Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on April 01, 2014, 12:08:21 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes spoke of April and were foolish, and now it is time for you to post until the foolish cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: BASILIC!
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good ver early morn
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BK Since you are still up and on the board.
Caught a typo
I thought it would be fun to have Shannon do it and to let folks here it.
Should be "hear"
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Foolish things.
Telling BK he made a typo which he will probably correct and it won't be there when people read it and the above message will make me look foolish.
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Foolish things.
Telling BK he made a typo which he will probably correct and it won't be there when people read it and the above message will make me look foolish.
Been there, done that.
;)
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BK Since you are still up and on the board.
Caught a typo
I thought it would be fun to have Shannon do it and to let folks here it.
Should be "hear"
I don't see a typo
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Good morning, all.
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Morning all.
That is all.
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The Brain from Planet X is taking over the world!
The time is nigh!!!
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oatmeal flax seed, cherries and blueberries
and tea
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TOD...where to start?
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it would be foolish to be late to work laters
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And it's Tuesday, too!
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Good morning, all! I could not get to sleep last night, and I ended up sleeping in. Around 8:20, I realized they were turning odd the water between 10:00am and2:00pm, so i figured I had better get my act together before all the tsuris set in. Around noon, i'll hop on a bus and head to City Center for the dress of MOST HAPPY FELLA. I need to make a bank stop on the way.
And that's my day.
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Wind chill of 3 degrees here. With snow flurries. Blech!
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Tuesday.....April One, Twenty Fourteen.
And all is well.
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I shall have to think about the TOD....not that I don't have a long list of things from which to choose.
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Yes THE BRAIN is conquering the world, just as it said it would.
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DR ELMORE I have been meaning to ask, has my ancestor Lord Stanley made an appearance yet in the book you are reading?
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Morning, all!
A very foolish April Fool's day to all!
bk: I'm very much aware that "Boo" backwards is "Oob," as is anyone who's ever done a production of The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged). The finale of the show includes a 2-minute backwards rendition of "Hamlet," in which the ghost simply says "Oob" and inevitably brings the house down (it also inevitably saves the cast's bacon, since we were generally too exhausted to get all our lines right at that point). Aah, the memories...
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DR ELMORE I have been meaning to ask, has my ancestor Lord Stanley made an appearance yet in the book you are reading?
Is that Thomas Stanley, Earl of Derby, or William Stanley? Thomas is arriving in about 5 pages and William has about 200 pages to go before he shows up.
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I wish THE BRAIN FROM PLANET X was conquering the world! I could use the money.
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When I took Precious out for her walk, an ambulance and a fire rescue truck pulled up in front of my brother's house - one house down the street.
Precious didn't want to go down there, but I walked that way. They took my nephew away on a stretcher and his wife went with them. My sister in law says that he was having abdominal pains and throwing up blood.
I don't know any further details....but we shall see what we shall see.
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Thomas Stanley, Earl of Derby.....
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Good morning.
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Good Morning All:
DR JR & 63, I will be praying for your nephew. May God Bless him!
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Vibes for your nephew, DR JRand!!
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TOD:
At the risk of incriminating myself, I will have to pass on the TOD.
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TOD:
Of course there are many.
One time I was in the waiting line at the Drive Thru at McDonalds. I drove up to the window and was waiting for my order.
The girl looked at me puzzled. I said "Where is my Order"?
She said "You never ordered anything.
I burst out laughing. I had taken Sudafed for my allergies. It made me spacey!
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Well it's finally a little warm here today in West Seneca, NY.
The temperature is supposed to be a high of 60 today!!!
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Well, one foolish thing that I can mention is that I have missed a few days worth of HHW postings. So now I will go back and ketchup.
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I'm excited!
I started PAGE 2 :) ;) :D ;D 8) :-*
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GOODBYE FOR NOW!!!
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Vibes for JRand's nephew!
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Greetings, all, from the parking lot of a McDonald's where I can just about access the WiFi.
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Not much to report. I think I'm succeeding in convincing the high school that they need to get a second keyboardist for HAIRSPRAY. We can make it presentable without a third player, but not without a second.
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Thanks for the vibes.....no word yet.
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I am hoping that the man I hope auditions for GUYS & DOLLS actually does audition, because his wife plays the piano.
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I wish THE BRAIN FROM PLANET X was conquering the world! I could use the money.
I wish THE BRAIN FROM PLANET X would make Elmore rich by conquering the Northeastern U.S. for a change!
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~ ~ ~ MOST EXCELLENT HEALTH VIBES ~ ~ ~ for the nephew of DR Jrand63!!!
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Well, kids, it's back to the salt mines for Yrs Truly.
Back tonight.
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from the parking lot of a McDonald's
DO THEY HAVE SHAMROCK SHAKES??? ;D
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As per the discussion yesterday re: The Doris Day Show...seems to me that I saw that either it is not available via Netflix Streaming or one of the cable stations is airing it...can't recall which is the case.
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Lots of vibes for your nephew DR JRand!!!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hope you get some good news soon.
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Speaking of Netflix Streaming...over the weekend I watched two really excellent gay themed movies..THE BUBBLE, which is an Israeli film and costars one of my Facebook friends. It was absolutely wonderful. Israel has made a lot of gay themed movies over the last few years.
The other movie was MULLIGAN, which started out seeming kind of low budget, but was so interesting that you eventually overlooked it. I think it may have been a Canadian film, but I am not certain.
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I have come to notice that my Comcast bill has now reached close to $200.00 a month!
I am really not liking that.
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That's TOO much!
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My nephew's diagnosis is Kidney Stone. Ouch! But he may get to come home....if things move along....
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I saw a pretty good April Fools joke on facebook. Although I wasn't fooled. The headline said that the Mockingjay movies were delayed because Jennifer Lawrence fell. I could tell right away that it was going to be a joke.
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I must have bread bunnies on the brain...
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My nephew's diagnosis is Kidney Stone. Ouch! But he may get to come home....if things move along....
Ouch! During one of my hospitalizations last year, I was being given a medication that causes lysis (breakup) of the tumors I had. Those proteins have to be filtered and, as a result, I had to pass a kidney stone. I was in a great deal of pain and the fact that I was prone on the bed didn't help. The pain meds lowered the pain to tolerable, but nothing made me feel better until it passed.
Many, many health vibes to your dear nephew!
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It's a shame that ABBOTT was mispelled. Otherwise, very good!
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Here is the SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) MATRIX for "Power of Love":
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I know DR DRUXY....ouch....
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The Feline Grammatician would like to chime in on the earlier noted typo:
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Why are people afraid to share foolish things? So silly. I was once on a pay phone having a heated conversation with someone. I finally hung up, turned, furious, and walked straight into one of those poles that they used to put at the end of a parking space - ones that were groin high. Ouch. Big ouch. Almost passed out ouch.
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I'm up and was up at nine, thanks to my Foolish neighbors once again being loud for ten minutes then disappearing. If it happens again tomorrow there will be a conversation.
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I just stayed in bed until fifteen minutes ago, and am now trying to catch up.
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Page three at eleven. That is Foolish.
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And hardly a way to welcome in April.
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9am doesn't seem too early for them To be talking. I guess that you could mention that they are disturbing you. Although with these people it will probably make them not stop.
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Haven't been around much - things are crazy (some good some bad) around these parts. Will check in periodically.
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Many years back, I and a few friends decided to spend some time and money at the Garden State Plaza mall in Paramus, NJ. (This was in the 80s, well before the "Seinfeld" episode that took place at a NYC area mall.) Of course, it being a weekend, the mall and more particularly, the parking lot, were packed to the gills. We, being carefree and careless college students, not a one of us took note of where we parked. The mall looked the same from all sides. We spent more time looking for the car than we did in the actual mall. We trod the same ground and entered and reentered the same stores time and again. We tried to remember if we passed by the perfumes or the handbags when we entered the mall. We just had no clue. After several hours, when the mall began to close down, we began to believe that the car was stolen. One of us got a security guard to ride around the parking lots around the mall. It turned out that the car was right where we parked it, but we found it only because everyone was going home and there were fewer and fewer cars in the lots.
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Tuesday afternoon greetings! We headed out this morning to visit Chartwell Books on E. 52nd and spent a delightful hour there. We then wandered up Madison Ave. and made our way to FAO Schwartz. Back down Fifth Ave. to 55th for lunch at La Bonne Soupe and now we're crashed at the hotel. This evening we're seeing FORBIDDEN BROADWAY - no foolin'
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Ah, the Atomic Age of Super Markets:
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Mega vibes for DR JRand's nephew!
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April Fools:
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Thanks to all for the nephew vibes. Hopefully he will be home shortly.
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In my foolish youth, I would confuse this actor and BK:
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When I took Precious out for her walk, an ambulance and a fire rescue truck pulled up in front of my brother's house - one house down the street.
Precious didn't want to go down there, but I walked that way. They took my nephew away on a stretcher and his wife went with them. My sister in law says that he was having abdominal pains and throwing up blood.
I don't know any further details....but we shall see what we shall see.
My nephew's diagnosis is Kidney Stone. Ouch! But he may get to come home....if things move along....
~~~QUICK AND PAINLESS-AS-POSSIBLE RECOVERY VIBES FOR JRAND'S NEPHEW!!~~~
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Yes THE BRAIN is conquering the world, just as it said it would.
I wish THE BRAIN FROM PLANET X was conquering the world! I could use the money.
First stop, the world...next stop, BROADWAY!! ;D
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TOD:
Of course there are many.
One time I was in the waiting line at the Drive Thru at McDonalds. I drove up to the window and was waiting for my order.
The girl looked at me puzzled. I said "Where is my Order"?
She said "You never ordered anything.
I burst out laughing. I had taken Sudafed for my allergies. It made me spacey!
One time, I was in the drive-thru line at Burger King and ordered a Big Mac. ::)
;)
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Not much to report. I think I'm succeeding in convincing the high school that they need to get a second keyboardist for HAIRSPRAY. We can make it presentable without a third player, but not without a second.
Good luck, ChasSmith!!
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Good morning, all! I could not get to sleep last night, and I ended up sleeping in. Around 8:20, I realized they were turning odd the water between 10:00am and2:00pm, so i figured I had better get my act together before all the tsuris set in. Around noon, i'll hop on a bus and head to City Center for the dress of MOST HAPPY FELLA. I need to make a bank stop on the way.
Turning Odd the Water -- I have heard whispers that this is the title of singdaw's tell-all about baths he has taken.
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Yes, DR Ron Pulliam - it has finally gotten so bad that I have had to stop bathing altogether.
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From henceforth, BK's neighbors will forever be "the Foolishes" in my mind!
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Foolish things.
Telling BK he made a typo which he will probably correct and it won't be there when people read it and the above message will make me look foolish.
I think we can all figure it out :)
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Yes, DR Ron Pulliam - it has finally gotten so bad that I have had to stop bathing altogether.
That needs to be addressed by another author, I believe. Janette Oke would be the likely one.
She'd call it "When Smells the Body" or "When Reeks the Air".
She, of course, wrote "When Calls the Heart" which is a say-nothing title.
When Boils the Water? When Heats the Hearth? When Eats the Dinner? Unless, of course, the subject is named "When".
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When I took Precious out for her walk, an ambulance and a fire rescue truck pulled up in front of my brother's house - one house down the street.
Precious didn't want to go down there, but I walked that way. They took my nephew away on a stretcher and his wife went with them. My sister in law says that he was having abdominal pains and throwing up blood.
I don't know any further details....but we shall see what we shall see.
After reading this I immediately skipped to the rest of your posts. I didn't know you can throw up blood with kidney stones.
MEGA VIBES FOR YOUR NEPHEW!!!!!
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Has anyone gotten their book yet?
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In forty-five minutes I shall be on my way to a meet and greet.
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I picked up two packages and some mail. Both packages contained a Kritzer book - the first and second - I've been buying up hardcover inexpensive copies from third-party sellers on amazon - Kritzerland was even signed and dated by me back in 2003 - and the only time I ever date when I sign is at Mystery and Imagination, so someone got it there. The book came from the mid-west.
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One time I was in the waiting line at the Drive Thru at McDonalds. I drove up to the window and was waiting for my order.
The girl looked at me puzzled. I said "Where is my Order"?
She said "You never ordered anything.
I burst out laughing. I had taken Sudafed for my allergies. It made me spacey!
;D
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TOD - During the opening credits of a movie, I whispered to my date, "When does this take place?" The movie was "Summer of '42."
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And - just because - :)
Another gratuitous shot of my new veterinarian:
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I must have bread bunnies on the brain...
They are cute.
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And - just because - :)
Another gratuitous shot of my new veterinarian:
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Congrats to you, David!
;)
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Many years back, I and a few friends decided to spend some time and money at the Garden State Plaza mall in Paramus, NJ. (This was in the 80s, well before the "Seinfeld" episode that took place at a NYC area mall.) Of course, it being a weekend, the mall and more particularly, the parking lot, were packed to the gills. We, being carefree and careless college students, not a one of us took note of where we parked. The mall looked the same from all sides. We spent more time looking for the car than we did in the actual mall. We trod the same ground and entered and reentered the same stores time and again. We tried to remember if we passed by the perfumes or the handbags when we entered the mall. We just had no clue. After several hours, when the mall began to close down, we began to believe that the car was stolen. One of us got a security guard to ride around the parking lots around the mall. It turned out that the car was right where we parked it, but we found it only because everyone was going home and there were fewer and fewer cars in the lots.
Today you could use your key to click on the lock and light up the car or make it beep. That is about the only way I can find my rental cars.
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TOD - During the opening credits of a movie, I whispered to my date, "When does this take place?" The movie was "Summer of '42."
LOL, oh that is embarrassing.
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Congrats to you, David!
I know, right?
I'm so proud! ;D
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DR George did yo like the ending of "How I Met Your Mother"?
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Trying hard to recollect an appropriately embarrassing story...
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And I am home from THE MOST HAPPY FELLA rehearsal, which went very well, considering that cast members are suffering from the same crud that knocked me over last week. The show runs quickly and much of it is very good. There's one directorial misstep near the end that surprised me sicne i think Casey Nicolaw's work is really good, but the staging is generally very fine and the musical direction excellent, but I expect no less from Rob Berman. Kevin Vortmann, who's one of the seven Collegians on ROBERTA, plays the Doctor and he's really wonderful.
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That's a very promising MHF report, DR Elmore! We walked past City Center today, probably while you were there.
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Along the lines of "Herrmann at Fox" and "Goldsmith at Lunch", when will there ever be a "Hal Mooney at Universal" box set?
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Kevin Vortmann
He did an amazing job on Bernstein's Mass with the Baltimore Symphony at Carnegie Hall a few years back. He was not the Celebrant, but he had a featured role and was most intense.
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And - just because - :)
Another gratuitous shot of my new veterinarian:
Okay, what kinds of small, furry things does he handle and practice on?
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Trying hard to recollect an appropriately embarrassing story...
I'm sure I will think of one tomorrow ;)
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Why is it that as soon as I get my paycheck, I am all eager to get on the internet and buy stuff!
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I really do need to stop spending, and do some downsizing...like switching from a 2 bdrm apt to a 1 bdrm, park on the street instead of paying for a parking spot at my apartment, getting rid of cable television, getting rid of my land line...
..then maybe I could once again afford to take a NY or LA trip!
I tell you, life without credit cards kind of puts a damper on things.
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I can think of something foolish that both DR Jane and BK have done....and that is, to let me drive them someplace in Portland! ;)
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Is there a one bedroom available in your building? I know you like it there.
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I can think of something foolish that both DR Jane and BK have done....and that is, to let me drive them someplace in Portland! ;)
Did you also get Bruce lost?
I for one did not find it foolish but loads of fun, even if Bruce was fuming at the restaurant waiting for us.
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I always joked that I would get lost going around the block. When we moved to Michigan for the second time, and into a new neighborhood, I picked up pizza several blocks away and did get lost going home.
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I got a bit mixed up trying to drive BK back to his hotel in downtown Portland. Normally I know downtown like the back of my hand, but for some reason I could not find the correct street to turn down...mostly because we had already passed it.
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I can tell you that since I have been treated for the sleep apnea, my driving skills have improved greatly.
I totally blame sleep apnea with my always, no matter where it was that I needed to be, ending up in Pasadena during my last vacation to LA.
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Well, you were a fun person to get lost with, DR Jane!
But how we could get that lost and for such a lengthy amount of time, when the restaurant was only less than 1 mile way, is incredulous. Which is exactly what BK and former DR JMK said, didn't they...although in completely different words.
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1 bedroom apts come up often in my building, but I like having the second bedroom as an office/guest room.
Of course, in the 3 or 4 years since I moved, the only guest who has ever slept in the guest room is my little grand-nephew Cole. And that was only once. And he threw up in it.
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Once I am finished with my Bollywood books, and have wrapped up all of my B movie star interviews, I will retire from writing and begin to downsize my living quarters.
As it is, I have been doing a lot of downsizing...in fact, DR JRand may be getting another package of stuff soon (although, some of it I need to ask him if he wants it or not, as he might already have them).
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Well, I managed to spread that into several separate posts. BK should be happy with that.
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since I have been treated for the sleep apnea
I am having an evaluation interview in the next few weeks, and then possibly a sleep study.
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TOD:
I finally thought of something!
I am very soft-spoken. And restaurants are often noisy places. The result is that I often do not get what I had ordered, or items are left off my order. My DH is resigned by now; it happens so often.
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I got a bit mixed up trying to drive BK back to his hotel in downtown Portland. Normally I know downtown like the back of my hand, but for some reason I could not find the correct street to turn down...mostly because we had already passed it.
I remember now. You did mention it at the time. ;D
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I can tell you that since I have been treated for the sleep apnea, my driving skills have improved greatly.
I totally blame sleep apnea with my always, no matter where it was that I needed to be, ending up in Pasadena during my last vacation to LA.
Maybe if I get one of those machines I won't get lost so often. I do like living in a small town. You can't be lost for too long.
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Well, you were a fun person to get lost with, DR Jane!
But how we could get that lost and for such a lengthy amount of time, when the restaurant was only less than 1 mile way, is incredulous. Which is exactly what BK and former DR JMK said, didn't they...although in completely different words.
ROTFLOL was it really ONLY 1 mile away. LOL we were driving for a very long time :)
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1 bedroom apts come up often in my building, but I like having the second bedroom as an office/guest room.
Of course, in the 3 or 4 years since I moved, the only guest who has ever slept in the guest room is my little grand-nephew Cole. And that was only once. And he threw up in it.
That wasn't nice of little Cole ;)
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TOD:
I finally thought of something!
I am very soft-spoken. And restaurants are often noisy places. The result is that I often do not get what I had ordered, or items are left off my order. My DH is resigned by now; it happens so often.
This is why, IMHO, orders should be repeated back to the customer. Of course with my hearing so lousy now I wouldn't know what they were saying in a loud restaurant.
Embarrassing are some of the things I have thought people have said that simply didn't make sense, and I know immediately it isn't what they said by the expression that says "you idiot" when I question them. :-[
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The latest forecast model suggests that we may get up to a foot of snow overnight Thursday night. :P
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My nephew's diagnosis is Kidney Stone. Ouch! But he may get to come home....if things move along....
Great empathy. I think I passed a tiny one this morning.
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I have had 3 kidney stones. I wouldn't wish that pain on anyone.
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Has anyone gotten their book yet?
No. But the book Trauma and Mastery in Life and Art arrived in the mail today. I'm sure all will want to borrow this page-turner. ;)
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TOD - During the opening credits of a movie, I whispered to my date, "When does this take place?" The movie was "Summer of '42."
LOL!
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I can tell you that since I have been treated for the sleep apnea, my driving skills have improved greatly.
I totally blame sleep apnea with my always, no matter where it was that I needed to be, ending up in Pasadena during my last vacation to LA.
Great one. I have been helping a friend on FB who just started using his mask and it has left him terrified. But he'll be grateful shortly, I hope. I know I was.
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TOD:
I'm sure it involved alcohol. And I'm sure I needn't conjure it up, whatever it was. At least not while I'm obsessed with trauma. Too self-fulfilling.
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The latest forecast model suggests that we may get up to a foot of snow overnight Thursday night. :P
That is a lot of snow. Is it typical for this time of year?
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My nephew's diagnosis is Kidney Stone. Ouch! But he may get to come home....if things move along....
Great empathy. I think I passed a tiny one this morning.
Ouch! I'm glad it was tiny.
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Has anyone gotten their book yet?
No. But the book Trauma and Mastery in Life and Art arrived in the mail today. I'm sure all will want to borrow this page-turner. ;)
I looked it up and got bored reading the description-lol
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Another foolish thing I can recount is something that happened a couple of years ago when I was meeting some people for the first time. I wanted to make a good impression, but I do not like to shave. Since I do not want a full beard, I must shave. Electric razors do not give me a close enough shave, so I use blades. My skin is sensitive and I can't tolerate daily shaving, but even when I do shave, later in the day the beard starts back. My allergies were acting up and I needed some tissues. The only ones available were Kleenex which get shredded by my beard. When I met these people, I had bits of Kleenex sticking to my face. I looked like the lint trap from a dryer. I felt foolish, and now I try to avoid Kleenex. Unfortunately, that leaves facial tissue that is the consistency of paper towel.
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Nephew was on the way home when the pain got the better of him. He returned to the hospital where he will stay the night.
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DR DAN M that reminds me of a story I read in the Reader's Digest "Life in These United States" section.
A mother was taking a nap when she felt her 4 year old daughter patting her face.....she pretended to still be asleep, and eventually the daughter stopped....a few minutes later there was a knock on the door. The woman got up and answered it. The mailman had a package for her to sign for.....she thought he looked at her strangely.
Afterwards she went to look in the mirror and found that her daughter had plastered her face with S&H Green Stamps.
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since I have been treated for the sleep apnea
I am having an evaluation interview in the next few weeks, and then possibly a sleep study.
It is a good thing to get checked, DR Sing-a-Long!
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Another foolish thing I can recount is something that happened a couple of years ago when I was meeting some people for the first time. I wanted to make a good impression, but I do not like to shave. Since I do not want a full beard, I must shave. Electric razors do not give me a close enough shave, so I use blades. My skin is sensitive and I can't tolerate daily shaving, but even when I do shave, later in the day the beard starts back. My allergies were acting up and I needed some tissues. The only ones available were Kleenex which get shredded by my beard. When I met these people, I had bits of Kleenex sticking to my face. I looked like the lint trap from a dryer. I felt foolish, and now I try to avoid Kleenex. Unfortunately, that leaves facial tissue that is the consistency of paper towel.
You must of looked funny but I think you should grow a short beard so you can use soft Kleenex again.
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DRs Dan M and Jrand, both made me laugh very loud just now!
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Nephew was on the way home when the pain got the better of him. He returned to the hospital where he will stay the night.
Poor guy. I hope they give him pain meds by an IV.
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DR DAN M that reminds me of a story I read in the Reader's Digest "Life in These United States" section.
A mother was taking a nap when she felt her 4 year old daughter patting her face.....she pretended to still be asleep, and eventually the daughter stopped....a few minutes later there was a knock on the door. The woman got up and answered it. The mailman had a package for her to sign for.....she thought he looked at her strangely.
Afterwards she went to look in the mirror and found that her daughter had plastered her face with S&H Green Stamps.
That's funny.
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DR DAN M that reminds me of a story I read in the Reader's Digest "Life in These United States" section.
A mother was taking a nap when she felt her 4 year old daughter patting her face.....she pretended to still be asleep, and eventually the daughter stopped....a few minutes later there was a knock on the door. The woman got up and answered it. The mailman had a package for her to sign for.....she thought he looked at her strangely.
Afterwards she went to look in the mirror and found that her daughter had plastered her face with S&H Green Stamps.
That's why it's so funny 'cause it's true!
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Here's a story that actually happened to my Mom. She came to the US in 1959 and picked up more American English as time went by, but she never fully got rid of her accent. As good as her command of English was, I think she always thought first in her native language, translated what she wanted to say, and then spoke aloud in English. Translations are not accurate due to idiomatic expressions.
She was working in a department store in NYC that some DRs may remember called Mays. It was the holiday season and she was hired as seasonal help. She was asked by a harried customer where the toy department was. My Mom earnestly wanted to be helpful and told the customer that the department was in the "behind" of the store. After the laughter subsided, she was told what she said could be taken a whole different way. She was at first embarrassed, but laughed later at her unintentionally funny statement.
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Mom was a great source of unintentionally funny statements. Several years back, we were watching the Stanley Donen movie BEDAZZLED which I really like a lot. My Mom walked by the TV and said that that must be a funny movie because it starred Nutley Doodley. Of course, she meant Dudley Moore, but her way was much funnier and I can never forget how hard she laughed when I told her. When she laughed hard, no sound came out, so in itself made us all laugh even harder!
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Here's a story that actually happened to my Mom. She came to the US in 1959 and picked up more American English as time went by, but she never fully got rid of her accent. As good as her command of English was, I think she always thought first in her native language, translated what she wanted to say, and then spoke aloud in English. Translations are not accurate due to idiomatic expressions.
She was working in a department store in NYC that some DRs may remember called Mays. It was the holiday season and she was hired as seasonal help. She was asked by a harried customer where the toy department was. My Mom earnestly wanted to be helpful and told the customer that the department was in the "behind" of the store. After the laughter subsided, she was told what she said could be taken a whole different way. She was at first embarrassed, but laughed later at her unintentionally funny statement.
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Mom was a great source of unintentionally funny statements. Several years back, we were watching the Stanley Donen movie BEDAZZLED which I really like a lot. My Mom walked by the TV and said that that must be a funny movie because it starred Nutley Doodley. Of course, she meant Dudley Moore, but her way was much funnier and I can never forget how hard she laughed when I told her. When she laughed hard, no sound came out, so in itself made us all laugh even harder!
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After embarrassing myself with my laugh too many times I have learned to control it. I can laugh so hard I can't breathe and then I makes terrible noises trying to get air in my lungs and I often end up hyperventilating.
Worst was the time I was pregnant with Bryan and Keith and I were walking around an outdoor mall. I crossed the line from laughing hard to crying. He was very concerned and didn't know what to do with me. We were both shocked and embarrassed. The next time, yes there was a next, I did that we were with a group of our friends. When I began crying they became upset and worried. Keith just waved his hand and said to ignore me. ;D
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Health vibes for DR Jrand63's nephew!
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DR Dan M's story about his mother reminds me of another TOD on myself.
I was in Madrid and wanted to purchase some sunburn lotion. I didn't know the Spanish words, so I very cleverly, I thought, asked for a "cream for after the sun." Only I got my prepositions mixed up.
What I actually asked for was "a cream for behind the sun."
The druggist just stood there looking at me, perplexed. :)
I should have just pointed to my red skin.
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DR Jane - It is not unusual to have April snow here, but a foot of snow at one time in April? I think that is a bit unusual.
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DR Jane - It is not unusual to have April snow here, but a foot of snow at one time in April? I think that is a bit unusual.
It seemed so to me but then look at where you now live ;)
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"Breaking news out of Chile after an 8.0 magnitude earthquake struck in the Pacific off Chile's northern region. Authorities have ordered an evacuation of coastal areas in case of a tsunami"
VIBES THERE WON'T BE A TSUNAMI ON TOP OF THE QUAKE!!!
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The site was done for a few minutes.
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The problem is us, not the site.
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DR George did yo like the ending of "How I Met Your Mother"?
I really liked the episode. I figured that that was where they were heading (regarding the mother...there were several articles about it over the last few weeks), but I didn't expect the very ending. I don't know how I feel about that. It wasn't bad or wrong, but in the moment, to me, it just didn't feel right. Maybe if I watch it again, I might feel differently. Overall though, I really did like the whole episode.
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We stopped watching a long time ago but I was curious about who the mother was and how the show would end.
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We keep loosing our internet connection. I'm surprised I even got back on.
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Someone put up a video on FB that I didn't watch. The headline is the plane was found. I don't think that is a funny April Fools joke. Maybe I would feel differently if I had watched it.
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This is a nice prank for April 1st.
http://www.sharedots.com/this-waitress-becomes-victim-of-greatest-prank-ever-conceived-197.html
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Back from a fun meet and greet - full cast was there - I had everyone introduce themselves and say who they were playing, and then everyone had cupcakes, which Barry's ever-lovin' Cindy had made for everyone. They were a big hit - I have some photographs for the notes.
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After, some of us went to House of Pies - they've always had great pies, but something has drastically changed there in the last year, and that is that the food is suddenly really good. I was pondering having some eggs and saw that they make their own pancake batter fresh all day long - so I had Eggs Benedict and two pancakes on the side. Well, buh bye Du-Par's - these are now officially the best pancakes in town, and everything Du-Par's used to be, pancake-wise, but isn't anymore. What a surprise. And the Eggs Benedict was also great. Who knew?
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And now I'm home and thinking about what movie I'd like to watch.
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My nephew's diagnosis is Kidney Stone. Ouch! But he may get to come home....if things move along....
Great empathy. I think I passed a tiny one this morning.
Ouch! I'm glad it was tiny.
Thank you. Needless to say, so am I.
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After, some of us went to House of Pies - they've always had great pies, but something has drastically changed there in the last year, and that is that the food is suddenly really good. I was pondering having some eggs and saw that they make their own pancake batter fresh all day long - so I had Eggs Benedict and two pancakes on the side. Well, buh bye Du-Par's - these are now officially the best pancakes in town, and everything Du-Par's used to be, pancake-wise, but isn't anymore. What a surprise. And the Eggs Benedict was also great. Who knew?
That's pretty cool.
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I'm sure DR John ;)
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After, some of us went to House of Pies - they've always had great pies, but something has drastically changed there in the last year, and that is that the food is suddenly really good. I was pondering having some eggs and saw that they make their own pancake batter fresh all day long - so I had Eggs Benedict and two pancakes on the side. Well, buh bye Du-Par's - these are now officially the best pancakes in town, and everything Du-Par's used to be, pancake-wise, but isn't anymore. What a surprise. And the Eggs Benedict was also great. Who knew?
I don't suppose they also have boysenberry syrup.
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And now, I'm off. It's the first rehearsal for Theater Artists Olympia's new production of "Chamber Music" by Arthur Kopit. I printed out the cast list for everyone. Hopefully, it's all correct. I'll have them confirm the info before I give out all the copies, just in case something's not correct...which, hopefully, it will be.
Until later!
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Here's a story that actually happened to my Mom. She came to the US in 1959 and picked up more American English as time went by, but she never fully got rid of her accent. As good as her command of English was, I think she always thought first in her native language, translated what she wanted to say, and then spoke aloud in English. Translations are not accurate due to idiomatic expressions.
She was working in a department store in NYC that some DRs may remember called Mays. It was the holiday season and she was hired as seasonal help. She was asked by a harried customer where the toy department was. My Mom earnestly wanted to be helpful and told the customer that the department was in the "behind" of the store. After the laughter subsided, she was told what she said could be taken a whole different way. She was at first embarrassed, but laughed later at her unintentionally funny statement.
I'm glad she was able to laugh at that. I have heard a more traumatic variation of that from Mom.
She had only been in the U.S. for a couple of years, which had been spent among my dad's family. And they are, well, to be blunt about it, white trash. Somehow, they got to meet the governor of Tennessee, Al Gore's father, and she needed a Kleenex, so she asked for one using the only term she had been taught by the linguistic experts she'd been living with: snot rag. Close to 60 year's later, she's still upset by that.
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I'm eating dinner and it's really good -- cheese-stuffed hamburgers -- but now I want pie.
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And now, I'm off. It's the first rehearsal for Theater Artists Olympia's new production of "Chamber Music" by Arthur Kopit. I printed out the cast list for everyone. Hopefully, it's all correct. I'll have them confirm the info before I give out all the copies, just in case something's not correct...which, hopefully, it will be.
Until later!
I love "Chamber Music!" Iran sound for it many years ago. Joan of Arc died in the dark!
I just watched two wonderful BBC mystery series on PBS that I've never seen before: PIE IN THE SKY and the recent FATHER BROWN.
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And so to bed.
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Jane, Barry wondered the same thing, but forgot to ask.
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And now, I'm off. It's the first rehearsal for Theater Artists Olympia's new production of "Chamber Music" by Arthur Kopit. I printed out the cast list for everyone. Hopefully, it's all correct. I'll have them confirm the info before I give out all the copies, just in case something's not correct...which, hopefully, it will be.
Until later!
I love "Chamber Music!" Iran sound for it many years ago. Joan of Arc died in the dark!
I just watched two wonderful BBC mystery series on PBS that I've never seen before: PIE IN THE SKY and the recent FATHER BROWN.
More pie talk. What is this?
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FORBIDDEN BROADWAY was about the silliest thing I've ever seen. We picked up egg salad sandwiches at the deli across the street and now we're in for the night enjoying our Tuesday evening TV.
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I had lemon tart for dessert at lunch. It was kind of like pie...
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I am back from my twelve-hour day at the school, and it's almost an hour's commute each way.
Glad this day only happens once a year.
Tomorrow should be rather blissful, being mine. All mine.
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After, some of us went to House of Pies - they've always had great pies, but something has drastically changed there in the last year, and that is that the food is suddenly really good. I was pondering having some eggs and saw that they make their own pancake batter fresh all day long - so I had Eggs Benedict and two pancakes on the side. Well, buh bye Du-Par's - these are now officially the best pancakes in town, and everything Du-Par's used to be, pancake-wise, but isn't anymore. What a surprise. And the Eggs Benedict was also great. Who knew?
I don't suppose they also have boysenberry syrup.
I would have asked for razzleberry dressing. ;)
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All this pie talk (a la DR singdaw):
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Here's a story that actually happened to my Mom. She came to the US in 1959 and picked up more American English as time went by, but she never fully got rid of her accent. As good as her command of English was, I think she always thought first in her native language, translated what she wanted to say, and then spoke aloud in English. Translations are not accurate due to idiomatic expressions.
She was working in a department store in NYC that some DRs may remember called Mays. It was the holiday season and she was hired as seasonal help. She was asked by a harried customer where the toy department was. My Mom earnestly wanted to be helpful and told the customer that the department was in the "behind" of the store. After the laughter subsided, she was told what she said could be taken a whole different way. She was at first embarrassed, but laughed later at her unintentionally funny statement.
I'm glad she was able to laugh at that. I have heard a more traumatic variation of that from Mom.
She had only been in the U.S. for a couple of years, which had been spent among my dad's family. And they are, well, to be blunt about it, white trash. Somehow, they got to meet the governor of Tennessee, Al Gore's father, and she needed a Kleenex, so she asked for one using the only term she had been taught by the linguistic experts she'd been living with: snot rag. Close to 60 year's later, she's still upset by that.
I don't blame her for feeling that way. Hugs for your Mom. :)
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I'm up and was up at nine, thanks to my Foolish neighbors once again being loud for ten minutes then disappearing. If it happens again tomorrow there will be a conversation.
dont you think they are getting in a car and going somewhere?
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I don't. I think they are incredibly selfish entitled people with no thought for others - that's what I think. I suppose I could start getting up at six and going out there and having loud conversations with myself and waking them up every morning - you know, just fifteen minutes of it and then go back in the house. I'm quite certain they wouldn't like it at all.
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I don't. I think they are incredibly selfish entitled people with no thought for others - that's what I think. I suppose I could start getting up at six and going out there and having loud conversations with myself and waking them up every morning - you know, just fifteen minutes of it and then go back in the house. I'm quite certain they wouldn't like it at all.
but that seems so odd - why step outside to have a conversation and then go back inside -do they have a dog? Maye they are letting the dog out to do its business? Don't either of them have jobs to go to? do they have sitter that comes in every morning?
But 9 AM is not really early - most people must be at the office by that time my neighborhood is abuzz by 7 every day with people leaving for works kids going to school etc
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Seven!
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And good night, all.
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TOD:
Of course there are many.
One time I was in the waiting line at the Drive Thru at McDonalds. I drove up to the window and was waiting for my order.
The girl looked at me puzzled. I said "Where is my Order"?
She said "You never ordered anything.
I burst out laughing. I had taken Sudafed for my allergies. It made me spacey!
Sort of like the time that I paid the money at the drive up window and drove off without my breakfast..I got a ways away before I figured out I didn't have the food and went back for it
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TOD:
answering the phone at work with the name of the previous employer
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Page seven? Really?
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Tonight was documentary night - first Twenty Feet to Stardom, then the American Masters Johnny Carson documentary, which I am absolutely loving - just taking advantage of my free Netflix. I still have an hour to go on the Carson one, but I'll finish that tomorrow at some point.
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I am sure I have done many foolish things that could be posted but they will all occur to me tomorrow
today I am only thinking of the ones that make me cringe
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letting a three old play with play dough in a room with a rug - that was foolish
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sitting up and posting at 1:23 Am when I have to be at work at 9 AM that is foolish
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good night
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No one got their book yet? Damn USPS - they were shipped this morning Priority - what IS going on??? :)
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I feel we should achieve 200 postings on this Foolish day.
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But all our Fools are in absentia.
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Well, some of our Fools are not in absentia, some of them are in Slovania.
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Slovania being a mythical country.
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And now, I'm off. It's the first rehearsal for Theater Artists Olympia's new production of "Chamber Music" by Arthur Kopit. I printed out the cast list for everyone. Hopefully, it's all correct. I'll have them confirm the info before I give out all the copies, just in case something's not correct...which, hopefully, it will be.
Until later!
I love "Chamber Music!" Iran sound for it many years ago. Joan of Arc died in the dark!
Cool! I've never heard of it. Hopefully, we do it justice. :)
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I'm feeling very mythical myself.
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Well, George is finally back so he can add some Foolish postings.
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No one got their book yet? Damn USPS - they were shipped this morning Priority - what IS going on??? :)
I haven't gotten mine yet, either! I'm filing a PayPal dispute! >:(
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;)
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I feel we should achieve 200 postings on this Foolish day.
Gratuitous Post #200!!
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Did we really cross 200? How Foolish.
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But where's page eight?
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Page eight has always been the most Foolish page.