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mrmpa's JournalTV and Blu Ray player question..........
I have just bought a new TV (smart TV) so I can access Netflix, hulu, etc. via wi fi. I am in the process of figuring out what blue ray player to buy. Should the blue ray also be wi fi capable or is that just a redundancy?
To 3D TV or not to 3DTV.............
Here's my quandry, I'm going to buy a new TV in a couple of weeks. I'll buy it from Costco. There are two TVs, both the same screen size, smart TV, both the same brand. One is 3D capable the other is not. The 3D is $50 more than the other.
I will be buying a Blue Ray player (currently don't have one). I don't buy a lot of DVD's, I usually record what I want on a DVD.
If the NFL broadcast in 3D, there's no doubt which one I would buy.
Give me some feedback here. How much programming is available in 3D? Is there any 3D programming in the planning stage? Is the extra $50 a waste?
Simple things over the past week have made my 82 year old mother happy..................
Last Sunday, mom & I went to the cemetery to put flowers at my dad's grave. It was the day after what would have been their 62nd wedding anniversary. We place them every February in honor of their anniversary, Valentine's Day & Dad's birthday. He would have been 84 this month.
After the cemetery, we always stop at this deli/local country store. We get the best sandwich ever, it is bavarian ham, gouda, and apple butter. They also have a bakery & I pick up a half dozen cookies. Mom always is a bit sad after the cemetery, so it's a nice day, no snow & we go for a ride to a small town about 4 miles from our home. They have a general store, so I get us a couple hot chocolates & I drive down to their small park, which has a pond. The pond is half covered by ice, but there are plenty of ducks and geese on land, on water and on the ice. For about half an hour, we drank our hot chocolates and watched the fowl. My mom was mesmerized by them.
When we get home, mom says many times how much she enjoyed the day.
Today, mom had to go the lab for blood work (coumadin levels). I needed to go to the mall. I asked her if she would go with me after her blood work and she could sit in the food court and wait for me. She was in agreement. She said she would like a drink like a frappucino while she waited and she could read her book.
When going into the mall parking lot, I remembered that the Barnes & Noble has a Starbucks inside. I told her I would take her inside & get her a seat & her order. She uses a three wheeled walker & her mobility is limited. She asked if anyone would mind, if she sat in there reading her book. I said no, it's a bookstore & they want you to read. Well I dropped her off, got her a frappucino and a biscotti and then left.
I came back about 45 minutes later. She was reading and still drinking. She wasn't ready to go, so I looked around for awhile. When I went back to get her, she said, that this was a wonderful place, and anytime I was going to the mall she would like to tag along.
Several times this evening, she has told me that she had such a wonderful day. And the biscotti was the best she had ever had.
Doctor's office called, she continues with the coumadin she's taking & goes back in a month.
Vibes needed......
Not for me, but a good friend. I used to work with her, she & her husband live nearby & she works very close. Today I stopped at her work place, to give her some home made greek lemon chicken soup. My mom makes it and my friend & her husband love my mom's cooking.
My friend ushered me into her office & said "my second guardian angel in two days." She then hugged me & cried for almost 5 minutes, I have never seen her like this in 15 years.
She then told me what was happening. Her oldest son is bi-polar and lives in San Diego. He has been self medicating with alcohol and his wife has left him (for her safety). He signs himself in & out of hospitals. He has no money, no car, nothing. He's one step away from the streets or jail.
My friend & her husband talk to their daughter-in-law, who gives them updates & the son texts. They don't want to head out to California until there's some semblance of a plan or program,
That's what I need vibes for. Thank you.
As to being the second guardian angel, yesterday a woman we both used to work for showed up. A woman who is a gentle and caring soul.
My 82 year old mother bought too many bananas this week...........
Banana bread is in the oven, 14 minutes till it's done.
Banana cream pie is in the fridge.
3 bananas left, any suggestions?
On edit: P.S. middlefingermom, please be pure of thought. lol
Ass hole tea-baggers...........
On my way home from DC on Friday, I stopped for dinner at a Diner in Breezewood, PA. I sat at the counter, there was one man two stools down from me and two priests about four seats from me on my left. Across the counter was one man and a woman, but not seated together.
The man on my right, said something to the man opposite him about the N word president. The woman across from me told both men to stop the talk, she didn't want to hear it, I chimed in, that I didn't want to hear it either, the priests were silent. The man near me said "you're in a truck stop and we truckers hate the president and government and you (meaning me & the other woman) probably worked for the government." They did stop the talk and I finished my dinner.
As I got up to leave, I looked over at the men and said "every trucker I know at home is a Teamster, and everyone of them voted for the President. And if I went to one of their hang outs & said what you said, I'd be leaving in an ambulance."
My younger brother, A Teamster & shop steward, was supposed to take the trip with me, but they had a lot of trucks coming in to his shop on Friday and didn't want to saddle his co-workers with more work. If he had been with me, he wouldn't have hurt the offending tea-bagger, but he would have made him afraid.
As for the priests, I think I saw them bless themselves a couple of times.
Often there are posts about the f'd up things that cops do.................
but this weekend coming back from DC, I ended up having to stay in central PA. On Saturday I picked up a newspaper,The Gazette Weekend (published continuously since 1805, One of the oldest newspapers in the US) in Bedford PA.
I read in the paper that the Bedford Police Department will drive anyone home from a Super Bowl party who has had too much to drink. All you have to do is call the Police Department and they will pick you up & take you home.
In my opinion, this is cool.
There is about 3000 people who live in Bedford.
In honor of Dear Abby........
House & Senate "chaplains" to speak at right wing event on Inauguration Day
Received this email today. It is beyond the pale, that these chaplains would appear at any event, where the intended audience is right wing, President Obama bashers, and those who don't know the truth.
"The official chaplains of the U.S. House and Senate are supposed to be nonpartisan pastors who offer spiritual support and guidance to our nation's elected leaders.
But on Inauguration Day, they're scheduled to speak at a right-wing event in Washington alongside some of the most hateful and racist figures on the Christian right.
Pat Robertson describes President Obama as a "socialist" with a Muslim "inclination." Joseph Farah runs WorldNetDaily, a conspiracy-theory website that continues to claim Obama was born in Kenya. Jonathan Cahn is a fringe "messianic rabbi" who sees signs of the apocalypse in Obama's speeches and writings.
We've only got a few days to stop House chaplain Patrick J. Conroy and Senate chaplain Barry Black from lending the prestige of their offices to this hateful exploitation of Christian faith.
Tell the House and Senate chaplains: Don't spend inauguration day praying with religious-right extremists."
Thanks!
-- Michael and the whole Faithful America team
Sources:
"WND Birther Farah Back On Inaugural Prayer Breakfast Program," Media Matters, January 16, 2013
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/01/16/wnd-birther-farah-back-on-inaugural-prayer-brea/192269
"Inaugural Prayer Breakfast" website, accessed January 17, 2013
http://www.pipb2013.com/special-guests-speakers.html
"Robertson Says Obama Has A Muslim 'Inclination,'" Right Wing Watch, November 17, 2011
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/robertson-says-obama-has-muslim-inclination
"Robertson: Obama is a Secret Socialist," Right Wing Watch December 13, 2012
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/robertson-obama-secret-socialist
"Obama 'fulfills' Isaiah 9:10 prophecy – again," WorldNetDaily, June 15, 2012
http://www.wnd.com/2012/06/obama-fulfills-isaiah-910-prophecy-again/
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