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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were rainy, and now it is time for you to post until the rainy cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: QUANTAL!
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bk, thanks for sharing your creative process with us. I find it most interesting.
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***CONTINUED CONSTRUCTION VIBES***
for DR Danise!!!!
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***RECOVERY VIBES***
for Cheryl!!!!
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***CONTINUED VIBES OF SAFETY***
for DR Tomovoz & DP Colin & all their neighbors!!!!
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~~~~~NO FIRE VIBES AND COOLER TEMP VIBES FOR TOMOVOZ, COLIN AND THEIR LOCALE~~~~~
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~~~~TRAVEL VIBES FOR ANTHONY~~~~
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~~~~RAPID BUILDING VIBES FOR DANISE~~~~
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~~~~FEEL BETTER FOR TCB~~~~
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~~~~HEALTH VIBES FOR DR JENNIFER'S DF CHERYL~~~~
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I am feeling dozy - back to the recliner for a bit
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We were on "urgent" notice a couple of hours ago. We are now downgraded to "alert". the knowledge that fires are so close is even scarier at night. Colin and I went through this 25 years ago - in some ways it makes it worse.
Thank you for your thoughts DRs. There will be no sleep tonight.
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Alert Vibes for DR TOMovOZ!
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It is warm here, meaning that all of the snow has turned the ground to MUD.
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TOD:
The flood last year.....whew! And a few really scary drives in snow and ice........
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I Have to Return the Tapes to MGM......that is the title of my new novel!
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Saturday morning greetings! Today Richard and I are going to a fundraiser for the local historical society (he's on the board). It's an antique appraisal event - each ticket holder can take one item for the expert to evaluate. We're taking Richard's great great grandfather's Civil War diary and a piece of Rookwood pottery.
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Staying-safe vibes for DR Tomovoz and Colin!
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Thank you friends.
Colin is trying to have a couple of hours sleep while I am being alert! We have excellent communication systems and updates available here - as long as we have power!
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Home improvement vibes to DR Danise - I thought of you last night as we were wandering around the home show.
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They are estimating at least 40 deaths today here as a result of fires.
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DR Ben - can you post a link to the theater where Anthony will be appearing in Wisconsin? We might have occasion to be at Richard's seminary during the run.
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TOD - September 14, 2008, when Hurricane Ike paid a visit to the Ohio Valley. We expect snowstorms, tornados, flooding from time to time, but hurricane force winds and the ensuing damage were totally unexpected. Funny thing, the gardening expert I saw on TV last week said the damage from last week's ice storm would have been worse if the trees hadn't lost so many branches in the hurricane.
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Mr. Morelli is appearing at the world-famous
Fireside Dinner Theatre (http://www.firesidetheatre.com/)
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Dear Tom, I'm also reading the articles in the NY Times about the heat and fires. Our thoughts are with you dear friends.
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Thank you Ben.
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It is a tragedy for the wildlife here as well. Our priority with the garden is making sure there is water available for the birds.
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And the word of the day is: QUANTAL!
And The Song Of The Day Is: ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL
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Off to work and thinking about our Australian Reader....
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Thanks for the link, DR BEN!
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BK-
Have You Decided on a title for your new book?
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Good morning, all! I slept late, to be awakened by an Amazon.com shipment. So, I decided I'd slept long enough, bathed, and had my oatmeal. I believe that most of the day I'll be working on final edits for BABES IN TOYLAND, until I get bored and breakdown to defrost the refrigerator. First, this week's meds.
The week on the Cast Recordng List they were passing around links to sites with 10" lps and children's recordings and I spent some time last night downloading three recordings, Carol Chaning's funny revue SHOW GIRL which includes her history of musical comedy with its great Rodgers & Hammerstein parody ("This was a darn fine funeral"), Ginger Rogers' recording of ALICE IN WONDERLAND, and the New York City Ballet Orchestra's recording of Hershy Kay's Balanchine ballet WESTERN SYMPHONY. Of Hershy's three great City Ballet scores, the other two being STARS AND STRIPES and CAKEWALK, this one has never been released on CD.
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DR Tomovoz, please be very careful! We don't want any roasted Aussies! Take care, ok!
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I went to bed around 8pm last night so I am up very, very early this Saturday morning...I hope to get lots of movie watching today...now, off to Havana with John and Cesar!
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Mr. Morelli is appearing at the world-famous
Fireside Dinner Theatre (http://www.firesidetheatre.com/)
I love that bit of lilt in the recorded introduction to the site!
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LOTS OF LOVE TO VIXMOM!!!
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Smoke-Free Vibes to Tomovoz
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Tom, how very very frightening. My prayers are with you.
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I asked Mr. Goldstein if I could take the girls to the arboretum today, but he said no, there's a big storm coming. I wouldn't know it if he hadn't told me. I have no headache this time. According to Accuweather.com, the storm's edge is approaching the CA/AZ border.
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TOD: Several years ago, we had two forest fires in the norther part of Arizona, both human caused, that were really bad. They eventually joined together, which made it even worse. I was called for disaster relief work, but I had to turn it down because I had plans to go visit DR Megan. Instead, I was on the team to go up and evaluate. There were still smoky spots and the fire wasn't completely out (but had gone through the area we were in). It must have been terrifying to be there when the fires were burning.
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TOD: A few years ago we had a microburst here during a monsoon storm. I would have been terrified if I hadn't been so fascinated.
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TOD...
I can't remember what year it was, exactly. I do know I was living in Fullerton, Orange County, CA. I hadn't met der B yet. And it was Christmas.
The family was gathering at my parent's place, in Sonora, CA. I was going to take the train up to Modesto, which was as close as I could get, and Dad was going to pick me up and drive me in the rest of the way. My sister was driving westward from Oklahoma, where she was teaching college-level geography.
Or, at least, that was the plan.
Unfortunately, somewhere along the line, I think in Arizona, my sister managed to flip her car over on the highway. She totalled the car. Dad had to drive down and find her, and drive her the rest of the way to the homestead.
So, instead of Dad picking me up, the job was left to Mom. Grandma, who was living with my parents, would simply have to cope on her own for the few hours Mom was away. At that time, she was still healthy enough to cope pretty well.
The problem was, that particular Christmas was a stormy one. We got hit by rain, and I mean a constant downpour, the night Mom drove to Modesto to pick me up. And it's all country roads, dark and windy.
I'd packed light, fortunately, so it didn't take but a moment to move my bag into the car when Mom arrived at the train station. (Did I mention that I love trains? I love trains.) And we started the trek to the homestead in Sonora.
And the rain poured down.
And down.
And down some more.
And the roads were windey, and we couldn't see very well, and there were spots where we slowed down to ten MPH trying to see where the road was.
And that's a good thing, because all of a sudden Mom hit the brakes.
There was a cow in the middle of the road.
The cow was just standing there. I suppose she was trying to figure out what to do with all this rain coming down. She was caught in our headlights, and just stared at us.
We stared right back.
There really wasn't anything else we could do.
Honking at the cow wasn't going to change the situation. I've yet to encounter a cow that reacted to a honk from a car horn. Really, I haven't.
So we all waited a few minutes. The rain was really coming down, and Mom and I were kind of sorry for the cow, having to stand there in the pelting rain like she was. Not that we were going to invite her into the car, mind you.
Eventually, the rain let up a bit, and the cow decided to move on, out of our way. We drove past her, and never saw her again.
Now, wasn't that exciting!
Oh, Dad and my sister arrived at the homestead the next day. No cows in their story. She, of course, had to make her experience the more exciting and dramatic, and poo-pooed our tale as meaningless.
Grandma was just glad that we were all safe.
And, later, after we had all tired of my sister's tale of woe, she pulled me aside and said "That cow was sure lucky!"
The End.
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Hello, everyone.
I'm doing laundry. Nothing changes, huh?
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Continued healing vibes to Vixmom and Laura's DS.
Vibes of safety and good health to DR Tomovoz.
Renovation vibes to DR Danise.
General-purpose vibes to all.
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I've yet to encounter a cow that reacted to a honk from a car horn. Really, I haven't.
I have. That time a couple years ago at Crawdad Camp when we slid around in the mud. I got out of the car and ran flailing my arms and yelling. They (the cows) looked at me like I was a nut (no comments, please) and sauntered off the muddy road.
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I've yet to encounter a cow that reacted to a honk from a car horn. Really, I haven't.
I have. That time a couple years ago at Crawdad Camp when we slid around in the mud. I got out of the car and ran flailing my arms and yelling. They (the cows) looked at me like I was a nut (no comments, please) and sauntered off the muddy road.
You'd think they could have at least offered a rope and pulled you out of the mud.
Cows. Can't live with 'em, can't have milk without 'em. What can I say.
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Good morning!
COld but beautiful, and it's warming up into the 60s by midafternoon, so it will be a pretty day. I'll be inside working, but I may be able to step on the porch for some fresh air while cooking lunch.
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Crossed fingers and good thoughts to DR Tomovoz and Colin in enduring this natural calamity.
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I've decided I'll watch SUPERNATURAL today while I eat lunch. Then it'll be back to FRIDAY THE 13th - THE SERIES.
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We were on "urgent" notice a couple of hours ago. We are now downgraded to "alert". the knowledge that fires are so close is even scarier at night. Colin and I went through this 25 years ago - in some ways it makes it worse.
Thank you for your thoughts DRs. There will be no sleep tonight.
Many vibes to DR TOMOVOZ.
I have never been through this sort of fire, but years ago, when I lived in the country the farmer across the street did a "Controlled burn" with absolutely no control. There was a wall of flames that was right across the road from my house. I was terrified. I still remember it like it was yesterday,. The fire department came out and said "This was registered as a controlled burn" and turn around and left. They burned acres that day. Luckily no houses. Somewhere I have a photo of the fire truck leaving and the flames are shooting higher than the firetruck
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The Big Storm 09
(Still no headache)
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Worst weather story.
While I was still teaching, it began snowing really hard early one morning after I had gotten to school. The kids were already there, but the day had barely begun when school officials canceled school and the buses began arriving to take the kids back home. Of course, we had to stay until all kids were gone, but they were all gone by 10 a.m. However, school officials wouldn't let teachers leave until noon.
Now, I lived almost 40 miles to the north of where I taught, and I begged my principal to let me leave; the radio reports were describing how bad the roads were, and I knew it would take me hours to get home driving 15-20 mph. No dice. Around noon, they finally let us go. Snow was still falling heavily and it was also some sleet mixed in which made the roads even more treacherous. Anyway, I was driving very slowly and at about 10 miles out of town, a car fairly far ahead of me jammed on brakes and, naturally, began sliding and weaving all over the road. It startled me so much I touched my breaks and my car began to do likewise. I was turning the wheel trying to regain control of the car (not having much experience driving in extreme weather and with no chains on my tires), but my car was sliding ever closer to a ravine with a big dropoff into a rather large creek. I was PETRIFIED. I continued trying to get the car under control and thankfully, the car began going across the road into the median instead where it came to a stop facing in the opposite direction I had been driving.
I had to wait about an hour for someone to come along with a chain to pull me out of the median, but thankfully that happened, and I got home with no further problems. For a minute, though, I was sure my car was going to be at the bottom of that creek.
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That's a SCARY story, DR Matt!!!!
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Well, I suppose I should take advantage of this rainy day and do something.
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That's a SCARY story, DR Matt!!!!
I was more scared during that than during Hurricane Hugo in 1989 though after I saw the devastation Hugo wrought to the city (trees through people's houses, roofs torn off; I had two downed branches in my yard), I should have been much more terrified of Hugo. Now, the slightest wind makes me tremble in fear of the two huge pine trees I have in my front yard.
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TOD:
The big ice storm that hit Connecticut in the 70's - don't remember what year. We were without electricity and heat for over a week. EVERYTHING shut down. What did we know? We were kids, and it was fun.
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Getting ready to head out to the HD broadcast of Lucia from the Met.
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TOD - When I was about 7 or 8 years old we were in a tornado. I remember being at my Aunt and Uncle's house at the lake and we were grilling burgers when my dad arrived and said he had driven in from the West and had seen a tornado. We turned on the radio to a local station. they had a weather man named Eldon Kanago, but we called him "tornado Kanago" because he had this deep frightening tone to his voice and played some sounds effects in the background.
anyway, they didn't have a basment so when he said "TAKE SHELTER NOW!!!! TAKE SHELTER NOW!!!!" my dad and Uncle went outside to watch. My grandmother and aunt took me to the neighbors saying "We've got to get this little girl somewhere safe" (I don't remember that, my mom does) I got very worried about my dad and I ran upstairs and outside draggin Mrs. Beasley along with me. When I got outside there was a tornado on the other side of the lake (about a mile or two away) I will never forget seeing that. It didn't hit where we were but did a lot of damage nearby.
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Let's see, when I was living at the lake in the late 90s, we had another huge storm. This time it was looking awful out. The predictions were for hail and tornados. When the sirens went off, I wrapped Petey,. my cat, in a blanket grabbed a new laptop, my purse and a radio and headed to the basement. The warnings were dire so for the first time I went under the stairs. All of a sudden I started hearing the softball sized hail crashing into my house! I could hear breaking glass, it was very frightening.
The hail damaged my roof, siding, all the eaves troughs, broke the windows out on the north side of my house and even poked holes in the mini blinds.
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I have many many blizzard stories. I've been stranded several times while traveling, snowed in for a week, had the power go out etc.
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I also have many stories from the floods of 93. There was water everywhere. I spent most of the summer filling sandbags
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Gotta go. A friend is having an art opening at a local coffee shop. No, it's not paul
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Heading downstairs now to tidy up the house a bit and then check the mail before starting on lunch preparation.
WBBL.
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Lately, I've been fascinated by ice.
Der B and I have been here in Delaware for five years now, but this is the first winter that I've really had time to discover ice. As in iced-over puddles.
This has a lot to do with my job. When I'm at the cash register, and on a break (or lunch) the first thing I've got on my mind is to get off of my feet, sit down, take a load off.
But this is my first winter where I'm working at a desk job. All of a sudden, the reverse is true, where what I want to do is stretch my legs during a break, take a walk around the building, and inspect what is happening to those large puddles in the dirt next to the store.
Puddles that freeze over when it's really cold.
This is the kind of stuff kids discover when they are little, normally. Assuming they are little where freezing is common during the winter.
But I, like BK, grew up in sunny, balmy (and very rarely wet, and never freezing) Los Angeles.
So the idea of puddles freezing over when it is cold is a very new thing to me.
So, I walk over to this very large puddle to the side of the store, formed by the delivery trucks that park there sometimes, and it's freezing over.
And I test how thick the ice is that has formed on the puddle.
And sometimes it is very thin.
And sometimes it takes a bit of my weight before it starts to c-r-a-c-k.
And sometimes I can stand on the ice, and it doesn't crack.
NEATO!!!
What's even wilder is when some of the smaller puddles have iced over, but not completely, and the water under the ice has perculated down into the dirt and what is left is this layer of ice with nothing under it, and if you step on it it goes s-h-a-t-t-e-r like glass.
I feel like a kid again!
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Be jealous, BK. Be very jealous.
;D
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Good morning. When i read in my yahoo headlines about the Aussie fires, I came straight here to make sure Tom and Colin were safe. VIBES to them and all their friends and neighbors that there are no more deaths reported and the fires are under control soon. How awfully scary.
TOD - We are blessed with rather mild weather in the good ol' Pacific Northwest. We are not prone to hurricanes, tornados, blizzards, or other winter storms of the intensity that the rest of the country tends to see. I did go through the earthquake back in college, 01, I think, but it was more fascinating than scary. The recent flooding was just a pain in the rear. I missed St Helens by about a year. Someday Rainer is going to blow and take the entire Sound with it, but I may or may not be around for that. I suppose a few of the times driving the mountain passes in snow storms have been pretty darn scary, but that's due more to the other drivers on the road...
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BK-
Have You Decided on a title for your new book?
Yes.
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TOD:
Floods and monsoons. I'd rather not think about it.
Other than that, good morning!
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I'm up, I'm up. It's not currently raining but it has been and is still very gray out, so I don't think I'll chance a long jog right now - if it clears up, then maybe later.
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As soon as I'm coherent I'll start writing.
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Weather horror stories?
This didn't happen to me. It happened to one of my neighbors when I lived in Calabasas.
It was in the late 1970s or early 1980s. We had a MAJOR downpour; went on for days.
My neighbor was driving on the Ventura Fwy, out in Calabasas, and the freeway got so flooded that his car started to float away. He managed to get out of the car before it was swept down the freeway.
This guy was a very conservative, rational man, not prone to exaggeration, so I tend to believe the story...even though it does sound like the kind of stuff that I might write.
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Kerry, your ankle predicting rain yet? I'm not. I guess I've lost my gift.
If you can call weather headaches a "gift."
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Started the morning with the most delightful WEEK-END IN HAVANA! I don't know how I managed to miss this movie all of these years but I am very grateful to DR JRand for gifting it to me! It was hilarious, and that 1940s Latin music was out of this world good! And the gowns were Wow!
Just a fun, fun movie...reminded me a bit of BLONDIE GOES LATIN which was made at about the same time.
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And of course John Payne is certainly one of the most attractive actors of the 1940s...he and Dennis Morgan are my two faves from that era!
Would have a tough time choosing between the two!
There is just something about them...
Dennis Morgan
(http://s3.amazonaws.com/findagrave/photos/2002/291/6522713_1035057003.jpg)
John Payne
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3007/2363148909_65b4d41bb0.jpg?v=0)
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And since one hunk a day is never enough, I will settle back down on the couch and watch Jeff Richards in one of his early films, CODE TWO (1953).
Jeff Richards and Robert Horton as police officers! I am there!!!
(http://i18.ebayimg.com/06/i/001/28/fa/138f_1.JPG)
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TOD: Hurricane Gloria in September 1985 . I was working weekends in a restaurant on teh water on the South Shore of Long Island, working as a real estate agent with all of my listings ina flood zone and going to school at NYU while living in a basement apartment with no windows.
We lost electricity for a week, the restaurant fell into the Great South Bay, and all my real estate listings were full of water and fallen trees.
I ended up moving into my then boyfriend's house along with his family (they all had their own homes but only he had gas, we all had electric.) We all brought the contents of our freezers and cooked everything and we were able to even have hot showers because of the gas water heater.
At night we played board games and cards by the light of a lantern. When I went into NYU for classes everyone was pooh poohing the weathermen for making sucha big deal when nothing happened
I told them to look 30 miles east that's where all the action was!
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I remember that ice storm DAW, it was in '77 I believe. I was attending the local community college at the time. We kept all the food outside in a cooler and cooked over the barbeque
My then boyfriend's Dad took some wonderful close up pictures of the tree branches encased in ice. Some where I still have some of those shots.
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Well, I suppose I should go put a can in.
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Fervent Prayers and VIBES for the Safety of Tom & Colin and their home
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More love and hugs to vixmom and family
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More safety vibes to Tomovoz and Colin
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I just wrote seven pages and finished the penultimate chapter and began the final chapter, which will probably be another eight to ten pages. I'll see if I like what I wrote when I get back from the work session, but it seemed fine as I was doing it.
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It's sort of trying to clear up outside, and if it does by the time I get back, then I'll jog.
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Good Morning! Good Afternoon! Good Day!
I'm up, I'm up... And I've already played for 100 people today. -With another 50 or so to go after lunch.
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This storm is taking its time. Still no headache.
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DR Tomovoz and Colin - The fires in Australia was one of the lead stories on NPR this morning... Stay safe and out of harm's way.
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I shall use the rest of my lunch break as a break.
Laters...
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I asked Mr. Goldstein if I could take the girls to the arboretum today, but he said no, there's a big storm coming. I wouldn't know it if he hadn't told me. I have no headache this time. According to Accuweather.com, the storm's edge is approaching the CA/AZ border.
Perhaps if you had offered him an eggroll....
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Usually he can't get the carseats over here fast enough when I offer him a child-free morning.
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I awoke this morning to read the good news from our European neighbor, Tomovoz, that Vienna is still safe from fire. Whew!
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Greetings Friends.
It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Temperatures are in the 40s right now and it's spring coat weather.
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VixMom, I admit I was one of the poo-poohers about Hurricane Gloria in 1985. There was nothing in Manhattan (except for some rain) and we all know that the entire world revolves around Manhattan ;) Why would we be worried. It rained. As Lotte Lenya says in Cabaret, "So What?" Well, I stand corrected. I didn't know it was that bad away from our little corner of the world. I'll have to ask Anthony if he has memories of it. I didn't know him then (10 years before we met) and he was living on Long Island with his parents.
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Grrrr. Spammers hacked our church website calendar.
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We've returned from the antique appraisal event. We decided at the last minute to take different items: a piece of Roseville pottery that my parents received as a wedding present and the original Herbert Fall oil painting of the Palmer Mill that hangs in our dining room. The pottery has "intrinsic value" (aka worthless). The painting, while having some monetary value, is priceless to us and of great interest to the appraiser for the story behind it and the frame (also probably handmade by the artist).
It was a very interesting day - we learned a lot and laughed a lot.
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Ginny, that was what I learned about the items I took to the Antique Roadshow.
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I came across this photo of Raquel Welch at age 67. Now, she has either found the only good plastic surgeon working in all of Hollywood; or this woman lives right and takes care of herself.
(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/actr2000/raquel-welch_67_years_old.jpg)
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It's the leopard spots. They make everyone look good.
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Excuse me, I have to go buy some leopard spots.
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And since one hunk a day is never enough, I will settle back down on the couch and watch Jeff Richards in one of his early films, CODE TWO (1953).
Jeff Richards and Robert Horton as police officers! I am there!!!
(http://i18.ebayimg.com/06/i/001/28/fa/138f_1.JPG)
Robert Horton was an early publicity client. He was promoting his latest film, THE GREEN SLIME.
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Thank you all for the health vibes last night. They really did work, because I got through the show with no problems.
Continued health vibes to DR Vixmom and DR Laura's sister.
Construction vibes to DR Danise.
Travel vibes to DR Jose and DP Anthony.
Fire-free vibes for DR Tomovoz and DP Colin.
Vibes to Cheryl
Vibes to anyone that I have left out.
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I'm glad you are feeling better, TCB.
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Good to hear that RD BCT got through his performance.
Vienna is all of a zither but we have survived the night.. Unfortunately some people have not. Many many homes have been destroyed. Fires are still burning our of control - we have some rain here at the moment - thunder and lightning as well! Fires can create their own mini storm systems and the lightning feeds back into the fires.
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I'm glad you are feeling better, TCB.
Thanks, Laura.
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The Goatherd is not only lonely but is missing.
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Good to hear that RD BCT got through his performance.
Vienna is all of a zither but we have survived the night.. Unfortunately some people have not. Many many homes have been destroyed. Fires are still burning our of control - we have some rain here at the moment - thunder and lightning as well! Fires can create their own mini storm systems and the lightning feeds back into the fires.
Good news, Tomovoz! Vibes to you and Colin.
Does waltzing Matilda do a Viennese waltz?
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I would send you the rain that is headed our way if I could, Tomovoz!
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DR Druxy, I have heard that Robert Horton was...well, difficult. Is that true?
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Good to hear that RD BCT got through his performance.
Vienna is all of a zither but we have survived the night.. Unfortunately some people have not. Many many homes have been destroyed. Fires are still burning our of control - we have some rain here at the moment - thunder and lightning as well! Fires can create their own mini storm systems and the lightning feeds back into the fires.
Good news, Tomovoz! Vibes to you and Colin.
Does waltzing Matilda do a Viennese waltz?
Often a Swagman will yodel as he waltzes his Matilda. This is particularly true if he has caught a heart jumbuck.
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DR Druxy, I have heard that Robert Horton was...well, difficult. Is that true?
Difficult? I thought the word was impossible.
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Thank you Dear Reader Laura - I know how precious would be that gift!
I wonder if a Phoenix will rise from the ashes here.
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I am now watching 1957 western titled WAR DRUMS. It has a wonderul cast including Lex Barker, Joan Taylor (who I adore), Jil Jarmyn and Ben Johnson.
Watching this movie, I now have a new favorite actor...Larry Chance. I must find him.
Larry Chance pictured here on the left.
(http://www.riflemanconnors.com/1timers_only/lc-lobo.jpg)
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Good to hear that RD BCT got through his performance.
Vienna is all of a zither but we have survived the night.. Unfortunately some people have not. Many many homes have been destroyed. Fires are still burning our of control - we have some rain here at the moment - thunder and lightning as well! Fires can create their own mini storm systems and the lightning feeds back into the fires.
Good news, Tomovoz! Vibes to you and Colin.
Does waltzing Matilda do a Viennese waltz?
Often a Swagman will yodel as he waltzes his Matilda. This is particularly true if he has caught a heart jumbuck.
So, who was waiting by the billabong? And was it Yvonne Billabong?
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I am now watching 1957 western titled WAR DRUMS. It has a wonderul cast including Lex Barker, Joan Taylor (who I adore), Jil Jarmyn and Ben Johnson.
Watching this movie, I now have a new favorite actor...Larry Chance. I must find him.
Larry Chance pictured here on the left.
(http://www.riflemanconnors.com/1timers_only/lc-lobo.jpg)
Why doesn't that surprise me?
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Yvonne is now Mrs Cawley. I don't think she is a sheep stealer.
Of course DP Colin has sheep stealing in his blood. One of his ancestors was transported to Tasmania for the crime.
At the moment most billabongs int he country would be quite dry.
Thank your for your interest in Austria.
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Usually he can't get the carseats over here fast enough when I offer him a child-free morning.
;D
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I'm just catching up on the earlier posts. Thank you all and one for the supportive comments etc.
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Yvonne is now Mrs Cawley. I don't think she is a sheep stealer.
Of course DP Colin has sheep stealing in his blood. One of his ancestors was transported to Tasmania for the crime.
At the moment most billabongs int he country would be quite dry.
Thank your for your interest in Austria.
I love the sking
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DR Tomovoz, Americans who have ancestors that came over on the Mayflower take great pride in that fact. Does the same work for Australians who's ancestors were one of the original convicts sent there?
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Has anyone else noticed a dramatic increase in spam in the last few weeks?
(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/actr2000/SPAM.jpg)
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A short break whilst I boil the billy. (It's an Austrian thing)
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Where is DR coleslaw this afternoon?
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Jane, I wanted to ask DR Tomovoz if he knew why his ancestors were transported to Australia, but I'm not sure if that is a rude question. Or, as you asked, if they take pride in it.
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A short break whilst I boil the billy.
Now, there a quote!
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DR Jane - Having a convict in the family tree is certainly not seen as an issue her. It would have been a couple of generatins back! I am descended from free settlers of course!
Walzing Matilda is about a sheep stealer and one of our national heros was not much more than an highway robber outlaw. (Ned Kelly).
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So, who was waiting by the billabong?
Judging from the press, it was probably Michael Phelps.
der Brucer
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Was it the movie ON THE BEACH that used Walzing Matilda as its theme?
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A short break whilst I boil the billy.
Now, there a quote!
Billy is a euphamism her for "bong" these days. Not that I would know about such things.
I doubt many children today would know what the words of Waltzing Matilda alluded to at all.
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A short break whilst I boil the billy. (It's an Austrian thing)
Boiled goat - sounds tough.
der Brucer
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Yes Walzing Matilda was inded used for On The Beach. It was of course filmed in Melbourne and at Black Rock. (about 45 minutes drive from here).
I think it was Ava who said Melbourne was as good a place as any to film the end of the world. That was interpreted by many as an insult.
Frank Sinatra's line (years later) about Australian female journalists being the hookers of the press was received less well.
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It's getting closer:
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It's getting closer:
How's your head?
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Jane, I wanted to ask DR Tomovoz if he knew why his ancestors were transported to Australia, but I'm not sure if that is a rude question. Or, as you asked, if they take pride in it.
My ancestors were from Scotland and Wales Dear Reader Laura. Free settlers.
Colin's great great grandfather was transported for sheep stealing. The mother of his many children came to Tasmania on the first ship of free women settlers - probably from the work houses etc of England.
Colin's sheep stealing ancestor was a skilled stone mason whose labours were much appreciated. One of the small towns north of Hobart has much of his work classified as historically important etc. There is even a room in a local Inn named for him - the John King room.
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DR Jane - Having a convict in the family tree is certainly not seen as an issue her. It would have been a couple of generatins back! I am descended from free settlers of course!
Walzing Matilda is about a sheep stealer and one of our national heros was not much more than an highway robber outlaw. (Ned Kelly).
Is it the descendants of free settlers that take pride in their heritage & the descendants of convicts simply aren't embarrassed? ;)
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It's getting closer:
How's your head?
Nothing yet.
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My father's ancestors in Scotland were mostlty woodcutters and shoemakers. The ancestral village is reasonably near to Balmoral Castle. (Near the River Dee)
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Jane, I wanted to ask DR Tomovoz if he knew why his ancestors were transported to Australia, but I'm not sure if that is a rude question. Or, as you asked, if they take pride in it.
Are you saying I'm rude? ;) ;D
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Thanks, Tom.
By the way, is it a rude question? Or do folks find it interesting?
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Jane, I wanted to ask DR Tomovoz if he knew why his ancestors were transported to Australia, but I'm not sure if that is a rude question. Or, as you asked, if they take pride in it.
Are you saying I'm rude? ;) ;D
No -- you didn't ask him why his ancestors moved there.
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Jane, I wanted to ask DR Tomovoz if he knew why his ancestors were transported to Australia, but I'm not sure if that is a rude question. Or, as you asked, if they take pride in it.
Colin's sheep stealing ancestor was a skilled stone mason whose labours were much appreciated. One of the small towns north of Hobart has much of his work classified as historically important etc. There is even a room in a local Inn named for him - the John King room.
That is an interesting history. It makes me think John King was more successful in Australia then back home.
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I think it makes for very interesting family stories. I have no interesting family stories. My DH, though, has a pirate killer in the family. And a US president. He was boring, though. The president, that is.
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DR Jane - Having a convict in the family tree is certainly not seen as an issue her. It would have been a couple of generatins back! I am descended from free settlers of course!
Walzing Matilda is about a sheep stealer and one of our national heros was not much more than an highway robber outlaw. (Ned Kelly).
Is it the descendants of free settlers that take pride in their heritage & the descendants of convicts simply aren't embarrassed? ;)
I doubt "pride" is relevant in either case DR Jane.
The "fallen" sons of the aristocracy were sent to New Zealand to start afresh, Australian settlers were usually from backgrounds of poverty - many of course from Ireland.
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Jane, I wanted to ask DR Tomovoz if he knew why his ancestors were transported to Australia, but I'm not sure if that is a rude question. Or, as you asked, if they take pride in it.
Are you saying I'm rude? ;) ;D
No -- you didn't ask him why his ancestors moved there.
I hear that his family was transported there because they were leprechauns. ;D
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Thanks, Tom.
By the way, is it a rude question? Or do folks find it interesting?
It seems only in the last decade or so that Australians have taken that much interest in their backgrounds. I blame the internet!
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Jane, I wanted to ask DR Tomovoz if he knew why his ancestors were transported to Australia, but I'm not sure if that is a rude question. Or, as you asked, if they take pride in it.
Are you saying I'm rude? ;) ;D
No -- you didn't ask him why his ancestors moved there.
I hear that his family was transported there because they were leprechauns. ;D
Two leprochans have a bet. To settle their bet, they take it to a convent. Mother Suprior answers the door, and says "Oh my goodness! Its a leprochan!"
The firt Leprochan replies, "Take it easy sister, I only wanna ask you a qustion. Are there any nuns in your convent that are my size?"
"No, little man, there is no nuns in my convent that are your size."
"Alright then. Are there any nuns in all of Ireland, that are my size?"
"No, little man, there are no nuns in all of Ireland that are your size."
"Alright then. One more question: Are there any nuns in all of the world, that are my size?"
"No, little man, I am quite sure there are no nuns in all of the word that are your size!"
"Okay then." The second leprochan starts laughing his ass off. But through the laughter, he manages to say "You see, I told you slept with a penguin!"
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Colin has relatives on his Father's side that would have come here via Prince Edward Island.
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Glad to read things came out all right with the folks Down Under. Keeping the faith!
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"Billy boiling leprechauns in lederhosen"
An intersting image.
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I watched SUPERNATURAL while I ate lunch. It was a wonderful episode with surprising and appealing homoeroticism.
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Leprechauns were sent to OZ
Hobbits were sent to NZ
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Banshees were sent to NY to star in Gypsy.
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I hope they have now broken the hobbit!
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I watched a couple more episodes of FRIDAY THE 13th. One was the best one in the set thus far, a time travel story featuring one of the old magic lantern slide machines. Very unusual and engrossing.
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And the best episoide in the set was followed by one of the worst, a sequel to a first season episode about an enchanted compact who could transform the ugly into the beautiful as long as you killed to give it power. Ugh!
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RD BCT has just reminded me I have another dental appointment on Tuesday. It has taken more than a week for the "bruising" to disappear since my tooth extraction. (Maybe it is that I've had more to think of these last few days)
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I hope they have now broken the hobbit!
I think "Gypsy" has now closed. lol
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Was there enough rain to do any good, Tom?
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It's getting closer:
How's your head?
Nothing yet.
Hmmm...nothing in Laura's head - at least that's what she tells the Game Warden.
der Brucer
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It's getting closer:
How's your head?
Nothing yet.
Hmmm...nothing in Laura's head - at least that's what she tells the Game Warden.
der Brucer
That reminds me of another quote. I'll use it tomorrow, maybe.
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It's getting closer:
How's your head?
Nothing yet.
Hmmm...nothing in Laura's head - at least that's what she tells the Game Warden.
der Brucer
Nothing in Laura's head? Hmm, maybe next year at the HHW Annual Talent Show we can get derBrucer and Laura to do a Burns and Allen routine. She will be the funny one!
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DP Colin took me to Marysville in the hills here from my birthday in December. The little town has now been destoyed by fire.
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It's getting closer:
How's your head?
Nothing yet.
Hmmm...nothing in Laura's head - at least that's what she tells the Game Warden.
der Brucer
Nothing in Laura's head? Hmm, maybe next year at the HHW Annual Talent Show we can get derBrucer and Laura to do a Burns and Allen routine. She will be the funny one!
And derBrucer can be the straight man.
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No Dear Reader Laura!
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And DR Tomovvienna has reminded me that I have a dentist appointment next Tuesday.
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Back from a very productive recording session.
And, in other news, AAARRHGLSLSHHTHRHRHHH. Ask JR if you must know. :)
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Straight?
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DP Colin took me to Marysville in the hills here from my birthday in December. The little town has now been destoyed by fire.
Oh Tom, I am so sorry.
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I did not know that interesting fact about New Zealand.
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Thanks, Tom.
By the way, is it a rude question? Or do folks find it interesting?
It seems only in the last decade or so that Australians have taken that much interest in their backgrounds. I blame the internet!
;D It is fascinating the documents Keith can now find on the internet.
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I'm headed back down now to watch more FRIDAY THE 13th (Jason Vorhees not on the premises.)
WBBL.
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I think it makes for very interesting family stories. I have no interesting family stories. My DH, though, has a pirate killer in the family. And a US president. He was boring, though. The president, that is.
Which President, DR Laura? My mother's family tree has Woodrow Wilson in it.
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DP Colin took me to Marysville in the hills here from my birthday in December. The little town has now been destoyed by fire.
Oh Tom, I am so sorry.
This beautiful location?
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1231/543519714_1488c46bf4.jpg?v=0)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2353/2475917490_51a5cb9527_m.jpg)
(http://krisabel.ctv.ca/Cool%20Links/bruno.jpg)
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I think it makes for very interesting family stories. I have no interesting family stories. My DH, though, has a pirate killer in the family. And a US president. He was boring, though. The president, that is.
Which President, DR Laura? My mother's family tree has Woodrow Wilson in it.
I was about to ask the same question? On my mother's side we are related to James Buchanan.
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Uncle Milly -- Millard Fillmore. The boring one.
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DP Colin took me to Marysville in the hills here from my birthday in December. The little town has now been destoyed by fire.
Oh Tom, I am so sorry.
This beautiful location?
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1231/543519714_1488c46bf4.jpg?v=0)
Look! Tom and Colin have been shopping!
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http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/incidents/images/news_image/state_overview_20090207_2230_21119.pdf
I'm not sure if that will work.
The Bunyip State Forest is quite near to us.
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Back from the Met broadcast of Lucia. It was very good, and the last-minute substitue lead tenor did a great job. There were two humongous set changes during the intermissions, all of which we saw, step by step, which was very interesting. The stage hands work hard!
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Yes RD BCT. Marysville is a beautiful spot - close to the Austrian ski slopes. It is a popular "weekend away' resort within two hours drive of Melbourne. Many of the old hotel/guesthouses are (were?) from the early part of the 20th century - still have croquet greens etc.
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Ben! How is Manhattan's most ineligible bachelor?
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Many of the old hotel/guesthouses are (were?) from the early part of the 20th century
Many of the guests, still, too...
;)
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The Fires are still very much alive and out of control across the state here.
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http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/incidents/images/news_image/state_overview_20090207_2230_21119.pdf
I'm not sure if that will work.
The Bunyip State Forest is quite near to us.
Where are you located in relation to the map?
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I'm fine Mr. T
The weather has turned spring like and I'm listening to Beverley Humphreys on BBC Radio Wales.
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I'm fine Mr. T
The weather has turned spring like and I'm listening to Beverley Humphreys on BBC Radio Wales.
When will you and Ms. Humphreys be sharing a broadcast again?
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http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/incidents/images/news_image/state_overview_20090207_2230_21119.pdf
I'm not sure if that will work.
The Bunyip State Forest is quite near to us.
Where are you located in relation to the map?
In the "arrow" point from the "bunyip" block.
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DR Druxy, I have heard that Robert Horton was...well, difficult. Is that true?
I really didn't represent him that long to get to know him well. However, I did get the impression that he wasn't easy.
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http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/incidents/images/news_image/Bunyip_MediaMap_20090208_0015_21131.pdf
We are to the left (West) of this map. Gembrook is on the edge - a fire in Gembrook would see us under direct threat.
There have been MANY small fire outbreaks that are closer.
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http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/incidents/images/news_image/Bunyip_MediaMap_20090208_0015_21131.pdf
We are to the left (West) of this map. Gembrook is on the edge - a fire in Gembrook would see us under direct threat.
There have been MANY small fire outbreaks that are closer.
Are East and West the same directions in your world as they are in the real world?
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Last night's fire was 8k from us.
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Of course not. Everything is reversed. It snows at low altitudes in Austria and get warmer as you climb every mountain.
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It is even more complex to find ditections etc in Middle Earth (also known as NZ)
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In NZ the number between 5 and 7 is pronounced with an "E".
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In NZ the number between 5 and 7 is pronounced with an "E".
Six-E?
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five sex seven
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Last night's fire was 8k from us.
Eye appointment time! I thought you wrote that Last night's fire was BK from you!
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I think is more like five, sex, siven....
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I'm fine Mr. T
The weather has turned spring like and I'm listening to Beverley Humphreys on BBC Radio Wales.
When will you and Ms. Humphreys be sharing a broadcast again?
I hope sometime soon. I have to send her new reviews. I'm seeing Guys and Dolls and West Side Story soon and after I see them I will put those (and some other) reviews in the mail to her.
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Ginny, that was what I learned about the items I took to the Antique Roadshow.
DR Laura, we also learned about the "IKEA factor," our appraiser's name for the lack of interest in things like sterling silver flatware, porcelain china, and cut crystal drinkware. Not to mention fine table linens.
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http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/incidents/images/news_image/Bunyip_MediaMap_20090208_0015_21131.pdf
We are to the left (West) of this map. Gembrook is on the edge - a fire in Gembrook would see us under direct threat.
There have been MANY small fire outbreaks that are closer.
What locations shown on the map are you in between?
8k-very scary.
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Last night's fire was 8k from us.
Eye appointment time! I thought you wrote that Last night's fire was BK from you!
With your optometrist Paul?
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(An Ilona reference)
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I need a cockeyed optometrist as well, I saw 8K as BK, too.
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(An Ilona reference)
........................from HE LOVES ME.
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Female casting for She Loves Me update: Gemma Craven is Amalia, and No one is Ilona
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I need a cockeyed optometrist as well, I saw 8K as BK, too.
Thank you, Fred, for your honesty.
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And my lousy eyes read it correctly. Of course I was expecting to read a number, not a letter ;).
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The Bunyip State Forest is quite near to us.
(http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/photoessay_6520_images/0207090911_M_020709_wildfires_oz7.jpg)
• AP
• Feb. 7: Emergency vehicles gather as firefighters battle a blaze near a structure in the Bunyip State Forest near the township of Tonimbuk, in Australia's Victoria state.
der Brucer
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maybe this one
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I think you can make out Bunyip State Forest here.
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Female casting for She Loves Me update: Gemma Craven is Amalia, and No one is Ilona
Well, if Ilona ten bucks, I expect 7 in return.
der Brucer
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Less than a half hour drive from here.
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as you climb every mountain.
What happens as you ford every stream?
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Or follow every byway?
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as you climb every mountain.
What happens as you ford every stream?
Were Ford bailed out? There is no water in the streams here (if that makes sense).
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I don't know about the byways but the highways are closed.
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Remember Mad Magazine's The Flying Nut?
No more flying.
But what happens if I get to a mountain and need to get to the other side. If i can't fly over it, what can I do?
If only this were Austria, and i were Peggy Wood.
(Or something like that)
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Were Ford bailed out? There is no water in the streams here (if that makes sense).
No, Ford isn't making any cents these days.
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I think you can make out Bunyip State Forest here.
I can see everything better on the 1st map, between the two I think I have an idea of where you are.
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... the lack of interest in things like sterling silver flatware, porcelain china, and cut crystal drinkware. Not to mention fine table linens.
There would be more of an interest in sterling silver flatware and fine table linens if we had a return to Indentured Servants for maintenance.
der Brucer
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With my eyesight, I can't even see the Wrighten Forest.
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(http://content8.flixster.com/photo/39/75/35/3975350_tml.jpg)
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Wood that that were Peggy
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That Peggy Wood, she acts so superior, doesn't she?
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There were raindrops on our roses earlier this morning.
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With my eyesight, I can't even see the Wrighten Forest.
Soon you'll want the IRS forms in Braille.
der Brucer
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Which as DR JRand would know - means it must be Christmas.
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it must be Christmas.
Break out the warm woollen mittens!
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it must be Christmas.
Break out the warm woollen mittens!
Another jumbuck and convict reference?
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Umm..... Yeah. I guess so. :)
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it must be Christmas.
Break out the warm woollen mittens!
Another jumbuck and convict reference?
No, that would be muttons.
der Brucer
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Jane! I finally got a photo of Buckley! He has one blue eye, too..the right one. I was lucky to get this because he's such a lover it's hard to get him to hold still and pose!
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff302/HHWgroup/Buckley.jpg)
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maybe this one
The major highway East of Pakenham has been closed since yesterday afternoon.
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I need to figure out how to change the date on the camera, though...
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The map on the previous page is now slightly larger if that helps.
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Dang, I just missed Jane.
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Umm..... Yeah. I guess so. :)
just in case
jumbuck = sheep
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A dream that will need
All the love ewe can give
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I need to figure out how to change the date on the camera, though...
Make and Model? (and I can look it up)
der Brucer
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waltzing matilda = carrying the "Swag" or bundle of belongings which would include the "Tucker" or food sack.
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I'm back :)
The photo is darling. Thank you. I just wish his blue eye wasn't in the shadows. How light is it? I noticed Buckley has a good amount of white on his face which is more common with a blue eyed Berner. Often they have more white than he does. I can't tell but his markings look symmetrical or is there more white on the right side of his face? Would you even notice these things? ;)
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A dream that will need
All the love ewe can give
A New Zealand reference.
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Climb every mountin' indeed
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Climb every mountin' indeed
Exactly!
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The map on the previous page is now slightly larger if that helps.
That helped. VIBES YOU DO NOT SHOW UP ON THAT MAP!!!
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Climb every mountin' indeed
Do you mean "climb every Mountie"? (an X-rated Rosemarie reference)
der Brucer
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More raindrops on the roses but I don't think there will be many - or for long.
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Mountin' every sheep is considered a NZ taste.
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It is a good thing groaning isn't allowed. ;)
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The farmers don't seem to follow that rule.
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"All The Things Ewe Are" and "Embraceable Ewe" are said to be among the most perfect songs ever written.
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"All About Eve" would have been "All About Ewe" if it were not for a typist's poor eyesight.
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"Naked Eye" would have been "Naked Ewe" if it were not for a typist's poor eyesight.
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Naked Ewes sang "How can I forget ewe girl, when there is always soemthing there to remind me"
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Ewe are the promised kiss of spring lamb?
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A regular Wisconsin Round Table, HHW is.
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"Ewe lied, and ewe'll be sorry" is a song from Pillow Talk, i believe
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I'm back :)
The photo is darling. Thank you. I just wish his blue eye wasn't in the shadows. How light is it? I noticed Buckley has a good amount of white on his face which is more common with a blue eyed Berner. Often they have more white than he does. I can't tell but his markings look symmetrical or is there more white on the right side of his face? Would you even notice these things? ;)
No, but his owner told me that Buckley's mom is going to be in the Westminter dog show in the next few days.
His eye is very light and because of the blue eye they were able to get him at a good price. He is indeed playmates with Otis, the golden doodle next door, who's allowed free reign of our fenced in yard, so I hope onbe day they'll both come over and play.
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Ewe Ewe Ewe - The Ames Brothers.
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I need to figure out how to change the date on the camera, though...
Make and Model? (and I can look it up)
der Brucer
Thanks, Der B, but I'll just wait until my in-house techno geek gets home. He likes that sort of thing...
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I'm back :)
The photo is darling. Thank you. I just wish his blue eye wasn't in the shadows. How light is it? I noticed Buckley has a good amount of white on his face which is more common with a blue eyed Berner. Often they have more white than he does. I can't tell but his markings look symmetrical or is there more white on the right side of his face? Would you even notice these things? ;)
I was too busy loving on him to take note!
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It is a good thing groaning isn't allowed. ;)
If it were, HHW would be a groaning board:
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/29/66661854_d421c0ae97.jpg?v=0)
der Brucer
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I'm suddenly hungry after my 5 mile walk...
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Just saw on imdb that Betsy Palmer only made $10,000 for appearing in the first FRIDAY THE 13TH film, and only took the iconic role because she needed a new car.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0658133/bio
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His eye is very light and because of the blue eye they were able to get him at a good price.
Does he get serenaded with "Won't You Make My Blue Eye Brown"?
der Brucer
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I'm back :)
The photo is darling. Thank you. I just wish his blue eye wasn't in the shadows. How light is it? I noticed Buckley has a good amount of white on his face which is more common with a blue eyed Berner. Often they have more white than he does. I can't tell but his markings look symmetrical or is there more white on the right side of his face? Would you even notice these things? ;)
No, but his owner told me that Buckley's mom is going to be in the Westminter dog show in the next few days.
His eye is very light and because of the blue eye they were able to get him at a good price. He is indeed playmates with Otis, the golden doodle next door, who's allowed free reign of our fenced in yard, so I hope onbe day they'll both come over and play.
A huge Bernese Mountain Dog named Otis used to live in town. Now they have a double blue eyed pup I have yet to see.
I keep hearing about these great deals people purchase their blue eyed pups for. We certainly didn't get a deal, maybe because we were already hooked.
If Buckley plays at your house I'm sure you will have more photos to share. :) Of course they will all be shared with Keith. If you can find out Buckley's Mom, & the kennel name, I will look her up.
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Woody's idea of Afternoon Delight was to make a batch of chicken liver pate.
And in Tom's honor we have Australian Lamb shoulder chops marinating for dinner. (Probably to be served with Brussel sprouts from Mexico and mashed potatoes).
der Brucer
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Which as DR JRand would know - means it must be Christmas.
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhh
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That six year old picture of Buckley is great!
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DR MBARNUM I am glad you enjoyed your Weekend in Havana......I will take Mr Payne and you can have Mr Morgan.
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Is Ewe Is or Is Ewe Ain't My Baa-by?
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No COPS tonight, Nascar instead.........grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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Still nothing.
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DR MBARNUM I am glad you enjoyed your Weekend in Havana......I will take Mr Payne and you can have Mr Morgan.
I think Michael is looking forward to a Payne-Morgan sandwich.
der Brucer
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Page 10 Tony Stewart Nascar Dance
(http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/3/7/1/3/5/7/webimg/217376783_tp.jpg)
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DR MBARNUM I am glad you enjoyed your Weekend in Havana......I will take Mr Payne and you can have Mr Morgan.
I think Michael is looking forward to a Payne-Morgan sandwich.
der Brucer
Ala carte, I hope.
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Fractured French:
Piece de resistance.
A stubborn woman.
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I think I will watch a DEE VEE DEE.
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Good Evening!
Day Two of UPTA's is almost done for me. I was done at the theater around 3:00, and then headed to Huey's for a burger. -A very good burger. In about an hour I have to play some callbacks for the theater I'll be working at this Spring. And then, hopefully, another good night's sleep. Today's auditions "felt" much better after a full eight hours of slumber last night.
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DR Tomovoz - "I wish I could forget ewe, erase ewe from my mind."
*Good to hear that you continue to stay out of harm's way. Have you been able to get some sleep?
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DR DAW - Who was the replacement tenor?
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Thank you DR Jose. yes a few hours of sleep.
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and thank you for the Passion
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...And I'm reading and posting via my iPhone since the hotel's WiFi currently seems to be on the fritz. Just, FYI. ???
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and thank you for the Passion
Ewe're welcome.
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Of course not. Everything is reversed. It snows at low altitudes in Austria and get warmer as you climb every mountain.
...And hard is soft. And soft is hard. But it's still easy to be hard, and hard to be easy.
::)
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*Good to hear that you continue to stay out of harm's way.
You could do worse than get in Harm's way.
(http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTc0NDMwMzc1OV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMzYxNzQxMQ@@._V1._SX100_SY139_.jpg)
der Brucer
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Woody's idea of Afternoon Delight was to make a batch of chicken liver pate.
And in Tom's honor we have Australian Lamb shoulder chops marinating for dinner. (Probably to be served with Brussel sprouts from Mexico and mashed potatoes).
der Brucer
Will the Brussel sprouts be done in a nice peanut sauce?
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Where is DR coleslaw this afternoon?
He was out in the Moors with Lucy.
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Of course not. Everything is reversed. It snows at low altitudes in Austria and get warmer as you climb every mountain.
...And hard is soft. And soft is hard. But it's still easy to be hard, and hard to be easy.
::)
So you've been talking to my surgeon?
How can people be so heartless?
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Woody's idea of Afternoon Delight was to make a batch of chicken liver pate.
And in Tom's honor we have Australian Lamb shoulder chops marinating for dinner. (Probably to be served with Brussel sprouts from Mexico and mashed potatoes).
der Brucer
Will the Brussel sprouts be done in a nice peanut sauce?
Hmmm.. Brussel sprouts with toasted hazelnuts and brown(ed) butter. Hmmmm...
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The map on the previous page is now slightly larger if that helps.
That helped. VIBES YOU DO NOT SHOW UP ON THAT MAP!!!
I think he would be too small to see,
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Will the Brussel sprouts be done in a nice peanut sauce?
No - my Life Insurance premiums are not current.
Maybe a Bleu cheese sauce.
der Brucer
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I prefer my brussel sprouts with a lemon sauce.
I also prefer NZ lamb. Fortunately it does not taste of wherever it's been. ( a S.T. reference)
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I prefer my brussel sprouts with a lemon sauce.
I also prefer NZ lamb. Fortunately it does not taste of wherever it's been. ( a S.T. reference)
A South Tacoma reference?
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DR MattH - Is this the season of "Friday the 13th" that has the multi-episode arc with the demonic possession? -Some of the episodes take place in a French hospital/asylum? Maybe that was season three (if there was a third season). In any case, I remember those being full of some good scares.
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I prefer my brussel sprouts with a lemon sauce.
I also prefer NZ lamb. Fortunately it does not taste of wherever it's been. ( a S.T. reference)
A South Tacoma reference?
Quite possibly.
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...Although, I'm very partial to roasted Brussel Sprouts lately. Just simply drizzled with olive oil and sprinkled with kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper. The crispy leaves are sooooo good.
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OK... After reading music all day, and now having to read everything on my iPhone's screen, well... I need to take a break before I start back up again in a few.
Laters...
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No COPS tonight, Nascar instead.........grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Well that gives you extra time to track down the May 4 American Weekly.
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Off to bossa nova-ize the Portland suburbs. Have a fun Saturday night, everyone.
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Who was the replacement tenor?
Polish tenor Piotr Beczala replaced Rolando Villazon.
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I prefer my brussel sprouts with a lemon sauce.
I also prefer NZ lamb. Fortunately it does not taste of wherever it's been. ( a S.T. reference)
I like my sprouts with a dash of Balsamic and lots of cracked black pepper.
I doubt if we could taste a difference between NZ and OZ lamb by the time it travels to the Eastern US.
The local fresh spring lamb is really good.
When we lived in Long Beach CA, there was a "visiting chef" that would set up a charcoal fire pit on your front lawn and roast a whole lamb on a spit. (He showed up early in the morning and dinner was served in late afternoon - the aroma of the fat dripping on the coals made everyboy famished! It was as tasty as the whole pit-baked pig you could order from the Filipino caterers.
der Brucer
Unlike the suckling pig, the lamb was sans head, so you were not subjected to accusing stares.
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I have just this minute finished my new novel. Hoo and ray! I think I wrote twenty pages or so today.
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Had a nice work session with Sean.
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Ate a spicy Eyetalian Subway sandwich for lunch.
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Raquel's hair is courtesy of my very own long-time hairdresser, Teddy.
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I'm sure I'll be revising what I wrote today as I just wanted to get it all done, but I think it works. The very end is a little longer than planned but I think it's good, so unless I feel differently after I go over everything in the morning, that's the way it will stay. Tomorrow I'll revise, print out, Xerox and take to muse Margaret and hope that she likes them.
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I'm back :)
The photo is darling. Thank you. I just wish his blue eye wasn't in the shadows. How light is it? I noticed Buckley has a good amount of white on his face which is more common with a blue eyed Berner. Often they have more white than he does. I can't tell but his markings look symmetrical or is there more white on the right side of his face? Would you even notice these things? ;)
No, but his owner told me that Buckley's mom is going to be in the Westminter dog show in the next few days.
His eye is very light and because of the blue eye they were able to get him at a good price. He is indeed playmates with Otis, the golden doodle next door, who's allowed free reign of our fenced in yard, so I hope onbe day they'll both come over and play.
I love to watch the dog show. Do you know his mother's name or the name of the owner or handler?
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A five mile walk sounds great DR Edi! That should be a lot of activity points :)
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Dylan had some brussel sprouts this evening. (I don't think Toby cares for them.) Dylan's poop could be interesting tomorrow.
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I may as well reveal that this new novel is the third Adriana Hofstetter mystery. I was going to do something else this year, but I'm a firm believe in threes and I'm still not sure if my other idea is a novel or novella or just a short story. Plus, and most importantly, I'd thought of this idea before Murder At The Grove, but it didn't feel like it should be the second book in the series, for reasons that will become clear when you've read it. So, I had the bones of the story already, and the title, the setting and a few of the characters. So, that's what I went with and I'm really glad I did.
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Sunrise in Eugene, OR
(http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/images/2009/02/04/eugeneoregon715am.jpg)
der Brucer
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Dylan's poop could be interesting tomorrow.
Don't bother taking your camera. :D
der Brucer
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It's getting windy.
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I shall now be on my way to Theater West to see some one-act musicals. Funny, I would have thought at least one person might have said congrats. Ah, well.
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Oh joy. Monday I am flying to St Paul to do an oral argument at the 8th Circuit. The weather forecast is freezing rain and severe weather for Minneapolis/St Paul and rain here. Hmmm. At least my flight leaves after noon. Since it's suppose to be freezing rain, flying maybe safer than the 5 hour drive.
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It's getting windy.
Who's trippin' down the
Streets of the city
Smilin' at
Everybody she sees?
Who's reachin' out to
Capture a moment?
Everyone knows it's Windy.
der Brucer
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Sorry, BK. I am working on church stuff.
Congratulations on finishing the most recent book. I look forward to reading it.
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Oh joy. Monday I am flying to St Paul to do an oral argument at the 8th Circuit. The weather forecast is freezing rain and severe weather for Minneapolis/St Paul and rain here. Hmmm. At least my flight leaves after noon. Since it's suppose to be freezing rain, flying maybe safer than the 5 hour drive.
I don't want to jinx you, but what happens if your flight can't take off?
VIBES THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN!
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Congrats to BK on finishing the new book!
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Bruce, congratulations on completing the book.
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I don't want to jinx you, but what happens if your flight can't take off?
I'd be more concerned if it could take off, but not land!
der Brucer
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'night
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Oh joy. Monday I am flying to St Paul to do an oral argument at the 8th Circuit. The weather forecast is freezing rain and severe weather for Minneapolis/St Paul and rain here. Hmmm. At least my flight leaves after noon. Since it's suppose to be freezing rain, flying maybe safer than the 5 hour drive.
I don't want to jinx you, but what happens if your flight can't take off?
VIBES THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN!
Well, I just don't know. My flight is Monday early afternoon and I need to be there by 8;30 AM on Tuesday. I'm assuming that I'll get there by then. If I can't that would mean all the flights had been cancelled and they'll just have to reschedule or something.
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I don't want to jinx you, but what happens if your flight can't take off?
I'd be more concerned if it could take off, but not land!
der Brucer
:)
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Congrats on finishing the book, BK!
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Interesting, at least one of our local channels announced that even though the deadline to switch to only digital is June or whenever, they are switching on Feb 17th as scheduled. I wonder how many other stations will do the same thing
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Saturday morning greetings! Today Richard and I are going to a fundraiser for the local historical society (he's on the board). It's an antique appraisal event - each ticket holder can take one item for the expert to evaluate. We're taking Richard's great great grandfather's Civil War diary and a piece of Rookwood pottery.
Can you post a pictue of your Rookwood? I love it and have about a dozen pieces.
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I've been watching the fires on the news and hoping that Tom and Colin are safe. Vibes to all down under!
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Just saw on imdb that Betsy Palmer only made $10,000 for appearing in the first FRIDAY THE 13TH film, and only took the iconic role because she needed a new car.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0658133/bio
Yes, she admitted as much in the bonus features of the FRIDAY THE 13th remastered edition I reviewed a week ago.
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DR MattH - Is this the season of "Friday the 13th" that has the multi-episode arc with the demonic possession? -Some of the episodes take place in a French hospital/asylum? Maybe that was season three (if there was a third season). In any case, I remember those being full of some good scares.
Unless it's in the final two episodes, that must not be this season. It ran five or six years as I recall.
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Raquel's hair is courtesy of my very own long-time hairdresser, Teddy.
Shouldn't that be Mr. Teddy, hairdresser to the stars?
:)
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Page Twelve Dance!!!
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I watched a BUNCH of episodes tonight, but I stopped trying to count how many. All I know is that I only got about 1/3 of the way through the one I was watching and decided to finish it tomorrow.
After I finish it tomorrow, I will have two more to watch, so I will finished with the set by the end of the afternoon tomorrow. That means I'll be able to use tomorrow night to play catch-up with shows on the DVR before DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES comes on. Should be able to clear a fair number of them off.
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Of the episodes I watched tonight, the only one that had a guest star of any repute was one called "The Maestro" featuring Colm Feore as a dance master who drove his dancers to their deaths with his demands.
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Tomorrow I'll watch Wednesday night's DAMAGES as I eat lunch. Then I'll finish the remaining FRIDAY episodes. If there's any time left in the afternoon, I'll do THE OFFICE and/or 30 ROCK.
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That means Monday I'll be working on HOBSON'S CHOICE and Tuesday will be the Blu-ray of HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3. Wednesday I'll begin the ninth season of MURDER SHE WROTE.
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Hmmm another station says they are switching over on Feb 17th too. So does the delay mean anything if the stations don't delay?
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TOD: When I was working in TV in the mid 80's, we worked in a big concrete building with a parking deck. During a flash flood, I drove home, not realizing that it had been raining for hours because you had no sense of the weather outside while you were in the studio. When I left, I hit a large puddle that kept getting deeper...and deeper...
By the time I realized that it was too deep to drive through, and the engine (literally) flooded, I drowned it and escaped through my rolled-down window. Other cars got stuck too, and opened their doors letting the water rush in. (This is when I decided I would never buy a car with electric windows.) I swam up to a liquor store and met a semi-drunk guy who was willing to help tow my car out of the water. When we returned to the car, it was floating and had turned completely around, so we pushed it until the wheels were on the road and then towed it out. It was my first new car and I thought I had destroyed it!
It turned out that the only mishap was a blown engine fuse. But for months, whenever it got hot and the windows were up, it turned into a terrarium.
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MattH - Did you get the sense from the Betsy Palmer interview you saw that in retrospect she's happy to have done Friday the 13th, or embarrassed to have done it, or some other kind of feeling towards it?
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Hmmm another station says they are switching over on Feb 17th too. So does the delay mean anything if the stations don't delay?
Almost all of my local stations except one of the PBS affiliates are going to switch on February 17th and have been running banners alerting folks that they're going ahead with the switch. Good decision on their parts.
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MattH - Did you get the sense from the Betsy Palmer interview you saw that in retrospect she's happy to have done Friday the 13th, or embarrassed to have done it, or some other kind of feeling towards it?
I think she's very happy to have done it. It let her play something other than the lady next door sweethearts she had played and gave her an acting role after decades of being known as a game show panelist.
She goes to horror conventions dressed in the sweater she wore as Mrs. Vorhees. I think it's a claim to fame for her. She's a major presence in the bonus features on the disc, and in every one of them, she seems enthusiastic about her role in the movie. (She disliked the first sequel intensely and said she never got a script to see what they were doing. She wouldn't have done her few little bits in it if she had known how they were going to be used.)
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Well, I guess I need to head downstairs to bed.
Good night!
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Thanks for that info, Matt.
I remember being startled to see her in that role (I saw the movie its first weekend) and so glad she's having fun with having done it.
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Good Evening!
Well... I'm done playing callbacks.. -Nothing like asking an actress who's (also) been up since 7:30 this morning to belt a high-G at 10:00 at night. But they did it!
I was going to head to bed, but then remembered that Bradley Cooper is hosting SNL tonight, so...
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Just remember SNL is on at 10:30 central time
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DR MattH - Is this the season of "Friday the 13th" that has the multi-episode arc with the demonic possession? -Some of the episodes take place in a French hospital/asylum? Maybe that was season three (if there was a third season). In any case, I remember those being full of some good scares.
Unless it's in the final two episodes, that must not be this season. It ran five or six years as I recall.
Now that I think of it, it probably was in a later season. -And I think there were only three seasons. *I just checked the IMDB and it says the series ran from 1987-1990, 70 episodes.
And I'm now faintly remembering that the possession arc was also how John D. LeMay (Ryan) was written off the show. I think. -And he was replaced by the hunky Steve Monarque. *Of course, one of the main reasons I followed the show originally was John D. LeMay. ;) -And I was fascinated by the lead actress' name, "Robey". In any case...
In Richmond, the show was carried by the NBC affiliate, and came on after "SNL". However, when I would go home to Fairfax, it was carried by the ABC affiliate, but it seemed to float on their schedule. And sometimes, they would repeat an episode from one week to the next. ???
OK... I'm babbling... Next post...
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Just remember SNL is on at 10:30 central time
I know. -Which is why I don't feel too bad about staying up late(r) tonight. ;)
-Not a bad show so far. And Bradley Cooper sure is dreamy. ::)
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bk - Congrats on finishing the latest installment in the Adriana Hoffstetter series!
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Still waiting for the rain.
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OK....
Goodnight.
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Rest well, Jose.
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Any time now:
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Back from one-act musicals and one-act play. The play, which ran about thirty-five minutes and seemed like thirty-five hours, was possibly the worst thing I've ever seen. About Vincent and Theo - how original. Awful. The two one-act musicals were sort of head scratchers - not bad but no real reason to be musicals.
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Thanks for the congrats. I tell you, the last day of writing every book I've done is such a feeling of elation and exhaustion and craziness - and I always do it like this, a huge number of pages on the last day.
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I am eating melon balls. Say no more.
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I am soooooooooo pissed off at myself. I gave the worst performance I have given in I-can't-even-remember number of years. Naturally, it was the night that the two critics were there. It was like a self-fulfilling prophecy. I know that this one critic does not like my work, so what do I do? I give him a performance not to like. Damn it to Hell!
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I have just this minute finished my new novel. Hoo and ray! I think I wrote twenty pages or so today.
Wow, that was fast! Cogratulations to BK (or is it 8K?).
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That means Monday I'll be working on HOBSON'S CHOICE and Tuesday will be the Blu-ray of HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3. Wednesday I'll begin the ninth season of MURDER SHE WROTE.
I think I would prefer to sit thru HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3 a few dozen times, than have to sit thru HOBSON'S CHOICE once.
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Good morning. When i read in my yahoo headlines about the Aussie fires, I came straight here to make sure Tom and Colin were safe. VIBES to them and all their friends and neighbors that there are no more deaths reported and the fires are under control soon. How awfully scary.
~~~CONTINUED VIBES FOR TOMOVOZ AND COLIN AND ALL DOWN UNDER!!~~~
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The worst weather was about 10 or 15 years ago (I can't remember exactly when). We had an ice storm like I'd never seen before, nor have I experienced anything like it since! There was ice on EVERYTHING! I didn't lose power for very long, but I was on the same grid as a retirement community and the local hospital, so I was VERY lucky. My sister lost power for about a week! My parents only lost power for a couple of days (and they have a wood-burning stove...very warm and toasty), so my sister and niece went to my parents' house.
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