Comments on: Cheerful and On Wheels http://www.arghink.com/2006/02/05/cheerful-and-on-wheels/ More than you ever wanted to hear from Bestselling Author Jenny Crusie. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: snarkhunter http://www.arghink.com/2006/02/05/cheerful-and-on-wheels/#comment-1258 snarkhunter Mon, 14 Aug 2006 18:01:32 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=16#comment-1258 This post reminds me strangely of one of Jane Austen's letters, in which she writes of having been to a gallery show, and having found a picture of "Mrs. Bingley" there, but despite her efforts, couldn't find one of "Mrs. Darcy." She decided that Mr. Darcy probably wanted to keep any portrait of his wife to himself. This post reminds me strangely of one of Jane Austen’s letters, in which she writes of having been to a gallery show, and having found a picture of “Mrs. Bingley” there, but despite her efforts, couldn’t find one of “Mrs. Darcy.” She decided that Mr. Darcy probably wanted to keep any portrait of his wife to himself.

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]]> By: Margarita Day http://www.arghink.com/2006/02/05/cheerful-and-on-wheels/#comment-1257 Margarita Day Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:01:00 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=16#comment-1257 Okay reading the blogs is what keeps me going until 'The Book' comes out. So glad you enjoyed DC. And yeah so many people think that about the White House. Sorta like "is that it?" and "but that's not the front, right?" and then you have to explain that it actually looks better from the rear so that's where all the photo ops are and yes this very plain boring side is the front. *sigh* But glad you enjoyed some parts of the city. Pity you didn't come in April because the "Cherry" (get it?) Blossoms are about to pop and really that would have been perfect. So time it better next time. And let me know you're coming and we'll go for to-die-for Asian fusion style noodles. Okay reading the blogs is what keeps me going until ‘The Book’ comes out. So glad you enjoyed DC. And yeah so many people think that about the White House. Sorta like “is that it?” and “but that’s not the front, right?” and then you have to explain that it actually looks better from the rear so that’s where all the photo ops are and yes this very plain boring side is the front. *sigh* But glad you enjoyed some parts of the city. Pity you didn’t come in April because the “Cherry” (get it?) Blossoms are about to pop and really that would have been perfect. So time it better next time. And let me know you’re coming and we’ll go for to-die-for Asian fusion style noodles.

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]]> By: Anonymous http://www.arghink.com/2006/02/05/cheerful-and-on-wheels/#comment-1256 Anonymous Wed, 22 Feb 2006 18:00:31 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=16#comment-1256 Like to think I'm a fairly patient person, but I am now addicted to reading this blog, read all the back passages and it's been over two weeks since last blog by Jennie. I am going into serious withdrawal and the only thing that helps with these pains is Dove ice cream with the ganache....and I can no longer button my jeans! Help - please write soon!!! Like to think I’m a fairly patient person, but I am now addicted to reading this blog, read all the back passages and it’s been over two weeks since last blog by Jennie. I am going into serious withdrawal and the only thing that helps with these pains is Dove ice cream with the ganache….and I can no longer button my jeans!

Help – please write soon!!!

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]]> By: MizLiciouss http://www.arghink.com/2006/02/05/cheerful-and-on-wheels/#comment-1255 MizLiciouss Mon, 20 Feb 2006 17:59:58 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=16#comment-1255 Susan is great! My favorite character from Pratchett is a toss-up among the Luggage, Angua, Granny, and Vimes. Sounds like you had a great trip in D.C. Susan is great! My favorite character from Pratchett is a toss-up among the Luggage, Angua, Granny, and Vimes.

Sounds like you had a great trip in D.C.

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]]> By: Dorothy http://www.arghink.com/2006/02/05/cheerful-and-on-wheels/#comment-1254 Dorothy Tue, 14 Feb 2006 17:56:55 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=16#comment-1254 Wow...now that's what I call A TRIP. We were planning on visiting D.C. last summer..got up to Dover, stayed overnight in the casino, got up and was getting ready to go to D.C. when it started pouring..all up and down the east coast. We had to cancel our trip to D.C., but at least I got some gambling in! Wow…now that’s what I call A TRIP. We were planning on visiting D.C. last summer..got up to Dover, stayed overnight in the casino, got up and was getting ready to go to D.C. when it started pouring..all up and down the east coast. We had to cancel our trip to D.C., but at least I got some gambling in!

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]]> By: Anonymous http://www.arghink.com/2006/02/05/cheerful-and-on-wheels/#comment-1253 Anonymous Thu, 09 Feb 2006 17:56:31 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=16#comment-1253 I wondered what a typewriter eraser was. Here it is: http://www.nga.gov/feature/sculpturegarden/sculpture/sculpture1-fs.shtm I wondered what a typewriter eraser was. Here it is: http://www.nga.gov/feature/sculpturegarden/sculpture/sculpture1-fs.shtm

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]]> By: Yvonne Lindsay http://www.arghink.com/2006/02/05/cheerful-and-on-wheels/#comment-1252 Yvonne Lindsay Thu, 09 Feb 2006 17:56:06 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=16#comment-1252 Being in NZ it'll probably be some time before I ever get to the Smithsonian, but wow! It sounds great. Loved the iPod security squad... I have one of my own when I do the grocery shopping with my two teenage girls. Being in NZ it’ll probably be some time before I ever get to the Smithsonian, but wow! It sounds great.

Loved the iPod security squad… I have one of my own when I do the grocery shopping with my two teenage girls.

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]]> By: Caryn http://www.arghink.com/2006/02/05/cheerful-and-on-wheels/#comment-1251 Caryn Tue, 07 Feb 2006 17:55:43 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=16#comment-1251 "Charlie and the MTA"! Glad to see someone else knows that song. Any time it shows up on one of my mix CDs or my personally programmed Launchcast station, people give me a weird look and ask me what the heck the song is. Good memories for the Kingston Trio. “Charlie and the MTA”! Glad to see someone else knows that song. Any time it shows up on one of my mix CDs or my personally programmed Launchcast station, people give me a weird look and ask me what the heck the song is. Good memories for the Kingston Trio.

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]]> By: dt http://www.arghink.com/2006/02/05/cheerful-and-on-wheels/#comment-1250 dt Mon, 06 Feb 2006 17:55:15 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=16#comment-1250 Never seen the attraction of Susan. Can't abide her. Be Granny or Nanny, I say. Or, in a pinch, Angua. My absolute favourite however is Carrot, with Vimes jostling for second place with the witches. I'm always surprised that Americans like Pratchett so much. The viewpoint, voice and the jokes seem so very English to me. Maybe that's why? Part of its charm for me is its familiarity; I know people who talk in exactly those rhythms and I can clearly picture them in the stories. Anyway, this is all off-topic, sorry. Want a painting where you can see what the subject's thinking - try Manet's Olympia. Never seen the attraction of Susan. Can’t abide her. Be Granny or Nanny, I say. Or, in a pinch, Angua. My absolute favourite however is Carrot, with Vimes jostling for second place with the witches.

I’m always surprised that Americans like Pratchett so much. The viewpoint, voice and the jokes seem so very English to me. Maybe that’s why? Part of its charm for me is its familiarity; I know people who talk in exactly those rhythms and I can clearly picture them in the stories.

Anyway, this is all off-topic, sorry. Want a painting where you can see what the subject’s thinking – try Manet’s Olympia.

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]]> By: ButterflyLane http://www.arghink.com/2006/02/05/cheerful-and-on-wheels/#comment-1249 ButterflyLane Mon, 06 Feb 2006 17:54:51 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=16#comment-1249 I want the Luggage. I want to be Susan. I want the Luggage. I want to be Susan.

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]]> By: Eileen http://www.arghink.com/2006/02/05/cheerful-and-on-wheels/#comment-1248 Eileen Mon, 06 Feb 2006 17:54:25 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=16#comment-1248 This is what I tell myself post New Year diet resolution. I'm not gaining weight- it's "creative muscle." Like if you go to the gym (which I also hear is good for you) you can gain muscle weight. I'm just gaining creative muscle from all the deep thought I have going on in here. This is what I tell myself post New Year diet resolution. I’m not gaining weight- it’s “creative muscle.” Like if you go to the gym (which I also hear is good for you) you can gain muscle weight. I’m just gaining creative muscle from all the deep thought I have going on in here.

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]]> By: talpianna http://www.arghink.com/2006/02/05/cheerful-and-on-wheels/#comment-1247 talpianna Mon, 06 Feb 2006 17:54:00 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=16#comment-1247 The Luggage is my favorite Pratchett character, but the one I am most like is The Librarian. OOOK! The Luggage is my favorite Pratchett character, but the one I am most like is The Librarian.

OOOK!

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]]> By: Brand http://www.arghink.com/2006/02/05/cheerful-and-on-wheels/#comment-1246 Brand Mon, 06 Feb 2006 17:53:21 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=16#comment-1246 Great post. You didn't see the Lincoln Memorial? Great post. You didn’t see the Lincoln Memorial?

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]]> By: Anonymous http://www.arghink.com/2006/02/05/cheerful-and-on-wheels/#comment-1245 Anonymous Mon, 06 Feb 2006 17:52:38 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=16#comment-1245 As always, great post, but - househunting again? Didn't you just finish getting this one all figured out? Sara As always, great post, but – househunting again? Didn’t you just finish getting this one all figured out?

Sara

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]]> By: inkgrrl http://www.arghink.com/2006/02/05/cheerful-and-on-wheels/#comment-1244 inkgrrl Mon, 06 Feb 2006 17:52:13 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=16#comment-1244 Glad to hear from ya, babe! Thanks so much for the Monday morning smiles, and for a reminder of one of my favorite paintings of all time - tried to get my ex-husband The Artiste to paint something similar on our dining room walls, and he wanted to put in donkeys. Which might be classified as cheerful and on wheels in someone's alternate realite. Geez. Some people. Glad to hear from ya, babe! Thanks so much for the Monday morning smiles, and for a reminder of one of my favorite paintings of all time – tried to get my ex-husband The Artiste to paint something similar on our dining room walls, and he wanted to put in donkeys. Which might be classified as cheerful and on wheels in someone’s alternate realite. Geez. Some people.

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]]> By: glee http://www.arghink.com/2006/02/05/cheerful-and-on-wheels/#comment-1243 glee Mon, 06 Feb 2006 17:51:35 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=16#comment-1243 Not an iceberg -- some lovely town on an island in the sun, eh? I love the National Gallery -- one can turn a corner in the gallery and be surprised by the most lovely thing or by something that makes you say "what were they thinking?" My favorite is the Salvador Dali "Last Supper" and the actual Van Gogh painting of white flowers is so much better than all those crummy reproductions. Even the casual visitor like me can see that. Sounds like a wonderful DC-kind-of-day, the kind that make you forget that there are stupid things going on within walking distance of wherever you are... thanks for the morning smile. /glee Not an iceberg — some lovely town on an island in the sun, eh?

I love the National Gallery — one can turn a corner in the gallery and be surprised by the most lovely thing or by something that makes you say “what were they thinking?” My favorite is the Salvador Dali “Last Supper” and the actual Van Gogh painting of white flowers is so much better than all those crummy reproductions. Even the casual visitor like me can see that.

Sounds like a wonderful DC-kind-of-day, the kind that make you forget that there are stupid things going on within walking distance of wherever you are…

thanks for the morning smile.

/glee

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]]> By: Elaine http://www.arghink.com/2006/02/05/cheerful-and-on-wheels/#comment-1242 Elaine Mon, 06 Feb 2006 17:50:51 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=16#comment-1242 Loved this post, not least because it brought back days of strolling through the Smithsonians when I lived in the DC area. Since I was raised there I was totally shocked when I travelled and found out that other museums charge admission. And is it a coincidence that one of my favorite writers wants to be my favorite Pratchett character? Loved this post, not least because it brought back days of strolling through the Smithsonians when I lived in the DC area. Since I was raised there I was totally shocked when I travelled and found out that other museums charge admission. And is it a coincidence that one of my favorite writers wants to be my favorite Pratchett character?

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]]> By: Susan http://www.arghink.com/2006/02/05/cheerful-and-on-wheels/#comment-1241 Susan Mon, 06 Feb 2006 17:48:53 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=16#comment-1241 Thanks for a truly uplifting (if I can use that word without reference to Incredibra) Monday morning starter. So glad you didn't post that one to oblivion. Love the picture of Min (though I'm wondering about the iceberg in the background). Thanks for a truly uplifting (if I can use that word without reference to Incredibra) Monday morning starter. So glad you didn’t post that one to oblivion.
Love the picture of Min (though I’m wondering about the iceberg in the background).

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]]> By: Carolyn B http://www.arghink.com/2006/02/05/cheerful-and-on-wheels/#comment-1240 Carolyn B Mon, 06 Feb 2006 17:48:26 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=16#comment-1240 What a fabulous posting! And "cheerful and on wheels"? A very worthy mantra. Hope you continue having a blast! ~ Carolyn B. Collierville, TN What a fabulous posting! And “cheerful and on wheels”? A very worthy mantra.

Hope you continue having a blast!

~ Carolyn B.
Collierville, TN

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]]> By: Anonymous http://www.arghink.com/2006/02/05/cheerful-and-on-wheels/#comment-1239 Anonymous Mon, 06 Feb 2006 17:47:42 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/?p=16#comment-1239 Did you get a chance to see the Peacock Room in the Freer? raises interior decor to a whole 'nother level. Did you get a chance to see the Peacock Room in the Freer? raises interior decor to a whole ‘nother level.

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