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Today I have added a number of people to my friends list.  Hope you all don't mind !  I rarely post in my own journal but love to see what's going on with other LOTR-loving folk.  So I have shamelessly been adding friends of current friends.  If anyone doesn't wish to be friended, please let me know.  No offense will be taken, I assure you.

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 Another busy, hectic but enjoyable weekend in which I did not go near a computer.  That's my excuse for missing two birthdays on December 2.

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There is a new teevee show I love that I'm actually not ashamed to tout.  Yeah, it's my new obsession, meaning I spent all last night re-watching the 4 episodes that are available on CBS's website -- unfortunately the first episode is MIA.

The show is Moonlight.   It's on Friday night, a good night for obsessive fandoms (ref: The X-Files).  A hunky ( Read more... )

 My heart leaps into my throat every time I see the terrifying video or photos of the massive fires in southern California.  What a horrific tragedy this has become.   I am very glad that so many LJers have been reporting in to say they're OK.  And I hope they and their homes stay safe.

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Wishing the Happiest of birthdays to
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Happy Birthday a day late,  
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Some of you may have heard about the storms that hit northern Illinois on Thursday--Meryl Marie heard about it on NBC news and called on Saturday, bless her heart!   My parents heard about us on the Weather Channel (what can I say, they're elderly Americans so of COURSE it's their favorite station ;-D )

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to you, dear
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