn't aware, I was simply describing the problem.
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I am working this afternoon so that my sister can take her son to the airport for a 4 p.m. flight.
Danny is visiting my sister Molly in Seattle for one week.
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Samsung had a new firmware upgrade (released just last Friday) but it alas did not address the AR problem. I "chatted" with a snippy little tech rep about the problem who said he'd report it, after informing me he was well aware of aspect ratios. I had never said he wasn't aware, I was simply describing the problem.
I never have this problem with Mrs. Ferguson.
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I am working this afternoon so that my sister can take her son to the airport for a 4 p.m. flight.
Danny is visiting my sister Molly in Seattle for one week.
Did Molly go to the Frances Farmer day stuff? If so, report please.
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YEAH! The Apple Store just called, and my MacBook is ready for pick up! Not a bad turn around time at all! Thank You, Apple!
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News reader on Channel 8 just said....
"The economy got a goose today.....er.....a boost today......."
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Thanks for the suggestion DR DerBrucer. The frames look right & feel right. I guess I’ll have to find the time to stop & have them checked.
DR Jane - Have you "opened" your frames and then set them down on a table, flat surface? If they don't sit flat on the table, well...
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Well, I was planning on getting my hair cut this afternoon, and since I can now stop by the Apple Store to pick up my MacBook, I might as take care of both errands in one fell swoop. -Well, at least one subway ride with a couple of transfers. ;)
Laters...
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SO...
Just how many times has Circuit City filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy!?!?!?!?!?
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Did DR CILLA LIZ get her dry juall up yesterday?
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SO...
Just how many times has Circuit City filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy!?!?!?!?!?
I guess each time the rent is due.
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If they don't sit flat on the table, well...
"The economy got a goose today....."
I sat flat on a table, once...and got "goosed" by my doctor, to boot... :-\
Usually, I at least get a drink, first.
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Thank you DRs George, Singdaw, & Michael S, Sherlock continues to improve nicely.
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Did DR CILLA LIZ get her dry juall up yesterday?
You're asking if Juan got it up? :o
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Did DR CILLA LIZ get her dry juall up yesterday?
You're asking if Juan got it up? :o
And on the Lord's Day, too!
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Off to work.
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Did DR CILLA LIZ get her dry juall up yesterday?
You're asking if Juan got it up? :o
How rude!
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DR Jose, yup they are flat. I'm wiggling them around on my face now to see if that helps. My guess is they looks like I put them back in correctly & they are a smidgen off. I'm very, very sensitive. I don't want to stop in where I purchased the frame, which is conveniently located, as I have switched eye doctors. The new eye doctor is inconveniently located on the other side of town.
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DR JMK I was surprised to learn Ashland schools are not only closed for the Federal holiday on the 11th, but also on Monday. My neighbor is pleased she can sleep in for two days :)
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Is it mere coinkydink that it was check number 3*666* paying this year's property taxes of $4,41*6.66*? I think not.
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I distinctly remember that when I wrote out my last check #666 it went to Comcast.
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TOD:
A Greek Omelet. Yummm.
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It is not raining this morning, which means that I ought to go and rake those leaves that have been piling up (Freddy gets lost in them).
However, I wonder if I take a nap, perhaps it will be raining by the time I awaken.
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I like all eggs. My favorite is over medium sitting next to hash browns and then breaking the yolk so that it runs together.
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Back from the long jog and shall now shower and be on my way to early luncheon.
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I got my flu shot today.
And they had a lady talk to everyone before they went in.
She made VERY sure to remind everyone to wait 15 minutes after the shot.
She gave me a brochure. And at the bottom it explained why they make us wait.
Apparently if you are going to go into shock from the shot it would happen within the first 15 minutes.
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So far no reaction although my left arm is sore.
The list of side effects was sort of scary though.
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re: last night's THE AMAZING RACE
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I really loved last night's episode. I also do not find nick or starr mean at all. They seem like very nice people. Although they are very competitive and perhaps a bit sneaky. They are not obligated to help others. The divorcees i agree always came across as mean. I never liked them. And i was praying they would go last night. They had started to do better. But again last night they were just awful. Mistake every mistake. Telling their taxi to leave. Pulling down those clues and running back for each one. Not looking for the little numbers on the wire. OMG that was a lot for one episode!
I am surprised at mother/son. I did not think they would last this long. Frats lucked out with tina's help. Boy did she look like a witch with that green hair. I was glad they were able to stay. They are annoying at times. But very competively strong.
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And the word of the day is: ADVERTORIAL!
Rupert the RAT OVERLAID the listings in the TV Guide with a series of ADVERTORIALS promoting the Fox Broadcasting Company.
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LATIMES (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/shopping_blog/2008/11/thinking-of-goi.html)
Thinking of going Blu-ray? Hold on for the holidays.
The bad news is that the economy is in a tailspin. The good news is that it might result in plunging prices for consumer electronic products during the coming holiday shopping season, especially for Blu-ray disc players that show movies in high-definition. "There's talk of Blu-ray players hitting $200 pricing or even $149 for older models or less-known brands," said Ross Robin, analyst for NPD Group.
The $149ers probably won't have BD-live, an Internet hookup for downloadable games, IM chat and other online features designed for Blu-ray. But if you care only about watching movies in high-def on your HDTV, you can skip the newfangled online stuff.
AT $149 - I'm in!.
der Brucer
But we are NOT replacing all our DVDs with the Blu-Ray editions. New stuff, OK, I'm fine by that, but the old titles will remain as they are.
So there!
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Does Sausage McMuffin with Egg count for the TOD? :)
McDonalds is evil.
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"...it's the earrings that put it over the top..."
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HtSvr0DEcpc/SQ8Avp82WLI/AAAAAAAABOo/cdJ7Sj2IbDM/s320/arias.jpg)
...but that's only because the cleavage isn't enough to go over the top of anything.
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On TV Tonight!™
NBC - CHUCK, HEROES, MY OWN WORST ENEMY
CBS - comedies, CSI: MIAMI
ABC - DANCING WITH THE STARS, SAMANTHA WHO?, BOSTON LEGAL
FOX - SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES, PRISON BREAK
CW - GOSSIP GIRL, ONE TREE HILL
ESPN - MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
Tonight... I'll be watching everything by having der B record it. I've been called in from six to eleven.
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The Caboodles are coming! The Caboodles are coming!
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I forgot: today is my Macbeth brother's birthday. I am not observing it.
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Good Afternoon!
Greetings from Chelsea Barber. I should be able to "take a seat" in about 15-20 minutes, so, in the meantime...
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I was in and out of the 5th Avenue Apple Store in about 20 minutes. Apparently, there was something wrong with the cooling fan circuitry. It booted up fine at the store, and once I get home, I'll start the Time Machine back-up/restore.
*And, yes, I had another dark-haired, blue-eyed Mac Genius today... :)
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I forgot: today is my Macbeth brother's birthday. I am not observing it.
Hmmm... My iPhone froze up for a second after I read this post... ;)
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And speaking of iPhones...
I'm wondering what bk's first complaint will be about his new acquisition? And when?
Got Kvetch?
;D
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After I left the Apple Store, I stopped into Patelson's to browse the sheet music bins - it's been a while since I've done any sort of sheet music browsing and/or shopping. I did have a few items in mind, but they did not have them in stock. However, they did have the new-ish editions of the piano music of Claude Debussy. I have read about these editions, but had not held one in my hand for personal inspection. Well, it's a very handsome edition, and price-wise, they're actually cheaper than some of the "Editions Originales" still on the shelves. And if I buy them through the music store I used to work at, well... In short, I think I may have found my Christmas gift to myself this year. :)
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I forgot: today is my Macbeth brother's birthday. I am not observing it.
Technically, you just did observe it, and noted the occasion.
Celebrated? That's something else entirely.
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...*And, yes, I had another dark-haired, blue-eyed Mac Genius today... :)
The back room is getting quite the workout, isn't it!
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LATIMES (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/shopping_blog/2008/11/thinking-of-goi.html)
Thinking of going Blu-ray? Hold on for the holidays.
The bad news is that the economy is in a tailspin. The good news is that it might result in plunging prices for consumer electronic products during the coming holiday shopping season, especially for Blu-ray disc players that show movies in high-definition. "There's talk of Blu-ray players hitting $200 pricing or even $149 for older models or less-known brands," said Ross Robin, analyst for NPD Group.
The $149ers probably won't have BD-live, an Internet hookup for downloadable games, IM chat and other online features designed for Blu-ray. But if you care only about watching movies in high-def on your HDTV, you can skip the newfangled online stuff.
AT $149 - I'm in!.
der Brucer
But we are NOT replacing all our DVDs with the Blu-Ray editions. New stuff, OK, I'm fine by that, but the old titles will remain as they are.
So there!
...And right after I read this post this morning, I saw two commercials about price rollbacks on Blu-Ray Players at Wal-Mart and Circuit City (which, remember, just filed for bankruptcy protection again today).
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I thought of several DR's today when I was loading footage from "Rhythm on the Range", featuring Frances Farmer. She was so beyoootiful in that.
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And I thought of a few more while watching Li'l Abner and Leslie Parrish.
We have the opportunity to interview Abner, who lives in Florida and apparently has some Mercer stories.
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I thought of several DR's today when I was loading footage from "Rhythm on the Range", featuring Frances Farmer. She was so beyoootiful in that.
I have Norman Taurog's original shooting script, bound in leather.
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And speaking of Li'l Abner, I wonder why bk never recorded the Swedish version of "If I Had My Druthers"?
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff302/HHWgroup/420.jpg)
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I thought of several DR's today when I was loading footage from "Rhythm on the Range", featuring Frances Farmer. She was so beyoootiful in that.
I have Norman Taurog's original shooting script, bound in leather.
You are a serious collector!
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bound in leather
:-X
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What else do you have, bound in leather?
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TOD: Favorite egg dish: The quiche at Le Pan Quotidien
I cook eggs at home almost every weekend, and usually fix them scrambled, with sauteed onions and tomatoes from my garden, fresh basil, feta and a little tabasco, rooled up in a whole wheat tortilla.
Now that tomato season is over, I will make them with a little non-fat cheese and some mole made by Zolcalo, here in Atlanta. (They sell their mole at the outdoor market near our house.)
I also love eggs florentine!
Favorite egg song: Mercer's "Steal Two Eggs".
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bound in leather
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Two minds with but a single thought...
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Not a big egg eater, but like mine scrambled or over easy.
I like big eggs.
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DR MBarnum are you taking the day off to have a four day weekend or are your offices closed today?
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And the word of the day is: ADVERTORIAL!
And The Song Of The Day Is; SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS
Speaking of, here's Richard Sherman after his interview in LA. Isn't he adorable?
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff302/HHWgroup/DSCN0075.jpg)
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bound in leather
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Two minds with but a single thought...
Maybe not even that much. ;D
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Re: collecting. As my ever-tolerant DS Betsy will tell you, we have a houseful of FF memorabilia which I've spent more money on than I care to think about, especially in this economic climate. I do have some very, very rare items, though, including FF's original passport, tons of personal letters and other correspondence, contracts, scripts for several films as well as her own typewritten (with handwritten annotations) scripts for her television series, and on and on. And that doesn't even include the "standard" stuff like photos, pressbooks, lobby cards, etc. I really don't know what's going to happen to all of this stuff when I shuffle off this mortal coil, I doubt that any other human other than perhaps JR would have the slightest interest in it. :)
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The list of side effects was sort of scary though.
It is rather disconcerting.
Here we fill out a form that asks if you are allergic to eggs (how appropriate today) and if you are you can't get the shot. I'm not sure if there is anything else that might cause an immediate reaction.
After complaining for years I add to wait at the allergist office & then experiencing a severe reaction, I would say the wait 15 minute policy is a good one.
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Back from a lovelier than lovely luncheon with Lauren.
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Speaking of, here's Richard Sherman after his interview in LA. Isn't he adorable?
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff302/HHWgroup/DSCN0075.jpg)
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And so are you.
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I had the papa's eggs - very calorie-friendly and very yummilicious - no toast, no potatoes - just some mediocre fruit.
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Mediocre Fruit - that's the title of my next novel.
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Here we fill out a form that asks if you are allergic to eggs (how appropriate today) and if you are you can't get the shot. I'm not sure if there is anything else that might cause an immediate reaction.
Here they also ask if you are allergic to latex.
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I have been told that CDs will definitely be here by three.
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Now I have to type up some invoices.
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DW Betsy is indeed very tolerent :). It sounds like an interesting collection DR JMK.
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It sounds like an interesting collection DR JMK.
Make me an offer.
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Forgot to mention that just as I was finishing my jog I ran into my pal Ed Begley, who was riding his bike down my street - we had a nice chat.
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I've done the invoices and printed them out, so I'm all caught up until the CDs arrive.
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Forgot to mention that just as I was finishing my jog I ran into my pal Ed Begley, who was riding his bike down my street - we had a nice chat.
I hope neither of you were hurt! And that his bike was undamaged, of course.
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And speaking of Li'l Abner, I wonder why bk never recorded the Swedish version of "If I Had My Druthers"?
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff302/HHWgroup/420.jpg)
It's never too late...maybe on the next Guy Haines CD. ;)
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MATT H and JMK
What,in your valued opinions,are the 5 Best Blu-Ray Titles to Buy to show off the new format?
Picture Quality:
THE FIFTH ELEMENT, KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, CASINO ROYALE, DREAMGIRLS, RATATOUILLE.
(Lots of other people would select BLADE RUNNER, TRANSFORMERS, SPEED RACER, THE LAST SAMAURI, but there are many choices.)
HD Sound:
BATMAN BEGINS, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN (any or all 3), CASINO ROYALE, CARS, CHICAGO.
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I finally finished HAWAII FIVE-O watching two episodes before I went to lunch and one when I returned. There was a nice variation on TWELVE ANGRY MEN and I enjoyed Simon Oakland and a very young Erik Estrada in another episode.
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Next, I finished last night's BROTHERS & SISTERS. I was glad the resident did not change her mind about giving Kitty and Robert her baby. That would have been the predictable thing to do. This had a bit of a surprise. They are making Holly back into the snake she was during season one.
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I skimmed through AS THE WORLD TURNS (I had forgotten to switch the automatic record off, so I went ahead and watched it. Nothing today, but the boys are on tomorrow.
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And I ended my afternoon watching about half of the season finale of MAD MEN. Glad the encoding problems seem to have been straightened out. It played just fine. I have about 20 minutes more to watch which I'll start on when I go back down later today.
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No doubt the world will be relieved to know that my PC has made friends with a new printer and they seem to have no problem communicating. Of course the replaced printer had just had it's ink cartridges replaced before it died - and the model is no longer in production and the cartridges are not used in the new one (or alternatives available). The replaced printer was probably four years old and worked hard - my expectations are of course unrealistic.
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There was an Australian comedy (sic) movie here a couple of years ago - "Bad Eggs".
Don't go there!
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Back from lunch at Tazza Mia with my friend Becky. Now, I'm watching Oprah chat with Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman about their new movie, Australia.
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I've done more getting ready for CD arrival things - preparing priority boxes for the bigger orders.
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Back from lunch at Tazza Mia with my friend Becky. Now, I'm watching Oprah chat with Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman about their new movie, Australia.
And it now has a new ending! Hugh is not allowed to die!
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Why does Kidman get so much work?
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This is the first I've heard of Australia.
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The list of side effects was sort of scary though.
It is rather disconcerting.
Here we fill out a form that asks if you are allergic to eggs (how appropriate today) and if you are you can't get the shot. I'm not sure if there is anything else that might cause an immediate reaction.
After complaining for years I add to wait at the allergist office & then experiencing a severe reaction, I would say the wait 15 minute policy is a good one.
They do ask if you are allergic to eggs. But since the shot is different this year, they say that even if you didn't have a reaction in other years you still could have one this year.
They really do their job here though. i mean besides the pamphlet and the stern discussion they did strongly state that i had to wait the 15 minutes. Because obviously if you are driving and you go into shock it would be very bad.
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The first I heard of Australia (the movie, not the country/continent) was when Russell Crowe was insisting on being paid more money to play the part that instead went to Jackman.
Who is much better looking, imo, even when he has his shirt on.
I'll gladly overlook Kidman to look on him! :D
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I just finished an interesting book called Bringing home the birkin (michael tonello). I'm guessing a lot of people here would find it very amusing. It's sort of different for me (since it's non-fiction). But it was very funny.
Next I am going to start Shoe Addicts Anonymous. It's sort of odd because i've already read the sequel (the library got the 2nd one first). Although apparently only one character is the same.
When i finish that i have One Fifth Avenue (Candace Bushnell's new book).
And then Attack of the Theatre people (marc acito).
And I believe the library also has (for me) Nicolas Sparks new book (or one of them), The lucky one.
Has anyone read any of these?
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Aww, Hugh Jackman brought Tim-Tams for Oprah and everyone in the audience!
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re: BROTHERS & SISTERS
spoilers
Next, I finished last night's BROTHERS & SISTERS. I was glad the resident did not change her mind about giving Kitty and Robert her baby. That would have been the predictable thing to do. This had a bit of a surprise. They are making Holly back into the snake she was during season one.
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I was not sure where they were headed re: the adoption. I agree, what they did was less predictable. I wonder if that will be the end of it. I mean it was interesting finding out the woman was a) black/korean with the baby's daddy white. And b) that she was not young and c) a doctor.
I just did not see any of that coming. And then for her to take back the baby. IT seemed cruel. So i will be interested to see what will happen. I really would like kitty/robert to get a baby.
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Well, I think I heard the UPS man drop off something. It may be WALL-E on Blu-ray (supposed to come this week), but it could be anything or he may have been leaving stuff for my neighbor instead. I'll see.
WBBL.
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Page Six Dance!!!
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Now I'm REALLY going!
;D
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Back from an afternoon meeting, and now I have two "rush" tax returns to do!!!
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Well, I think I heard the UPS man drop off something. It may be WALL-E on Blu-ray (supposed to come this week), but it could be anything or he may have been leaving stuff for my neighbor instead. I'll see.
WBBL.
It could be curtains, or dishes, or a double-boiler, DR MattH!
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For Remembrance Day here tomorrow (canada) many people where poppies on their jackets (actually for weeks before the day). I always thought they did that in many countries. I'm now assuming they don't do this in the US. But do they do it elsewhere?
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I think tonight i will watch DANCING WITH THE STARS.
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Listening to the Carmen McCrae CD I got yesterday. Great songs, nice quartet backing her, and one of the most ineptly produced session recordings I've ever heard. Distortion on the guitar, no reverb on her (she sounds like she's in a two by two closet instead of a natural spacial environment. Horrible.
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Good Afternoon!
...And while my MacBook is being "restored" from my Time Machine back-up...
*The "Estimated Time" for the restore, first came up as "5 hours, 48 minutes". Hmm... Then once the restore started, the estimated dwindled to "1 hour, 33 minutes". That was just 20 minutes ago. And, now... "27 minutes remaining". :)
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Hi, DR edisaurus!
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Hi, DR Tomovoz!
Enjoy your new computer set-up!
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...2 minutes...
-Exciting, huh?
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I think DR Ann was looking for an alternate furnace vendor.
I've never used it, but I'm curious about "Angie's List" online - sort of the service company equivalent of "Craig's List."
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Dear Jose - I don't see any reason why I should complain about the iPhone - it works great and I love it.
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For Remembrance Day here tomorrow (canada) many people where poppies on their jackets (actually for weeks before the day). I always thought they did that in many countries. I'm now assuming they don't do this in the US. But do they do it elsewhere?
John, an old vet from the area who got part of his face blasted off when he was in the service, has been selling poppies all week.
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Workies.
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...5 minutes...
???
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Do we think CDs will be here in thirty minutes?
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Do we think CDs will be here in thirty minutes?
We do! :)
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Aren't ya glad ya asked?
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Dear Jose - I don't see any reason why I should complain about the iPhone - it works great and I love it.
Just remember:
There's currently no "cut and paste", nor "copy and paste" available. -And, alas, it looks like that capability is low on Apple's "iPhone To-Do" list for now.
There are a couple of Apps that allow you to use the "landscape keyboard" for your Mail replies. However, there are still no Apps for using the "landscape keyboard" for text messages.
*I still love my iPhone (too), and unlike some of my friends, I've been very "lucky" with the standard features and connectivity. However, it does seem that Apple has been quietly acknowledging that there are some "dud iPhones" out there... "Oh, well, it looks like we're going to have to replace your iPhone at no cost to you."
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Well, I think I heard the UPS man drop off something. It may be WALL-E on Blu-ray (supposed to come this week), but it could be anything or he may have been leaving stuff for my neighbor instead. I'll see.
WBBL.
It could be curtains, or dishes, or a double-boiler, DR MattH!
I wish you hadn't written that, Ginny. Guess what is going through my head now?
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Do we think CDs will be here in ten minutes?
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Guess what is going through my head now?
Umm.... Pachelbel's Canon? ;)
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Well, I think I heard the UPS man drop off something. It may be WALL-E on Blu-ray (supposed to come this week), but it could be anything or he may have been leaving stuff for my neighbor instead. I'll see.
WBBL.
It could be curtains, or dishes, or a double-boiler, DR MattH!
I wish you hadn't written that, Ginny. Guess what is going through my head now?
And speaking of Richard Sherman....
It's a world of laughter
A world of tears
It's a world of hopes
And a world of fears
There's so much that we share
That it's time we're aware
It's a small world after all....
:)
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Hmm... So for the past ten minutes or so, I've had "Less than a minute remaining". Hmm....
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Jennifer I haven't read any of those books.
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I think DR Ann was looking for an alternate furnace vendor.
I've never used it, but I'm curious about "Angie's List" online - sort of the service company equivalent of "Craig's List."
Hey, I'd forgotten about that site. Thanks much!
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CDs have arrived - with two minutes to spare.
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Well, I think I heard the UPS man drop off something. It may be WALL-E on Blu-ray (supposed to come this week), but it could be anything or he may have been leaving stuff for my neighbor instead. I'll see.
WBBL.
It could be curtains, or dishes, or a double-boiler, DR MattH!
I wish you hadn't written that, Ginny. Guess what is going through my head now?
And speaking of Richard Sherman....
It's a world of laughter
A world of tears
It's a world of hopes
And a world of fears
There's so much that we share
That it's time we're aware
It's a small world after all....
:)
God will get you for that, Jose!!!!!!!
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Hmm, it costs $6 per month to use Angie's List. All I want is one service person. Not sure it's worth it.
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Hmm, it costs $6 per month to use Angie's List. All I want is one service person. Not sure it's worth it.
They used to have a refund option--I got a complete refund when I found out that Portland's only had a few contractors registered on it.
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At least DR Jose got "Wells Fargo Wagon" out of our heads, DR Kerry!
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The chili I made was yummilicious and we have plenty left over.
Now, I'm going to an AAUW meeting to hear a presentation from our new-ish city manager.
Bye for now!
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For cat lovers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPzNl6NKAG0) :)
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Hmm, it costs $6 per month to use Angie's List.
Oh. :( I did not realize that.
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Back from lunch at Tazza Mia with my friend Becky. Now, I'm watching Oprah chat with Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman about their new movie, Australia.
Nicole Kidman can speak? Wow! She must've been working hard these last few years! Next thing you know she'll learn how to act!
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I made grilled cheese sandwiches and soup for supper; the soup was canned, Campbell's Chunky.
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Oohhh... So I have to download and re-download some software and OS updates....
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WHOA!
DHL will be ceasing all domestic (US) business!?!?!?!?
DHL Closing US Service Centers (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/10/dhl-closing-us-service-ce_n_142765.html)
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At least DR Jose got "Wells Fargo Wagon" out of our heads, DR Kerry!
Mission accomplished!
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For cat lovers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPzNl6NKAG0) :)
LOL!!!
;D
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For Remembrance Day here tomorrow (canada) many people where poppies on their jackets (actually for weeks before the day). I always thought they did that in many countries. I'm now assuming they don't do this in the US. But do they do it elsewhere?
Very much so in OZ DR Jennifer
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Hi, DR Tomovoz!
Enjoy your new computer set-up!
Surprise. I've been printing off photograhs of France!
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It seems the upload folder is full again. It's not my fault this time.
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Tom, I just sent you a PM. :)
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photograhs of France
photograhs = photos of Jason Graae in France? ;)
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Or would that be photograaes?
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You are right, DR JoseSPiano...Google Earth is a neat little application. And the upgrade of Facebook is much better, too! :)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS (http://www.popeater.com/music/article/south-african-singing-legend-miriam/242526?icid=200100397x1212718165x1200797162)
SOUTH AFRICAN SINGING LEGEND MIRIAM MAKEBA DIES ON STAGE
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (Nov. 10) -- Miriam Makeba, the South African singer who wooed the world with her sultry voice but was banned from her own country for more than 30 years under apartheid, died after collapsing on stage in Italy. She was 76.
In her dazzling career, Makeba performed with musical legends from around the world — jazz maestros Nina Simone and Dizzy Gillespie, Harry Belafonte, Paul Simon — and sang for world leaders such as John F. Kennedy and Nelson Mandela
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der Brucer
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I think Miss Etheridge is on to something - want the courts to do the right thing? Every gay in the State of California refuses to pay their State income tax. Let me tell you how fast things will change.
Actually, in California Domestic Partners get the same state tax treatment as do married folks.
der Brucer
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Yes, but that pales in comparison to the tax treatment you get if you're a friend of DR FJL!! :)
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Time to do a load of laundry... :(
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Well we received our October brokerage statement today and I should have taken the associate's advice and not looked at it. We've lost almost as much as I made last year. Bleccch.
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And I'm back!
Well, my MacBook is. I think. I hope. :)
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For Remembrance Day here tomorrow (canada) many people where poppies on their jackets (actually for weeks before the day). I always thought they did that in many countries. I'm now assuming they don't do this in the US. But do they do it elsewhere?
Actually, the wearing of Red Poppies as Remembrance started in the US for our Memorial Day (May 31), and then spread world wide as a Tribute to Servicmen killed in WWI. (The basic thought, however, started with a Canadian poet)
ARMED FORCE LINK (http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123007844)
During World War I, red poppies were seen to be among the first living plants that sprouted in the battlefields of northern France and Belgium. Soldiers' folklore had it that the poppies were vivid red from having been nurtured in ground drenched with the blood of their comrades.The sight of the poppies on the battlefield at Ypres in 1915 moved Canadian Army Lt. Col. John McCrae to write the poem "In Flanders Fields."
Moira Michael, an American, read McCrae's poem and was so moved by it that she wrote a reply and decided to wear a red poppy as a way of keeping faith, as McCrae urged in his poem and she replied with her own poem:
We cherish too, the Poppy red
That grows on fields where valor led,
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heroes never dies.
She then conceived of an idea to wear red poppies on Memorial Day in honor of those who died serving the nation during war. She was the first to wear one, and sold poppies to her friends and co-workers with the money going to benefit servicemen in need. Michael worked for the American YMCA and at a meeting of YMCA secretaries from other countries, held in November 1918, she discussed the poem and her poppies.
Madame Guerin, the French YMCA secretary, was similarly inspired and she approached organizations throughout the allied nations to sell poppies to raise money for widows, orphans and needy veterans and their families. This tradition spread to other countries. In 1948 the U.S. Post Office honored Michael for her role in founding the National Poppy movement by issuing a red 3 cent stamp with her likeness on it.
der Brucer
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You are right, DR JoseSPiano...Google Earth is a neat little application. And the upgrade of Facebook is much better, too! :)
Yep, Facebook for the iPhone/iTouch is basically like the "old" Facebook. I still wish some of the "desktop" features were available on the iPhone, but, otherwise, all the basics are there.
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For cat lovers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPzNl6NKAG0) :)
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A new visitor pays a call:
A stranger arrives - a Purple Finch:
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/WINDOW/DayTen0001.jpg)
Momma Cardinal greets a sparrow:
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/WINDOW/DayTen0002.jpg)
Poppa Cardinal dumpster-dives in the Squirrel food:
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/WINDOW/DayTen0003.jpg)
Rocky reclaims his own:
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/WINDOW/DayTen0004.jpg)
der Brucer
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"...it's the earrings that put it over the top..."
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HtSvr0DEcpc/SQ8Avp82WLI/AAAAAAAABOo/cdJ7Sj2IbDM/s320/arias.jpg)
I only gave one person that picture of me, and he SWORE he'd never show it to anyone. Men! Can't live with 'em; can't shoot 'em!
You can, if your aim is good.
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Looking forward to les photos de Tomovoz!
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Hi, Jose!
I tried not to mention "It's a Small World" to Mr. Sherman because I thought it might elicit groans. But I did tell him how much I loved his music for the Tiki Room at Disney. I remember being so amazed by that place when I first saw it as a child. Now I realize that it was the first thing remotely approaching a "live" musical I had ever seen, and I was thrilled by it.
Isn't that sad?
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Hi folks. It's been a very hard day.
I'm sorry I didn't get to meet with you DR td.
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And I'm back!
Well, my MacBook is. I think. I hope.
To paraphrase a campaign recent campaign slogan:
His Mac is Back! :)
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Hi folks. It's been a very hard day.
I'm sorry I didn't get to meet with you DR td.
Please, DR Danise, tell us you're not writing from the hoosegow!
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{{{{{DR Danise}}}}}
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Hugs to you, Danise. I am lighting a candle for you, Bear and your mom tonight at 10PM. I know that wasn't easy, but I admire the fact that you were willing to go through it and honor the wishes of your mother.
~~~~~~~~~~Vibes of comfort!~~~~~~~~~~
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DR Danise, tell us how the whole day went. I know it must have been fraught and emotionally painful, but you did a good thing.
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This best not make Santa's List:
(http://www.ecookbooks.com/images/PRODUCT/large/341094.jpg)
Even though Jessica has knocked $100 off the list price of $250.
der Brucer
Everytime I remember to leave off "of" off "off of" I hear a bell ring in OZ
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DR DerBrucer, as always the photos of the wildlife in your yard are a pleasure to see.
On the other hand, people please stop posting that horrid photo.
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~~~Vibes of Comfort for DR Danise!!~~~
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I need to leave work now. I have a coupon from Borders for 40% off the list price of ALL CDs (there's a limit of three, though) and the coupon is good for multi-disc CDs! So, that's what I'll be doing before rehearsal tonight.
Be back later!
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But before I go...Gratuitous Post #222.
;)
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{{{{{{DANISE}}}}}}
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On the other hand, people please stop posting that horrid photo.
Blame our Choirboy!
der Brucer
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I don't have the faintest idea what you're talking about. ::)
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DR MBarnum are you taking the day off to have a four day weekend or are your offices closed today?
I took the day off.
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At least DR Jose got "Wells Fargo Wagon" out of our heads, DR Kerry!
Not quite-- it's far too vivid in my feeble brain!
"Just sit right back, and you'll hear a tale-- a tale of a fateful trip. that started from this tropic port abnoard this tiny ship...."
Or--- "Here's a story about a man named Brady...."
I still hope I get my raisins from Fresno!!!!!
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DR MBarnum are you taking the day off to have a four day weekend or are your offices closed today?
I took the day off.
I love you, Michael and send you a day off hug!
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Danise-- huge hugs for you and all that bear was and still is!
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PORTABLE NUCLEAR 'HOT TUBS' COULD POWER AMERICA (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,449624,00.html)
Yes, I DO want a nuclear reactor in my back yard.
That's what Hyperion Power Generation, a small Santa Fe, N.M.-based startup, hopes lots of utility and energy companies say over the next few years as it prepares to build and market small, self-contained, portable nuclear reactors that need almost no oversight or maintenance.
"Our goal is to generate electricity for 10 cents a watt anywhere in the world," Hyperion CEO John Deal told Britain's Observer newspaper in an article published Sunday. "They will cost approximately $25 million each. For a community with 10,000 households, that is a very affordable $2,500 per home."
In fact, Hyperion claims its sealed, buried reactors, which would be 10-15 feet long and about 10 feet wide, could power 20,000 homes for 7 to 10 years. At that point they'd be dug up and hauled back to the plant for refueling.
The portable, self-regulating nuclear reactor isn't a new one, and many companies and organizations have been trying to develop them.
Based on the low-maintenance TRIGA research reactors found at many American universities, the various designs all use a form of liquid metal to both carry the excess heat away from the core reaction and to absorb stray neutrons, moderating the reaction should it approach meltdown.
Toshiba has been developing a portable reactor, dubbed Rapid-L, that uses liquid lithium-6 as coolant and moderator, while the Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's SSTAR design (Small, Sealed, Transportable Autonomous Reactor) uses liquid lead hydride instead.
Both use traditional solid low-enriched uranium as fuel.
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Not sure I like the adjective "autonomous" associated with my backyard reactor.
der Brucer
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ASSOCIATED PRESS (http://www.popeater.com/music/article/south-african-singing-legend-miriam/242526?icid=200100397x1212718165x1200797162)
SOUTH AFRICAN SINGING LEGEND MIRIAM MAKEBA DIES ON STAGE
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (Nov. 10) -- Miriam Makeba, the South African singer who wooed the world with her sultry voice but was banned from her own country for more than 30 years under apartheid, died after collapsing on stage in Italy. She was 76.
In her dazzling career, Makeba performed with musical legends from around the world — jazz maestros Nina Simone and Dizzy Gillespie, Harry Belafonte, Paul Simon — and sang for world leaders such as John F. Kennedy and Nelson Mandela
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der Brucer
What a way to get attention!
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I still hope I get my raisins from Fresno!!!!!
You will - in your rice pudding.
der Brucer
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A new visitor pays a call:
A stranger arrives - a Purple Finch:
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/WINDOW/DayTen0001.jpg)
Momma Cardinal greets a sparrow:
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/WINDOW/DayTen0002.jpg)
Poppa Cardinal dumpster-dives in the Squirrel food:
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/WINDOW/DayTen0003.jpg)
Rocky reclaims his own:
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/WINDOW/DayTen0004.jpg)
der Brucer
Beautiful. Thank you for sharing with us!
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))))) HUGS FOR DR DANISE (((((
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"...it's the earrings that put it over the top..."
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HtSvr0DEcpc/SQ8Avp82WLI/AAAAAAAABOo/cdJ7Sj2IbDM/s320/arias.jpg)
I only gave one person that picture of me, and he SWORE he'd never show it to anyone. Men! Can't live with 'em; can't shoot 'em!
You can, if your aim is good.
My aim is very good considering I'm a klutz of the highest magnitude. Determination can take you far!
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Beautiful. Thank you for sharing with us!
I just wish I could get a picture of Buster stretched out on the widow sill, calming watching the show. (Unless, of course, the cat shows up!)
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I have so far resisted hassling the cat - she shows up often, but doesn't linger; she justs looks about and then heads back into the marsh - I think she's more intested in ground rodents than birds. I assume she's a pet from the next development - she's much too "well cared-for" looking to be feral. She's almost all snow white with patches of orange on her haunches. If she'd linger longer I'd get a picture. (And the "she" is an assumption - she walks like a lady.)
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My aim is very good considering I'm a klutz of the highest magnitude. Determination can take you far!
And you are determined to pi irritate Jane :)
der Brucer
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And I thought of a few more while watching Li'l Abner and Leslie Parrish.
We have the opportunity to interview Abner, who lives in Florida and apparently has some Mercer stories.
Would that have been Peter Palmer, or the real Lil' Abner?
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My aim is very good considering I'm a klutz of the highest magnitude. Determination can take you far!
And you are determined to pi irritate Jane :)
der Brucer
Well, I never said what it was I was aiming!
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Why did MR BK type up those invoices? Why didn't he tell Miss Marmelstein to do them?
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Page Nine Miss Marmelstein Dance.
(http://nd.blog.cz/b/barbra-streisand.blog.cz/nahledy/36088470.jpg)
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My sister Paula is borrowing my car in the morning again, so I have no transportation until the afternoon.....
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Here we fill out a form that asks if you are allergic to eggs (how appropriate today) and if you are you can't get the shot. I'm not sure if there is anything else that might cause an immediate reaction.
Here they also ask if you are allergic to latex.
Maybe your doctor had other reasons for asking that question.
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My aim is very good considering I'm a klutz of the highest magnitude. Determination can take you far!
And you are determined to pi irritate Jane :)
der Brucer
And I was irritated! ;D
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DERBRUCER wrote:
Actually, the wearing of Red Poppies as Remembrance started in the US for our Memorial Day (May 31), and then spread world wide as a Tribute to Servicmen killed in WWI. (The basic thought, however, started with a Canadian poet)
Okay but i guess my question is do people in the US wear the poppy?
Here at least i'd say every second person wears one. It is very widespread.
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Forgot to mention that just as I was finishing my jog I ran into my pal Ed Begley, who was riding his bike down my street - we had a nice chat.
Hopefully that would be Jr.
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Miss Allison Hayes was VFW Forget Me Not Girl for 1950, and she said it was the title she was most proud of.
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A peek northward -
(http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/images/2008/11/03/sheffordqubec320_pm.jpg)
Shefford, Quebec, Canada, 3.20 pm.
der Brucer
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Aww, Hugh Jackman brought Tim-Tams for Oprah and everyone in the audience!
Too bad Dakota wasn't in the audience.
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Okay but i guess my question is do people in the US wear the poppy?
I'll have to ask Woody when he's back from work - much later (after 11pm) - I'm taking him to Taco Bell to pick-up dinner.
der Brucer
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For Remembrance Day here tomorrow (canada) many people where poppies on their jackets (actually for weeks before the day). I always thought they did that in many countries. I'm now assuming they don't do this in the US. But do they do it elsewhere?
In the United States, poppys are normally worn on Memorial Day, rather than Veteran's Day.
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I'll have to ask Woody when he's back from work - much later (after 11pm) - I'm taking him to Taco Bell to pick-up dinner.
der Brucer
Taco Bell + DR SWW - DOES NOT COMPUTE!!?!?!?!?!?!?
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I'm quite the pacifist--so no worries. Not a coward, but a pacificist.
My aim is very good considering I'm a klutz of the highest magnitude. Determination can take you far!
And you are determined to pi irritate Jane :)
der Brucer
And I was irritated! ;D
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DERBRUCER wrote:
Actually, the wearing of Red Poppies as Remembrance started in the US for our Memorial Day (May 31), and then spread world wide as a Tribute to Servicmen killed in WWI. (The basic thought, however, started with a Canadian poet)
Okay but i guess my question is do people in the US wear the poppy?
Here at least i'd say every second person wears one. It is very widespread.
I would say it is far more popular to wear poppies where you live than anywhere I have lived in the U.S. I personally can't ever remember wearing one. It must be nice to see your many people wearing them.
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DR Kerry, did you post something amongst those quotes?
It is easy not to scroll down far enough before commenting AFTER all the quotes. Just a reminder to everyone since I know I'm not the only one who has placed my comment in the middle instead of at the end.
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I don't recall wearing poppies either. I guess the closest thing would be the Yellow Ribbons for the men and women overseas.
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In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders Fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders Fields.
John McCrae, 1915.
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I'll have to ask Woody when he's back from work - much later (after 11pm) - I'm taking him to Taco Bell to pick-up dinner.
der Brucer
Taco Bell + DR SWW - DOES NOT COMPUTE!!?!?!?!?!?!?
Well, desparate times call for desperate measures.
11PM is a little late to start cooking a meal.
There are no left-overs to re-heat.
Summer resort towns offer little off-season late-night dining opportunities.
And, truth to tell, TACO BELL is pretty good bang-for-the-buck (and I can get a Caramel Apple Empanada!)
(http://www.tacobell.ca/images/sweet-desserts/caramel-apple-empanada.jpg)
(And a side of Pintos and Cheese to go with my Gorditas Supreme)
der Brucer
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They wear poppies here. I have one on my coat right now.
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I've worn poppies every year at Memorial Day and Veterans day. The Vets and the Auxilliary give them out. When I was a kid they used to pay us a penny a poppy to give them away and collect donations. I did that every year.
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I would say it is far more popular to wear poppies where you live than anywhere I have lived in the U.S. I personally can't ever remember wearing one.
When I was growing up in Philly, they were ubiquitous on Memorial Day. (Red paper poppies with a VFW white tag attached). (If you weren't wearing one you would be constantly solicited!).
der Brucer
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I've worn poppies every year at Memorial Day and Veterans day. The Vets and the Auxilliary give them out. When I was a kid they used to pay us a penny a poppy to give them away and collect donations. I did that every year.
Today's kids wouldn't know what to do with a penny :)
der Brucer
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Poppies were originally worn to honor the war dead. In Canada, that would be Remembrance Day. In the United States, they can be worn for either Veteran's Day or Memorial Day. However, they have tried to emphasize them on Memorial Day, so that Veteran's Day could be used to honor all Veterans, both living and dead.
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All I know is they are handing them out here right now, so I'm assuming they are focusing on both holidays
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I've worn poppies every year at Memorial Day and Veterans day. The Vets and the Auxilliary give them out. When I was a kid they used to pay us a penny a poppy to give them away and collect donations. I did that every year.
Me too. Especially on Memorial Day.
There was a re-dedication last Saturday of the Veteran's Memorial in my town. One of the guests was Sammy Davis, a medal of honor winner who graduated a couple of years before me, but whom I know....he is a great guy. In the second picture, you can see my elementary school....Newby School...the Memorial is on the corner of the lawn of the school and we took our hats off every day when we walked past it. It is nice to see that it has been preserved, enlarged, and improved.....
http://reporter-times.com/stories/2008/11/09/news.nw-208206.sto
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All I know is they are handing them out here right now, so I'm assuming they are focusing on both holidays
Yes, as I said they can be worn for either holiday.
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I've worn poppies every year at Memorial Day and Veterans day. The Vets and the Auxilliary give them out. When I was a kid they used to pay us a penny a poppy to give them away and collect donations. I did that every year.
Me too. Especially on Memorial Day.
There was a re-dedication last Saturday of the Veteran's Memorial in my town. One of the guests was Sammy Davis, a medal of honor winner who graduated a couple of years before me, but whom I know....he is a great guy. In the second picture, you can see my elementary school....Newby School...the Memorial is on the corner of the lawn of the school and we took our hats off every day when we walked past it. It is nice to see that it has been preserved, enlarged, and improved.....
http://reporter-times.com/stories/2008/11/09/news.nw-208206.sto
What a nice story.
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Now I am sad thinking of my classmates who are not here.
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DR ELMORE is the operaaddict.com site ordering system secure enough that I can put in my CC number without fear?
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And I thought of a few more while watching Li'l Abner and Leslie Parrish.
We have the opportunity to interview Abner, who lives in Florida and apparently has some Mercer stories.
Would that have been Peter Palmer, or the real Lil' Abner?
Peter Palmer (picked a peck of....)
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DERBRUCER wrote:
Actually, the wearing of Red Poppies as Remembrance started in the US for our Memorial Day (May 31), and then spread world wide as a Tribute to Servicmen killed in WWI. (The basic thought, however, started with a Canadian poet)
Okay but i guess my question is do people in the US wear the poppy?
Here at least i'd say every second person wears one. It is very widespread.
I bought one from a Veteran but put it on my rearview mirror.
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My big love cat has a habit of dunking his favorite mice in the water bowl, where they float until I change out the water.
Tonight is the first time I've seen him take one and dry it out on the heating grate. Pretty smart! (Or maybe he thought he was toasting it...)
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André Previn is now on our "to-do" list, interview-wise.
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Each nine-piece poppy is made by veterans for veterans in Auxiliary sponsored Poppy Shops that supplement physical and psychological therapy needed by hospitalized and disabled veterans. The Auxiliary provides the materials and the volunteers. The veteran makes the poppy and is paid a small amount for each painstakingly made flower. For some it is their only income.
No matter what the cost of maintaining and supplying the Poppy Shops, the memorial poppy is never sold, but given in exchange for a contribution.
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I've worn poppies every year at Memorial Day and Veterans day. The Vets and the Auxilliary give them out. When I was a kid they used to pay us a penny a poppy to give them away and collect donations. I did that every year.
Yes it is. :)
Me too. Especially on Memorial Day.
There was a re-dedication last Saturday of the Veteran's Memorial in my town. One of the guests was Sammy Davis, a medal of honor winner who graduated a couple of years before me, but whom I know....he is a great guy. In the second picture, you can see my elementary school....Newby School...the Memorial is on the corner of the lawn of the school and we took our hats off every day when we walked past it. It is nice to see that it has been preserved, enlarged, and improved.....
http://reporter-times.com/stories/2008/11/09/news.nw-208206.sto
What a nice story.
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DR ELMORE is the operaaddict.com site ordering system secure enough that I can put in my CC number without fear?
DR JRand58, I've never heard of anyone having a problem with it. They can sometimes be slow shippers since it's a oneman operation, but I've never seen or heard anything about it not being a safe CC situation.
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Deep Discount.com has now sent me three e-mails about their "big sale" and I have never ordered anything from them. What would happen if I did?
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'night
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G'night!
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My big love cat has a habit of dunking his favorite mice in the water bowl, where they float until I change out the water.
Tonight is the first time I've seen him take one and dry it out on the heating grate. Pretty smart! (Or maybe he thought he was toasting it...)
We are talking "toy mice", I hope.
der Brucer
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I've worn poppies every year at Memorial Day and Veterans day. The Vets and the Auxilliary give them out. When I was a kid they used to pay us a penny a poppy to give them away and collect donations. I did that every year.
Yes it is. :)
Me too. Especially on Memorial Day.
There was a re-dedication last Saturday of the Veteran's Memorial in my town. One of the guests was Sammy Davis, a medal of honor winner who graduated a couple of years before me, but whom I know....he is a great guy. In the second picture, you can see my elementary school....Newby School...the Memorial is on the corner of the lawn of the school and we took our hats off every day when we walked past it. It is nice to see that it has been preserved, enlarged, and improved.....
http://reporter-times.com/stories/2008/11/09/news.nw-208206.sto
What a nice story.
The new HHW game (sort of like Where's Waldo? - can you find the Jane comment?
der Brucer
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Thanks DR ELMORE....you know what I am considering ordering.
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Amazon.com has A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE...the 2-disc special edition for $9.99, and the TAMMY triple feature for $9.99 and the Lana Turner MADAME X/PORTRAIT IN BLACK double feature for only $6.99......
All cheaper than DDD even with the discount!
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I see DR JANE's comment.....I think.
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My nephew is flying over northern Montana heading for Seattle....ETA 1 hour and 33 minutes.
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Well, I think I heard the UPS man drop off something. It may be WALL-E on Blu-ray (supposed to come this week), but it could be anything or he may have been leaving stuff for my neighbor instead. I'll see.
WBBL.
It could be curtains, or dishes, or a double-boiler, DR MattH!
LOL!
And it turned out to be . . . .
none of the above!
Nope, he stopped in front of my house but took packages next door only. Oh, well.
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DR EDISAURUS thanks for sharing your Richard Sherman story and posting the pic....great stuff.
Yes, Frances was so pretty in RHYTHM ON THE RANGE....and she certainly attracted the public's attention.
She and Bing were friends for the rest of her life, he gave her a beautiful diamond necklace at the end of filming ROR which she kept for years. Bing's only daughter has the middle name....Frances. And his young wife Kathryn appeared on Frances' television show when Kathryn came through Indy playing Peter Pan.
Late in her life, Bing also set Frances up to be the television spokeswoman for an Orange Juice company...he was the spokesMAN, but Frances decided to express herself a bit too harshly in the final meeting with the company executives.....and lost the $50,000 endorsement she could have really used.....
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Well, I think I heard the UPS man drop off something. It may be WALL-E on Blu-ray (supposed to come this week), but it could be anything or he may have been leaving stuff for my neighbor instead. I'll see.
WBBL.
It could be curtains, or dishes, or a double-boiler, DR MattH!
LOL!
And it turned out to be . . . .
none of the above!
Nope, he stopped in front of my house but took packages next door only. Oh, well.
He is just a tease.....I knew it.
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I think I will watch a DEE VEE DEE......
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Had a mostly enjoyable evening of program watching.
I began by finishing the season finale of MAD MEN. My goodness, even a classy show like this has its own kind of cliffhangers. I'm so glad the show was renewed for another season.
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Next, I watched DEXTER from last night. I'm still liking this season very much though the intensity, of course, doesn't compare to last season. Kind of nice that's it's exploring different venues of Dexter's life.
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Then I watched SMALLVILLE from last Thursday. Good episode, but characters certainly do change on the show quite freely.
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I watched a dvd. It was a motion picture entitled SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS. Great movie, I must say. It was my first time.
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I didn't have time to watch any Blu-rays that I hadn't yet gotten to all the way through, so I pulled out HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX to watch as much as I could before I started on my two prime time shows off the DVR.
HBO-HD has been showing this film a lot so far this month, but, of course, they use the reformatted 1.78:1 version, and I prefer the OAR.
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Tonight's CHUCK was OK, but I grew very tired of the shenanigans of the Buy More geeks. The kiss between Zach and Adam was worth it, however.
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HEROES had one of those going back 12-18 months to catch us up on events we hadn't seen yet involving some new characters and some old favorites. I always like those episodes, and this was no different.
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I watched a dvd. It was a motion picture entitled SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS. Great movie, I must say. It was my first time.
I love it, but I haven't seen it in ages. And I don't own a copy of it. That may be something to put on my next DDD list.
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André Previn is now on our "to-do" list, interview-wise.
Can I have your life? Please? Or at least accompany you on the journey?
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I watched a dvd. It was a motion picture entitled SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS. Great movie, I must say. It was my first time.
I love it, but I haven't seen it in ages. And I don't own a copy of it. That may be something to put on my next DDD list.
My copy is in THE PRESTON STURGES COLLECTION from Universal.
Now the only one I have to catch up with it THE LADY EVE.
http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s2186stur.html (http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s2186stur.html)
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THE LADY EVE is equally great. I really love it, too. I think I do have a copy of it, however.
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Page Eleven Dance!!!
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Heading down to bed now. I'll have a busy day ahead of me with reviewing chores tomorrow.
Good night!
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Had a mostly enjoyable evening of program watching.
I began by finishing the season finale of MAD MEN. My goodness, even a classy show like this has its own kind of cliffhangers. I'm so glad the show was renewed for another season.
...And if the "rumors" are true about how next season will start, well.... Cool!!
*There's a whole "Mad Men" community on "Twitter". I think I'm "following" all of them - including the official AMC people. It's been lots of fun reading the "in character" responses of everyone, and AMCNews has even given advance notice of some of the news items and articles on their website.
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HEROES had one of those going back 12-18 months to catch us up on events we hadn't seen yet involving some new characters and some old favorites. I always like those episodes, and this was no different.
...And then there was this in today's NY Times:
Flagging ‘Heroes’ Attempts Self-Rescue[/b (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/10/arts/television/10hero.html?_r=1&ref=television&oref=slogin)
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(http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v372/10/99/1489126529/n1489126529_30110377_9243.jpg)
Baby Cole, my grand-nephew.
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CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Oh... And the 25th Anniversary DVD of "Yentl" will be released February 3, 2009. Just in case you wanted to know that. ;)
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I shouldn't still be awake, so I'll say goodnight.
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Deep Discount.com has now sent me three e-mails about their "big sale" and I have never ordered anything from them. What would happen if I did?
Then you might get a phone call giving you a Discount Code like I just did.
RED
der Brucer
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OK... Time for sleep.
Goodnight.
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I'm back from the Alex and Most Happy Fella, about which more in a little while. I shipped out nine hundred CDs and I only have a few priority boxes sitting here, which will go out Wednesday morning, since I gather there's no mail Tuesday. It got pretty scary for a minute when I didn't think I had enough discs. As it is, I have to short an eBay speculator by fifty discs - I warned him that might happen, though. When all was said and done and done and said, I have about twenty CDs left, which I keep for emergencies/lost CDs, etc.
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I never had a minute to eat anything other than my eggs this morning, so I stopped at Gelson's. The salad bar was open, so I got a little seafood salad and some cucumber roll - not really enough food, but that it satisfied my extreme hunger.
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I'll have to ask Woody when he's back from work - much later (after 11pm) - I'm taking him to Taco Bell to pick-up dinner.
der Brucer
Taco Bell + DR SWW - DOES NOT COMPUTE!!?!?!?!?!?!?
Well, desparate times call for desperate measures.
11PM is a little late to start cooking a meal.
There are no left-overs to re-heat.
Summer resort towns offer little off-season late-night dining opportunities.
And, truth to tell, TACO BELL is pretty good bang-for-the-buck (and I can get a Caramel Apple Empanada!)
(http://www.tacobell.ca/images/sweet-desserts/caramel-apple-empanada.jpg)
(And a side of Pintos and Cheese to go with my Gorditas Supreme)
der Brucer
What a coinkydink! I actually went to Taco Bell too after rehearsal tonight. I had the 79¢ cheese roll-up, the 89¢ cheesy double beef burrito and the 99¢ bean burrito. I almost ordered the empanada, but I didn't. It was all very good and only a total of $2.15 (with tax). :D