the daily blurbs

• My 12-year old car has 12-year old repair bills. But I'm happy to drive my Corolla (a.k.a. the Corotor Boat) for a long time coming. I'll pay what I must to ride in style, and that's with three plastic hubcaps. The missing one? It adds charm, no? *I typed this earlier in the day - my car sounds brand new! After sounding like a meat grinder on wheels for two years, I almost cried when I drove her home from the dealership. She's so happy with me and I am so happy that she's happy. We hugged.
  

• We all of us have our ticks, don't we? I have a fetish for magazines (I think I want to be a periodicals librarian, for real). I use my frequent flyer miles on subscriptions (American and Northwest). I check the subscription list...way too frequently. To my joy, the list of choices was just updated. Here's what I got: Flying Magazine (for my older sister, the Goddess of Flight), Body + Soul (Martha's take on whole living), House & Garden (I have loved this magazine for a long time, but I've always been too cheap to subscribe) and Wine Spectator (woot!). I'm contemplating Condé Nast Traveler...and my older sister says this publication is a must.
  

• Over the weekend, I was on the local news! Only, I didn't know I was. I was told! How thrilling. I was at an art show, gawking at all the lovely paintings and photographs with my mouth open (not a fact, but I'm sure it probably was - how American of me). Gawk! Gawk! Sources say they will try to get me the video clip. Woot!

• I love me some Corley. I have this thing about CSI Miami and she knows it - it's like the worst show ever, yes? David Caruso creeps me out! Nevermind the sunglass bit, his profound one-liners and the way he swiftly dips out of each frame. The man is creepy. His voice, the way he squints...I shudder. I cannot take credit for this, but I've read that he is the only human being capable of looking both 17 and 70 at the same time. But for all of these reasons and more, I cannot look away. Steve and I watch CSI Miami because we love to laugh at the improbability of everything and because, well, it "takes place" in Miami. We love it because we can predict each episode will either begin at 1) da club, 2) a Star Island house/pool party or 3) a strip club. And here you have Horatio Caine (David Caruso's character), who does not evoke a hint of sex, stumbling into these places like a hot shot. We love that Horatio Caine is a forensics expert/gun-toting cop/high-stakes bomb diffuser. What would Miami do without him? So, in getting back to Corley (my dear sweet pal in Austin) - she found a David Caruso clip-o-tron that you must see if you just can't get enough...it is hysterical.

• I made beef stew for dinner. Steve said it was the best meal I've ever made. Nevermind it was delicious: our house still smells delicious! I love comfort foods. We determined that comfort foods, especially beef stew, might be a tidge white trash. Look, I'm from SE Portland! He's from S. Florida! We can walk the walk and talk the talk on a dime, people. We can certainly eat that way, too.
  

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