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Our Daily Thread 10-20-14

Good Morning!

Today’s header photo is from Michelle.

On this day in 1774 the new Continental Congress, the governing body of America’s colonies, passed an order proclaiming that all citizens of the colonies “discountenance and discourage all horse racing and all kinds of gaming, cock fighting, exhibitions of shows, plays and other expensive diversions and entertainment.” 

In 1947 Hollywood came under scrutiny as the House Un-American Activities Committee opened hearings into alleged Communist influence within the motion picture industry. 

In 1818 the U.S. and Great Britain established the boundary between the U.S. and Canada to be the 49th parallel. 

And in 1977 Lynyrd Skynyrd vocalist Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines (Steve’s sister) and road manager Dean Kilpatrick were killed when their plane crashed in Gillsburg, MS. The other four members of the band were seriously injured but survived the crash. 

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Quote of the Day

“Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God’s best gifts. It involves many things, but above all, the power of going out of one’s self, and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another.”

Thomas Hughes

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 Today is Charles Ives’ birthday. From the conductor, Olivier Ochanine

And some Skynyrd, with Van Zant and Gaines.

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Anyone have a QoD?

41 thoughts on “Our Daily Thread 10-20-14”

  2. Good morning Monday! Good evening Monday for Jo.

    Bosley is running laps through the house. She is happy to have Mom and Pop at home. She was without our company for a few days, and now she has us constantly available.

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  4. Morning all. I had my class write about Sports Day today. Looking at their writing it was easy to see that the girls were quite advanced and the boys were all low. We only do writing once a week and I am going to send half the class out with my aide for PE, while I do writing with the rest. It was obvious I needed to divide them by boys and girls and also obvious that I would need help working with the seven boys for that half hour. Right about then the speech teacher came in to spend time with one of my students. I asked her if she had time in her schedule to help for that half an hour. She does! Before I even asked, God provided the answer.

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  6. So, Jo, the girls get punished for writing well by having to go to PE, and the boys get punished for doing poorly by missing PE? (All else being equal, the boys need PE more, so I hope they got their chance later!)

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  7. Elvera had a nice birthday yesterday.
    Lunch at Cracker Barrel
    Then Chuck called.
    And all three granddaughters called.
    I run out of something to say after a couple of minutes, but she can chat for a long time. So a phone call means a lot to her.

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  10. Note on the photo: those are bromeliads in Santa Monica–the best growing “crop” we’ve got these days since they don’t need water. 🙂

    Whenever I visit relatives in Santa Monica, I wander their neighborhoods with my camera. The water saving bromeliads I’ve seen are just gorgeous and very striking.

    After a long night, I finally fell asleep after 3. Cat woke me at 6:30 because, well, obviously she can’t trust my husband standing next to the cat food to open her breakfast for her.

    I’m reminded of the Scripture: “His strength is made perfect in my weakness.” That describes me today; it should be fun to watch Him at work–assuming I can keep my eyelids open! 😦

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  12. Chas, I wouldn’t bother fixing the microwave unless it’s fairly new or is a built-in. Typically I’d think they’re much cheaper to replace nowadays (unless there’s a warranty it’s still under). I love my Panasonic “Genius Sensor” cook model.

    On to a new week. I somehow was put on a company project with mostly cop reporters from our other papers looking into cold cases from our various areas so I’ll have to attend a meeting for that up in Pasadena on Wednesday. And a new policy at work (thanks to our shrinking work force), is calling for only A1 stories to be read by copy editors. Other stories will just be read by our immediate editors and then passed on for publication, ready or now. Scary.

    Not sure if this was related, but last night I discovered a very embarrassing error in one of my stories online, a congressional district election story in which I spelled Roe v. Wade as “Row” v. Wade. Now I know full well it’s Roe, I don’t know if it was a typo on my part that wasn’t seen/caught or whether some spell check program changed it … Oy. Hopefully it’s been fixed by now. I told myself I’ve looked stupid before, what’s one more time.

    But we’re usually writing so fast & on such tight deadlines (and that was the last story I wrote late on Friday, so I was tired to boot). Stories really do need at least two editor reads.

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  14. I’ve been checking out neighborhood landscaping, too, in this drought. Some of my neighbors are getting more creative during this drought — the prettiest look, I think, uses the tall, more colorful drought resistant plants such as lavender, but it probably takes some maintenance.

    The rocks-and-cacti look are no doubt mostly maintenance-free, which is a plus, but I just don’t like the look very much, I’m afraid.

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  15. OK, I clearly can’t even construct a decent paragraph this morning. A bad omen for the week. Sigh.

    Maybe I’ll get to do another election story where I can reference Row v. Wade for our readers’ amusement.

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  16. It is amazing how our eyes can look right over many mistakes, thus missing them. It does teach us to extend grace, which we ourselves need and want. 🙂

    Many times I catch myself talking to the tv; telling some talk show host, “Pride goeth before a fall.” Too bad they can’t hear me. 😀

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  17. Michelle- I heard a news story about some celebrity in California complaining about no water to keep his lawn green. Poor thing. Some people are actually paying $600 to have water brought in. Fools. If they want green lawns, move to a wet climate.

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  18. Well-established lawns can actually still be maintained out here with very little water, but they have to have been going strong for a few decades.

    We’re hoping for at least a “little” El Nino this year, they’re predicting that at least our rainfall should be back up to normal rates — not enough to undo 3 years of drought, but it’ll help get us back into the normal range again, we hope.

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  19. Good Morning Everyone. Busy day here. Tonight is our Vestry Meeting. I will be rotating off in January, but the decisions we make tonight will effect our church for the next 5-10 years. Please pray we all make the right decisions.

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  20. Donna (&/or Michelle) – Did you see my question last night for you California people? Supposedly, according to a poster on Facebook, because California raised taxes on the rich, it now is 5th in job growth, & has a surplus. True or not? From other stuff I’ve heard about California, that doesn’t sound accurate.

    (It contrasted that to Kansas, which supposed has fared poorly for lowering taxes on the rich.)

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  22. I don’t know, Karen. If we’re fifth in job growth, I pity the rest of you.

    Silicon Valley is hot again, but the rest of the state looks drought-stricken in many ways. 😦

    Surplus? Governor Brown is talking about a rainy day fund, but that doesn’t seem to be materializing either.

    All puns intended.

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  23. Haunting, mesmerizing Ives piece.

    Michelle, I thought of you last night when I heard the clarinet & piano piece I posted toward the end of the weekend thread (Ralph Vaughn Williams’ Six Studies in English Folk Song). A very relaxing piece (though the final study was a bit more upbeat than the previous five) that I think would be good for those nights with insomnia. I went to bed soon after I posted it — about 11:00 in my time zone — and slept until 8:45 this morning. 🙂

    Janice, glad you enjoyed the piece. It is nice to see you back here, and I’m thankful your husband is out of the hospital.

    I got a sweet email this morning from a friend of mine who is also 5th Arrow’s Sunday School teacher. This is the first year my husband and I sent him to SS, due to his developmental and other challenges. He is doing very well in my friend’s class, and she sent such a positive, encouraging note about his progress and how she loves having him in her class. She enclosed a picture that she took yesterday (the whole SS sang in church yesterday), which shows very clearly how he was just singing his heart out. 😉

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  24. “Row” v. Wade appears to have been an automatic spell check change (made after the story left my hands) that failed to be noticed & manually overridden.

    Spell check is palpably evil.

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  25. We called the repairman to look at the microwave. It needs a new magnetron for $234.19 after taxes, plus installation for about $100. That makes a new microwave a logical alternative. So we spent the afternoon looking around. Sears and Lowes have nice microwaves for reasonable prices. But they were all white (or black. White was the closest to what we have. Elvera’s appliances are bisque.) The sales ladies say they don’t make bisque anymore. Elvera wasn’t happy. It’s my job to keep her happy, so we kept looking and found a Whirlpool at Blue Ridge Appliances. It was bisque. The sales lady said that’s the only one they have. They don’t make them bisque anymore. It was $424 with installation but before taxes. That makes repairing the one we have a reasonable alternative.
    So. We had the guy order the part and we’ll have this one repaired. She’ll make do until it comes in. We survived the first 29 years of our marriage without a microwave. She has become very spoiled in the last 28 years.
    But she’ll be SO happy. And that makes me happy.

    😉

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  27. I’ve pretty much completed arrangements, (OK Cheryl did most) finished packing, with help took out the window air conditioner since it hit 32 last night, completed the posts for the next 10 days, completed testing and school with Liz, and prepped the cat supplies.

    It’s a good thing I’m going on vacation, because now I need one. 😯

    I do kinda feel like an old NYer though. The first sign of cold weather and I’m heading to Florida. 🙂

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  28. Chas, I love bisque too. 🙂 But, alas, it is currently on the outs when it comes to kitchen appliance colors. White is always around — and I do think it’s coming back, with the stainless & black look starting to be less popular.

    In 5 years there will probably be all shades of bisque to choose from.

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  29. My favorite color is what my toaster came in — a very soft, creamy tone (with a slight yellow hue, but not YELLOW).

    But white is always safe when it comes to the big appliances you don’t replace very often. I never warmed up to the black-and-stainless look, I like a kitchen to be warm, bright and somewhat cheery.

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  30. Remember the harvest gold and avocado green appliances back in the 70s? Yeah, keep it basic white since that color goes with any decor.

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  31. To clear things up, all of my students will have PE. They have PE for half an hour and then switch and have writing for half an hour. That way I can give them more individual attention. Pray for my national aide for wisdom and creativity as she teaches PE. So to be even clearer, I divide the class in half for each class and we switch.

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  32. Peter, yep. We had a washer and dryer in that copper color.

    Colors that stray too far from neutrals will always get dated quickly. I actually remember admiring a bright red washer and dryer a few years ago and now realize what a mistake THAT would have been. 🙂

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  33. I don’t know what you folks are talking about, I will read it later, just popping in for a break from putting Bambi’s little sister in the freezer. Son said it looked much bigger when he shot it. I assured him it will be very tasty and had a much better life than a lot of steers I have seen. Back to work.

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  34. I used to have almond appliances. They have gradually changed to black, except for the stove hood, which is almond with one strip of black. I dislike the starkness of white, but it is practical. I never thought I would like black, but I do now. I am sure it will all be outdated soon. My kitchen is way outdated already, though.

    My main bath, too. My interior designer daughter did ask me, “What were you thinking?” about the fixtures in there. What did I know?

    In a hundred years none of us will care. 😉

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  36. Virtually unnoticed by mankind, at 10:10 on 10/20, the one and only Mumsee got 10 x 10 on yesterday’s thread. Yes, Mumsee got an actual 100, not a random number she claimed to be 100. (I figured that was what she was saying earlier, since I had 98 on that thread.)

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  37. When I moved into my Nashville house, most of the fixtures were brass. The home was “classic” (brick outside, pine cabinets, original-to-the-house 1950s stove) and brass was right for the home, so I chose to replace the things that needed to be replaced in brass or (in a couple cases) brass and silver when I couldn’t get just brass. I chose the perfect time to do so, as there was very little brass anywhere, but the last few pieces were at closeout prices. If I’d waited a few more months, I’m sure I couldn’t have gotten brass, but in summer 2003 I got brass inexpensively, it just took a few extra stores to find everything I needed.

    I’ve never been interested in this year’s style of anything unless it’s a classic look that won’t look super dated in three years. The year several of my college friends got married, the bridal catalogs included a wide range of bridal gowns. Some were mini-skirts; some were red or black. The brides who married in such outlandish outfits, if their marriages last their kids are going to ask later, “Mom, what on earth were you thinking? You got married in a red mini-dress?!” I chose a style of dress that wasn’t “in” but was classic enough not to look stupid in photos in 25 or 50 years. If I’d married in chartreuse with pink polka-dots, it would have looked silly then and really silly at my 70th birthday party. (My brother’s 1977 white tux looks pretty silly in photos now, though I’d never tell him that. Who wants people to be able to figure out the exact month you got married by what you wore on your wedding day?!)

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