tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999389688482604348.post3254457934528157256..comments2023-12-08T19:02:30.668-06:00Comments on Walk2Write in Florida: Are We in the Pink Yet?walk2writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13501812375142037251noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999389688482604348.post-71061955498579139122009-06-26T11:03:30.736-05:002009-06-26T11:03:30.736-05:00Ah yea..the new normal..Love the PR people and the...Ah yea..the new normal..Love the PR people and their spins. It's a very difficult time for so many.I think back on my childhood of the 50's and 60's and think that they must have been the 'Good Old Days'..I too need to read..Pudd'nhead Wilson.ramblingwoodshttp://ramblingwoods.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999389688482604348.post-59799945233284838872009-06-25T22:36:08.425-05:002009-06-25T22:36:08.425-05:00Just got my copy of Pudd'nhead Wilson from the...Just got my copy of Pudd'nhead Wilson from the library...can't wait to read it! Thanks for telling about it!Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04402220963886597754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999389688482604348.post-24032027409923240902009-06-22T15:14:37.018-05:002009-06-22T15:14:37.018-05:00Mr. S., I must have learned my fashion sense from ...Mr. S., I must have learned my fashion sense from my dad. He kept the same clothes for so long that they eventually came back into fashion. I just wish clothes these days were made to last that long! Wouldn't it be nice, though, if everyone really was in the black instead of in the red?walk2writehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13501812375142037251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999389688482604348.post-76650430020919014892009-06-21T07:21:13.887-05:002009-06-21T07:21:13.887-05:00That sounds a lot like the "new black." ...That sounds a lot like the "new black." Isn't skinny the "new fat," ... and warm the "new cold." I can never keep track of what the new trends are. I'm either way ahead ... or more probably, very very very "far behind" (that's the new "way ahead" by the way).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17989947946488835186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999389688482604348.post-76195948182872426032009-06-20T08:14:03.366-05:002009-06-20T08:14:03.366-05:00WS, I wonder if Twain really appreciated cats or t...WS, I wonder if Twain really appreciated cats or the opportunity to point a paw. There was much public and private debate in his day about the "danger" to society because of miscegenation. Outspoken, white-washed purists had conveniently forgotten the fact that many of their forebears (FFVs) regularly engaged in and relished the practice themselves. Twain was just helping them remember.<br /><br />Rose, we do need more Carlins in this world or maybe TCs to lighten things up and tickle the funnybone. We are down to one cat now. Miss Kitty (pictured in the post I did last year) died a little over a month ago. She was 17 years old. So Peanut can finally join me on the sofa without fear of incurring Kitty's wrath. <br /><br />TC, you're the new Carlin or you should be (getting all that fame and fortune). So that's what happens to pets that get sent packing--they turn to a life of crime, swiping burgers and wreaking havoc all over town. This news report will send shockwaves reverberating all the way to Washington. Something needs to be done, or another crisis looms just ahead! There will be cathouses springing up everywhere if the crises aren't averted.walk2writehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13501812375142037251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999389688482604348.post-61208560373506473082009-06-19T21:50:03.481-05:002009-06-19T21:50:03.481-05:00And now back to the news in the new-normal times.....And now back to the news in the new-normal times...<br /><br />This just in...cats take over garden patio in Pincrest, FL - Onlookers watched in amazement as three unidentified felines, one with an oddly colored pink paw, wrestled a spatula from a Pinecrest homeowner and tossed grilled hamburgers to a pack of wild dogs that had been chasing them. "I had no time to react!" said the astounded griller. The cats were believed to be escapees from a local cathouse and police warned area residents to be on the lookout for the cantankerous kitties. Full report at 11:00.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04005938156720914381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999389688482604348.post-56237030556222265542009-06-18T21:18:33.120-05:002009-06-18T21:18:33.120-05:00Our home must be perfect and full of contentment, ...Our home must be perfect and full of contentment, because we do have cats sunning on our porches all the time:) <br />I hadn't heard of the term "the New Normal" before this, but I've given up watching much of the news lately--too depressing. Leave it to the media or the government to come up with new euphemisms to try to make us all feel better. George Carlin would have had a field day with this term:)Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384059342847120951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999389688482604348.post-44914880766869540772009-06-18T12:14:45.025-05:002009-06-18T12:14:45.025-05:00It's nice to rediscover old favorite authors. ...It's nice to rediscover old favorite authors. I didn't know Twain appreciated cats, but that just gives me one more reason to dig out Huck Finn. <br />As for the new normal, the Home Depot in our neighborhood seems empty and quiet, as do restaurants and shopping malls. Maybe it's a good thing that I've cut back on buying crap I don't really need. It's past time we eliminate shopping as a form of entertainment.Weeping Sorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05617503185773155102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999389688482604348.post-43915000080469406482009-06-18T07:47:00.835-05:002009-06-18T07:47:00.835-05:00Hi Tina. Yeah, wouldn't it be nice to live as ...Hi Tina. Yeah, wouldn't it be nice to live as carefree as a cat? I hope you and Mr. Fix-It get good renters for your house. I'm guessing you're talking about the one in Indiana. Things will straighten themselves out; they always do. We're just in an unusually slow downturn of the cycle right now, I guess. I need to do some catching up on reading blogs. Just realized I totally missed Skeeter's and some of my other favorite weekend posts.<br /><br />Julie, I think you'll enjoy the read if you like Twain's sense of humor. The link I put in for the book allows you to download it, or you can read it online. I usually like holding the book in my hand, though, too. It gives you a feeling of connection to the story. Thanks for raising a toast to the future. Clink!<br /><br />Thanks, Marnie. Ol' Twain was fairly adept at depicting the scene, wasn't he? You know, I've always had the feeling that the old normal wasn't so good. There was something rotten at the center of it that needed to come to the surface and be sloughed off. Kinda the same thing happening in Twain's story. <br /><br />Troutbirder, I'm re-reading that story. It's been a long time since the first reading, and it's overdue for another look. It's a shame that most of the books published these days probably won't inspire another look down the road. They just don't seem to matter much.<br /><br />Thank you, UR. I hope your business grows by leaps and bounds. Your blog is a great resource for teaching us about your country and its people and culture. It's stirring up some latent longing in me--to travel.walk2writehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13501812375142037251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999389688482604348.post-90665291656951569362009-06-17T13:40:07.947-05:002009-06-17T13:40:07.947-05:00Great pictures and quote is fantastic !! This is g...Great pictures and quote is fantastic !! This is great..<a href="http://www.unseenrajasthan.com/" rel="nofollow">Unseen Rajasthan</a>Unseen India Tourshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02181236800235013022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999389688482604348.post-50693054138375358422009-06-17T12:45:13.413-05:002009-06-17T12:45:13.413-05:00I always liked the mess Twains Conneticut Yankee f...I always liked the mess Twains Conneticut Yankee found. The pretentiousness of those high and mightly folks...troutbirderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087811292280881959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999389688482604348.post-61603334680743212072009-06-17T09:32:18.782-05:002009-06-17T09:32:18.782-05:00I absolutely love your quote and I agree with Mark...I absolutely love your quote and I agree with Mark Twain 100%. What an idyllic picture he paints. I almost feel I'm standing before that house just ready to go up and pet that sleepy cat;)<br /><br />I'm very afraid the new normal for most of us will not be as good as the old normal.<br />MarnieRoses and Lilacshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121676379580186489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999389688482604348.post-4798899493336981522009-06-16T22:27:39.646-05:002009-06-16T22:27:39.646-05:00I not only had never heard of Pudd'nhead Wilso...I not only had never heard of Pudd'nhead Wilson, let alone read it! I must now do this! I will order it from the library right away...NOW!!!<br /><br />Love your pink pawed kitty!!!<br /><br />Here's looking to a NEW- and most wonderful future!!!<br /><br />xoxo- JulieJuliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04402220963886597754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999389688482604348.post-71272469373115679032009-06-16T21:41:07.783-05:002009-06-16T21:41:07.783-05:00I was just thinking of you today. Glad you posted....I was just thinking of you today. Glad you posted. Your kitty looks most pretty in pink and could care less about the trials of the world. Mr. Fix-it and I are well versed on them as we cannot sell our house. We've decided to rent it and hope that works out well. We shall see. Wish us luck! Bad market for everything right now, hopefully it will right itself soon enough. I enjoyed your post very much.tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.com