Jen’s Corner

My world got a little darker today.
I turn on the car radio on my way into work, and am confronted with the horrifying fact that someone made a cover of Professor Dumbledore Richard Harris' MacArthur Park.
I have no words - merely an inarticulate scream of horror and despair.

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Damn, but can cook a turkey!
He's in charge of cooking the turkey, making gravy, and making the bread. (Ok, so we cheat and use a bread maker)
I'm in charge of the mashed potatoes, green bean casserole (la la la la I can't hear you, it's good stuff la la la), and carving the [...]

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The menu for tomorrow:
Turkey
Homemade Gravy
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Green Bean Casserole (hey, I love the stuff)
Cranberry sauce (the canned jelled stuff, because that's what likes. Bleh - it's all his.
Homemade Bread - either honey white, or beer bread w/ guinness or fat tire - undecided as yet.
Ice Cream for dessert.
The plan for tomorrow (other than [...]

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Off work for a nice long weekend (more about that later), I just played an hour's worth of .hack, and I've also discovered that I like Guinness beer.
Wow.
Great start to the holiday!

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I just joined Netflix! So, add me to your netflix friends list!
jenbooks. gmail.

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No wonder I'm cold!

It is time for warm fuzzy socks and a warm fuzzy man. You may hear the shriek when I first get my feet warmed up.

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The in-laws sent us some pictures of when he was but a lad. This prompted me to see if my scanner still works. <chuckles evilly> It does, however Mac OSX doesn't like it. Apparently, HP doesn't have drivers for my model - guess it's too old. It works just [...]

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Well. So much for resolutions.
I'm starting my 63rd book this evening; last year about this time I was at 116. I noticed I re-read more than I thought I had too. Hmm. I've got a lot of ruts to break out of next year.
So, here's the list so far:

002. Thuvia, Maid [...]

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Today, we picked up Charlie & the Chocolate Factory. I love the 1971 Willy Wonka, but this version of it is fantastic. So true to the book, as well.
Item the first: Jake loves to chase squirrels in the back yard. Never even comes close to them, and always overshoots the tree [...]

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So I just woke up from an odd dream. I dreamed was teaching me to throw hand grenades at a dixie cup1. Then I was reading his journal entry about giving a facelift to a local octogenarian, but I woke up before I could click the link.
1Well, it was a large dixie [...]

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Thought I'd dust off the LJ posting client for a moment to say that Batman Begins is a seriously fucking awesome movie. And Episode III sucked, but in an ooh shiny kinda way.
More news soon.

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