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Hometown:: Langley, B.C., CANADA

About Me:: I'm an old ,ecentric costume lady, planning for my retirement by collecting hats and books and stockpiling good scotch. Also, I don't spel verry well. Newest update- went back to school to become a career counsellor in a desperate attempt to generate more income for future book buying.

I Am A:: Reader

Books And Authors I Like:: Authors-Peter Robinson, Noir anthologies, Peter Bowen, Sparkle Hayter,James Lee Burke, Mark Billingham, Louise Penny, Ed Dee, Ken Bruen, Ian Rankin, Nancy Martin, Lawrence Block, Jane Haddam, Ray Bradbury, Rex Stout, Ed McBain, C.S. Lewis, Connie Willis, Giles Blunt, Peter Temple.,Liz Evans, Zoe Sharp Anyone who writes in the 'Florida Wacko' genre.
Books- GWTW, In a Dry Season, The Time Travellers Wife, Little Women (really)

Movies And TV Shows I Like:: The Classics- screwball comedy, musicals, B/W noir.
Odd bits- American Dreamer, Buckaroo Banzai;The Last Starfighter, The Blues Bros.,GWTW, The Princess Bride
TV- not much- stuck in the 80's- Hill Street Blues, Northern Exposure .
Nowadays? House, Antiques Roadshow, past seasons of Buffy!

Mission statement-
I just want to have a good time!

About the Red hat-
It matches my coat.
No, I'm not part of the society.
Like Groucho, "I don't want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member"

Oh!........wait...................

Some thoughts-

Ah Spring!
Missed it last year.....
I was in the bathroom.

-Flanders and Swann

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Another New Year! Oh......good.

You'd think I would like New Years!

A chance to party, often in a very elegant way.

A final kick at the can for the pessimists, a whole new chance to get it right for the 'glass half full 'crowd.

But it makes me uncomfortable.

Probable summed up best by W.H. Auden's poem, Well, so That is That.

Well, so that is that

Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-1973)

Well, so that is that. Now we must dismantle the tree,

Putting the decorations back…

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Posted on January 1, 2008 at 4:24am

So, who's this Merlot chick, anyway?

A good question.

My first foray into the world wide web,and I had the amazing good luck to land at 4MA (4 mystery addicts, at Yahoo!)

A minor mishap with my( and others) names, resulted in the list owner, Maddy V.H.(who is great) bestowing my nickname upon me. Given my preference for red wine, it seemed like a good match.(and it sounds a lot more dashing than 'Grants')

Merlot has all of my good points and none of my flaws.She can say things that I might not, and get away…

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Posted on March 22, 2007 at 2:07pm — 1 Comment

It's never too late to make new friends

Thanks to all of you who have requested me to add you as friends.

If I don't know who you are, does it matter? Or maybe I know you from 4MA?

I am SUCH a Luddite.

Bare with me please.

Merlot- loving this site, but very confused

P.s.

If you don't know me, or in the rare event that I have forgotten who you are (CRS!), please say hello!

Posted on March 20, 2007 at 11:11am — 10 Comments

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At 2:27am on July 29, 2008, Merrill Young said…: Hot damn!
I won my LCC 2009 registration fee! Amazing what you can achieve when you are no longer afraid to act like an idiot!
http://www.leftcoastcrime.org/2009/contests.html

At 1:51am on February 15, 2008, Mari Sloan said…: Your hat is SO cute! I miss a lot of stuff that appears on my page, too.

At 1:49am on February 15, 2008, Mari Sloan said…: LOLOL! I'm awaiting new glasses so we'll see if that helps cure my ability to typo freely. Somehow I think I'll stay the same, with or without the glasses.
Spooky came to us as a foundling and took over our house. It was only later that we realized that the wild eyed baby with the huge head and tiny body was actually a Maine Coon cat, very intelligent, very well-behaved and the best of all animal worlds. Yes, I'm definitely owned. :-p

At 12:23pm on December 6, 2007, Kelli Stanley said…: Hi, Merrill!

I LOVE your hat!! You've got style, girl!

Kelli

At 2:36pm on October 4, 2007, Simon Wood said…: she cried, but it's the only time she's going to...

At 3:37am on September 27, 2007, LC Fraser said…: Things are far too tame here (cross posted from Jack's page). Is everyone sleeping? Saving energy for the Halloween bash? Reading? Guess the weather here is getting to the stage where lawn games are out but we could have a ski day soon.