It’s compelling drama, and the stories aren’t neatly tied up with a bow at the end of the hour. You really should be watching it if you like character-driven stories, that develop in surprising ways, that aren’t telegraphed in the first ten minutes. SGU follows a band of soldiers, scientists and civilians, who must fend for themselves as they are forced through a Stargate when their hidden base comes under attack. The desperate survivors emerge aboard an ancient ship, which is locked on an unknown course and unable to return to Earth. Faced with meeting the most basic needs of…
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A coffeehouse named Two-Way Street in Downers Grove, that is. My husband David and I went there more than 10 years ago to see a folk performer named David Roth, we really could have been going all this time. Funny how time gets away from you. Down a hallway and short flight of stairs, in a basement room of Downers Grove’s First Congregational Church, it’s not unusual to find a standing-room-only crowd on a Friday night.Not much has changed in the four decades folkies have gathered to draw bows across fiddles, strum guitars and pluck banjos, transforming the church basement…
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My current favorite show is AEtv’s Hoarders, and fans of that series always cheer when the 1-800-Got-Junk? trucks show up, because that means the horror show is about to start (but also some hard physical and pychological work will be done). I spotted one of their trucks over by Arlington Park; wonder if the village hired them. NO mention in the article of the show, but I heard on the fan grapevine that the show will feature someone from the Chicago area next week. Besides guns, the strangest thing inside John Wuerffel’s house was a partially-decayed cat, said Schaumburg officials…
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This is really, really, really cool… but about the time this was going on, there was a bit of a security flap on. And yes, it’s for T-Mobile. If David and I get serenaded by a flashmob like this, though, we’d be totally amazed!
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The name’s Yeaggy; Harry Yeaggy. The Top Gear guys are in mourning. The 1964 Aston Martin DB5, which boasts revolving licence plates, ejector seat and bullet-proof shield, featured in the films Goldfinger and Thunderball. The silver model is still capable of 145mph and 0-60mph in 7.1 seconds. It was bought at a London auction by collector Harry Yeaggy, who will display it at a car museum in Ohio. Via BBC News
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Oh, my GOD what a brilliant song. Longtime lurker . . . But I was impelled to write a Hoarder’s song I hoped you folk (I love this board) might enjoy. It’s to be sung (with a broad Cockney accent) to the tune of the old music-hall song “Don’t Have Any More, Mrs. Moore” (you can follow along, bouncing-ball fashion, from this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0Oi8Z210Z4 . Hope you like! I hum it while dusting. And scrubbing. And vacuuming. Mrs. Moore, who lives next door, She never, ever cleans, She’s what you call a Hoarder— She’s got Collyer Brother genes. I don’t…
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Just listened to @WaitWait with Dick Van Dyke, who totally rocked “Not My Job” with his comprehensive knowledge of vans and dikes. What a delight when he SANG the “Dick Van Dyke Show” jingle! Still testing WooTumblr – David DOES need to edit the tags in the theme so that it picks up photos, links, and so on. I’m adding a link via the RTF buttons in the normal Article function this time. Also, the time stamp is not updating. UPDATE: And the link did not work either. No point in testing further until David gets a chance to update…
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David was out of town for a couple of days this week, leaving me to knock around in the evenings watching weird shows he doesn’t like and saving up most of TiVo’s good stuff for when he got home, which was last night. I watched a whole lot of Hoarders, some Intervention, a couple of nice old movies, and random stuff… but I made sure to watch this week’s Stargate: Universe because it’s an interesting take on familiar science fiction themes. Unlike other “Lost In Space” type shows, there’s conflict between characters, people can die or be seriously injured, and…
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A good friend from college is currently taking an epic early-retirement trip – she bought an Amtrak USA Rail Pass and she’s been making her way across country from California, visiting friends. She was at the taping of Prairie Home Companion in Minneapolis, and then she hopped on the Empire Builder to get to Chicago. She’ll come out our way tonight on a Metra commuter train, and will stay for a few days. Meanwhile, we now have a guest room again – after we finished the final floor project, we moved out of the guest room back into the master…