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[singdaw]

I think it was DVDPlanet.

[Michael]

Thanks Vixmom for the vibes.

It's hard being so far away from them.

[Laura]

Continued vibes to Michael Shayne and his parents.

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[Michael]

TOD

Have the "Smilebox" version of How the West Was Won. As spectacular the photography is I just can't get into this movie.

It's nice to see what the film would look like in Cinerama. I never had the opportunity to see a film in real Cinerama because by the time I started going to the movies it became Superpanavision 70 or one of its variants.

But will try to slog through the film.

[Laura]

And to Jed's dad.

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[Michael]

And a thank you to DR. Laura for the vibes

[elmore3003]

Good morning, all! Today is an NYPL-MOST HAPPY FELLA day, and it should be rather calm and not too fraught.

I still remember from my childhood the entire McCarthy insanity, which was vague to me since I was too young to comprehend all of the madness and hatred. I had one demented uncle-by-marriage who came back from several years in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp completely deranged. It was my mother's sister's tragedy that she foolishly went ahead and married him since her life went completely downhill till her death around 1981, precipitated by a heart attack brought on by a vicious attack with a soda bottle from her son, who suffered most after her from his father's mental unbalance. At any rate, I remember in the early 1950s my insane uncle quoting from the booklets and pamphlets he carried about, titled things like "Roosevelt and the Jew Conspiracy," and other trash like that.  Last night around 11 o'clock, one of our generally E&T DRs showed up, and I felt her reappearance was only to continue the dissension and hostility lingering from this election. Her emergence fr some reason reminded me of my demented uncle. I suggest the DR in question might want to change the nom de site to Muckraker.

As to yesterday's reaction to DR Dan(the Man)'s comment about a losing candidate, I felt his comments echoed mine, mostly because I think she's being exposed more and more as an unqualified fraud (what's with all this un-hockey-mom-like spending on clothing being higher than $150,000?) and I still believe Mr McCain had a better fighting chance with a more qualified, and perhaps more intelligent, running mate. I also still resent her continuous mud throwing and innuendo in her attacks on Mr Obama: she reminded me of Richard Nixon's winning a senate seat by calling Helen Douglas a communist. And we still have one Joe the Plumber on site, cruising to keep the battle going, I do believe.

I support DR Dan(the Man); we seen for some time ruder things posted daily in news reports, photos, ands comments from other DRs.

TOD:
   DVD: Cranford (Disc 2), several operas
   CD: MOST HAPPY FELLA (OBC), Lost in Boston, Guy Haines, Babes In Toyland
   VCR: short art films

[elmore3003]

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vibes to our DR vixmom, DR Jed's fFther, DR MichaelS's Family, and All Others In Need!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Ginny]

Friday morning greetings!  I'm information waitressing today - something I will have to do only 5 more times (but who's counting?).

My first hour was spent sharing the reference desk with our new assistant manager, who has ZERO people skills.  I'm not really making any attempt to figure him out, but feel sorry for my co-workers who are not retiring at the end of next month.

[Ginny]

Continued vibes, prayers, and {{{{{hugs}}}}} for our dear DR Vixmom.

[JoseSPiano]

Good Morning!

Greetings from Union Square! -Well, a block away from Union Square.

*And it's gonna be a long, slow day. Today's session goes until 5:30, and, so far, we've only had three people... And there are only three more people signed up for the rest of the day. Of course, one of those three signed up for the 5:10 slot.

[JoseSPiano]

{{{{{{{{{VIXMOM, VIXDAD, VIXTER}}}}}}}

~~~~~~~~VIXMOM, VIXDAD, VIXTER~~~~~~~~

[Ginny]

TOD - CD(car) - audiobook:  American Wife, by Curtis Sittenfeld, read by Kimberly Farr.  This novel's main character is based on Laura Bush and she's about to give up her school librarian career to marry Charlie Blackwell.

[JoseSPiano]

DR Ben et al - What's for lunch today? I break at 1:00 for an hour.

[Matt H.]

Good morning!

We're in for another warm November day with temps again supposed to be in the mid-70s. It got to 77 yesterday. Gotta love it.

[Matt H.]

I spent the morning getting a head's start on HAWAII FIVE-O which has 24 episodes on 6 discs, and these are 1972-73 episodes meaning they run 50 minutes instead of the 40+ that today's hour-long shows fill.

I watched two episodes. The first had George Chakaris and Michael Ansara as the principal guest stars. George still looked very good.

[Matt H.]

The second episode I watched this morning featured Ricardo Montalban as a Forumla 1 racer with Diana Muldaur as his finace. This was a murder mystery that was very easy to solve.

Paramount has remastered all of these shows for HD broadcasts, so these DVDs look really wonderful with just an occasional white speck (and the 4:3 aspect ratios) to give away the age of the programs.

[Matt H.]

On TV Tonight!™

CBS - GHOST WHISPERER, NCIS (rerun), NUMB3RS
NBC - DEAL OR NO DEAL, CRUSOE, LIPSTICK JUNGLE
ABC - reality shows, 20/20
USA - THE STARTER WIFE

[JoseSPiano]

As for the Friday Media Check:

CD (via iPod/iPhone) -
Brent Dennen - "Hope for the Hopeless" A great album for these recent gray, Fall days - melancholia tinged with Hope from a truly distinctive voice. 

... Oh! Someone's coming in to sing... TBC...

[Matt H.]

Friday Media Check:

CD - THE MUSIC BEHIND THE MAGIC: The Little Mermaid

DVD - HAWAII FIVE-O
          DIE ANOTHER DAY (Blu-ray)

DVR - last night's THE OFFICE
         last night's 30 ROCK
         last night's SUPERNATURAL
         last night's SMALLVILLE
        Wednesday night's CSI: NY
        Tuesday night's THE SHIELD

[Druxy]

I've got a couple of DVDs to watch this weekend, both of which I have to review:

HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY
QUO VADIS

Now, isn't that a great double feature?

I also have to finish proof-reading my book, so that it can be sent off to the printers.

[JMK]

Love and prayers to Vixmom.

[JMK]

I've got a couple of DVDs to watch this weekend, both of which I have to review:

HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY
QUO VADIS

Now, isn't that a great double feature?

I also have to finish proof-reading my book, so that it can be sent off to the printers.

You mean we have three reviewers on this site (not including BK?).   I reviewed QV a few weeks ago and just did the Blu-ray of HBII a couple of days ago.

[JMK]

A couple of you expressed interest in my "lounge" reworking of "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle."  Here it is, hot off the Alesis hard drive recording session:

http://jeffreykauffman.net/frances.mp3

[singdaw]

[JoseSPiano]

Hello, again! (Ah, a Michael John LaChiusa reference.)

...Well, that was a nice trickle of auditionees...

DR Ben - Can Ant make it back into the City for an hour or so? Well, for at least 32 bars worth? And you still have your AEA card too, don't you?

[Cillaliz]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR AJAMESON!!

[Cillaliz]

I don't understand the surprise that Obama voters would vote in favor of Proposition 8. Obama is against gay marriage so why would it be a surprise that many of his supporters are as well?

[Ben]

DR Ben et al - What's for lunch today? I break at 1:00 for an hour.

I'll be back in the RH at 1pm

Anthony is back. He returned yesterday afternoon. When I go home for lunch I'll tell him.

[Ben]

P.S. You know Michael Pizzi!