Random Bits of Trivia
April 4th, 2008 at 06:12am theresa
I love random bits of trivia. Not that I usually remember them when I hear them. A strong Trivial Persuit player I am not. What can I say, I have a memory like a sieve and stuff just doesn’t stick without a lot of effort.
But I still love learning about details, random knowledge that I have no desire to be tested on *shudder*. (Among the many things I got out of grad school was an exam phobia.) And a few random bits have managed to stick in my flea-like memory. They’re fun to pull out at parties and social situations. They give me something to talk about, although they’re not always easy to work into a conversation. For example, how many opportunities are there to seamlessly bring up that mangos are related to poison ivy? Some people who are very sensitive break out in an allergic rash if they touch the skin of the fruit.
Another fun tidbit that’s difficult to work into the conversation is the pink dolphins of the Amazon. Did you know that there are pink dolphins in the Amazon? How cool is that!
Something that I saw on a program and never forgot is that the plague (a bacteria) and HIV (a virus) both attack the body in the same way, so they think that studying descendants of plague survivors might help researchers to find ways to fight AIDS. Ok, so it’s a slightly morbid tidbit, but it’s very interesting, no? And wouldn’t it be great if that research actually led to a cure for AIDS?
The most recent piece of trivia that I’ve acquired, shared by someone else in casual conversation, is that Edinburgh is actually further north than Moscow! All I can say is thank goodness for the Gulf Stream. In addition to giving us a mild climate over here on this side of the pond, it actually warms things up enough on the west coast of Scotland that there are places where you can find palm trees growing!
One of the many things that makes the B&G a special place is what a terrific store of knowledge we have collectively. Need to know about gardening? Spreadsheets? Plumbing? Crafts? Or who was the particular author of a book? Really, is there a better place to come? I love picking up the bits of trivia you all share. Will I wash my cantelopes and mellons from now on out? You betcha!
So what random bits of trivia do you have floating around in your noggin? Come on, share! I need a few more party tricks. :+)
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1. RSS | April 4th, 2008 at 6:44 am
Well I already shared my banana trivia and don’t think I can top that.
Brain is very slow and groggy this morning. When it wakes up I’ll try to think of something.
Here are a couple from DH–New Jersey is the Garden State
They are planning to build a sky scraper in Dubuy (?sp) that’s a mile high. Dubuy is a middle eastern country. I’ll check the spelling later too.
Right now I need more coffee.
Why did I press that trivia button of DH’s? Now he won’t stop and believe me it’s not worth listening to.
Morning everyone
2. GatorPerson | April 4th, 2008 at 7:47 am
A random trivium you can share is how you did the “More….” thingie.
OK. Here’s one. I was wondering if a fungus, normally very localized in both plants and animals (you don’t get athletes foot on your forehead, do you) can ever go throughout your body. So of course I asked my gyn guy. He said only when the body is so compromised that it can’t fight off anything, such as in AIDS.
3. Diane | April 4th, 2008 at 7:55 am
RSS - the sad thing about buttons on people is that they are rarely a simple toggle variety - push on, push off! The “off” instructions are rarely included.
My day has not started out well. I went down to the kitchen to get my lunch and go, and found the mouse that has been visiting me at intervals trapped under the bowl of my food processor. Scratching away to get out. I couldn’t (because of the spindle the blade goes on) lift up the bowl in such a way as to keep him trapped and shift him to something so I could take him AWAY (although I tried), so he escaped again.
And (I didn’t have time to actually try to run it) I think he destroyed the base of the food processor. Tons of flakes of white plastic all over. That’s a darned expensive mouse visit.
Here’s hoping the day improves!
Oh, let’s see, a trivia fact: some of the shortest reigns in British history were by men named Edward. Edward V - about 2 months (deposed by Richard III) and Edward VIII - about 11 months (abdicated to marry a -gasp- divorced woman). But not all Edwards - Edward III was one of the longest-lasting at 50 years.
4. Theresa | April 4th, 2008 at 8:01 am
GP - On toolbar on the post authoring page, there’s a button that looks like a page break. I just clicked on that.
Oh and speaking of states, the cardinal is the bird that is most often featured as a state bird.
5. Theresa | April 4th, 2008 at 8:04 am
Diane - What an alarming thing to wake up to! Yikes!
6. BCB | April 4th, 2008 at 8:17 am
Owls are nocturnal. And I am not.
7. btuda | April 4th, 2008 at 9:08 am
It has been illegal since the early 1900s to import a mongoose to the US. And so went my unhappy love affair with Rikki Tikki Tavi.
8. Diane | April 4th, 2008 at 9:26 am
BCB - I am so sorry that the owl is keeping you awake! They can sound pretty eerie/ startling. Here’s hoping that you a) get used to it quickly and/ or b) it moves on soon!
Mongooses? Mongeese? Anyway, several members of that species were imported to Hawaii to control the non-native rats (in the 1870s, according to this website lamenting “A Maui Menace”.. Unfortunately, they’re day-light active, while rats are nocturnal (like BCBs owl), so they did NOT do any good vs. rats, but began eating other, rarer, native things instead (like birds’ and turtles’ eggs as well as the snakes for which they are famous)! Hence, perhaps the law. Not saying anything against Rikki Tikki Tavi, though - just inadequately planned importations…
9. Diane | April 4th, 2008 at 9:27 am
Oops - sorry about the lapses in punctuation. But the link works!
10. Theresa | April 4th, 2008 at 9:35 am
BCB - w.r.t your owls, I was googling and stumbled across another blogger who was reporting Barred Owls in his vicinity. This was their second year for them. Apparently they like to come back to their nesting site used the previous year. And take heart, the guy said that after about June once the youngsters fledged, the owls weren’t around much.
11. RSS | April 4th, 2008 at 9:36 am
Ugh Diane. Definitely hope your day improves.
You guys make me giggle. Thanks.
Tomorrow, I’m going on a road trip to walk the terrain of the first part of the book. DH and I had already planned to go to the bus station in Norfolk. Then I said–you know I need to go down the expressway towards NC so that I can find the right place for the guys to get off for the convenience store and a likely road for that store and since we’ll be so close to NC any way. Why not drive to the Outer Banks so I can find the right place for the cottage. And he said “Suurre. Why not.” Do you wonder why I love this guy.
Once we’re down there, I’ll drop DH and whichever kids decide to come with us at the museum in Kitty Hawk and drive around myself. Whoopee.
12. Andi | April 4th, 2008 at 9:40 am
If your 1st 2 kids are the same sex born within 3 years and you have a 3rd in the same time period, within 36mos, you will most likely have another of the same sex. So while they say it is your basic 50/50 chance, it really isn’t after 2 kids. How do I know this you ask? I looked it up, and oh that’s right I’ve got 3 boys each 27mos apart. Best friend has 4 boys each 26-28 mos apart, neighbor 3 girls each 26mos apart, other neighbor 4 girls all within 3yrsapart, it goes on and on.
btuda - if you find a cobra in your garden, I’ll get you a mongoose, import laws be damned.
13. BCB | April 4th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Be careful while driving around yourself that you don’t run over a toe.
14. Theresa | April 4th, 2008 at 9:44 am
Barred Owls have also been know as the Northern Barred Owl, Swamp Owl, Striped Owl, Hoot Owl, Eight hooter, Round-headed Owl, Le Chat-huant du Nord (French for “The Hooting Cat of the North”), Wood Owl, and Rain Owl.
15. me | April 4th, 2008 at 9:45 am
I love to play Trivial Pursuit and I kick butt at Jeopardy. But right now I can’t think of much that’s impressive, pithy, or even sort of interesting to tell you. I think btuda beat anything I’ve got with the mongoose bit.
Hmmm…
Pride and Prejudice was originally called First Impressions.
Thomas Edison was dyslexic.
The woman singing in the movie My Fair Lady was not Audrey Hepburn; the songs were dubbed by Marni Nixon.
The shortest president of the US was James Madison, at 5’4”.
BCB’s barred owl is better known as a hoot owl, or the eight-hooter. Now that would be an interesting restaurant. I just go for the wings. Really.
And now that I have impressed you all with my vast stores of knowledge, I’m off to find a coffee so I don’t fall asleep at my desk. That would be bad.
Diane, get a cat.
16. me | April 4th, 2008 at 9:48 am
Theresa and I apparently have ESP.
17. Pond » Random Bits &hellip | April 4th, 2008 at 9:59 am
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18. me | April 4th, 2008 at 11:42 am
Ooo, here’s some trivia. “Bookstock” is the largest used book sale in metro Detroit. I know what I’ll be doing Sunday. Who’s coming with me?
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080404/OPINION03/804040398/1005/LIFESTYLE
19. me | April 4th, 2008 at 11:45 am
Ooo, here’s some trivia. “Bookstock” is the biggest used book sale in Metro Detroit. I know what I’m doing Sunday. Who’s coming with me?
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080404/OPINION03/804040398/1005/LIFESTYLE
20. Diane | April 4th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Me - I like cats, but I’m allergic. We had one, when I was growing up. I went off to college, the cat died, next time I spent quality time with a cat, I got a runny nose and itchy, watery eyes! Boo.
I like the add-on trivia, I don’t have to actually think of anything: Marni Nixon recently retired from the Broadway My Fair Lady, in which she sang not Eliza, but the Dowager Mrs. Higgins.
21. Andi | April 4th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Every step you slough off about 100 dead skin cells. Gross trivia from DS9.
Every one passes gas roughly 15 times a day. Not including taco, chili or veggie burger days. Gross trivia from DS12
DS14 is far too sophisticated for gross trivia.
Sorry about the owls, BCB. I have a hideous mocking bird who screeches the same 5 note refrain for oh, lets say 33 minutes every, EVERY morning starting at 6:15. I really want that bird to die.
22. Louis | April 4th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
When I was stationed in Hawaii, the barracks was named “Mongoose Manor”
Owls…like them. It’s eerie to see them “float” by overhead in the early evening.
My DD found a mouse in her trousers the other morning…her cats had been playing with it…..appropriate screeches when found.
Life in the country.
23. cbpen | April 4th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Diane: Maybe you are allergic to individual cats and not all cats. I am. And individual dogs too. I am allergic to one of my son’s cats and one of the dogs. I am allergic to all of my sis’ dogs and DN’s cat and one of her dogs. sigh. To get a pet, I’d have to have a 24 hour visitation/tryout.
Trivia sticks in my brain. I still remember Pub requirements and measurements from working over a year ago.
Here’s something. Rutherford B. Hayes was the first Presdident to have a phone. His phone number was one.
24. RSS | April 4th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Does anyone know a site to research what the weather was in a particular month and year? Specifically looking for Southeastern Virginia and Outer Banks of North Carolina September 11-14th 2000.
25. cbpen | April 4th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
If you could get into local newspaper archives? Or you may have to go to a local library. Sometimes, you can call a library and ask a specific question and they will look it up for you. Depends on the library, librarian and their rules. Not much help, am I? Well, if no one else knows something you can try this.
26. Lori | April 4th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
I’m actually still curious how BCB figured out it was a Barred Owl (or whatever other name it has) in the first place.
Do you Google “ah ah ah ah ah ooo, ah ooo, ah ah ooooo”? Or perhaps do a search on “sounds like demented monkey”?
27. Louis | April 4th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Rss…
I googled N Carolia past weather and came up with a likely site. Looks like what you need
28. cc | April 4th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
http://www.weathermatrix.net/past/
am going to go play bingo tonight- i don’t play bingo often but once a year one of the local clubs does a cancer fund raiser and there is free homemade pie during the break- and I love pie, so….
I also love trivia and elephant jokes- but right now my mind is numb- I’ll see what happens later
29. orangehands | April 4th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
i love trivia! wish i remembered more.
but first, TT: oh gross. what a start for a day
Dr.T: i remember that program about AIDS/plague.
RSS: http://www.weatherpages.com/wxhistory.html or http://data.nssl.noaa.gov/
aardvaks have eaten lions
bats always turn left existing a cave
24 states say impotence is a legal grounds for divorce
a baseball’s life span in the Major Leagues is seven pitches
more people die from vending machiens than wolves every year
30. btuda | April 4th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
OH: I think that last one was proved by the idiots DH works with. They had to install a video camera by the vending machines to find out who kept knocking them over. Duh. And we live near Wolf Park. No one’s been eaten there lately.
Ok the mongoose thing is probably the one and only answer I’ve ever gotten right in Trivia Pursuit. Now Scene It? is much more my forte.
31. btuda | April 4th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
That, and the bits of useless info found in my dad’s Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader(s).
32. orangehands | April 4th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
btuda: LMAO
i love Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader(s)! i get them for my dad all the time.
meant to add before my connection went bye-bye (was in one class, now in another):
CC: have fun at bingo.
BCB: sorry you haven’t gotten a lot of sleep
and now i don’t remember what else
later all
33. Theresa | April 4th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
Aardvaks? That would be a cross between an aardvark and a vaccum cleaner?
Trivia from Wikipedia on the aardvark:
In African folklore the aardvark is much admired because of its diligent quest for food and its fearless response to soldier ants. Hausa magicians make a charm from the heart, skin, forehead, and nails of the aardvark, which they then proceed to pound together with the root of a certain tree. Wrapped in a piece of skin and worn on the chest the charm is said to give the owner the ability to pass through walls or roofs at night. The charm is said to be used by burglars and those seeking to visit young girls without their parent’s permission.
34. Diane | April 4th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Well, admiration doesn’t do the aardvark much good, if a Hausa magician gets a hold of it, apparently.
Does no one use the pass-through-walls trick to do good? Like to come and clean someone’s kitchen or help a shoemaker make shoes? Hmph.
I ought to go home and see if the mouse has wrought any new havoc, and if my food processor still works. Bleah.
Too tired to get up for THAT attractive prospect.
35. GatorPerson | April 4th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
When I was growing up in FL, there were several towns way to hoity toity for us crackers. One, of course, was West Palm Beach. Another ritzy place was Boca Raton. Someone care to translate that for 5 points?
36. BCB | April 4th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
Ooooh, I lived in the Mouth of the Rat for four years! What can I do with my 5 points?
Fun fact to know and tell: Maple leaves should not be used in compost or mulch, because they have some chemical thing in them that kills other things. No, I did not make that up. But I have no idea where I heard/read it and also no idea whether it’s true. Compost accordingly.
And just so you all know, I love owls. I have a statue of an owl on my mantle. And one made of eucalyptus leaves in the living room. And a cute little painted wood one on a shelf in the family room. But I always though they just said, “hoo, hoo” in a sort of charming owl way. I had no idea they could impersonate demented monkeys at very high volume and scare the ever-lovin’ crap out of a person in the middle of the night.
Lori: Would you believe I went outside and asked them? Would you believe I sent Hedwig to ask them? Would you believe I googled something like “bird that sounds like a monkey” and went from there?
Oh, and if I’m remembering correctly (don’t place bets on it), I believe I read somewhere that Barred Owls are 25 inches tall and have a wingspan of 50 inches. So I do not plan to go outside at night for a while. But I visited a lot of websites and some of them had info about other birds as well, so that might have been some other creature. And there were really cool recordings Some of them sounded close enough to “my owls” (I feel so special) that I decided that’s what they were. Only on drugs. Or mating. Apparently I have baby owl screeching (”they sound like a squeeze toy”) to look forward to. Thanks, Theresa. Thanks a lot.
Diane, do you want me to send “my owls” up your way to catch your mouse? Think carefully. I imagine these suckers could do some damage to household goods, and that they would not limit themselves to food processors.
Not sure how it got to be Friday evening, but I am damn glad about it.
37. GatorPerson | April 4th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Serendipity happens! I’ve got to give a composting talk Tuesday PM and have been avoiding putting together a powerpoint talk. Have been let down by the ag agent who had a the-pits presentation.
Anyway, BCB’s do-not-compost-maple-leaves left me with a HUH?
So Googled “composting with maple leaves” and got this terrific powerpoint presentation from Cornell:
http://compost.css.cornell.edu/HomeCompostingSlides.ppt
Maple leaves are RECOMMENDED for composting in it. Normally I wouldn’t give a talk without contacting the authors first, but there names are there, the thing was put together in the ’80s, Cornell is displayed prominently, and I’ll give credit.
So BCB gets another 10 points for leading me to my presentation. Yes, I do have to do a little modification, but it’s still not mine.
38. orangehands | April 4th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
Dr. T: yep, that’s the one. who know how cats (and dogs…ok, mostly dogs…ok, not my cats at all) are scared of vacuums? it’s in primal response to the animal in the wild. comes from their lion genes.
for people-on-horses statues in a park: if the horse has both front legs in the air, the person died from wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
Betty Boop was originally designed as a dog
you make snake antivenom out of horse’s blood
more people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.
something (mam-made that we put up there) falls out of the sky once every ten days. if i remember correctly, no one has ever been hurt
a duck’s quack will echo. (also, a duck is the only animal known to rape…but i can’t remember if i read this as part of a book or as an actual fact)…and dolphins and humans are the only animals that take pleasure in sex…though i have no clue how they figured that one out, nor do i want to
39. McB sings Rainy Night in GA | April 4th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
trivia, huh. Okay, tri colored cats are almost always female. But a tri colored male cat is not valuable for breeding on account of they are always sterile.
And, just for you RSS, they average 10yo male with whom I share a blood tie knows enough to take off his hat in a restaurant. Adult males also in the room, not so much. But then I wasn’t related to them. I’m sure there is a corollation. I’m also sure I spelled that wrong.
40. McB sings Rainy Night in GA | April 4th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
so sorry, I thought I closed my italics.
Only skimmed comment but I apparently owe birthday felicitations to CMS and OH. Hhaappppyy Bbiirrtthhddaayy ttoo yyoouu bbootthh
41. CC | April 4th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
okay, so I live in a small town- which means that I can’t yell from the rooftops that i’m proud of a friend of mine without sharing her secret but I can tell y’all and y”all will be proud of my friend with me– she went to al-anon tonight- scared out of her skull but she left knowing that she isn’t alone in the world and that there are other people out there who get her and what she’s going through- i’m so proud of her-
as to trivia here’s some for McB-
-Mortimer and Ferdinand are Mickey’s nephews and Mortimer was originally going to be Mickey’s name but Mrs. Disney said no
-April, May, and June are Daisy Duck’s nieces
-Huey, Dewey, and Louie are Donald’s nephews- you can tell which is which ‘cuz Huey is red and red’s your brightest hue, Dewey is blue because water is blue and leftover Louie is either green or purple
-Chip has a chocolate chip nose and Dale has buck teeth
-I have won multiple beers off of folks because I can say all seven dwarfs by name in under 5 seconds- Sneezy, Sleepy, Dopey, Doc, Happy, Bashful, and Grumpy
-During the “Hi Ho” song Dopey locks the mine and then hangs the key outside the door
- The first song to be used in two different Disney movies was “Baby Mine” originally in Dumbo and later in Beaches
Why yes, i did have a mouse sign my paycheck for six years, why do you ask
42. Theresa | April 5th, 2008 at 2:27 am
CC - Your friend is so brave! Taking a step to admit such a thing (even if it’s that you’re being hurt by someone else’s problem who is close to you) is a scary thing. I am proud, and so happy that she has you for a friend!
Now I just need to memorize some of these new tidbits of trivia, and I’ll be all set for the next social gathering. ;+)
43. christina | April 5th, 2008 at 9:23 am
I had planned on going for a run this morning. I didn’t. I went to the store instead. I have three and a half more hours to get my butt in gear and out the door for my run. After that, there won’t be enough time to finish my run in the park before it shuts its gates for the evening. But I’m sore from yesterday. I did some strength training which I hadn’t attempted in two or three weeks and now I’m paying for my laziness. Ouchie. Someone tell me to stop being a baby and just go for my run.
Please.
44. GatorPerson | April 5th, 2008 at 9:50 am
Al-anon? I’m impressed. It takes guts to go to those, knowing that healing means some baring of guts.
On another topic…. It’s between a Honda Civic hybrid and a Toyota Prius hybrid. Anybody have anything to say about repairs, service, etc.? I’m seriously leaning towards the Civic. It’s not as weird as the Prius. Really, a camera to see where I’m backing up? If the visibility out the back window were proper, there would be no need for a camera. I also don’t like hatchbacks. My trunk storage is pretty much there for every bad guy to see its contents. So I’m entertaining any thoughts CBs have on the subject. Well, any subject, for that matter.
45. Diane | April 5th, 2008 at 9:54 am
Christina - go run. You will loosen up and feel better. Tell yourself - “If I hurt too much and get too tired, I can stop and walk, instead” - but once you’re out and going, you probably won’t want to!
BCB - I did think of your owls for my mouse - but that’s a freaking big bird! But maybe I could get a live trap and bring the mouse out, so the bird doesn’t have to enter my kitchen? It’s not that I have anything against mice being killed - I just don’t want to be the one that does it via trap or poison. Owls are WAY cooler than mice.
The good news is that the food processor still works. I cleaned off the white fluff (shredded hard plastic base) and put all the bits of the bowl on there. Just in case the whole thing went flying when I turned it on, I put in the plastic blade instead of the metal one. It’d still probably kill me if it hit me at Cuisinart speeds, but maybe there’d be less blood on the floor. So, yippee, I don’t have to replace that! I think it’s less than 20 years old and it still works, and besides it’d be a few hundred dollars that I don’t have!
CC - I just got an update from LinkedIn (I’m not very linked, I have no idea what I’d do with it, except maybe spend more time emailing people for non-professional reasons) that a friend of mine had joined the WDFAF alumni group. To which I responded, What the Heck Is THAT? Then I found out - Walt Disney Feature Animated Films. She does CG stuff and worked on “Mulan”, but then the Florida studio really went dormant, so she no longer works for the Mouse.
Much to do today, including The Taxes. Urk. I have to do the Schedule C for my Pampered Chef business and Partial-Year Resident forms for two states, so I hope it won’t be too bad, but there are a fair number of little boxes.
I hope everyone (especially you, Christina!) is out enjoying a lovely Spring weekend!
46. GatorPerson | April 5th, 2008 at 10:31 am
Am I not the chatty one? Did you all know (probably I’ve never said) I was in charge of pest control for my whole company for a few years. Everything from protecting raw ingredients to spider mites in the lawns to mice and snakes. My budget was enormous.
Glue boards are about the most INHUMANE contraption possible for trapping any critter. They stick to it until they knaw off the part, probably sticking other parts to the glue as they writhe until they die of thirst. Been there, authorized it, don’t like it. I’ve personally used glue boards for mice until I saw what I was doing to them. A snap trap is the most humane. Break their necks and end it all. Releasing them may mean a preditor gets them, but probably not. Then they get to go forth and multiple.
Off my soapbox now. Any words to the wise about hybrid cars? I’ll probably write THE check next week.
47. eidlhe | April 5th, 2008 at 10:35 am
Christina -go out and run.
CC-Good for your friend and good for you being part of her support system.
Diane-my dad, brother and younger sister are all allergic to cats. They are allergic to the dander so their cats get bathed on a regular basis. If you start bathing them while they are young, they don’t protest as much either. My mom’s cat loves to be vacuumed. Thankfully, I didn’t get that part of the allergies because I love my kitties.
48. Diane | April 5th, 2008 at 10:46 am
GP - I wasn’t going to do the glueboard kind, just the catch-and-release kind. And take the critter a ways away - unless I decided to keep him in a terrarium…
The Civic vs Prius is totally a matter of taste. The Prius gets better mileage, but is definitely more different from a regular car than the Civic is. The Hybridity (!) is cryptic in the Civic. You don’t even know it’s happening. The Prius has the little pull-over thing to cover stuff in the hatchback, like stationwagons do, I think, but the cargo space is not huge. I drove one for two weeks and really enjoyed it, partially because I got a kick out of the on-board computer’s visual of where the energy was flowing (engine? battery? into/ out of?) and instantaneous and long-term mileages, but that’s totally nerdy. You get used to the different controls quickly - it’s not hard. My dad sent me a Business Week article where the author said he had to call the rental agent to find out how to put the car into the various gears, which is just lame, because the pattern is ON THE DASHBOARD, jeez.
Good luck with your purchase - both Toyotas and Hondas are superb, nearly trouble-free cars, so you probably won’t go wrong either way!
Wow. Cat washing. Um, I think I’ll wait until I’m more settled until I look into that possibility…
49. BCB | April 5th, 2008 at 10:49 am
GP:
That’s the problem with facts, people are all the time expecting them to be true. No room for fiction at all. I probably read an article about it at a time when I was looking for an excuse not to rake leaves. But I did used to have a compost pile. Bin. Mesh cage thing. That was back in the days before The Wonder Dog, when I also had a vegetable garden. So what do I get to use my 15 (!) points for? The way things are going here lately, they’ll be redeemable only for flights on Aloha Airlines.
Christina, GO RUN! Or at least go for a brisk walk. Or just wander around your living room for a few minutes and call it good.
CC: Good for your friend, and good for you for being supportive. And what did you DO for the mouse for six years? Other than gather trivia? Or is that an actual job description there?
I saw a woman driving a big ol’ dump truck yesterday and I thought, “I need a job like that.” Drive to one location, let someone fill up the truck with dirt or something, drive to another location, push a button and empty the truck. Do it again. I could do that. Probably wouldn’t even need to talk to anyone either.
No owls last night. Too much thunder and lightning and rain.
Yes, I’m procrastinating. [sigh]
50. BCB | April 5th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Hmmm. I see over on the little “chat” thingy that ME and Mary are not able to comment over here. Why is that? How is that possible? Or not possible?
Well, it’s wrong. Bryan? Are you still around? Can you fix whatever is broken? Or is this a plot to eliminate CBs one at a time? And we’d never know until there were just one or two of us left, chatting in a vacuum.
See, now I have an image of one of those vacuums with the clear plastic tub thing and two of us are in there chatting and the rest of the CBs are on the outside looking in and tapping on the glass, shouting “let us in!” but the two of us can’t hear them or even see them . . .
Yep, going to stop procrastinating any minute now.
Really, I have stuff to do.
51. Theresa | April 5th, 2008 at 11:22 am
Christina, did you go run yet? If not, will it help if I say that I went for a run this morning? (Of course, I didn’t do any strength training yesterday. Gotta find a way to start adding that in, but the machines at the gym intimidate me*. Maybe her too.)
52. Theresa | April 5th, 2008 at 11:23 am
Mary, Me - can you still not comment? Not that I could actually do anything about it, but it would be good to know if there are still problems.
53. Mary | April 5th, 2008 at 11:31 am
Testing… testing… testy…
54. Mary | April 5th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Hey, Blogger likes me again!
Not that I’m in a position to do anything about it… my highly allergic SIL will be arriving shortly (with bro), and I have to vacuum every spec of dog fur out of this place.
To thicken the plot, I’ll have to break it to my SIL that Hillary’s arriving in this town as well. Hopefully I’ll be able to keep the two of them apart
55. Diane | April 5th, 2008 at 11:37 am
Hi, Mary! Don’t be testy. Although you’re welcome to comment no matter what, for so many reasons…
Theresa - I don’t do machines, I have small handweights - which are excellent, because I can do them while watching a DVD or something, which increases the likelihood of strength training occurring. And, of course, the weight of the body is excellent resistance, too - squats, lunges, pliés, push-ups and sit-ups all qualify and require nothing whatsoever except DOING it. They say you can use cans instead of weights, but not me. To start arm exercises, some of the hard ones could be profitably done with a bag o’ rice or dried beans. But you might want to double-bag. Just in case.
56. BCB | April 5th, 2008 at 11:37 am
Your SIL does not like Sir Edmund? AND is allergic to wolves?
I seem to remember you recently bought a tent and an air mattress. Your back yard looked fairly level . . .
57. Diane | April 5th, 2008 at 11:50 am
BCB - there is even more cause for concern, because Sir Edmund DIED earlier this year, I think. But perhaps it is that SIL is TOO fond, and might embarrass herself. Life/ Death in OR is strange, indeed.
Are we both visiting here too often today? Are our other activities that bleah? In my case, yep. But I am working on them, honest!
Just not right now.
58. Not BCB nor do I play her on tv | April 5th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
do we know why blogger keep turning us into impersonators?
Cc brava for your friend. It is a strong and brave person who will admit they have a problem and seek help.
When I took my niece to DW a dozen years ago they were working on The Lion King and we got an inside peek at the process. Very sad that they don’t do true animation anymore. That computer stuff is nifty but I don’t think it has as much heart.
59. CMS | April 5th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Thanks for all the birthday wishes the other day. I ate entirely too much cheesecake and have been sick ever since. But it tasted delicious and I could see no value in denying myself.
I’m going for a long walk after work today Christina. And I have those pilates hoops for arm toning. I use them every morning while I wait for the kettle to boil. Did you go run????
Scope still can’t comment. I’ll have to go down and take notes on what she has to say
Or take my laptop downstairs as I got a wireless router for my birthday. That way I have absolutely no excuse for not doing my homework from any room in the house. Even the attic some day when it’s done. OR the garden in the summer. It is a lovely day out and I can’t wait til the library closes so I can go home and play with my Ky outside.
Very proud of your support for your friend CC. Good job.
Owls are very messy when they eat mice but they do clean up after themselves. Just saying.
Lions do not purr. They moan. It only takes three licks from their rough tongue to actually remove your skin from your flesh. And if you turn your back on them they will jump you. Not necessarily with the intent to harm but it will hurt I can guarantee you that. I have lots of random trivia about animals. The shaft of birds wings is hollow. Komodo dragon spit is lethal. Any my one cat is a water cat. He had his first bath when he was two weeks old and will shower with me. It gets crowded in there some days. Parrot at one end, cat at the other and me* in the middle. We believe in conserving water…:D
60. Theresa | April 5th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Oh, ewww. Diane, that comment brought to mind some of the articles I read by Katherine Ramsland who Jenny blogged about during her trip to NYC. Let’s just say that women who have that particular fetish have found a way to fulfill their desire, but I will spare you all from the deets of that particular bit of trivia. *shudder*
61. BCB | April 5th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
I think he’s just resting, Diane. Gearing up for that last big climb. All world explorers go the PNW to rest for a while when they get weary. Most of them end up at Mary’s new place, apparently. You all be careful not to step on any of them when you’re there in June.
I’m doing things, too. Trouble is that what I’m doing involves using my computer. I’m telling myself this is multi-tasking. And not a distraction that lowers my productivity.
62. Theresa | April 5th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
I took my first can in the shower. Once.
63. Theresa | April 5th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Or maybe my first cat.
64. BCB | April 5th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
I had a friend in FL who had a blind cat and it loved to float in the swimming pool with her. My cat won’t even stay in the kitchen when I turn on the faucet.
65. CC | April 5th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
at work-have managed to brew coffee and drink a cup- that and taking a shower (no pets, Chinook hates water) are about my only accomplishments for the day
Bingo was fun last night- there were five of us in our little group and three won money- i was not one of the three- oh well- off to see if I can find something to wrap a wedding gift in whilst at the office- the church is across the street- would hate to have to go sompeplace for wrapping paper- I have have some large brown bags in the store, surely with a pair of scissors, some tape, and a bit of creativity I can conquer this
66. CC | April 5th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
and the mouse- disney store for six years- back when the disney store was a neat, fun place to work with odd costumes and unique collectibles you couldn’t find any place else- not the mass produced wal-mart knock off it is today
67. christina | April 5th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
I read Diane’s encouraging comment just after she posted it. It gave me the nudge I needed. But first I decided to lay on my bed and accidentally took a nap for over an hour. But then I got up, got my gear on and went running.
Thanks everyone! I really needed the push today.
Theresa–I’ve been doing the strength training exercises in the Self Magazine challenge. You can sign up on their website for free and see them. Not sure if you can take a gander at them without signing up though. You’ll have to check. It’s basically what Diane was saying–small hand weights and other exercises that use your body weight for resistance. No big scary gym equipment required. If you don’t have hand weights and don’t want to buy any, you can use full water bottles instead. Or use bags of rice like DIane suggested. Just FYI.
My cats hate the water. Always have. I should have been more diligent in the beginning with getting them used to it. That and being driven around in the car. My male cat yowls and pants every time we take him in the car. Poor thing. Only time I can ever get him to voluntarily sit in my lap though.
68. Diane | April 5th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
CC - Chinook may or may not be a silly name for a critter that doesn’t like water. I don’t know what it actually means (I could look it up, but that would deprive someone of the opportunity to inform me* and maybe her, too), as it is variously applied to a warm wind (or at least one that brings thaw, I think) and a salmon. Thanks for the lion warning, I’ll remember, if the occasion should arise. Bummer about the Bingo, congrats to your friends, and good luck with the brown paper bags. It sounds suspiciously crafty.
BCB: I’m glad that you’re multi-tasking. I was using here as a MUCH needed break in between labors on some tedious (computer) chores. Now, about those taxes…
Congrats, Christina! I’m glad that you got rest AND a run.
CMS - weird shower, sorry about Scope’s connection, it’s always lovely to hear from her. Good luck with the laptop and getting outside while it’s nice!
Theresa - thanks for the restraint. I’m pretty sure I don’t want to know about that!
Did I say something about taxes? Maybe after I’ve visited a few author blogs…
69. me | April 5th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
Can you hear me now?
70. orangehands | April 5th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
glad to see i’m not the only one being utterly unproductive. i have, however, mastered zenness today (or whatever it is when you lay in bed and don’t think and don’t fall asleep)
CC: good for your friend! i offer her all my good thoughts.
christina: glad you ran…i’m thinking i should go up and down my stairs a few times at a semi-fast pace, but then i laugh and move on to actual things i will do.
TT: chinook! basically all i remember from the beautiful book i once had is that the weather changes very fast- can snow one minute and be desert like the next. very pretty pictures.
71. me | April 5th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Hey it worked. Of course, I am using a different computer today. I wonder if that was the problem?
It’s lovely outside, but i spent the day inside, with my birdie. I got her a new cage and moved her in.
Here’s what I was trying to say yesterday, as far as trivia: Bookstock bills itself as the biggest used book sale event in the metro Detroit area. Guess where I am spending my Sunday?
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080404/OPINION03/804040398/1005/LIFESTYLE
http://www.bookstock.info/
72. me | April 5th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
test 2: is it because I tried to insert a link?
73. me | April 5th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
A-HA! It won’t accept a post with a link!
74. Diane | April 5th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
OK, because I know you’re fascinated, I have now done my federal taxes - 1040, Schedule C and Schedule SE (both of these latter for the PC stuff). I dutifully did the AMT worksheet - not hardly- and the Capital Gains and Qualifying Dividends worksheet (for the paltry sums distributed on a VERY paltry account) - which may have saved me $1.99 or something.
Yes, I owe taxes. Bleah. Not pocket change, but not penalty-worthy, either.
I think I will save my two part-year state forms for TOMORROW. Now I shall, in fact, visit those author blogs.
If I don’t come back, have lovely evenings, everyone!
75. Louis | April 5th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Must be getting near tax time…
My DW and I just got back from our tax man after signing the form for electronic filing.
We get some back….enough for a few beers!
(((HUGS))) for those that require one or two.
76. RSS | April 5th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
Taxes. Oh yeah. We didn’t go on our trip today because DH didn’t finish ours yesterday. And don’t fuss at me anyone because I did them for years until DH got hooked on Turbo Tax.
Thanks for the links for the weather histories everyone. i’ll check them out.
CC–good for your friend. That took courage
My cats have accidently taken bathes with me. That happens when they walk along the side of the tub and slip. Try and explain those claw marks.
We washed ours (cats) on a fairly regular basis for a couple of years after Dr said oldest DS was allergic and before I deduced said Dr was an idiot. Cats never got used to it but they tolerated it.
Youngest dog has figured out how to get over the fence. Now we need to get sledgehammer and get rid of the old concrete steps in the back yard. If you don’t hear from me, I’m either in traction or I got pushed off by blogger too.
Mary–My feeling is if a relative knows that you have a pet and said relative is allergic then they need to take meds before visiting or stay in a hotel. You are a nice SIL.
Me–where did you go?
McB–so who was the “Innocent Man”
77. ScopeDope Cherrybomb | April 5th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
I think CMS gave you my useless bit of trivia about the hot cross buns. I pick up all sorts of trivia because I like trivia shows on t.v.
78. Scope Dope CherryBomb | April 5th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
Test
79. RSS | April 5th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
Hello Scope. Waving madly here. Miss you. Hope your comments start coming through.
Congratulations to all those who are doing so well with exercise and actually getting off their butts. I’m going to try and follow your great example. Tomorrow. Yeah. That’s when I’ll do it. Does weeding and spreading 4 bags of mulch count? I did that yesterday.
80. CMS | April 5th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
Well I fiddled with Scope’s computer, still won’t let her comment. My brother is going to look at it when he comes over. There aren’t any error messages or anything. I wonder if she’s been moderated. I emailed Bryan but last I heard he was going to be on the road all day - several days ago. Maybe he didn’t get up fast enough. Men. too succinct sometimes.
It must be International Procrastinate with a Friend Day or something. I went grocery shopping after work, (for the animals too) bawled my way through the end of Firefly Lane by Kristen Hannah and put most of the groceries away. I didn’t even start my homework. I cannot afford to fail this assignment so I better get off my butt and get it done. I’m simply exhausted. Ky and I are going for a run later when my friend gets home from work. The dogs romp together and we talk about homework, recite Jeff Dunham and wrangle about paint colours(she likes candy hues and I like jewel tones, must be the age difference). Ok, going to go open my workbook. Any minute now…
81. WapakGram | April 5th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
Am I here yet, or does it still hate me?
82. Scope Dope CherryBomb | April 5th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
Test. This is a test of the Canadian Cherrybomb System
83. Scope Dope CherryBomb | April 5th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
This is a test of the Canadian Cherrybomb system. Only a test.
84. ScopeDope Cherrybomb | April 5th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
This is a test of the Canadian Cherrybomb system. In the event of a real Canadian Cherrybomb, grab your maple leaves out of the composter.
85. McB | April 5th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
RSS - huh? Now I have a Billy Joel earworm thankyouverymuch.
Theresa going to the can in the shower is really REALLY TMI. So glad you clarified that but it did inspire a lovely spit take.
Gardening is totally exercise. People need to get rid of the idea that exercise has to be scheduled and regulated. Anything that picks up the heart rate and uses more muscle than usual counts.
We return home tomorrow and I’ll be happy to see it and my cat. Had a splendid trip with DN and he is a great kid. And I actually kept up
yay me*
My niece drove me over to a great LYS (local yarn store) where I bought more stuff than I need but probably not enough of something. I have to check patterns when I get home. My niece is not into crafts at all but made interested noises. She’s a good kid, well adult now.
86. McB | April 5th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
I personally think that coffeeakers
should be installed I’m the showers
Reading a book in my niece’s room about math ability in plants and animals. Are you proud of me GP. Of course I did not have to read the equations just the imterestin bits about owls. For instance one of the owl’s 4 toes is reversable. And because their feather are exceptionally soft and the front wings have a saw tithe pattern they fly very very quietly. So I’m thinking BCB that you are okay if you can hear them.
87. WapakGram | April 5th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
My computer won’[t let me comment either. This is from the DH’s. I emailed Bryan a week ago. Wonder if he got that?!
I reallly am not anti social…just blooogered. And I can’t post on Bob’s blooger either. which is just so fun.
So HAppy Belated Birthday ladies and I shall climb down to DH’s lair more often.
Someone put up the moot signal for Bryan!
88. Mary | April 5th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
RSS, I agree. If they’d been planning to spend the night, they’d have had to learn to deal with the dog. She kept staring at us through the sliding glass door, asking what she’d done wrong
I’m tired — I’ve spent all day playing hostess to my brother and his wife. So my brother, Mr. Fix-it, decides to test the GFCI outlets in my kitchen. For some reason they didn’t reset properly, and I have to see if I can find an electrician that makes house calls on a Sunday. Currently my refrigerator is plugged in to an extension cord that runs into the living room.
Argh.
On the other hand, I have a brother who travels with an extension cord in his trunk, which is pretty darn prepared I must say.
89. Wapakwoman | April 5th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
Because I work on the Show Choir site and it uses word press, I emailed my tech guy and he told me how to break into Bloooger and clean its fiter. So there were Scope and me and me*, *sob* with all the viagra and cialis people. I am so ashamed.
So if anyone else is missing let me know and I will go search for you. These comments that I cleared may make no sense to the current discussion. OR they may improve it, who knows!!!!!
90. BCB | April 5th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
Mary, I’m not sure whether that qualifies as preparedness or premeditation. This is a time to celebrate that they are gainfully employed (right?) and have a mortgage of their own to return to.
Poor, poor UNC. Down by 28, fight back to within 4, lose by 18. It does not help at all that my children do NOT root for the same team. [sigh] Times like these are when I remind them that it is just a game.
I heard the owls earlier. They sounded melancholy. It’s like a soap opera. Can mutual attraction win out over the disruption of the thunderstorms last night? Will one night spent huddled, silent in the rain, jeopardize this couple’s chances of procreation? Will she move on to an owl who can get the job done in spite of the lightning? And isn’t that an oxymoron of euphemisms? Stay tuned. Details at eleven.
91. CMS | April 5th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
Thanks Wapak, I appreciate all of Scope’s tests coming through. I’ll let her know. She’ll be thrilled. All the tests were from me*
Just came in from running the dog along the canal. Now I have wet muddy dog who needs a bath - at midnight. What was I thinking? I’m lazy and will towel him off then go to bed. I had to clean the house tomorrow anyway. Might as well do his bed as well. No we didn’t run alone. Two girls. two dogs. two cell phones. Well lit wide path. And the dogs always come right back to our sides whenever we meet people during our daylight walks.
No I didn’t get my homework done. But I made headway and jotted some lines about my book too.
Off to sleep, perchance to dream…Mmmm…Gerard Butler…dibs Christina
92. cbpen | April 6th, 2008 at 12:23 am
We had a cat who liked to swim in the horse trough. My son’s cat likes to sit under a drip in the tub. One of the boys discovered this and let it drip. DS thought the faucet was broken, replaced the washer and it worked fine. Until the next day. That’s when he found out the kid was deliberately letting it drip…for the cat. My cat liked to drink out of the faucet. We had a lever on the faucet and I came home one day to a flooded kitchen. That’s all the water/cat stories I can think of for now.
93. orangehands | April 6th, 2008 at 2:26 am
my cat likes to drink from the faucet. the other one used to pee in the toilet. tried to film it once for America’s Funniest Home Videos; almost lost an eye
hi Canadians. and thanks wapa. and other things happened to…sleepy…night all.
94. christina | April 6th, 2008 at 3:07 am
It snowed here last night! Craziness. It almost makes me feel like I’m back home again.
I too took part in International Procrastination Day yesterday. But I really need to get off my keester and get something done today. Who’s with me?
*crickets*
Bueller?
95. Theresa | April 6th, 2008 at 4:38 am
Wapak - Thanks for cleaning out the filter! I didn’t realize that we had that kind of power.
Yep, I’m going to be working today. Now my headache that I woke up with is gone. My dissertation revisions are calling to me. Can you hear them too? Or is it only in my mind?
And we got snow up here too! Crazy weather. And it’s still snowing a bit. Glad that I got outside and did things yesterday.
Yesterday was a lovely procrastination day. I really should have been working, but it felt so nice to be back in my own flat. And that was as good of an excuse as any to do no work. I was pet sitting and staying in someone else’s place all last week. I’ll try to get pictures up on my blog of my temporary wards sometime today.
My cat likes to drink out of dripping faucets too. Also the toilet. That is quite the balancing act.
96. GatorPerson | April 6th, 2008 at 8:08 am
So, I hear Mr. Darcy right now in there drinking out of the toilet. All of our dogs seem to prefer them to the waterbowl. I also remember a commercial for things people/animals crave. Dogs around a ring of toilets. Yep!
Fiters and filters? I wasn’t sure. Nor did I realize we had power to clean this thing’s filters.
We also had a cat who balanced and drank out of the toilet. Of course, one day the devil made me push it in. Mad as a wet, well, cat. Moi? Don’t ever tease me when I have a water hose in my hand. The devil is on my shoulder then.
We’ve had rain and/or cloudy skies for at least a week. I don’t know about BCB, but we had another inch of rain here about 3:00 AM. Puddles all over the place. Squisy grass. The nice thing is that the ground is so saturated that the water isn’t immediately soaking in. Maybe this will help our drought conditions. I think Atlanta got a bit, too. Andi?
CMS, what is the name of the class you’re taking and not doing your homework?
Hi, Scope!
97. McB | April 6th, 2008 at 9:18 am
clean filters, very important for blog safety and efficiency. I hereby appoint Me (note lack of asterisk) CB in charge of filter maintenance.
Atlanta is foggy and overcast and extremely green. I think its supposed to burn off later but we’ll be gone by then. I’ll be so happy to sleep in my own bed tonight. Be it ever so humble …
98. McB | April 6th, 2008 at 9:20 am
hi Scope! *waves madly in a general northerly direction*
99. CMS | April 6th, 2008 at 9:27 am
Library Organizations aka cataloguing. I worked on it for a awhile last night. I think I’m figuring it out. But I have to clean my house and scoop the yard as I’m having company this afternoon. I made these plans when I had decided to finish my homework on Wednesday.
It’s sunny and warmish and I do not want to be indoors. I’ll check back with the rest of you later, see how Theresa made out with her dissertation. Christina, are you going to run in the snow?
100. RSS | April 6th, 2008 at 9:28 am
Mary the next time he comes to visit make him promise not to try and help you before you let him in the door.
BCB–I’m waiting breathlessly for the next segment of Nights of Our Owls.
McB you gave me the earworm first with your Rainy Nights in Georgia. I was just trying to return it. Didn’t work. I woke up humming the song. ‘Course the rain outside may have something to do with that
Scope–LOL at the test of the Canadian Cherrybomb Network.
Putting on my mother face–CMS, Theresa, you girls get on that homework ya heah. Don’t make me come up there.
My cats like to get into the bathtub after someone has taken a bath and lick up the water drops. Little muddy paw prints all over the tub. And yes mine jump up and teeter on the toilet while they drink too. More muddy paw prints.
101. BCB | April 6th, 2008 at 9:45 am
I woke up determined to ACCOMPLISH something today. I sat down on the couch for “just a minute” of watching the Weather Channel to see whether all the rain had moved on (yes, GP, we got a ton of it here too — yay!) and the cat came and snuggled up in my lap. This is the cat who, for approximately 15 years, has defined snuggling as sitting at the far end of the couch and glaring at me. Suddenly (for the past few months) she wants to sit in my lap or be held in the crook of my arm. Took her a while to figure out I’m a good heat source.
So . . . all I’ve accomplished so far is to watch the last hour of Sunday Morning. Any minute now I’m going to tackle that list of Things I’ve Been Putting Off.
I’ll tell you what, it has been way too long since I had house guests.
102. CMS | April 6th, 2008 at 10:03 am
Uh, RSS that’s not a very good threat. If I don’t do my homework, you’re gonna come up here crosses arms over chest Fine. I’m not doing it. When are you gonna be here?
103. RSS | April 6th, 2008 at 10:15 am
Okay, maybe I better change that to a bribe instead of a threat. If you do your homework, I’ll come for a visit. Don’t know when. But I’ll come.
104. CMS | April 6th, 2008 at 10:21 am
That’s better. I really do need to hand this in today. off I slink, back to the dungeon of library tomes.
105. Diane | April 6th, 2008 at 11:54 am
Good luck with the tomes, CMS, and the computer, Scope!
BCB - when a cat offers to snuggle, it’s probably wise to take ‘em up on it. Especially since it’s such a pleasant change. There’s still lots of time to accomplish less gratifying but more list-worthy things.
We should have lists of IMPORTANT things we need to do each day.
1. Enjoy the birds and the flowers.
2. Speak friendly words to a stranger
3. Enjoy conversation with a loved one (human or other animal)
4. Savor well-made food
5. Give thanks for the things in our bodies that still work
6. Have a nice rest to celebrate how much we’ve accomplished today, without worrying what we haven’t
Stuff like that. It’s often what we truly value in life, but rarely makes the To-Do list
Christina, Theresa, I hope that you’re getting things done, if that’s important to you today.
Anyone who wants to enjoy exceptional weather should do so, at least briefly, before it goes away! You don’t need to spend the whole day outside to have it brighten the day - it’s better than sitting in the dungeon wishing, to just go out for an hour, then get back to work, right?
I suspect that’s what’s going on, since it’s been quiet in here for a while, so good luck to all.
I’m going to work on my state taxes. Oh, joy.
106. Mary | April 6th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
CMS,
Do Your Homework or I’ll… I’ll… ha! that’s it. I’ll Send My Brother to help fix your house!
Christina, Theresa crack! (That was supposed to be a whip. but a non-violent, non-threatening type of whip. An encouraging whip, as it were.)
Did that help?
Would type more, but the sun just came out and I’m going to take Diane’s advice and carpe sol.
107. RSS | April 6th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
I like your list Diane. Especially the “give thanks for the things in our bodies that still work.” Snort.
It’s raining and chilly here so I feel absolutely no guilt for curling up with the computer. And a few cats. That goes without saying in this house. Thanks to CMS’s excellent advice I’m working on my synopsis. I’m doing it in Power Point and it’s really helping me get rid of extraneous info. DS12 got a kick out of teaching me how to use it.
108. WapakGram | April 6th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
We HAD sun today, but now a bit cloudy. At least we have lovely elephant temperatures.
Went to stay with mom while Dad went to church - specail quartet day. Mom and I both slept the time away except when we were awake and deciding who snores the worst. MAry, I have to stay in a hotel,…..the cops would come for violating the noise ordinance. and that is without the REST of the Margarita crowd.
Off to sit by an open window……..I missed procrastination day so I think I'’ll do it today!
109. Diane | April 6th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
RSS - yes, I didn’t want to say “that we’re in good health”, because heaven knows, we all have ailments, some more than others. And it’s easy to get distracted by the aches and bits that don’t work the way they used to, and not remember that - since we’re still alive - we do have most of our parts.
And for most of us, at least SOME of our organs are functioning - the brains are obviously keeping connections going very nicely!
I have ONE Duraflame log left - I’m sure there’ll be an evening that will be good to use it. I have much enjoyed my fireplace: I wish I’d had more fires in the winter, but I’m certainly glad to have had the ones I did. But not today - too warm and sunny!
I need a bit more info to apportion my income among different states, so I think I’m going to go home and take my own advice and then do that stuff.
110. orangehands | April 6th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
hello all
i spent the day talking to two friends and eating brunch. now i’m going to paint and ignore my homework some more. (in my defense, i started to do my homework at brunch, but then one of the two friends sat down and we talked for about two hours instead).
have a lovely day!
111. McB | April 6th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
chilly and drizzling here. Boy is it good to be home. For the first 9 years or so my BIL thought my cat was imaginary. Nobody but us ever saw her and she hated being held. Now she is incredibly clingy and affectionate. she too likes to lap up puddles after I shower.
112. Scope Dope CherryBomb | April 7th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Testing, testing testing. She sings…”Oh Canada>>>>”
Diane.#105 LOL at List #5-Give thanks for things in our bodies that still work. My list is getting shorter and shorter but like the old Timex commercial I “take a licking and keeps on ticking.”
Hi All! I hope.
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