What made you smile today?

sozobe wrote:

STOP PLATE TECTONICS!

Ha, Ha! That makes me laugh. Laughing

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Hi jjorge!

Me too! Especially on this particular fella. Fella = cool, sweatshirt = funny, both together = perfect.

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Hingehead's avatar wearing a Santa hat. (If I knew how to do it, I'd put a picture of it here. Tried and failed yet again.)

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Getting a book arrive today through the post, from a very dear friend!

My first Christmas present!

MARVELLOUS!

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BBB
We are creating a white Christmas in Albuquerque. Five inches of snow the first day. More snow expected today. Everything is beautiful. My dogs don't agree. More pooping and peeing inside the house because it's too cold outside.

There is deeper snow on my side of the street than my neighbors due to the wind direction. I'm not able to shovel the snow so I don't know if I can get my car in and out of my garage due to the slanted driveway. Not sure if I want to risk trying to get my newspaper or my mail. I may try after putting cleats on my shoes.

BBB

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BumbleBeeBoogie wrote:

We are creating a white Christmas in Albuquerque. Five inches of snow the first day. More snow expected today. Everything is beautiful. My dogs don't agree. More pooping and peeing inside the house because it's too cold outside.

There is deeper snow on my side of the street than my neighbors due to the wind direction. I'm not able to shovel the snow so I don't know if I can get my car in and out of my garage due to the slanted driveway. Not sure if I want to risk trying to get my newspaper or my mail. I may try after putting cleats on my shoes.
BBB

Please don't try. Let one of the neighbor kids fetch it for you. Give them $10 to shovel out the driveway and footpaths.

If you don't watch out, I'll tell everyone about the story from a few years ago when you tried to get your car into the garage without it skidding through the kitchen and kept sliding back down the driveway. :wink:

We're freezing here in Sacramento too. Been down into the mid 20's the last four mornings. Orange crops are going to suffer. Cherry and almonds should do well. They love a good freeze now and then. I've kept the thermostat down to 63 degrees and the furnace is still running constantly.

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sozobe wrote:

...sort of a clean-shaven version of Gus. White haired, wrinkly, a little stooped but still quite spry.

seeing Gus described as wrinkly and a little stooped.

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Butrflynet wrote:

We're freezing here in Sacramento too. Been down into the mid 20's the last four mornings. Orange crops are going to suffer. Cherry and almonds should do well. They love a good freeze now and then. I've kept the thermostat down to 63 degrees and the furnace is still running constantly.

About time you got some cold weather. In my 21 years in the Bay Area, it was always coldest right around Christmas. But 63? That is buttfreeze cold for inside. You must be working awfully hard or sleeping.

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Butrflynet wrote:

BumbleBeeBoogie wrote:
We are creating a white Christmas in Albuquerque. Five inches of snow the first day. More snow expected today. Everything is beautiful. My dogs don't agree. More pooping and peeing inside the house because it's too cold outside.
There is deeper snow on my side of the street than my neighbors due to the wind direction. I'm not able to shovel the snow so I don't know if I can get my car in and out of my garage due to the slanted driveway. Not sure if I want to risk trying to get my newspaper or my mail. I may try after putting cleats on my shoes.
BBB

Please don't try. Let one of the neighbor kids fetch it for you. Give them $10 to shovel out the driveway and footpaths.
If you don't watch out, I'll tell everyone about the story from a few years ago when you tried to get your car into the garage without it skidding through the kitchen and kept sliding back down the driveway.

That's why I put cleats on my shoes and got my flat shovel and got about 1/2 of the snow removed from my driveway. Then one of my neighbors saw what I was doing and came over and finished the job. I have nice neighbors. Then I got my mail and my newspaper. I knew if I didn't get yesterday's snow removed before we get more snow today, there would be too much for me to remove. I want to keep my driveway clear in case of an emergency. Don't want to slide back down the driveway again as you described.

BBB

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cjhsa wrote:

Butrflynet wrote:

We're freezing here in Sacramento too. Been down into the mid 20's the last four mornings. Orange crops are going to suffer. Cherry and almonds should do well. They love a good freeze now and then. I've kept the thermostat down to 63 degrees and the furnace is still running constantly.

About time you got some cold weather. In my 21 years in the Bay Area, it was always coldest right around Christmas. But 63? That is buttfreeze cold for inside. You must be working awfully hard or sleeping.

Wearing wool socks, leggings and jeans over the leggings, a tank top under a long-sleeve turtleneck sweater and another cardigan sweater over that, topped off with a knitted hat pulled down over my ears. If I get cold, I just step outside on my balcony for a few minutes and then it feels cozy warm when I come back inside. This apartment has no insulation so it is useless to keep the thermostat very high. I've blocked the fireplace opening with cardboard and use a ceiling fan to keep the warmer air down at floor level rather than up in the cathedral ceiling. Post-hysterectomy hot flashes also help. :wink:

The roads in the apt complex had ice covering them this morning from the sprinkler runoff the night before. So far, just one plant out on the balcony has wilted from frost. The rest are covered with fallen leaves and seem to be doing alright. No frozen pipes yet. I think we're over the worst of it. Some cloud cover is supposed to roll in tomorrow.

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Not only am I smiling, I'm close to tears! Very Happy

Got a newsletter with a personal note at the end from a dear friend who I had not heard from (and I've been a little miffed about it too) in a few years. She just completed her Masters at NYU in Educational Theatre and she's working with a number of youth programs in New York. This is what she loves, what she's devoted her life to, working in the Arts with young people and I'm just so happy and thrilled for her!

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walking around town today in short-sleeves...

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A bit of a cool change!
Hooray! Very Happy

It's been like a sauna here, for days now.

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It wasn't so much a smile as a wonderful sense of relief. I finished editing a project that was so awful that I started to develop a personal animosity toward the author. Lucky for her she wasn't standing right in front of me. I'm not a violent person, but she woulda got bopped. And no jury would have convicted me. Justifiable author assault. An affront to books.

This was one of those things that I'm so glad it's gone that I'm almost glad it was here just so I could be this glad it's gone.

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I went grocery shopping early this morning like I usually do on Saturday. I had a coupon for free bananas (2 lbs worth) if I purchased three General Mills products. When I went throught the check out, there was an unusually chatty male (not that it matters) checker who felt the need to comment on my every purchase..."Oh these are really good!...You are a berry person, aren't you?...He: What is this? Me: ginger He: Oh, that's what I thought!" Bordered on annoying, but I was in a good mood so I indulged him.

When I gave him the coupon, he was stumped as to how to handle it. Me: Well, the bananas were 68 cents a pound. Two pounds would be $1.36, right? He: No, the computer is asking me something else. Me: The coupon is for two free pounds of bananas. He: I see what your saying, but the computer is asking for something else. Me: OK fine.

I assumed I would get no free bananas, but it turned out I got $2.33 off. I knew it wasn't right. I told him it wasn't right. My conscience is clear and I have more money in my posket. Makes up for that $10 butternut squash I bought ( Shocked

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Damn, Swimpy, I hope that was a huge squash! Shocked

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It was big, but not that big. It's organic, $1.99/lb. Gonna make a great soup though.

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Roberta wrote:

It wasn't so much a smile as a wonderful sense of relief. I finished editing a project that was so awful that I started to develop a personal animosity toward the author. Lucky for her she wasn't standing right in front of me. I'm not a violent person, but she woulda got bopped. And no jury would have convicted me. Justifiable author assault. An affront to books.

This was one of those things that I'm so glad it's gone that I'm almost glad it was here just so I could be this glad it's gone.

I just hope "authors" like this one fully appreciate your work in making their work respectable & acceptable, Roberta. This particular one sounds like she owes you, big time!

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msolga wrote:

Roberta wrote:
It wasn't so much a smile as a wonderful sense of relief. I finished editing a project that was so awful that I started to develop a personal animosity toward the author. Lucky for her she wasn't standing right in front of me. I'm not a violent person, but she woulda got bopped. And no jury would have convicted me. Justifiable author assault. An affront to books.

This was one of those things that I'm so glad it's gone that I'm almost glad it was here just so I could be this glad it's gone.

I just hope "authors" like this one fully appreciate your work in making their work respectable & acceptable, Roberta. This particular one sounds like she owes you, big time!

Hah!!! Usually my efforts go unnoticed or are complained about. "I wouldn't say it that way." Never mind that "that way" makes no sense. I once had an author who accused editors in general and me in particular of "dulling things up." I had another author whose manuscript I competely rewrote say, "Gee, I didn't know I knew so much."

Once in a great while, my efforts are appreciated, but this can be a mixed blessing. I edited a cookbook that was a nightmare. The author thought I did a great job. When the book became a hot seller, she was asked to write another. She requested me as the editor. Thud. What a nightmare--again. Not gonna go into all the problems I encountered. Just gonna mention one thing. This was a cookbook. I found a "recipe" that has a list of ingredients and no directions.

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Some have the nerve to complain? Evil or Very Mad

When you've saved them from public humilation? Surprised

Why are the book publishers even dealing with these precious folk? Do they have some right to be published, no matter what gibberish they may write Confused

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