News from the neighborhood

[rolanni]

Yesterday, so the sign outside the sentry box at Camp Keyes told us, was Wicked Nifty McDougal's 50th birthday. Happy birthday, Wicked Nifty! Sorry we missed you.

There are many Strange and Wonderful things to be found (energy gel! um...ick) at Eastern Mountain Sports; and the hiking socks are All Good.

Does anyone really need a giant, inflatable Santa on a motorcyle? How about an artificial tree wound with what look like strings of ping-pong balls, that change color, one loop at a time, so it looks like the tree is doing the multidimensional hulahoop in time to the music spilling forth from the box strapped to its trunk? Or, wait! A solar-eye utility stake that clearly states "not for outside use"?

There were boatloads of people at Barnes and Noble. Some of them were even buying books.

Also, The Marketplace at Augusta? Stoopidest. Shopping. Center. EVER.

Wisdom received: If you buy a fleece blanket for the bed, it will belong to the Coon Cat.

Question: If Nora Charles is an heiress, why does she never have any cash with her?

It's started snowing up here in Beautiful Central Maine. The final call is for 6-10 inches by tomorrow morning, with some sleet mixed in before the end. Note to self: Get Binjali the Altima outfitted with a snorkle.

Comments

[magda-vogelsang.livejournal.com]

We've had almost 8 inches here in Ann Arbor since I went to bed last night, and the storm total is supposed to be around a foot (it's still snowing).

Looks very pretty, but I do hope they have the worst of it off the roads by the time I need to get to my new job tomorrow morning.

[batwrangler.livejournal.com]

Because cash is too common for her to deal with directly. Heiresses have people for that!

re: Nora Charles

[kimuro.livejournal.com]

Question is answered in the movie "Thoroughly Modern Millie". Something was said to the effect that if you are rich, you never carry money. But I don't remember it exactly.

[patknuth.livejournal.com]

I don't think anyone needs a giant inflatable Santa on a motorcycle. But I also can't imagine why anyone would want an 8 foot inflatable snow globe in their yard -- and I've seen several of them anchored in yards around here. And you don't see them in large yards, they're generally taking up half of the front yard. I don't understand....

[mbarker.livejournal.com]

How about an artificial tree wound with what look like strings of ping-pong balls, that change color, one loop at a time, so it looks like the tree is doing the multidimensional hulahoop in time to the music spilling forth from the box strapped to its trunk?

I think I was down at the loops before I realized that this was not a scar on artificial scar for a tree, but rather strings winding around an artificial tree. That word "wound" is imparsable!

[noiseinmyhead.livejournal.com]

Question: If Nora Charles is an heiress, why does she never have any cash with


how do you think the rich stay rich? let other people pay :)

[moon-happy.livejournal.com]

The lighted wicker reindeer have not tempted me but J.C. Penney's had, briefly, a lighted wicker elephant! That appealed to me, but alas, by the time I convinced myself to buy it, they were out of stock. So then I was glad I didn't buy it; since everyone snapped them up it will surely be commonplace in a year or two, like the blow-up snow globe.

Question?

[bookmobiler.livejournal.com]

Question: If Nora Charles is an heiress, why does she never have any cash with her?
Because the only way she can make any money is by selling her hair and she's constantly having bad heir days. She's usually fresh out of lock.