There is nothing quite so majestic as seeing a bird with beautiful plumage sweep past you in flight. Unless, of course, that flight occurs in your apartment and the back draft from the wind blows papers around and you worry he\rquote s going to land on a vase of something, and knock everything over.

So, we had his wings clipped, and his nails to boot. It reminded me of that Thanksgiving joke, where the guy throws the mis-behaving parrot into the freezer and when he comes out he\rquote s well behaved. (By the way, may I ask what the turkey did?\rdblquote ). Taking him there Basil was all about the Parrot \lquote Tude. On the way back every time he need to adjust his position while I held him, he\rquote d flash me a \lquote really sorry about whatever it was I did\rquote look.

Well, It\rquote s happened. My Thanksgiving wishes from my mom has been reduced to adding me into the \lquote To\rquote line along with bunches of other people. No personal wishes or individualized thoughts.

Just Motherly Spam Mail.

Here\rquote s her wish:

Hope you all have a wonderful happy Thanksgiving. Love to you all

Sent to me, and at least 30 other people.

And during the holidays, to boot!

Not that it matters.

I found out about Terraserver today, which has satellite images of the entire US. How much detail is there?

Here\rquote s the Lewis house in Malden.

I added some information, to help you see it.

See if you can find your house!

Mike and I and Will (who had been abandoned by Clark for the weekend) went to see \lquote The Grudge\rquote Saturday night. Two words. Scary!

Not quite the \lquote intellectual\rquote scary as your Sixth Sense or \lquote The Others\rquote , but very high in terms of a creepy /suspense model.

If you liked \lquote The Ring\rquote , I thought this did a much better job with Atmosphere and scares, though the ultimate plots are somewhat similar as are some of the \lquote scare\rquote effects

If you want some scares, check out the Grudge website. Keep an eye out!

Still worth the watch!

You\rquote d be wrong

You would think it was my idea. It costs money and is something a lot of people don\rquote t/wouldn\rquote t do. But, not unlike the birds, it was all Mike\rquote s idea. All of it. He inquired, he paid, he insisted we go.

Trapeze-ing.

You know. Swings high up, jumping from one swing to the next. Apparently, Mike knows someone who used to do this professionally, who now doesn\rquote t, but his family still does. I\rquote ll take picures and let you know all about it. IF we survive.

Making the World Safe for Mr. Ackner

I finished my first \lquote major\rquote paper in law school. Only 8 pages long, but it took about 20 hours of research. Poor Mr. Ackner and his Widget company were sued in California, even though they were from Alabama. I set things right.

Though I fear for the lack of widget availability in California.

Mmmmm. Luggage

I\rquote m not sure which was odder. The Luggage woman or \lquote Eye contact\rquote guy. Luggage woman was sitting in front of me on the train \endash slowly reading a catalog for luggage.Now, my initial thought was \lquote Okay\rquote . I mean, I\rquote ve been bored on a plane and read those \lquote Hemishphere\rquote books which are all about the sky mall and sell such things you need to order from a plane such as: Meat of the month.

So, why should it be odd that this woman was intently reading about various pieces of luggage. (Only luggage. Not messenger bags). Then, I realized, she must have carried the catalog on the train with her. This is what she WANTED to read on the train. About Luggage.

\lquote Eye Contact Guy (ECG) was a few more seats ahead, but facing sideways (whereas I was facing straight ahead). Anytime he made eye contact (which happens occasionally onc rrowded trains as we all search out a spot to look at, where no one else is looking back). When he made eye contact, he gave a huge grin. Now, I thought maybe he was flirting or some such, but as I watched him (getting a few more eye contact moments), I realized that he did it to everyone. Men. Women. Small animals. A shopping bag. I thought maybe he was a bit slow, but he didn\rquote t really seem to be, except for the eye contact and grins.

Remember the Bunny re-enactment of Titanic and the Exorcist? Well, they\rquote ve added Jaws, the Scream, Texas Chainsaw, and Freddy v. Jason.

Oh, and Codry at the Daily Show has a look at Salem Massachusetts

Every now and then, I peek to see what searches bring people to my site (as it is certainly not my stunning insights into the greater world). So, here is the most recent list:

naked teen girls
schwinn mountain bike
teen girls naked
oyoyoy show
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woodpecker mischief
pictures of mischief
schwinn bike
healing the political rift in america
2004vote
how to speak jibberish
cartoon marshmallow pictures
pictures of sf bridge at night
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10 reasons to stay up late with a pharmacist
girls flashing pics
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mischief squirrel in animation
receipe prosciutto

I understand the \lquote teen girls naked\rquote search happens all the time, but woodpecker mischief?

I\rquote m not sure I want to know.

The teaser trailer is out. I wasn\rquote t thrilled with I or II, though I will see this one regardless. Hayden looks convincingly evil \endash and hopefully this will be like the Raider\rquote s series, where the last one was kind of an apology for the one before.

Looks like we get to see Yoda fight again \endash that alone might be worth the $$.

The image of Vader rising seems odd, though. His hands are held in an odd, almost submissive way. I would have expected a more Frankenstein, arms locked by his side, view.

Anyhow. Check it out.

Since my brother gave up smoking. Since I gave him no ends of grief, I thought it would be good to acknowledge this feat.

Now if he gives up drink\rquote n and gambl\rquote n, God might not spite him mightily.

Well, Halloween is past. Mine was pretty uneventful. I talked Mike into Watching Dawn of the Dead (the original) but he worked both days, then had to go survey Hookah uses Sat. Night, so he was asleep before they hit the mall.

I spent most of Saturday Cleaning and Sunday at the library.

Basil says 'Hi'.

Oh yea, we signed with an agency and have an appointment with a candidate on Thursday. For those of you keeping score.

Anyway - Maybe I'll do a similar thing for Thanksgiving.