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[singdaw]

Page three?  Really?

No. Page 4.     

[singdaw]

It's just after 4:00pm here, but overcast. With the time change, it looks like it is almost night.

[John G.]

Page four? Really?

[John G.]

Been sneezing all day.  And not enjoying it.

[John G.]

Great reviews, BK.

[elmore3003]

I decided I needed to redo a shelf of books so I ended up redoing several shelves. I lost three hardcover books - two on Franz Lehar and one on Oscar Straus - and it took me forever to remember where I had set them down.  I hope this is not Alzheimers.

[Druxy]

I just read that the new season of The Mentalist will star on November 30th. It will be the last season. Love this show.

I still think that Patrick Jane should have been Red John.

That would have made it the most talked about series in the history of television.

[Jane]

And I am home. Traffic is terrible on Sixth Avenue this morning and it wasa long bus ride home.

I just got a note from Patrick Cummings, my romantic lead on ROBERTA; he's doing some workshop or developmental thing at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for a couple of weeks.

It is beautiful in Ashland right now.  He should be enjoying his time here.

[Jane]

Good morning, all!  The curse of Daylight Savings? My internal clock tells me that 5:30 is still 6:30, so I was wide awake at 5:30.  Once I realized I wasn't going back to sleep, I got up, dressed, and voted.  I'm now on my first cuppa coffee, and at 7, I will call Fed Ex with a shipping inquiry.

The time change is affecting me, too, but the other way.  I'm going to bed and getting up...and getting to work...even later!  It's not supposed to work that way!

We are supposed to have gained an hour but I don't think it works that way.  We just wake up earlier in the morning.

[Jane]

DR Jane (or any other DRs) have you ever listened to an audio book?

My library just got three new audio books.  Two are for books that I am going to be reading in the next few weeks. One is for a book that I just read a month or two ago.  I have never listened to an audio book before but I am curious.  So I put in a reservation for the two that I will be reading. I thought maybe I could try to listen at the same time i am reading the book that goes with it (not listen while i am reading, but alternate or listen to some passages after i have read them).

I know a lot of people who love audio books. But i have been hesitant because i like reading and feel like listening would be taking something away from the book.  I am always curious at people who write book reviews after only listening to the audio.

I don't like listening to audio books because my mind can very easily wander and then I realize that I've lost my place in the story and trying to get back to what I remember is a big hassle.  I know several people who love to listen when they drive long distances.  One coworker has a 42 minute drive each way and he can pretty much listen to half a disc each way, so a whole disc (about 80 minutes) in a day.  And when some audio books can have as many as 40 discs, it can certainly take a LONG time to get through them.

My mind can also wonder but worse is when I fall asleep reading.  I can imagine the story going on and on while I sleep.  I really like that the Nook saves my place when I fall asleep, unless it falls on my nose and wakes me up first.

[Jane]

Back from Dr. Chew - extraction healed perfectly and I'm now free to chew on that side of my mouth and floss and brush to my heart's content.  Teeth are clean as a whistle, too.

Very good.  How long do you have to wait for the next step?

[Jane]

Excellent reviews.

Ditto!

[Jane]

Yes I have heard of people who do audio books on their commute to work or while they are on the treadmill or doing chores.  I just don't see listening to a book as being equivalent to reading a book.  But I am curious.

Well, either way it's all just story-telling.  Whether you read a book or listen to a CD, the author wrote the story.  Does it really matter how you take it in (other than if your mind wanders too much )?  But then as Jane said, the narrator can make a difference.  For other coworkers of mine, the narrator can make a HUGE difference.

I'm sure the narrator can make a huge difference.  I just find it interesting cause I review books and I see a bunch of people review the audio books and I just don't think that it can be the same experience.  Although I really shouldn't talk since i have never listened to an audio book.  But I just see that one of the ones is ready for me to pick up.  Not sure how i will do it since i also have the book.  I think i might just read and then maybe listen to what i have read as i am falling asleep.

I agree it isn't the same experience.  During my book group discussions it is interesting to hear the different perspective from those that read a book to those that listen.  Sometimes those that listen have a better experience, sometimes not.

[Jane]

I just read that the new season of The Mentalist will star on November 30th. It will be the last season. Love this show.

Thanks.  I'll double check it is set to record.  I've known this will be the last season but I am sorry to see it go.

[Jane]

That's so cute!!

King Charles Spaniels.

[Jane]

I just read that the new season of The Mentalist will star on November 30th. It will be the last season. Love this show.

I still think that Patrick Jane should have been Red John.

That would have made it the most talked about series in the history of television.

You mean hated series.

[Ron Pulliam]

I'm ready to chew lead and spit some tacks, that's what I'm ready to do.

I've been wasting a ton of time on paying an invoice I should NOT be paying and I've been trying to get "good" numbers (i.e. accounts we call "chart fields") that our pay system will accept on behalf of the doofus department for whom we are doing this "favor."

Use this, they say.  Use that, they say.  We don't know why it won't work.  Why don't you call...?   And I am ready to explode.  It is not MY job to invent the correct accounts.  I enter the information I am given into our system.  I simply need GOOD information.

I've tried this FOUR times today...each time is a new complete entry of data, and I'm sick to death of it.

[Ron Pulliam]

There.   I feel so much better getting that off my chest.

[Jane]

I'm glad the rant helped

[ChasSmith]

Like this DR CHAS SMITH.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RGGZmgINQA

Or I could just be a lush on a budget.  Yes, that's the ticket.

[ChasSmith]

Let me just say that, as regards M. Jacques Tati, for anyone who doesn't like his work, that's just fine because there's MORE FOR ME!   

[ChasSmith]

Wait.  Is that the way it works?

[John G.]

Let me just say that, as regards M. Jacques Tati, for anyone who doesn't like his work, that's just fine because there's MORE FOR ME!   

It does with anchovies.

[Jane]

DR Jennifer did you win an advance copy of "A Thousand Pieces of You"?  I love the title.  I recommended my library order it.

[elmore3003]

I liked the first couple of seasons of "The Mentalist," before I decided the entire super-villain-all-knowing-serial-killer Red John was no longer spooky and the whole shebang was absolutely moronic. So I stopped watching. I haven't missed it at all.

[Jane]

I almost gave up on it for the same reason and was glad I stayed with it.  The season they wrapped up the Red John story was excellent.  And now they have taken the show in a new, refreshing direction.

[KevinH]

Too cute for words!

[Jennifer]

DR Jennifer did you win an advance copy of "A Thousand Pieces of You"?  I love the title.  I recommended my library order it.

I didn't win an advanced copy. But I did get an advanced copy from Edelweiss.  It was a very unique book.  I am loving Edelweiss.  For some reason the woman who does edelweiss (review site) for my favorite publisher (Harper Collins) likes me and approves me for all the books I ask for.

[Jennifer]

Almost time for MasterChef Junior. Can't wait.

[Jennifer]

I think I may get my flu shot tomorrow.  Depending on how busy the place is. Or I could go on Friday.