I’m back in the studio after the New England road trip, and things should begin to get back to normal. I met a lot of nice folks at the comics conventions in Boston and Burlington, Vermont, and I want to thank everyone for their hospitality. But it was hot! I traveled from the deep south expecting respite from the heat, yet Boston was as bad or worse than home! Burlington was a little better, but I dragged around several long-sleeve shirts for nothing. Still, it was a great visit, but I’m very glad to get back into harness. That also means, back to the parsonage fund-raising campaign, though you have done your part. Now it’s up to us; we expect the rewards you’ve been promised to start flowing soon. It’s good to be home!
206 responses to “Celebrate!”
About Cheyenne Social Club movie, it was directed by the great dancer and movie star Gene Kelly. Many do not know Kelly had become a director also and movie has great production values.
The very good presentation of female breasts in vintage costumes must have made this a favorite with Ghost.
Here’s one of my trips that got bumped to possible 2017 destinations. I still have a paid tuition credit to Wooden Boat School in Brooklin, ME I need to use too.
Oops, need the link https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1656457904665944&id=100009052528502
I ran out of my prescribed anti-histamine and haven’t felt like stopping to pick up some more. So I found an old (but still in date), unopened box of Benadryl* tabs in my emergency supplies and started taking them over the weekend.
* Or as I call it, “Dangerous Narcotic Drug That Makes Me A Little Goofy And A Lot Sleepy”. One can tell I’m not much of a druggie.
Yes, “Cheyenne Social Club” is one of my favorite Western movies, starring two of my favorite male leads. It was also a favorite of a former member of my all-female staff, and we used to discuss it occasionally after one of us had caught it on TV. Actually, it was she who always mentioned the breastular features on display. (I have a theory that women notice that as often as men, but for comparison purposes. And AFS Member herself certainly stacked up well compared to the women in the movie.)
My favorite was the town doctor who gave the working girls their “regular exams” and took his pay “in trade”. I don’t think it was ever mentioned whether Doc on “Gunsmoke” had the same arrangement with Miss Kitty. 😉
Remember the doctor in The Reivers by Faulkner with Steve McQueen who took his pay in trade? Love that movie and book too.
About drugs, No! No way! Snorting benadryl! Who’d have thought. I live on it for allergies and rash from allergy. I have been told over and over I do not have addictive personality or genetic makeup for addictions. Now about Diet Coke?
I like westerns, both movies and TV programs. Grew up watching those and war movies/programs. They were my Dad’s favorites. As a night owl, I also enjoyed the old films on late at night.
Ian is in my prayers, Debbe. Depression is one ugly beast; I’ve fought it since childhood, and sometimes it is so hard to keep punching.
I keep picturing a big map of North America with a dotted line on it in order to keep track of Jackie.
Charlotte, I’m rooting for you!
Just saw Milburn Stone, Doc on “Gunsmoke”, in “The Frozen Ghost” last night.
Thanks, everyone, for the good wishes. Now here is a question for Mark, or other experts if he is busy. My iPad, which is a real life saver here in ReHab, has begun asking me if I want to install IOS 9.3.5 — I keep telling it “Later” because I don’t know what might happen. Any advice? I would be grateful.
Charlotte in NH, sorry, I’m a Windows user who prefers Google Chrome for the internet browser. Perhaps TruckerRon, who said he is getting tired of telling people he doesn’t have Windows?
Charlotte, what version of IOS are you currently running? I was running 9.3.3 and the update to 9.3.5 was painless on my phone. If you are running something earlier than IOS 9 then it may not be so painless. I recall some farting around when I updated from IOS 8.
Ghost, I find codeine to be a “bad” thing for me. It depresses my respiratory system to the point that I have to stay awake and consciously force myself to breathe. I am not going to risk that again if it can be helped. There are apparently a number of different types of Benadryl. I have only had to take it twice in the past decade or two. Both times the only impact to me was that the rash went away. I really hope you recover soon.
Sweet Charlotte, I am neither Mark nor an expert, but I had much the question about iOS 9.3.5, so I looked into it. That operating system update does fix some important security issues, so that would seem to mean “yes, you should”. As always, though, there is a chance some users may experience some problems after the update, in this case if they use “VoiceOver”, a feature used by the visually impaired. And if they do, that should be fixed by iOS 10, which should be released in a week or two. UNLESS (nothing is ever simple with Apple, is it?), yours is an iPad 2 or iPad 3, which won’t get the iOS 10 update.
Short answer is…I installed the iOS 9.3.5 update on my iPhone 5 and iPad 3 (both running iOS 9.3.4) and have had no problems.
Yes, Gary, codeine and other opiates can cause problems for some folks, and the breathing issue is one of the serious side effects. That’s why one should always read the prescribing info that comes with the med. When he was living, my dad could not take opioids such as Lorcet, as they made him really “goofy”. I have taken cough syrups in the past containing codeine and have had no issues.
One should always remember that almost all medications that are effective enough to provide benefits are also powerful enough to cause problems. Such as the recently prescribed antibiotic that apparently tried to turn my GI tract inside out.
Jackie.monies2324@gmail.com is in Wyoming Big Sky ountry sitting between two big trucks. I keep hearing the Marlboro theme in my mind but have really been listening to old country on Sirius. This is stop for ice and potty break for Dickens and me.
Winds have been gusting of 35 + mph and warnings up to 50 mph. Truck has a name now, Trigger, doing fine. Te.pera turns ranging 51 to high of 68 so far. May be time for.ore clothes. Will be in Salt Lake City at airport tonight. Bet our Ghost has already slept tbere.
Been to a lot more airports than I’ve slept over at. No layover at SLC that I recall.
I thought for a second you were talking about “tempura”, which made me hungry for Japanese. May have to haul out my well-seasoned wok and stir up some beef-and-veggie stir fry tonight.
Yes, to the horror of Apple geeks everywhere, my iPhone is about to be, what, four iterations out of date/style? And my iPad, so many I’ve lost track. If it works (for you), don’t fix (replace it) is my philosophy.
Ever notice on TV, when they are showing flooded areas, how often people’s cars end up sitting in locations where the water comes up exactly to the bottoms of their side windows? Strange.
Ghost, one of the side effects of opiates is constipation. Severe constipation. When I had my hip replaced, they kept telling me not to be a hero, but to take the pain killers. I really wasn’t in much pain and within a week I was just taking Tylenol and ice. I too felt “goofy” and frankly my sleep patterns so screwed up, I finally give them up. Fortunately I was able to start driving much sooner than expected and had it not been for Christmas, I would have been back to work in 3 weeks.
My sister was in Rome this morning for the canonization of St. Teresa of Calcutta. I told her to say a special prayer for my Dad, who met Teresa in 1982. I like to think, in my heart, that both my Mom and Dad are Saints as well.
Just heard that Mother Teresa’s order, in cooperation with pizza makers all over Italy will be serving 1000’s pizza to the poor throughout Rome in honor of her canonization. She would have approved.
If the system software on a device is asking whether to update it, the answer almost always should be ‘yes’, the exception being when your device has too little free space… and then the system should tell you to delete unnecessary stuff before it proceeds. The main thing is to never do an update unless you’ve recently backed up the data on your device.
Dear Gary and Ghost, I have no clue to the present OS of my iPad. It was brand-new in April. Your advicce looks good and I think I will let it be installed. Tomorrow. Will I have to do anything special? Thank you for your help.
TR, I was more concerned with Charlotte losing her connection to the Internet by bricking her iPad. And yes, always have a backup. I assume she doesn’t have the equipment that she would back up to with her in rehab.
My last couple posts have not posted. There is little out here besides dirt, rocks and weeds.
Here is Marlboro song https://youtu.be/bIMPpnqpx0g
Get well wishes for all of the aflicted (Ian included).
My bath tub fall story: I clean the tub while standing in the tub. I spray down the walls and tub with cleaner, then scrub my way down. Use my feet to scrub the tub. No texturing in the tub, add some slippery soap, what could go wrong? Scrubbing away, suddenly start to go down. Reaction was fast enough to get a hand to a wall, but nothing solid to grasp. Result was a semi-controlled fall, complete with squeegee on window sound effect, and inadvertently pulling down the tension rod and shower curtain along the way. Land on my back with a firm thump, but nothing more than minor friction rubs on my fingers. Blacklight comes running into the bathroom, puts her front paws on the side of the tub, surveys the damage, and gives me a quizzical “meow?” – a “you okay” if I ever heard one.
Hey! I wasn’t finished!
Anyhow, after I affirmed I was fine, Blacklight gave the mess one last once over, got down, and wandered out of the bathroom without a look back. Took me longer to recover from the giggling fit than to get out of the tub.
Love your posts, Mindy. You always brighten my day!