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Published on May 15, 2015 04:00

Weird Word Wednesday

bialy
noun bi·aly \bē-ˈa-lē\
plural bialys
Definition of BIALY
: a flat breakfast roll that has a depressed center and is usually covered with onion flakes
Origin of BIALY
Yiddish, short for bialystoker, from bialystoker of Bialystok, city in Poland
First Known Use: 1965

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Published on May 13, 2015 04:00

Interview with Kelley Heckart

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Published on May 11, 2015 16:04

Monday Musings: Shredding the past

You can learn a lot about someone by their bank statements/cleared checks.

I’ve been shredding old records from 1983 on up to 2000 and it’s a tedious job made a little interesting by seeing what I spent and where.

Here’s what I learned:

My priorities have changed. In the 1980s and ’90s, I spent a lot of money on my hair and on clothing (Wilson’s Leather) and very little on food and other necessities.

Things were cheaper then. I only spent 25.00 on cable and 50.00 on food, and only 10.00 co-pays to see the doctor. Gas was cheaper too. Now my cable bill is 74.00, and I pretty much have the same amount of channels I did back then. I’m lucky if I can leave the grocery store now without spending close to 200.00. That one hurts. But some things were more expensive. My car payment was almost what I pay now for a mortgage. And although my co-pays are higher, because of the Affordable Care Act, more medical procedures are covered now, which saves me money.

Some things never change though:

I still spend money on books, though now I purchase ebooks instead of shopping at Borders or B. Dalton. Department stores come and go, some still remain. I used to shop a lot at Mervyns and The Broadway, which no longer exist. Though JC Penney is still around. I shopped at malls back then in stores like The Limited, Wet Seal, Contempo Casuals… Now I shop online at JC Penney or Kohls for sensible clothes, not the sexy outfits I used to buy. LOL

One thing I realized that didn’t occur to me until I sat down and started shredding: A big chunk of my life passed before me and into the shredder.

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Published on May 11, 2015 04:00

Favorite Friday: Sharing a favorite book

Favorite book: Game of Thrones

I’ve been a fan of the HBO series Game of Thrones and decided to read the books. I’m reading the first one titled Game of Thrones and love it. It is so well-written and engaging, it’s hard to put down. The characters are very vivid. I can see why they decided to make a cable series.

Book description on amazon.com:

A NEW ORIGINAL SERIES, NOW ON HBO.
Here is the first volume in George R. R. Martin’s magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Clash of Kings and A Storm of Swords. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced. Already hailed as a classic, George R. R. Martin’s stunning series is destined to stand as one of the great achievements of imaginative fiction.
A GAME OF THRONES
Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom’s protective Wall. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to. Sweeping from a land of brutal cold to a distant summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, here is a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens.
Here an enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no human metal; a tribe of fierce wildlings carry men off into madness; a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to win back his throne; and a determined woman undertakes the most treacherous of journeys. Amid plots and counterplots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, the fate of the Starks, their allies, and their enemies hangs perilously in the balance, as each endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones.

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Published on May 08, 2015 04:00

Weird Word Wednesday

Bezel be·zel

noun \ˈbē-zəl, ˈbe-\

Definition of BEZEL

1

: a rim that holds a transparent covering (as on a watch, clock, or headlight) or that is rotatable and has special markings (as on a watch)

2

: the oblique side or face of a cut gem; specifically : the upper faceted portion of a brilliant projecting from the setting — see brilliant illustration

3

: a usually metal rim of a piece of jewelry in which an ornament (as a gem) is set

Origin of BEZEL

probably from dialect form of French biseau bezel, from Middle French

First Known Use: 1611

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Published on May 06, 2015 04:00

Monday Musings: AZ Sunsets pics # 7

Some more unique, gorgeous AZ sunsets.

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Published on May 04, 2015 04:00

Favorite Friday: Sharing a favorite cable channel

I wish we could just pick the cable channels we want to watch instead of having to pay for a bunch of ones we never watch. It used to be that way. I only watch a handful of channels. One of my favorite ones is the CW. Right now I watch iZombie, The Originals, Supernatural, Arrow, Beauty & The Beast, The 100, Reign and the newest show, The Messengers. With the exception of Reign, all of these shows have a similar theme--paranormal or Sci-Fi/Fantasy. That's me!

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Published on May 01, 2015 18:47

Weird Word Wednesday

Bejabbers be·jab·bers

interjection \bi-ˈja-bərz\

Definition of BEJABBERS

: bejesus

Variants of BEJABBERS

be·jab·bers or be·jee·bers

Origin of BEJABBERS

euphemism for by Jesus

First Known Use: 1890

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Published on April 29, 2015 04:00

Tabby's Nocturnal Nights: New beginnings and spring cleaning

Tabby's Nocturnal Nights: New beginnings and spring cleaning: It’s spring here where I live and everything is blooming, even the cactus plants with their lethal thorns—beauty and danger. Bees are gather...