Sunday Stealing

 

Welcome to Sunday Stealing. This feature originated and published on WTIT: The Blog. Here we will steal all types of questions from every corner of the blogosphere. Our promise to you is that we will work hard to find the most interesting and intelligent questions. Cheers to all of us thieves.

Stolen from "How Far Will You Go?"

1.    What's the best thing to inherit other than money
I've only inherited money (3 times--my godmother and both parents), but I guess it would be good to inherit jewelry, even though I never wear any jewelry.  Or maybe someone's books?  Now THAT would be fun.

2.    What one  thing would you most like to happen tomorrow?
the former president would be convicted of something...anything!

3.    Who is the person with whom you've been most infatuated?
I have been a Judy Garland fan ever since I saw A Star Is Born in 1953.  I have been to several of her concerts, met her once, and have pretty much every book ever written about her.  I can remember vividly when my mother called me to tell me of her death.

4.    In what part of the day does time go slowest and fastest?
The morning probably goes the slowest, though that doesn't bother me.  It feels like lunchtime when it's only 11.  And I'm always surprised when it's dinner time because I think it's 3 in the afternoon (and it's 6), the hours have passed so quickly

5.    Whose thoughts would you most like to read?
Oh wouldn't it be fun to read our dog's thoughts.  He is so particular that I know his thoughts would be very interesting to read.

6.    Who is the person you'd least like to touch?
See #2.

7.    What is the best quality you inherited from your parents?
I think I inherited my father's humor.  I probably inherited my mother's ability to be calm in crises. 

8.    Who is the friend you most often disagree with?
There is a woman I used to live with when we were in college.  We were in each other's weddings, and are godparents to our children.  We are still friends, 60 years later, but we can't talk politics or religion because are diametrically opposed.

9.    What's the best ritual of your daily life?
I think I like best the morning writing -- which post cards I'm supposed to write, letters to answer, doing Saturday 9 and Sunday Stealing on the weekends.

10.    What is the most useful job you've ever had?
I worked as a medical transcriptionist for 12 years and loved it.  I'm sure it was "useful" in the things I learned and the friends I made.

11.    In which year of your life did you change the most?
4/26/66...the day our first child was born.

12.    What's the best thing you've ever gotten for free?
Does received as a gift count?  That would be my first digital camera.

13,    What is the thing you are best at?
Writing.

14.    What was the luckiest moment in your life?
The day I read a newsletter that asked for volunteers to help put together the history of a theater group in San Francisco.  It changed my life!

15.    What is the single most important thing you have ever learned?
You can survive grief but there is a reason why they call it grief WORK.  It takes a long time, but you do eventually survive.

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Jeri and her birthday gifts

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Saturday 9

Welcome to Saturday: 9. What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love to answer the questions, however, and here are today's questions!

Saturday 9: Stay (I Missed You) 1994

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) In this week's song, a woman is accused of only hearing what she wants to. "Selective listening" is when you choose to focus on what's important to you and ignore what isn't. Are you often, sometimes, or never guilty of selective listening?
Probably sometimes.

2) She turns the radio up when she hears her favorite song. What song have you recently sung along to?
I don't think I've sung any song in years.  For some reason, though I was in choirs my whole life, suddenly I can't sing any more.  I have a vocal range of about 5 notes, if that.  But I can sing in my head!

3) This week's featured artist, Lisa Loeb, has always been a big reader. Her band was called Nine Stories as a tribute to her favorite author, JD Salinger. If you were to name a band to honor your favorite author, what would you call it, and why?
Frozen Lettuce.  I'm a huge Steinbeck fan....Lettuce is a big plot twist in my favorite book, "East of Eden"

4) This week's song is her first and biggest hit. "Stay" was on the soundtrack of Reality Bites, a movie starring her friend and one-time neighbor Ethan Hawke. Ethan gave this song to the film's director, Ben Stiller, who agreed it was perfect for the film's closing credits. When you watch a movie, do you stick around for the closing credits?
On TV, no.  In the theater, yes.  Not sure why!  Walt loves the credits.

5) In the 1990s, Lisa was popular for her style and appeared on many magazine covers, causing People magazine to comment, "Though she rose to fame as a singer, she's probably just as well known for her glasses." Do you wear glasses? If yes, do you consider your eyewear purely functional, there to improve your sight, or are your glasses an extension of your personal style?
I've worn glasses since I was 10.  I have to put my glasses in the same place every night because I can't see well enough to find them if I put them somewhere different.  I wear trifocals and definitely wear them to improve my sight.

6) Today Lisa does a show on Sirius Radio, and she enjoys broadcasting while her favorite collaborator, her cat, sits on her shoulder. Is there a pet in the room with you as you answer these questions?
No.  Our dog is a lap dog and when I sit at my desk, I don't have a lap so he never comes in here when I'm working on my computer.

7) Lisa raises funds for SCOPE, a charity that helps children from low-income families attend summer camp. When you were a kid, did you go to camp?
No.  I desperately wanted to go to camp, but my parents couldn't afford it.

8) In 1994, when this song was popular, the nation's attention was riveted to a white Bronco driven by a man named Al Cowlings. Without looking it up, can you recall why this was newsworthy?
LOL. Not only can I recall why this was newsworthy, I watched that white Bronco until it finally stopped.  

9) Random question: Can you do a cartwheel?
I can't stand up without a walker and definitely can't do a cartwheel.  Even when I was normal weight, I was never able to do a cartwheel.

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Strange day

Tomorrow is Jeri's birthday and we had a cake sent to her, which she got yesterday.  It came in a box filled with butterflies which flew out when she opened the box (Photo of the Day).  It was fun.

I spent most of the morning glued to the TV, listening to the arguments before the Supreme Court re presidential immunity.  They now have to decide what they are going to do.  I'm sure what they going to be aware of in making a decision is that not only will it affect all the court casts he is currently going through, but should he be elected, it will affect how he governs for the next 4 years. Imagine if they officially give him immunity...what he could do...

Not only was I "watching" the Supreme Court, but on my TV screen on the right in a column was reports coming from Trump's trial in New York, and then I got a headline about Trump losing his appeal for a new trial in the E, Jean Carroll case and that he must pay the $83 million. This is the man people want back in the White House???

In the late morning, I had a dental appointment. I used to really enjoy going to the dentist because I got to visit Cindy (my long time friend) and my hygienist and I had been together for many years. Now Cindy has retired, everybody in the office wears masks so I don't have a clue who is talking to me, there are no name tags so you can't even check to see who should be working on you. The exam is different. The new dentist spent lots of money installing TV sets for people to watch while they are working on them, but I've never seen any of them working--and the one time they tried for me, it can't go high enough so that I can actually see it. Now they want you to pay at the time of your visit, so I had to tell Walt to come into the office when he came to get me because Ned has my credit card.

The exam went well but they put fluoride on my teeth, which means nothing hot for 6 hours (so I couldn't go home and finish my coffee!) and hours later, the taste is still in my mouth.

I turned on the TV to watch so I could nap, but there was no sound...a problem we are having periodically. So I turned off the TV and read for awhile, then turned the TV on again and there was sound, so I was able to put on Criminal Minds and fall asleep. I slept for nearly 3 hours!

Ned has a meeting, but he is making quiche for us to have for dinner and while he's gone, I will watch the MSNBC report on the Supreme Court hearing today before watching Young Sheldon.

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very sad

There are days when I feel very old...and very sad. Today is one of those days.  I just heard from the husband of a friend, who says that she is "living with some lost memory and time functionality due to strokes."  We are the same age and we worked on two big projects together for many years.  We used to stay in touch more often, but then her kids started giving her grandchildren and she became a care giver and didn't have as much time to stay in touch, so it's been awhile since I've heard from her.  I was surprised that she didn't mention that I sent her birthday greetings, which I always do.  Now I know why.  She probably never saw them.

I can't believe how sad this makes me.  She's an amazingly intelligent person and it hurts to think of her with memory loss. 

Then I heard on the news about someone famous who died.  He was 81.  I am feeling very old.

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Our new puzzle came
with a stand for the box

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"The Trial"

 It's 10:30 a.m. and this is the first time I've sat down at my computer.  I have been watching coverage of day #2 of the Trump trial.  The one thing you learn watching all the coverage is just what a terrible crook he is and how he never gets punished for all the terrible things he has done.  They keep finding ways to get him out of things that his "friends" have been spending years in jail for.  Good lord, please don't let the Supreme Court grant him presidential immunity!

I feel sorry for the reporters, who pretty much have to cover the trial 24/7 but who have nothing to say.  Jon Stewart had a great bit last night about the reports of the trial that is pretty funny.

As I was watching The Daily Show last night, seeing Stewart's interview with Salman Rushdie made me realize how much I've missed him and what a great interviewer he is.  I encourage people to watch it.  It's worthwhile.  Rushdie has written a book called "Knife," which is about the stabbing attack that nearly killed him.

Stewart isn't on "daily" any more, but just one night a week...but that's definitely worthwhile.  Monday night is my favorite... Rachel Maddow, followed by Jon Stewart!

Something I never thought I'd see...a New York Times article on what the Secret Service will do if Trump is put in prison.

Protecting Mr. Trump in a prison environment would involve keeping him separate from other inmates, as well as screening his food and other personal items, officials said. If he were to be imprisoned, a detail of agents would work 24 hours a day, seven days a week, rotating in and out of the facility, several officials said. While firearms are obviously strictly prohibited in prisons, the agents would nonetheless be armed.

I wonder how this would all change if he is put in prison AND re-elected.  Does he govern from prison? Does he pardon himself?  Boy....the founding fathers never thought of THIS.

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Food

 Ned is such an amazing person.  He and Marta went out for dinner at a friend's house the other night, but he cooked dinner for Walt and me first.  I was so touched that he did that.

Saturday night we had sushi for dinner, as we always do on the anniversary of Paul's death.

Next month we'll be having Kraft dinner to commemorate David's death....then we are home free to eat whatever we want to.

I've been doing a ton of writing,  I have been fortunate to have received a lot of pen pal letters and am having such a good time answering them.  One of them, from England, was eighteen pages long!  By far the longest letter I have received.  This was a first letter from her.  I wonder if all her subsequent letters will be this long.

I also discovered that while I have a ton of forever stamps I am out of postcard stamps.  Many of the swaps I do on SwapBot and of course messages I send on Postcrossing are on postcards and I had no idea that I didn't have a backlog of postcard stamps.  I had to have my credit card replaced recently and so I have no credit card, so had to order post card stamps through our joint credit card.  Of course, I recently put $40,000 into that account, so I guess a $12 order of stamps isn't all that bad!

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25 years

So the 20th was the 25th anniversary of Paul's death.  My lord...can it possibly be 25 years?  Next month it will be 28 years for David.  David has been dead longer than he was alive, Paul almost so.  

They have been gone so long that I almost forgot today was Paul's anniversary, but I eventually put on my smiley face earrings and we plan to have sushi for dinner.

Paul would be happy...sort of.  After David died, he explained that we never talked about my sister Karen (who died in 1971) and that he wanted to be sure that nobody forgets David, so he did a whole show about David and wrote a song about him.  Since both kids have been dead, we have discussed them all the time.  There will be a Paul picnic in a few weeks, hosted by his best friend.  Lawsuit music is frequently played on Ned's radio show. Both are on Facebook all the time and while the family is alive, there is little chance that either of them will be "forgotten" like Paul felt Karen was. 

(I used to call my mother every year on the anniversary of Karen's death and I forget how many years it was after her death when my mother forgot what the date was.)

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this is a display Lacie made
about different ingredients in cookies

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