Topic: READER'S DIGEST (Read 74927 times)

Matt H. · « **Reply #150 on:** March 02, 2007, 01:47:51 PM »

Quote from: bk on March 02, 2007, 01:43:35 PM

Will we never get to page six?

Magic Eight Ball say, "Ask again later."

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #151 on:** March 02, 2007, 01:49:37 PM »

Quote from: Edisaurus on March 02, 2007, 01:26:01 PM

I remember the first time I saw DR Laura on the board, and thought "Doctor Laura is in this group???"

No one ever listens to me, so I don't bother telling folks what to do.

Matt H. · « **Reply #152 on:** March 02, 2007, 01:50:08 PM »

Page Six Goofy Dance!!!

Matt H. · « **Reply #153 on:** March 02, 2007, 01:51:48 PM »

I finished the afternoon by putting BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN into the player and watching the first 15 minutes or so of it again. Its theme has been in my head all morning, so I thought this would be a good time to revisit it. I'll finish it later today before MONK comes on tonight.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #154 on:** March 02, 2007, 01:52:21 PM »

MY DAILY RANT!

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Quote

California Bill Would Give Newborns $500 Savings Accounts
Thursday , March 01, 2007

SACRAMENTO —
Every child born in California would get a $500 savings account to start building a nest egg for college or down payment for a home, under a bipartisan bill introduced Wednesday in the state Senate.

The proposal would cost taxpayers about $285 million a year.

…

Under the bill, every child born in California after Jan. 1, 2008, would receive the money, regardless of their parents' income or immigration status. Recipients would repay the state's initial $500 investment once they turn 18.

The money may be used for three purposes: college or continuing education, a down payment on a home or a retirement account.
...

Let's ignore the NannyStatiitis of the proposal.
Is there no better use for a quarter of a Billion dollars/year of "yet to be found" money:

Pre-Natal care for the uninsured

Pre-K health care for the uninsured

Sufficient Substance Abuse programs

Adequately staffed free-clinics to off-load our Emergency rooms

Properly staffed Children's Services Departments

Sufficient free evening ESL programs

Adequately staffed Library resources (both in school and community)

Is the lack of an adequate nest egg for emerging adults really our most pressing social problem?

der Brucer

Edisaurus · « **Reply #155 on:** March 02, 2007, 01:52:45 PM »

Quote from: DERBRUCER on March 02, 2007, 01:31:06 PM

Edisaurus sponsors a "discussion" with the developer:

Actually, I think my foot would be positioned a little lower..

Ginny · « **Reply #156 on:** March 02, 2007, 01:55:49 PM »

DR Edi - you sound like you're feeling a little better

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #157 on:** March 02, 2007, 02:01:09 PM »

DerBrucer, that's kinda how I feel about the juror pay. I mean, $12 per day is meaningless to me. But when you add it all up for all the jurors every day, it's a lot of money that could be spent somewhere else.

MusicGuy · « **Reply #158 on:** March 02, 2007, 02:07:08 PM »

For DR Ron P.... (and all)... I can't take credit where I didn't earn it; The layout, design, and wiring of the "theatre wall" are my own, but I had the help of 2 friends who are very good at alteration and drywall work.

It was due to their terrific hard work that we got so much done in only 2 partial days.

Jeanne · « **Reply #159 on:** March 02, 2007, 02:22:16 PM »

Quote from: DERBRUCER on March 02, 2007, 12:26:38 PM

Do you have the full 9CD set. I bought the box thinking it would be good to share with the Grandlads, but haven't watched any yet.

der Brucer

I've been renting it from Netflix. I still chuckle at the musical literacy that Leonard Bernstein expects from the munchkins in the audience. I think it'll be wonderful for you Grandlads--and I suspect you'll enjoy it, too. I watch many of the lectures/concerts twice.

I also like the idea of not just exposing kids to serious music, but of really raising the bar. It seems to me that so much has been dumbed down, whereas this clearly was NOT. I think that kids can do a lot more than we often expect.

Let me know, DER BRUCER, what you think of it.

bk · « **Reply #160 on:** March 02, 2007, 02:23:22 PM »

That is the stupidest bill I've ever seen. Hopefully, sane heads will prevail, but worse bills have been passed, so who knows.

Actually, that's not the stupidest bill - elmore and I both know a stupider bill.

bk · « **Reply #161 on:** March 02, 2007, 02:23:45 PM »

Finished the chapter, and in a little while I shall start the next chapter.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #162 on:** March 02, 2007, 02:25:59 PM »

HHW Courtesy Screen Cleaner:

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der Brucer

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #163 on:** March 02, 2007, 02:28:43 PM »

LOL! My screen needed that!

Jeanne · « **Reply #164 on:** March 02, 2007, 02:28:48 PM »

Quote from: DERBRUCER on March 02, 2007, 01:31:06 PM

Edisaurus sponsors a "discussion" with the developer:

der Brucer

Jeanne · « **Reply #165 on:** March 02, 2007, 02:35:01 PM »

Quote from: DERBRUCER on March 02, 2007, 02:25:59 PM

HHW Courtesy Screen Cleaner:

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der Brucer

Ahhhh. I think the kitty is my favorite.

Jeanne · « **Reply #166 on:** March 02, 2007, 02:38:38 PM »

Quote from: DERBRUCER on March 02, 2007, 01:52:21 PM

MY DAILY RANT!

ASSOCIATED PRESSLet's ignore the NannyStatiitis of the proposal.
Is there no better use for a quarter of a Billion dollars/year of "yet to be found" money:

Pre-Natal care for the uninsured

Pre-K health care for the uninsured

Sufficient Substance Abuse programs

Adequately staffed free-clinics to off-load our Emergency rooms

Properly staffed Children's Services Departments

Sufficient free evening ESL programs

Adequately staffed Library resources (both in school and community)

Is the lack of an adequate nest egg for emerging adults really our most pressing social problem?

der Brucer

I'd love to see every child start life with $500 toward education--but not from the state. Maybe this will stress the value of long-term investing. Or is that too much to expect?

Sandra · « **Reply #167 on:** March 02, 2007, 02:38:44 PM »

Quote from: singdaw on March 02, 2007, 12:59:29 PM

I prefer plain ‘ole water to Cherry Coke [sorry, DR Sandra]

Oh well. More for me.

I think this is the first time a new DR has answered that question before I'd even asked it.

Sandra · « **Reply #168 on:** March 02, 2007, 02:40:04 PM »

The cat sprawled out on my arm is very interested in that screen cleaner.

Jeanne · « **Reply #169 on:** March 02, 2007, 02:42:15 PM »

Quote from: DERBRUCER on March 02, 2007, 01:52:21 PM

MY DAILY RANT!

ASSOCIATED PRESSLet's ignore the NannyStatiitis

der Brucer

NannyStatiitis?

I must still be learning DERBRUCER-speak. Do you contribute to BK's Word of the Day?

Jeanne · « **Reply #170 on:** March 02, 2007, 02:43:41 PM »

It sounds like your new novel is coming along quite nicely, BK.

Jeanne · « **Reply #171 on:** March 02, 2007, 02:46:00 PM »

Quote from: DERBRUCER on March 02, 2007, 01:52:21 PM

MY DAILY RANT!

ASSOCIATED PRESSLet's ignore the NannyStatiitis of the proposal.
Is there no better use for a quarter of a Billion dollars/year of "yet to be found" money:

Pre-Natal care for the uninsured

Pre-K health care for the uninsured

Sufficient Substance Abuse programs

Adequately staffed free-clinics to off-load our Emergency rooms

Properly staffed Children's Services Departments

Sufficient free evening ESL programs

Adequately staffed Library resources (both in school and community)

Is the lack of an adequate nest egg for emerging adults really our most pressing social problem?

der Brucer

I quite like your wishlist, Der B. Do you have any proposals for ways to obtain the resources to fund them?

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #172 on:** March 02, 2007, 02:46:10 PM »

Quote from: Jeanne on March 02, 2007, 02:22:16 PM

I also like the idea of not just exposing kids to serious music, but of really raising the bar. It seems to me that so much has been dumbed down, whereas this clearly was NOT. I think that kids can do a lot more than we often expect.

The Lads are already quite willing to sit quietly for a whole show album (or an Elton John collection). They also sit patiently through all the DVDs of Joseph, Little Shop of Horrors, etc. Alex was riveted to the screen the first time he saw the Disney version of Peter and the Wolf (and they sit still with obvious interest for full length musical stage shows). When we play the CDs they first respond to the instrumentation, the lyrics come next. I just wish they could get some close-in viewing of an orchestra playing. In the good old days, the HS orchestras used to visit the lower grades and give small performances. One of the best ways to introduce youngsters to the classics is to have a good narrator that can introduce "programatic" classics and guide their listening. (The Moldau and Pictures at an Exhibition make a good starting point.) Their parents never play music at home or in the car, and insist that the kids wear headphones when they lisiten to their CDs (even at home) so there is never a "community" sharing of the music. Kids are great sponges, but you do have to make an effort to dip them in the water!

der Brucer

Sandra · « **Reply #173 on:** March 02, 2007, 02:46:42 PM »

We all brought our own lunches to school today. Brandon had a sammints and a pudding cup. I told him to eat his sammints before his pudding. (I had to say that because the teacher was there. If it had been MY lunch, you'd better believe I'd have eaten the pudding first.) But instead, he filled up on the chips that Brody shared with him. I said that if he didn't eat his sammints, I would eat his pudding for him. Ashton and Kayla wanted in on this because they didn't have desserts in their lunches. Brandon didn't believe I would actually give his dessert to the girls, so he didn't eat his sammints.

The pudding was delicious. Ashton and Kayla agreed.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #174 on:** March 02, 2007, 02:48:49 PM »

Quote from: Jeanne on March 02, 2007, 02:42:15 PM

NannyStatiitis?

I must still be learning DERBRUCER-speak. Do you contribute to BK's Word of the Day?

How about "Nanny State"-itis?

der Brucer

elmore3003 · « **Reply #175 on:** March 02, 2007, 02:49:56 PM »

Quote from: Sandra on March 02, 2007, 02:38:44 PM

Oh well. More for me.

I think this is the first time a new DR has answered that question before I'd even asked it.

Well, I did warn him, DR Sandra! Another dinner night now: I have to deliver the chart for Joanna Gleason and join the vocal director for dinner. Tonight is a Mexican night! P'raps a margarita?

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #176 on:** March 02, 2007, 02:49:57 PM »

Quote from: Jeanne on March 02, 2007, 02:35:01 PM

Ahhhh. I think the kitty is my favorite.

You may have "one" to steal:

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #177 on:** March 02, 2007, 02:51:49 PM »

Quote from: Sandra on March 02, 2007, 02:46:42 PM

Brandon didn't believe I would actually give his dessert to the girls, so he didn't eat his sammints.

The pudding was delicious. Ashton and Kayla agreed.

Do you have a Broom Hilda costume to wear?

der Brucer

François · « **Reply #178 on:** March 02, 2007, 02:53:55 PM »

Quote from: Edisaurus on March 02, 2007, 01:52:45 PM

Actually, I think my foot would be positioned a little lower..

Excuse my French, but it would take some b*lls to do that!

Matt H. · « **Reply #179 on:** March 02, 2007, 02:55:32 PM »

Those cute, licking animals are priceless!

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