wandering and barely conscious: March 2007

Thursday, March 29, 2007

HELP

HELP..........It's clear that, as of ..today, Thursday, March 29, I still need..........HELP.......... J.D.

It's true that you should ask a busy person to help if you need something done. He or she is usually so organized that fitting in one more job is no problem. My time is my own, so I can't even organize my purse. (but I try to make it a practice to create a decent meal for my husband each evening.....that really cuts into my personal time. But, he's worth it.) I therefore don't get a lot done.....lots of time to enjoy things I like to do. So why can't I get to blogging more often (question mark). LOL I can't find the question mark!!! Ha-ha. I have an old laptop and it's in French (now do you know what country I live in.....question mark) and I guess the French question mark is a different shape. Hubby can't find it either. LOL I'm very inquisitive! I need that question mark!.................So don't ask me to do anything. I have no time while I'm looking for the devilish squiggle and later I may be out computer hunting (period)

Saturday, March 17, 2007

New Blogger.....J.D.

This blogging thing could be a full time job. If I want time to pass quickly, I sit in front of the computer for ten minutes and suddenly two hours have passed. If I want time to slow down, I make a cooked pudding and stand stirring (one hour) for the "fifteen minutes" it takes to boil.
I checked out a few blogs.....don't you think I look like Minka's Mom?...........................J.D.

Friday, March 16, 2007

Not just another pretty face.....

Aaah Huh!!! You thought I couldn't do it, eh? (Can you guess where I live?) One baby step at a time. What do I do next? LOL.....O.K. I am just another pretty face. Help! Oh, is this the part where I tell you about myself?
If I could do anything my heart desired I would be a backup singer for a huge star. That pretty much takes in travel, singing and lots of spare time to read, write and watch Grey's Anatomy. But, I'm also lazy, so in my next life I'll probably be a piece of sheet music floating in the wind.
More later...................J.D.

ALL TIME FAVOURITE MOVIES

OLD HITCHCOCK's are my favourites...............Foreign Correspondent '40, Sabateur '42, 39 Steps '35 (NOT '39 as written blow) , The Lady Vanishes '38, Rear Window '54, and both versions of The Man Who Knew Too Much '34 &'56......................also Pimpernel Smith '41 (not Hitchcock) and The Peacemaker (neither Hitchcock or book, so I just stuck it here.
I love remakes of old movies and movies from books I've read, like these below.
The Bone Collector, The Client, The Firm, Double Indemnity '44 & Body Heat '81, Sword of Gideon '86 & Munich '07, Manchurian Candidate '62 & '05, The Big Clock '48 & No Way Out '87 (all time best ending), The Lady Vanishes '38 & not so hot TV movie in '79, Rear Window '54 & just O.K. TV movie with Christopher Reeve, 39 Steps '39 &'78, The Man Who Knew Too Much '34 &'56
Indiana Jones Series, Jack Ryan Series (I wish Harrison Ford played Jack in each movie.) Jason Bourne Series, Charlie Chan Series '29 - '49, Thin Man Series '39 - '47.
Lawrence of Arabia, Rebel Without a Cause, Eye of the Needle, Coma, Outbreak, Malice, Consenting Adults, The Fugitive, Double Jeopardy, Kiss the Girls, The Bone Collector, Murder at 1600, Crash.
COMEDIC MOVIES don't usually do it for me. If millions of dolars are going to be spent, it darn well better be hilarious. Only these below made the grade with me.
The Long, Long Trailer (hilarious), The Birdcage (hilarious), Jumpin' Jack Flash (very funny), Little Miss Sunshine (very funny)

Books and Authors I Enjoyed

Erma Bombeck's hilarious accounts of everyday life.
Ayn Rand - My all time favourite novel is ATLAS SHRUGGED. Unhappily, Rand's futuristic view of the world is our present and it seems to be coming true.
Howard Engels writes mysteries with Benny Cooperman as a detective from my hometown. He lived here when young and calls his city "Grantham".
Agatha Christie's insightful and endearing mystery novels take place in small towns around Marymeade, England.
Robert Munsch - I'll Love You Forever - an excellent, heart warming book to give a new mother.
Dr. Seuss - Horton Hatches An Egg
Clancy, Grisham and Crichton are all adventurous and fun. I slide over Clancy's technical explanations.
Horror is not for me, but two passed the test. Steven King's Salem's Lot and Tom Tryon's Harvest Home. (scared the heck out of me, but, in a book you can skip a paragraph if it's too intense.
P.J. O'Rourke - Political (USA) commentary and satire
Charles Dickens - His stories of the mistreatment of children at the beginning of the industrial revolution made the world aware of the terrible lack of protection for child labourers.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - the Sherlock Holmes mysteries. I even enjoyed his descriptions of Victorian decor.
Robert Ludlum - everything he writes, especially the Jason Bourne trio, The Holcroft Covenant, The Road to Gandolfo et al.
Dean Koontz - all his novels are good reads.
The Blue Nowhere - A Jeffery Deaver novel for computer geeks. All Deaver's crime mysteries, although some are quite gorey, are on my favourites list.
Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett writes about the decades and people it took to build a magnificent cathedral in the 11th century. Architecture is beautifully explained in this sprawling story.
Patricia Cornwell's Dr. Kay Scarpetta series - a medical examiner helps police solve crimes. Think of a female Quincy.
Robin Cook's series of medical mysteries.
All of Clive Cussler's books - big time underwater adventure with Dirk Pitt as the recurring character.
A History of Progress
On the Beach - In the 50's people around the world await the spread of the radio-active cloud after the bomb is drop,
A Lamp Is Heavy - life of Florence Nightingale,

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