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 impending weather.  Those seaso

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 with a Prix Fixe menu that

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 actually.).  I remember wa

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 down.  They said it w

Glen asked me to write one more blog post before the month ends.. there are so many writers with so many fans, and I have a fan!  So, I thought it is Halloween so a little bit of rambling merriment is required.  Some of this is to be little funny and some serious, if you have a hard time deciding which is what think of it like trick or treat from my mind to yours.   Halloween:  My first memory of Halloween was Mom and Dad got a cougar outfit from somewhere and that was my costume. I loved the costume and am eternally grateful this was before the era of Facebook and Instagram. Banana Palm Trees:  OK, I ordered miniature palms trees for my patio.  I have a sinking suspicion as I watch another new leave sprout in one week that these are not miniature any where but the tropics.  I still am enjoying them though. Huffington Post:  Yes, I am a liberal, and I admit it.  More so socially than fiscally, but I tend most often to vote democrat.  That said Huffington Post is leani

What do you do when .. you are near the ledge.. only a symbolic one... You know your life is about to change.. maybe it has to do with something good coming your way.  You won the lottery, or maybe you found out you received a bonus at work.  The ledge doesn't have to be a bad place it is just a place where you stand knowing your life is going through some changes, and that you don't have full control of the next steps. This doesn't happen often in my life, but today ends up being one of those days.  I sit here watching the water go by, the occasional kayak go by, hear the birds chirp and know this is one of those days.  That my life after today will be different than it is today.  Sometimes it is about summoning all the power and wisdom I posses to make sure something changes or someone is helped, or help assure success of the moment. So, what do you do?  I have written many times, that I have an editor in my head.  This extra cycle or two of thought that 99% of the

I want to quit Facebook... I am not but I want to.. so I thought I would share why. I live a relatively dull life on the outside, and feel this constant sharing makes me want to prove I really do get the occasional pedicure and find some excitement.  Yes, I sit on the porch every morning. I read the paper on line.  Walk the occasional sunrise on the beach.  Go for a walk, and enjoy a good bagel with nova and cream cheese.  I am not complaining but am certain many of you go he needs some excitement in his life. (Trust me I am fine!) As much as I appreciate everyone else's status, I wonder about this constant need to post where, what and how we all do what we do every day.  I watch these older shows and wonder what were they doing at 8pm each night and how we could have survived without knowing each moment of the day what all of us are doing.  I guess when the compelling need to share soemthing people just picked up the phone.  I think about this collection of information th