A few years ago I was in a writers group with my pals E. E. Knight (EEK) and Jack Fredrickson. EEK now has several published books, check here for a listing on Amazon.com, and his latest, Dragon Avenger, is coming out on Dec. 5. Jack’s first book, A Safe Place for Dying, is coming out [...]
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A while back I posted about the Rough Days we, my mother in particular, were having. In specific, that Friday we learned about the death of a former neighbor, that Saturday we learned about the death of one of Mother’s cousins, and on Sunday we learned that a neighbor of over 30 years was in [...] Here are a couple of differences between cats and dogs: When a dog wants to be petted, it uses its head to butt your hand. Why? Because a dog knows you use your hand to pet it. When a cat wants to be petted, it uses its paw to swat your head. Why? Because a [...] The most awful thing about pets is having to say bye. Today Reggie’s brother, Sparky, had to be put down. For years Reggie was the sibling with health problems, but in the past year and a half Sparky had some serious problems. Over the weekend he went downhill quickly. Here’s a picture of him from [...] As I reported earlier, a tenth anniversary edition (DVD region 1) of the 1995 Pride and Prejudice mini-series is coming out next Tuesday. DVD Talk has an in-depth review here, which sadly includes a few errors about the plot. Other than the plot errors, it’s an interesting review. Here are a few key points: This release [...] (Update: I know Psycho is misspelled below, but the service used to create the poll won’t let me edit the question. Why not? Because that service, Vizu, claims there is profanity in the question. They are picking on part of Sir Alfred’s last name. Now what am I supposed to do about that! It’s part [...] A few weeks ago I posted a poll and below are the results. If you’d like to vote, the poll is still open here, so give it a go.
I’m so glad I’m not the only one that savors a good book before starting another. Thanks for participating! Dell, Apple, and now Toshiba are each recalling laptop batteries…batteries all made by Sony. As of this posting, there are now over 6 million faulty Sony batteries being recalled. Dell is recalling 4.1 million batteries, Apple is recalling 1.8 million, and Toshiba just announced a recall of 340,000 laptop batteries. Has anyone else noticed that Sony [...] Yippy skippy! The past few days I’ve been blindsided by the worst cold I’ve had in years. And I lived to talk about…I think. I feel better today and have forced myself to take it easy. I am going to cry and cry and cry if this misery swings back and hits me a second [...] Firda recommended this game, Drag the Dot, so I gave it a shot. I had a little trouble with level 11 or 12, can’t remember which, 11 I think, but got through to level 16 fairly easily. I’m giving up now; too tired to play any more. I keep getting caught on the 2nd to [...] Harry Potter, via author J.K. Rowling, recently had a "confrontation" with heightened airport security…and Harry won. Hmm. Rowling was in New York for an event during August and here’s what she says of the travel incident: The heightened security restrictions on the airlines in August made the journey back from New York interesting, as I refused [...] Yesterday Missyisms, this blog that is, turned one year old! Our first blogiversary! My first ever post was about the wonderful Foyle’s War. That night last year, PBS in the U.S. ran the first episode of season 3 of Foyle’s War. I’ve just looked at FoylesWar.com and they’ve got a notice that Foyle’s War seasons 4 [...]
2,996 innocents lost their lives. They are pictured above. They were from 115 different countries. (Click on the picture for a better view and to learn more about it.) We miss them all. There’s a blog project running today called 2996 Project. Each victim shown above is being memorialized by at least one blogger. [...] As far as Internet surfing goes…I love Mozilla Firefox! Tabs are fabulous! But, I’m having problems with the latest version…it isn’t always recognizing blogs have been updated. So I access a page with a blog and have to click reload just to make sure I’m really seeing the latest page. This is very annoying. This [...] The American Film Institute (AFI) has released their list of the top 25 musicals. I used to love musicals, but I think I over watched them and have needed a break from them the past several years. I have to agree with both EEK and Laura that this AFI list is, well, pardon the pun, [...] My friend chats_noirs had a difficult day Friday culminating in badly sprained ankle. As their condo is not on the ground floor, this left her rather "shut in" for the holiday weekend. With my usual brilliance, a quote from her husband–not a crass attempt at fluffing my own feathers, I suggested a weekend Jane Austen [...]
‘Nuff said. (Except maybe that my Schnauzer is cuter than the above.)
Former First Lady of Texas Nellie Connally has passed away. Mrs. Connally skyrocketed to international attention because of one car ride:
Americans, and many others, will recognize this famous picture that was taken just minutes before Pres. Kennedy was assassinated. That’s Mrs. Connally in front of Jackie Kennedy. Like Mrs. Kennedy, Nellie Connally was not [...] Life with Reggie can be difficult (check out the Pets category in the right column for more on this). Lately life with Reggie has been even harder because he’s been even more nervous-nellie than normal. As I’ve surely mentioned, Reggie is afraid of coughing, sneezing, and similar-type noises, but not thunder, fireworks, or sonic booms. [...] |
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