it's wednesday, but old christine is on b/c we live in tivoland where tv doesn't control us - we control the tv!

news

cooking
if you were to check my oven setting, it would be either 300º or 450º. 300º is for banana bread, and 450º is for pizza. that's all that goes in that baby. which is still clean from the thorough cleaning mini-me gave it.

business
here's a fascinating little story: in february, ordered the new harry potter book and a book mini-me needed for school. to qualify for free shipping, had them "shipped" together, knowing that the h.p. book would not ship until this summer. the schoolbook shipped fine, and i planned to change the ship-to on the h.p. book. put changing the ship-to on the back burner and got around to it this morning. logged into bn.com but could not change the ship-to, so emailed cusotmer service. received in reply two emails, which are a polar contrast. the automatic anonymous email says the ship-to cannot be changed, but the later personal reply from a customer service rep reports that the ship-to has been changed. so, got what i wanted -- what one would think is a reasonable solution, but the first email is misleading because it reports that what will be done cannot be done. the emails appear to have been sent 16 minutes apart.

cops & robbers
a local 77-year-old judo expert was visiting his neighborhood stop-n-shop yesterday when a couple of mean dudes tried to rob the store. the granpappy used his judo to good effect and controlled the situation for 10 mins until the police could get there. [10 mins -- jeezumpete, that's a long time!] today, one of the robbers is still in hospital b/c of his injuries from the 77-year-old man. you go granpappy!

sports
the titans signed a backup qb today, and titan kyle vanden bosch & wife had a baby. pat sperdudo says the kats are on track for a great season. the preds re-signed barry trotz & the entire coaching staff for next year. the jockey who won the ky derby & his cajun accent were at the white house today, and the vandy bowling team [ncaa champs] have been invited to the white house on june 18. vandy baseball is still ranked #1.

music
listening to pink on american idol. she sounds good & looks good. got some cd's from the cat's music dog pound $1 bin the other day, and the pat mcgee band and dezeray's hammer are good, but paw is a big disappointment -- nothing but squealing geetars.