And the word of the day is: MASTICATE!The girl who is tied to the mast i' Cate!
Not only do we have a lull, the jernt is empty on account of WUSSBURGERS. It's a holiday, for heaven's sake. Who needs to sleep?Holiday? Yep, it's a holiday. That means some of us are WORKING!
Big Brother Live Feed Spoilers
Okay now this is for the spoiler fans. Looks like they've had the nom ceremony and veto comp already. Obviously the 2 outcasts were nominated. But great news, my fav (janelle) won veto. I am wondering if they can convince any of the friendship to join their team. Any ideas who would go?
I don't think ivette would. Perhaps janelle could convince april that mag was going to turn on her (she was). Or since maggie always wants to back out of deals, maybe they could convince her to side with howie/janelle.
Think I'll get the newspaper and eat some lunch
Saturday, September 03, 2005
Mortgage records may be drownedOrleans documents are in basement
By Greg Thomas
Real Estate writer
Thousands of lawyers in the metropolitan area have lost their files, their clients and their offices, but one of the biggest legal ramifications of Hurricane Katrina's flooding waters is the probable loss of real estate records dating back to the early 1800s.
The records, which include titles, mortgages, conveyances and liens, were stored in the now-flooded basement of City Hall on Poydras Street.
In 2002, employees of Register of Conveyances Gasper Schiro began the tedious process of entering the records into computers, a $700,000 process that could have been contracted out and accomplished quickly but was instead done slowly by his staff to save money.
It's unclear how much of the information has been digitized or whether the computerized information is stored safely. If either the original records or the digitalization is lost, it will be a major mess, said Southern University Law Center Professor Winston Riddick, who teaches real estate law.
While it will be a tedious process to fix, and it can be fixed, it will be a major headache that could take years. The records involved date back to 1827, with the earliest recorded by hand in Spanish and French.
According to the American Center of Real Estate Lawyers, or ACREL, the loss of the records could be devastating to the local real estate industry.
The process of restoring the information could be incredibly tedious and create havoc for homeowners who will be filing insurance claims, said Professor Riddick. While he expects insurance companies to honor claims by owners who have copies of their insurance policies, the potential for delays and other hassles is very real.
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For City Hall records, Sterbcow said, "it's the mortgages that's going to be ugly. To put it mildly, how are you going to be able to prove if you own a piece of property if your records are gone? How are you going to be able to prove you have a mortgage, or one is paid off?"
Records for the 24th Judicial District in Jefferson Parish are probably in much better shape than the records in Orleans Parish, Sterbcow said.
"Jefferson Parish sounds like they're going to be ok for mortgages and conveyances,'' he said.
I found this about pet rescue after Katrina
Subject: Hurricane Katrina Animal Relief Update
There are still many animals that are left inside homes that need to be rescued. We are putting out a SPECIAL ANIMAL BOLO ALERT and are asking anyone that may know someone that had to evacuate the disaster areas that had companion animals that they had to leave behind to please have them contact Pets & Animals in Distress at:contact@petsandanimals.org or call (954) 202-9991. We are compiling a list of animals that need to be rescued to pass on to affiliate relief organizations, rescue groups shelters and volunteers in those areas who are already on the ground rescuing stranded animals.
I hope to get a picture of the squirrels for you all. They are sooo cute. One has decided that the box of food on the tree is his and his alone. When he’s not eating out of it, he lays on top of the box with his little arms over both sides as if to say, “MINE!”
We have another one that just goes into the box and stays there.
I have a pure pink, pure white and white with pink flowers so far.
Add to the fun! Go to WalMart and buy a bag of dried ears of corn and the wood-feeder with a spike designed to hold them.
You can even do more - buy the large green wire baskets designed to hold Birdola Bird Cakes (6.5 x 7.5 inched) - nail it to a tree and watch the furry fellows have fun - they swing on the cage while they're nibbling the bird food.
While the squirrels are off eating the bird bar, the birds may well go gather up the crumbs under the squirrel box (they are sloppy feeders!) Blue Jays will also fly over and steal corn kernels from the ears of corn.
Anothe cheap feeding ploy - get the large bags of unsalted whole peanuts and scatter them under the tree.
der Brucer
We've already had several Blue Jays and both male and female Cardinals .
Big Brother Live Feed Spoilers
Okay now this is for the spoiler fans. Looks like they've had the nom ceremony and veto comp already. Obviously the 2 outcasts were nominated. But great news, my fav (janelle) won veto. I am wondering if they can convince any of the friendship to join their team. Any ideas who would go?
I don't think ivette would. Perhaps janelle could convince april that mag was going to turn on her (she was). Or since maggie always wants to back out of deals, maybe they could convince her to side with howie/janelle.
April Is Ripe For The Plucking - that's the title of my next novel.
DR Ron Pulliam - Stop interrupting my frenzy!
;D
Speaking of eBay, I lost an auction recently in which I was the highest bidder up until the last second, in which i was sound asleep. I was bidding on an LP of ALW's "Song and Dance" starring Sarah Brightman. It was never transfered to CD (for obvious reasons) If anyone has a lead on that recording, feel free to pitch it my way. :)
Did it never really get transferred to CD (for obvious reasons)? I could have sworn I saw both the Marti Webb and Brightman recordings in the CD bins at one time. I seem to remember checking the labels closely since the cover art was the same.
Maybe so, maybe not.
I've seen the Sarah Brightman version on cassette and of course, I own the Marti Webb version on CD. I've never seen the SB on CD. The SB LP went for almost $20 in eBay, it's on my "watching" list on eBay, so it may come up again. If you wanted to get rid of it, we could talk :)
I feelso sorry for the poor animals. I read about them killing the zoo animals and it broke my heart.
I said from day one that I worried about all the dogs and cats and other animals that would be left behind. I agree that they should let people take their pets with them.
DR Danise - Great pictures of the squirrel!
And I have to say, I think you're the first person I've come across who actually wants to feed the squirrels. Most of my bird-feeding, bird-watching friends spend most of their time trying to find ways to prevent the squirrels from feeding in their garden.
-And it's amazing all the different types of feeds and feeders that are out there to stop squirrels from feasting on the bird food. And it's even more amazing to watch the squirrels figure out how to bypass all the roadblocks!
...And then to watch the facial expressions of my friends as they watch the squirrels continue to do their thing. Now that's comedy!
:)
All right, where in tarnation IS everyone?
DR elmore - I want to see "The Beat My Heart Skipped" too since it's a piano-centric movie. I vaguely remember the American original, and I've heard such good things about this "remake" - which was done in "reverse" as it were - a French remake of an American original instead of the other way around! -However, everyone seems to agree that the French version is better - like it always is.
...M&Ms: I enjoy both gin and bourbon on the rocks; I enjoy both white and sweet vermouth on the rocks - you can't get me steamed up over the proper ration of booze to vermouth in my cocktails - one exception - don't put sweet vermouth in my gin!...And never put anything other than green M&Ms in his Martinis! (The red M&Ms go in his Manhattans.)
...der Brucer
I had two little cheeseburgers, two ears of corn, and two small cookies. The End.
I shall refrain from commenting on someone's post today lest I be accused of being pretentious and boring again.
I found that on MY horoscope, too, DRJOSE. What a coincidence!
It was written in the stars...
"All-time favorite Fred numbers" - thanks for asking, I've got a million of them. There was my great rendition of "The Doctor Is In" at Camp Loyaltown in CHARLIE BROWN, my solo on "Zehu Hanigun Shel Nachat" at Yeshivah graduation, my renditions of "California Dreamin'" and "Route 66" in the law school revue IT'S A LONG WAY TO CERTIORARI. I could go on and on.
Thank you Cillaliz, Jrand, Ginny, DRLaura & td.
Jose it will be a happy reunion and a new experience, traveling as two couples now. :)
Sorry I had to modify, but I had a small p.
DR Cillaliz, you mentioned Kaysar posting on the CBS blog. But every time i go there, I only see his original intro post that says nothing. Has he posted since then? And if not, it seems very lame for him to introduce himself and then not post. In fact I find the whole blog lame. They should all be writing every single day.
. I am curious about BONES (but I'd check out any new David Boreanaz series).
All right, where in tarnation IS everyone? I'm sure the NY contingent are all out playing together, eating eggs benedict, drinking Manhattans, and galavanting about like gazelles on a Labor Day weekend, because they certainly aren't HERE.
Did it never really get transferred to CD (for obvious reasons)? I could have sworn I saw both the Marti Webb and Brightman recordings in the CD bins at one time. I seem to remember checking the labels closely since the cover art was the same.
Maybe so, maybe not.
And I have WHITE HEAT all cued up to watch on DVD tomorrow.
Speaking of eBay, I lost an auction recently in which I was the highest bidder up until the last second, in which i was sound asleep. I was bidding on an LP of ALW's "Song and Dance" starring Sarah Brightman. It was never transfered to CD (for obvious reasons) If anyone has a lead on that recording, feel free to pitch it my way. :)