Sauerkraut is just plain nasty!

It's been in my queue since last week.

Don't forget that some of Ross's officers advised against burning the White House, most notably one named Harry Smith, who was one of the handful of Wellington's staff officers to survive Waterloo.

I don't want to move out because my chosen family (all blue) is here, and like me, they are all property owners. (And I can't deal with the cold in my former state) So, all I can do is resist to the best of my ability, which includes saluting F47 signs wherever I see them. My finger is tired.

When I moved to FL 40 years ago, the state was blue and the general attitude was laid back. I was also a Republican but political affiliation didn't seem to matter then. Now FL has turned red and I've gone blue.

He's a functional illiterate. Polysyllabic words are beyond his comprehension.

It's meant to be awful. And I heard that from an insider years ago.

Thank you, and I wish you the same.

Religious hysteria.

Evangelicals wouldn't exist without the Catholic church.

For your daughter the librarian:

I'm waiting on my print copy to arrive. I have an e-reader but I'm old school and prefer a physical book. FWIW, I still buy DVDs and CDs too.

Oh yes!

Glass panes in the windows of common people's houses. Not common even in the homes of the wealthy/nobility.

Osteen is just another con artist.

I remember reading background material about this film and how physically weak Olivier was from age & illness. You never saw it on screen tho. The scene where Lear carries Cordelia's body? They wanted to "fly" the actress to spare him the exertion. Olivier insisted on actually carrying her and did.

Have you ever seen a movie called Colossus: The Forbin Project? It predates The Terminator by a couple of decades.