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A few of my thoughts and memories and things:

• October- I love this month.  Pumpkin beer is released.
• Oktoberfest- Munich, Sept 2016- Those Germans can really drink beer.
• Ocean City Brewery- MD- a fun brewery.  Go there.
• Overbrook- I grew up in the Overbrook section of Philadelphia
• Overbrook School for the Blind- Philadelphia
• Oklahoma- 2010
• Oregon- a gorgeous state. I drove the entire coast and it was breath-taking.
• Ohio- I went here once for a Penn State games and it was so cold, I got hypothermia.
• Obama- I met him in 2014.  It was a thrill.
• Orangutans- I want to go to Rwanda to see them in the wild.
• "O" the Cirque du Soleil show- Las Vegas- June 2015
• Our Town- Thornton Wilder- I loved this play in high school but I have seen too many high school productions that I am tired of it.
• One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich- Solzhenitsyn- an outstanding book.
• Oatmeal- I really don't like it
• Oatmeal Cookies- overrated.
• Over the Counter Drugs: mostly pain killers for my arthritis, something to help me sleep and really, a decongestant.
• Oliver Twist- I thought this was such a sad, sad story when I was a kid.  Now, I'm tired of the story.
• One Hundred Years Of Solitude- Gabriel Marques- I started out liking this book but then it got too weird and the movie was even weirder.
• Opera: nit my taste in music.
• On The Road- Jack Kerouac- I found this book in one of my student's locker so I read it and I loved it.  I think I have read this book three times.
• Omar Shariff- a handsome guy through the ages.
• Outer Banks, NC- wonderful beach fronts rentals at affordable prices.
• Outrageous- yes, I've been called that.
• Opinionated- yes, I've been called this as well.
• Obnoxious- yup.
• Oprah- she took us by storm and now she owns the world.
• Oslo, Norway- this is one very expensive city.
• Oakland, CA- a happening town.
• Ordinary People- a movie about the harsh realities of family life.
• On Golden Pond- a sappy movies with the Fonda family.
• Orange juice- I like to drink OJ but I just wish it didn't have so much sugar.
• Oranges- I cant stand to eat them. I don't like the juice running down my arms.
• Octopus- yes, I like to eat calamari.
• Osama- a movie about the horrible conditions females must endure under the Taliban.
• Olive Oil- I never use it but then I never cook.
• Ohio State- as a Penn Stater, I dislike their fans.
• Ode to Billie Joe- Bobbie Gentry-I love this song. I think they throw a baby off the bridge.
• OMG- an overused expression that I use too much.
• OTTO- this name is spelled the same, frontwards and backwards.
• Out West- exploring the route of Lewis and Clark. I just wanted to jump in my car and explore the world after I read a book like this.
• Overweight- yes I am
• Out of Africa- Isak Dinesen- I never read the book but I loved the movie.
• Ostrich- a great, big, spastic bird.
• Once- the movie- I loved it and it is just too damn sad that I cant watch it again.
• Onions- I only like them if they are grilled.  I do not like raw onions.
• Onion rings- love them.
• Oh, Very Young- Cat Stevens-  I used to love him but after he made negative comments about the USA after 9/11, I stopped liking him. I am slowly beginning to forgive him.
• Oysters- raw, Rockefeller, in sushi, or grilled.  YES
• Omelets- yes, but I prefer my eggs to be scrambled.
• Orbitz- I book a lot of my trips through this site.
• Old Man- Neil Young- This song is too sad for me.
• Oreo Cookies- I used to eat them until I felt sick.  Now, I don't eat them anymore and they seem too heavy to me.
• On Broadway- The Drifters- one of my all time favorite songs.
• Ovaltine- I haven't had a cup of this drink in 50 years.  I wander if it is still made.