tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64807882011-04-21T16:10:33.870-04:00The Rants, Raves and Observations of BrandiBrandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06785370144540509258noreply@blogger.comBlogger861100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480788.post-1155689679700532342006-08-15T20:53:00.000-04:002006-08-15T20:54:39.716-04:00

I've decided to move the blog to Wordpress. To visit the blog (and see a few new entries, *gasp!*) visit Brandi's Blog.

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You are Schroeder! Which Peanuts Character are You? brought to you by Quizilla

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This past Saturday, Chris and I took a day trip down to Nashua, New Hampshire for a local comic book convention. It was smaller than I was used to and not nearly as crowded, but I enjoyed it - probably because it was less crowded. I do hope that it continues to grow, however, so that they can continue to hold it on an annual basis. The people who organized and ran it seemed very professional,

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I'm feeling very sad, hurt, frustrated and angry. I haven't felt this bad since September of 2001.Funny, that was the first September of Bush's first term. And here we are in the first September of Bush's second term. History does repeat itself, doesn't it?No, I'm not saying that the hurricane is Bush's fault. However, I do blame his administration for at least part of the devastation that has

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Earlier this year, at the end of May, I planted some gladiolus flowers in memory of my grandmother who had just passed away. My dad told me that they were one of her favorite flowers. They've been growing pretty fast, and this past week, they finally started to bud.Yesterday, they started to bloom! It looks like they're going to be beautiful. It's no wonder that Grandma liked these. Next year

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This past Saturday we took a day trip up to Greenville, a popular spot for vacationers and tourists. It's easy to see why.These two pictures are of the mountains surrounding Greenville. I didn't get a picture of the lake (which is huge and is the first thing you see right in front of you when you come into Greenville) but I hope to next time we visit.Down the road from the in-law's camp is a

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A couple of weekends ago we went down to Reid State Park. We've been to this park before, on our honeymoon, and not much has changed. It's still very pretty, despite the fact that we got there at low tide.The beach looks nice, but I'm sure that if it had been a sunny day instead of chilly and gray, it would have been teeming with peoples.Some Sea Roses (which smell wonderful) were growing between

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It's been kind of hot here the past couple of days. I know, I used to live in Florida, I should be used to that. However, I was used to living in Florida with the A/C working at all hours.We don't have A/C up here in Maine. It's really hot right now (about 90) but by Tuesday, it's supposed to be back down in the 60's and low 70's again. Which is nice, and because of that, I don't really think we

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A good comic makes you laugh AND think. Medium Large is one of the best.

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Oops, I posted the same picture twice. Here's the flower garden.

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This has been a rather sad week for me, but I don't really feel like writing about that yet. So, I want to post some pictures of how beautiful it's getting around here. It's getting warmer, too, but hopefully it won't get too unbearable. First, a look at the 'tree project' tree. It's completely covered in leaves now, and you can see that the smoke bush next to it is FINALLY starting to grow

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It's been a while since I posted...again. It seems that nothing is really happening, but I'm always so very busy.The above picture is one I took two weekends ago when we took our second day trip down to Popham Beach. It was taken from the back of the Popham fort. The picture below is from the same viewpoint, but about thirty minutes later when the rain started tapering off. We've been having a

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Sorry for the long silence. Things have been moving right along here and there hasn't been very much to report. So, in the meantime, here's a peek at a photo project that I've started. I'm taking pictures of one of or trees every week from the same position. So far, there haven't been many changes in the tree, but the grass sure has gotten greener!

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We've reached a small milestone here at the ol' Mills farm house. All of the comics have been sorted, alphabatized and put in mumerical order and are now in the 'comics closet.' We've been working on this project since we moved in and it is so nice to finally have it done.Now, we have to go through the discards and get them up on e-bay. Every little bit helps!Finally... P.S. To anyone who took my

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For all your Shemp Fans out there, Bruce's new movie 'Alien Apocalypse' is premiering tonight on the Sci-Fi channel at 9:00 EST (8:00 CST).For all of you who don't know what a Shemp Fan is, or don't know who Bruce Campbell is, tune in! Even if the movie is crap, Bruce is always great fun to watch.Oh, and I can't forget to mention that Bruce's co-star is Rene O'Connor, of Xena: Warrior Princess

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Four years ago, when Chris and I came to Maine for our honeymoon, I picked up a few postcards to send home to relatives and friends. Well...they never quite made it. In fact, I found three of the following postcards in my glove compartment about a year ago. I tacked them on my bulletin board to remind me of our eventual goal. Now, I can share them with you to give more examples of why we wanted

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I've been working at my new place of employment for three weeks now. I still don't hate it, and I think this is the first time since I worked at the animal shelter that I didn't hate my job after only a few days. I still loathe my pay rate, but I'm trying to get past it.It's been a long time since I've been around large groups of women. The room I work in holds as many people that worked in my

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A couple of months ago I remember complaining on this blog about a blizzard that passed us by and how ticked off I was about that. Well, I think the snow gods heard me.The past two Tuesdays, we have been hit with snowfalls of 10 inches each. And the forecast for the the weekend? More snow, and it looks like a lot of it. I'm not really complaining, because I still love the snow, but now that I

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Well, my first week back on the job is over - and I'm not dreading week two.Normally, at this point at a new job I'm wondering if I've made a mistake and how I can get out of it. I'm not feeling that way this time. No, the job's not all that exciting (I haven't even started training for my actual job yet) but the atmosphere there is so much better than what I'm used to. The people who work there

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Well, I finally got a job. I had an interview this morning at 10:00 and at 12:30 I got the call saying I have the job.The pay is low - very low - but hopefully we'll be able to make do with it. The hardest part will be catching up with some overdue bills and what we owe the parents.I start tomorrow at 8:00 with a day of orientation. So, of course, you know what that means, right? If you guessed '

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As the title of this entry implies, there is a glimmer of hope on the horizon. I have a job interview on Monday with a local (very local - it's about 4 blocks down the street) lumber company so keep your fingers crossed everybody!Today, after taking our weekly visit to deposit our trash, we took a drive around the area. We haven't really done that since we moved here and it was nice to get out

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My personal site, The Snifter, has been updated. I've streamlined the site, taken some things off the site, added some new ones, changed some graphics. Be sure to stop by and give it a once over.http://www.brandimills.com

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I really need to get me one of these guys...minus the spider monkey This is a new comic that I 'discovered' today, thanks to Websnark. It's a great comic called Skinny Panda and I urge all of you readers (what, all two of you?) to go check it out.

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The last time a 'blizzard' was supposed to dump a foot of snow on us, it pretty much passed us by, which pretty much ticked me off. This time, it's here and looks like it's here to stay for a day or so. Yesterday, almost all the snow was gone, but today, the world is white once again. China, not enjoying the muddy, slushy back yardChina in her 'new' back yard, the way she prefers it.The house,

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Man, I didn't even watch the damn thing but I still feel like the Super Bowl has permeated my life. Everywhere I went online today it was Super Bowl this and Super Bowl that. Thing was, all these fans of the Super Bowl - all they did was bitch. The commercials weren't funny, there weren't enough bare breasts, Paul McCartney is old. Geez, what is it with fans today? They can't enjoy anything

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I thought I'd post a few pictures of what it's like to live in Maine. For those of you who haven't read the whole blog, you might want to note that we moved here two months ago from hot, humid Florida, so Maine has been quite an adjustment. For me, it's been a very welcome adjustment. It'd be perfect if I could find a freakin' job. If the following isn't enough for you, check out my dog's blog

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This isn't the first time this has happened, and I dare say that it isn't going to be the last. Gene Kelly's image is being used to sell Volkswagen cars. The new commercial features his face grafted onto a modern dancer doing modern dance moves. The re-creation of the 'Singing in the Rain' street set is flawless and the cgi grafting is pretty good, although still noticeable. Growing trend:

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Today's new knowledge acquirement: Twin Peaks is just as infectious as it ever was. Since the husband and I don't have cable, we've been watching our DVD and VHS collection. I got the Twin Peaks season one DVD set for Christmas two years ago and we had never sat down to watch the series straight through. Last week, we decided to finally watch it. I have the second season on pre-recorded VHS

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My new lesson learned today was this: Joel Schumacher should stick to directing musicals. The first CD I ever owned was the original 'Phantom of the Opera' CD which I got for Christmas back in 1990. I have the entire thing memorized and had always hoped to see it onstage someday. That never happened but the film version was finally made (sadly, without Michael Crawford) and I have now FINALLY

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It's time for today's new item learned: Kyle MacLachlan is in a new movie called 'A Touch of Pink' "So what?" you say? He's an actor, that's not news! What's really nifty about it is that he's playing the spirit of Cary Grant I have always been of the opinion that MacLachlan's comedic talents have been very under-utilized and I look forward to seeing him in this movie being a huge fan of both

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Maybe because I have a lot of time on my hands right now, I was thinking about the ol' cliche 'you learn something new everyday.' I realized that it's pretty much true unless you sleep all day. And even then you might learn that you enjoy dreaming about alien abduction. Today, I learned that the theme song from The Golden Girls was not written for the show. No, not a big revelation, but it was

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As anyone who has read my blog in the past month knows, I'm a Ted Raimi fan. Last year I found his personal website (click here) and thought it was pretty nifty. However, updates were pretty non-existant. The latest news was from when he was filming Spider-Man 2? You know, the movie from last summer? But no longer! Ted's back and promises to update more often and to answer all the email that

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I thought it was us liberals who were supposed to be the freaks? Q: How many Bush Administration officials does it take to screw in a light bulb? A: None. There is nothing wrong with the light bulb; its conditions are improving every day. Any reports of its lack of incandescence are a delusional spin from the liberal media. That light bulb has served honorably, and anything you say undermines

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I honestly don't know much about Ms. Mayo's personal life or anything extensive about her career. However, she appeared in two of my favorite James Cagney films: White Heat and West Point Story. The latter is a silly musical, but it's loads of fun and Ms. Mayo's performance was sizzling. Visit her official site for more information about his talented actress that will be very missed.

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I became a Xena: Warrior Princess fan pretty late. When it was on the air, I refused to watch it because it just sounded so silly to me and I didn't 'get' action shows. I used to be very hard on anything that sounded silly to me. Before I met my husband, I didn't have much of a sense of humour or any appreciation for the kitchy or absurd. I also didn't like action movies or telelvision very

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This site was pointed out on a mailing list that I am a member of and I must say that's an ingenious little site. If you're a fan of the Stephen King Dark Tower series you'll find it quite amusing and very well done. It almost had me convinced for a moment. If you're not a fan of the Dark Tower series, this post will probably make very little sense to you. My suggestion? Go read the books so

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Anyone who has known me for more than a month or so knows that my favorite television series of all time is Twin Peaks. I don't think it was the best show that's ever aired. I don't even think it had the best writing or even acting. However, taken as a whole, it is the most unique, mind-boggling, infectious and addictive television program that I've ever witnessed. (And I count myself as

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I've been looking for a job this past month and it hasn't been very much fun. I hate the job search process. Everyone does. I haven't met the freak yet who likes sending out resumes, going to job interviews and being scrutinized by total strangers. Geez, that makes me feel even worse. Ha! I've had a couple of good interviews this past week. This Thursday I'm going for a 'round 2' interview at

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Well, it's the last day of 2004. I can't say it's been a good year and I can't say that it's been a bad year. I have much to be thankful for and I have quite a few things I'm not so happy about. Let's start with the negative. 1: Bush is still the President. I don't think he's ever been elected legally, but that's pretty much moot at this point. 2: Both my husband and I are currently unemployed

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So of course, my mother, who lives in Arkansas, gets a white Christmas. I live in Maine, and I don't. Two days ago, the ground was covered with about 3 inches of snow. It melted yesterday and today it's all gone, except for some patches in the shade or up in the woods where the sun doesn't hit. Not fair, really, but the weather has been nice and sunny. It got real cold again and there's chance

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I’ve mentioned quite a few things that I looked forward to when we decided to move to Maine and most of those have come to fruition. Some of those perks come in small packages and one of those perks up here in Maine is Moxie®. Most people know Moxie as something someone has; ‘That girl sure has moxie!’ But it started out as one of the first popular soft drinks in the USA. At one time, it

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Marxism of the day (contributed by Chris Benjamin): Your proposition may be good, but let's have one thing understood, Whatever it is I'm against it! -- Song from 'Horsefeathers' Well, we've finally made it. We've been here a week yesterday and while I can't say the move was anywhere near perfect (or even easy) I'm still glad we made the move. Here are a few tips for you that I have learned

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Last blog entry for a while... We're in the process of packing up the last boxes and hopefully getting a few hours sleep before the movers get here to pack up the truck. Wish us all luck! The next time I post, it'll be from the chilly north.

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Marxism of the Day: Either this man is dead or my watch has stopped. - Groucho, "A Day at the Races" Six more days and then we're off! Three months ago I was asking people for advice on how to make the time go by quicker. Now, I'm wishing for more time. I've always been a procrastinator, and even though this time I was much better than usual, I still wish I had more time to do a few more things

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Marxism of the Day: Three years ago I came to Florida without a nickel in my pocket. Now I've got a nickel in my pocket. -Groucho Marx, The Cocoanuts (1929) Anyone who's been keeping up with my blog (anyone? anyone? Bueller?) has probably noticed the new 'Marxism of the Day' feature. Maybe you have wondered why this sudden fascination with Marx Brothers quotes, or maybe you didn't really care.

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Marxism of the day: I can't understand why you don't get any mail from me. Perhaps it's because I haven't been writing. We had a sad little adventure last night. About a week ago, Chris was at home, not feeling well, and he heard a cat meowing outside. He looked out the window to see an orange cat just standing out there, meowing his poor little head off. Chris said he sounded scared and sad.

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Marxism of the Day: Money frees you from doing things you dislike. Since I dislike doing nearly everything, money is handy. - Groucho Had a pretty uneventful weekend - packed up some boxes, watched some movies. Move Recomendation: 'Saved' We watched Saved this past Saturday night and enjoyed it thouroughly (did I spell that right?). I think I would have enjoyed it more if I didn't come from a

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Since announcing that the family and I are moving to Maine, I've had several people ask me why? It seems that everyone has this mindset that Florida is 'the' place to live, vacation or retire. For many people, this is obviously true, but it is not for me. Take a look at these pictures: The first is a picture of Boca Raton Lake down here in Florida: Sure, it's a nice picture, but look at

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Marxism of the Day: Why should I care about posterity? What's posterity ever done for me? Searching for my Marxism of the day, I found the above quote, which reminded me of something that I read yesterday that put this whole gay marriage thing in an entirely different light for me. First off, if you've read any of this blog, you have probably guessed that I am for equal freedoms for everyone,

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Marxism of the Day: Lyrics from "Laws of Administration" in the film 'Duck Soup' If any form of pleasure is exhibited. Report to me and it will prohibited. I’ll put my foot down, So shall it be. This is the land of the Free. The last man nearly ruined this place, He didn’t know what to do with it. If you think this country’s bad enough now, Just wait till I get through with it. The country’s

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Marxism of the Day: I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury. - Groucho Marx I love the comic strip 'Get Fuzzy.' It's funny, it can be sweet, it can be poignant and sometimes it states a truism that I never thought of before. Today's strip is one of those: Behold...the power of cheese.

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Marxism of the Day: "I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book." - Groucho Marx I know I'm far from the first to be bemoaning the current state of television, but the fact that I'm not the first to complain has never shut me up before. My respect for the general public has been taking a nose-dive over the past few years.

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No, not KARL Marx. "You can leave in a taxi. If you can't get a taxi, you can leave in a huff. If that's too soon, you can leave in a minute and a huff. You know, you haven't stopped talking since I came here? You must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle." -- Groucho Marx, Duck Soup - 1933

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Over on MSNBC, Keith Olberman has been investigating some possible voter fraud issues. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6210240/ Hmmm...maybe the majority of my fellow Americans aren't as blind as I had feared. Trying to forget about politics, I've been working on getting us moved to Maine. It's less than a month away and I still haven't gotten a really good start on all the tasks to be done. I'm

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This past week has been a rough one for me. I've been rather depressed and feeling that almost everything is pointless and/or hopeless. I'm trying to put that behind me, because nothing is hopeless but it's been rather difficult. Why am I so depressed, you ask? Simple: Half of the people that make up the country I love voted for a man based on 'moral' issues. Moral issues. Yeah, right. 2 gay

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In an hour, it'll be November 2nd and in 8 hours, the last voting day will begin. Like me, many have already voted, opting to use either an absentee ballot or the early voting system available in several states. If you haven't, this is it. It's your last chance to make a difference. And yes, one vote CAN make a difference so don't 'not' do it because you don't think it's worth your while or

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On the way to work this morning, Chris and I heard about Christopher Reeve's passing. Most people remember him as Superman, as well they should. He gave one of the best portrayals of Superman ever - genuine, charming, even witty. His Clark Kent on the other hand... However, I remember him best for his role of Richard Collier in the film 'Somewhere in Time' based on Richard Matheson's novel, "Bid

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I'm a huge fan of musicals so it made me very happy to find out that Turner Classic Movies is celebrating the movie musical next month. Every Tuesday and Wednesday, TCM will be airing nothing BUT musicals. I've posted the schedule of musicals on my site and have highlighted those that are my favorites. If you've never really given musicals a chance, I highly urge you to do so. No, they're not

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Well, Ivan didn't get us, but Jeanne did. She took the same track that Frances did. Oy! However, Jeanne moved much faster than Frances and we were only in the eyewall for about 4 hours instead of 8 or 9. Most of the trees were so damaged already that there wasn't anything left to thrash, so our apartment complex simply has a few more branches to pick up. Our power was only out for a day and our

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Ugh. I've always said that living in Florida sucks. Turns out I was wrong. It blows...really hard. We survived Frances and we even survived it without any damage done to our belongings. A tree came too damn close to crushing Chris' car and we lost power for two days, but we were very lucky. We pulled through safely, the pets are still sane and we're...well, I'm not sure we were ever completely

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We have a dog so every day, after work, the pooch gets a long walk so she can...ahem, 'use the facilities.' Today's walk was such an exemplary example of why I want to leave Florida. I wasn't even halfway down the block when I saw a young couple, in their mid-teens, arguing in the street. Yes, in the street, not on the sidewalk. I try not to eavesdrop, but I was soon about to turn back to call

Brandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06785370144540509258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480788.post-1093378532492562182004-08-24T16:12:00.000-04:002004-08-24T16:18:27.796-04:00

Tony Isabella posted an excellent article on his message board by By Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor at Slate and guest columnist for the New York Times that was posted in the Ohio Beacon Journal about the current detestable mixing of religion and politics. EXCERPT: "Religious Americans have every right to insist they shouldn't have to be religious in the closet. But that doesn't give public

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I was watching TCM the other day, waiting for a Bob Hope/Bing Crosby 'Road' picture to come on. (Oops, better change that to Bing Crosby/Bob Hope 'Road' picture. Bing always got top billing, save for one movie.) TCM often plays one-reelers between their movies and they played a very interesting short called 'Mr. Blabbermouth.' It was a WWII propaganda film, telling viewers to shut their mouths,

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The Snifter has been updated! Woo hoo! I've added a few more pictures to the Photography section. There's a link at the top of the home page to the new material. Enjoy! http://www.brandimills.com

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November. *sigh* That's the earliest we'll probably be able to move to Maine...unless a large sum of money falls into our laps before then. I know it's only 4 months away, but....4 months! Aargh! I wanna move NOW! I know I should take the time and visit all the places in Florida that we'll actually miss - there aren't many, but there are a few. I'd like to visit the beaches (Maine has beaches,

Brandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06785370144540509258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480788.post-1089240540381848832004-07-07T18:33:00.000-04:002004-07-07T18:49:00.380-04:00

It was a tough Independance Day for me this year. I love my country - or, more correctly, the potential that it has. Day to day, I'm finding it hard to keep that 'love' in my heart as I see things done in my country's name that appal me. I wanted to celebrate my country's birthday, but found it hard to be a what so many others are - a mindless flag-waver, ready to forgive any sin my country may

Brandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06785370144540509258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480788.post-1087502845274023682004-06-17T15:54:00.000-04:002004-06-17T22:40:18.366-04:00

Well, we finally did it. We've decided to get out of South Florida and move to Maine - probably at the end of the summer. We have never been happy in South Florida and have been wanting to get out of here ever since we moved here. (We moved to S. FL for jobs, which are no longer worth it.) So, here's my list of why Maine is better than South Florida. 1: People are sane as a rule, not as an

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Birthdays are great around here. You get to do whatever you want, or you DON'T have to do what you don't want to do for a whole day. My birthday was this past Sunday and I got 24 hours of nothing but what I wanted. Starting at 12 midnight, I got to see the new Harry Potter film, I got some new CDs (including the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban soundtrack, a new Bing Crosby/Andrews

Brandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06785370144540509258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480788.post-1086369234161446212004-06-04T13:11:00.000-04:002004-06-04T13:13:54.160-04:00

Well...not really for kids. One of my husband's comics projects is being published this fall, so I had to brag. Rorschach Entertainment Upcoming Releases: Gravedigger Makes me proud.

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I just received the following email from MoveOn.org. Whether you're Republican or Democrat, Liberal or Conservative, getting all votes counted correctly is very important. Please read the following and consider signing their petition. I did! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- We all remember the election of 2000. Because of faulty and mismanaged election

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I saw this over on BartCop and couldn't resist posting it here:

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As anyone who is around me for very long knows, I have been becoming extremely discouraged about the world we live in. These past four years have been especially bad. Now, a person I highly respect on a message board I frequent has just come right out and said that our society started to crumble when the Women's movement got underway. This statement was made from an outspoken, seemingly

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Somehow, you have to believe that: 1. Jesus loves you, and shares your hatred of homosexuals and Hillary Clinton. 2. The United States should get out of the United Nations, and our highest national priority is enforcing U. N. resolutions against Iraq. 3. "Standing Tall for America" means firing your workers and moving their jobs to India. 4. A woman can't be trusted with decisions about

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Bubba HoTep is a film that never got a wide release in theaters but was very well received by film critics and the normal movie-going folks who got to see it as it 'toured' around the country. Unlike my e-mail buddy, Kimberly, who not only got to see it in a theater, but got to see a showing at which Bruce Campbell made a personal appearance, I was not one of the fortunate ones who was able to

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This past weekend my in-laws visited for a few days. They just bought an RV and are testing it out, driving down from Maine to visit us here in South Florida. My husband and I are very reclusive due to the fact that whenever we try to go out, the over-abundance of people and, more specifically, RUDE people that live in South Florida just makes almost every outing a bit miserable. While our

Brandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06785370144540509258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480788.post-1084586629239625492004-05-14T22:02:00.000-04:002004-05-14T22:53:59.196-04:00

My personal website has been completely redesigned. All the doggies are gone and The Snifter has taken their place. Please be sure to stop by and check out the new site. Along with the re-design, some new features have been added. Future additions will include wallpapers, mini-shrines to some of my favorite persons, places and things and of course, more photographs, quotations and jokes that I

Brandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06785370144540509258noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480788.post-1082665683170668512004-04-22T16:24:00.000-04:002004-04-22T16:32:10.890-04:00

It has been my observation in the past 4 years that people in general are taking things, and especially themselves, way too seriously. Minds are closing left and right and those of us who are still open to new ideas and ways of doing things - you know, 'education' - are getting harder and harder to find. You see, nowadays people are born with all they need to know and nothing you say is of any

Brandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06785370144540509258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480788.post-1081959560615158292004-04-14T12:18:00.000-04:002004-04-14T12:23:17.106-04:00

My husband just forwarded this joke to me. I thought it was pretty funny. The Republican National Committee announced today that the Republican Party is changing its emblem from an elephant to a condom. The committee chairman explained that the condom more clearly reflects the party's stance today, because a condom accepts inflation, halts production, destroys the next generation, protects

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Source 1. Homosexuality is not natural, much like eyeglasses, polyester, and birth control are not natural. 2. Heterosexual marriages are valid because they produce children. Infertile couples and old people cannot get legally married because the world needs more children. 3. Obviously gay parents will raise gay children because straight parents only raise straight children. 4. Straight

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My friend, Doug Wise, sent me the following quotes, WITH sources. Read on!: As we hurtle headlong into the silly season, a high colonic for the mind is in order. There is going to be a lot of back-and-forth between the candidates regarding who said what and when. Feast, in that context, upon this small collection: These quotes, and about a thousand others equally as preposterous, can be found

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So, I switched my mailing list to my new server and sent out an email to my old mailing list members informing them of this. This email clearly states that they have to click on the link to be added to the new list. It ALSO states that if they do not wish to be added, to DO NOTHING and they will be removed. So, of course, I get a reply asking me to remove them from the mailing list. I work in

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This past weekend we had a bit of a scare. Our Kitty, Audrey, went to the vet and when she came back, she looked worse than when she came in. Turns out that the poor thing had had an ear infection, her right eardrum ruptured (youch!) and her left eardrum was irritated. It was so irritated it made on of her eyes 'constrict.' She looked all crazy with one dilated eye, and one eye a little cat-eye

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Yeah, I went and got one of those web journal, blog, log, frog.....whatever, things. This will take the place of the Notes from the Webmaster section of my Michael J. Fox fansite, keeping the politics and personal views separate. I saw this picture on BartCop yesterday and found it sadly funny.

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