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Hi, still have limitations. Visiting fan posted this on CV. I am "Friend." Friend and I were taking an Art Tour in Chatham County today. I was in the studio talking with the artist while Friend stayed in the living room talking to folks (about six from three different families who all live in Chatham Co.) Friend was wearing a T-shirt which says "Clay Rocks" - no graphics and they asked her about it. When she explained it was a Clay Aiken tee, everyone got very excited and said that they love him. Points made during the following conversation were: 1. They all disliked the Crisco ad. 2. They really liked Clay's ad, but wished it were longer. Friend immediately told them about the "Open Door" video, which none of them had seen. 3. One of the points they remembered and liked was that he didn't want to go negative. 4. Unfortunately, only one lives in District 2, but they all said they would love to be able to vote for him. The most important thing was the palpable excitement that entered the room when Friend mentioned Clay. The interest level and excitement filled the room and everyone was talking about what they had heard/see/thought about Clay. He really does have that something special. These were all North Carolinians and all lived in Chatham County.

Love that jacket!! Harvard???

I love the approach they are taking re: the San Francisco values comment! Puts the Ellmers camp in a position of being direct or shutting up. It's a good letter from Faye--I got it too.

Third!

Duh, I forgot that of course you would have different commentators. I love Kurt Browning! We had far better commentary than we've had in years. Daisuke has to be close to 30! I felt so bad for Patrick, really a heartbreaker. I also hope he keeps it up. You could see during the warm up that he was stressed to the max. Nobody really skated all that well of the top skaters, but Daisuke was the most enjoyable to watch for me. Of the Russians, I always thought Alexi Yagudin was the most exciting--spectacular footwork. I didn't see anyone with footwork like that today, but I guess it doesn't score points. I was looking for a picture of Weir's outfit, but I'm not too fond of the bottom half (white tights) or of the posed shots (too solemn), so I won't bother. I did find out that he also designed Hanyu's outfit for today. Didn't like that as much - Hanyu doesn't have the flair Johnny has.

Thanks to luckiest's reminder, I was able to watch the men's skating live. And the winner was..........Johnny Weir. He's such a great commentator, so knowledgeable, and a gorgeous outfit too! Of course the results were disappointing, but I finally got to see Takahashi's Beatles program, and I enjoyed that so much. Wonderful choreography and musciality. If dance and artistry only mattered more than all those jumps--bleah! I'm kind of stunned realizing that I first saw Takahasi skate in 1998! Sad for Patrick Chan, but hey, a silver medal is pretty danged good. Sigh. Nerves got the best of him. Sigh. Hanyu has potential, and maybe he deserved the best score according to the system, but meh.

All is well here, but it's snowing again. The power flickered several times an hour ago, which is usually a bad sign, but so far so good. It's warm enough that the ice on the trees is melting. Bigger warm-up tomorrow. So not bad, considering what could have been.

Darn tootin'! A neighbor posted on our bulletin board that her husband went down the road to do an errand earlier today and just got back, 7 hours later!

Nasty here too Fear. Not as much snow as you, but the sleet/freezing rain has been going for about 3 hours and is forecast to continue til tomorrow sometime. Ice is scary stuff.

Good idea, ldyj Couchie, Parker will be in college before I make Babysitter.

Me too merrieeee. I thought of it, of that Confucian concept, looking at those photos today. He's going to spend the next few months convincing people by his mere presence, because he is sincere.

Sincerity becomes apparent. From being apparent, it becomes manifest. From being manifest, it becomes brilliant. Brilliant, it affects others. Affecting others, they are changed by it. Changed by it, they are transformed. -Confucius

http://www.wncn.com/...ngress-in-video One more, this one from WNCN, a local TV station. There's a couple of videos, the one they edited, and a long version that's over 11 minutes! (I'm only linking to the page, but the videos are below the picture of Clay and the reporter.) I hope the bolded part holds true for more folks.

http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/02/05/3594230/saunders-are-there-more-claymates.html

Couple follow-ups from the News & Observer: http://www.newsobser...ml#wgt=rcntnews

From a NY Times political blogger: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/05/he-can-carry-a-tune-but-can-he-carry-the-race/?hp She got shot down by another Times reporter, who stole the headline and modified it, and asked Clay the American Idol question, to which he responded, "haven't watched it years." That one's been posted already. Even better--it's the same reporter after she talked to him. news thread

This was from yesterday, three top stories from the NY Times: http://www.nytimes.c...his-stray-dogs/ Also yesterday, I like this columnist, but she will be eating her words soon (and boy am I enjoying all the folks eating their words) http://www.nytimes.c...hp&rref=opinion This one is an AP article I saw posted on Yahoo. What's funny to me is that the photo they used is a shot of him in Drop Dead Diva! http://news.yahoo.co...-114426197.html

Ldy has already posted this in the news thread (while I can barely keep up with reading it all), but this one is a favorite. http://www.adweek.co...-perfect-155532

Tweetie pie. Heh. Like.

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WaPo True, but a good place to start. No one could fault him if he doesn't win (not that some won't).

Hee!!!

Happy 2014 everybody! Thanks for the timeline ldyj!

A favorite from the good old bad old days: thnaks ldyj and all for the well-wishes. getting there. did anyone happen to notice that the new banner became a newer banner about a week later? :heh. couchie noticed something but it didn't register. a newer prettier picture came along right after.

You are not alone Fear. I'm so "warped" that I'm not even worried about hearing from him or what's next. SVU is next for me, although I don't expect more than a cameo. The interview on Zap2it was fabulous; I was pleased to see that he was the MC, and it was fun watching him charming Ashanti. I thought what Taylor said about getting used to hearing the word "no" when you're in show business was pretty wise. Not sure why fans didn't pick up on that.