my neighbour, michael, visiting

reading this thread, the whole thing.

Being in the Conyers Starbuck's, faintly hearing Karin singing over the speakers, "Slow down, Hold still..." um, Liz, would you turn that up please? Very cool.

Seeing my sister graduate from college tonight, having her mom and dad (mine, too) there to celebrate with her. Beautiful night all around.

I heard FFR in a coffee shop once. That rocked. I was hanging out with some people who had no idea who OTR was and I kept just drifting off and moving my lips along with the words and my friends were like "dude, what the hell is wrong with you?" Oh well...the music was good.

i once heard charlie peacocks "it's no suprise" in a fast food restaurant. i really needed that.

Canadians. All of them. (except for this guy in BC who can be kind of a jerk, lol).
Heck, I even think D is ok, hahah.

Can I list D, even though Libby already claimed her?

And btw D, I really did mean that. I realize it kind of sounded mocking. Yer ok in my book.

no offense taken, aaron.

thanks steve.

I heard something off of GDBD in a Starbucks in the Indianapolis airport.

I also have heard Peter Mulvey while in line at Chipotle (twice).

woot!
~fafs

Yeah, this Starbucks I'm sitting in right now plays FFR from time to time. It's really kind of cool.
Finding out that there is a whole bunch of people in Portland who love OTR (though I seem to be the only one on the orchard).
Clean email inboxes!
College email accounts that still have not expired!

turn tables
reel to reel
16mm film
super 8 film
snail mail
fischer price video cameras

Mmmmm, old media
Laserdiscs
Betamax
Betacam
3/4 inch video cassetes
And the size of all of these!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It makes those stupid little DV cam tapes look like toys, lol.

whispering

specialty yarns

my 6(going on 16) year-old cousin, Geni. what a hoot!

Someone in church tonight was saying one of the good things about our church is that it is a place where people laugh.

Aaron's avatar makes me laugh everytime I see it.

Becoming officially cool in Libby's book!

: )

Spending all afternoon with 4 great kids and getting some awesome photos, too.

Making some mighty tasty sketti sauce earlier in the week and serving it as part of 3 sketti dinners, 2 "sloppy joes" and, just tonight, 1 kick-ass pizza.

Realizing that this week leads into a 5-day weekend, which leads into a 2-day work week, which leads into a 3-day weekend. (Monday? BRING IT ON!!)

That is a really great compliment, Bill!

: )

On a related note:

A couple of years ago, I was visiting with a stepcousin that I hadn't seen in years. She's a few years older than I am, and she told me that one of the things she remembered most about my sister and me, when we were kids, was how we were always laughing.

I loved that she remembered that most.

: )

lynne's pictures!!!

Yeah, my dad had a great laugh, lynne, but his alzheimer's has made that laugh extremely rare.
But it is a great memory

Thanks, Kylie Jo!

: )

You ROCK, by the way!

Phone calls with understanding friends.
Upswings from brown days.
Chat with spiffy people.
Hilarious pictures of Brandon and Kylie being friends.
Honesty.
Chocolate.
Dr. Seuss's book My Many Colored Days.

the simpsons...
does anyone know why milhouse isn't on the show anymore?

what?

Betamax rules. I still have a bunch of stuff on Beta and Laserdisc. I really need to transfer it to DVD somehow...I've got some old out of print laserdiscs from the 80's that I don't think have been released on DVD.

My co-worker, Alice, calling work first thing this morning and saying, "Don't eat," which means she is bringing in something for breakfast.

He got himself a regular comedy gig at Caesar's Palace.

just out of curiosity, lynne, what did you have for breakfast??

What are you talking about? He's on it a lot... he was on it last night... they have hundreds of characters... they can't all be featured in every episode.

Frozen vegetables and brand-new, fuzzy dishcloths.

That as of this morning, some people in Massachusetts in loving, committed relationships, can now find the same happiness that is available to the rest of us.

Oh....I was wondering where this would show up over here (new thread or something, I thought). Nice choice.

Sorry, I can't help it. Reading that gave me a warm fuzzy feeling inside, something I don't feel very often. I'm really really happy for those people.

I didn't see him. I missed some of it though. I only catch the show once or twice a month. Just seems like I don't see Milhouse. There isn't much about him on TheSimpsons.com. I was thinking maybe the character had been marginalized.

Milhouse has always been a marginal character... but every once in a while he gets featured in an episode...

getting to know someone a little better.

Knowing that there are, indeed, many open-minded people in this lil' ol' world ...

: )

Learning about folks different from me and finding out, hey this is a genuine person so who cares if they like potato soup, or eat sushi, or are democrat, communist, whatever. I can honestly say I have learned a good bit about this right here in this orchard. For this, fellow dwellers, THANK YOU! I love you all and cannot wait to meet you kids!

Being called a kid!

: )

xo russ!

xo lynne!

a kid, in my mind.
d.

kid

green lights

exactly! cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute!

stick people drawings. esp. kylie's and brandon's

I relate

Yesterday, this little boy of about 5 got baptized, and when the pastor leaned him back into the water, his legs shot straight up at the same angle they'd been when he was sitting down. The whole church cracked up.

Bill, for making comments that remind me of all the humorous things that happen in church.

I was baptized when I was in jr. high, after going through confirmation, and in my church, you got water sorta sprinkled on your head. Well, I happened to be wearing a sundress that day (it was frilly and yellow and pretty, and my mom had made it, and I loved it ... but that's all beside the point, really), and everyone in church (well, everyone I talked to after the service, anyway!) SWORE that after the minister baptized me, they all saw me shiver when the water ran down and onto my bare shoulders!

: )