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It's a small compensation for those who have to listen to the music. :)

The person suspected of setting off the Palisades Fire has been arrested. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/los-angeles-palisades-fire-arrest.html?unlocked_article_code=1.r08.lVjy.XcGVuZK3zzWE&smid=url-share

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/oct/07/scientist-learns-he-has-won-nobel-prize-while-on-digital-detox-in-us-mountains How many times has this happened to you? 🤨

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/oct/03/keeping-up-appearances-actor-patricia-routledge-dies-aged-xx Patricia Routledge was a woman of many accomplishments, but she will be most fondly remembered for the line, "It's Bouquet." ETA...

Going for a walk. A cup of tea. Having a good conversation with a friend.

This means nothing to me.

:rolleyes: Ukrainians are the victims here, not Russian skaters.

Skating? :confused:

They are rebelling against the examples set by their parents. Bless their hearts.

According to :sekret: , Deanna Stellato-Dudek knows exactly which strings to pull.

https://www.isu-skating.com/figure-skating/skaters/pairs/holly-harris-jason-chan/ According to the ISU, Jason Chan obtained Australian citizenship in 2022.

How well known are Jane Eyre and Ebenezer Scrooge among those whose mother tongue isn't English? How many English speakers have  read Jane Eyre or A Christmas Carol? I haven't read Eugene Onegin, but I have read both of those and Perfume and believe all three to be classics, with Perfume...

Parkman does not have U.S. citizenship and will not be eligible for it for several years. I don't think that Efimova will have citizenship in time for the Olympics either unless she has a sekret American husband.

🤔 Carmen Suite No. 1?

:blah: Only because the Georgian Federation  made her be there. ;)