Comments for Just Musing

Comment on She’s making movies on location by RovingLibrarian

RovingLibrarian — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 03:03:07 +0000

This just in–Hot Wheels Video Racer! Now you can shoot POV as you rocket around that orange track.

Comment on She’s making movies on location by Sis

Sis — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 23:58:42 +0000

The latest on these dolls is, some folks are afraid they’ll be used to make kiddie porn. It’s a desperate world where people are so clever and others so fearful even to imagine such a thing, isn’t it?

Comment on She’s making movies on location by Barbara Watkins

Barbara Watkins — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:17:55 +0000

I don’t know, my daughter and her friends mostly liked to pop the heads off their Barbies. I guess all of this just demonstrates the versatility of the Barbie doll over the decades.

Comment on She’s making movies on location by Susan

Susan — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:01:10 +0000

This is just bizarre. I suppose I’d have to agree that encouraging young girls in technology is a good thing. However, the Barbie itself (or herself) just looks odd. But you’re right, better than a hooter cam!

Comment on She’s making movies on location by Sis

Sis — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 14:19:48 +0000

Well! No doubt someday the developments in tiny electronics will allow for us to see through Barbie’s eyes, and won’t THAT be spooky? the doll, I mean! Yikes!

Comment on Polite fiction by RovingLibrarian

RovingLibrarian — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:18:10 +0000

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128931647

I become more quaint on a daily basis.

Comment on Manse for sale by Dad

Dad — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:47:51 +0000

Well done and you can tell by the responses that you found a lot of kindred spirits.

Since we moved a lot when we first moved to Pgh all the houses we lived in have a particular memory for me. Some are traumatic, some warm pleasant family things, all a part of my childhood. Must write a book some day.

Comment on Manse for sale by Thom

Thom — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 13:43:54 +0000

Well done. I have heard about the manse so many times from Ellen and your folks. What a wonderful home to be a child in.

I have dreams about our home and country house with regularity. I guess one never leaves in one’s heart.

Comment on Manse for sale by Ellen

Ellen — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 03:59:47 +0000

I sometimes dream that I am in that house, too. I remember the smell of the attic in the summertime, the old wood, the splinters in the ladder to the widow’s watch, the thrill of being higher than anyone or anything including the treetops.
I remember the day I was standing on the landing between the first and second floors and hearing a strange almost groan, then watching part of the old plaster ceiling crash to the floor in the front entryway downstairs. I screamed and Mom came running, certain I’d been buried in horsehair plaster and dust!

Comment on Manse for sale by RovingLibrarian

RovingLibrarian — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:15:48 +0000

Thanks. I just hope they don’t have to turn it into office space to find a buyer.