tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post6358157945291067190..comments2024-02-11T05:17:12.629-05:00Comments on L'ennui mélodieux: Baby, it's cold outsideRandal Graveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-82652502835893152252008-11-25T21:48:00.000-05:002008-11-25T21:48:00.000-05:00Next time just lay down some snow melt and save th...Next time just lay down some snow melt and save the fancy music for when the white stuff really comes down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-59141776923294718612008-11-25T08:28:00.000-05:002008-11-25T08:28:00.000-05:00mauigirl, the weather's been real shifty the last ...mauigirl, the weather's been real shifty the last few years. Supposed to hit 40° on turkey day, but I'm sure 20° is right around the corner. And since you guys are in NY, you almost always get a lot o' snow.<BR/><BR/>okjimm, but then <EM>everything</EM> will have that Doublemint Gum flavor and who wants that?<BR/><BR/>sal, I concur.<BR/><BR/>kelso, you'd take <EM>that</EM> weather over here? And Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-37147809471382468852008-11-24T18:31:00.000-05:002008-11-24T18:31:00.000-05:00It's cupcake-baking weather!It's cupcake-baking weather!Ubermilfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08685628102770311287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-41440830218546597582008-11-24T17:51:00.000-05:002008-11-24T17:51:00.000-05:00Um, since we seldom if ever have snow down here, t...Um, since we seldom if ever have snow down here, the only way we can tell when winter comes is all the snow bird retirees who return each year. I'll keep the rest of my thoughts to myself regarding these folks.pissed off patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08854364015577541981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-30821683916564297882008-11-24T17:06:00.000-05:002008-11-24T17:06:00.000-05:00Dean, when can I visit?!?!Randal, love the vid. (C...Dean, when can I visit?!?!<BR/><BR/>Randal, love the vid. <I>(Closing my eyes and visualizing swirling snow.)</I> I've managed to avoid any accumulations here. I leave for warmer climes tomorrow. See ya in TX.Billie Greenwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08214111146566550821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-8830164847298498092008-11-24T11:08:00.000-05:002008-11-24T11:08:00.000-05:00What's cool about where I live is it's only a half...What's cool about where I live is it's only a half hour drive up the mountain the historic Timberline lodge built by FDR.<BR/><BR/>If visitors want to see snow we take them up there. We're not big skiers but we will take people snowtubing. It's much cheaper and kid friendly.<BR/><BR/>Beautiful tunes.Dean Wormerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06214049238722718299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-29846011059825880792008-11-24T02:05:00.000-05:002008-11-24T02:05:00.000-05:00Lived in Canada for three years. Eight months of s...Lived in Canada for three years. Eight months of snow. Beautiful but restrictive. <BR/><BR/>Had six weeks of forty below zero once. That finished me off!<BR/><BR/>Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-47639564604501154922008-11-23T22:05:00.000-05:002008-11-23T22:05:00.000-05:00Up until I was assigned to Fort Carson, Colorado i...Up until I was assigned to Fort Carson, Colorado in 1986 while in the army I had seen snow about three times in my life. The first snow at Fort Carson that year came in October and I was like a kid standing outside watching the heavy snow fall. About two feet was already on the ground with forecasts of at least another foot. <BR/>By February I was almost ready to go AWOL and return home to the Commander Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-76581422347727792192008-11-23T20:13:00.000-05:002008-11-23T20:13:00.000-05:00@ GRAVES: Whuzzup with ADULT SWIM? My son watches ...@ GRAVES: Whuzzup with ADULT SWIM? My son watches it in Spanish when he's here? How are you involved in it?KELSO'S NUTShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14636889771989672795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-59783425175190433302008-11-23T16:48:00.000-05:002008-11-23T16:48:00.000-05:00Sublime music. I too love those baroque Italians....Sublime music. I too love those baroque Italians. While I lived in Italy I kept searching for a baroque Italian but only met rich ones. It was a small tragedy that I so love the baroque. The snow, not so much.Utah Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16385093247915560752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-11707926287871787152008-11-23T10:17:00.000-05:002008-11-23T10:17:00.000-05:00Merci, Randal,For the sublime birthday present (lo...Merci, Randal,<BR/><BR/>For the sublime birthday present (love that Musica Antiqua) - and you didn't even know.<BR/><BR/>We had snow last week here, the first of the year (of course), and school was delayed for two hours(!) due to the dreaded quarter-inch on the ground.<BR/><BR/>North Carolina - not the most well-<I>grounded</I> place.<BR/><BR/>Again, bonne idee.<BR/><BR/>Suzan (too lazy today toCirzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07070125217972397204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-20089547722313194312008-11-23T09:17:00.000-05:002008-11-23T09:17:00.000-05:00GRAVES: I found a google image of the poster of th...GRAVES: I found a google image of the poster of that French movie I liked. And I put up the two classic CHARLES TRENET youtubes in your honor.KELSO'S NUTShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14636889771989672795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-76166467383761929422008-11-23T03:14:00.000-05:002008-11-23T03:14:00.000-05:00argh...snow! When I lived in Michigan 20 years ag...argh...snow! When I lived in Michigan 20 years ago I left for sunny southern california and told myself that I would NEVER scrape my windows again...well here I am in France and I have had to scrape "claudes" (that is what we named our french car) windows twice. I'm not doing well with the cold and rain, chills me to the bone..make a fire every morning and it goes all day/night. I like the Bruce Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11608705993987319356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-4971625970694974072008-11-23T01:22:00.000-05:002008-11-23T01:22:00.000-05:00I so miss the Lake Effect Snow®. This post rhapsod...I so miss the Lake Effect Snow®. This post rhapsodizing about the beauty of snow is to get me back for the Peggy Noonan comment, isn't it?<BR/><BR/>No fireplace in the Midwest? How do you survive it? You are a brave man.La Belette Rougehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686717070120116918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-52084850195551332072008-11-22T22:43:00.000-05:002008-11-22T22:43:00.000-05:00Ah, that snow amidst the majesty of mountains. It'...Ah, that snow amidst the majesty of mountains. It's awfully beautiful — and beautifully awful.<BR/><BR/>May the 4WD be with you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-45312165045522154492008-11-22T22:38:00.000-05:002008-11-22T22:38:00.000-05:00All this talk of winter is making my fingers cold....All this talk of winter is making my fingers cold.<BR/><BR/>P.S. We watched you on Adult Swim last night. Always entertaining!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-26972770498670389642008-11-22T19:27:00.000-05:002008-11-22T19:27:00.000-05:00Good point about Baroque and winter. Or anything ...Good point about Baroque and winter. Or anything Germanic for that matter. It's hard to picture Germans or Austrians sitting around fanning themselves in the heat.Tom Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05610417770240609022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-50201438522947671412008-11-22T18:04:00.000-05:002008-11-22T18:04:00.000-05:00so the republicans are right - there is NO global ...so the republicans are right - there is NO global warming!Distributorcaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10149154929149577121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-49951391169958375712008-11-22T17:37:00.000-05:002008-11-22T17:37:00.000-05:00Nice choice for a piece of music and you've remind...Nice choice for a piece of music and you've reminded me of a choice we're looking to make about where in Canada to go in the next two years.. Halifax, NS with long, somewhat bitter winters but closer to our son in RI as well as my favorite ocean? ..or return to Vancouver, BC with weather not too different from Portland, OR? I never feel completely comfortable where I am but all the rest is susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-20179203002427164712008-11-22T17:28:00.000-05:002008-11-22T17:28:00.000-05:00GRAVES: Veracini on the youtubes but Tom Waits in ...GRAVES: Veracini on the youtubes but Tom Waits in the headline, si o no?<BR/><BR/>It's late spring down here which means 95 degrees, 99% humidity, torrential rains, but I've got the A/Cs set to nippy New England early spring, so other than the headaches from the low barometric pressure, I'll take CdP over CLE right now. We don't have an NFL frachise nor anything in the way of Polish or HungarianKELSO'S NUTShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14636889771989672795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-14767887593217440132008-11-22T14:51:00.000-05:002008-11-22T14:51:00.000-05:00Great tune.Great tune.Kuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04397373405982899262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-72482065137212311602008-11-22T13:01:00.000-05:002008-11-22T13:01:00.000-05:00I have no love for winter.....I think it has somet...I have no love for winter.....I think it has something to do with all the coldness. Winter would be fine without the coldness thing. Without the goddamn snow drift shit. Why can't we just mellow out Winter? Make it milder. Ya know, Minter instead of Winter. I think I could tolerate Minter.okjimmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11013002335848390765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-6302848144344642452008-11-22T12:40:00.000-05:002008-11-22T12:40:00.000-05:00Snow...brrrr. Here in NJ we have been having quit...Snow...brrrr. Here in NJ we have been having quite cold weather for this time of year but no snow so far. I'm sure it won't be a mild winter, though - I have a feeling we're going to get hit with the white stuff soon.Mauigirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15529827915262851910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-80549077497170621622008-11-22T12:21:00.000-05:002008-11-22T12:21:00.000-05:00mrmacrum, I would imagine that you get hit a hell ...mrmacrum, I would imagine that you get hit a hell of a lot harder than we would, even though we have Lake Effect Snow® and the robot newscasters get more histrionic with each passing year. "IT MIGHT SNOW TOMORROW! WATCH FOR SCHOOL CLOSINGS! SEE OUR DOPPLER 5000 FOR DETAILS!" Yeesh.<BR/><BR/>Veracini, Locatelli, Vivaldi, all those I-talian dudes wrote some lovely stuff. The incessant, though Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146715698090395935.post-91674672812446430922008-11-22T09:56:00.000-05:002008-11-22T09:56:00.000-05:00wundervoll !!!! i woke up this morning really de...wundervoll !!!! i woke up this morning really depressed, and voila !! this piece just lifted my sagging spirits. thanks. seriously.<BR/><BR/>we had about 10 minutes of snow during the middle of the week and that's about it. although, right now it's 18 degrees out ... guess it's too cold for snow? <BR/><BR/>i guess i should get a snow blower. but i see that as the first step towards anitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11950712894174167863noreply@blogger.com