That is a scary thought. You mean to tell me there are FRESH ingredients in Diet Coke? Yesterday I was drinking one that had an expiration date of the previous day. Not too worried about it. Anyway, recent thinking is that the expiration dates are just a suggestion.
I can't believe they are cancelling the show called Hoarders. Although I guess once you have seen one hoarders you have seen them all....chubby, low-class, unsmiling people with lots of crap. I enjoy watching it from time to time for a few minutes and hope that they are worse than me. I don't think I have animal excrement in my home. But I DO need to keep a trash bag in each room.
Having an ongoing struggle with Yahoo mail. Who are all of their customers? I don't know many people who still have Yahoo. I was fine with it until they started "upgrading" and trying to be like Google. Their customer service SUCKS. They have all kinds of online forms and aids but you can't get to a real person unless you have an account access issue.
That is what is the most frustrating thing. I have sent off at least 8 pissed off complaints just today. It is bad when the help instructions are just plain WRONG. I am losing emails (especially ones I have forwarded) and cannot change my signature, which I like to do once a week.
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Friday, October 18, 2013
How do you spell United States?
This is only one of the questions put to me by a young girl who was sitting next to me on the computers at the Bridgeton Public Library last night. She was watching some kind of bloody surgery that I commented negatively on. Isn't it enough that I have to wear HEADPHONES to block out the other people? Now I am going to need BLINDERS too. Then she was trying to register for something she probably shouldn't have been registering for but I answered a few of her questions anyway.
It is such an unbelievably gorgeous day. I can't believe I am sitting here facing AWAY from the windows. But all the good tables were taken, thus impeding me from using my laptop. Can't wait to get outside again to appreciate the fantastic weather. So many reasons to be glad I am retired today. Breakfast at 8:30 AM at the Amish restaurant. Two extra people showed up. Then manicure and pedicure with my favorite nail tech. Did bask in the sun for a few minutes.
Glad about: Google seems to be faster and the stock price went up to $1000. I am the happy owner of TWO shares.
Sad about: Yahoo suggested that I change my password and now I can't get into my email on my phone.
It is such an unbelievably gorgeous day. I can't believe I am sitting here facing AWAY from the windows. But all the good tables were taken, thus impeding me from using my laptop. Can't wait to get outside again to appreciate the fantastic weather. So many reasons to be glad I am retired today. Breakfast at 8:30 AM at the Amish restaurant. Two extra people showed up. Then manicure and pedicure with my favorite nail tech. Did bask in the sun for a few minutes.
Glad about: Google seems to be faster and the stock price went up to $1000. I am the happy owner of TWO shares.
Sad about: Yahoo suggested that I change my password and now I can't get into my email on my phone.
Friday, August 30, 2013
I don't want Yahoo to be just like Google
But now Yahoo is changing it's typeface every day to be more like Google. They already changed the email to be more like Google.
I am getting so confused about apostrophes...and ALL punctuation to be exact. I thought there was no longer an apostrophe in Alzheimers but the poster of the organization out in the lobby has one.
And I am about to get booted off of this computer as I AM a laptop hobo!
I am getting so confused about apostrophes...and ALL punctuation to be exact. I thought there was no longer an apostrophe in Alzheimers but the poster of the organization out in the lobby has one.
And I am about to get booted off of this computer as I AM a laptop hobo!
Monday, July 22, 2013
It's not the heat
...it's the humidity. Dreadful summer! Spend my time trying to avoid the weather and weather-related events. Casinos are nice....like being in an airconditioned CITY. I am attracted and repulsed by the gambling culture. All of these families walking around. Went to the Revel casino in Atlantic City to check it out. To recover from bankruptcy they are offering your money back on your slot losses. But, of course, there is a catch, as usual. You have to LOSE over $100 by July 31st and they will give you back your losses, but only $5 a week and you have to go back once a week for 20 weeks. This will never happen with me. I live an hour away and there are many casinos and I am not really a gambler. So here are my likes and dislikes of the Revel beach casino and hotel.
Likes:
- The people were nice (employees).
- They had 21 in Spanish
- penny machines mixed in with all of the others
Dislikes:
- All grey and uninviting outside (maybe it looks better in the sun?)
- the decor - strange modern
- The parking machines were really confusing
- Penny machines where you had to bet 30, 60, 90, 148 pennies (what is the point of a penny machine?)
- parking garage poorly marked and exiting was a mess
Likes:
- The people were nice (employees).
- They had 21 in Spanish
- penny machines mixed in with all of the others
Dislikes:
- All grey and uninviting outside (maybe it looks better in the sun?)
- the decor - strange modern
- The parking machines were really confusing
- Penny machines where you had to bet 30, 60, 90, 148 pennies (what is the point of a penny machine?)
- parking garage poorly marked and exiting was a mess
Friday, July 19, 2013
The death of a tree
This is my license plate because I am opposed to the murder of trees. This tree was just standing there, minding its own business, and a branch fell down. So, the owner of the tree decided to KILL the entire tree to avoid any future problems of this nature. This tree is going to leave a big gap in my view. It offers a lot of protection from the neighbors. Sad.. I have just been glad that not-my-tree fell on not-my-car. I just drove off like I didn't have a care in the world.
My playlist.com seems to have finally bit the dust. Can't log in and probably have lost my list of over one hundred songs. I received an email saying that they got in trouble and had to change the format. Sigh....I liked it because it WASN'T a radio format. Now have switched to YouTube, though the pictures aren't that important to me.
Yesterday I went to a class on Picasa, which some of the students insisted on calling Picasso. The other annoying thing about the other students was the woman who kept saying, "Gotcha!" Doesn't she know that I HATE that word?! I liked the button that said Publish to blogger. Picasa is only one of many photo management programs. It is related to Google. But since it now is the one which caught my attention, I plan to try it out. If I am seriously going to get back into photography, I should be able to practice with my LG rumor phone, which is all I have at the moment.
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Remembrance of things past
My weekly laptop picture is of Proust in his bed writing his most famous book, A la recherche du temps perdu. I saw his actual bed at the Carnavalet museum in Paris.
http://carnavalet.paris.fr/en/museum-carnavalet
This museum is HUGE and free and lots of cool stuff including old store signs and fragments of stained glass windows from churches.
Not many people can say that they have read all of this multi-volume work. I have tried but ended up skipping some. Very dense, he can go on for pages about the sensations evoked when he bites into a madeleine. I love the fact that he wrote such an evocative book IN BED.
Starbucks is really incommodious today. I came here because my exercise class ends at 9 and the libraries don't open until 10. Here is what I don't like about Starbucks:
- only one table big enough for me and it is continually occupied
- small round table barely big enough for my laptop and mouse.
- table is sticky
- chair is hard
On the plus side:
- they have a plug
- they have newspapers for sale
Exercise for arthritis class was strange this AM. I ran over there for 8 AM since my excursion for today was cancelled due to extreme weather which is nowhere in sight. Teacher was not there. Another attendee was there with an audio cassette of our teacher. So the two of us did the class looking at an audio cassette player instead of the teacher. It worked!
http://carnavalet.paris.fr/en/museum-carnavalet
This museum is HUGE and free and lots of cool stuff including old store signs and fragments of stained glass windows from churches.
Not many people can say that they have read all of this multi-volume work. I have tried but ended up skipping some. Very dense, he can go on for pages about the sensations evoked when he bites into a madeleine. I love the fact that he wrote such an evocative book IN BED.
Starbucks is really incommodious today. I came here because my exercise class ends at 9 and the libraries don't open until 10. Here is what I don't like about Starbucks:
- only one table big enough for me and it is continually occupied
- small round table barely big enough for my laptop and mouse.
- table is sticky
- chair is hard
On the plus side:
- they have a plug
- they have newspapers for sale
Exercise for arthritis class was strange this AM. I ran over there for 8 AM since my excursion for today was cancelled due to extreme weather which is nowhere in sight. Teacher was not there. Another attendee was there with an audio cassette of our teacher. So the two of us did the class looking at an audio cassette player instead of the teacher. It worked!
Sunday, May 12, 2013
It's a gorgeous Mother's day
Except for the crowds and the large lady covered with tatoos. Made the mistake of going to Bob Evans and Starbucks on Mother's day. God...the crowds! The health club was relatively quiet but I was forced to watch CNN, which is really getting on my nerves. They announce all of this stuff that you heard about two days ago like it is this fabulous new discovery. They also give wrong info and pronounce things badly. It is almost more than I can take to listen to the "news" these days. After you listen to the latest hostage crises and murders, you wonder how there can be any Americans left living.
Yahoo is acting up, yet I am fearful of "upgrading" to the new Yahoo. Upgrades usually get rid of several features that I liked before. Upgrades are one of my many fears. Here are some more:
- fear of getting a new phone
- fear of getting a new camera
- fear of plans going awry
- fear of being awakened in the night
- fear of going on a trip without a phone or computer
Felt better AFTER my workout than I did before. Went to work out right after eating too much at Bob Evans. Now I sit at Starbucks being sorely tempted to get a large mocha cookie crumble drink with chocolate whipped cream on top. I can only imagine the amount of calories in that one. Was driven inexorably last night to eat stuff I shouldn't and of course, gained a pound this AM. Feel kind of hopeless about getting my weight down. Really hard being here in Starbucks constantly confronted with beverages that our populace consumes with narry a thought about it.
Yahoo is acting up, yet I am fearful of "upgrading" to the new Yahoo. Upgrades usually get rid of several features that I liked before. Upgrades are one of my many fears. Here are some more:
- fear of getting a new phone
- fear of getting a new camera
- fear of plans going awry
- fear of being awakened in the night
- fear of going on a trip without a phone or computer
Felt better AFTER my workout than I did before. Went to work out right after eating too much at Bob Evans. Now I sit at Starbucks being sorely tempted to get a large mocha cookie crumble drink with chocolate whipped cream on top. I can only imagine the amount of calories in that one. Was driven inexorably last night to eat stuff I shouldn't and of course, gained a pound this AM. Feel kind of hopeless about getting my weight down. Really hard being here in Starbucks constantly confronted with beverages that our populace consumes with narry a thought about it.
Thursday, March 21, 2013
What happened to the day?
It seemed like your average dank and chilly March day when I left the house. In the middle of my exercise class, I turned to the side with the imaginary ball and saw it was SNOWING. Huh?! No wonder a friend of mine is leaving for Florida. The wait for Spring is ENDLESS.
Another stoplight, oh no! My small up-and-coming bank now has a new Shoprite across the street and they are putting a STOPLIGHT at the driveway. Another impediment to progress and speed. Have you ever noticed that they are always putting UP stoplights and never taking them down? So, life and traffic just get slower and slower.
Inspira - the new (stupid) name of the merged health care system. I used to work at Bridgeton Hospital. Then it got merged and became South Jersey Regional Medical Center. My health club has had three names, but I still call it "the center" the name three names ago. Inspira sounds like the name of a drug or that someone wants you to think good things about them like in inspiration. The secret name was just announced today. I have been dreading this moment because I HATE CHANGE.
Another stoplight, oh no! My small up-and-coming bank now has a new Shoprite across the street and they are putting a STOPLIGHT at the driveway. Another impediment to progress and speed. Have you ever noticed that they are always putting UP stoplights and never taking them down? So, life and traffic just get slower and slower.
Inspira - the new (stupid) name of the merged health care system. I used to work at Bridgeton Hospital. Then it got merged and became South Jersey Regional Medical Center. My health club has had three names, but I still call it "the center" the name three names ago. Inspira sounds like the name of a drug or that someone wants you to think good things about them like in inspiration. The secret name was just announced today. I have been dreading this moment because I HATE CHANGE.
Monday, March 18, 2013
Forget the weather forecast
I was dreading the weekend as three days of rain was predicted. It is now 12:18 on Monday and it hasn't rained yet. But, it is supposed to rain and snow today! What it is, is damn chilly.
Finished The uncommon appeal of clouds, by Alexander McCall Smith. It is one of my least favorite of his series, the one called the Isabel Dalhousie series. Isabel is an Edinburgh philosopher and amateur sleuth. She married a younger man and has a son. She helps people with "mysteries" but does not get paid. This one is about the theft of an art work by Poussin (he wasn't the thief, the thief was unknown).. It is a "contemporary cozy" verging on the boring. Isabel can be a bit of a prig.
Had a fun day at the Atlantic City casinos yesterday. I am not a gambler, but I COULD be! If I gambled in order to win, I would spend 15 minutes and walk away when my money went up. It is hard to fill many hours there without losing. In the end, I was ahead $15, which paid for my lunch. I only play the penny and nickle machines. I used to take $20 and was ready to go home after 15 minutes. Yesterday, I gambled with $65 and made it last quite a long time. The show was so so.....guys (Andre & Cirell) who did imitations and sang songs of other more famous people. Their interactions with the audience were stale and lame. We went to Resorts, which was the first casino to open in Atlantic City. It was opened by Merv Griffin back in the 70's. It seemed not very crowded down there or in Resorts. And all the people that WERE there were in the line for promotions, thus depriving me of getting a "Get the star treatment" card. OK, the other reason I didn't get the card was because you needed a photo ID and I had downsized my purse to the point where I didn't have any ID.
Finished The uncommon appeal of clouds, by Alexander McCall Smith. It is one of my least favorite of his series, the one called the Isabel Dalhousie series. Isabel is an Edinburgh philosopher and amateur sleuth. She married a younger man and has a son. She helps people with "mysteries" but does not get paid. This one is about the theft of an art work by Poussin (he wasn't the thief, the thief was unknown).. It is a "contemporary cozy" verging on the boring. Isabel can be a bit of a prig.
Had a fun day at the Atlantic City casinos yesterday. I am not a gambler, but I COULD be! If I gambled in order to win, I would spend 15 minutes and walk away when my money went up. It is hard to fill many hours there without losing. In the end, I was ahead $15, which paid for my lunch. I only play the penny and nickle machines. I used to take $20 and was ready to go home after 15 minutes. Yesterday, I gambled with $65 and made it last quite a long time. The show was so so.....guys (Andre & Cirell) who did imitations and sang songs of other more famous people. Their interactions with the audience were stale and lame. We went to Resorts, which was the first casino to open in Atlantic City. It was opened by Merv Griffin back in the 70's. It seemed not very crowded down there or in Resorts. And all the people that WERE there were in the line for promotions, thus depriving me of getting a "Get the star treatment" card. OK, the other reason I didn't get the card was because you needed a photo ID and I had downsized my purse to the point where I didn't have any ID.
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Speaking of accomplishing nothing...
My sister complained that her son accomplished nothing over the Spring break from college. I saw a great quote last night at Fibre Arts Cafe at the Village on High, in Millville, NJ. "My goal for today was to accomplish nothing. So far I am ahead of schedule."
Maybe I am missing something, but...here is what I am NOT into:
- Facebook (barely)
- Twitter
- Tumblr
- Pinterest
- Memes
- Avatars
- Video games
How do I have the time when I am reading so much? I don't even have time to watch TV or DVDs. Here is what I am reading:
- Current newspaper
- Old newspapers
- Current magazine
- Old magazine
- The man in my basement, by Walter Mosely
- Eccentric glamour, by Simon Doonan
- My beloved world, by Sonia Sotomayor
- Insane city, by Dave Barry
- The uncommon appeal of clouds, by Alexander McCall Smith
- Beautiful ruins, by Jess Walter
- The importance of being seven, by Alexander McCall Smith
- The blindside, by Michael Lewis
- Luka and the fire of life, by Salman Rushdie
Maybe I am missing something, but...here is what I am NOT into:
- Facebook (barely)
- Tumblr
- Memes
- Avatars
- Video games
How do I have the time when I am reading so much? I don't even have time to watch TV or DVDs. Here is what I am reading:
- Current newspaper
- Old newspapers
- Current magazine
- Old magazine
- The man in my basement, by Walter Mosely
- Eccentric glamour, by Simon Doonan
- My beloved world, by Sonia Sotomayor
- Insane city, by Dave Barry
- The uncommon appeal of clouds, by Alexander McCall Smith
- Beautiful ruins, by Jess Walter
- The importance of being seven, by Alexander McCall Smith
- The blindside, by Michael Lewis
- Luka and the fire of life, by Salman Rushdie
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Small business Saturday
Sitting in the window of Little Mama's cafe in Bridgeton, NJ, trying to be supportive. Eating a sandwich which is WAY over my diet limits but it is delicious. Sad how few people stop in to Bridgeton shops...like this one and the art gallery where I volunteer. If it was New York City these cupcakes would be selling like hotcakes. Prices not bad...I got a large sandwich, a bottle of Dasani water and a free Hershey's kiss all for $6.43.
Finally an absolutely fabulous weather day! Sun is out, wind is less and cold is fading. Tomorrow the forecast is similar. I need Spring badly. I am indoors right now but at least I have a very nice view of the outdoors. Table is too wobbly and there is no electrical outlet but I am making concessions for the view. Perhaps they should pay ME for sitting in the window.
Tonight going to a fundraiser for someone who was in a bad car accident. Seem to have misplaced my ticket. Beef and beer, two foods I don't/should not eat. Looking forward to the silent auction. Just what I need, more STUFF.
Finally an absolutely fabulous weather day! Sun is out, wind is less and cold is fading. Tomorrow the forecast is similar. I need Spring badly. I am indoors right now but at least I have a very nice view of the outdoors. Table is too wobbly and there is no electrical outlet but I am making concessions for the view. Perhaps they should pay ME for sitting in the window.
Tonight going to a fundraiser for someone who was in a bad car accident. Seem to have misplaced my ticket. Beef and beer, two foods I don't/should not eat. Looking forward to the silent auction. Just what I need, more STUFF.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Unwelcome mail
Sometimes the mail is just FULL of bad news:
- Got a certified letter notice from the City of Bridgeton. Now I have a whole day to ponder what form of bad news this will be.
- Note from the post person that perhaps I should change ALL of my addresses to say that I live on the second floor now that someone has moved into the first floor. Does she realize how many people send me mail??
- Notice from Comcast that I am receiving some stations to which I am not entitled (why can't they tell me WHICH?) and saying that they will be taking them away on April 3rd. Grrrr... And I think the bill went UP last month. Now paying $73 each month and I don't even watch TV!
- Notice from my drug plan that they are not going to cover/provide my Clarinex any more
Logged into Playlist.com. Something started playing. I think I had better just listen to whatever it is. When I try to search, add, or other stuff, I get all messed up. Had to get out the headphones because I can't stand the sound of the rain. Also shut the window blinds so I don't have to LOOK at the horrible weather outside. Rain and wind on the way to snow?
I have a terrible feeling that my laptop is not charging.
- Got a certified letter notice from the City of Bridgeton. Now I have a whole day to ponder what form of bad news this will be.
- Note from the post person that perhaps I should change ALL of my addresses to say that I live on the second floor now that someone has moved into the first floor. Does she realize how many people send me mail??
- Notice from Comcast that I am receiving some stations to which I am not entitled (why can't they tell me WHICH?) and saying that they will be taking them away on April 3rd. Grrrr... And I think the bill went UP last month. Now paying $73 each month and I don't even watch TV!
- Notice from my drug plan that they are not going to cover/provide my Clarinex any more
Logged into Playlist.com. Something started playing. I think I had better just listen to whatever it is. When I try to search, add, or other stuff, I get all messed up. Had to get out the headphones because I can't stand the sound of the rain. Also shut the window blinds so I don't have to LOOK at the horrible weather outside. Rain and wind on the way to snow?
I have a terrible feeling that my laptop is not charging.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Mesmerizing
The thing on the Google home page is really mesmerizing today. I am sure there is a name for that thing. Anyway, it is an ice skating rink and people keep coming and going on it. Do they change it every day? Is that someone's job? I remember seeing results of a contest they had for schoolchildren to compete for a design for it. The display was at the American visionary museum in Baltimore.
I am still really annoyed that I have gotten sick. Can't seem to get out of bed lately at a timely hour. I prefer to just lie there with my thoughts because if I listen to NPR I get side-tracked. At least I am not coughing all night, but I AM coughing enough to feel the hurt. This AM was hoping that a friend would call and invite me out to breakfast. The first phone call was from The fraternal order of police. I told them I was too sick to talk. Then the census lady called me. I was relieved that the only two questions were:
- Are you still retired? (Yes)
- Are you looking for work? (No)
Finished new Barbara Kingsolver book, Flight behavior. I think she is my favorite author. The title is apt and refers to the situation with the monarch butterflies, which are somehow in the wrong place, and also to the interior life of the narrator, a married woman eeking out an existence in that place. There is tension between the life of the poor people who live in this mountainous region and the out of town environmentalists who want to save nature. The main character is married with two kids and her family wants to sell off the land. But she discovers a whole field full of monarch butterflies and it becomes a subject of scientific research and a tourist attraction. Dellarobia starts working for the visitng scientist and develops a crush on him. Although this ultimately does not work out (his gorgeous wife comes for a visit near the end), it allows Dellarobia the courage to leave her husband and go back to college. The butterflies are in the wrong place (probably due to climate change) and Dellarobia realizes that she is in the wrong place, too. A telling moment in the interaction between the cultures is when Ovid (the scientist) gives her the carbon footprint test. He tells her she should eat less red meat (she is trying to GET some red meat), eat out less (she hasn't eaten out in two years) and fly less (she has never flown).
I am still really annoyed that I have gotten sick. Can't seem to get out of bed lately at a timely hour. I prefer to just lie there with my thoughts because if I listen to NPR I get side-tracked. At least I am not coughing all night, but I AM coughing enough to feel the hurt. This AM was hoping that a friend would call and invite me out to breakfast. The first phone call was from The fraternal order of police. I told them I was too sick to talk. Then the census lady called me. I was relieved that the only two questions were:
- Are you still retired? (Yes)
- Are you looking for work? (No)
Finished new Barbara Kingsolver book, Flight behavior. I think she is my favorite author. The title is apt and refers to the situation with the monarch butterflies, which are somehow in the wrong place, and also to the interior life of the narrator, a married woman eeking out an existence in that place. There is tension between the life of the poor people who live in this mountainous region and the out of town environmentalists who want to save nature. The main character is married with two kids and her family wants to sell off the land. But she discovers a whole field full of monarch butterflies and it becomes a subject of scientific research and a tourist attraction. Dellarobia starts working for the visitng scientist and develops a crush on him. Although this ultimately does not work out (his gorgeous wife comes for a visit near the end), it allows Dellarobia the courage to leave her husband and go back to college. The butterflies are in the wrong place (probably due to climate change) and Dellarobia realizes that she is in the wrong place, too. A telling moment in the interaction between the cultures is when Ovid (the scientist) gives her the carbon footprint test. He tells her she should eat less red meat (she is trying to GET some red meat), eat out less (she hasn't eaten out in two years) and fly less (she has never flown).
Monday, January 7, 2013
Guilty pleasures
Some of my "guilty pleasures" ( I know it is a cliche)...Walmart, Eminem, L'il Wayne. Forced to go to Walmart to save money on drugs. Even though I am "anti-Walmart:, sometimes I look around when I am there. Did find some things I really needed today for a really good price. They do have some good ideas. I like the way the bathrooms are right near the front door and that they are well maintained. In fact, if Walmart had a drive-through it would be just about perfect!
Note to self - things to look up - duties of the footman, Google play, Google phone (?), dates of the upcoming Downton Abbey episodes....
Just took a look at Facebook. Couldn't even figure out how to logout of it. Perhaps there is some happy medium between this blog which no one reads and Facebook, which is filled with messages from people I don't really care about. There are some nice photographs on there, though. I would like to copy them for my desktop. Right now I have a photo of Matthew and Lady Mary on there.
Note to self - things to look up - duties of the footman, Google play, Google phone (?), dates of the upcoming Downton Abbey episodes....
Just took a look at Facebook. Couldn't even figure out how to logout of it. Perhaps there is some happy medium between this blog which no one reads and Facebook, which is filled with messages from people I don't really care about. There are some nice photographs on there, though. I would like to copy them for my desktop. Right now I have a photo of Matthew and Lady Mary on there.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
"If Pepe hadna' gone bankrupt,
I'd probably be workin' 'til the day I died". Quoted by a retired gentleman I ran into at the Fibre Arts cafe this year. He was a very hard worker and appreciated by his employer, but his employer ran into hard times.
I am sad that this local meeting spot/coffee/fibre arts store and bookstore has left Bridgeton. The bookstore moved to Vineland and the Fibre arts shop to Millville. I enjoyed stopping down for a cheap cup of Community coffee and conversation.
Just finished listening to an audiobook, Just for laughs, for the second time. About 18 comedians which had been interviewed by Terry Gross for her NPR program, Fresh air, were featured. Perhaps Terry Gross is heard all over the nation but I am happy that she lives in the Philadelphia area and is always on NPR. I will just list my FAVORITE ones (perhaps a few names of celebrities will bring traffic to my blog?) Sarah Silverman, Will Ferrell, Denis Leary, Sacha Baron Cohen, George Carlin, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Steve Martin and Woody Allen.
I am sad that this local meeting spot/coffee/fibre arts store and bookstore has left Bridgeton. The bookstore moved to Vineland and the Fibre arts shop to Millville. I enjoyed stopping down for a cheap cup of Community coffee and conversation.
Just finished listening to an audiobook, Just for laughs, for the second time. About 18 comedians which had been interviewed by Terry Gross for her NPR program, Fresh air, were featured. Perhaps Terry Gross is heard all over the nation but I am happy that she lives in the Philadelphia area and is always on NPR. I will just list my FAVORITE ones (perhaps a few names of celebrities will bring traffic to my blog?) Sarah Silverman, Will Ferrell, Denis Leary, Sacha Baron Cohen, George Carlin, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Steve Martin and Woody Allen.
Monday, November 5, 2012
Playlist suddenly working
Keep developing systems so I can continue to use Playlist.com, no matter how frustrating it gets. So, I was listening to every tenth song, chosing each one individually as I have learned I have to do and suddenly, they started playing in order again, like perfection. Don't know why or wherefore!
Yesterday yet another reason to not be home. Went on an excursion to hear a reading of a play. Actually, it was more like a reading and a singing. A quite intimate affair held at Eastern State University, a Christian college over on the Main Line in Pennsylvania. The people performing outnumbered the audience, which is why I say it was intimate. Holy spirit has been in the works for about 13 years. The subject is Nashville, orphans, politicians, interracial dating, love, drugs, deception, religious fundraising...it was a pretty complicated plot. The first half lasted two hours. Lots of original songs and humor and pathos. I thoroughly enjoyed it despite the length and the unfamiliarity of it all. We were all in a big rectangular room looking out on the fall trees. Performing ("reading") were about 30 people. It was a long afternoon and all the cookies got devoured (I didn't get one). I liked the fact that the audience (friends and family) used the same bathrooms as the "stars".
Tomorrow, the election. Got to get the Democrats back into the majority on our local freeholder board. I just remember the HORROR of events when the Republicans gained the power. They promptly "fired" a bunch of people who were doing their jobs just fine and put "their" people in. Also they screwed up our local library system in a feeble attempt to save money, They essentially ruined a shared system which had been developed over twenty years and was working nicely. Now the county library system is in a shambles and different subgroups are going in different directions. This is a real pain the the ass for the library user, which is what I am now.
Just finished a book called One last thing before I go, by Jonathan Tropper. About a divorced man dealing with his mistakes in life and deciding whether his life is worth saving. He had a hit song once, a wife, a daughter, and some guy friends in similar circumstances. it is an easy, humorous read.
Yesterday yet another reason to not be home. Went on an excursion to hear a reading of a play. Actually, it was more like a reading and a singing. A quite intimate affair held at Eastern State University, a Christian college over on the Main Line in Pennsylvania. The people performing outnumbered the audience, which is why I say it was intimate. Holy spirit has been in the works for about 13 years. The subject is Nashville, orphans, politicians, interracial dating, love, drugs, deception, religious fundraising...it was a pretty complicated plot. The first half lasted two hours. Lots of original songs and humor and pathos. I thoroughly enjoyed it despite the length and the unfamiliarity of it all. We were all in a big rectangular room looking out on the fall trees. Performing ("reading") were about 30 people. It was a long afternoon and all the cookies got devoured (I didn't get one). I liked the fact that the audience (friends and family) used the same bathrooms as the "stars".
Tomorrow, the election. Got to get the Democrats back into the majority on our local freeholder board. I just remember the HORROR of events when the Republicans gained the power. They promptly "fired" a bunch of people who were doing their jobs just fine and put "their" people in. Also they screwed up our local library system in a feeble attempt to save money, They essentially ruined a shared system which had been developed over twenty years and was working nicely. Now the county library system is in a shambles and different subgroups are going in different directions. This is a real pain the the ass for the library user, which is what I am now.
Just finished a book called One last thing before I go, by Jonathan Tropper. About a divorced man dealing with his mistakes in life and deciding whether his life is worth saving. He had a hit song once, a wife, a daughter, and some guy friends in similar circumstances. it is an easy, humorous read.
Monday, October 15, 2012
Other people's TVs
Just returned from 12 hours of traveling to get back from San Francisco. Traveled by car and then train and then plane and then bus and back to car again. Finally broke down and bought the headphones to fully appreciate the interactive screen on Virgin Air. I enjoyed listening to songs by Bob Dylan and Jay Z. Strange juxtapositions of artists on the list...Bach or B.o.B., Brahms or Bo Diddley? Catching a glimpse of all the other people's screens, I also wanted to be watching Seinfeld, Everybody loves Raymond, Sex in the city and Vanguard, this (illegal) American life.
I have a new brother-in-law. He does a good demonstration of someone trying to use a computer while sitting in those cramped airline seats. The trip home was a bit better than the trip out in some ways. There were more noisy kids, but the trip is an hour shorter coming East and I think the headphones helped.
I was also intrigued by the books people brought on the trip:
- Me: Monkey mind : a memoir of anxiety, by Daniel Smith
- My sister: Parallel communities, the Underground Railroad in South Jersey, by Dennis Rizzo
- Her boyfriend: The nautical chart, by Arturo Perez-Reverte
- Guy behind me - Beyond the wall, exploring George R.R. Martin's A song of fire and ice, edited by James Lowder
- Woman beside me - The men they will become : the nature and nurture of male character, by Eli Newberger
I have a new brother-in-law. He does a good demonstration of someone trying to use a computer while sitting in those cramped airline seats. The trip home was a bit better than the trip out in some ways. There were more noisy kids, but the trip is an hour shorter coming East and I think the headphones helped.
I was also intrigued by the books people brought on the trip:
- Me: Monkey mind : a memoir of anxiety, by Daniel Smith
- My sister: Parallel communities, the Underground Railroad in South Jersey, by Dennis Rizzo
- Her boyfriend: The nautical chart, by Arturo Perez-Reverte
- Guy behind me - Beyond the wall, exploring George R.R. Martin's A song of fire and ice, edited by James Lowder
- Woman beside me - The men they will become : the nature and nurture of male character, by Eli Newberger
Friday, October 12, 2012
People and their phones
Really, MUST you talk on the phone when you are in a stall at the Philadelphia airport!?!?!
Am really enjoying being out of town. I hate packing but once I get going...look out.
Getting up before the crack of dawn is not my idea of a good time, either. When I went into the tiny cubicle they call a bathroom on the airplane, I discovered that I had my blouse on INSIDE OUT. That is what happens when you get dressed in the dark.
Had a great time flying Virgin Air. Now I LOVE Virgin as much as I HATE Spirit. They leave on time, the seats are somewhat roomy, they serve Diet Coke, they have a cool interactive screen you can play with, and the stewards are friendly. I am fortunate to be DRIVEN for a change, TO the Philadelphia airport and FROM the San Francisco airport by my sister. We drove over the University Avenue Bridge into Berkeley and almost slammed on the brakes to stop at the first Indian restaurant we came upon. I think I deserve an extra meal today due to the three hour time difference, don't I?
Am really enjoying being out of town. I hate packing but once I get going...look out.
Getting up before the crack of dawn is not my idea of a good time, either. When I went into the tiny cubicle they call a bathroom on the airplane, I discovered that I had my blouse on INSIDE OUT. That is what happens when you get dressed in the dark.
Had a great time flying Virgin Air. Now I LOVE Virgin as much as I HATE Spirit. They leave on time, the seats are somewhat roomy, they serve Diet Coke, they have a cool interactive screen you can play with, and the stewards are friendly. I am fortunate to be DRIVEN for a change, TO the Philadelphia airport and FROM the San Francisco airport by my sister. We drove over the University Avenue Bridge into Berkeley and almost slammed on the brakes to stop at the first Indian restaurant we came upon. I think I deserve an extra meal today due to the three hour time difference, don't I?
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