My father's family background is Appalachian White Trash; every trip I can remember to see my grandmother had at least one fried chicken dinner, if not two. We'd pull up in my grandmother's driveway and she'd grab a passing chicken, wring its neck, and fry it for dinner.
And the word of the day is: AMELIORATE!
Sorry to hear about your fall, DR elmore.
Sorry to hear about your fall, DR elmore.
Thanks for the vibes and prayers for Sharon. I hadn't heard any news so I made a couple phone calls today. One was to the husband of one of her good friends. They are backyard neighbors, anyway I have known the husband through work for years so I was more comfortable calling him. He told me that his wife got a call yesterday that said they were taking her off life support. He wasn't sure if that was good or bad. I'm guessing the latter, but you never know, maybe she'll rally. She's pretty strong willed, it could happen.
The last time I heard they were removing someone from life support was my neighbor who was attacked. She started breathing on her own. I haven't heard an update on her for a long time, but she is recovering.
And a very happy haineshisway.com birthday to former dear reader JMK.
Good morning, all.
Coffee!
I must needs get ready to drive over to the Lafayette in Suffern, NY (not to be confused with Suffern, Succotash) for a 35mm showing of THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP which I somehow have manged to never see.
What the fat hell is the problem with Photobucket? Besides me?
I have returned from errands. I fell up the steps at the subway, tore a hole in my left knee and skinned my other leg. I got to the post office to learn that they no longer keep customs form in the open so I had to get in line for thedamend form and then get back in line to post the samend package. I continue to wish the post office an utter ruin ASAP. Their dumbass employees deserve it.
After all that tsuris, the pharmacy was a breeze and I am all meds-ed up. I did forget to purchase a"neti pot" so I have to deal with that this weekend.
I put my bag of garbage out in the hall yesterday, hoping the assistant manager would notice it and take it out for me. My wheelchair doesn't work moving through the rutted alley, so I depend on the kindhess of stangers. I guess there were no kind people yesterday.
When the Safeway delivery guy arrived and openned the door, I saw that the bag was ripped open and the garbage scattered around the hall.. Since they leave the outside door propped open now, I assume that the raccoons paid a visit last night. Either that, or the little brat across the hall. Tyler, the very sweethunkdelivery man offered to clean up the garbage for me, and then he took it out to the dumpster for me. What a sweetheart! And they can't accept tips.
This morning, I built some barricades from an old book shelf (Very Les Mis )- for the dogs, of course. They bark at the dogs next door, etc, so hopefully this will help a little.
Interesting notes by bk about James Bond. I saw Dr No when it was first released and loved it but it was Goldfinger which brought everything together and which remains my favorite. I never had a problem with George Lazenbury and OHMSS was one of the very best Bond films. I can't stand the reboot films with Daniel Craig - they are just routine action films using the name of the character. I always thought that for a reboot they should have gone back to the source material and set the films in the '50s at the height of the cold war, which was the most sensible era to have a spy film.
I put my bag of garbage out in the hall yesterday, hoping the assistant manager would notice it and take it out for me. My wheelchair doesn't work moving through the rutted alley, so I depend on the kindhess of stangers. I guess there were no kind people yesterday.
When the Safeway delivery guy arrived and openned the door, I saw that the bag was ripped open and the garbage scattered around the hall.. Since they leave the outside door propped open now, I assume that the raccoons paid a visit last night. Either that, or the little brat across the hall. Tyler, the very sweethunkdelivery man offered to clean up the garbage for me, and then he took it out to the dumpster for me. What a sweetheart! And they can't accept tips.
I'm getting ready for this event at Sardi's. I hope it goes well.
Interesting notes by bk about James Bond. I saw Dr No when it was first released and loved it but it was Goldfinger which brought everything together and which remains my favorite. I never had a problem with George Lazenbury and OHMSS was one of the very best Bond films. I can't stand the reboot films with Daniel Craig - they are just routine action films using the name of the character. I always thought that for a reboot they should have gone back to the source material and set the films in the '50s at the height of the cold war, which was the most sensible era to have a spy film.
You make a very good point about taking the plots back to the '50's.
Keith & I have always been fans of the George Lazenbury film.
I put my bag of garbage out in the hall yesterday, hoping the assistant manager would notice it and take it out for me. My wheelchair doesn't work moving through the rutted alley, so I depend on the kindhess of stangers. I guess there were no kind people yesterday.
When the Safeway delivery guy arrived and openned the door, I saw that the bag was ripped open and the garbage scattered around the hall.. Since they leave the outside door propped open now, I assume that the raccoons paid a visit last night. Either that, or the little brat across the hall. Tyler, the very sweethunkdelivery man offered to clean up the garbage for me, and then he took it out to the dumpster for me. What a sweetheart! And they can't accept tips.
That was very, very nice of him.
Why are they leaving the outside door propped open? Is that for you?
Up from a nap. Watching "Gosford Park," which I haven't seen since it came out. Very interesting movie in light of "Downton Abbey." And Maggie Smith is great in both.
I have to do that with my parents and any British movie.Up from a nap. Watching "Gosford Park," which I haven't seen since it came out. Very interesting movie in light of "Downton Abbey." And Maggie Smith is great in both.
I had to watch it with the subtitles turned on becasue I couldn't understand anything that was said downstairs. In fact, I could hardly understand the upstairs dialogue.
We (State Employees) gave up that holiday in exchange for the day after Thanksgiving. I never understood the need to go shopping on that Friday, but then I hate to shop!
Up from a nap. Watching "Gosford Park," which I haven't seen since it came out. Very interesting movie in light of "Downton Abbey." And Maggie Smith is great in both.
I had to watch it with the subtitles turned on becasue I couldn't understand anything that was said downstairs. In fact, I could hardly understand the upstairs dialogue.
I have to do that with my parents and any British movie.Up from a nap. Watching "Gosford Park," which I haven't seen since it came out. Very interesting movie in light of "Downton Abbey." And Maggie Smith is great in both.
I had to watch it with the subtitles turned on becasue I couldn't understand anything that was said downstairs. In fact, I could hardly understand the upstairs dialogue.
I have to do that with my parents and any British movie.Up from a nap. Watching "Gosford Park," which I haven't seen since it came out. Very interesting movie in light of "Downton Abbey." And Maggie Smith is great in both.
I had to watch it with the subtitles turned on becasue I couldn't understand anything that was said downstairs. In fact, I could hardly understand the upstairs dialogue.
You mean when watching with your parent's vs when they are speaking. LOL At first I was confused.
We (State Employees) gave up that holiday in exchange for the day after Thanksgiving. I never understood the need to go shopping on that Friday, but then I hate to shop!
I don't care to shop the day after Thanksgiving and I would still prefer that Friday off vs Columbus Day.
No more than anyone else. At least I know my posts are nonsense.
We (State Employees) gave up that holiday in exchange for the day after Thanksgiving. I never understood the need to go shopping on that Friday, but then I hate to shop!
I don't care to shop the day after Thanksgiving and I would still prefer that Friday off vs Columbus Day.
If I had my druthers, I would rather have the day after Christmas off of work. But since I am retired, I don't give a damn.
Where in the heck is Chas and his Hollywood memories?
Where in the heck is Chas and his Hollywood memories?
Out looking for the missing cat? I hope the cat has been found and vibes are no longer needed. To be safe......
Beloved-cat-finding vibes!
I sometimes have to have subtitles when my parents speak, yes, but more often they have to have subtitles if we watch a British movie. :DI have to do that with my parents and any British movie.Up from a nap. Watching "Gosford Park," which I haven't seen since it came out. Very interesting movie in light of "Downton Abbey." And Maggie Smith is great in both.
I had to watch it with the subtitles turned on becasue I couldn't understand anything that was said downstairs. In fact, I could hardly understand the upstairs dialogue.
You mean when watching with your parent's vs when they are speaking. LOL At first I was confused.
Don't think Lawrence ever played the Wilshire - unless it was second run, which the Wilshire didn't usually do. It played its roadshow at the Stanley Warner Beverly Hills.
Ginny! Welcome home. I bet you are tired.
Ginny! Welcome home. I bet you are tired.
Yes, I am, DR TCB. I'm eating popcorn and an apple and watching the UC/Miami football game. Go, Bearcats!
Best broasted chicken - Amber's.
I have to do that with my parents and any British movie.Up from a nap. Watching "Gosford Park," which I haven't seen since it came out. Very interesting movie in light of "Downton Abbey." And Maggie Smith is great in both.
I had to watch it with the subtitles turned on becasue I couldn't understand anything that was said downstairs. In fact, I could hardly understand the upstairs dialogue.
do you have a favorite type of pattern?
I was showing off at therapy this week, both on Monday and Wednesday, making a complete walk around the office with my walker.
Just had a call from Fr. Richard, who has arrived safely in Lima and sounds very tired.
DR Elmore, I'm so glad you were able to go to the Miami event and that you had such a good time. Hope you make it to the concert tomorrow.
Add my congratulations and hopes that you'll be chasing the male physical terrorists around the building soon.I was showing off at therapy this week, both on Monday and Wednesday, making a complete walk around the office with my walker.
I am very excited to read this. :)
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE COMPLETE WALK AROUND THE OFFICE!!!
Starting to watch Oliver Stone's "World Trade Center." Don't know if I can take this one in one sitting.
Just had a call from Fr. Richard, who has arrived safely in Lima and sounds very tired.
Now he can rest up and sleep in tomorrow.
May he have safe travels home to you on Sunday.
It's his usual stuff even before the movie has really gotten underway. If he's using the slo-mo action film shots this early, then that means the human element will probably be lacking.Starting to watch Oliver Stone's "World Trade Center." Don't know if I can take this one in one sitting.
I can't take Oliver Stone at all!
Other than KFC I don't even know of any places that serve fried chicken. And sadly i don't think i've ever had homemade fried chicken.
I was showing off at therapy this week, both on Monday and Wednesday, making a complete walk around the office with my walker.
I am very excited to read this. :)
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE COMPLETE WALK AROUND THE OFFICE!!!
Went out for a late birthday dinner with some friends to Texas Roadhouse, which is a chain out of Louisville, Ky. Still, they send me a coupon every year at my birthday, so I go for a couple of beers, a pork chop (better than the steaks) and a free appetizer. It was fun.
TCB I am glad that the delivery man was so kind and helped you out
Went out for a late birthday dinner with some friends to Texas Roadhouse, which is a chain out of Louisville, Ky. Still, they send me a coupon every year at my birthday, so I go for a couple of beers, a pork chop (better than the steaks) and a free appetizer. It was fun.
I was showing off at therapy this week, both on Monday and Wednesday, making a complete walk around the office with my walker.
I am very excited to read this. :)
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE COMPLETE WALK AROUND THE OFFICE!!!
Add my congratulations and hopes that you'll be chasing the male physical terrorists around the building soon.I was showing off at therapy this week, both on Monday and Wednesday, making a complete walk around the office with my walker.
I am very excited to read this. :)
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE COMPLETE WALK AROUND THE OFFICE!!!
I was showing off at therapy this week, both on Monday and Wednesday, making a complete walk around the office with my walker.
I am very excited to read this. :)
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE COMPLETE WALK AROUND THE OFFICE!!!
DITTO!!
I forgot my congratulations Tom!! I look forward to the day to are out of the chair for good
Today I went to the local farm and scored some pearl onions, okra, raw honey, and two monarch chrysalises that had fallen. They have milkweed growing because they love the butterflies. I brought them home so they will not get stepped on.
The things you find out reading catalogs. I had no idea that Thomas Kincaide had died. I guess his death happened around the time I had my surgery, so I never read the paper. How very sad. 54.It was a horrible death. Very tragic for someone who didn't live the life that he sought to depict.
The things you find out reading catalogs. I had no idea that Thomas Kincaide had died. I guess his death happened around the time I had my surgery, so I never read the paper. How very sad. 54.It was a horrible death. Very tragic for someone who didn't live the life that he sought to depict.
He was an alcoholic and he drank himself to death. Valium also involved.The things you find out reading catalogs. I had no idea that Thomas Kincaide had died. I guess his death happened around the time I had my surgery, so I never read the paper. How very sad. 54.It was a horrible death. Very tragic for someone who didn't live the life that he sought to depict.
How did he die? The only thing I found was that he died of natural causes.
He was an alcoholic and he drank himself to death. Valium also involved.The things you find out reading catalogs. I had no idea that Thomas Kincaide had died. I guess his death happened around the time I had my surgery, so I never read the paper. How very sad. 54.It was a horrible death. Very tragic for someone who didn't live the life that he sought to depict.
How did he die? The only thing I found was that he died of natural causes.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/08/showbiz/thomas-kinkade-autopsy/index.html
BK, what is the theme for the next show?
It was the end of an era when Sheriff John, LA's longest running live TV kiddie show host went off the air in the early 1970s. Today the era is truly over - Sheriff John Rovick passed away at age ninety-three. He was a part of so many LA kids' childhoods. Thankfully, I got to tell him how much he meant to me and others and the notes will be my tribute to him.
It was the end of an era when Sheriff John, LA's longest running live TV kiddie show host went off the air in the early 1970s. Today the era is truly over - Sheriff John Rovick passed away at age ninety-three. He was a part of so many LA kids' childhoods. Thankfully, I got to tell him how much he meant to me and others and the notes will be my tribute to him.
Today I went to the local farm and scored some pearl onions, okra, raw honey, and two monarch chrysalises that had fallen. They have milkweed growing because they love the butterflies. I brought them home so they will not get stepped on.
Today I went to the local farm and scored some pearl onions, okra, raw honey, and two monarch chrysalises that had fallen. They have milkweed growing because they love the butterflies. I brought them home so they will not get stepped on.
Will they still become butterflies if they aren't attached to the milkweed? I wasn't sure if they get any nourishment from the milk weed while in the chrysalis stage
MUSIC STORES. Wallich’s, of course. But there was a small, serious classical music store on Hollywood Blvd., which might not have lasted too long after I got there because my memories of it are scant. (I just ran to look at a couple of opera scores I bought there in 1972, hoping to find a name, but it’s not on them.)
One great find at Phil Harris Records was something I hadn’t known existed: Bernard Herrmann’s “Wuthering Heights” in a British LP box set. I grabbed it, and the next day I asked at the music store on Hollywood if there was a published score. I think they actually had it in stock that day, and I grabbed that as well. Still have both, in beautiful condition, and I treasure those suckers.
This was civilization.
Today I went to the local farm and scored some pearl onions, okra, raw honey, and two monarch chrysalises that had fallen. They have milkweed growing because they love the butterflies. I brought them home so they will not get stepped on.
Will they still become butterflies if they aren't attached to the milkweed? I wasn't sure if they get any nourishment from the milk weed while in the chrysalis stage
They do all their eating when they are caterpillars, Cillaliz. They are in some strange state of reforming everything when in the chrysalis. I have all the ones I could find tied and hanging in a zipped up laundry hamper.
http://siouxcityjournal.com/lifestyles/local/former-disney-channel-star-finds-a-new-audience-in-sioux/article_d34d3361-2179-5c8a-b375-60aa5b11e015.html (http://siouxcityjournal.com/lifestyles/local/former-disney-channel-star-finds-a-new-audience-in-sioux/article_d34d3361-2179-5c8a-b375-60aa5b11e015.html)
Don't know if I told you all about this, but I met this minister at the hootnanny I went to a while back. I later read this story and found out he is a former Disney Channel star. Who knew? I've been pretty impressed with some of the things I've heard about him and that he posts on facebook. I have a friend who goes to his church and they love him. It's really near my house, so I'm thinking about going and checking it out.