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Post by pegasus on Nov 21, 2012 7:40:49 GMT -7
World Television Day Good morning everyone Today started out with fog but it's turning fair with the sun visible in the blue skies above. I'm definitely getting spoiled by this weather. It's chilly to cold overnight but has been warming up to the 50s during the day. Lovely!! Are you all ready for tomorrow's Thanksgiving feast? I'm really looking forward to joining the family once again for the superb meal they always prepare. And it will be nice to see the young people who are now in college. The oldest, a girl, even has a possible fiancé in tow!! All in all it should be a great day, as usual. But first comes one of my favorite things - the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade in NYC. I love seeing the various new Broadway musical presentations, the marching bands, the huge balloons and most of all - the Rockettes from Radio City Music Hall, all for the purpuse ushering in Santa Claus to Macy's!! So don't expect to hear much from me tonorrow.
And then there's football. Three games, no less. It will definitely be a couch potato day tomorrow - 1st up at 12:30 EST is the Houston Texans v. Detroit Lions. At least now the Lions are no longer at the bottom of the NFL like they were for so many years, but Houston should win. Next up, at 4 p.m. is Washington Redskins v. Dallas Cowboys and a must win for both teams. I'm looking forward to this game. Then we get an NCAA break with TCU at Texas at 7:30 p.m. before the final NFL game - New England Patriots v. NY Jets at 8 p.m. on the NFLnetwork. This will probably be the most lopsided of all the games. The Jets will be lucky to even get a sniff of the end zone.
Just in case you're some place where football doesn't rule, at noon tomorrow (NBC until 2 p.m.) there's the National Dog Show where more than 2,000 canines representing 187 breeds compete. At 8 p.m. there's the annual showing of "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" on ABC. Or if you prefer, "Punkin Chunkin" on the Science Channel - a pumpkin catapult contest in a cornfield. Have fun!!
Rest time. See you later. Thought for Today: "There are no shortcuts to any place worth going." --Beverly Sills (1929-2007) American operatic soprano
Rose in memory of Sparkle
Have a winsome Wednesday
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Post by pegasus on Nov 23, 2012 9:16:47 GMT -7
Native American Heritage Day Good afternoon everyone Today the weather is going back to what is more normal for this time of the year - cloudy and cold. We're on our way back down to temps in the 30s. Brrrrrrrr. I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. As usual, I ate too much, but I just had to have a piece of pumpkin pie - the first one ever made by one of my great-nieces, age 12 (by marriage). She made the filling from scratch but used a ready-made pie crust. It was quite good and a fitting end to the family feast. Something to give thanks for - so far the Israel-Gaza truce seems to be holding despite some incidents along the border. Thank you madam secretary (Hillary Rodham Clinton) and the Egyptian president (Hamas is part of the Muslim Brotherhood and he's a member of the Brotherhood). Now it's time to watch the Syracuse v. Temple football game - the 'Cuse's last football game as a member of the Big East. Next year it becomes part of the Atlantic Coast Conference. It looks like rest times are going to become a permanent part of my life. Yesterday I didn't have time to rest during the day and so I had problems with my leg when I came home from the family Thanksgiving. Ah well, there could be worse things to have to do. Thought for Today: "Set up as an ideal the facing of reality as honestly and as cheerfully as possible." Dr. Karl Menninger (1893-1990) American psychiatrist and co-founder of the Meninger Clinic
Day lily in memory of Sparkle
TGIF
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Post by pegasus on Nov 23, 2012 11:09:54 GMT -7
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Post by pegasus on Nov 25, 2012 10:04:50 GMT -7
Shopping Reminder Day (only 30 days left to Christmas) Good afternoon everyone We've had some flurries this a.m. Right now it's just overcast and gloomy. <sigh> Notre Dame came through and beat USC 22-13. Now it has a 6 week wait until January 7th in Maimi and the national championship game, probably against the SEC champion - Alabama or Georgia. It's too bad that Ohio State is ineligible due to sanctions. It finished unbeaten too and would have been the choice to face the Fightin' Irish.
The Powerball jackpot has reached $425 million, easily eclipsing the old record. What would you do if you won that much money? I'd probably have a heart attack and never get to spend a dime!! Have you see the story about Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), an Iraq-war veteran entering Congress on two prosthetic legs and right arm? She survived a grenade blast while piloting a chopper in Iraq. “There’s nothing anyone can say to me or do to me — short of actually pointing a gun and shooting at me — that’s going to be as bad as it was in Iraq and that year I spent recovering. So it’s really freeing,” Good for her. We could certainly use more in Congress like her.
Rest time. See you later. Thought for Today: "When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen." --Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) American Nobel laureate novelist and short-story writer
Blooming Cactus (Lat. Cactaceae) in memory of Sparkle
Have a standout Sunday
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Post by pegasus on Nov 27, 2012 9:43:10 GMT -7
Pins And Needles Day Good afternoon everyone It's turned out to be a fairly sunny day but definitely chilly with temps in the mid 30s!! At least we didn't get the snow that was in the forecast. I had a scare this a.m. I thought my computer had gone wonkers - it wouldn't completely load. Luckily, my son was able to get it working. Great tech accomplishment - he unplugged it then plugged it back in!! Now even I could have done that!! Did anyone really watch last night's Monday Night Football between the two worst teams in the NFL? I can't believe that anyone that lives outside of Philadelphia and Charlotte, NC would bother. BTW Carolina won 30-22. Big Deal.
All you lovers of grapefruit better be careful. Some Canadian scientists have found that it may turn some common prescription drugs dangerous or even deadly. One of those is Zocor or the popular generic statin simvastatin that can lead to a breakdown of muscle figers that can lead to kidney damage. And I am one who takes the generic version. Luckily, I haven't had any form of grapefruit in quite some time. O.J. yes, grapefruit no. If you're interested - vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/26/15461503-grapefruit-may-turn-more-drugs-deadly-scientists-find?lite
Now it's my rest time. See you later. Thought for Today: "If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we are not really living." --Gail Sheehy (b.1937) American author (Passages)
Winter aconite (Lat. Eranthis hyemalis) in memory of Sparkle
Have a tasty Tuesday.
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Post by pegasus on Nov 29, 2012 11:26:39 GMT -7
Square Dance Day Good afternoon my friends It has warmed up into the 40s with the sun shining most of the time. A nice change. I'm late today because of another morning without the internet. I had to wait for my son to comeover and reconnect me. I almost went into widthdrawal syndrome!! My oldest grandson, who's now at college, has found himself a girlfriend. She's an Army brat from Kansas (her father's a major in the US Army stationed at Fort Leavenworth). Didn't take my g/son long to find someone!! I'm getting mighty tired of all the daily updates on the so-called "fiscal cliff" shennigans. Stop talking about it and do something to fix things. Tell me what's going to be done, but until then - shut up!!! And that goes for the GOP obsession with what our UN ambassador had to say just after the Benghazi attack. She's explained why she said what she did and its a plausible explanation. In the meantime, we're hearing nothing ofsubstance about what happened and why. Is everyone in the GOP so obsessed with things so inconsequential? OK, rant over. Tonight's game on the NFL Network could be interesting - New Orleans Saints (5-6) vs. Altanta Falcons (10-1). Now only is New Orleans is 4-0 in its last four meetings with Atlanta, but the underdog happens to be 6-1 in the last seven games between these division rivals. For once the Thursday night game seems worth watching.
If not, try Thursday night's Big East game - Rutgers (leaving for the Big 10) vs. Louisville (leaving for the Atlantic Coast Conference). Both are still in the running for the conference championship.
(Charlie Strong (left) and Kyle Flood's seasons comes down to tonight's battle for the Big East title.) Rest time. See you later. Thought for Today: "Every one says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive." --C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) English scholar and novelist.(Chronicles of Narnia)
Dahlia in memory of Sparkle
Have a tremendou Thursday
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Post by pegasus on Dec 1, 2012 8:50:15 GMT -7
World AIDS Day Good morning my friends Well, it snowed overnight. Not much but the ground is covered. Right now it's mostly cloudy with the sun trying to push through the clouds. I doubt if the snow will last the day. I'm sure that by now you all have seen the news item about the Missouri family that have become instant millionaires. According to things I've read, a number of lottery winners don't have a good plan on dealing with their money and lose it. But none, I bet, are like the one who was murdered - Abraham Shakespeare ($17 million). Coupled with the news story about the newest winners was the story of the murder trail of his accused killer, Dee Dee Moore in Florida. And it's rather bizarre too. This week Moore has broken down in tears, made faces at the jury and gestures in the courtroom and yesterday she explained to the judge that she suffered a medical emergency - anaphylactic shock. And all this in only three days of the trial!!
And then there's the mysterious second Powerball winner who has only been seen by a clerk in Maryland (the ticket from Arizona)??
SEC Championship game today between Alabama and Georgia, the winner will meet undefeated Notre Dame for the NCAA championship on January 7 in Opa Locka, Florida. I'll be rooting for Georgia. I took a dislike to Alabama football years ago and nothing has happened to change my feelings. Unfortuantely, they ARE good.
Now it's rest time again. See you later. Thought for Today: "Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions." --Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Germon-born Nobel laureate in physics for his theories of general and specialrelativity.
Aster in memory of Sparkle
Have a great weekend.
World AIDS Day Good morning my UK friends Well, it snowed overnight. Not much but the ground is covered. Right now it's mostly cloudy with the sun trying to push through the clouds. I doubt if the snow will last the day. I'm sure that by now you all have seen the news item about the Missouri family that have become instant millionaires. According to things I've read, a number of lottery winners don't have a good plan on dealing with their money and lose it. But none, I bet, are like the one who was murdered - Abraham Shakespeare ($17 million). Coupled with the news story about the newest winners was the story of the murder trail of his accused killer, Dee Dee Moore in Florida. And it's rather bizarre too. This week Moore has broken down in tears, made faces at the jury and gestures in the courtroom and yesterday she explained to the judge that she suffered a medical emergency - anaphylactic shock. And all this in only three days of the trial!!
And then there's the mysterious second Powerball winner who has only been seen by a clerk in Maryland (the ticket from Arizona)??
Now it's rest time again. See you later. Thought for Today: "Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions." --Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Germon-born Nobel laureate in physics for his theories of general and specialrelativity.
Aster in memory of Sparkle
Have a great weekend.
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Post by pegasus on Dec 3, 2012 10:20:22 GMT -7
Telescope Day Good afternoon my friends I keep hearing that the temps are supposed to rise up to 60 but so far I've seen no signs of that. The temp here is now 50 but it is sunny. I'm bored. I need an infusion of new books to read but I also need my extra funds for Christams. I think I'll go back to bed. Thought for Today: "Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.” --Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) Polish-born English novelist
Barberry bush in memory of Sparkle
Have a mirthful Monday
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Post by pegasus on Dec 5, 2012 7:44:19 GMT -7
Blue Jeans Day Good morning my friends Back to normal gloomy and chilly December weather. Our mini-heat wave is over but, oh it was so nice yesterday!!Today is gray, gray, gray with temps dropping through the 40s. If you are a woman, be glad that you don't live in Egypt where sex mobs target women without worrying about being caught. Some experts allege the government and security officials are failing to take the problem seriously. Walaa Al Momtaz, a student, doesn’t leave her home for up to five days at a time. Men and boys constantly harass and threaten Al Momtaz on the bus, on the street and at the university. "Everybody thinks that democracy and freedom are a license to do whatever they want," she said. This really isn't surprising - women aren't relly valued in Muslim society. They are a commodity to be bought and sold by the males of the society. And for something like this to be prevalent in a fairly modern Muslim society just proves womens lack of status in a Muslim society. Do you ever hear of a "honor killing" of anyone other than a female? The male half goes scot-free.
(Volunteers scan a crowd in an effort to detect and prevent sexual harassment during a demonstration against Pres. Morsi in Cairo's Tahrir Square) Rant over. I'll get down off my soapbox. Rest time.
in memory of Sparkle Thought for Today: "The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.” ..Joan Didion (b. 1934) American journalist and novelist
Have a warming Wednesday
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Post by pegasus on Dec 7, 2012 9:03:22 GMT -7
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Good afternoon my friends Overcast and cold. Snow forecasted but so far is passing south of us. Watch out FS, it's coming your way!! Today we remember Pearl Harbor on the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attack on our navy. I don't exactly remember the day, but I do remember sitting in front of my grandmother's radio listening to Pres. Roosevelt's "Day that will live in infamy" speech. At age 5, I wasn't really conscious of the disaster that had occurred and what it meant. All I knew was the adults in my family were upset and therefore, so was I.
Good news - the unemployment rate hit its lowerst point in four years at 7.7%. The economy added 146,000 jobs last month. Now if we can just get this "fiscal cliff" thing solved.
My all-time favorite cartoon character - Maxine. This one was posted on my thread on another board by femme. I love it!! Jacintha Saldanha, the nurse who was duped by the DJ's prank call about Duchess Kate, has been found dead. The police described the circumstance of her death as "unexplained." A police spokeswoman said the death was being treated as “unexplained” until an autopsy was carried out.
Rest time.
Aster in memory of Sparkle Thought for Today: "If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all." --Avram Noam Chomsky (b. 1928) American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, logician, historian, political critic, and activist
TGIF
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Post by pegasus on Dec 9, 2012 10:10:05 GMT -7
]Happy Chanukah/Hanukkah[/b] Good afternoon my friends It's a little brighter today by still cloud covered with a temp in the 30s. No snow and none forecasted. Whew!! I've been thinking of hinting to my family that as a present I'd like a kindle or a Barnes & Nobel nook. I've been reluctant to go electronic because I like to hold a book in my hands but evern paperbacks are getting expensive and the e-books are about half-price. I was disappointed in the Heisman voters who gave the trophy to a freshman quarterback last night. I always thought that the Heisman Trophy was for sustained excellence over more than one year. I'm not really comfortable with a sophmore winning, not when there's another candidate with greater credentials. This is the one year that I had hopes that a defensive player could win. But as usual, the voters reached for a practically unknown and gave it to him. Football Johnny, my foot!! Last week we had the Kansas City football player who committed murder then suicide. This week we have the Dallas Cowboy defensive player arrested for intoxication manslaughter for driving drunk and having an accident that killed a teammate. I wonder what is the third death next week? As for the latest, it's another example of why you shouldn't get behind the wheel of a car when you've been drinking. Kind of hard on the passenger, yes? Rest time once again. Dryas octopetala in memory of Sparkle Thought for Today: "It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission." --[/i]Grace Murray Hopper (1906-1992) American computer programmer and inventor of COBOL
Have a superb Sunday everyone.
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]Happy Chanukah/Hanukkah[/b] Good afternoon my friends It's a little brighter today by still cloud covered with a temp in the 30s. No snow and none forecasted. Whew!! I've been thinking of hinting to my family that as a present I'd like a kindle or a Barnes & Nobel nook. I've been reluctant to go electronic because I like to hold a book in my hands but evern paperbacks are getting expensive and the e-books are about half-price. Last week we had the Kansas City football player who committed murder then suicide. This week we have the Dallas Cowboy defensive player arrested for intoxication manslaughter for driving drunk and having an accident that killed a teammate. I wonder what is the third death next week? As for the latest, it's another example of why you shouldn't get behind the wheel of a car when you've been drinking. Kind of hard on the passenger, yes? Rest time once again. Dryas octopetala in memory of Sparkle Thought for Today: "It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission." --[/i]Grace Murray Hopper (1906-1992) American computer programmer and inventor of COBOL
Have a superb Sunday everyone.
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Post by pegasus on Dec 11, 2012 13:41:03 GMT -7
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Post by pegasus on Dec 13, 2012 8:15:02 GMT -7
Ice Cream and Violins Day Good morning everyone. Right now the sun is shining brightly, right on my face and it feels wonderful. Not a cloud in sight! Whoopeeeee!! Did you watch the 12-12-12 Concert for Sandy? I did for a short while but all those aging rockers turned me off!! Maybe in person they might still come off great (hard to get a good look at them) but the TV camera does them no favors!!
And then there's the Republicans. <<sigh>>With the clock still ticking on the budget negotiations, the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows that the much-dented GOP brand has taken a further hit and they have already fallen over the 'fiscal cliff'. They seem to be courting political suicide in their stubborn refusal to bow to the will of the majority of American voters. In the meantime, the Koch brothers are going on their merry way with their agenda of destroying the American union movement.
Time for my rest period. See you later.
Honeysuckle [Lat. Lonicera caprifolium] in memory of Sparkle Thought for Today: "Gold is tried by fire, brave men by adversity." --Seneca (mid-1st century AD) Roman philosopher,
Have a thoughtful Thursday
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Post by pegasus on Dec 20, 2012 16:01:02 GMT -7
Hello all you lucky peopLe -- I'm BBBBAAAAACCCCCKKKKKKK!!!!
It's been a looooooong 8 days. It all started last week. I thought I had caught a cold, took some cold meds and didn't give it another thought. I had a slight fever when I went to bed that night (last Wednesday) and didn't sleep well. I used my inhaler a couple of times during the night, then I tried to get up in the morning!!! And by the time I reached my living room I could hardly catch my breath. And the words of the discharging nurse from when I was last in the hospital came to mind. "If you have any difficulty breahting, DON'T WAIT. Call 911 and come in." So I did. It never occurred to me that I could have pneumonia. For one thing, I've had the shot within the past five years, but that's what it was. So I've been on oxygen for 8 days and now have to have it hooked up here at home for at least 30 days. My breathing is back to normal although I do get easily out of breath. My lungs are nice and clear and I'm feeling fairly chipper now that I'm back home. HOSPITAL FOOD SUCKS!!!!
Thanks everyone for your good wishes. I missed all of you.
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Post by pegasus on Dec 22, 2012 10:07:53 GMT -7
Hi Neighbor Month Good afternoon everyone It's been lightly snowing most of the day. At least we usually miss the lake effect snow which is where the heavy snowfall occurs. Buffalo gets it for being on the eastern end of Lake Erie and Syracuse on the end of Lake Ontario. If you hear caroling coming from up here, it's the ski areas welcoming the snow for the Christmas holidays. Everybody ready for Christmas? I haven't seemed to be able to get into the mood this year. I guess part of it is that I don't feel up to the usual festvities. I really don't want to go to the family dinner by virtue of a portable oxygen tank. In a month, it will be gone (only needed for 30 days), but unfortunately Christmas is Tuesday. I probably will send my son off to the dinner and stay home. Alone. By myself. And let's have a pity party!! I've watched Bing Crosby's movie White Christmas once more this year, but I've watched three versions of A Christmas Carol - the 1940s Reginald Denny version, a Disney verson and last night the newest one with Patrick Stewart as Scrooge. Now if I can only find Bill Murray's Scrooged and the cartoon narrated by Boris Karloff of How the Grinch Stole Christmas I'll have a happy Yuletide season!! I don't think I'm up to Mystery Persons tonight. I'm sorry. Hopefully things will be better next week and we can resume our game. Rest time again. Ah well.
Ancient echoes bearded iris Thought for Today: "True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost." --Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832) English sportsman and writer
Have a "wicked" weekend
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