kidsmoke

Yes, very very much so! Bring the kids, they'll love it.

arrogance.

Ack, I meant to send you several possibilities long before now! I'll get them sent pronto. Expect an email!

Oh, me too! I LOVE that book!!! Seems like it could make a great movie. Haven't read Nobody's Fool yet...sounds like I have some terrific reading ahead of me.

Which I should also read.

Sure, glad to. I know many here will enjoy this.

One more. Belushi was brilliant in "Samurai Delicatessen". http://www.hulu.com/watch/4262

Bass-O-Matic: (Not for the squeamish) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BQFv83QJ2Y

Who could ever forget Fish in a Blender? Oh, and that delicious bit with Gilda Radner and Candace Bergen, with Gilda doing a PSA for The Society of Extremely Stupid People, and she was so funny that Candace kept losing it laughing, muffing her lines because Gilda was so good...I need to see if I can find that on YouTube. Here we go:

I'm just beginning to wade into this. I love a big, thick, well-written historical book. This one's about Thomas Cromwell & Henry VIII. So far I'm loving it, very well written! What historical novels/authors would the rest of you recommend? I've just finished reading Roddy Doyle's ("The Commitments") excellent novel, "Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha", about a 10 year old Irish boy. It's written entirely from the boy's viewpoint and I was amazed at how well Doyle recaptured what it feels like to be 10. Simply brilliant, at turns comical and heartbreaking. I highly recommend it!

Why thank you, Jimbo!

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in the States. Have a wonderful time enjoying food and family!

I'm sorry, that's not going to get you off the hook. (pun intended) Now go finish that thing. Tell me how it turns out.

I'm a big fan of author Denis Johnson. I'm currently reading "Fiskadoro", a post-apocalyptic tale set in FL. One of the characters recently introduced is named Cassius Clay Sugar Ray. Cracks me up every time I read it.

Oh wow.

Thank God, it's over!

I'll start... This seems like a good song for the day. So quietly powerful. "Oh, we come on the ship they call the Mayflower We come on the ship that sailed the moon We come in the age's most uncertain hour and sing an American tune" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCvkbGDmaoo

I'm glad they made that decision too. It wasn't the right time. remphish, thanks for checking in, and I'm glad you're ok. I'm sure tons of people appreciate the very long, tough hours you must be putting in, trying to get the electricity back up. I can't even imagine the kind of devastation you must be seeing.

This is wonderful stuff...Pat's dad is a delight. Thanks for sharing it!

The stories coming out of storm-ravaged areas of subhumans charging those without electricity $100 to charge their phones make me ill. I guess it doesn't pay (enough) to have ethics. "Price gouging is a pejorative term referring to a situation in which a seller prices goods or commodities much higher than is considered reasonable or fair. This rapid increase in prices occurs after a demand or supply shock: examples include price increases after hurricanes or other natural disasters. In precise, legal usage, it is the name of a crime that applies in some of the United States during civil eme

I'm glad you at least have a generator, Leigh. And I'm especially glad that you & yours are safe and unharmed! I hope all of you affected by the loss of power can hunker down and get through this slow process of getting things "back to normal", or as back to normal as possible. Did you have a lot of tree damage where you are? Structural damage?

Yes, I was just going to say, I haven't seen anyone behave bannably. (That really ought to be a word.)

Folks, remember, you always have the option of putting other members on "ignore" if you like. Some of this is beginning to smack of baiting...please don't. Live and let live, and set to "ignore" if you need to. Thanks.

Actually Joss Whedon supports Zomney...

I think he was adding onto my "Stay safe out there", but I'm not entirely sure, plus I'm all distracted by the idea of homemade gnocci with walnut sauce. Also with the idea of dag going all "Captain Dan" with Mother Nature. All of you, please enjoy Mother Nature but don't get reckless! We want you safe and sound. Leigh, I'm gonna need that recipe once the storm is past.