PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
The first in a series of Bush-Kerry debates takes place at 9:00 EDT tonight. Most of the major networks should be carrying it.
Wednesday, September 29, 2004
BASEBALL'S BACK
Mayor Williams announced this afternoon the Expos will move to DC in time for the 2005 season.
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Mayor Williams announced this afternoon the Expos will move to DC in time for the 2005 season.
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Tuesday, September 28, 2004
VIVE LES EXPOS?
ESPN reports Major League Baseball has chosen DC as the new home for the Montreal Expos. A press conference will follow tomorrow.
ESPN reports Major League Baseball has chosen DC as the new home for the Montreal Expos. A press conference will follow tomorrow.
THANK YOU CVS
Thanks to the CVS PM non-aspirin formula or whatever it is, I am able to sleep at least eight hours a night and have started dreaming again. Last night I dreamt I got married to a younger man. I think he was my old producer's brother.
Thanks to the CVS PM non-aspirin formula or whatever it is, I am able to sleep at least eight hours a night and have started dreaming again. Last night I dreamt I got married to a younger man. I think he was my old producer's brother.
Monday, September 27, 2004
REEK AND RANK
"Reek'' and "Rank" are two guys I know. "Reek" reeks. Usually of alcohol but sometimes of a combination of alcohol and cigarettes. And he dresses like a homeless man.
"Rank" smells rank. No other way of putting it. He does not comb his hair very often and washes it and cuts it less frequently. He also does not shave regularly, and evidently does not bathe, use deodorant or wash his clothes very often either. His fingernails look like the Satan character in Angel Heart or The Passion of the Christ and as far as I know he is Lutheran and does not play guitar, so he has no religious or other excuse. He smells rank all the time, it is not a matter of being too busy to shower or forgetting to use deodorant.
When we have meetings the two of them sit together on one side of the room. No one will sit next to them. They know better.
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"Reek'' and "Rank" are two guys I know. "Reek" reeks. Usually of alcohol but sometimes of a combination of alcohol and cigarettes. And he dresses like a homeless man.
"Rank" smells rank. No other way of putting it. He does not comb his hair very often and washes it and cuts it less frequently. He also does not shave regularly, and evidently does not bathe, use deodorant or wash his clothes very often either. His fingernails look like the Satan character in Angel Heart or The Passion of the Christ and as far as I know he is Lutheran and does not play guitar, so he has no religious or other excuse. He smells rank all the time, it is not a matter of being too busy to shower or forgetting to use deodorant.
When we have meetings the two of them sit together on one side of the room. No one will sit next to them. They know better.
janedoe@seductive.com
Sunday, September 26, 2004
Saturday, September 25, 2004
MY BEST FRIEND'S BIRTHDAY
The Animal Welfare League of Alexandria, from whence cometh my beloved Thunder, has started a pet birthday club. You don't have to be an Alexandria resident to belong. For those of you who wonder from whence cometh my beloved Lightning (you probably don't) I got him from the Guinea Pig Adoption Network.
The Animal Welfare League of Alexandria, from whence cometh my beloved Thunder, has started a pet birthday club. You don't have to be an Alexandria resident to belong. For those of you who wonder from whence cometh my beloved Lightning (you probably don't) I got him from the Guinea Pig Adoption Network.
Friday, September 24, 2004
BUY THE BOOK
Or rent it from Booksfree.com. Kind of like Netflix but for books. Whatever happened to public libraries?
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Or rent it from Booksfree.com. Kind of like Netflix but for books. Whatever happened to public libraries?
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Thursday, September 23, 2004
HAPPY BIRTHDAY?
Today would have been Grandma's 97th birthday. It is the first one of her birthdays I didn't get her anything. I have been bumming over it the last couple days, then I got a bonus check at work for no reason. I look at it as a gift from the Great Beyond. Grandma would have liked that. Edna died four days before my birthday and I spent my birthday at her funeral. Grandma said "Edna wanted to be with you on your birthday." My answer was "couldn't she have just invited me to dinner?"
Today would have been Grandma's 97th birthday. It is the first one of her birthdays I didn't get her anything. I have been bumming over it the last couple days, then I got a bonus check at work for no reason. I look at it as a gift from the Great Beyond. Grandma would have liked that. Edna died four days before my birthday and I spent my birthday at her funeral. Grandma said "Edna wanted to be with you on your birthday." My answer was "couldn't she have just invited me to dinner?"
Wednesday, September 22, 2004
JEWISH WISDOM
"A young rabbi complained to the Rabbi of Rizhyn, 'During the hours when I devote myself to my studies, I feel life and light, but the moment when I stop studying it is all gone. What shall I do?'
The Rabbi of Rizhyn replied, 'when you walk through the woods on a dark night, you are happy to be accompanied by a man with a lamp, but when you part, you must grope you way on alone. If you carry your own light, you need not be afraid of any darkness.'"
From The Kabbalah: A Tradition of Hidden Knowledge by Priya Hemenway
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"A young rabbi complained to the Rabbi of Rizhyn, 'During the hours when I devote myself to my studies, I feel life and light, but the moment when I stop studying it is all gone. What shall I do?'
The Rabbi of Rizhyn replied, 'when you walk through the woods on a dark night, you are happy to be accompanied by a man with a lamp, but when you part, you must grope you way on alone. If you carry your own light, you need not be afraid of any darkness.'"
From The Kabbalah: A Tradition of Hidden Knowledge by Priya Hemenway
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Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Monday, September 20, 2004
NATIONAL DAWG WEEK
This week is National Dawg Week. The Labrador Retriever is the #1 breed in America. One of my co-workers was indignant one day, saying he came home early and found his wife in bed with the dawg. No one bothered telling him most men would be more upset to find their wives in bed with other men.
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This week is National Dawg Week. The Labrador Retriever is the #1 breed in America. One of my co-workers was indignant one day, saying he came home early and found his wife in bed with the dawg. No one bothered telling him most men would be more upset to find their wives in bed with other men.
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Sunday, September 19, 2004
THE CHURCH THAT TIME FORGOT
Went to tridentine Latin Mass at St. Mary's in Chinatown, not out of religious devotion but because I couldn't sleep, it was near Whole Foods and I didn't want to wait until 10 AM. The only downside was the fact that it lasted 70 minutes and they had electric candles instead of real ones. On the upside, there is none of that phony huggy-kissy stuff they have at some churches.
Went to tridentine Latin Mass at St. Mary's in Chinatown, not out of religious devotion but because I couldn't sleep, it was near Whole Foods and I didn't want to wait until 10 AM. The only downside was the fact that it lasted 70 minutes and they had electric candles instead of real ones. On the upside, there is none of that phony huggy-kissy stuff they have at some churches.
Saturday, September 18, 2004
QUOTE FROM MOM:
"When you work for a radio station you never lack for T-shirts. "
Mary Hautanen
Today I am wearing my WAVA shirt. I wore my Smooth Jazz shirt yesterday.
"When you work for a radio station you never lack for T-shirts. "
Mary Hautanen
Today I am wearing my WAVA shirt. I wore my Smooth Jazz shirt yesterday.
Friday, September 17, 2004
SPIDERMAN III
Dallas tells me Tobey Maguire has signed on to do Spiderman III and possibly Spiderman IV. Not sure how much plot potential there is, but then how many Jaws and Star Wars and Godfather flicks were there? And then of course, Tobey Maguire could just sit there in front of a camera for two hours and I would love it. Yeah, I admit it, I'm a dirty old woman.
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Dallas tells me Tobey Maguire has signed on to do Spiderman III and possibly Spiderman IV. Not sure how much plot potential there is, but then how many Jaws and Star Wars and Godfather flicks were there? And then of course, Tobey Maguire could just sit there in front of a camera for two hours and I would love it. Yeah, I admit it, I'm a dirty old woman.
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Wednesday, September 15, 2004
GREY MORNING, GREY DAY
The weather has been grey and miserable all week and I have had a bad sore throat and felt as though I were growing fur on my tongue.
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The weather has been grey and miserable all week and I have had a bad sore throat and felt as though I were growing fur on my tongue.
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Tuesday, September 14, 2004
CALENDAR PIG
The Animal Welfare League of Alexandria, from whence cometh my beloved Thunder, is putting out a calendar for next year. So far Thunder is the only pig contestant.
The Animal Welfare League of Alexandria, from whence cometh my beloved Thunder, is putting out a calendar for next year. So far Thunder is the only pig contestant.
Monday, September 13, 2004
AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
Heard Sousa's Liberty Bell March (the Monty Python theme) on WETA's "Last Night at the Proms" and had to smile. My undergraduate advisor used to refer to them as "that Python." The first time Mom saw one of them in drag she said "is that a man or is that just an ugly broad?"
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Heard Sousa's Liberty Bell March (the Monty Python theme) on WETA's "Last Night at the Proms" and had to smile. My undergraduate advisor used to refer to them as "that Python." The first time Mom saw one of them in drag she said "is that a man or is that just an ugly broad?"
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I SHOULDA STAYED IN BED
Didn't feel too good, so I stayed home, then went out shopping for a new diary. Got a ticket in front of Politics and Prose and a guy spit on me and hit me in front of Borders on Wisconsin Ave. What makes it worse was I didn't find anything I liked there. On the bright side, Hurrican Ivan has bypassed Sarasota. Mom and Dad got the cat out of the kennel.
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Didn't feel too good, so I stayed home, then went out shopping for a new diary. Got a ticket in front of Politics and Prose and a guy spit on me and hit me in front of Borders on Wisconsin Ave. What makes it worse was I didn't find anything I liked there. On the bright side, Hurrican Ivan has bypassed Sarasota. Mom and Dad got the cat out of the kennel.
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Sunday, September 12, 2004
Saturday, September 11, 2004
BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM
Just about all indicators indicated I should not try to do much today, so I watched Bend it Like Beckham, and yeah, it is a feel-good film, but in a good way. True, some of the music is annoying, considering the film comes from the land of the Beatles, Who, Rolling Stones, etc and a lot of the plot is predictable, but I turned the DVD player off with a smile on my face when it was over. Never mind that Keira Knightley looks too anorexic to be a female soccer player. The sport normally causes one to develop beer-barrel thighs. I have beer-barrel thighs, too, but can't blame the sport.
Nevertheless, a lot of the themes are universal -- adolescent rebellion, alienation from parents, race, ethnicity and religion, and it raises a lot of questions -- what makes one masculine/feminine/gay/straight/English/Indian? Probably one of the best lines is heard when a gay guy comes out and Parminder Nagra incredulously tells him "but you're Indian." It happens in all cultures, sweetie.
Just about all indicators indicated I should not try to do much today, so I watched Bend it Like Beckham, and yeah, it is a feel-good film, but in a good way. True, some of the music is annoying, considering the film comes from the land of the Beatles, Who, Rolling Stones, etc and a lot of the plot is predictable, but I turned the DVD player off with a smile on my face when it was over. Never mind that Keira Knightley looks too anorexic to be a female soccer player. The sport normally causes one to develop beer-barrel thighs. I have beer-barrel thighs, too, but can't blame the sport.
Nevertheless, a lot of the themes are universal -- adolescent rebellion, alienation from parents, race, ethnicity and religion, and it raises a lot of questions -- what makes one masculine/feminine/gay/straight/English/Indian? Probably one of the best lines is heard when a gay guy comes out and Parminder Nagra incredulously tells him "but you're Indian." It happens in all cultures, sweetie.
Friday, September 10, 2004
NOW I CAN PLAY WITH MYSELF
Oops, that didn't come out quite the way I wanted it to. I managed to get the cap off the piccolo and put it together properly -- evidently it will need cleaning. It's kind of like a peak flow meter -- you can tell how relaxed your breathing is by the sound you produce. It will be interesting to see if I can play at all when I get older. Now that I also have the keyboard, the drum and the computer, the thing to do is sample them and put stuff together, in effect, playing with myself. Sometimes I switch the keyboard to the organ or flute function, depending on what I'm playing. The neighbors are probably thinking "gee, she plays multiple instruments and she sucks at all of them."
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Oops, that didn't come out quite the way I wanted it to. I managed to get the cap off the piccolo and put it together properly -- evidently it will need cleaning. It's kind of like a peak flow meter -- you can tell how relaxed your breathing is by the sound you produce. It will be interesting to see if I can play at all when I get older. Now that I also have the keyboard, the drum and the computer, the thing to do is sample them and put stuff together, in effect, playing with myself. Sometimes I switch the keyboard to the organ or flute function, depending on what I'm playing. The neighbors are probably thinking "gee, she plays multiple instruments and she sucks at all of them."
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Thursday, September 09, 2004
GOD(DESS) OF SMALL THINGS (INSTRUMENTS?)
The piccolo I ordered on E-Bay arrived. My requirements for musical instruments have changed in the last couple years. I want something that won't bankrupt me, give me a hernia, or take up too much space in my car/condo. As I told Larry, "size matters."
The piccolo I ordered on E-Bay arrived. My requirements for musical instruments have changed in the last couple years. I want something that won't bankrupt me, give me a hernia, or take up too much space in my car/condo. As I told Larry, "size matters."
Wednesday, September 08, 2004
PURPLE HAND II
Yup, it is purple, or at least part of it is, but I don't think I broke it.
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Yup, it is purple, or at least part of it is, but I don't think I broke it.
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Tuesday, September 07, 2004
MAIL FROM FLORIDA
"We are fine. Blessed that Frances changed directions some and we did getgusty 40mile winds but mostly 20plus winds. We are yet experiencing somewinds and rain."
"we are great... thankfully, the (sic) struck north of us... thanks for your concern!"
"thanks for asking, we are fine, although k- and d- still have no power. (48 hours) at the time of this correspondencee. no injuries or any large damage . it was so good to get power bac, thank god for radios and cell phones which can keep you in touch with the outside world. we were without power for 24 hours. sitting in this dark cave using candlelight. (shutters on all windows) u get cabin fever. cannot imagine how many people got into arguments or fights spennding so much time together under difficult circumstances. I was by myself with zachary (cat) for most of the time. hope all is well with u. love, auntie"
"We have been doing pickup for 2 days. Hurricane Frances sure made a mess. We are fine. "
Mom and Dad are back home as of this morning.
"We are fine. Blessed that Frances changed directions some and we did getgusty 40mile winds but mostly 20plus winds. We are yet experiencing somewinds and rain."
"we are great... thankfully, the (sic) struck north of us... thanks for your concern!"
"thanks for asking, we are fine, although k- and d- still have no power. (48 hours) at the time of this correspondencee. no injuries or any large damage . it was so good to get power bac, thank god for radios and cell phones which can keep you in touch with the outside world. we were without power for 24 hours. sitting in this dark cave using candlelight. (shutters on all windows) u get cabin fever. cannot imagine how many people got into arguments or fights spennding so much time together under difficult circumstances. I was by myself with zachary (cat) for most of the time. hope all is well with u. love, auntie"
"We have been doing pickup for 2 days. Hurricane Frances sure made a mess. We are fine. "
Mom and Dad are back home as of this morning.
Monday, September 06, 2004
SEND A PARENT TO CAMP II
Mom and Dad are still camped out at the respite care center.
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Mom and Dad are still camped out at the respite care center.
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Sunday, September 05, 2004
RAISING TEXAS
Watched Happy, Texas. Thanks, Netflix. If fundamentalist Christianity and inbreeding make your skin crawl, then this is the film for you. Also the idea of the "Little Miss Fresh-Squeezed" kiddy pageant and the idea of pre-teenagers doing a striptease. Jeremy Northam is hot and so is Steve Zahn. At least two of the characters have that blank expression in their eyes like the Nicholas Cage character in Raising Arizona, kind of like a guy I dated in Gainesville, and yeah, I can relate the gay guy-straight woman thing all too well.
Watched Happy, Texas. Thanks, Netflix. If fundamentalist Christianity and inbreeding make your skin crawl, then this is the film for you. Also the idea of the "Little Miss Fresh-Squeezed" kiddy pageant and the idea of pre-teenagers doing a striptease. Jeremy Northam is hot and so is Steve Zahn. At least two of the characters have that blank expression in their eyes like the Nicholas Cage character in Raising Arizona, kind of like a guy I dated in Gainesville, and yeah, I can relate the gay guy-straight woman thing all too well.
Saturday, September 04, 2004
ONE THOUSAND AND ONE POSTS
This is my one thousand and first post. I feel like Scheherezade. As Walter Miller says, "I have been writing this crap for a long time."
This is my one thousand and first post. I feel like Scheherezade. As Walter Miller says, "I have been writing this crap for a long time."
Friday, September 03, 2004
SWING TIME
For the last couple days I have been making calls to radio stations in "swing states." Unfortunately, DC is not one of them -- no one is anxious to get our vote. I hear about how Bush and Kerry are both trying to court the "undecided voter," but haven't noticed either one going after me. The closest I've seen is kids sticking clipboards in my face asking if I want to get George Bush out of office. At least they believe in something, and I haven't noticed W making an effort to get my vote.
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For the last couple days I have been making calls to radio stations in "swing states." Unfortunately, DC is not one of them -- no one is anxious to get our vote. I hear about how Bush and Kerry are both trying to court the "undecided voter," but haven't noticed either one going after me. The closest I've seen is kids sticking clipboards in my face asking if I want to get George Bush out of office. At least they believe in something, and I haven't noticed W making an effort to get my vote.
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Thursday, September 02, 2004
MYSTIC PIZZA
Watched Mystic Pizza. In case you haven't figured it out, I'm trying to make the most out of my Netflix freebie. It's almost sad thinking of how young and optimistic I was when the film came out -- Jo Jo and Bill's kids, if they had any, would be teenagers how. Did Jo Jo get fat and ugly? Don't recall seeing Lili Taylor in anything after that. Who had any idea it would be Julia Roberts who would end up being the big star? And that chubby little Annabeth Gish would end up on the X-Files? Yeah, we've all done the older married man thing. As with yesterday, I ended up hungry for pizza.
Watched Mystic Pizza. In case you haven't figured it out, I'm trying to make the most out of my Netflix freebie. It's almost sad thinking of how young and optimistic I was when the film came out -- Jo Jo and Bill's kids, if they had any, would be teenagers how. Did Jo Jo get fat and ugly? Don't recall seeing Lili Taylor in anything after that. Who had any idea it would be Julia Roberts who would end up being the big star? And that chubby little Annabeth Gish would end up on the X-Files? Yeah, we've all done the older married man thing. As with yesterday, I ended up hungry for pizza.
Wednesday, September 01, 2004
HENRY AND JUNE
Watched Henry and June. This time I was almost completely sober and did not find it as stimulating as I did in the past, however I was somewhat turned on by the contortionists and by the drummers. Can you be more phalllic than a baguette? This time my main concern was Uma Thurman and Maria de Medeiros' makeup and I found myself incredibly hungry for cheese.
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Watched Henry and June. This time I was almost completely sober and did not find it as stimulating as I did in the past, however I was somewhat turned on by the contortionists and by the drummers. Can you be more phalllic than a baguette? This time my main concern was Uma Thurman and Maria de Medeiros' makeup and I found myself incredibly hungry for cheese.
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