tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post4327974418749071876..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: the house of sand and vogBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-19383306447142081172012-12-31T18:12:22.561-08:002012-12-31T18:12:22.561-08:00Thanks, Ken. I would have thanked you sooner but I...Thanks, Ken. I would have thanked you sooner but I've been at a remote cabin by Mt. Rainier since the 26th. No TV, radio, phone, or computer reception, and no newspaper delivery. I love it. Well, no running water, either. That's not so great.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-39685873870657988682012-12-28T21:12:03.383-08:002012-12-28T21:12:03.383-08:00You can't spell "Grand Marquis" with...You can't spell "Grand Marquis" without "Grandma". Popular rental near Pearl Harbor because the average age of Grand Marquis drivers is....well, people who were licensed drivers in 1941. <br /><br />That would be 87 and up.Michael Hagertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10854329436921975104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-22695854648893179302012-12-27T11:22:38.288-08:002012-12-27T11:22:38.288-08:00At one time Ford made a wagon version of the Mercu...At one time Ford made a wagon version of the Mercury Grand Marquis, the Grand Marquis Colony Park. You could have fit two regular Grand Marquis' in the back of it. Bought a 1984 one for $300 from the estate of a dead guy where it had been sitting for a year and a half after he had died. Apparently he never drove it in the winter so it wouldn't get damaged by road salt, it was in beautiful condition [yes, I am in the midwest]. I chortled thinking "What a steal!" Till I realized it used more fuel then the battleship Missouri. I might as well have towed a BP station behind it to keep it fueled. Stomp on the accelerator and the fuel gauge moved faster downward then the speedometer went up. Took it to be E-checked [emissions checked to make sure it wasn't polluting the air] and the people were confused as hell as to what to do, found out because it was so old, it was exempt from having to be checked. So what if ducks were dropping dead out of the sky! Finally stopped driving it when gas went over 4 bucks a gallon for a while. Drove it to the south and was in heaven when I figured out it was getting 18 MPG. Only got 11 MPG in the city. Sold it about a year ago, but glad it's still out there somewhere still being driven aroundYEKIMIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01921751875397071034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-84938547448815470982012-12-27T05:49:47.969-08:002012-12-27T05:49:47.969-08:00I will have to read that Elizabeth Taylor biograph...I will have to read that Elizabeth Taylor biography! (Now that I am finished with your book, Ken, and enjoyed it thoroughly). Julie, Burlington, IowaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-69004220920194013042012-12-27T04:23:05.479-08:002012-12-27T04:23:05.479-08:00Apparently Ukulele is pronounced "oo-koo-lay-...Apparently Ukulele is pronounced "oo-koo-lay-lay". Or so I've heard. Anyone know if it's true?Johnny Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13302545167970532080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-54360442919383778462012-12-27T03:50:36.646-08:002012-12-27T03:50:36.646-08:00Funny story, the Ukulele is inspired by the portug...Funny story, the Ukulele is inspired by the portuguese Cavaquinho, it was introduced in the islands by the many portuguese expats who lived there.HCarvalhonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-3020467914266540212012-12-26T22:30:37.531-08:002012-12-26T22:30:37.531-08:00email hacked and then sending out spam to thousand...email hacked and then sending out spam to thousands of addresses... how to stop this? Change the password for your email. If it's the same as any other passwords, change them too.<br /><br />Waynenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-80263549987973596202012-12-26T20:04:19.198-08:002012-12-26T20:04:19.198-08:00Hmm. According to Darwin Porter, just about everyo...Hmm. According to Darwin Porter, just about everyone has slept with everyone in Hollywood. I think there may be a reason he only writes biographies of dead celebrities...Johnny Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13302545167970532080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1488062345248050612012-12-26T13:59:55.961-08:002012-12-26T13:59:55.961-08:00Oops, Who Cut the Cheese moved to Wailea and chang...Oops, Who Cut the Cheese moved to Wailea and changed their name over a year ago!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-39057326573947146622012-12-26T12:19:34.539-08:002012-12-26T12:19:34.539-08:00Liz was smart - that horse knew the writer and he ...Liz was smart - that horse knew the writer and he managed to get her way more lines than she had in the first draft.Macnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-35411608007030979082012-12-26T11:58:19.734-08:002012-12-26T11:58:19.734-08:00The author is Darwin Porter. She probably slept w...The author is Darwin Porter. She probably slept with him too.By Ken Levinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-21783291199317507472012-12-26T11:29:20.189-08:002012-12-26T11:29:20.189-08:00Who wrote that Liz Taylor book? It's not the k...Who wrote that Liz Taylor book? It's not the kind of thing I normally read, but you have me curious. <br /><br />I forget who I rented a car from in San Francisco, but the $25-a-day rate for two days cost me $150. I never was good at the new math.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-33819522611514656372012-12-26T11:03:15.247-08:002012-12-26T11:03:15.247-08:00Ah, I love Maui. I hope I get back there one day!
...Ah, I love Maui. I hope I get back there one day!<br /><br />I rented from Enterprise on my last trip to LA... I think it went ok. I got screwed for not already having any US insurance (being a foreigner), but the flip side was that, when they were through with me, I had so much insurance I could have returned it crushed into a cube and they couldn't have complained. That certainly made me feel a little better during the times I drove on the wrong side of the road. (Which was very rare. I mean, hardly at all. Honest!)<br /><br />Maybe next time I'll hunt around for a different company and see if I get a better deal, though. Johnny Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13302545167970532080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-60210974914798948642012-12-26T09:21:18.914-08:002012-12-26T09:21:18.914-08:00Watch out Enterprise doesn't bill you for &quo...Watch out Enterprise doesn't bill you for "hail damage." Yes, even in Hawaii. Google "Enterprise car hail claim" for some light, informative reading. Never, EVER again will I rent from Enterprise.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00740239938140454237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-14251210620127276532012-12-26T09:13:57.288-08:002012-12-26T09:13:57.288-08:00A friend is related to Steve Garvey...and from wha...A friend is related to Steve Garvey...and from what I've heard, he makes a young Liz Taylor seem chaste in comparison. Still.Jay Johnstonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-59932088701323517892012-12-26T09:09:43.669-08:002012-12-26T09:09:43.669-08:00The movie theaters in Kihei are closed? Oh no ... ...The movie theaters in Kihei are closed? Oh no ... now I'll never be able to enjoy the odor of rancid butter from the old popcorn popper in the lobby wafting through the theaters ...Mr. Hollywoodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-43754246818118482082012-12-26T08:56:05.099-08:002012-12-26T08:56:05.099-08:00Ken, you must have meant "Mercury Grand Marqu...Ken, you must have meant "Mercury Grand Marquis." When I was with my family in San Francisco in '07, the rental company (not Enterprise) also didn't have what we'd reserved, and at first we thought the guy behind the counter was saying "grandma key" - it took a few repetitions to understand that we too were being "upgraded" to one of those barges. I had hoped to make the traditional drive down Lombard Street in something easier to maneuver. (Since we got the car for the purpose of driving to Lake Tahoe, we were able to trade it for what we'd wanted at the Sacramento airport along the way.)<br /><br />Ford finally stopped making the Grand Marquis (and all Mercurys) and the mechanically similar Lincoln Town Car last year, so by next year no one is likely to get stuck with one as a rental. It wallows so much because underneath it's a new-for-1979 chassis.gottacooknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-46640653942929796152012-12-26T07:37:03.707-08:002012-12-26T07:37:03.707-08:00New Age Klezmer...
Ken, is it possible that you m...New Age Klezmer...<br /><br />Ken, is it possible that you may never have tasted the joys of The Klezmonauts?<br /><br />Go to www.klezmonauts.com and immediately order a copy of Oy! to the World, their classic compilation of Klezmer Christmas songs.<br /><br />wgWendy M. Grossmanhttp://www.pelicancrossing.netnoreply@blogger.com