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« Reply #210 on: August 18, 2024, 07:22:47 PM »

I finished Caleb Carr's devastating dual biography of himself and his Siberian Forest cat Masha. I actually had three chapters to go when I posted this morning. Masha was close to twenty years old when she died on April 5. The year seems to be 2021, since he mentions a winter after 2020. I'm guessing his 17 years  of life with Masha were 2021. The encounter with the fisher, which I had read last night, happened just before the 2016 positive New York Times Book Review of his 2016 novel Surrender, New York.

After griping about generic names for character - My Mentor, Lady Vet - Carr does acknowledge many of them at the end of the book.

I’ll start it this week.
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« Reply #211 on: August 18, 2024, 07:22:58 PM »

Eight!
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« Reply #212 on: August 18, 2024, 07:23:57 PM »

I'm so hot that I don't even care that I do not care for page seven.


I've been meaning to ask for a confirmation on that rumor.
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« Reply #213 on: August 18, 2024, 07:26:24 PM »

Crispy. Extra crispy. Do words have no meaning anymore? What i got was the opposite of crispy - no crispy - anti-crispy - then we add completely flavorless to that and I ate about four or five pieces before depositing it in the trash.

That's too bad, BK.  A week ago Friday, I went to the local Eagan's and ordered a Bacon Burger, and the bacon was floppy and chewy.


Wasn't that a song on the ODD COUPLE TV series - Floppy and Chewy and Bursting with Love.   
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« Reply #214 on: August 18, 2024, 07:26:36 PM »

Or was that Happy and Peppy and Bursting with Love?
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« Reply #215 on: August 18, 2024, 07:31:11 PM »


"Happy and Peppy and Bursting with Love"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIaaSBefy-Q
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« Reply #216 on: August 18, 2024, 08:00:32 PM »

That clip of Cilla makes me sad. Immigration is her issue. Is she blind?
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« Reply #217 on: August 18, 2024, 08:01:06 PM »

CONGRATULATIONS, DR George, on your lofty new perch in the HHW firmament!!!!
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« Reply #218 on: August 18, 2024, 08:01:41 PM »

Thanks for checking in from Tokyo, DR Rodzinski. Hope the little Rodz is feeling better pronto, and that you all have a great time.
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« Reply #219 on: August 18, 2024, 08:01:49 PM »

Dinner out was delish!
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« Reply #220 on: August 18, 2024, 08:02:13 PM »

Congrats, George!
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« Reply #221 on: August 18, 2024, 08:02:40 PM »

The pie came out great.
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« Reply #222 on: August 18, 2024, 08:03:08 PM »

On the way home, I saw this view. The moon was spectacular tonight!
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« Reply #223 on: August 18, 2024, 08:04:17 PM »

Why?      :)
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« Reply #224 on: August 18, 2024, 08:05:38 PM »

 :)
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« Reply #225 on: August 18, 2024, 08:09:49 PM »

Why?      :)

:)

That sounds quite sensible!
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« Reply #226 on: August 18, 2024, 08:10:41 PM »

To each his own.
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« Reply #227 on: August 18, 2024, 08:11:08 PM »

The pie came out great.

I'm glad. How could it not, really?
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« Reply #228 on: August 18, 2024, 08:16:32 PM »

Good night, friends.
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« Reply #229 on: August 18, 2024, 08:16:38 PM »

And others.
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« Reply #230 on: August 18, 2024, 08:32:38 PM »

Enjoying Hannah Waddingham in Ted Lasso.
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« Reply #231 on: August 18, 2024, 08:58:23 PM »

Good evening.
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« Reply #232 on: August 18, 2024, 08:58:46 PM »

So sorry to hear about your mom, John G.
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« Reply #233 on: August 18, 2024, 09:03:24 PM »

So sorry to hear about your mom, John G.

Thank you. No news.
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« Reply #234 on: August 18, 2024, 09:33:26 PM »

Enjoying Hannah Waddingham in Ted Lasso.

She's amazing, and she gets to sing in a few episodes, which is a real treat.

Hope your Mom is feeling better soon.
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« Reply #235 on: August 18, 2024, 09:44:00 PM »

Enjoying Hannah Waddingham in Ted Lasso.

She's amazing, and she gets to sing in a few episodes, which is a real treat.

Hope your Mom is feeling better soon.

Thank you.

I'm halfway through season one. It's getting better.
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« Reply #236 on: August 18, 2024, 09:45:10 PM »

Good night, all.
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« Reply #237 on: August 18, 2024, 10:40:39 PM »

Apparently, it's a lovely seventy-four outside. In here? Eighty-one.
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« Reply #238 on: August 18, 2024, 10:40:57 PM »

EIGHTY-ONE.
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« Reply #239 on: August 18, 2024, 10:41:29 PM »

For the cheap seats: E I G H T Y - O N E.
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