GOOD DAY (29)

Thanks Shirley, we can always count on you to keep us informed! 

Aw shucks James! Thank you! Hope you are well. I'm sorry to say I never was that attracted to Dean Martin. I was more attracted to Jerry Lewis! LOL

Hi Vince! I will do both! Thanks so much for thinking of us. Should have seen my daughter when the earthquake hit last week. She was so excited as it was the first one she had experienced. 

Pleasant dreams James! Sleep well!  

Stom should be centered around where Cathy is at right now...latest update...storm cnetered over Washington D. C...tornado warning to the east of that..near Georgetown.and the heavy rain bands are going between Philadelphia and New York City right now...8 deaths...1.4 million people without power in the area...another tornado in Delaware took out 15 homes...most the damage is trees uprooted and this 14 inches of rain the storm is carrying along it's path....even on level streets the drains can't drain it fast enough. George Washington Bridge closed and I think they said the Chesapeake bridge also...not sure on the last one. Tonight will be one long night for Cathy and Krissy and Marjorie and tomarrow for Diana. Pictures are starting ot come out of NOrth Carolina and Virginia on damage. It's down ot 80 MPH winds now. As said before all tranist systems in New York and all airports are closed pretty much along the east coast. Curfews have ben placed during the evenings also...they want people Inside.Watch the weather channel I guess. Talk later on.

Hi everyone,  I do hope you are all safe and well Krissy, Cathy, Diana, Shirley and Rita (and any other members we haven't heard from lately).  I am so sorry to hear that there have been deaths and now extra weather concerns like floods and tornados!  Hope to hear from you all soon, when power is restored for those of you that have lost it!!

For everyone else, I hope the weather is fine for you and that you are having a good weekend!

I hope that Krissy, Cathy, Diana, Shirley and Rita are all safe and well, too! My son and daughter-in-law are in Boston today, right in the path of Irene. They have been moving our step-grandson Daniel into his dorm at MIT this weekend along with hundreds of other parents. Right now, they are essentially trapped there--what a mess! Looks like we'll be keeping our granddaughter Eva Lucia for a day or two longer, though, so there is a little silver lining in that very dark cloud.

Good morning....I'm not on the east coast...but do indeed feel better this morning...something different in the air. My feet went down, cooler air this morning also. 11 people died so far in the hurricane back east. Made eggs and toast and coffee this morning and catching up on the news in general...looks like "Boardwalk" in New York took an nasty toll...lower Manhatten is flooded...and I guess there is about 3 million people without power. Storm is in New England...dropped out of hurricane and tropical storm catagories...picked up speed...should be out of there sooner. So now the clean up starts. Everyone went to Facebook and Twitter with hurricane, how selfish. Kind of like an "secluded" group in ways. So many of the pictures won't be seen unless you have Facebook and twitter. I guess I can live without the "small talk" over there going on, but I hope it didn't influence anyone back east from doing something that might of helped them during this storm. Why do we have "kids" these days?...they sure don't want anyone around.. but themselves.

Some news for you on both subjects....comments made by officals and others on the hurricane....I would very much take this seriously. Don't be concerned if it's an Category 1, 2, 3, 4. If your on the coast, you don't want to be there. Wind is not the problem. Brian McNoldy..Dept of Atmoshereic Reasearch at Colorado State University....."Get the Hell off the beach! Your tan enough!...Chris Christie, New Jersy Govenor.....It's like New Year's Eve. Thy're buying everything. Wine. Beer. Even water..Gary Lyles...wine and  liquor employee in Washnigton D. C. ...Oh, forget Bloomberg. We ain't going anywhere. Go to some shelter with an bunch of strangers and bedbugs?..No Way!"...Evelyn Burrus..tenant at large public housing complex in Brooklyn, N. Y......."Say a prayer for us in North Carolina, and we will for the rest of the East coast"..Bev Perdue...Govenor of North Carolina...""we're just sitting here watching trees break"..Tood Riddick..North Carolina, on the Northern Bank area...."If I went anywhere, it would be Philadelphia suburbs with family. And I don't feel like spending three days with them...Diane McDeviit New Jerssey resident.

A man is accused of stalking via Twitter, but his defense sites the First Amendent. William Lawrence Cassidy is accused of posting "weird horror-movie descriptions of what would befall Zeoli, an Buddist leader based in Maryland, other messages were along these lines..."Do the world an favor and go kill yourself. P.S. Have an nice day. Those relentless messages on Tweet landed him in jail with charges of on line stalking, and with an fedral case that asks..What constitues freedom of expresion vs an death threat on the internet.Twitter posts have fueled defamation suits in civil courts worldwide. Legal scholars say there is an difference between what can be said about an person... and to an person. So it is the law is wrestling with behavior in communication over the Internet.

Oregon's housing foreclosures are now going to the courts...siting mortgage companies with fraulent practices..it's going to be handled differently. They will probably now take longer, and can be bought over again easier and for lower prices by the owners. Homeowners will be given an chance to state their cause of foreclosure also...and individual circumstances leading up to the foreclosure. Their history of how long they lived in the house and payments made while living in the house also gets examined. Prior the mortgage company could foreclose farily easily without questions asked...nor help given to retain the house with it's owner.

Famous deaths...Paul go tin some of these people the other day,,,

John J. Kelley 80, of Mystic, Conn...won the 1957 Boston Marathon and known as one of the first modern American runners...he won 8 consecutive USA National Marathons, and two OLympic Marathons also....Frank Dilleo, 63, Los Angelas...managed Micheal Jacksons career in the 1980's...and in his final days,,cited for making Epic Records No. 2 label in the US. amoun gother entertainment pursuits...Lane Venardos, 67, Maui, Hawaii,.former CBS News Vice President he earned 30 Emmy Awards for his work through 30 years years.....John Howrd Davies, 72, Blewbury, England...child actor whom grew up to influenctial television producer..it's list numerous productions he had been responisble for since 1948 wiht "Oliver Twist"....Ram Sharan Sharma, 92, Patna, India, professor at teh front of historical research in India, author of 115 books, he taught also in England an Canada at universities and founded in India the Indian Council of Historical Research....Nick Ashford, 70, of New York, who with wife Valerie Simpson wrote some of Motown's biggest hits for Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye and others..one whom was "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"..they also owned an restruant in New York where many top names and emerging talents would put on showcases. Anyway an smapling of the world-wide Obits in today's paper.

I must comment I have been enjoying the songs with pictures you have all been posting in POE here lately, couple of them are right now clever!  I go for now. I'm trying to take my morning walk and my cats want to follow me down the street...I guess they want to go with me maybe? Talk later on. I can not tell you how it is today so much easier to "breathe" in general.. over the past few days.