ABSILVER's World

It appears that "Season" is upon us, so consider this a Service Advisory from your friendly Fort Lauderdale Residence. Disclaimer: The opinions expressed below are solely those of the author.  They should not be associated with any other Fort Lauderdale or South Florida resident.  That said if these pointers seem appropriate, and applicable to you they probably are.  If they seem inappropriate and not applicable (want to bet) then please take them in the humor they were intended. For those of you, who comment on the lack of seasons in South Florida as a reason not to live here that is not true.  We do have seasons here, and they seem to parallel your own.  You in the north call it winter: We call it snowbird season.  You look for an early spring getaway: We call that cruise ship season.  You call it summer: We call it summer.  The scientists aren't sure but our seasons appear to parallel yours and seem to start depending on your own impend...

So, today is my birthday and I think it incumbent on me to share some instructions.  Open with care, and please think carefully.. and read all of the instructions below. If it were up to me I would bury my head in the sand of the beach and wake up tomorrow.  I don't take too well to being the center of attention, and honest it is a number to me and my memories of birthdays are sparse. My birthday is one of those holiday birthdays.  It is one of the biggest holidays of them all, Thanksgiving and everyone celebrates Thanksgiving.   Ask me for memories of Thanksgiving and they are many, birthdays not so much. Beyond my Bar Mitzvah, my birthdays have been mostly non-events.  They usually comprise of another holiday, another holiday preparation, and on rare occasion some errant human who thinks surprising me is a good idea.  (IT’S NOT MARK!) My few birthdays I remember: First birthday with Harry, we went dressed up to a fancy restaurant in New York wi...

So, this started with me sitting here on a Saturday afternoon watching "Mona Lisa Smiles" with Julia Roberts.  I was sitting here thinking this really is one of my if not my favorite Julia Roberts Movies.  She seems to light up the movie, and you really want to like her and not just cause she is Julia Roberts. My favorite Susan Sarandon Movie is Stepmom which happens to have Julia Roberts.  If I have a desire to cry, something is stuck in me and it needs to get out then I watch the end and it triggers the emotional moment.  The moment where she is horse riding with her daughter is wonderful.  I love the moment where she is driving her son, and he asks her if he should hate the step mom and that he would if she wanted him to. Favorite Barbra Streisand Movie, it is a difficult choice.  I think " The Prince of Tides " is probably my favorite.  I remember seeing it the first time with my parents on Christmas Day.  ( Think was its opening actuall...

Here is a good bad and ugly buying experience. I wanted a small fridge for my guess bedroom to put in a closet.  Somewhere to store extra drinks, wine, and such when not needed and to empty some of that (including beer and wine I am not drinking right now) out of the fridge in the kitchen. So, I started on-line to see what the options and alternatives are.  Call it a drink cooler and prices go up, call it a wine cooler and oh boy, but an ordinary  compact fridges range between 2 and 11 cu ft and they seem to be manufactured by all the major brands. I started out going to home depot, Lowes and Sears about a month ago and after thinking and looking I settled on a 4.4 cu ft. Kenmore as I have said before I am quite happy with my Kenmore appliances.  Part of the reason was the delivery fees online for the others were quite high and I didn't really want to pick it up myself. Kenmore  4.4 cu. ft. Compact Refrigerator - Stainless Steel Well, Sears let me d...