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[Cillaliz]

Cilla - thanks for posting the pictures -- I am very impressed!  I look forward to seeing the work as you continue

thanks Vixmom.  I think I can turn it into a nice room.  My mom brought me some insulated curtains to hang. I'm hoping they fit.  I probably wouldn't have chosen this pattern, but it isn't bad and it will save me a lot of $$ not having to buy them. 

I ordered new shades for the dining room and the window on the landing of the stairs.  They arrived yesterday.  I charged the drill all night to have it ready to install them, but today I have 4 hearings and go to Spamalot tonight, so I doubt I'll get to it until tomorrow night

[singdaw]

I am horrified by that cookie cutter.....

If you squint a little, it looks more like just your average alien.

[Cillaliz]

Vibes to Vixmom~~~~ hope the treatment is as easy for you as it can be

[Cillaliz]

Travel Vibes to BK~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Cillaliz]

Vibes to all who need them ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Cillaliz]

I am horrified by that cookie cutter.....

If you squint a little, it looks more like just your average alien.

LOL, I thought it was an alien until I actually read the post

[Cillaliz]

Ok, time to gear up and get going on my busy day

[Dan (the Man)]

I just don't know what to say about that cookie cutter.

[Matt H.]

MATT H et al-


I am struggling whether to buy a PIONEER or PANASONIC 50" Plasma TV.
What is your opinion? I will also enter into the Blu Ray Age.

So Many Possibilities

The Pioneer plasmas have gotten the best reviews for the past two years, but they are also the most expensive. This year's Panasonic model came in a very close second behind the Pioneer in terms of picture quality and was cheaper. Both give exemplary pictures.

And if you're going to buy a Blu-ray player, let me know what you're looking at, and I can advise you there, too.

[Matt H.]

Good morning!

This was our coldest morning in quite a few days, and yet it's warming up into the 50s today, so it will eventually be a pleasant day, but my heat has been popping on and off all morning, and I still have it set to 60 (I don't usually turn it up until I go downstairs to fix lunch; my office is very warm at that temp, but second floor rooms are always warmer).

[Matt H.]

I'll be continuing to work on TRANSFORMERS today, but at least I'll have THE MENTALIST to watch while I eat lunch.

[Jrand74]

Much warmer here today.  And of course I now have my wheels....so the world is mine.

[Matt H.]

On TV TOnight!

ABC - PUSHING DAISIES, PRIVATE PRACTICE, DIRTY SEXY MONEY
NBC - CHRISTMAS IN ROCKEFELLER CENTER. LIFE, LAW & ORDER
CBS - RUDOLPH, GRAMMY NOMINATIONS CONCERT, VICTORIA'S SECRET
FOX - SECRET MILLIONAIRE

[Matt H.]

A big bummer: No BONES tonight to watch. Of course, that does give me MORE time to watch more episodes of TRANSFORMERS.

[Dan (the Man)]

So I was watching CITIZEN KANE last night, and something struck me as strange for the first time:  why is the butler, played by Paul Stewart, so eagerly money-grubbing and asking for a thousand dollars to talk to the reporter?  He's clearly been with Kane for a lengthy amount of time and Kane would not have been tight fisted with his employees' salaries. Surely the butler would have accumulated some personal wealth from his own income (even if we don't speculate what he could have purloined from Kane's vast and non-inventoried collection of treasures and antiquities.)  Why would this man be so opportunistic for such a petty amount?  Would Kane even have such a man in his close employ?

Just one of those things that make me go "Hmmm..."

[Druxy]

I finally got around to watching WALL-E last night.

I thought it was very cute, charming, but I did start to get a bit "antsy" during the final 20 minutes or so.

I think it would have worked better (for me) if the humans had not been brought into the picture at all.  Their entrance changed the entire tone of the movie, which up to that point had been very Chaplinesque.

Also, why do these animated movies always have to end with a silly chase?

Don't misunderstand.  I did enjoy the movie.  I just don't think it's the greatest thing since chopped liver.

On the other hand, I really liked PRESTO, the animated short that accompanied WALL-E.  I was laughing-out-loud.

[Dan (the Man)]

Harry Connick Jr must really, really, really like Christmas.

[Jeanne]

Hello, everyone.

What great pics!! Everyone really does look great, and BK looks slim and svelte and young and HAPPY!

[Druxy]

So I was watching CITIZEN KANE last night, and something struck me as strange for the first time:  why is the butler, played by Paul Stewart, so eagerly money-grubbing and asking for a thousand dollars to talk to the reporter?  He's clearly been with Kane for a lengthy amount of time and Kane would not have been tight fisted with his employees' salaries. Surely the butler would have accumulated some personal wealth from his own income (even if we don't speculate what he could have purloined from Kane's vast and non-inventoried collection of treasures and antiquities.)  Why would this man be so opportunistic for such a petty amount?  Would Kane even have such a man in his close employ?

Just one of those things that make me go "Hmmm..."

Kane was not the kind of person who would necessarily garner loyalty from his employees.  Besides, he was dead, so from Stewart's point-of-view, "Where's the disloyalty?"

[Jeanne]

Jose's mom looks wonderful, too. I can see where Jose gets his photogenicness (photogenicity?).

[Jeanne]

Ditto to everything Singdaw said--except the cookie cutter part. You can leave that out.

[Jeanne]

I'm having an ARRGGGGHHHHH!!!! kind of day. I read the home inspection report last night, had a loooong conversation with my agent, and have now rescheduled my whole day today to be present at today's inspections. Our buyers are nervous. I would be too after reading the home inspection report, which was filled with recommendations which make no sense in an 1820 house, some of which are not even allowed in a historic district, and some remarks which were just plain inaccurate. I shall attempt to calm the waters.

[Jeanne]

Gotta scoot.

TTFN.

[singdaw]

Gotta scoot.

[Matt H.]

I'm waiting for my computer to finish downloading the firmware update for the PS3, and then I'll be heading down to clean the den before preparing lunch. I slept so late this morning that I didn't have time to clean the den before coming upstairs for my workout.

WBBL.

[Ron Pulliam]

So I was watching CITIZEN KANE last night, and something struck me as strange for the first time:  why is the butler, played by Paul Stewart, so eagerly money-grubbing and asking for a thousand dollars to talk to the reporter?  He's clearly been with Kane for a lengthy amount of time and Kane would not have been tight fisted with his employees' salaries. Surely the butler would have accumulated some personal wealth from his own income (even if we don't speculate what he could have purloined from Kane's vast and non-inventoried collection of treasures and antiquities.)  Why would this man be so opportunistic for such a petty amount?  Would Kane even have such a man in his close employ?

Just one of those things that make me go "Hmmm..."

In addition to Druxy's remarks, I'm under the impression from my viewings of the film that Charles Foster Kane was pretty much up to his ears in debt at the time of his death.  His widow certainly hit skidrow.  And I doubt seriously that he provided any sort of pension or annuity for his hired help.

[Ron Pulliam]

I've received notice from CostCo that my new TV stand will be delivered today.

Oh, Boy!  Now I'll HAVE to take Friday off just to set it up and include my new Blu-ray player into the set-up.

We ain't got no Blu-ray picture yet, be we sure have got potential for it.

[Ron Pulliam]

Oh, yes!  And with the BD player and TV stand, all I can say is, "Merry Christmas to ME!"

[singdaw]

We ain't got no Blu-ray picture yet

But do we got pie?

That's what I wanna know!   

[Ron Pulliam]

We ain't got no Blu-ray picture yet

But do we got pie?

That's what I wanna know!   

No, there ain't no pie.  Not yet.

Monday, however, is our Annual Progressive Holiday Pot-Luck.  I've missed it the past couple of years because it was scheduled during my vacation.  This year, though, so many folks are taking time off around the same time I'm leaving that they decided to hold it earlier to accommodate as many as possible.

My contributions will be:

Sweet Potato Souffle
Green Beans and potatoes
2 Coconut Pies

I make scrumptious coconut pies.  I'll be doin' some cookin' this weekend!