The Pod people came today.

HOW COULD YOU LEAVE ON YOM KIPPUR?

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A GOOD THING ABOUT THE FALL:

The Safari Restaurant on Georgia is having a pumpkin potluck to welcome the Great Pumpkin. I wonder how many kids were confused by that show.  

Thank you, G-d for this beautiful sunshiny day!

Please storm the heavens with prayers for me.

Hugh Hefner is dead

If anyone will help me move I will give him/her a free aromatherapy hand massage or buy him/her dinner.

Call 202-213-4402

Off work until 11PM next Tuesday

I have had such a day. I'm surprised no one has asked me to call the container fairy. Or the parking enforcement fairy.

MODELING C'S BIG JACKET

Hey, he left it lying around:

THREE PAINTINGS I'M CONSIDERING FOR THE NEW LIVING ROOM

From top to bottom George Inness's "June," Jean-Antoine Watteau's "Embarkation for Cythera" and Thomas Kinkade's "Pacific Nocturne"

A REAL EARWORM

A break from the A-Team:

HUH.

I didn't realize Don Rickles was dead. 

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MET SOME SWEDES ON THE TRAIN

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OMG, ONE OF OUR GUYS JUST SAID "VD IS ON FIRE."

(He was referring to Vernon Davis.)

 

ONE KILLED, AT LEAST SIX HURT IN NASHVILLE

All the victims were sixty or older: http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2017/09/24/nashville-police-responding-shooting-antioch-church/697968001 

CLOSING UTILITY ACCOUNTS HAS NEVER BEEN MORE PAINFUL--A REMINDER THAT I AM LOSING MY HOME OF 21 YEARS

To make it worse, the guy can't even put a decent English sentence together or get my name right. 

A sample of our conversation: 

"Hauntanen, I would like to inform you that as you are moving we have separate dedicated team which works on the cancellation or downgrade of the services.

We appreciate your business and value you as a customer. Have a great day.

Hautanen, thank you for contacting Comcast."

Fucktard. 

SEEING A LOT MORE LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES IN ARLINGTON RECENTLY

Or maybe it's just my imagination.

"THERE ARE STILL GOOD TIMES TO BE HAD"

Julia Roberts 

RUNNING THE BOARD FOR GRAPE ENCOUNTERS RADIO

Host and guest are talking about liking and not liking certain wines. And knowing about it. Sometimes you may learn about wine and still hate a certain one. Or wine in general. Host is also talking about how he loves his Prius--C had one and was disillusioned with it--referrred to it as "that science experiment." 

Reminds me of the Glyptothek in Munich. When I was a junior there was a course offered in art history. I didn't take it as it wouldn't have got me towards a degree faster but apparently it was a fantastic course. Part of it included a trip to the Glyp. My classmates loved it so much they said "let's go there again." (It was free.) I went--I just remember a bunch of broken statue pieces. 

Remembering my grandmother, Mary Kozma Vereb Bartha, who would have been 110 years old today.

TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF FALL

My least favourite season.

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Why does Subaru think we will equate their product with love?

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A PLEASANT SUPRISE:

I thought I had underpaid at Starbucks and it turns out they were running a lunch special. It's the little things like that. 

Talked to Mom on the phone, cried for the first time in a while.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 5758

May it be a sweet one! 

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RIP RONNIE HANNA OF CAPE CORAL, FLORIDA

Not a good time for many of us. 

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Earthquake in Mexico--at least 139 dead.

I WORKED FOR THIS WOMAN

Chevy Chase Woman Accused of Running Ponzi Scheme Through Luxury Sportswear Website: And people accuse me of being into voodoo.

AFTER 14 YEARS I CHANGED MY THEME/LAYOUT

Am I a wuss/sellout because I'm going with Blogger's colours, which were originally awful? "Yucky" was the word I used in 2003. And I was proud that I knew enough about HTML to change them myself although Blogger didn't have a very user-friendly template. 

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WHY DO ROBOCALLS/TEXTS COME AT THE MOST INCONVENIENT TIME?

And why does AT&T send out MULTIPLE messages, one right after the other. My phone sucks. I swear I want an upgrade. 

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MOM HAS POWER AGAIN.

I can relax. And the Uber driver was hot so I am happy. 

METRO IS FUCKED UP BEYOND BELIEF--GREEN, ORANGE, BLUE AND SILVER LINES.

Best to take an Uber. Or a cab. Or walk. #WMATA

People have been so kind in the last two days.

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RENTED A CAR AT THE AIRPORT.

Feeling kind of teary--remembering happier times. 

CAT HAS VIET NAM FLASHBACK

In some cases the responses were funnier than the videos "that cat has seen some shit," "he was my captain back in 'Nam" and "that cat saved my ass in 'Nam." Some people aren't Vietnamese and have never been to Viet Nam are offended. M was in Viet Nam and was not offended and as a violent crime survivor I am not offended, either. 

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MOM'S HOME

We're both exhausted. 

Phones are *@#!ed up in SW Florida and a lot of peeps are w/o power but Mom's ok.

PROBABLY EVERYONE REMEMBERS WHAT THEY WERE DOING SIXTEEN YEARS AGO TODAY.

Sixteen years ago yesterday I had my eyes dilated. I went to Starbucks to let it wear off. I had time to kill.  

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IN TIMES OF CRISIS DC LISTENERS TURN TO FRODO.

He is a radio g-d. Kneel before him. 

MOM FINALLY GOT HER ASS INTO A SHELTER

Now I can ENJOY Adams Morgan Day. 

TOMORROW IS ADAMS MORGAN DAY

My last (at least for now) in the Valley Vista: http://www.adamsmorganday2017.com

HURRICANE IRMA IS SUPPOSED TO MAKE LANDFALL AT 8PM SUNDAY EVENING

I'm a nervous wreck. 

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HAD MY BIRTHDAY DINNER

Landry's Select Club extended its birthday offer until September 30th because of Hurricane Harvey. 

THIS IS SCARY IF IT'S TRUE

See https://www.fastcodesign.com/90134144/disneys-next-movie-it-could-be-watching-you

GOT MY HAIR PERMED

Not allowed to wash it for 48 hours. I look and smell bad--trying to avoid people. 

TODAY IS LABOUR DAY

I am Labouring. 

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THE BAREFOOT BARONESSA

I read Maud Hart Lovelace's Betsy and the Great World when I was in elementary school--some of it takes place in my old neighbourhood in Munich, months before World War II. To me one of the most memorable characters was the Baroness Helena. Helena is the daughter of a German aristocrat and has a title but little else--apparently her father drank up the family's money. Helena says "you don't know what it is like to be in my station and be poor." She refuses to eat in a cafe if she can't eat in a fancy hotel (I guess she eats at home) and prefers to walk rather than taking the streetcar if she can't afford a carriage. Must have been hard on her feet. 

In a way you have to pity her--she's missed out on some good times but I admired her--she wouldn't eat out if she couldn't afford a hotel (German coffee houses are fun) and walked if she couldn't afford a cab. Nevertheless she didn't ask anyone to pick up her meal tab or her carriage (tram?) fare. 

HOW COULD ANYONE DRIVE UBER FOR MORE THAN A YEAR AND NOT KNOW WHERE 1-66 IS?

Or worse yet Key Bridge? 

FOUR FRENCH FILMS THAT DEAL WITH HEAVY RAIN/DEATH BY DROWNING

Les Misérables, Samba, the Hairdresser's Husband and Typhoon Over Nagasaki.

A WORD TO THE WISE

Just because something is “natural” or “herbal” does not mean it’s “harmless” or even any good. I’ve been bulking up on herbs and other supplements and as a result bulked up—literally. Packed in a couple pounds and my face swelled up like something from a medical book. Turns out one of the supplements contains MSG so I’m probably sensitive if not allergic to at least one of the ingredients. I’m demanding my money back.

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