Happy Birthday Richard ideasasopiates

Happy 28th Birthday Jase slavetopassion

For those who knew Simon, mr_spunk, David's animator's beloved husband and partner, I am sorry to tell you that Simon passed away last month after a short illness.

Please keep David, Simon, the boys and all the brothers in your thoughts and prayers.

We are back in Belgium. Actually, we have been back all week.

We had a great time in Florida playing house. We managed to buy some of the furnishings we wanted and placed orders for some of the stuff. When I have the time I might post a run down of the stuff we bought/ordered/received, etc. We're nowhere near done shopping. We have lots of stuff to acquire still.

I did get about half the stuff I want for the kitchen. I bought enough stuff to cook simple meals but will have to order some of the more esoteric gear. Williams-Sonoma and Sur l'table will be happy to see me coming. I want to spend some time here in Europe looking at kitchen gear to see what I can find. And if I get the chance at some point to go to Cordon Blue or Escofier or the like, I want to see what ordering options I might have through them.

So this is it for February - the last day. I won't miss it. I am ready for warmer weather and the start of gardening season. There is nothing I would like more than to go out to the garden to pick a nice ripe, juicy tomato and make a tomato and mayo sandwich. Yum.

I hope everyone has a pleasant Friday and a great weekend.

Current Mood: happy
Current Music: Sirius jazz

YAY!!! The new house is now ours. All we have to do now is pay for it. {{Gulp}}

I thought I would mention that I finished reading Armistead Maupin's book, Michael Tolliver Lives and I enjoyed it immensely. It was wonderful to read again about Mouse, Anna Madrigal, Mary Ann and all of the characters from Barbary Lane made famous in Maupin's six volumes of Tales of the City. While Maupin claims this book is not a continuation of the series, it can be taken that way. Within just a few pages, the reader is transported back to the characters and locations so well-loved from the past. And Maupin provides plenty of backdrop for anyone who might be a bit shaky on the details. However, his latest effort does reflect the times. There is far more graphic sex and language in this latest tome. I don't expect Michael Tolliver Lives will be translated to the small screen for PBS, as happened to the first three books from Tales.

If you never read Tales of the City and the companion books, give them a go. At least rent the videos. And if you are a Michael Mouse fan, pick up Michael Tolliver Lives as well.

Current Mood: Happy. Hey, its Saturday. What's not to like?
Current Music: Billie Holiday - God Bless the Child

7 AM. Time to go to work.

Everyone must have the winter blahs. Very few LJ updates over the last few days.

I feel like doing something special today but I am not sure what that might be. I'll have to think about it on the way to work.

It is just above freezing this morning. 34F/1C. Supposed to hit the mid-40s today. From the sound of it, our weather is much better than back stateside. What did they say? Something like 70 tornadoes! Holy cow. And 50 dead. Kind of unusual for February I think.

I hope Barack and Hillary can pound out their differences. We need all the democrats to be rowing in the same direction. Otherwise, we will face at least four more years of republican tyranny. Heaven forbid.

I bought something today and I learned something today.

I bought Armistead Maupin's latest Tales of the City adventure, Michael Tolliver Lives. I saw him on an interview segment and he said his motivation to write the volume was his realization that with the advent of the HIV/AIDS drug cocktail, there was no reason that Michael "Mouse" shouldn't still be alive. I loved the six volumes of Tales of the City, so I am really looking forward to reading this one. "Mouse" was my favorite character in the series.

I learned something today too. Remember the kids toy Lincoln Logs? I had a big set as a kid and it was one of my favorite toys: I liked it much more that I did my Tinker Toys or Legos. Maybe that was because they were made of real wood. I can still remember how they smelled. What I learned was, who the inventor of Lincoln Logs was - John Lloyd Wright, son of famed architect and inventor Frank Lloyd Wright. For some reason I think that is really neat and it puts a smile on my face.

Now I think I will throw another log on the fire, open a bottle of Burgundy and read about what "Mouse" has been up to for all these years.

Current Mood: happy
Current Music: Mozart

OMG! You gotta see this one. Ganked from lackingquality

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb3mshCWmgA

Happy Birthday Larry larrysphatpage