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[Jane]

I fear if we drive down our road without clearing the snow first we won't make it back up.  Plus the car will pack down the snow & create ice.  I really don't want to have them stay in a hotel tonight, plus the guest room is all pretty & waiting for them.  There are roses in there, lillies in the bathroom.  There are also flowers in the office where Bryan & Kate will be staying, if they can get here.

[Jane]

My rant got us to page 9.  At least one person will be happy

[DERBRUCER]

Everybody ought to have a maid.

I's like Jayson's take on this.

der Brucer

And do you have a little French outfit?

[Tomovoz]

I have an appointment with my Dentist today (thanks to a cancellation and my need!).
My dentist is Anna (But not formally known as Panni or Maria).

Cameran Daddo is in the film.  As DR George will know - Daddo was in the Australian cast of "Big River".

Speaking of Anna.....Panni........Maria; the new TV Guide lists Anna's new film A KISS AT MIDNIGHT, as one of the Hot Picks of Saturday, December 27.

[Cillaliz]

Be safe and sensible DR Jane. If the road is bad it's better to have them stay near the airport tonight. You don't want to risk someone's life.  The roses and lillies will still be beautiful in the morning when you can see the road and they can get there safely.  Or, do you know the local snow plow driver?  Maybe he'll give them a ride

[Laura]

What Cillaliz said.

[Tomovoz]

Intermission...

The first half of Paul Groves' recital was amazing. The Britten cycle was exquisite!  I am one happy Music Geek and Music Lover!

*And his pianist, Pedja Muzijevic, is a-mah-zing too!

I wish there were more recordings of Paul Groves out there. - well recordings of stuff that elderly "Austrian "pensioners would enjoy.  He is the reason I like the televised Candide and even cope with Patti in order to hear him.

[DERBRUCER]

Knowing how cops search vehicles and trailers, I really feel sorry for him.

You got that right! The loaded he entire trailer onto the side of the road (breaking some things in the process), took his spare tire to a mechanic to have it pulled from its rim to check for dope. When they were done, and had found nothing, they just left the whole trailer full of stuff on the roadside and left - no paper work to document the stop! And idiot SIL didn't even take badge numbers - or cell-phone photos!

der Brucer

[DERBRUCER]

When I moved back to Iowa from Arizona I had a cat who HATED the car. 

Well, for all our grousing about driving cross country with five dogs, they could not have behaved better. They loved the ride, enjoyed the Motels, always "held it in" until walks could be arranged. They would wait patiently in the car when we ate in restaurants. They were delighted to be walked about the parks and enjoyed meeting other people and other dogs.

Ther're better behaved in the car than in the house.

der Brucer

[Dan (the Man)]

! ! ! ! !  HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BIRTHDAY TWIN DR PENNY-O  ! ! ! ! !

[Dan (the Man)]

DR Jane, what DR Cillaliz and DR Laura said.

[Dan (the Man)]

I am reading the posts backwards tonight.  It's like THE STRANGE CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON, only with posts.

[DERBRUCER]

We just had a short power outage.  A neighbor said he said a bright light in the sky just as the lights in the house went out. 

Well, it could have been (in reverse order of probability):

A. An omen marking a second Virgin birth
B. A UFO
C. A meteor
D. A power transformer going out with gusto

der Brucer

[Druxy]

My wife wants to kill our cat...and I may help her.

The miserable %@%#*&$ just broke a lamp that has been in her family since the 1930s.

 

[DERBRUCER]

I gotta tell you.  AOL is behaving worse than ever - it is literally booting me off every five minutes.  Can't change screen names, if I open an e-mail and respond it boots off, and I've had it.  I just have to figure out if I keep just AOL e-mail how I don't lose everything in my filing cabinet, because when I go to aol.com I don't see any place where that exists, all those saved e-mails. 

Your problem may well be weather related and not the fault of AOL.

Your filing cabinet is stored on your computer hard-drive.  You can access filed messages using the AOL software on your computer - you do not need an AOL account.

der Brucer

[DERBRUCER]

My wife wants to kill our cat...and I may help her.

Well, one less animal to move to Austin

der Brucer

[Dan (the Man)]

Oh, my gosh!

Thank you one and all and all and one for the wonderful birthday wishes!  I've had myself a pretty exhausting day searching every Home Depot within a thirty mile radius for a Mission style table lamp my sister saw on the store's website.  At each Home Depot, I would show a clerk the print out I made of the web page featuring the lamp and ask if they had it in stock and the answer was always "no".  Of course, it wasn't until I was at the fifth store that a clerk pointed out to me on the page where it stated "Available Online Only".

Grrrrrrrr....

[Dan (the Man)]

My wife wants to kill our cat...and I may help her.

The miserable %@%#*&$ just broke a lamp that has been in her family since the 1930s.

 

Was it a Mission style lamp, DR Druxy?  Cause I can tell you where you might be able to get one, but online only.

[DERBRUCER]

Of course, it wasn't until I was at the fifth store that a clerk pointed out to me on the page where it stated "Available Online Only".

Grrrrrrrr....

Have you never had an instructor mark "RTFP" on a quiz?

der Brucer

[Druxy]

My wife wants to kill our cat...and I may help her.

The miserable %@%#*&$ just broke a lamp that has been in her family since the 1930s.

 

Was it a Mission style lamp, DR Druxy?  Cause I can tell you where you might be able to get one, but online only.

My wife has no idea what it was called.  It's a standing lamp, brass pole.  The milk glass (off white) top was open, held onto the base by the bulb.

[DERBRUCER]

Well, it seems I have become a traitor to the cause.

When I suggested elsewhere that we would be better served helping our new President be successful than sitting on the back bench throwing stones…well, really, such name calling!

der Brucer

[Cillaliz]

Killing the cat won't fix the lamp.   I know that's stating the obvious.  Sorry about the loss of a family heirloom. That's always a sad thing.  She should be able to find a replacement for the glass. It won't be the same thing, but it should be possible

[bk]

Tell me how I access my AOL filing cabinet if I don't have AOL account anymore.

[Cillaliz]

DR Druxy, is it hobnail milk glass or is it smooth?  There are many replacement sites online. Do you have any photos with the lamp in it? 

[Dan (the Man)]

I have to make a confession...

While shopping at Target, I spotted a number of Wii's being unloaded on the floor, so I bought one as a birthday gift to myself.  They also had the very-hard-to-get Mario Kart game, which I also bought.  I feel kind of guilty for buying something that pricey for myself at this time of year.  But a friend has already assured me that the guilt will go out the window once I start playing with the thing.

[Cillaliz]

I have to make a confession...

While shopping at Target, I spotted a number of Wii's being unloaded on the floor, so I bought one as a birthday gift to myself.  They also had the very-hard-to-get Mario Kart game, which I also bought.  I feel kind of guilty for buying something that pricey for myself at this time of year.  But a friend has already assured me that the guilt will go out the window once I start playing with the thing.

It's your birthday and Christmas....enjoy!

[JoseSPiano]

Tell me how I access my AOL filing cabinet if I don't have AOL account anymore.

Your AOL "filing cabinet" is always available offline.  Just mouse over your menu bar.  You'll see selections for "Saved Mail" - both received and sent messages.  -Or just click on "Help", and search for "Filing Cabinet".

[Matt H.]

That spinning disc means the player is loading BD-Java content. It shouldn't spin forever, however. Which Blu-ray player do you have? Is your BD player connected to the internet (loading BD-Live content takes even longer)?

And I'm assuming you mean THE DARK KNIGHT.

Yes, DARK NIGHT.

The player is a Memorex  the users's guide lists no model number from the front of the machine says DN191H (The box says Memorex but the unit has an LG logo). It is not connected to the internet. Other BD s have loaded ok - slow, but loaded. Disk 2 for BLACK NIGHT works.

der Brucer

Go to the AVS website and to the Funai/Memorex Blu-ray users group. (Funai, I believe makes Memorex, Sylvania, Magnavox, and Insignia players). See if others have had trouble loading THE DARK KNIGHT, disc 1. See if there is a firmware update for your player. (Some like the Samsung don't require a CD-R. The Samsung allows updates from a flash/thumb drive.) Some players take longer to load discs than others. Also, make sure the surface is the disc is thoroughly clean.

[JoseSPiano]

Good Evening!

What an amazing day this turned out to be! 

[Matt H.]

Before I left for the Christmas dinner party, I watched about 30 minutes of the penultimate episode of THE TUDORS, Season 2. All of the friends of Anne are now being arrested and charged. Poor Marc is being tortured to get him to admit that he was Anne's lover. Tragic that such beauty was defiled.