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By Missy, on September 30, 2005, 2:22 pm
I had lunch with some friends today, but arrived late
because Reggie was sick. Reggie has a permanent liver-related health problem,
so Reggie gets sick a lot.
Once I reached the restaurant, my friends wanted to hear the
gory details about Reggie and I explained how I could hear his insides
“gurgling,” but I wasn’t sure if it [...]
By Missy, on September 29, 2005, 8:54 pm
After a record setting heat spell this summer, it got cold
fast. When Reggie and I went for our walk tonight it was already 48 degrees
Fahrenheit! It’s not even October yet. Who turned off the heat?
It is actually superior sleep weather. I sleep better when I
can snuggle under blankets and comforters instead of sweltering because the [...]
By Missy, on September 29, 2005, 12:28 pm
Does anyone else get the feeling that episodes 1 and 2 of the
second season of Lost were originally slated to be one two-hour episode?
Did ABC executives change their minds and tell the producers they couldn’t
have a two-hour episode after all and to reshuffle? I don’t remember the show
ever overlapping the timeframe like they did [...]
By Missy, on September 22, 2005, 5:39 pm
The other day I posted about Google’s new blog search service. I think this is a great service, but I’m disappointed with what I’ve seen. Not with Google, but what I’ve seen in the search results.
After watching Bride & Prejudice I went to Google’s blog search to see what others had blogged about the movie. [...]
By Missy, on September 22, 2005, 4:29 pm
We learned this morning that my aunt and uncle are evacuating their home north of Houston. We haven’t gotten a hold of a cousin that lives 90 miles east of Houston up the coast. These relatives are from different sides of my family so they don’t know each other well enough to keep in touch. [...]
By Missy, on September 21, 2005, 12:44 pm
Marshall Field’s = Macy’s?
No! This is Chicago, not New York City! But, the new owner of Marshall Field’s wants to change the name to Macy’s in 2006. What about the Field’s green bags? What about Field’s State Street building that survived the Chicago Fire? What about Field’s green clocks? What about the famous Norman Rockwell [...]
By Missy, on September 20, 2005, 11:23 pm
Apparently, I don’t speak American like my Midwestern neighbors; but since I’m a displaced Southerner, I already knew that. Not sure what these divisions are: Midwestern vs. Upper Midwestern? Where are these geographically? And in broadcast terms, General American English is Midwestern. Hum?
At least, I speak more Dixie than Yankee! That’s a relief.
Here’s how I [...]
By Missy, on September 19, 2005, 10:05 am
It’s Talk Like A Pirate Day!
Ahoy mateys and swab the deck! Avast me hearties, polish yer wooden leg
and shine that eye patch, we’ve got some sunken treasure to scrounge!
Sorry, I can’t keep up the pirate dialogue (and don’t want to either),
but I will, to keep somewhat on theme, mention my favorite pirate
movies:
The Spanish Main with [...]
By Missy, on September 18, 2005, 11:03 pm
The Chicago Bears won their football game today against the Detroit Lions. Yes, I know this is a shock, but they really did win, and win big. This means that those of us living in Chicago-land will be hearing about the Bears impending triumphant march to the Super Bowl for the rest of this week. [...]
By Missy, on September 18, 2005, 1:07 pm
Reggie struck again. Woke me up at 4:57 A.M. this time—13 minutes later than our nightly adventure a few days ago. This is very unusual for Reggie, but two things might be causing it.
Reg has a permanent liver-related health problem and is on medication and special dog food. Unfortunately, his regular food is on back [...]
By Missy, on September 17, 2005, 11:54 pm
Several friends have been encouraging me to watch Bride & Prejudice, but for some reason it just never
worked out. I wasn’t opposed to watching it, but, I have to admit, it wasn’t at
the top of my to-do list. I think part of my hesitation was because I didn’t
particularly care for Bend It Like Beckham, [...]
By Missy, on September 16, 2005, 9:15 pm
You
might have heard that The Complete Calvin & Hobbes is being released
in hardback in a few weeks. Check it out at Amazon.
I’ve loved "Calvin and Hobbes" since it first appeared in my local
newspaper and even
now I read it online every morning at UComics. But I don’t know
that I’ll be spending roughly $100 for a [...]
By Missy, on September 15, 2005, 5:53 pm
Google has added a new blog search tool, aptly named, Blog Search beta.
Even my new baby blog shows up on a few searches. Very cool. It doesn’t seem to
be perfect, but then again, what is.
By Missy, on September 14, 2005, 12:28 pm
Maybe I’ve had my head in the sand, maybe I’m ignorant,
maybe I don’t read enough, maybe I read the wrong things, maybe I just don’t
remember it…but, no, I’m pretty sure I’ve never seen this word in print before:
Unmissable.
But there it is, bold as can be, on a British movie poster
for the new theater [...]
By Missy, on September 13, 2005, 1:29 pm
That’s the time that Reggie woke me up this morning. 4:43
A.M.Definitely not the time I want to be woken by the clinking
of dog tags—the signal that Reggie is up and shaking himself. I lay
listening for a moment, hoping he was just moving to a different
location in the house to continue sleeping. No such luck. [...]
By Missy, on September 12, 2005, 1:58 pm
I enjoyed last night’s episode of Foyle’s
War (episode 1 of season 3). It was engaging, interesting, covered an
aspect of the British war effort that I knew little about, had great acting and
good locations, but …the ending. Ugh; PBS and their inept editing.
More of my review, but possible SPOILERS included:
By Missy, on September 11, 2005, 9:35 pm
The third season of Foyle’s War starts on PBS tonight! Finally! It aired in the U.K.about a year ago. It only took a few episodes for Foyle’s War to become one of my favorite
shows. In a nutshell, it’s about Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle and
his crime solving efforts in southern England during WWII. In each
episode [...]
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