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Well, you've read the notes, the notes called me madam, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're currently doing a production of Call Me MOOdam.
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And the word of the day is: HOMOLOGATE!
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Good morning, all! I slept this morning until 6:30, so I'm about back to my usual sleeping patttern. The rain, whch is a real downpour, was a nice sound to fall asleep to and I slept quite nicely. I had some dream involving printed music, maybe an orchestra, and it seemed to take place sometime in the past, say over 100 years ago.
I'm thinking of scrambling some eggs for breakfast and then I will tidy up the two weeks' worth of magazines I read yesterday. My writing table needs organization, and then I'll do some work.
Yesterday afternoon, my beloved goddaughter Charlotte and her boyfriend Ken came by to visit. He's a very nice young man - he calls himself a farmboy - from Lansing, Michigan, and I liked him very much. He's the first of her young callers I feel actually likes her; the others were all rather shitty young abusers-in-training. Her father thinks they were "dark" souls attracted by Charlotte's intelligence, general good nature and generosity, but I just saw them as gnomes she had been attracted to because they, like her, were interested in fantasy books and conventions. I thought the last one was a psycho and I worried, when she wised up and told him it was over, that he was going to become a horrible stalker and cause some major damage. Ken, who's a tall, handsome young blond, seems to be on the good side; he's going to graduate school for a Ph.D, in mythology and folklore; he wants to be a college professor and occasionally work on theatre. I wish them both well.
I guess that's all my news for the moment.
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good morning to all
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And the word of the day is: HOMOLOGATE!
And The Song Of The Day Is: OLD FASHIONED WEDDING
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Good morning, all.
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vibes for all in Irene's wake.
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"The Ocarina I could live without ..."
How true, how true.
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A PHD in mythology & folklore......
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And we still have power and water, and it's just drizzling outside right now. -In fact, the sun is supposed to come out in a few hours. I guess it is tomorrow. ::)
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And even though Irene has now been downgraded to a Tropical Storm....
~~~~~HIGH AND DRY VIBES TO THOSE IN IRENE'S PATH~~~~~
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Thanks to all for the vibes for my sister.....and of course I send vibes to DR DRUXY for kitty Annie.
News at my house is that parakeet Abby was found deceased this morning on the bottom of her cage.....no apparent cause of demise..... She tried to get under the paper towels on the bottom of her cage and hide herself in her last minutes, I surmise. She was covered as usual....and was fine all day yesterday.
And now she is a little brass box out in the Pet Semetary with many other animals.
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DR JEANNE did you find your CD's at Dollar Tree? I missed your post if you did. I bought a few and if your DT didn't have them, let me know where to send them.
Drop me a PM and they will be on the way!
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Thanks to all for the vibes for my sister.....and of course I send vibes to DR DRUXY for kitty Annie.
DR JRand61, somehow I missed your report on your sister and I send vibes now!
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I'm sorry to hear of your parakeet's death; I always wanted one as a kid.
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In other news...
I went ahead and booked a Bolt Bus ticket for tomorrow morning. I'll keep my eyes and ears on the news from NYC, and if it looks like tomorrow is going to be a really crazy day for transportation into NYC, then I'll just stay put and eat the $21.
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Obama to FEMA: I don't know, what do you think we should do?
FEMA: Well, let's check the map. Here is the danger spot.
Obama to FEMA: It's awfully close.....well, I think we should make the announcement.
FEMA: Yes sir. Attention! Attention. Learn this! Sunday's performance of THE GERSHWINS' PORGY AND BESS has been canceled. Saturday's performance of DONKEY PROMENADE will continue as scheduled.
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Thank you DR ELMORE.
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I think Hurricane Streaking will hit New York sometime this afternoon.
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Just called my parents... They've been without power since yesterday afternoon. Funny thing, they didn't tell me that when I called them yesterday afternoon... In any case... They're fine, and, hopefully, their power will come back up sooner rather than later.
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I think Hurricane Streaking will hit New York sometime this afternoon.
New Yorkers don't need a hurricane as an excuse for streaking.
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DR JRand - Sorry to hear about your DP Abby.
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When I turned on the Tee-Vee earlier, Matt Lauer and Ann Curry were on "The Today Show"... I almost thought I had slept through till Monday morning.
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Jrand - Sending vibes to you
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Thanks to all for the vibes for my sister.....and of course I send vibes to DR DRUXY for kitty Annie.
News at my house is that parakeet Abby was found deceased this morning on the bottom of her cage.....no apparent cause of demise..... She tried to get under the paper towels on the bottom of her cage and hide herself in her last minutes, I surmise. She was covered as usual....and was fine all day yesterday.
And now she is a little brass box out in the Pet Semetary with many other animals.
So Sorry About Abby
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Watching the local news reports... It seems that most of the storm damage hit 10 miles east of here. Lots of trees down, low level flooding and power outages. There are also some frightening pics of some streets in DC covered in downed trees and sparking power lines.
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And...
I think I'm going to head out to forage for some breakfast.
Laters...
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Vibes to JRand--sorry about Abby
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Thank you DR's.......
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...then I'll just stay put and eat the $21.
What sauces are you considering?
der Brucer
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Vibes to JRand--sorry about Abby
Condolences for Abby.
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And we still have power and water, and it's just drizzling outside right now. -In fact, the sun is supposed to come out in a few hours. I guess it is tomorrow. ::)
Hmmm, and it's raining and the thunder is booming and the wind is blowing....hey, I'm in Iowa, what's up with this? Actually the rain right now isn't going to be enough to do a lot of good, but my yard and trees are smiling
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Thanks to all for the vibes for my sister.....and of course I send vibes to DR DRUXY for kitty Annie.
News at my house is that parakeet Abby was found deceased this morning on the bottom of her cage.....no apparent cause of demise..... She tried to get under the paper towels on the bottom of her cage and hide herself in her last minutes, I surmise. She was covered as usual....and was fine all day yesterday.
And now she is a little brass box out in the Pet Semetary with many other animals.
So sorry to hear about Abby~~~
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I stayed up late reading thinking that I could sleep in today....the weather radio went off before 8:00 with a thunderstorm warning, so I got up, made some pancakes and waited out the brief storm that of course lost it's severe status as soon as I was totally awake....so...thinking about going back to bed....I'll read a little and take a nap.
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Or, go get some coffee and just be up for the day....I'm thinking the nap idea may win
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Thanks DerB for taking down the photo. I really do appreciate it. I'm also really glad you're back here posting again. Hope everything is ok after the storm
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Morning all.
That is all.
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Things are calm and quiet in our neck of the woods.
There is flooding in other parts of the city and some residual damage, trees down, etc. but generally it just rained. There is flooding out on Long Island but not in Anthony's parents area.
We will stay in today though we may decided to go to the diner for dinner later if the weather is decent.
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We watched the final season of Doc Martin on Hulu.
They are filming Season 5 right now according to scuttlebutt on the internet. I'm looking forward to it.
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My office will be open tomorrow though I'm sure it will be quiet. We have lots of people who live on Long Island and in New Jersey and the outer boroughs and I think they will probably not be able to get in tomorrow.
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...And I'm back from breakfast: Green Chile Pork, Eggs Over Easy and Fresh Tortillas - with a side of Red Chile to make it "Christmas style"!
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And the wind it is a blowin' and a gustin'... And there's a downed tree just on the way out of my brother's housing development. Thankfully, it didn't hit anyone or anything. It also looked like it was gonna come down regardless sometime, just old and already rotted before it hit the ground from what I could tell.
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We had scrambled eggs, a blueberry scone (split, one half for each of us) and fresh strawberries. Anthony had tea with honey and I had coffee.
As Bruce would say, yummylicious!
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My office will be open tomorrow though I'm sure it will be quiet. We have lots of people who live on Long Island and in New Jersey and the outer boroughs and I think they will probably not be able to get in tomorrow.
Are we in the eye of the storm now? Or is it over?
I have to go into Toyland tomorrow and check out the scene.
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In other news, if you go to Playbill.com right now, there's a rather unfortunate and unforgivable spelling error in the headline of the second story.
SPOO!!!
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My office will be open tomorrow though I'm sure it will be quiet. We have lots of people who live on Long Island and in New Jersey and the outer boroughs and I think they will probably not be able to get in tomorrow.
Are we in the eye of the storm now? Or is it over?
I have to go into Toyland tomorrow and check out the scene.
The eye - or rather what was left of it - is already in New England. I believe it made a fast by NYC around 10:00am.
The New York Times has a cool hurricane tracker map (http://www.nytimes.com/projects/hurricanes/#!/2011/Irene?hp).
*It needs to be updated. ;)
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And now pics from the flooding in New Jersey are popping up. Whoa!
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The MTA is also posting pics of the clean-up efforts going on in the subway yards (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mtaphotos/with/6088662639/). It's gonna take a while to pump all of that water out.
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And just because...
Some Sunday morning Hurdy-Gurdy Music (http://youtu.be/pXkBzTLOyjc) for your listening pleasure.
::) ;D
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And...
Now I need to get ready for today's performances.
Laters...
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In other news, if you go to Playbill.com right now, there's a rather unfortunate and unforgivable spelling error in the headline of the second story.
SPOO!!!
Maybe it's her brother.
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And just because...
Some Sunday morning Hurdy-Gurdy Music (http://youtu.be/pXkBzTLOyjc) for your listening pleasure.
::) ;D
The worst thing I ever saw on youtube!
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Can you imagine Ethel Merman in CALL ME BWANA, instead of Anita Ekberg?
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I'm up after a decent night's sleep. Can one of you Mac experts tell me why my iTunes is just suddenly starting to play music all by its lonesome? I was answering e-mails and it just started up - I stopped the track. A few minutes later it started up again. I closed out of iTunes.
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Didn't Anita Ekberg once live in Clifton Webb's Hollywood home? It seems like I remember her claiming that it was haunted by Mr. Webb.
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Reading the reportage of the "hurricane" in NYC is amusing. They have nothing to really report so they've resorted to a lot of "if this happened, this could happen," and "streets were flooded with water reaching the tires of cars" accompanied by a photograph of a car with water barely touching the bottom of the tires. Then they kind of sheepishly admit that the thing is probably done.
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And the word of the day is: HOMOLOGATE!
Is that about the Congressman in the airport bathroom? Or am I confused? I know that airports do have gates.
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A Ph.D, in mythology and folklore. That sounds so strange to me.
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Jrand, sorry to hear about Abby.
DR Druxy, I am hoping for a good outcome for Annie.
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In other news, if you go to Playbill.com right now, there's a rather unfortunate and unforgivable spelling error in the headline of the second story.
SPOO!!!
I guess I missed it; or they already corrected it.
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Can we get off of this page?
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Page Three!
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Well unless they changed it back again to the wrong version, the bad headline is still there:
John Doyle's Ten Cents a Dance, With Malcolm Gets and Donnie McKechnie, Ends in Williamstown; It's NJ-Bound
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Water in NYC is high enough to strand cars:
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;D
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Good morning/afternoon. :)
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Hope everyone on the east coast is in good spirits. :-*
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In other news, if you go to Playbill.com right now, there's a rather unfortunate and unforgivable spelling error in the headline of the second story.
SPOO!!!
I guess I missed it; or they already corrected it.
Nope, it's still there..
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Ok, time to go. The sun is now shining and I need to return something to WalMart and then I think I'll go to my favorite Mexican restaurant and enjoy lunch and read the paper. I have lots to do but am having trouble getting started.
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Great day yesterday.
7am meeting and breakfast.
Surf memorabilia and new surf related art at the museum.
Great music and venues at the gay pride festival.
Nap.
Great music at the block party down the street.
8)
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Opps must put clothes in dryer.
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Water in NYC is high enough to strand cars:
Oh? Where in NY?
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Hope everyone on the east coast is in good spirits. :-*
I am!
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After laundry today back to the block party down the street.
The headliner for the day is Dick Dale. They say the best surf guitarist ever.
I think i missed most of the surf craze, i was too young for the Beach Boys and just not that interested in surfers. Or so i remember.
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108 degrees, guess I better not complain about 103 at work. :-[
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The neighborhood is busy, a different religion on every corner for blocks. Lots and lots of conversations to listen to when your windows are open.
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Time to get back to the daily routine of maintance.
Have a good Sunday everyone.
And lots of MEGA VIBES FOR HAPPINESS.
;D
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Hope everything is ok after the storm
We're fine; but when the workers return to the construction site at the corner, they may be displeased;
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/OutHouse.jpg)
der Brucer
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Water in NYC is high enough to strand cars:
Oh? Where in NY?
Wherever that picture was taken. The cab is abandoned.
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Water in NYC is high enough to strand cars:
Oh? Where in NY?
Associated Press (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/28/tropical-storm-irene-nyc-_n_939600.html?icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-nb%7Cdl1%7Csec3_lnk1%7C90155)
A foot of water rushed over the wall of a marina in front of the New York Mercantile Exchange, where gold and oil are traded, and floodwater lapped at the wheel wells of yellow cabs.
der Brucer
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Sorry, JRand, about Abby.
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It's already hit 110 and climbing.
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Saw "Midnight in Paris" this afternoon. Truly charming.
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Hope everything is ok after the storm
We're fine; but when the workers return to the construction site at the corner, they may be displeased;
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/OutHouse.jpg)
der Brucer
LOL
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A Porta Recliner!
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The 11 people who have died (so far) would probably argue with anyone's assessment of this not being a major weather event.
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I wonder if in the assessment of the earthquake and the hurricane on the East Coast, too much weight is being given to the posters on All That Chat.
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Someone in the neighborhood is trimming trees, which is fine - except that it has now been going on for over two hours!!
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The 11 people who have died (so far) would probably argue with anyone's assessment of this not being a major weather event.
I shall offer a somewhat perverse observation:
In balance, the "major weather event'" actually saved lives;the lives lost to "weather" were a lot fewer than the lives saved by the reduction in transportation accidents.
der Brucer
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A Porta Recliner!
But it does lack handicap access
der Brucer
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The 11 people who have died (so far) would probably argue with anyone's assessment of this not being a major weather event.
I think you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone here or elsewhere who doesn't understand that the storm caused deaths and havoc - not in NEW YORK, however. What some of us are commenting on is the hysteria of the press in continuing to try and make a mountain out of what was most assuredly a small hill in NEW YORK. It's the same old, same old with these people. We all understand that elsewhere the storm caused death and problems. The deaths I've read about, at least, all could have been avoided if people had not gotten into their cars or been walking on the streets during the biggest part of the problem. Trees falling on cars - it's not too smart to be in a car during a hurricane that has had a LOT of publicity (no surprises). A man walking in a hurricane killed by a falling tree - why would anyone be walking in a hurricane? It's all regrettable, but one feels that some of the death could have been avoided.
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We are back from Lima, where many people were back in church after summer vacations. We did a couple of errands, made a hospital visit to a 95-year-old parishioner, and had lunch before heading home. I am relieved to see so many east coasters here and on Facebook and wondering if anyone has heard from DR Vixmom?
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DR JRand - I'm so sorry to hear about the death of your sweet parakeet Abby. Going through that with our Horus (the Egyptian Falcon God) made me never want another pet.
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I have a facebook friend in Hudson Valley, NY who could use some major vibes. Irene hit hard in her area causing major flooding. She has been desperately asking for a pump sump before the water reaches her electric & first floor. Photos show trees on her house.
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Vibes for DR Jane's friend in Hudson Valley, NY!
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Good morning, all! I slept this morning until 6:30, so I'm about back to my usual sleeping pattern.
That was fast. :)
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A PHD in mythology & folklore......
Who knew! ;)
DR elmore I'm very glad you like the new boyfriend.
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We watched the final season of Doc Martin on Hulu.
They are filming Season 5 right now according to scuttlebutt on the internet. I'm looking forward to it.
REALLY‽ We hope so.
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A PHD in mythology & folklore......
Who knew! ;)
DR elmore I'm very glad you like the new boyfriend.
I am, too! Interesting that he's from Lansing, MI, which is (more or less) where Mary Linda is from.
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Hope everything is ok after the storm
We're fine; but when the workers return to the construction site at the corner, they may be displeased;
LOL.
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Vibes for DR Jane's friend in Hudson Valley, NY!
Thank you. She is a single mother with a dead beat ex & ms, and currently stranded in the country.
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I'm sorry to hear about Abby the Parakeet, JRand.
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Vibes to Jane's friend for help with too-much-water.
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Happy belated birthday to DRs Jose and JRand.
For some reason I had not read Friday's posts!
Hope you both had great birthdays!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thank you Laura.
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I have a facebook friend in Hudson Valley, NY who could use some major vibes. Irene hit hard in her area causing major flooding. She has been desperately asking for a pump sump before the water reaches her electric & first floor. Photos show trees on her house.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vibes for DR Jane's Friend in Hudson, NY! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Vibes for Jane's friend in the Hudson Valley. I will hope that the needed sump pump will get to her.
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Vibes for DR Jane's friend. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Still raining here. IT was quite windy. I'll be curious to see how much rain actually fell.
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Where is Mikey today? Is there an open house at one of the local retirement homes?
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Thanks DR's elmore, TCB & Jennifer. Some high school students stopped by & removed most of the water, which is quickly filling back up. Unfortunately they can't return & have moved on to help the next person. Her well tank has also been knocked over & it appears 3 trees, including a very large one, are leaning on her house.
I find it interesting at times on FB when comments are made that indicate only a portion of the post was read. A friend suggested she get a generator, yet she has said she can't afford one and the roads are impassable even if she could.
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I would just like to thank BK for his CALL ME MADAM report. I now have Just in Love stuck in my head.
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My friend, Bill, who now lives in Dallas, Georgia sent me some photos along with my birthday card. This is from the 1973 (?) production of HELLO, DOLLY! Believe it or not, I am the string bean on the left, Bill is the one with the hat in front of his face, and the lovely lady on the right was one of my two great loves of my life.
(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/actr2000/ThefirstHelloDolly.jpg)
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Nice photo DR TCB. It is the dark hair that is a surprise ;)
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How nice, TCB!
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When I downloaded my ebook from the library I had 3 options for the number of days I wanted to keep the book. Since there doesn't seem to be a renewal option I chose the most days offered. Had I known the first night I would read all but 20 pages I would have gone with a two day check out. Now I want to "return" the book for the next person on the queue to read it. It seems there isn't a "return" option. No wonder it takes so long for the ebooks to become available.
The librarian said the state set it up this way. She will call tomorrow & find out if there is a way to remove the book early.
I'm curious how this works in other states.
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They can't let anyone else download the book until your time is up, Jane?
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Nope, it is one person at a time, just like a regular library book.
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DR Jane, for a long time I refused to learn about the downloadable audiobooks provided by my library because they were not Mac-compatible. They are now, but I find the whole thing very clunky and not worth the bother.
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Cute HELLO, DOLLY! photo, DR TCB.
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DR Ginny I only did it as it I find it easier to read the Nook in bed than to read holding a flashlight under my neck. This afternoon I picked up two books from the library that were waiting for me in the "held" section.
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Hello--I'm glad to have internet back. Of course I'm fortunate that I didn't lose power---just cable and internet.
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Glad to see you back online, DR KevinH!
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I went to see Oklahoma today with friends. I had planned on sending a message to DR Jose this morning, but as I just mentioned, I didn't have internet. The show was terrific! The actor playing Will Parker was especially good--what a dancer!
The new Arena Stage is great--I'm sure there's not a bad seat in the house. And the orchestra is above the stage. My friends and I made it over to the orchestra area after the show and we had a brief chat with DR Jose. It was great seeing him again!
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Glad to see you back online, DR KevinH!
Thanks, DR Ginny!
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Glad to hear everyone else on HHW in Irene's path fared pretty well.
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Hello--I'm glad to have internet back. Of course I'm fortunate that I didn't lose power---just cable and internet.
Glad that was all you lost & things are back to normal now. :)
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I went to see Oklahoma today with friends. I had planned on sending a message to DR Jose this morning, but as I just mentioned, I didn't have internet. The show was terrific! The actor playing Will Parker was especially good--what a dancer!
The new Arena Stage is great--I'm sure there's not a bad seat in the house. And the orchestra is above the stage. My friends and I made it over to the orchestra area after the show and we had a brief chat with DR Jose. It was great seeing him again!
Nice!!! :)
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ON THE BEACH - THE DAY AFTER
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(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/Irene0002.jpg)
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/Irene0003.jpg)
der Brucer
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Der Brucer did you take those photos?
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ROTTON TO THE CORE!
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/Irene0004.jpg)
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/Irene0005.jpg)
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/Irene0006.jpg)
(Note:the limb in the rear window saved the car from a crushed roof
This is another down tree a block away from the previous one
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/Irene0007.jpg)
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/Irene0008.jpg)
der Brucer
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Der Brucer did you take those photos?
Yup - 'bout an hour ago.
der Brucer
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ROTTON TO THE CORE!
(Note:the limb in the rear window saved the car from a crushed roof
LOL-nice to look on the bright side of things.
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Der Brucer did you take those photos?
Yup - 'bout an hour ago.
der Brucer
They are nice.
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Pretty scary, DerBrucer.
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Pretty scary, DerBrucer.
It reminds me of a couple of summer storms in Michigan.
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My newscaster advises me to ignore Jose, he is inconsequntial.
How rude!
Oh wait, he means the latest weather event.
der Brucer
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LOL, what is the latest weather event?
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It is nice to see pets rescued along with their people.
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Pretty scary, DerBrucer.
I trust you don't mean Woody standing by the car :)
der Brucer
What is scary is that both the down trees look perfectly healty on the outside and had nice green leafy branches; looking inside, it seems you could have knocked one over by leaning on it.
der Brucer
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I've been without power, water & heat for up to a week. I've never been trapped in my house after a storm has passed. I'm thinking I've been very lucky.
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LOL, what is the latest weather event?
Tropical Storm Depression Jose!
der Brucer
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I'm relieved you may ignore it. :)
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No posts in TWO HOURS??? This will NOT do.
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Glad to see you back online, DR KevinH!
Ditto!
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We certainly have no shortage of GUESTS. Thirty of 'em.
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Finished with my viewing for the evening.
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I guess everyone goes to bed at eight these days.
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I have a facebook friend in Hudson Valley, NY who could use some major vibes. Irene hit hard in her area causing major flooding. She has been desperately asking for a pump sump before the water reaches her electric & first floor. Photos show trees on her house.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vibes for DR Jane's Friend in Hudson, NY! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Many vibes. I haven't heard from my friend Carol tonight. This morning was OK, though she did say she had waterfront property overnight.
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2005 seems to be the popular year amongst our GUESTS this evening. Listening to various and sundried upcoming Kritzerland releases.
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Night, all.
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Good Evening!
I am a Tropical Depression.
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PAGE SIX
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DANCE
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*I seem to start a lot of Page Sixes here on this site.
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DR KevinH - Thanks for coming to see the show today! -And I'm glad we got to chat briefly afterwards!
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bk - So... What if Irene had "fulfilled" the models and predictions and clobbered New York City? -It's weather. It will do what it does, and just have to be thankful that this time, it did not do what it was supposed(?) to do.
*There are some parts of Lower Manhattan that are still under water. Flooded streets, flooded basements. And the reports from Long Island are not exactly "light". Thankfully, the death toll is on the very low sides of things.
For NYC, most of the forecasted damage from the floods was structural. There was never a forecast for "mass destruction and numerous deaths". The evacuations were part of a larger plan to not only sure the safety of everyone, but to make the initial stages of clean up easier to manage. The public transit system was shut down so that the efforts to get it back up and running after the storm would not be hampered by train cars and busses stranded on the roads and tracks.
I'm guessing, unfortunately, that DR vixmom is dealing with another flooded basement. Hopefully, the whole vix family is all right. However, I'm sure they are greatly inconvenienced right now in terms on money, quality of life and mental and physical stress.
Yes, the newscasters are still trying to make something out of Irene. In a way they are still building things up. In other ways, they are not.
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~~~~~VIBES TO DR JANE'S FRIEND IN THE HUDSON VALLEY~~~~~
*I've read a few reports of some family farms that were totally washed out by the heavy rains. The farmers themselves are fine, but some of them have lost their whole life's work, literally washed away.
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Happy belated birthday to DRs Jose and JRand.
For some reason I had not read Friday's posts!
Hope you both had great birthdays!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks You, DR Jennifer.
*You don't read the posts?!?!??! ::)
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DR TCB - Great Picture!
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I wonder if in the assessment of the earthquake and the hurricane on the East Coast, too much weight is being given to the posters on All That Chat.
OY! and VEY!
;D
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Water in NYC is high enough to strand cars:
Oh? Where in NY?
I believe that's - wait for it - on Water Street.
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In other news...
Between shows today, a friend of Molly Smith, the Artistic Director of Arena Stage, cooked dinner for the company. It was quite a spread: Grilled Chicken Breasts with a light sauce/gravy, Succotash (made with fresh corn and lima beans), Marinated Artichoke Salad, Quinoa, and a Tomato and Watermelon Salad. Not only was it delicious, but it was also very healthy! -Oh, and there were brownies and Rice Krispy Treats for dessert. :)
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And...
In the audience at tonight's show were my sister-in-law; my niece, Alyssa; my nephew, John Michael... And Claudia, John's girlfriend(!?!?).
I actually think it's the first show of mine that John and Alyssa have seen. They had a great time. They visited the "schoolhouse" during intermission, and the trombone player talked with John since John has been playing trombone for about two years now. After the show, I took them around the walk-around, and one of the stagehands even gave Alyssa a ride in the surrey!
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And...
Since I booked myself on a 6:30am bus...
I just hope that getting through the Lincoln Tunnel won't be too much a nightmare come 10:30am.
Goodnight.
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bk - So... What if Irene had "fulfilled" the models and predictions and clobbered New York City? -It's weather. It will do what it does, and just have to be thankful that this time, it did not do what it was supposed(?) to do.
*There are some parts of Lower Manhattan that are still under water. Flooded streets, flooded basements. And the reports from Long Island are not exactly "light". Thankfully, the death toll is on the very low sides of things.
For NYC, most of the forecasted damage from the floods was structural. There was never a forecast for "mass destruction and numerous deaths". The evacuations were part of a larger plan to not only sure the safety of everyone, but to make the initial stages of clean up easier to manage. The public transit system was shut down so that the efforts to get it back up and running after the storm would not be hampered by train cars and busses stranded on the roads and tracks.
I'm guessing, unfortunately, that DR vixmom is dealing with another flooded basement. Hopefully, the whole vix family is all right. However, I'm sure they are greatly inconvenienced right now in terms on money, quality of life and mental and physical stress.
Yes, the newscasters are still trying to make something out of Irene. In a way they are still building things up. In other ways, they are not.
My comments are strictly about the media - no one wanted mass destruction and yes, everyone is thankful it was as light as it was. I hate the drama-mongering media with a passion.
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The legendary surf guitarist Dick Dale was truly awesome tonight. So glad I went. ;D
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8) 8) HAPPY VERY LATE BIRTHDAY TO DEAR JRAND 8) 8)
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:) :) HAPPY VERY LATE BIRTHDAY TO DEAR JOSE :) :)
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Sometimes it takes me a few days to ketchup. :-[ :-[
Being errant and truant does not help either. :-X
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Night everyone, sweet dreams.
I'm very tired. ;)
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Saw "Midnight in Paris" this afternoon. Truly charming.
FYI...the movie soundtrack is not available in the US. I had to buy it for the library and it's only available as import from England (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Music-Manhattan-Woody-Allen/dp/B003K1ZFFG/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1314600465&sr=1-1). What's that all about? :-\
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Thanks to all for the vibes for my sister.....and of course I send vibes to DR DRUXY for kitty Annie.
News at my house is that parakeet Abby was found deceased this morning on the bottom of her cage.....no apparent cause of demise..... She tried to get under the paper towels on the bottom of her cage and hide herself in her last minutes, I surmise. She was covered as usual....and was fine all day yesterday.
And now she is a little brass box out in the Pet Semetary with many other animals.
JRand, I'm sorry about the loss of your parakeet Abby.
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I have a facebook friend in Hudson Valley, NY who could use some major vibes. Irene hit hard in her area causing major flooding. She has been desperately asking for a pump sump before the water reaches her electric & first floor. Photos show trees on her house.
~~~Major Vibes for DR Jane's Facebook Friend in Hudson Valley, NY!!~~~
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Today, my sister, her boyfriend, my niece and I went to Seattle for a basketball game. The Seattle Storm (how appropriate with the hurricane and all) won...by one point! Talk about another close game.
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When I downloaded my ebook from the library I had 3 options for the number of days I wanted to keep the book. Since there doesn't seem to be a renewal option I chose the most days offered. Had I known the first night I would read all but 20 pages I would have gone with a two day check out. Now I want to "return" the book for the next person on the queue to read it. It seems there isn't a "return" option. No wonder it takes so long for the ebooks to become available.
The librarian said the state set it up this way. She will call tomorrow & find out if there is a way to remove the book early.
I'm curious how this works in other states.
That's the way our library system works, too. Once a talking or e-book checked out, it's checked out for the full three weeks and it can't be checked in. The only thing that can happen (from what I understand) is that if you've put in a request for the title and you get notified that it's now available, but you don't actually check it out, you can choose to not take it and it'll go to the next person.