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Three favorite Newbery winners? I could do 103

Sat, 16 May 2009 01:24:01 GMT

There's a student doing a project on people's favorite three Newbery winners (winner or honor).

Post your answers to
http://community.livejournal.com/athanarel/278867.html

You can find all of them at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newbery_Medal#Newbery_recipients

I knocked it down to 103 but then it gets harder

Stars are my second pass through (edited to correct slightly)

Here's my 103
2006 Hale,Shannon Shannon Hale Princess Academy Honor
2001 DiCamillo,Kate Kate DiCamillo Because of Winn-Dixie Honor
1999 Sachar,Louis Louis Sachar Holes Winner
1998 Levine,Gail Carson Gail Carson Levine Ella Enchanted Honor
1997 Konigsburg,E. L. E. L. Konigsburg View from Saturday,The The View from Saturday Winner
*1997 Turner, Megan Whalen Megan Whalen Turner Thief,The The Thief Honor
1996 Cushman,Karen Karen Cushman Midwife's Apprentice,The The Midwife's Apprentice Winner
1995 Cushman,Karen Karen Cushman Catherine, Called Birdy Honor
1994 Lowry,Lois Lois Lowry Giver,The The Giver Winner
1994 Yep,Laurence Laurence Yep Dragon's Gate Honor
1991 Avi True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle,The The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Honor
1990 Lowry,Lois Lois Lowry Number the Stars Winner
1986 MacLachlan,Patricia Patricia MacLachlan Sarah, Plain and Tall Winner
*1985 McKinley,Robin Robin McKinley Hero and the Crown,The The Hero and the Crown Winner
1984 Lasky,Kathryn Kathryn Lasky Sugaring Time Honor
1982 Willard,Nancy Nancy Willard Visit to William Blake's Inn,A A Visit to William Blake's Inn Winner
1982 Cleary,Beverly Beverly Cleary Ramona Quimby, Age 8 Honor
*1982 McKinley,Robin Robin McKinley Blue Sword,The The Blue Sword Honor
1981 Paterson,Katherine Katherine Paterson Jacob Have I Loved Winner
*1981 Langton,Jane Jane Langton Fledgling,The The Fledgling Honor
1981 LEngle,Madeleine Madeleine L'Engle Ring of Endless Light,A A Ring of Endless Light Honor
1979 Raskin,Ellen Ellen Raskin Westing Game,The The Westing Game Winner
1978 Paterson,Katherine Katherine Paterson Bridge to Terabithia Winner
year Cleary,Beverly Beverly Cleary Ramona and Her Father Honor
1977 Taylor,Mildred Mildred Taylor Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Winner
1976 Cooper,Susan Susan Cooper Grey King,The The Grey King Winner
1976 Yep,Laurence Laurence Yep Dragonwings Honor
*1975 Pope,Elizabeth Marier Elizabeth Marie Pope Perilous Gard,The The Perilous Gard Honor
1974 Fox,Paula Paula Fox Slave Dancer,The The Slave Dancer Winner
*1974 Cooper,Susan Susan Cooper Dark Is Rising,The The Dark Is Rising Honor
1973 George,Jean Craighead Jean Craighead George Julie of the Wolves Winner
1973 Lobel,Arnold Arnold Lobel Frog and Toad Together Honor
1973 Snyder,Zilpha Keatley Zilpha Keatley Snyder Witches of Worm,The The Witches of Worm Honor
1972 O'Brien,Robert C. Robert C. O'Brien Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Winner
*1972 Le Guin,Ursula K. Ursula K. Le Guin Tombs of Atuan,The The Tombs of Atuan Honor
*1971 Engdahl,Sylvia Sylvia Engdahl Enchantress From the Stars Honor
1969 Alexander,Lloyd Lloyd Alexander High King,The The High King Winner
*1968 Konigsburg,E. L. E. L. Konigsburg From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Winner
1968 Konigsburg,EL E. L. Konigsburg Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth Honor
1968 Snyder,Zilpha Keatley Zilpha Keatley Snyder Egypt Game,The The Egypt Game Honor
1967 Hunt,Irene Irene Hunt Up a Road Slowly Winner
1966 Trevino,Elizabeth Borton de Elizabeth Borton de Treviño I, Juan de Pareja Winner
*1966 Alexander,Lloyd Lloyd Alexander Black Cauldron,The The Black Cauldron Honor
1966 Stolz,Mary Mary Stolz Noonday Friends,The The Noonday Friends Honor
1965 Hunt,Irene Irene Hunt Across Five Aprils Honor
*1964 Neville,Emily Cheney Emily Cheney Neville It's Like This, Cat Winner
*1963 L'Engle,Madeleine Madeleine L'Engle Wrinkle in Time,A A Wrinkle in Time Winner
1962 Speare,Elizabeth George Elizabeth George Speare Bronze Bow,The The Bronze Bow Winner
1961 O'Dell,Scott Scott O'Dell Island of the Blue Dolphins Winner
1961 Selden,George George Selden Cricket in Times Square,The The Cricket in Times Square Honor
1960 George,Jean Craighead Jean Craighead George My Side of the Mountain Honor
*1960 Kendall,Carol Carol Kendall Gammage Cup,The The Gammage Cup Honor
1959 Speare,Elizabeth George Elizabeth George Speare Witch of Blackbird Pond,The The Witch of Blackbird Pond Winner
1959 DeJong,Meindert Meindert DeJong Along Came A Dog Honor
1958 Enright,Elizabeth Elizabeth Enright Gone-Away Lake Honor
1958 Gurko,Leo Leo Gurko Tom Paine, Freedom's Apostle Honor
1957 Sorensen,Virginia Virginia Sorensen Miracles on Maple Hill Winner
1957 DeJong,Meindert Meindert DeJong House of Sixty Fathers,The The House of Sixty Fathers Honor
1957 Judson,Clara Ingram Clara Ingram Judson Mr. Justice Holmes Honor
1956 Latham,Jean Lee Jean Lee Latham Carry On, Mr. Bowditch Winner
1956 Shippen,Katherine Katherine Shippen Men, Microscopes, and Living Things Honor
1955 DeJong,Meindert Meindert DeJong Wheel on the School,The The Wheel on the School Winner
1955 Dalgliesh,Alice Alice Dalgliesh Courage of Sarah Noble Honor
1954 Krumgold,Joseph Joseph Krumgold And Now Miguel ...And Now Miguel Winner
*1953 White,E. B. E. B. White Charlotte's Web Honor
1952 Estes,Eleanor Eleanor Estes Ginger Pye Winner
1952 Baity,Elizabeth Elizabeth Baity Americans Before Columbus Honor
1951 Hunt,Mabel Leigh Mabel Leigh Hunt Better Known as Johnny Appleseed Honor
1951 Easton,Jeanette Jeanette Eaton Gandhi, Fighter Without a Sword Honor
*1950 Angeli,Marguerite de Marguerite de Angeli Door in the Wall The Door in the Wall Winner
*1949 Henry,Marguerite Marguerite Henry King of the Wind Winner
1949 Holling,Holling C. Holling C. Holling Seabird Honor
*1949 Gannett,Ruth S. Ruth S. Gannett My Father's Dragon Honor
1948 Pene du Bois,William William Pène du Bois Twenty-One Balloons,The The Twenty-One Balloons Winner
1948 Henry,Marguerite Marguerite Henry Misty of Chincoteague Honor
1947 Bailey,Carolyn Sherwin Carolyn Sherwin Bailey Miss Hickory Winner
*1947 Fisher,Cyrus Cyrus Fisher Avion My Uncle Flew,The The Avion My Uncle Flew Honor
1946 Lenski,Lois Lois Lenski Strawberry Girl Winner
*1946 Henry,Marguerite Marguerite Henry Justin Morgan Had a Horse Honor
1945 Lawson,Robert Robert Lawson Rabbit Hill Winner
1945 Estes,Eleanor Eleanor Estes Hundred Dresses,The The Hundred Dresses Honor
*1945 Dalgliesh,Alice Alice Dalgliesh Silver Pencil,The The Silver Pencil Honor
1944 Wilder,Laura Ingalls Laura Ingalls Wilder These Happy Golden Years Honor
1944 Estes,Eleanor Eleanor Estes Rufus M. Honor
1943 Eleanor,Estes Eleanor Estes Middle Moffat,The The Middle Moffat Honor
1943 Hunt,MabelLeigh Mabel Leigh Hunt Have You Seen Tom Thumb? Honor
1942 Edmonds,Walter D. Walter D. Edmonds Matchlock Gun,The The Matchlock Gun Winner
*1942 Wilder,Laura Ingalls Laura Ingalls Wilder Little Town on the Prairie Honor
1941 Sperry,Armstrong Armstrong Sperry Call It Courage Winner
1941 Gates,Doris Doris Gates Blue Willow Honor
1941 Wilder,Laura Ingalls Laura Ingalls Wilder Long Winter,The The Long Winter Honor
1940 Wilder,Laura Ingalls Laura Ingalls Wilder By the Shores of Silver Lake Honor
1939 Enright,Elizabeth Elizabeth Enright Thimble Summer Winner
1939 Atwater,Richard&Florence Richard & Florence Atwater Mr. Popper's Penguins Honor
1938 Seredy,Kate Kate Seredy White Stag,The The White Stag Winner
1938 Wilder,Laura Ingalls Laura Ingalls Wilder On the Banks of Plum Creek Honor
1937 Sawyer,Ruth Ruth Sawyer Roller Skates Winner
1934 Meigs,Cornelia Cornelia Meigs Invincible Louisa Winner
*1934 Snedeker,Caroline Caroline Snedeker Forgotten Daughter,The The Forgotten Daughter Honor
1934 Berry,Erik Erik Berry Winged Girl of Knossos Honor
1933 Lewis,Elizabeth Foreman Elizabeth Foreman Lewis Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze Winner
1931 Coatsworth,Elizabeth Elizabeth Coatsworth Cat Who Went to Heaven,The The Cat Who Went to Heaven Winner
*1930 Field,Rachel Rachel Field Hitty, Her First Hundred Years Winner
1930 McNeely,Marion Hurd Marion Hurd McNeely Jumping-Off Place Honor
1929 Kelly,Eric P. Eric P. Kelly Trumperter of Krakow The Trumpeter of Krakow Winner
1929 Bennett,John John Bennett Pigtail of Ah Lee Ben Loo Honor
1929 Gag,Wanda Wanda Gág Millions of Cats Honor
1923 Lofting,Hugh Hugh Lofting Voyages of Doctor Dolittle,The The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle Winner

Bulls

Sun, 03 May 2009 01:19:01 GMT

Ok, after a good start, the Bulls have gone ice cold as of halftime. One hopes the coach or someone can provide some support so they can regain their composure.

Back from church

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:55:19 GMT

Back from church. Today was lay led - the Humanist group. So it was "What sort of humanist are you?" Three personal essay type things. But this visitor (second time) got up at the end during joys and sorrows (it was sorrows today) and said something to the effect of that she had hoped this was a place for her because other places weren't. But this didn't sound like her and it was a sorrow.

(She was gently swarmed on after the service and one of the three presenters said in the joys and sorrows that his journey wasn't anyone elses and shouldn't be.)

But my spouse took specific issue with another (old line "no supernaturalism" cranky humanist) presenter's claim that all UUs are humanists, who said that a former interim had said that.

It being an even numbered day, *I* don't necessarily think of myself as a humanist. Especially if someone tries to tell me I am. (My spouse was rather firmer on the subject of not considering himself a humanist.)

In general I do say that I consider myself a religious humanist on odd numbered days; a deist on even numbered days with a women's spirituality informing that; culturally pagan on soltices, equinoxes, and cross quarter days; spiritually someone who is interested in the teachings of the Rabbi Jesus; and culturally Christian because the celebrations are part of the larger community.

But I was annoyed.

Although some of the presenters were very careful to say that this was about what they believed as individuals, at least one wasn't.

DOJ opinions released

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:09:25 GMT

The DOJ opinions on various forms of interrogation have just been released.
Interesting.
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/politics/20090416_memos.pdf

Oh, and the DOJ press release
http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2009/April/09-ag-356.html

What's Your Personality Type?

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 05:47:01 GMT

Yup. I'm an ISTP. Never much doubt about it. I can impersonate an E for limited periods of time, but I'm not one.

You Are An ISTP

The Mechanic

You are calm and collected, even in the most difficult of situations.
A person of action and self-direction, you love being independent.
You seem impulsive, surprising, and unpredictable to outsiders.
You are good at understanding how all things work, except for people.

In love, you tend to be very easy going and flexible.
The only thing you can't stand for is someone trying to change you or your life.

At work, you can stay completely calm under pressure. You handle stress well.
You would make an excellent pilot, forensic pathologist, or athlete.

How you see yourself: Logical, flexible, and unconventional

When other people don't get you, they see you as: Indecisive, flippant, and disrespectful

What's Your Personality Type?

Writer's Block: Table for One

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:18:54 GMT

Do you ever go out to dinner (at a sit-down restaurant) by yourself?

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Of course. Obviously if I'm on travel for work but sure.

Since I'm married, it's mostly with spouse, but if spouse is unavailable or involved in something, I'm likely to go out.

Not tagged by

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 01:06:45 GMT

Ok, I didn't get tagged by kristine_smith on this but I couldn't resist it when it this was the photo that came up.

The meme is:
1.Go to the 4th folder in your computer where you store your pictures.
2.Pick the 4th picture in that folder.
3.Explain the picture.
4.Tag 4 people to do the same.

I don't like tagging people so I'll let people tag themselves, but this is from a folder called family photo mysteries.

All of them would be interesting but this one drives me wild.

This photograph, in an ivory frame, lived on my grandfather's dresser, along with a lot of others. But I don't know who this woman is or WHY he kept his photograph on his dresser.

I've tried Russell, Roles, Mershon, Matthews, Dey

The handwriting on the back already said:
February 1872
my dear mother
born Oct 3rd 1821
died December 5th 1891
She was married April 16th 1838
This picture taken Februrary 1872
The company name across the bottom is the middle of something _REDRIC_

the pencil notes are mine and note that she may be from Annie Jeanneau's family (who were related to my grandfather's Matthews family) but that is absolutely a guess

My grandfather was Louis Serle Dederick born May 8, 1883, in Chicago. This can't be his mother (too old) and his grandmothers were
Ann Matthews Russell (born 1816)
and Catherine Sarah Dey (born 1830) died 1865
So it's not either of them.

Some of the others were photographs that had been his wife's.
His wife's grandmothers were born in 1816 and 1831.

I have other mystery photos - my mother's family took and kept photos - and some of them are utter mysteries.

Obama is keeping his Blackberry

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:28:24 GMT

For limited use!!!

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iw25dERohJoJUYwISzNoOsSd1VCwD95SCQK80

with the assumption that it is subject to the Presidential Records Act.

I can't tell you how happy this makes me - the underlying message is that he is willing to stand by whatever it is he says on via that mechanism, if necessary. That what he says in private communication he is willing to stand by if it is necessary for it to become public.

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 03:16:17 GMT

We left our hero and heroine with a plumber having fixed the leaks, enjoying the wilds of Kentucky.

Sunday, we went to the UU church in Hopkinsville. Nice open forum - guided topic was biases and how we identify them in ourselves.

I do like that group. Small & quirky.

Went back to hotel, watched games and hung out.

Monday we planned to go out to the farm for a last visit and take off around noon.

Not.

The frozen fields my husband had been driving around on for the past few days were less frozen. It was only 28 and there was new snow, but that was deceptive.

The Prius got mired up to the chassis. We'd get a little ways, but couldn't get back to the gravelled part. After attempting to work our way out, walked to a neighbor who pulled us out with his tractor- but the tires were low and the Fixaflat was frozen. It just let out what little air was left. Another neighbor took us to a third neighbor who
had a pump. That was brought in a truck. Met Tracy and Dave - Dave is the minister at the Shiloh Baptist Church, our neighbor on one side who we did not know. (Larry, who pulled us out we do know. I believe Ben is related to his wife. But that sort of goes without saying down there.)

Got on the road around four - and the car was vibrating badly between 45 and 80, which seemed a perilous way to make a 500 mile trip. Stopped in Madisonville at the Toyota dealer who demudded the car - and only looked at us slightly strangely - oh and no charge. So we left Madisonville at 5:25pm. A little behind schedule.

Ben looked longingly at a hybrid Highlander while we were in the dealers, but they had a VERY high opinion of it.

Got home a little before two. AM. Did not go to work - Ben was already coming down with a cough and got no sleep. (didn't help my sleep either.) Remainder of the day was spent dealing with the aftermath of the broken pipe from when we were gone. Mostly was the builtin floor to ceiling cabinets where table linens and such are stored. Still was a lot of pitching and sorting and so on.

All the drawers are out of the three builtins in the butler's pantry and the doors are open, and fans are running.

ugh.

The area where the pipes broke was over the butler's pantry area, and under the computer room, which is a former bathroom that was converted into a kitchen while the house was split into apartments. The pipes were in an area that backs up to the "atticish" type thing that is over the main current kitchen, which was completely closed off. There is now a hole in the wall under the computer room desk.

We had a nice time, up until the getting stuck in the mud part.

Oh, and I made a genealogical breakthrough on Ben's line, or rather confirmed one - before all hell broke loose and I was arranging plumbers at the library.

Rhoda Lacy was the wife of Edward Edwards. Keep that thought.

Ok, going out of town is cursed.

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:44:52 GMT

Over New Year's we went to Minneapolis. Our son was at home, in the house pictured above.

The gas company turned off the gas. Nothing we did, the gas company screwed up - it got a call from the landlord at a similar address in an adjacent town (same street number, similar but not identical street name, similar but not identical town name) that there was a slow leak and the gas needed to be turned off. They turned off our gas instead.

Three weeks later we go to Kentucky. Our son calls. As the house thaws out from the deep freeze the area was in, it turns out there were broken pipes (8 leaks in all). Over $700 later paid to an emergency plumber, that is taken care of. That was today.

Our son is feeling persecuted by the house. Getting to the water shutoff is somewhat of an adventure without a flashlight, which had gotten left in the garage after snowblowing. On the way to the shutoff, he tripped on a can of paint that came open.

We'll see how bad the damage is when we get home Monday. It's probably in pipes that are to areas that aren't in active use.

What a day.

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:08:41 GMT

My morning train was delayed by more than 2 hours due to a report of a gun...

I just missed the train in question by about 30 seconds, but I was on
the train behind it, that was delayed for over 2 hours.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-lisle-metra-train-15jan15,0,864864.story

And I was scheduled to meet with my REALLY, REALLY, REALLY big boss at 10:30, to do outprocessing - someone else in my team went up and I got there about 15 minutes late. She was very gracious.

The second highest really big boss, I gather was among those on the train, and may have even been among those who were searched...

Our line couldn't get a break - the same commuters in the afternoon
were looking at long delays.
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/01/amtrak-derailment-halts-3-metra-lines.html

Fortunately, I was going to a hockey game, and was able to take
another train line entirely, although I went to Union Station first before developing an alternate plan.

The crowd was very hostile.

In better news, the Wolves won in overtime, in a shootout, breaking a nine game losing streak.

Writer's Block: Comfort Food

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:39:12 GMT

When times are tough or you're feeling down, what's the one food you can count on to make you feel better?

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Rice with home made chicken gravy.

Merry Christmas

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:29:11 GMT

The tree is up (well it's been up with garlands and lights since Sunday) but it has ornaments as well now. A small tree, just a shred over ten feet. The front hall of our house (in the user icon) has an open staircase that makes a turn so the hall is two stories - with ten foot ceilings, we have sometimes had really tall trees.

I have never really accustomed myself to trees going up early - to me a Christmas tree goes up on Christmas Eve, and comes down on Epiphany.

All the presents are wrapped, even most all the ones that are going to Minnesota next week. It is a Christmas of comparatively less excess, but that's only comparative. There's still a bunch of stuff under the tree.

I did the last of my shopping this morning - I was at the Louis Joliet mall a little before eight, and out at 11:30, just as it started to get crazy. A quick stop at a Barnes and Noble after picking up B from work and we were done.

Getting in and out of the parking area and the alley was a bit of an adventure. The good news was that the city had plowed the alley. The bad news was that the city had plowed the alley and plowed us in. On the way out Ben got stuck, on the way in, I got stuck. B. extracted us in the morning, with a shovel and cat litter, and we got some help from two young men from next door on the way back in.

On the way in, it was clear that the Prius's clearance is low enough that with the extra snow from the alley, that it was just completely up on the snow. The last two winters have been mild enough mostly that between a 24 year old son and shovels, B hadn't gotten out the snowblower, but it looks like this winter will require it. So it was extracted, and would start with ether, but not stay running. It was drained of the old gas, and new gas acquired, and some time over the next four days Ben figures he'll get it running again. The only other issue will be that this is very wet snow.

I'm also happy to say that all the wrapping paper is back in the storage containers, plus I went through the gift boxes and disposed of a lot of mismatched ones, ratty ones, etc. (We reuse shirt/robe/etc boxes year to year - the backs of them say things like J 2001, K 2002, B 2003, L 2004, J 2005, etc, but some of them were really not worth keeping, since we are past the "wrap underwear and socks" for abundance stage.)

Christmas brings memories. I remember that when I was small (6, 7, 8) there was always a tremendous amount of stuff under the tree and to open, and when I was 10 and my parents had more money, I had some sense of loss, because my mother hadn't carefully set aside necessities to wrap and put under the tree. So all of the presents were really "presents." Fortunately I was old enough and smart enough to understand and not say anything until years later when it could be an amusing story.

And that Christmas had a gift that I still remember the wonder of opening. We had been shopping for a winter coat, and there was a blue and white tapestry hooded parka, that was something like three times as much as any of the other coats. I knew it didn't make sense, and only mooned over it a little before we walked away, with my mother saying we'd shop some more, and find something nice, especially since my current coat would do for a while yet.

It was under the tree, and I remember it still.

May you all have the joy of giving, for that is what the joy of exchanging gifts should be.

I guess he can't really take the Metra electric anymore

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:01:51 GMT

So, I left work a few minutes early, and might have just made the 5:26 train. Except someone else was leaving the office too.

As I'm coming out of the building, I see blue lights and there are police cars everywhere (which there have been this week and last week.) Both Chicago police and Federal Protective Service cars have been around since the Obama transition office moved in (I didn't even realize that FPS had that many cars.) It's across the street and up about 27 floors from my office. I used to work in that building. I'm kind of glad I don't right now, I bet security is fierce.

Jackson and Clark (both one way) are blocked off, Clark one block north at Adams, so that no traffic can come by where the parking exit is for the Kluczynski Building.  It's on Clark. My office in the Metcalfe building is across Jackson..  (Part of becoming a Chicago resident is that you learn to spell names like Kluczynski.)

Jackson is blocked at Clark so that traffic can't cross Clark, blocked by a parked police car. And the Chicago police, in the checked caps, aren't letting pedestrians cross at all. It was kind of funny, because there's heavy pedestrian traffic and people kept arriving and glancing around and starting to cross and the police officers kept shooing them back.     Chicago pedestrians don't pay a lot of attention to cops or lights normally. If they aren't in immediate danger of being run over, they cross. (And sometimes there's a pretty flexible definition of immediate.)

There was some grumbling and some Type A types took off to the south to be able to go around (north was a non-starter, because you'd have had to go back and around, adding up to quite a hike.

One bicycle going the wrong way crossed at fairly high speed on Jackson, and one of the officers yelled after him and then said something into a radio - I can't help wondering what the result was.

After a couple of minutes two of the police cars with lights on just north of the building suddenly moved out and five (?) SUVs came out of the garage at a pretty good clip followed by some more police and off they went.

So there wasn't really anything to see, but people kind of cheered and waved anyway, on the principle that Obama was in one of the SUVs...

There was some grumbling, fairly goodnatured.  A couple of people had already been caught by this coming or going before, and were saying that he was leaving early tonight....   I did miss the 5:26, but I made the 5:49. If I was pressed for time, or if it happened a lot it might get irritating.

I'm not sure why I'm pleased, it was mostly just a pleasant "That's the President-elect's car I saw, I guess."

Oh, yes - and for the record

SQUEEE!!!!

Ow.

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:16:17 GMT

I now have one fewer wisdom teeth than I did.

Last week my dentist Mary tried to fill the cavity in my top left wisdom tooth. All my wisdom teeth came in when I was in my late 20s and were just regular teeth - except this one, which was slightly crooked and hard to keep clean. It had a huge cavity and after trying to get it so it could be filled my dentist wanted it gone. (I haven't had that many cavities - maybe six or seven - ever.) Although I've always had the impression that she thinks a better organized world would not have wisdom teeth in it.

This she drilled and drilled and then pronouced it toast. And apparently no one in their right mind ever does anything more agressive to preserve wisdom teeth.

Oral surgeon was good, talked through issues etc. The actual procedure took less than a minute, although I was there almost two hours. Paperwork, xray, discussion of my medical history, discussion with the dentist of the procedure and risks. About 15 minutes of recovery time making sure I wasn't bleeding.

I think they may have let me go sooner because I had Ben drive me even though I wasn't planning on anything but a local.

The fact that I'd had a bad reaction to the epinepherin, meant an extra stick with the anesthetic , which wasn't fun, but the actual procedure was just some pushing and it was done.

I'm currently feeling no pain, courtesy of our friend Vicodin. I took it at noon, and slept most of the afternoon. I just took another having had some macaroni and a peanut butter sandwich. I could just feel the pain sort of waiting in the wings before I took the second dose. Overall, Dr. C said that this will probably be less painful than the week I've had, because when he takes out the tooth, the nerve comes with it.

Only other issue I had was that I didn't realize they were letting children be "oral maxillary surgeons" these days.

Honest to god, he looked like he might be college age...

I don't post much, but this is worth posting.

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:54:30 GMT

Copy this sentence into your livejournal if you're in a heterosexual marriage, and you don't want it "protected" by the bigots who think that gay marriage hurts it somehow.

Technology and privilege

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:22:26 GMT

I realized this morning that it makes a difference if you use computers routinely for things.

I've been needing to get some blood drawn for some periodic monitoring (I'm supposed to do it more often than I do.) I tend to put it off because on any given Saturday the thought of sitting around at the Quest Diagnostics and waiting and waiting on an empty stomach does not appeal. It can take an hour on Saturdays with a waiting room full of small children. Last night, just before I went to bed, I remembered a sign that they had posted at that location that they had online appointments. So a little after midnight, I thought "I should do that."

They had a 10:20 slot, I made the appointment, showed up at 10:20, along with the person who had a 10:30 slot. I was in and out in about 12 minutes. Past a waiting room full of people. There was a gentleman ahead of both of us who had the 10:10 slot who was coming out as we signed in.

The thing that made me think of this as privilege was people in the waiting room, who appeared to be from the walk ins on the waiting list. It's a single waiting list and there were people who had been there for at least half an hour that I walked right past because I had an appointment, made at after midnight the night before. Mostly young, several with family members with them, including several young children. Hispanic and one older black woman.

And the three of us who had made on-line appointments and walked in and out? Middle aged and presenting as white.

I'm not drawing either deep meaning or guilt from this, but I did notice.

Testing

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:58:37 GMT

Testing LJ cut for practice

this is a test edited a second time

Ok - I'll bite - (or not)

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:34:05 GMT

1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment here at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters (it's on The List, tho)
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects (I ate a chocolate covered ant once, but I don't know if that counts.)
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
~~46. Fugu~~
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal (I don't like lettuce, pickle, etc)
56. Spaetzle (yesterday)
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake (all of them - and when they are good they are the food of the gods.)
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie (apple or lemon)
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare (rabbit, but not hare)
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

UU church shooting in Knoxville

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:21:24 GMT

There's been a shooting at a UU church in Knoxville - at least seven to the hospital, reports of one death.

I can't think about this

"Keen enjoyment"

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:04:49 GMT

"Hide, witch hide!
The good folk come to burn thee.
Their keen enjoyment hid behind
The gothic mask of duty."

Principles or friends. I wish it was a false dichotomy, but I'm going to pick friends, if I'm being made to pick.

Writer's Block: Choose a Power

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:17:10 GMT

If you could have the power to fly, be invisible, or teleport anywhere, which would you choose?

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Teleport - invisible - why would I want to?

Flying is mildly tempting and I enjoy doing it in the virtual reality world of Second Life, but even that experience versus the teleport experience in Second Life makes me say teleport.

Wolves Win Calder Cup

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:23:40 GMT

5-2 over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.

Whee! It was an excellent game.

I have confetti in my hair... but I managed to dodge most of the silly string.

I am opposed to capital punishment.

Tue, 13 May 2008 01:36:10 GMT

Also torture. I really am. So I suppose I need to find something else horrendous to think about doing to spammers who use my email address for a joe job.

Regular ISP's spam filter is catching a lot of it and after I killfile everything from daemon or postmaster - about 400 more an hour, I only have to hand kill about another 300. But it is very very annoying.

Librarything's list of books tagged "unread"

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:45:13 GMT

Bold I've read, Underlined were read for school, (a long time ago) Italics were started but not finished.

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Anna Karenina
Crime and Punishment
Catch-22
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Wuthering Heights
The Silmarillion
Life of Pi : a novel
The Name of the Rose
Don Quixote
Moby Dick
Ulysses
Madame Bovary
The Odyssey
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Eyre
The Tale of Two Cities
The Brothers Karamazov
Guns, Germs, and Steel
War and Peace
Vanity Fair
The Time Traveler’s Wife
The Iliad
Emma
The Blind Assassin
The Kite Runner
Mrs. Dalloway
Great Expectations
American Gods
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Atlas Shrugged
Reading Lolita in Tehran : a memoir in books
Memoirs of a Geisha
Middlesex
Quicksilver
Wicked : the life and times of the wicked witch of the West
The Canterbury Tales
The Historian : a novel
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Love in the Time of Cholera
Brave New World
The Fountainhead
Foucault’s Pendulum
Middlemarch
Frankenstein
The Count of Monte Cristo
Dracula
A Clockwork Orange
Anansi Boys
The Once and Future King
The Grapes of Wrath
The Poisonwood Bible : a novel
1984
Angels & Demons
The Inferno (and Purgatory and Paradise)
The Satanic Verses
Sense and Sensibility
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Mansfield Park
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
To the Lighthouse
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Oliver Twist
Gulliver’s Travels
Les Misérables
The Corrections
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Dune
The Prince
The Sound and the Fury
Angela’s Ashes : a memoir
The God of Small Things
A People’s History of the United States : 1492-present
Cryptonomicon
Neverwhere
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Dubliners
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Beloved
Slaughterhouse-five
The Scarlet Letter
Eats, Shoots & Leaves
The Mists of Avalon
Oryx and Crake : a novel
Collapse : how societies choose to fail or succeed
Cloud Atlas
The Confusion
Lolita
Persuasion
Northanger Abbey
The Catcher in the Rye
On the Road
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance : an inquiry into values
The Aeneid
Watership Down
Gravity’s Rainbow
The Hobbit
In Cold Blood : a true account of a multiple murder and its consequences
White Teeth
Treasure Island
David Copperfield
The Three Musketeers