Thanksgiving is this Thursday and in lieu of the usual Tom Turkey dinner with all the usual fixin's I'm preparing what's become our traditional T'Day dinner. I don't particularly like to cook. Not that I can't, I'm not half bad, I just don't care to do it. But on special holidays I kinda look forward to making a big fancy dinner. Here's what's on the menu for Thursday:

Crab-stuffed mushrooms - early snack

Cilantro Carrot soup - appetizer
Caesar Salad -...

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I've got my Zoooooooom back! The X was in the shop for 2 weeks! As it turns out I didn't need to replace the carb, and the main problem was this little thingie that pokes into another thingie to make it idol when you let off the gas. Not the kind of thing that would pop out on it's own, but had to have been pulled out - ?? There were a few other minor problems but WAY less than I expected. Now it purrrrrrrs! All it needs is a good paint job and that may be in the spring. The gas has been...

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Well, it's over. Finished. Complete. After vicariously living through thousands of years of wars, addiction, politics, power, corruption, greed, love, loss, death and rebirth it's finally over and I'm actually feeling a little sad.

The DUNE Saga has ended.

For those that watched the DUNE TV mini series (and the sequel that followed) and only shrugged your shoulders, I can't blame you. That was a travesty and an insult. Don't judge the DUNE books by that misinterpreted...

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I wouldn't call myself a bird watcher, but I like to have a bird feeder and see how many different birds visit and try to identify them by their songs. There are two bird identification books and binoculars next to the window where the feeder hangs. I enjoy just sitting there observing the "pecking order", figuring out the times they feed the most, and in some cases recognizing and naming the outcasts. Baldy is an outcast sparrow, it's lost almost all the feathers from it's head (either...

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Went to my first Porcupine Tree concert last Tuesday.

My daughter, her boyfriend and I went early to be first in line (general admission) and as we were walking to the building, Richard Barbieri (keyboards) was walking toward us and stopped, pointed to my daughter and said, "Hey, I recognize you". She's never been to a Porcupine Tree concert, but does have a website for Richard's former band "Japan". She was star-struck and slack jawed. When she finally snapped...

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