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I've been told that their regular prices, on a non-sale day, are higher than other stores like them. But then I only go when I have a discount coupon - anywhere from 20% to 30% off everything th...

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In 1945, on this day, the USA dropped the first atomic bomb ever used on the city of Hiroshima. Three days later, a different kind of atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. We want no other count...

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The elevator has been out of service for a few days!!! This time was 3 1/2 days... I am SO glad I had done some food shopping on Thursday (and keep some pantry items). From Friday morning to mi...

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When I finish with the food I already have (can't bring myself to throw out food that's still good), I will try to stop eating milk and wheat. They can both cause bloating, and I want to see if ...

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I have a lot of shoes. They're in a cabinet in the bedroom, AND in the two pier cabinets along the sides of the bedwall. And on top of the headboard... and in various other places. I decided t...

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MANY years ago, when my parents and I first ate at an Indian restaurant... and moaned with pleasure throughout the meal, I asked to purchase the curry powder they used. This was before it was so...

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Earlier today, I posted on a teacher site on facebook, that I had stickers and other material to get rid of... OMG!! I've spent the day packing up sticker, worksheets, workbooks, etc. I sent ou...

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I have lived in this apartment longer than anywhere else in my life - over 25 years! It's a large apartment - my bedroom, the kitchen, the bathroom, what was the pets' room until VERY recently, ...

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The comic, Gabriel Iglesias, had one of his shows filmed and made into a movie. I like his humor - finding what's funny in life - and his ability to mimic sounds, accents, voices. Basically thi...

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For the first time in 40 years there is no companion animal in the house. It feels really weird! Nothing to listen to/for; nothing to trip over; nothing to worry about or clean up after. Weird...

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He's 14 years old and is very sick. I am sure the vet will be taking a large chunk of my recent earnings. He has fluid in his lungs, and enlarged kidneys. Maybe it's all from the hyperthyroidism...

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This is true especially for food. Sometimes just "lunch" - yesterday's was $30 give or take... and yes, I had dessert and the main course also served as dinner. Today was $4.50! And yes, yeste...

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I am one of the rare people who never watched the series the first time it was made. I'd seen pieces here and there, but never in its entirety. So, the ideas are new to me. I saw the first in ...

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I belong to three book exchange sites: paperbackswap.com; bookmooch.com and titletrader.com. I list the books I want... and they come in the mail... eventually. I often have to wait till they ...

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I often eat the same foods at home - over and over. I have a few choices, but basically it's the same. And as many people go to the full closet and say 'there's nothing to wear', I can go to a ...

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Author: James Mitchner Most of this author's novels have to do with a place - often far from these shores. This book has to do with the writing of books, reviewing and publishing of books. Th...

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Basically it's HOME. Although I live in NYC, and am aware of all the cultural activities, I love being home. I read, I play on the computer... repeat. I love being out, but it's the GETTING ou...

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I have STACKS of books waiting to be read. In clearing things out around the apartment, I am finding various books I stopped in the middle somewhere and never got back to. I am learning... slow...

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I live in a large apartment in Manhattan. There are six rooms (including the kitchen) and a LONG hallway. I used to be married. I used to have MANY more pets - up to 4 dogs and five cats at t...

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I read one book by an author, then want to read EVERYTHING that person wrote... or everything about that topic. I've read through many books - novels mostly - about the Chinese settling in the U...

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I had been stocking up on pantry foods - it's time to EAT them! So: breakfast: oatmeal with raisins and dried cranberries... and flax and chia seeds... sometimes I season it with spices, oft...

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On Broadway with James Franco and Chris O'Dowd. If you know the story, watching the play is like watching the Titanic... you KNOW the ending. Clearly there were people in the audience who did N...

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I have a friend I go to the movies with - a movie buddy. Sometimes we go to a museum also, but usually it's just movie and dinner. We've been friends over 10 years now. For one reason or anoth...

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I didn't ride the subway for MANY years. I much prefer the bus. But since I currently work in Brooklyn, unless I want to try various buses and various hours of travel time, I take the subway to...

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I am NOT, I repeat NOT a good housekeeper. I am much better at filling the apartment up than clearing it away. Left to my own devices, I'll spend ALL my time reading or playing on the computer....

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