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[Jane]

DtM I like the display under your pretty tree.  Any chance of a close up?

[Jane]

Jose, “the baby whisperer”, I like that.  The Jefferson hotel is beautiful.

[TCB]

I love beets.  I prefer pickled beets on salad, but will eat fresh in a pinch.

[Michael]

Tried to go see AVATAR at IMAX But it is completely sold out for the next three days!

[Jane]

We are think of getting out to a movie.  i'm sure AVATAR is too long for me, even if we go locally & see it in 2D.  we can drive half an hour to see it in 3D.  i don't think watching anything in 3d, short or long, is a good idea for me.  3d makes me jump at times and i do not want to make my shoulder hurt more than it already does.

[bk]

Had to go buy some Sharpies - the car battery wasn't as bad as yesterday morning, but it wasn't as strong as I'd hoped it would be.  I just let it run for another twenty minutes, but unless I buy a car on Monday or Tuesday, I'm afraid I'll have to go buy a new battery.

[bk]

Arnold M. Brockman, as I posted last night, I got the following apps: I got Dragon Dictation, where you speak into the phone and it turns what you say into text, which you can then text or e-mail to someone - very cool.  I got Yelp, I got imdb, I got google, also voice recognition where you just speak into the phone what you want to google and it finds it - not nearly as accurate as Dragon but still fun.  I got a restaurant tip calculator, too.

[Jeanne]

Hello, everyone.

It is cool, cloudy, and damp in these parts today, which is fine with me. I enjoy cool weather and appreciate some variation from day to day.

[Jeanne]

DR JMK, I was saddened to learn that La Manse will not be yours. I cannot think of better buyers. I also think the bankers need to seriously rethink their approach. That said, I hope you find something you like even better. I also hope you keep us posted on your progress. I found the La Manse story quite interesting. I have several friends here, slaves to what they read and hear, who insist that there are lots of bargains among foreclosures. I'm sure there are SOME, but the properties I saw were all cheap for rather obvious reasons, and, as your posts indicate, financing can be quite tricky.

Best of luck house-hunting!

[Ginny]

And, when she was here for Thanksgiving, my sister brought me the new Barbra Streisand, as a thank-you for looking after our mom and aunt.

do you like it?

You know, in all the hustle and bustle around here since Thanksgiving, I've only listened to it once and that was in the car.  Maybe I'll give it another listen right now - I'll get back to you.

[Jeanne]

DF&H#2 saw one of the properties that looked quite promising in my house search--in fact, he checked it out for me just before it went into foreclosure. It proved to be a real dog; there was no way I'd undertake a total redo of it. But now, at least, we have some common ground, as our opinions of it are the same. And, it was indeed the most promising of the bunch.

[DERBRUCER]

I find when I do that, my guests seem to react badly to me sniffing them and licking their hands.

Might that be because of where you are sniffing?

der Brucer

[DERBRUCER]

what if you have to go to the bathroom during those hours?

I guess you hope to have a subway grate handy.

der Brucer

[DERBRUCER]

If there was plenty left on the bones to make stock.  goose stock doesn't appeal to me.

You don't need any meat on bones to make good stock - the goodness comes from the bones themselves.

der Brucer

[Matt H.]

And of course

SHOW GIRL - and the story of Cecelia Siddons

I did forget about SHOW GIRL. Another prized CD attained this year. I'm very grateful to have gotten it and ANYA this year.

[Matt H.]

DR Jose's message reminded me that I did indeed buy one NEW cast album from a show from last season this year: THE STORY OF MY LIFE.

I'm pretty sure that was the only one, however.

[Matt H.]

I watched the penultimate MENTALIST episode from season one, the one about the murder of a boy at a camp for troubled youths. I barely remembered this episode, and things about it kept surprising me throughout including the identity of the murderer.

[Matt H.]

While I fixed and ate lunch, I went back to disc one in the MENTALIST set and watched three of the four episodes again on that disc. (I skipped the pilot episode). Such fun.

[Matt H.]

Then I finished watching IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME in HD off the DVR. Looked splendid (Garland was particularly fetching in her red dress doing those two numbers at the engagement party).

[DERBRUCER]

And it seems they've also re-instated the "No getting out of your seat during the first and last hour of the flight" rule (which took effect right after 9/11) as well.

Interesting...

NYPOST

...
Chaos erupted as alleged terrorist Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, 23, tried to set off a sophisticated explosive device strapped to his body.

"Suddenly, we hear a bang. It sounded like a firecracker went off," said Jasper Schuringa, a film director who was traveling to the US to visit friends.

"When [it] went off, everybody panicked ... Then someone screamed, ‘Fire! Fire!’"

Schuringa, sitting in seat 20J, in the right-most section of the Airbus 330, looked to his left. "I saw smoke rising from a seat ... I didn’t hesitate. I just jumped," he said.

Schuringa dove over four passengers to reach Abdul Mutallab’s seat. The suspect had a blanket on his lap. "It was smoking and there were flames coming from beneath his legs."

"I searched on his body parts and he had his pants open. He had something strapped to his legs."

The unassuming hero ripped the flaming, molten object — which resembled a small, white shampoo bottle — off Abdul Mutallab’s left leg, near his crotch. He said he put out the fire with his bare hands.

Schuringa yelled for water, and members of the flight crew soon appeared with fire extinguishers. Then, he said, he hauled the suspect out of the seat.
...

So under the new rules, Jasper should have just stayed in his seat and left the bomber finish his deed!

der Brucer

[Matt H.]

I have INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE all cued up ready to watch when I go back down. I haven't decided what else I'll watch tonight.

[Jennifer]

I am back from braving the mall!   It was very crowded even at 11:30am.

[bk]

Well, not sure about the new car yet - while it's been an incredible year for Kritzerland, one dealer is so far behind in payment (he's just about to pay half the bill for Clouseau this week - so he still owes the other half of that, then Pressure Point, Stranger/Tamiko, and The Children's Hour, and this week he'll get Empire and Rhapsody - it's a HUGE amount of money and it will be at least three months before it's all paid off.  If I had that money now there would be absolutely no problem getting the car on Monday.  I've tried to get him current, and he actually promised to pay his huge Taras Bulba invoice in two payments, but then he forgot that and it ended up being four payments, which pushed everything back three weeks later than it already was.  However, I cannot push him because he's the Kritzerland life blood.

[JoseSPiano]

Good Afternoon!

Christmas Morning, Part Deux, was a rousing success!  Gifts were distributed. Wrapping paper was torn off with vigour! And there were lots of "Oohs", "Aahs", "Thank You's", and "I Love You's". 

*My favorite "reaction" courtesy of my nephew, John Michael:

My brother, Mike, to his son/my nephew: Hey, isn't that a nice gift? You should give your uncle a hug and a kiss for that.
My nephew: How about just a handshake?

Why I oughtta!

[JoseSPiano]

bk - I know you've mentioned this before, but...

How old is your car?
How old is your battery?

If you're still using you're original battery, well... A new battery is much, much cheaper than a new car. But I'm sure you already know that.

[JoseSPiano]

DR DER BRUCER - I also believe there was a report that the "suspected" terrorist first went to the bathroom in order to "prepare" shortly after the plane took off.  However, I'm pretty sure that getting out of one's seat in order to extinguish a fire - no matter the source or cause - would still be permitted.

*I'm just wondering if the TSA is going to start having special procedures for incoming International flights and flights in and out of DCA like they did right after the planes started flying after 9/11.

**I just hope that whoever cleared this "suspected" terrorist to fly is reprimanded, well.. Fired!

[Matt H.]

I'm finishing up some computer stuff and then I'll be heading down for an evening of movie watching. I really do love these days off!

[Matt H.]

Spoo!

WBBL.

[JoseSPiano]

Jose, “the baby whisperer”, I like that.  The Jefferson hotel is beautiful.

I had never figured "Uncle Steve" as the "baby type", although, I guess he is.  Heck, I still remember when I finally got to "meet' my nephew, John Michael.  -He was born in Hawaii, and I didn't get to see him in person until my brother got transferred back to the mainland.  Steve and I met him together.  John screamed when I tried to hold him, but he had no problem when Steve took him in his arms.

And, yes, The Jefferson Hotel is quite beautiful.  I'm glad I stopped by last night to look at all the Christmas decorations.  By the time I got there, the only other people walking through the lobby were the desk staff and cleaning crew.  It was very peaceful, and perfect for taking pictures.  *As well as "letting" Monkey climb the big tree in the lobby. 

[JoseSPiano]

And the dessert - um, wow!!  Look how beautifull!!

oh my god what is that!  i want some NOW!!!

ME THREE!!!

Thanks for the food porn, DR Julie!