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typingelbow

typingelbow

I'm a Southern transplant living in Brooklyn. I don't read as many books as I'd like, but maybe this will spur me on to remedy that.

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  • new york, ny, usa
  • member since January 11 2007

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  • Mana S

    Mana S says

    I am the Moon everywhere and nowhere.
    Do not seek me outside;
    I abide in your very life.
    Everybody calls you towards himself;
    I invite you nowhere except to yourself.
    Poetry is like the boat and its meaning is like the sea:
    Come onboard at once!
    Let me sail this boat!


    –Rumi

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Mana S

    Mana S says

    Your Heart is Ur Love ,
    Your love is Ur Spouse ,
    Your spouse is Ur Future ,
    Your future is Ur Destiny ,
    Your destiny is Ur Ambition,
    Your ambition is Ur Aspiration ,
    Your aspiration is Ur Motivation ,
    Your motivation is Ur Belief ,
    Your belief is Ur Peace ,
    Your peace is Ur Target ,
    Your target is Heaven ,
    Heaven is no fun without FRIENDS .

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Mana S

    Mana S says

    one day Love and friendship met.
    Love asked-when i already exist why are you here?
    friendship replied "to make faces smile when u leave the tears!!!"

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Mahi

    Mahi says

    Hi typingelbow! I just made a new group to talk about the New York book scene, exchange recommendations, and that sort of things. It is called New Yorkers Unite! As a fellow New Yorker, I wanted to ask you to join. Look forward to seeing you there.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Mana S

    Mana S says

    101 ways to make you smile

    01. Call an old friend, just to say hi.
    02. Hold a door open for a stranger.
    03. Invite someone to lunch.
    04. Compliment someone on his or her appearance.
    05. Ask a coworker for their opinion on a project.
    06. Bring cookies to work.
    07. Let someone cut in during rush hour traffic.
    08. Leave a waitress or waiter a big tip.
    09. Tell a cashier to have a nice day.
    10. Call your parents.

    11. Let someone know you miss them.
    12. Treat someone to a movie.
    13. Let a person know you really appreciate them.
    14. Visit a retirement center.
    15. Take a child to the zoo.
    16. Fill up your spouse's car with gas.
    17. Surprise someone with a small gift.
    18. Leave a thank-you note for the cleaning staff at work.
    19. Write a letter to a distant relative.
    20. Tell someone you thought about them the other day.

    21. Put a dime in a stranger's parking meter before the time expires.
    22. Bake a cake for a neighbor.
    23. Send someone flowers to where they work.
    24. Invite a friend to tea.
    25. Recommend a good book to someone.
    26. Donate clothing to a charity.
    27. Offer an elderly person a ride to where they need to go.
    28. Bag your own groceries at the checkout counter.
    29. Give blood.
    30. Offer free baby-sitting to a friend who's
    really busy or just needs a break.

    31. Help your neighbor rake leaves or shovel snow.
    32. Offer your seat to someone when there aren't any left.
    33. Help someone with a heavy load.
    34. Ask to see a store's manager and comment on the great service.
    35. Give your place in line at the grocery store
    to someone who has only a few items.
    36. Hug someone in your family for no reason.
    37. Wave to a child in the car next to you.
    38. Send a thank-you note to your doctor.
    39. Repeat something nice you heard about someone else.
    40. Leave a joke on someone's answering machine.

    41. Be a mentor or coach to someone.
    42. Forgive a loan.
    43. Fill up the copier machine with paper after you're done using it.
    44. Tell someone you believe in them.
    45. Share your umbrella on a rainy day.
    46. Welcome new neighbors with flowers or a plant.
    47. Offer to watch a friend's home while they're away.
    48. Ask someone if they need you to pick up
    anything while you're out shopping.
    49. Ask a child to play a board game, and let them win.
    50. Ask an elderly person to tell you about the good old days.

    51. During bad weather, plan an indoor picnic with the family.
    52. Buy someone a goldfish and bowl.
    53. Compliment someone on their cooking and
    politely ask for a second helping.
    54. Dance with someone who hasn't been asked.
    55. Tell someone you mentioned them in your prayers.
    56. Give children's clothes to another family
    when your kids outgrow them.
    57. Deliver extra vegetables from your garden
    to the whole neighborhood.
    58. Call your spouse just to say, I love you.
    59. Call someone's attention to a rainbow or beautiful sunset.
    60. Invite someone to go bowling.

    61. Figure out someone's half-birthday by adding 182 days,
    and surprise them with a cake.
    62. Ask someone about their children.
    63. Tell someone which quality you like most about them.
    64. Brush the snow off of the car next to yours.
    65. Return your shopping cart to the front of the store.
    66. Encourage someone's dream, no matter how big or small it is.
    67. Pay for a stranger's cup of coffee without them knowing it.
    68. Leave a love letter where your partner will find it.
    69. Ask an older person for their advice.
    70. Offer to take care of someone's pet while they're away.

    71. Tell a child you're proud of them.
    72. Visit a sick person, or send them a care package.
    73. Join a Big Brother or Sister program.
    74. Leave a piece of candy on a coworker's desk.
    75. Bring your child to work with you for the afternoon.
    76. Give someone a recording of their favorite music.
    77. Email a friend some information about
    a topic they are especially interested in.
    78. Give someone a homemade gift.
    79. Write a poem for someone.
    80. Bake some cookies for your local fire or police department.

    81. Organize a neighborhood cleanup and have a barbecue afterwards.
    82. Help a child build a birdhouse or similar project.
    83. Check in on an old person, just to see if they're okay.
    84. Ask for the recipe after you eat over at someone's house.
    85. Personally welcome a new employee at work
    and offer to take them out for lunch.
    86. While in a car, ask everyone to buckle up
    because they are important to you.
    87. Let someone else eat the last slice of cake or pizza.
    88. Stop and buy a drink from a kid's lemonade stand.
    89. Forgive someone when they apologize.
    90. Wave to someone looking for a parking space when
    you're about to leave a shopping center.

    91. Send a copy of an old photograph to a childhood friend.
    92. Leave a pint of your spouse's favorite flavor of
    ice cream in the freezer with a bow on it.
    93. Do a household chore that is usually done
    by someone else in the family.
    94. Be especially happy for someone when
    they tell you their good news.
    95. Compliment a coworker on their role in a successful project.
    96. Give your spouse a spontaneous back rub at the end of the day.
    97. Serve someone in your family breakfast in bed.
    98. Ask someone if they've lost weight.
    99. Make a donation to a charity in someone's honor.
    100. Take a child to a ballgame.

    And last, but not least...

    101. Forward this list to your favorite people!



    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Mana S

    Mana S says

    Stopping by to say Happy Valentine.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Kringe

    Kringe says

    Happy New Year and happy reading in 2008!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Mana S

    Mana S says

    May the good times and treasures of the present become the golden memories of tomorrow.Wish you lots of love, joy and happiness. Happy New Year.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Lindiemj

    Lindiemj says

    Well then, sounds like I will have to read Kitchen Confidential. I kind of tore through all the Evanovich, Stephanie Plum novels. Started in June with book 1 and just finished 12 about 2 weeks ago. I'm not from the Trenton area but I could relate being from Jersey. I loved Sophie Kinsella's book too, Confessions of a shopaholic. Have you read it?

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • TonyWriter

    TonyWriter says

    Hi! Nice week-end!
    TonyWriter

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Lindiemj

    Lindiemj says

    You lucky lucky girl, married to a chef! My earliest recollections of ravioli was of my Italian grandmother making homemade in her farmhouse kitchen with her sisters. And her sauce
    ~ I could never duplicate it. But it was simply wonderful. You can't get pizza in middle Tennessee that tastes anything like New Jersey but I recently heard about a new place called Angelo's Picnic that is supposed to be New York Style not far from where I live.

    Thank you for your kind words about my review! Means alot to me. I've always been shy in the past about posting comments.

    The most memorable meal I've ever attempted in my own kitchen is the Beef Bourguignon from The New Basics Cookbook by Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins. It was one of the most perfect things I've ever tasted if I do say so myself! :)

    Well have a fabulous weekend and please share me some of your
    gastronomical adventures.

    I see you like Steven King. I read The Shining years ago. I've still not listed every single book I've ever read on this website. Takes time! But it's a great site and looking at your shelf kind of jogged my memory of some I had forgotten.

    Kitchen Confidential looks interesting. Did you like it?

    bye for now,
    Lindie

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • TonyWriter

    TonyWriter says

    Hi! Off for a quick coffee. Week-end is around the corner...enjoy yours!
    TonyWriter

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Lindiemj

    Lindiemj says

    Wrote my first review! :) On Heat...

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Lindiemj

    Lindiemj says

    Actually I'm just outside of Nashville...in Smyrna. I love it here. How do you like Brooklyn? My nephew was living up there last year for about a year. I'm originally from New Jersey.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Lindiemj

    Lindiemj says

    I liked your review on Heat by Bill Buford...

    Southern transplant living in Brooklyn ~ Northern transplant living in Nashville... :)

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )


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