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| Re: Not a good day [message #19606 is a reply to message #19590 ] |
Wed, 19 August 2009 11:31   |
 skating librarian
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A big headline in the local paper about 10 bells from England having been installed in the bell tower of a (kind of strange) local church. The guy from London who did the installation has stayed to begin training 30 beginning ringers (!!!!).
The reporter went on to say that the MIT ringers came out to the Cape to give the bells their maiden voyage and all went very well. The reporter also said that there are only 50 towers in the US which do change ringing. Whether that is true or not I don't know.
In any case for those who frequent Cape Cod, the Community of Jesus in Brewster may offer you the chance to hear change ringing in person.
Sorry about your day. And the hellhounds. I dare say that telling them they are big boys now hasn't a snowballs chance in hell of improving anything.
Saw Julia and Julie last night ... very funny and charming film. Wondering if enough Brits know Julia Child that the movie has a chance over there. Meryl Streep is fantastic as Julia ... has all the body language and gestures spot on. And the food ... oh my.
Sending calming thoughts your way ... and a virtual rose petal pudding (quite pink) with chocolate rose leaf garnish!
"Winning a war is like winning an earthquake" Jeanette Rankin
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| Re: Not a good day [message #19607 is a reply to message #19590 ] |
Wed, 19 August 2009 11:57 |
NotLonely
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Urgh. sorry your day went so badly.
Car alarms are very funny. I remember walking to a friend's car, in a group, and we were all being very silly. So when the "bleep, it's open" went off, I said, "Oh, I didn't know you have a yuppy mating call!" very loudly.
Of course, it wasn't her car's alarm, but the neighouring car's... whose owner, naturally, was walking right behind us. Naturally enough in a situation like this, he suffered from a severe humour deficiency.
I do still love LC's poetry even though I have moved out of the permanent despondency thing. The rhythm of the words he chooses and the imagery he uses feel... luminous, I guess. But I've always felt Hallelujah to be exactly that, with only a small tinge of self-aware irony because he can't help being what he is.
Anyway. Hope you feel better soon.
Life always, always finds a way.
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| Re: Not a good day [message #19638 is a reply to message #19618 ] |
Wed, 19 August 2009 23:22 |
librarykat
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| Robin wrote on Wed, 19 August 2009 17:15 |
Roshen. Hmm. Don't know that one.
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For a short while (about 1 1/2 years) Panama City had an honest-to-goodness chocolate shop. The owner was born and raised in the Ukraine (and survived Chernobyl). She imported chocolates from the Ukraine, Russia, Latvia, Switzerland, Germany, France, Belgium, Spain, and the U.K. We were regular customers, and I fell in love with Roshen. That company makes milk chocolates, several kinds of dark chocolates (and in several intensities of dark - I prefer 64% dark), and a number of truffles. All yummy. She opened her store a few months before the economy tanked, and people here just aren't willing to pay for high quality imported chocolates, they seem to prefer to buy chocolate-like substances instead. We stocked up as much as we could afford before she had to close down.
And yes, now we can find Green & Black's in Walmart, but not all the varieties sold in the late and greatly lamented (by my family) Chocolate Globe.
When I'm having a particularly challenging day, I get a small piece of Roshen and just savor it.
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| Re: Not a good day [message #19681 is a reply to message #19621 ] |
Fri, 21 August 2009 11:05 |
NotLonely
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| Robin wrote on Thu, 20 August 2009 00:22 |
And what did the mega-hacker amass with his unimaginable numbers of credit card numbers? something imaginative I hope.
Cohen uses words like they MATTER. There are never that many singer/songwriters around one can say that of in any generation I think. But at least a few of--oh, Joni Mitchell's say--are CHEERFUL.
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Yes, and as though the natural rhythm of the words matter which is wonderful. And my Best. Love. Song. Eva. is always Dance me to the end of Love.
Strangely I never got around to hearing much Mitchell. Must be all the times we were forced to sing about paradise and paving.
Serendipituously (speaking of appalling spelling) this came up on the Pratchett fan group. Some fan things are worth the time...
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.pratchett/browse_thre ad/thread/5692492c3d9250be?hl=en
Life always, always finds a way.
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| Re: Not a good day [message #19700 is a reply to message #19646 ] |
Fri, 21 August 2009 21:38 |
Kim A
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I had to register for this forum just so I could respond to the chocolate Whif link: there is something so very, very wrong about the entire concept! Chocolate that you don't eat. It's like cashmere that you don't touch: what is the point? (And if they think that inhaling the aroma will make it possible to stop wanting to eat chocolate, they have no idea how appetite works!)
I'm with Robin: I'll inhale chocolate cosmos (and chocolate mint: possibly even better).
It was the only lullaby she would ever sing, and it was sung in Hell. --Laini Taylor
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| Re: Not a good day [message #19737 is a reply to message #19590 ] |
Sat, 22 August 2009 21:03 |
skating librarian
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My climbing iceberg roses are blooming like crazy and the fragrance is marvelous. Not like chocolate at all, but it seems to touch the same place that fine chocolate does ... leaving me blissfully satisfied.
"Winning a war is like winning an earthquake" Jeanette Rankin
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| Re: Not a good day [message #19773 is a reply to message #19737 ] |
Sun, 23 August 2009 19:40 |
Kim A
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| skating librarian wrote on Sat, 22 August 2009 18:03 |
My climbing iceberg roses are blooming like crazy and the fragrance is marvelous. Not like chocolate at all, but it seems to touch the same place that fine chocolate does ... leaving me blissfully satisfied.
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Yes! exactly! The bliss centre of the brain. The scent of roses, the taste of chocolate, the feel of a very small baby nestled in your arms. . . what else? People often describe these kind of sensations as orgasmic, but I think bliss is different. Beyond desire, somehow.
(Reminds me of when I bought a truffle from this amazing shop in San Fransisco once, and I took a bite as we were walking down the street. I had to stop, it was so incredibly delicious. My husband pouted a bit and asked why he could never make me feel that way!)
It was the only lullaby she would ever sing, and it was sung in Hell. --Laini Taylor
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