Topic: SO INCLINED (Read 12647 times)

Jrand73 · « **Reply #90 on:** April 16, 2010, 09:38:52 AM »

Quote from: bk on April 16, 2010, 09:26:42 AM

No Brain Tap victims from our party, please. We are the worst kind to choose because we'll all try to "perform" - the best victims are those who are embarrassed and uncomfortable.

I expect we may feel those very emotions anyway.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #91 on:** April 16, 2010, 09:39:16 AM »

Page 4 Shapiro's Dance.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #92 on:** April 16, 2010, 09:42:09 AM »

...um, GLEE is just a TV show, right?...

Jrand73 · « **Reply #93 on:** April 16, 2010, 09:42:54 AM »

Quote from: Dan (the Man) on April 16, 2010, 09:42:09 AM

...um, GLEE is just a TV show, right?...

Absolutely not. It is a real life - filmed with hidden cameras...it's a reality show - like THE HILLS.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #94 on:** April 16, 2010, 09:44:50 AM »

Ah, well that explains that then, DR JRand...

Jrand73 · « **Reply #95 on:** April 16, 2010, 09:49:08 AM »

I thought it would.

In fact I am sure that there are hidden cameras recording me for a reality show that will air on the CW next year.....and it's very difficult not to be "on" all the time....I try to tone it down so they won't guess that I know what they're doing.

Just a minute......just a minute......

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #96 on:** April 16, 2010, 09:49:27 AM »

MEdia Check

iPod: I've downloaded something that is reportedly an ootlegbay of a performance of MOOSE MURDERS.

Tivo: UNDERCURRENT--an actual Katherine Hepburn movie that I've never seen before

DVD: The animated THE LORD OF THE RINGS movie, which I recall one critic aptly describing as "a punishment for bad children..."

John G. · « **Reply #97 on:** April 16, 2010, 09:51:50 AM »

Quote from: Matt H. on April 16, 2010, 08:26:48 AM

Quote from: John G. on April 16, 2010, 08:00:57 AM
Need to get a copy of that "Rose Marie" with Julie Andrews. I loved it on vinyl and don't know where that copy is now.

I never thought I'd own it. I didn't have the LP, and it was out of print forever, so I was thrilled by the prospect of it finally getting a CD release. I've only listened to a few cuts thus far, but it has brought a wide smile to my face just knowing the score is being this beautifully presented and sung.

I remember finding the vinyl at a yard sale in Louisville what must be 30 years ago. It was used, but by the end of that summer, it had been played dozens of times more. I thought hers and Tozzi's voices on "Indian Love Call" was just great, even though it always reminded me of Carol Burnett's version.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #98 on:** April 16, 2010, 09:54:41 AM »

Quote from: JRand59 on April 16, 2010, 09:49:08 AM

I thought it would.

In fact I am sure that there are hidden cameras recording me for a reality show that will air on the CW next year.....and it's very difficult not to be "on" all the time....I try to tone it down so they won't guess that I know what they're doing.

Just a minute......just a minute......

I think the crew that's been secretly taping me is getting impatient. But I keep saying out loud, "Just wait--something will start happening..."

Jrand73 · « **Reply #99 on:** April 16, 2010, 09:57:58 AM »

My crew is much quieter....although now and then I hear someone say - who does he think he is?

Ben · « **Reply #100 on:** April 16, 2010, 09:58:44 AM »

Jose, technically everything worked the way it was supposed to, mouse crossed over, programs opened and closed, the images were sharp and clear. It was all a matter of desk space and awkward placement of the keyboard on that limited desk space. I decided to try it because others in my department (with more desk space) seem to like it so much but I found myself twisting and turning and having trouble using the keyboard. Since I'm a real touch typist, not a hunt and peck boy, it just got more and more irritating. I'm much more calm (as calm as I can be in a day filled with ughs) now that I am back to one monitor.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #101 on:** April 16, 2010, 10:03:34 AM »

I used two monitors back at the DEPT OF LABOR because I was working on a Federal Database and a State Database, and the information was not to be shared....so the powers that be thought it best that it be kept on two systems.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #102 on:** April 16, 2010, 10:12:28 AM »

My inner web just got wonky.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #103 on:** April 16, 2010, 10:15:49 AM »

On TCM last night was Gabriel Pascal's 1945 filming of "Caesar and Cleopatra" with Claude Rains and Vivien Leigh. It's a gorgeous, yet soundstage-bound, production with soundstage "sound" when actors are "acting" in outside/outdoor scenes.

Much seems stilted by today's practices of filming classics, but there is fun to be had, including Claude Rains in just about every scene he's in. Particular fun is had with Cleopatra's nurse Ftateeta portrayed by the wonderful Flora Robson at her most menacing.

CÆSAR. Good! But first, let us have Cleopatra here.

THEODOTUS. She is not in Alexandria: she is fled into Syria.

CÆSAR. I think not. (To Rufio) Call Totateeta.

RUFIO (calling). Ho there, Teetatota.

Ftatateeta enters the loggia, and stands arrogantly at the top of
the steps.

FTATATEETA. Who pronounces the name of Ftatateeta,
the Queen's chief nurse?

CÆSAR. Nobody can pronounce it, Tota, except yourself.
Where is your mistress?

MBarnum · « **Reply #104 on:** April 16, 2010, 10:15:55 AM »

Take some Pepto-Bismal, JRand, that should fix things.

JMK · « **Reply #105 on:** April 16, 2010, 10:19:21 AM »

Our CPA uses two monitors when he is doing tax prep.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #106 on:** April 16, 2010, 10:21:52 AM »

Quote from: MBarnum on April 16, 2010, 10:15:55 AM

Take some Pepto-Bismal, JRand, that should fix things.

A fine suggestion.

JMK · « **Reply #107 on:** April 16, 2010, 10:22:16 AM »

I had forewarned the idiots (technical term) at the Senior Center I would file a wage complaint with the state bureau of labor if my paycheck were altered in anyway. Well, it was, so I fired off an email to the ED this morning telling her I couldn't believe they were pursuing this path with me when I could prove they had been paying me the same amount for close to ten years. I got an immediate response saying it was all a huge mistake, and would I please reconsider quitting.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #108 on:** April 16, 2010, 10:34:25 AM »

DR JMK you always knew how to make friends.

John G. · « **Reply #109 on:** April 16, 2010, 10:40:25 AM »

JMK, did they think you wouldn't notice? Or wouldn't say anything? And have they tried it with anyone else?

Jrand73 · « **Reply #110 on:** April 16, 2010, 10:45:13 AM »

So far the new editing software is working.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #111 on:** April 16, 2010, 10:54:47 AM »

Well...

I didn't end up heading out to meet Steve for lunch...

Nor did I accomplish my goal of trying to get out of my parents house before 2:00pm. -It's only 1:53pm right now, but I no it ain't gonna happen in the next seven minutes...

However...

I did manage to set up my Dad's new HP Laptop Computer. -It's sort of interesting how Windows 7 looks like OS X Snow Leopard in some respects. Hmmm...

elmore3003 · « **Reply #112 on:** April 16, 2010, 11:06:13 AM »

Quote from: Matt H. on April 16, 2010, 08:26:48 AM

Quote from: John G. on April 16, 2010, 08:00:57 AM
Need to get a copy of that "Rose Marie" with Julie Andrews. I loved it on vinyl and don't know where that copy is now.

I never thought I'd own it. I didn't have the LP, and it was out of print forever, so I was thrilled by the prospect of it finally getting a CD release. I've only listened to a few cuts thus far, but it has brought a wide smile to my face just knowing the score is being this beautifully presented and sung.

It's always been one of my favorite recordings. The aborted Smithsonian recording of the complete score has great moments but isn't nearly so good. I blame the great Lehman Engel for a lot of its success, and the two leads!

JMK · « **Reply #113 on:** April 16, 2010, 11:07:11 AM »

Quote from: JRand59 on April 16, 2010, 10:34:25 AM

DR JMK you always knew how to make friends.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #114 on:** April 16, 2010, 11:07:17 AM »

DR Jose, I've heard today that several Library of Congress checks for the March 22 concert have bounced. That concert was cursed, I tell ya, cursed!

JMK · « **Reply #115 on:** April 16, 2010, 11:08:40 AM »

Quote from: John G. on April 16, 2010, 10:40:25 AM

JMK, did they think you wouldn't notice? Or wouldn't say anything? And have they tried it with anyone else?

I put them on notice I *would* notice and *would* say something, and I think they just didn't think about it until I sent them a link this morning to the online wage complaint form at the State's website, LOL. These are not the brightest bulbs in the pack, if you catch my drift--they're very nice ladies, but really shouldn't be "managing" anything.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #116 on:** April 16, 2010, 11:12:27 AM »

DR ELMORE I shall watch for the mailman to bring my goodies.

bk · « **Reply #117 on:** April 16, 2010, 11:18:37 AM »

Pogue and I went to something called the Cracker Barrel for lunch. It was GREAT. I took it easy there - had a great chicken salad sandwich and cole slaw. So, not too heavy. Will take it easy at the deli, too.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #118 on:** April 16, 2010, 11:19:46 AM »

Cracker Barrel - a souvenir shop with a restaurant attached!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #119 on:** April 16, 2010, 11:21:28 AM »

Quote from: JRand59 on April 16, 2010, 11:12:27 AM

DR ELMORE I shall watch for the mailman to bring my goodies.

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