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[Cillaliz]

Thanks Jane.  I'm sure it will, it's just a pain.  I just want it paid before it impacts my credit rating

[Jane]

I just want it paid before it impacts my credit rating

Absolutely!!! 

[JoseSPiano]

Good Evening!

Well...

I guess I sort of napped.

[JoseSPiano]

However, I know I did drop off some shirts off at the dry-cleaner.

And I also started two loads of laundry.

-In other words, I'm cleaning all the clothes I took on my vacation.

[JoseSPiano]

And in a little while (ah, an Amy Grant reference) .....

I will be readying my bag for tomorrow morning: my My Fair Lady score and other rehearsal needs.

As well as setting up my wake-up alarms.

[JoseSPiano]

Welcome back to Fairfax County, DRJose!

Thank You, DR KevinH.

Alas, it looks like I'll be experiencing rain for the first time in almost three weeks.

[JoseSPiano]

I think I just streamlined my iPhoto Library. At least I hope I did.

You may just have started following 34 new people on Twitter.

Did I?

[JoseSPiano]

I think I just streamlined my iPhoto Library. At least I hope I did.

Did you drop the SFFD and Monkey photo?

Nope. I kept both of them. At least I hope I did.

However, my iTunes Music Library seems to have "left" my iPhone.

[JoseSPiano]

Welcome home to DR Jose - did you wave when you flew over Ohio?

Umm... In my dreams I did.

[bk]

Finished with a very rough first rehearsal - we were behind the entire way which is never a good thing.  It's going to be a very good show, but there's a lot of work to be done between now and our next rehearsal.

[TCB]

And the word of the day is: FIDUCIAL!

Them:  I knew a man with a wooden leg named Smith.
Me:  What was the name of his other leg?

[John G.]

I understand the concept of age inappropriate vs banning, however, if you look at the list of banned books it seems to me age inappropriate it too often used as an excuse.

While in the children's section at the library helping Craig & his friend find books for a school report I was not happy to also find a rather explicit book on the facts of life.  I did not request it be banned from the library, just moved out of easy access to the book.  It was then that I understood why my father was so upset when he found I had check MADAME BOVARY out from the school library.  Funny though because his concerns regarding the book actually had the opposite effect.  I found Madame Bovary to be a stupid bore.

Some of my favorite books when I was a kid were the ones smuggled to me because I was considered too young to read them. My next door neighbor gave me "The Exorcist" and "The Godfather," great stuff for a sixth or seventh grader. "Madame Bovary," I think, probably should be kept out of the hands of kids, because it would have been a bore to them and that would ruin a book that could possibly have a profound effect.

[TCB]

Otherwise...

I had a truly wonderful, worthwhile and special vacation. As much I loved visiting the cities, eating some great food and biking all over the place, what made it so incredible were the People. Old friends, new friends, Dear Readers and Family.

What a joy it was, Jose, to finally meet you face to face.  I just wish I had been in better health, so I could have spent more time showing you around.

[John G.]

Finally talked to my insurance agent's office today.  His assistant agreed that it's insane that they would pay to get me to the hospital in the ambulance but haven't approved the treatment I got there.   They want medical records but never asked me for a release.  The assistant told me they have not been impressed wtih my adjuster and that she's been a problem with every case she's had.  So, I'm expecting that it will all be taken care of now.

Vibes it happens!!!

Added vibes.

[Jane]

And the word of the day is: FIDUCIAL!

Them:  I knew a man with a wooden leg named Smith.
Me:  What was the name of his other leg?

[Jane]

I understand the concept of age inappropriate vs banning, however, if you look at the list of banned books it seems to me age inappropriate it too often used as an excuse.

While in the children's section at the library helping Craig & his friend find books for a school report I was not happy to also find a rather explicit book on the facts of life.  I did not request it be banned from the library, just moved out of easy access to the book.  It was then that I understood why my father was so upset when he found I had check MADAME BOVARY out from the school library.  Funny though because his concerns regarding the book actually had the opposite effect.  I found Madame Bovary to be a stupid bore.

"Madame Bovary," I think, probably should be kept out of the hands of kids, because it would have been a bore to them and that would ruin a book that could possibly have a profound effect.

ROTFLOL!

[Jane]

After my father, brother & I had read a few James Bond books my father decided the one he had just read wasn't acceptable for me to read, in fact he said I couldn't read any more of them.  My mother gave them to me to read when he wasn't home.

Bruce what was that book about the nymphomaniac you lent me that my father found and destroyed?  Later they made a movie of it.  I only felt bad because it wasn't my book.  You said not to worry about it. 

The funny part was my father never mentioned to me what he had done.  I think he was too horrified & I didn't not appreciate the book nearly as much as Bruce did.

[TCB]

Toe healing vibes to Cillaliz!

[John G.]

I understand the concept of age inappropriate vs banning, however, if you look at the list of banned books it seems to me age inappropriate it too often used as an excuse.

While in the children's section at the library helping Craig & his friend find books for a school report I was not happy to also find a rather explicit book on the facts of life.  I did not request it be banned from the library, just moved out of easy access to the book.  It was then that I understood why my father was so upset when he found I had check MADAME BOVARY out from the school library.  Funny though because his concerns regarding the book actually had the opposite effect.  I found Madame Bovary to be a stupid bore.

"Madame Bovary," I think, probably should be kept out of the hands of kids, because it would have been a bore to them and that would ruin a book that could possibly have a profound effect.

ROTFLOL!

Well, I certainly loathed Thomas Hardy in high school, and Faulkner, and well, most of the novelists that our teachers had us read. I would ban "Return of the Native" because it's a badly written book. Most of the writers I live were people I discovered on my own.

[Jane]

I haven't read  "Return of the Native" and Hardy wasn't required reading in any of my classes.  I can't think of any required reading in high school that I disliked.  The Madame was my own foolish mistake.  I didn't read Faulkner until after we were married a few years.

[TCB]

Thanks for the ice cream recipe, DR John G.  I'll be trying that soon.  Very soon.

DR JoseSPiano asked about eggs.  I've never quite grasped the difference between ice cream with eggs and without.  With eggs = "custard", right?  Do they make it richer?

Not everyone uses eggs, and I think it's simply a matter of personal preference, in the same way that some people use a mixture of cream and milk. All of these affect texture. But, yes, eggs make it more custardy.

There's a woman in Ohio, I believe, named Jenni, who is gaining a natural reputation for her ice creams. She  uses cream cheese to give them an extra richness. I had one, a roasted pistachio, served to me last night and it was really thick and rich, almost too rich, but that could have been the way the friend made it.

Now, I want some ice cream.

DR John G - Are you talking about Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams?

http://www.jenis.com/

They are quite good, and, yes, some of the flavors can be quite rich. However, it's one of those pints that really does serve four.

A pint that serves four?  No in my house.

[Jane]

I love FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWED, both the book and the movie.

[George]

Toe healing vibes to Cillaliz!

~~~DITTO!!~~~

[George]

Thanks for the ice cream recipe, DR John G.  I'll be trying that soon.  Very soon.

DR JoseSPiano asked about eggs.  I've never quite grasped the difference between ice cream with eggs and without.  With eggs = "custard", right?  Do they make it richer?

Not everyone uses eggs, and I think it's simply a matter of personal preference, in the same way that some people use a mixture of cream and milk. All of these affect texture. But, yes, eggs make it more custardy.

There's a woman in Ohio, I believe, named Jenni, who is gaining a natural reputation for her ice creams. She  uses cream cheese to give them an extra richness. I had one, a roasted pistachio, served to me last night and it was really thick and rich, almost too rich, but that could have been the way the friend made it.

Now, I want some ice cream.

DR John G - Are you talking about Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams?

http://www.jenis.com/

They are quite good, and, yes, some of the flavors can be quite rich. However, it's one of those pints that really does serve four.

A pint that serves four?  No in my house.

Ditto, too!

[TCB]

I am shocked, shocked, to find October going on in here.

Exactly how I feel.

It is, however, inevitable.

Nothing is inevitable, except death and taxes!

[TCB]

Thanks Jane.  I'm sure it will, it's just a pain.  I just want it paid before it impacts my credit rating

Sounds like me and $35,000 hospital bill.

[John G.]

I love FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWED, both the book and the movie.

I did. too. Love the mini-series, too. And "The Mayor of Casterbridge," but not "Tess," "Jude" or "Return of the Native."

I was thinking the other day about  how much we had to read  for class in high school, and I think the book list for 9th grade alone was about 25. A lot of it was short (plays like "Pygmalion," "My Fair Lady," "Camelot," "West Side Story," "Romeo and Juliet" and "Julius Caesar"), but almost all of it was quite good. A few others I remember: Plato's Dialogues, To Kill a Mockingbird, Oliver Twist, Brave New World, Animal Farm, On the Beach, Ecclesiastes, The Death of Ivan Ilych, Cyrano de Bergerac, The Portrait of Dorian Gray, and some poetry.

The teacher also encouraged us to read further,  which was nice. She had a book rack of paperbacks of things that anyone in her classes could borrow. I remember reading a novelization of "Taxi Driver" and "The World According to Garp" from that rack.    

They don't make kids read that much any more. And they don't really encourage it in the same way, either.

[Jane]

I was always an avid reader and wish the librarian in high school and been more interested in guiding me.  She was rather useless & uninterested.  I can't imagine why she chose to be a librarian.

'night

[elmore3003]

I understand the concept of age inappropriate vs banning, however, if you look at the list of banned books it seems to me age inappropriate it too often used as an excuse.

While in the children's section at the library helping Craig & his friend find books for a school report I was not happy to also find a rather explicit book on the facts of life.  I did not request it be banned from the library, just moved out of easy access to the book.  It was then that I understood why my father was so upset when he found I had check MADAME BOVARY out from the school library.  Funny though because his concerns regarding the book actually had the opposite effect.  I found Madame Bovary to be a stupid bore.

"Madame Bovary," I think, probably should be kept out of the hands of kids, because it would have been a bore to them and that would ruin a book that could possibly have a profound effect.

ROTFLOL!

Well, I certainly loathed Thomas Hardy in high school, and Faulkner, and well, most of the novelists that our teachers had us read. I would ban "Return of the Native" because it's a badly written book. Most of the writers I live were people I discovered on my own.

I like Hardy, never cared about Faulkner. The required reading I disliked was "Silas Marner." The problem with Flaubert, as with most foreign nineteenth century writers, is that there's only one good translation of MADAME BOVARY, Francis Steegmuller's, and I think it's a brilliant novel.  Most nineteenth century writers were translated to suit Victorian readers and were often bowdlerized out of all meaning. Thank God a lot of Balzac, dumas, Tolstoy, Zola and others are getting new transaltions now.

I thought it was a really good MAJOR CRIMES episode tonight; I was caught totally unaware by the plot twist and what an ending!

[TCB]

I was always an avid reader and wish the librarian in high school and been more interested in guiding me.  She was rather useless & uninterested.  I can't imagine why she chose to be a librarian.

'night

Jane, shhhh!  Ginny will probably read this tomorrow!