ROFL about your kitty having her own Walgreen's card, Catroena!!! Our kitty is on medicine which we get at our own pharmacy, too! We thought that was strange and amazing enough. But we just use our card there. Your kitty is way cool! =^. .^=
I'm watching the Fenix capsule bringing up the miners...
While sipping two varieties of absinthe [AKA The Green Fairy] from Delaware Phoenix Distillery in Walton, NY (just down the road from Vermont, it looks like)...
And the illustration for this thread looks suspiciously like a pair of green fairies...
(I am also getting some routine work done on the side.)
See y'all in a couple of days--off to San Francisco and environs in the morning.
Oh--I declined to participate, but I had what seemed to be a first for me--probably a push poll. TOOO LAAATE, BAAABY! I MAILED IN MY BALLOT THIS MORNING.
Yeah, I've been thinking about those rescuers. So far we still have 33 down there, in all truth. Sooo great to see this happening. May it be stable all the way through.
First (I think) miner just arrived at the hospital and is meeting with his family, the fourth miner is up (he must be Bolivian to judge from the flags), and I'm heading for bed. Our estimated time of departure 0730 hrs.
It is so good they're getting the guys up. I was really afraid for them when they were talking Christmas time. Humans is strong critters, but Christmas just seemed like too much to ask. . . .
More than half the miners are up now. They had to do a little repair work to the door of the capsule. Hopefully all will now be well. At the end of the rescue there will be 6 rescuers to bring up as well. The last guy down will be the last guy up. It ain't over 'til it's over. I appreciate CNN including brief bios about each miner as they surface.
Your file has been uploaded. We are now processing the video...
Yeah...and? So, how come it's not processing? *sigh*
Maggy got two videos uploaded, one last night and one this morning, but her most recent didn't work either. So, maybe the problem is on YouTube's end? I'll keep trying, and eventually it's bound to work, right?
I'm doing okay. I'm having a massive "white tornado" day...getting the house all super clean and child-proofed in advent of our two granddaughters coming to visit (with their parents) this weekend, and possibly staying over for two nights. I love a clean house, but it sure is a mess of work!! Whoo!
Damn damn damn! Sometimes I simply don't get it. At all. Good friend from another place I blog was walking to the store this afternoon, was hit by a car, and killed. Never married, she'd just found, and he'd moved in, the love of her life. She was sixty six. Peppy, sweet, and caring. She'd been an oncology nurse, and retired five years ago, built a home at the Jersey shore, and was ready for life. Damn.
Ohhhh, that is so not fair. What a heartbreak! I'm glad she at least found her guy first and had some joy. Just wish it could have been a longer joy. =HUGS=
Rain and thunder pretty much throughout the morning, but then sunny and cool in the afternoon.
Using my free time to get little things cleaned up, such as rearranging my Favorites list. Then started a skim-reread of Boneshaker; I'll be leading the discussion Saturday, since I nominated the book. Early in the week I read Clementine, a novella spun off from this book. And I've bought Dreadnought, the second volume in the "Clockwork Century" universe, although it's not a direct sequel. At the suggestion of the discussion group organizer I also did an e-mail interview with Cherie Priest.
A review on the publisher's web site for Dreadnought talks a lot about steampunk and convinced me I should maybe pay more attention to the subgenre. The novella that got my vote for best of 2009 was also steampunk.
This morning I finished reading A Captain's Duty. It gave me a strange and wonderful feeling to read some of Captain Phillips' anecdotes about people and to actually know those people. In particular I appreciated the several stories about Fr. Frank Prive, who is a priest here. The stories about how he helped the Phillips Family during the pirate hostage ordeal reveal exactly the good person I know him to be. This is the Catholic priest who heard that a family in town had a son dying of cancer and that their own (Episcopal) priest wasn't showing up for them, and he just stopped by to offer kindness to that family. Mind you, they remained Episcopalian (he wasn't there to proselytise); he was just showing up where there was a gaping need. Moreover, this is the priest (as Rich Phillips relates in the book) who, when the bishop declared that girls could no longer be altar servers, stood before his congregation and told them that the girls would indeed continue on serving. I remember talking with Fr. Prive about that at the time. He said the bishop asked only that he not have girls serving at the altar during any bishop visitation, so he (the bish) wouldn't get in trouble from higher up. If he didn't see it, he wouldn't do anything about it.
Anyway, it's a book definitely worth reading! Read it when you're tired of the same old same old. As I mentioned earlier, after the first hundred pages you CANNOT put it down. So plan accordingly! :-)
Well, it took all day but the upstairs of my house now looks really clean and spiffed up and is safe for when our 1 year old and 4 year old (and possibly 3 year old) granddaughters come to visit this weekend.
Tomorrow I have to tackle the downstairs, but that is generally clean and just needs the usual sort of spruce. We keep it childproofed for when our 3 year old granddaughter comes over to play. So not too hard a project there. I also have to work tomorrow, so it's good I got all of this done today. But I still need to go load the dishwasher and push on the laundry. So I'm off for the night. I need a few minutes with my feet up before I crash.
When I was about 13, a little boy in SLC was run over by a train, and lost both of his legs above the knee. There was a huge out pouring of sympathy in the press and on TV, and donations made it possible for him to get prostheses. But my dad figured rightly that he wouldn't be getting much *personal* attention. And made it a point to stop once or twice a day to visit a very lonely little boy. Since I was working for him that summer, I got to visit, too. Roy became an honorary member of our family for a long long time, and was invited home for picnics, swimming, etc. One man can make a huge difference.
Damn indeed. We don't know whether any of us will live to see another day, and just because one is younger and another older is no guarantee at all. A drop of dew in the morning, and ashes at nightfall. Every day is a blessing.
Howard is first.
ReplyDeleteI'm last, literally. I lost track of the time and was posting on the last thread.
Saw the posts, lol! Sure everyone will. xox
ReplyDeleteROFL about your kitty having her own Walgreen's card, Catroena!!!
ReplyDeleteOur kitty is on medicine which we get at our own pharmacy, too!
We thought that was strange and amazing enough.
But we just use our card there.
Your kitty is way cool! =^. .^=
The second miner is OUT! :-)
ReplyDeleteWhat about the one who has both his wife AND mistress waiting for him?
ReplyDeleteI've been watching the live feed from the mine--third miner is on his way up!
ReplyDeleteAIN'T THAT SOMETHIN'!
Some powerful coincidences going on here...
ReplyDeleteI'm watching the Fenix capsule bringing up the miners...
While sipping two varieties of absinthe [AKA The Green Fairy] from Delaware Phoenix Distillery in Walton, NY (just down the road from Vermont, it looks like)...
And the illustration for this thread looks suspiciously like a pair of green fairies...
(I am also getting some routine work done on the side.)
See y'all in a couple of days--off to San Francisco and environs in the morning.
Oh--I declined to participate, but I had what seemed to be a first for me--probably a push poll. TOOO LAAATE, BAAABY! I MAILED IN MY BALLOT THIS MORNING.
ReplyDeleteROFL!!
ReplyDeleteHey, this comes via Subway Serenade:
ReplyDeleteIf Oprah Winfrey married Deepak Chopra, she'd be Oprah Chopra.
Third miner's up!
ReplyDeleteThirty to go, plus three rescuers who went down.
Yeah, I've been thinking about those rescuers.
ReplyDeleteSo far we still have 33 down there, in all truth.
Sooo great to see this happening.
May it be stable all the way through.
It sure is!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm starting to fade here, so will go dive Under the Wing.
ReplyDeleteXOXOXXX
Capsule going down for the fourth time, empty this time.
ReplyDeleteFirst (I think) miner just arrived at the hospital and is meeting with his family, the fourth miner is up (he must be Bolivian to judge from the flags), and I'm heading for bed. Our estimated time of departure 0730 hrs.
ReplyDelete13 miners up, zero problems so far.
ReplyDeleteIt is so good they're getting the guys up. I was really afraid for them when they were talking Christmas time. Humans is strong critters, but Christmas just seemed like too much to ask. . . .
ReplyDelete*This* is really something like a miracle.
Which one is that?
ReplyDeleteMore than half the miners are up now. They had to do a little repair work to the door of the capsule. Hopefully all will now be well. At the end of the rescue there will be 6 rescuers to bring up as well. The last guy down will be the last guy up. It ain't over 'til it's over. I appreciate CNN including brief bios about each miner as they surface.
ReplyDeleteNice to be loved, I guess. 8)
ReplyDeleteAmen!
ReplyDeleteYour file has been uploaded. We are now processing the video...
ReplyDeleteYeah...and? So, how come it's not processing? *sigh*
Maggy got two videos uploaded, one last night and one this morning, but her most recent didn't work either. So, maybe the problem is on YouTube's end? I'll keep trying, and eventually it's bound to work, right?
I've had an unproductive day, kind'a headachy and blah. No particular reason. I guess that just happens sometimes.
ReplyDeleteHow's everybody else doing?
I'm doing okay. I'm having a massive "white tornado" day...getting the house all super clean and child-proofed in advent of our two granddaughters coming to visit (with their parents) this weekend, and possibly staying over for two nights. I love a clean house, but it sure is a mess of work!! Whoo!
ReplyDeleteDamn damn damn! Sometimes I simply don't get it. At all. Good friend from another place I blog was walking to the store this afternoon, was hit by a car, and killed. Never married, she'd just found, and he'd moved in, the love of her life. She was sixty six. Peppy, sweet, and caring. She'd been an oncology nurse, and retired five years ago, built a home at the Jersey shore, and was ready for life. Damn.
ReplyDeleteOh, Puddle! I'm so sorry.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I am just stunned.
ReplyDeleteThat is truly tragic. A terrible loss.
ReplyDeleteOhhhh, that is so not fair. What a heartbreak! I'm glad she at least found her guy first and had some joy. Just wish it could have been a longer joy. =HUGS=
ReplyDeletepuddle ♡
ReplyDeleteSusan ♡
Alan ♡
Bill ♡
Cat ♥
puddle...just sent you an Ally update.
ReplyDeleteGot back from the supermarket and saw that the LAST miner is OUT! HURRAH!!!
ReplyDeleteWhen will the last rescuer be out too?
It truly is a miracle!
ReplyDeleteAnd I got a call asking if I was going to vote early. Yes, indeed. I didn't mention that I was telling people last Saturday to vote early.
ReplyDeleteThe last word in your message is the only appropraite response.
ReplyDeleteRain and thunder pretty much throughout the morning, but then sunny and cool in the afternoon.
ReplyDeleteUsing my free time to get little things cleaned up, such as rearranging my Favorites list. Then started a skim-reread of Boneshaker; I'll be leading the discussion Saturday, since I nominated the book. Early in the week I read Clementine, a novella spun off from this book. And I've bought Dreadnought, the second volume in the "Clockwork Century" universe, although it's not a direct sequel. At the suggestion of the discussion group organizer I also did an e-mail interview with Cherie Priest.
A review on the publisher's web site for Dreadnought talks a lot about steampunk and convinced me I should maybe pay more attention to the subgenre. The novella that got my vote for best of 2009 was also steampunk.
Wow, we're really humming along today here.
ReplyDeleteThe next person to post will be #40 for the day!
LOL! Bill, you beat me posting by about 20 seconds. So I got to be #40! ;-D
ReplyDeleteThis morning I finished reading A Captain's Duty. It gave me a strange and wonderful feeling to read some of Captain Phillips' anecdotes about people and to actually know those people. In particular I appreciated the several stories about Fr. Frank Prive, who is a priest here. The stories about how he helped the Phillips Family during the pirate hostage ordeal reveal exactly the good person I know him to be. This is the Catholic priest who heard that a family in town had a son dying of cancer and that their own (Episcopal) priest wasn't showing up for them, and he just stopped by to offer kindness to that family. Mind you, they remained Episcopalian (he wasn't there to proselytise); he was just showing up where there was a gaping need. Moreover, this is the priest (as Rich Phillips relates in the book) who, when the bishop declared that girls could no longer be altar servers, stood before his congregation and told them that the girls would indeed continue on serving. I remember talking with Fr. Prive about that at the time. He said the bishop asked only that he not have girls serving at the altar during any bishop visitation, so he (the bish) wouldn't get in trouble from higher up. If he didn't see it, he wouldn't do anything about it.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, it's a book definitely worth reading! Read it when you're tired of the same old same old. As I mentioned earlier, after the first hundred pages you CANNOT put it down. So plan accordingly! :-)
The last chapter is really good, too.
Well, it took all day but the upstairs of my house now looks really clean and spiffed up and is safe for when our 1 year old and 4 year old (and possibly 3 year old) granddaughters come to visit this weekend.
ReplyDeleteTomorrow I have to tackle the downstairs, but that is generally clean and just needs the usual sort of spruce. We keep it childproofed for when our 3 year old granddaughter comes over to play. So not too hard a project there. I also have to work tomorrow, so it's good I got all of this done today. But I still need to go load the dishwasher and push on the laundry. So I'm off for the night. I need a few minutes with my feet up before I crash.
Take care all you lovely people. XOXOXXX
When I was about 13, a little boy in SLC was run over by a train, and lost both of his legs above the knee. There was a huge out pouring of sympathy in the press and on TV, and donations made it possible for him to get prostheses. But my dad figured rightly that he wouldn't be getting much *personal* attention. And made it a point to stop once or twice a day to visit a very lonely little boy. Since I was working for him that summer, I got to visit, too. Roy became an honorary member of our family for a long long time, and was invited home for picnics, swimming, etc. One man can make a huge difference.
ReplyDeleteDamn indeed. We don't know whether any of us will live to see another day, and just because one is younger and another older is no guarantee at all. A drop of dew in the morning, and ashes at nightfall. Every day is a blessing.
ReplyDelete