I haven’t heard of that one. I’ll have to look it up! Yes, it’s time for another movie night! My mom introduced me to Harold & Maude around Y2K. We went to Blockbuster, she looked at me slyly, and she said it was a love story.
Tonight’s viewing, a favorite, in honor of Bud Cort’s passing: Harold and Maude
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I have been pleased with Not Your Mother’s Slow Cooker Cookbook
Having recently read a biography of Dorothy Thompson (American Cassandra), I learned that this movie was loosely based on her relationship with her husband Sinclair Lewis.
In lieu of a benignly pleasant interaction with another human, I experienced this anger initiation tool in the drive thru just the other day.
Last year, CyFair ISD just NW of Houston, TX abruptly ended bus service just before school started. The majority of the area did not have sidewalks. This year, the bus service has been reinstated.
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One black-bellied whistling duck
Two black-bellied whistling ducks
Black-bellied whistling duck and ducklings
Black-bellied whistling ducklings
A lovely surprise on my afternoon walk! Black-bellied whistling ducks and their ducklings!
The cover of 3-2-1 Contact Children’s Television Workshop magazine for kids from September 1986. In the center reads, “Is TV worth watching?,” surrounded by images of Bill Cosby, Hulk Hogan, and She-Ra.
It seems this magazine from when I was a kid is relevant to this week’s events.
Thank you. I just downloaded WeatherBug.
I’m not too far from Bear Creek Park in Addicks Reservoir, and from eBird it looks like some have been spotted there too as of late.
In other bird news, we have a family of red-shouldered hawks who have adopted my yard.
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All I can say is Merlin picked up black-bellied whistling ducks several times in the past few weeks near where I live just northwest of Houston.
One of our resident red-shouldered hawks overseeing the garden.
I was a social security recipient as a minor when my dad received disability benefits. Because it took so long for his benefits to be approved, I received a lump sum check shortly after turning 18 to cover the time since he initially applied several years earlier. It helped me pay for college.
We watched this for driveway movie night a couple weeks ago which we hosted for our neighbors. A timely selection indeed.
Layers of blood orange slices on a Blood Orange Olive Oil Upside Down Cake
Today’s baking: Blood Orange Olive Oil Upside Down Cake
A rare snowy day in Houston!
Happy birthday! It’s my birthday, too!
Happy birthday!
45 and same
It’s giving axolotl.
Alone or lonely at Christmas? New to social media? There’s a great tradition with the hashtag #joinin, you just search for it and see lots of friendly messages. Someone has also created a feed here:
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Yes. The cream gravy is key. I didn’t know it wasn’t everywhere until I lived in SF and there was none to be found. Back in TX now.
A paper I wrote in my political interest groups course (UH, Professor Richard Murray) in which I critiqued the effectiveness of the professional organization associated with my major was my writing sample when I applied for and obtained a position in health workforce research.
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Lucky, a scraggly-haired dog with white fur looks up and to the side with her mouth open, looking happy. She wears a black harness and a metal bone-shaped dog tag.
This good girl is Lucky (short for Luckdragon).
So, more Family Feud than Jeopardy then?
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Oh. No.
