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National Geographic photo, January 1964
Visitors on a guided tour crowd the balustrade of the Senate Small Rotunda (U.S. Capitol, DC)
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Ugh...
Nothing like having to clean up dog pee at 10:00 pm when you're tired and fighting extreme nausea. I just got home and not only did said doggy pee on the bathroom floor again, but she peed right next to the toilet and the urine ran under the toilet, so I've been on my hands and knees for the last 45 minutes, wiping and spraying and wiping again ( Read more... ) -
Due South...
It was love at first sight. 💕 I was hooked ten minutes into the pilot episode. That was mostly because of the snowy, Canadian wilderness scenes, but then I saw Paul Gross in a Mountie uniform and I was definitely done for. And now that I've watched all the episodes, I'm kind of, sort of crushing (hard) on Callum Keith Rennie. This show makes ( Read more... ) -
"Winter" in Louisiana...
You can turn on the a/c and drop the temperature inside the house low enough to pretend that it's actually winter, but the sound of all the neighbors mowing the lawn and weed-eating kind of spoils the effect. :/ -
LotR rewatch...
Sam: I wonder if we'll ever be put into songs or tales.
Frodo: What?
Sam: I wonder if people will ever say, 'Let's hear about Frodo and the Ring.' And they'll say 'Yes, that's one of my favorite stories. Frodo was really courageous, wasn't he, Dad?' 'Yes, my boy, the most famousest of hobbits. And that's saying a lot.'
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Oh well, this works too...
Tried to deal with some stress today by meditating but just about the time I got settled into a lotus-like position, my kitty came and curled up in my lap and started licking my hand. After, I didn't feel any more enlightened than before, but I did feel loved. And well-groomed. ❤ -
Secret
I watched Secret, with Jay Chou and Gwei Lun-Mei tonight. Sweet movie, even if the pacing and plot was a bit uneven at times as the story unfolded. The Netflix description reads, "Enchanted by a pretty pianist and the haunting melody she plays, a musical prodigy falls in love. But a secret soon threatens to derail their romance", and that's ( Read more... )
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