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[DakotaCelt]

I think there should be pressured air tubes that move people along in the cities to their destination.

[DakotaCelt]

I see we have zoomed right over to page 3!

[DakotaCelt]

What is this country coming to...

Another school shooting in PA... Colorado and Wisconsin last week and now Pennsy this week. Tragic...

A gunman opened fired on an Amish school.

CNN is also reporting a gunman was stopped before entering a Las Vegas school.

What a sick world....

[DERBRUCER]

It's a lovely day - somewhere:



St Louis, Missouri

der Brucer

[DERBRUCER]

DR Laura - beware of Nature Walks!

BRITISH MAN TRAMPLED TO DEATH BY ELEPHANT WHILE ON HONEYMOON IN KENYA

The couple …had arrived in Kenya for their honeymoon and were staying at the luxury Richard's Camp lodge in the game reserve. The camp is on the edge of a forest in the Masai Mara conservation area, some 106 miles southwest of the capital, Nairobi.

The couple set out for their nature walk Sunday morning and were with an escort just 300 yards outside the camp when the elephant attacked,…

der Brucer

[DakotaCelt]

nice picture DerBrucer... Leaves are changing here also... WE have our peak colours in late September and early October.

[DERBRUCER]

For our show, they're thinking of getting some Halloween candy in the shape of body parts to sell at pre-show and intermission!

For your consideration:

Strained Eyeballs

Ingredients:
6 eggs, hardcooked, cooled and peeled
6 oz. whipped cream cheese
12 green olives stuffed with pimientos
red food coloring or ketchup

Preparation:
Half eggs widthwise. Remove yolks and fill the hole with cream cheese, smoothing surface as much as possible. Press an olive into each cream cheese eyeball, pimiento up, for an eerie green iris and red pupil. Dip a toothpick into ketchup and draw broken blood vessels in the cream cheese.

Bone Appitite

der Brucer

[Edisaurus]

Last night we had an early dinner at John's Pizzeria.

I love John's...especially the one in Times square that was an adaptive reuse of an old church. The one in the village is good too, just a little cramped!

[Edisaurus]

Edisaurus, I'll have to put in the DVD again, but according to the box there's nothing included as any kind of extra.  I cannot believe ANYONE would remake Gigot!!!

I know, right? I didn't work on that one so I didn't see it, but it got good reviews. It looked kind of sappy to me...I think I would much prefer Jackie Gleason in the role. I looked it up on imdb and was surprised to see that Jackie Gleason wrote the original story. Wow...he was multi-talented, like Mr. BK.

[Ron Pulliam]

"Heroes" is on tonight.

It's amazing.

[Edisaurus]

MBarnum, The Lovely Wife and I were out and about in Lexington yesterday and I commented to her, how happy I was to be in an area where they actually have parking spaces with plenty of space.  After being in LA for so long, I had forgotten that in other places we don't have to squeeze cars in like sardine cans.

LA parking spaces are luxurious compared to Europe!

Have you ever seen the Mentos commercial where the people lift the girl's car to fit it into a parking space? That's the way they park on the street there. If you have a foot on either end, you're lucky! (Which makes for tiny, fuel efficient cars---go Europe!)

[bk]

Back from my first jog in a week - difficult, but not as difficult as I thought it was going to be.

[Edisaurus]

TOD- Andres Duany is an architect who has marvelous plans for cities: green, mixed-use, live-work, mixed-class... he has actually designed and built these marvels all around the world. I had the privilege of attending a 9-day design session in Maui last year

Wow, PennyO! I envy you that even more than your going back to school! Duany (yes, you spelled it correctly) is one of my heroes, and his book "Suburban Nation" should be required reading for anyone who works with a city. Even if you don't, it's fascinating reading and you will never look at your surroundings the same way again after reading it. There are some developments in Atlanta that are adopting his principles, but not enough. I heard him speak at UGA and we got to talk to him at length afterwards about our struggles with our city. (After 5 years of intensive (losing) battles to preserve our national register district, we are now going to "cut and run" and move from our 105 year old house (which now has a 5 story brick condo 10 feet from our property line) to a 100 year old house in Atlanta in the middle of a flood plain. I never thought I'd look at a flood plain as an amenity...until now!

Alex Marshall's "How Cities Work" is another superb book on the subject. I think it's very important to get involved with developments that affect you. You can't rely on politicians or developers to look after your quality of life!

[Edisaurus]

I took this last week...Greg was working on a film in Kingston, GA and storing his gear in the florist shop next door. They had a lot of pre-made artificial arrangements. This one was my favorite:

[DERBRUCER]

I think it's very important to get involved with developments that affect you. You can't rely on politicians or developers to look after your quality of life!

In the words of Margaret Mead: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

der Brucer

[DERBRUCER]

We bought our house from a gambler/fire eater. He wrote the book on it...literally!

And as a sequel to Fiddler, we can have "Author on the Roof".

der Brucer

[DERBRUCER]

Their co. description: Offers foreign films, documentaries, animation and cult films, films on faith, films for kids, gay and lesbian works, and erotica. (and films on anarchy---ours!)

There's a mixture to make the conservatives nervous!

You might be surprised at what is shown in conservative closets

der Brucer

[Edisaurus]

In the words of Margaret Mead: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
der Brucer

I have this tattooed on me!

Well, not really, but I often think of it. Unfortunately our small committed group of local activists hasn't had much luck standing up to the good old boys of politics and their developer buddies, no matter how organized and united we are. The city takes a very paternalistic attitude toward its residents. "We know what's best...you just don't like change...." etc.

[Edisaurus]

You might be surprised at what is shown in conservative closets der Brucer

Oh, I meant the combination of children's films and erotica, etc.!

[DERBRUCER]

There would be a clean, well lit parking garage, no charge or a minimal fee (everyone in town is disgusted with the parking meters we have now - and no one ever has enough quarters...

However...it is the parking meter quarters (and parking tickets for violations) and parking passes collected mainly from tourists that is the town's main source of income! (And avoiding the meters is not so easy, all the surrounding streets are restricted to cars displaying special parking passes - which can be purchased annually at city hall, or daily at roadside stands set up on the roads entering town.

der Brucer

[MBarnum]

LA parking spaces are luxurious compared to Europe!

Have you ever seen the Mentos commercial where the people lift the girl's car to fit it into a parking space? That's the way they park on the street there. If you have a foot on either end, you're lucky! (Which makes for tiny, fuel efficient cars---go Europe!)

Did I ever tell you that I love Mentos commercials...my dream is to someday have a DVD chock full of every one of those cute Mentos commercials.

[Edisaurus]

Mentos---the Freshmaker!

Someone who is equally in love with Mentos:

http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/3326/mentos.htm

[DERBRUCER]

S. Woody,  You have efficient, free public transport.  Like airports. Trams that intersect every part of the city. You need a car outside the city, you take a tram to the public parking areas where all cars are kept outside the city limits.

There is an alternative that caters to the desire for individual transport, but still maintains urban decency. Restrict the city streets to electric powered 1/2 seater vehicles (think golf carts). As in your model, the urban core would be surrounded with Park and Ride lots, but there would be the option to do an on-site rental of a cart. The streets would be open from 2-8 AM for delivery vehicles (electric powered, if you wish).

der Brucer

[DearReaderLaura]

DR Laura - beware of Nature Walks!

BRITISH MAN TRAMPLED TO DEATH BY ELEPHANT WHILE ON HONEYMOON IN KENYAder Brucer

I'll be on the lookout for elephants, DerBrucer! Thanks for the warning!

[DERBRUCER]

Cities that see density as a quick fix would not be able to implement these projects until they have a viable transit option.

In an effort to control rampant development of agricultural land, the State of Delaware enacted legislation that designated certain areas of the state for development, others to remain agricultural. In pursuit of this goal, the state planners will not approve any high density residential (over 2/acre) in restricted areas and will not support any infrastructure expansion in these areas .

Well, the state can threaten, but the county governs! If farmer Jones has a developer ready to put up 1300 homes on his farm, the county will approve same, whether or not the state plans on putting roads in place to support the added traffic. Just recently, the County Council, heeding public outcry, denied a 1,000+ home project. The developer took the County to court and won! The court said the County could not deny any developers request that was not against the law - planning documents be damned! The same court system held that a Zoning and Planning commission could not take into account neighbors' concerns about traffic or noise when considering permits.

Note: the County is under the political control of red-neck farmers who believe they have a god given right to sell their family farms to any money grubbing developer they wish. (The irony is that the fat-cat farmers are Democrats, the managed growth/pro conservative groups are the Republicans) (And, on a personal note, the Republican controlled state Assembly regularly passes a basic gay-rights bill and the Democrat controlled Senate always bottles it up in committee and will not release it for a vote.)

der Brucer

[Jrand73]

Why was the elephant on a honeymoon?

[DERBRUCER]

Then we went to see Little Miss Sunshine- my second viewing and Rodzinski's first.  I have been begging him for months to see it and he finally caved in.

Please come to visit and nag! I'm trying to get Woody to go see it and he seems totally disinterested!

der Brucer

[bk]

Well, I've done some errands and banking and now I'll pack up the orders and get them shipped out by two-thirty.

[Ginny]

More relaxed greetings from Times Square.  DH Richard and I have settled into our room - he's next door at church and I'm using the wireless in our room (surprise DRs Danise and Cillaliz!).  We asked for a room on the front of the hotel, facing 46th St., because I remembered how much bigger Danise's was when several of us were here last year.  We're very pleased.

Our room wasn't ready when we first arrived, so we checked our luggage and went to Cafe Europa for a light lunch, the Times Square Visitor's Center for MetroCards, the Marquis for Drowsy Chaperone tickets, Theatre Row for Prime of Miss Jean Brodie tickets, the Hershey Store, and the newsstand.  Our room was ready when we returned from those errands.  When DH Richard gets back from church, we'll head on up to the Upper West Side, browse at Barnes & Noble and whatever other shops appeal to us, and see who else shows up at Artie's at 6:30.  They will be open on the holiday, won't they?

[Jrand73]

I am intrigued by HEROES, DR RLP....so I may watch it and then watch the late RE broadcast of the TCM interviews with child stars.  Of course the people Robert Osborne talks to WERE stars:  Margaret O'Brien, Jane Withers, Darryl Hickman - and not the grown up TV hags and stags that show up every night on E!