Cindy -- alas, no, none of my brothers (three of them) appreciate Jane Austen. My mother likes all of the novels, although she thinks I'm a bit (?) obsessed. Kali -- I never figured out directions there. But the house is a historical landmark, with almost semicircular sun room and balcony. The street may have been Le Conte (?), but I am not certain. [He and his roommate have just bought a condo on Noe street in SF, so maybe they won't keep moving every year!]

Obsessed? NOOOOOO not just a bit

Le Conte...that is northside...a bit east...not far from where I am...only a few blocks... Czarist stuff? Kaf and I are jealous...

The forecast has been downgraded, now instead of 6"-12", we are only expecting 4". We saw your snow on our weather this evening. But here, spring carries on...

OH, JOAN -- I like this one the best of all!

It's gorgeous! --- Anyone see Seinfeld tonight? Finally...someone who sees The English Patient for what it is! "For God's sake, why don't you just DIE, already! DIE!" Go Elaine! ;)

]Anyone see Seinfeld tonight? Finally...someone who sees The English Patient for what it is! "For God's sake, why don't you just DIE, already! DIE!" Go Elaine! ;) Kali, definitely ditto! I was talking about this in chat.

ok now, be careful! :-(

I like this one the best of all! They have not yet begun to bloom... (That is my bedroom window) :-)

Lovely, Joan. Your *.ia reminded me of a cute kid story about Forsythia. When my oldest was about 3 we were walking around and I was pointing out the flora I knew the names of. Just after I told him one bush was Forsythia, he pointed to the next one and asked, "Who's that for" BTW, Adam is now 12 and is my little math nerd. I'd love any teachers, former teachers, parents with ideas or smart non-parents who used to be smart little kids to come over to the parent conference here at Spring and help me figure out what to do with this kid. Maybe the discussion will help some of the other moms here, too.

Ann girl, I am with you. The weather here is bad.........so much snow! ARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!

Amy: I told him one bush was Forsythia, he pointed to the next one and asked, "Who's that for" What I want to know is, who is Sythia? ;-)

Re #'s 307 and 308 (Elaine on Seinfeld hating The English Patient) Apparently, the old TEP thread has been archived, so I'm leaving this here. I was just over reading Mr. Cranky's review of TEP (he didn't like it, either) and the critiques posted by others about it. (Let me say, first of all, that I really appreciate how kind and respectful everyone is here -- some of those people are NOT NICE!!) Anyway, if you're interested, it's a good read. Not surprisingly, women seem to like it and men don't, but that's not an absolute constant. For instance, I have been unable to properly articulate exactly why I didn't like TEP overall, even though I was very touched by Hana, and by her relationship with Kip (their scenes were frequently mentioned as being the best in the movie). This guy said it for me very well: With time for reflection it occurs to me that the most annoying thing about the film is its moral bankruptcy. The message of the movie is that the personal pain and passion of the two protagonists is so great that they dwarf to insignificance issues like betrayal, infidelity and treason. this is [bad word]. give me bogey and bacall, making better and more illuminating choices in the original, exalting the human spirit rather than reducing it to a hormonal rush. After reading this opinion, I can see that that's what I was trying to say.