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It hasn’t been that long ago since television movies went digital. Barely 10 years ago, in supermarket-sized rental stores everywhere, VHS tapes were being replaced by DVD discs. Now, if you watch DVDs at all you probably rent them from a vending machine outside a convenience store. I’ve been a Netflix customer for a long time, but I haven’t done the DVD mail swap in years. I stream, although my selection of titles is more limited. Convenience is a provocative siren.
Kickstarters take a breather. Several readers have contacted me wanting to contribute to the parsonage renovation without going through the Kickstarter site. This is allowed. You may send a check to: First Universalist Church, PO Box 86, Camp Hill, AL, 36850. Note on the check, “Parsonage fund.” By the way, all funds raised by the Kickstarter campaign, exclusive of Kickstarter fees, will go directly to the church and not to me. If you do send a check, include a note saying what reward you would like to receive. And to be safe, drop me a confirmation email through this site. Thank you all!
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Kudzu is beautiful and covers a lot of ugliness beneath it.
Nice music, just came up on Spotify:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyQwZK8GuBo
Jackie, told to me by a Southern Lady: A Southern nymphomaniac is a woman who will go to bed with a man just after getting her hair done.
I am still laughing out loud on the one.
I once had pneumonia and doctor was sending me to hospital for admission but I kept my hair appointment first. Did not help the treatment of course, but I knew it was going to be long stay.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/07/20/jim-henson-company-to-make-new-film-of-terry-pratchetts-the-wee/
Thanx, Mark, I’ll be looking forward to seeing it. However, this is the first of the Tiffany Aching stories and she’s not a witch in training yet, being only nine years old, but it shows how she came to the attention of more experienced witches as somebody who might become a witch some day. Strictly speaking, the Nac Mac Feegles are fairy folk, but it’s not a good idea to tell them that as the proper name for them is Pictsies. To quote one of the more memorable Feegles, Daft Whullie, “I may be daft, but I’m no stupid!”
I haven’t read any of that subseries yet. Right now I’m working through the Watch novels.
Here’s a nice song with a great message: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwqhdRs4jyA
CLEVELAND, OH – July 20, 2016 (AP)
“Police Chief Calvin Williams said a protester whose pants caught fire got defensive when a police officer tried to put out the blaze. The man assaulted the officer, and ‘things escalated from there,’ Williams said.”
Someone wake me up when 2016 is over.
Or we could hole up in a remote tropical location with no television or Internet reception and come back after its all over. Or not.
GR6, my only concern is what spawn will 2016 leave us which must be dealt with in 2017.
Jackie, why a tropical location? I don’t do well in hot, humid climates since my SCA. Why not somewhere cooler?
Where’s Gilligan’s Island when you need it? With clothes that never wear out, radios with batteries that never die and enough food variety that you can live on it forever without getting nutritional deficiencies. You don’t need money or a job either.
Mark, if I remember right the Professor had to create batteries out of coconuts to replace the originals. Now you’ve probably got GR wondering (I certainly am ;)) whether the two girls’ outfits would have lasted longer than their good looks!
I really liked British Columbia and the inland passage to Alaska but there are pockets of Internet and cell phone reception. I found that out when my cell phone rang and I answered it to find a dear devote friend on other end worrying about my well being. I shocked him no end at how well my being was
We could turn off all phones and computers and not put in to shore.
Folks, there is a scourge in the land that we need to eradicate. This group fighting the scourge of human trafficking came into being too late for me to join while I was driving, but I can and will actively support them:
http://www.truckersagainsttrafficking.org
Debbe <3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ul-cZyuYq4
Ghost Sweetie, I did indeed get the reference. 🙂
As for a place to go to get away from everything, I hear Cape Breton is really nice, but being Nova Scotia that’s likely to be a bit cold for a good many Villagers, even if we don’t want tropical. And they do have Internet and cell reception.
“We need to eat less meat. Should the government step in?” – Headline in (Jeff Bezos-owned) Washington Post.
“USDA Choice 10 (8 oz.) New York Strip Steaks” – For sale on (Jeff Bezos-owned) Amazon.
Someone wake me up when 2016 is over.
No, because the sins of the prior year are visited onto the following year and cannot be erased. Ergo, 2017 shall be worse yet.
Like Sleeping Beauty you will lie in your gilded tower waiting to be awakened by the prince who will save us. He is a fantasy.
But meanwhile, I’ll enjoy a relatively peaceful 163 days. Also, I’d much rather be kissed by a Princess than a Prince 🙂
I would offer but I am vintage 2016 princess.
A 1946 vintage
You are my inspiration, I have few web logs and rarely run out from brand :). “Yet do I fear thy nature It is too full o’ the milk of human kindness.” by William Shakespeare.
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