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LOL Would he like cheese with that broccoli?

As a non-christian American, I don't understand it either, but as often as they repeat the prediction I am sure we will figure it out eventually. Oh yeah. Very disturbing! I hope you didn't just happen to have them at the front of your mind.

For Allegheny County read Pittsburgh. Apparently, in PA point of sale is where the store is located. If I buy online, by phone or mail from a Pittsburgh or Philadelphia store, I pay the sales tax for Pittsburgh (7%) or Philadelphia (8%) even though I live in the 6% part of the state. The result is that I no longer buy from online sources located in either city. I used to be able to drop over the state line into Maryland and pay their 5% sales tax but they have raised it to 6% so I no longer make the drive. And thank you amazon.com. No sales tax. No shipping or handling over $25. 4 for 3 deals. A larger selection than Barns & Nobel or Borders. And all from the comfort of my PC!

I hope so. I just netflixed it. Funny how that happens isn't it?

So when do you have supper?

The more I get into this topic the more it seems that the problem is with our illustrious Hosted Authors. They all have links to their own web pages which I assume (I know, I know) they are responsible for maintaining. The thing is, most of their sites do not tell you whether a story is in progress, finished or ka-put. The e-fiction page is much better since the stories listed under an author give a synopsis, length, status, etc. Why can't the Hosted Authors get on board and accommodate their readers wishes and let us know their stories status?

Speak of the Devil! I just read Dom Luka's With Trust only to get to chapter 21 and find that it is not finished. I'm not finding anything anywhere that lets you know ahead of time that the story is "in progress". Of course, since there are no time signatures on the chapters, I have no way of knowing if the story has been "abandoned". This sort of thing just pisses me off.

Oh yeah, the Midsumer Murders are the greatest. I have been following them as they hit DVD since the beginning. They have replaced my BBC Agatha Christie addiction. I can't get enough of the village scenes and the interior shots. Not bad mysteries either - the clues are all there - you just have to see them.

Aaauuggh! The Night Of The Living Dead, my worst movie experience, is now a TV sit-drama. Thanks be that I pulled the plug on TV years ago.

Born in 1963? I graduated HS in 1963! You are sooooo young! But I do remember all those shows plus I Love Lucy, George & Gracy, The Jackie Gleason Show, . . .

Too cool. I never knew I could do that. Thanks.

Ditto on both counts.

Ah! My pet peeve. When I first discovered Nifty, I naively started stories with 20-30 chapters posted only to find that the last one posted wasn't the end and the story had never been finished. That's a lot of time and reading to put in only to end up with an unfinished story. And of course Nifty does not identify whether a story has been completed. Nor does Dabeagle's Library. GA at least shows a status. My solution is to go to the last chapter of the story and check the end paragraph for a conclusion or for "The End". Of course you risk spoiling any surprise ending that way, but hey, sometimes you just have to take a chance.