Oh, what excellent news! Congratulations, Patrick!
Squirrels were certainly kept as pets in the 16th century, as this painting by Holbein attests.
Wait, Tim Kyger intro'd you two?
Tim dragged Glen to my room party at Westercon 31, and that's how we met. 27 years and counting.
(Tim, just exactly how many ponies did you stash in that foldbox, anyway?)
pk
And for me, Olmos will always be Lt. Castillo on Miami Vice, with his strange past in Cambodia and his secrets...
I love the first three-quarters of Dead Again, but I dislike the reveal. Watched it many times though.
Four jobs you've had in your life: Bank teller, technical writer, telecomm manager, director of web site development.
Four places you've lived: San Bernardino, Buena Park, Sherman Oaks, Studio City (twice), all in California.
Four movies you could watch over and over: LA Confidential, Almost Famous, Grosse Point Blank, Gladiator
Honorable mention: Silverado, Tombstone, Little Women (the Winona Ryder one).
Four TV Shows You Love To Watch: Deadwood, My So-called Life, Carnivale, Deadwood.
Four Places You've Been On Vacation: Big Sur, San Francisco, Cambria. Mostly I stay home (a treat).
Four Websites You Visit Daily: Making Light, my LiveJournal friends page, Amazon, my Wikipedia watchlist.
Four Of Your Favorite Foods: Heirloom tomatoes with balsamic vinegar, freshly stir-fried string beans, really good wild salmon, baked potatoes (real butter, fresh sour cream, dead fresh ground black pepper)
Four Places You'd Rather Be: No place more than here, in my little house, next to the Christmas tree, with Glen and the cats and my online family.
God rest you merry gentlemen as you sit by the fire
And pity us poor travellers that trudges through the mire
God rest your friends, your kindred that lives both far and near
God send you a happy Christmas and a bright new year
I knew "Hard Times Come Again No More" forever before I learned a year or so back that it's a Stephen Foster song.
PNH, those are four of my all-time favorite movies, but not the ones I actually watch over and over, so I am curious: where would LA Confidential, Almost Famous, and Grosse Point Blank fall on your list?
(I should mention that the only reason the Lester Musketeers wouldn't make mine these days is that I saw the Three something like 30 times in the the theater - practically know it by heart.)
Perfect for TNH: a facsimile of part of Holinshed's Chronicles with 16th century proofreaders marks discussed.
"Holinshed's Chronicles contains one of the few accounts of Elizabeth's reign written during her lifetime. A contemporary history, it was subjected to censorship by the Privy Council. This facsimile edition, a compilation based on this portion of the Chronicles in copies in the Huntington's collection as well as the British Library and Cambridge University Library, documents the censorship and demonstrates that it occurred in three stages.
"The Chronicles, a scrupulously produced monument to Elizabeth, is also a rich source for the study of printing practices. The base text chosen by the editors, an unusual copy in the Huntington Library, contains the largest sample of proofmarkings that survive from the sixteenth century. The proofmarkings are examined in light of contemporary printing-house practices and in relation to other copies of the work in libraries around the world."
Only $325 from the Huntington Library Press.
Susan - Quilted petticoats are period. Any fabric you like + wool batting if you can find it. Or wool outer layer + cotton batting + any inner layer you like.
But try to find wool batting. (In New England, quilting stores should carry it, or Trust Google.)
Emily, if they have I can't find it. If Eddie Bauer Natural fit jeans fit you, then Ralph Lauren won't but Jones New York trousers will...that would be heaven.
And BTW Lands End hems trousers to order (though I too gave up on their custom-fit jeans after about 12 tries - how I wish I could have just said "increase the rear rise 1" but not the front rise and add 1" to the hip, knee and ankle...")
Kayjay, have you tried the small end of Women's Petites for shirts? 14WP blouses might fit without being too long in the sleeves and often have bust darts though they might be too big in the shoulders.
I have the opposite problem - most 20Ws have bigger busts than I do, so many jackets and coats are too large in the bust. Bust darts never fit but princess darts often do.
If you're a large size with a big butt and a defined waist, try Eddie Bauder Natural Fit jeans (front rise is shorter than back because of the contoured waist).
I find a lot of tops and jackets I like in large sizes in the J. Jill catalog (though the stores don't carry large sizes).
Now if I could just find a good replacement for my discontinued favorite 42B underwire stretch cotton-microfiber blend Lane Bryant demi bra that came in about 12 colors I would be happy.
Well, there's Richard Nixon.
Junior high school, English class. I too remember watching Ruby shoot Oswald live on TV (hi Tim).
I am unconvinced either way on a conspiracy to kill Kennedy, but I find Ruby's actions and the presence of so many future Watergate burglars strange and unlikely.
I was diagnosed with Type II some years back; recently added glyburide to metformin and we'll do the 3-month blood tests on the new drug combination in a couple of weeks. Stick tests are very encouraging.
pk
There's a teaser for Superman Returns on MTV Overdrive.
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