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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were bananas, and now it is time for you to post until the bananas cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: UMBER!
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TOD
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The Day The Earth Stood Still (original)
Aliens
The Flight of the Navigator
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I enjoyed the film Contact, but it was at least 30 minutes too long. You know from the start of the film that Foster will be the character who will be the person who will have the first contact. The filmmakers waste at least 30 minutes with the sequence of her being passed over and someone else going. One knows something will happen that will cause Foster to go. In my opinion a total waste of 30 minutes. No suspense. No surprises. Just a waste of 30 minutes of running time.
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Thursday morning greetings! I'm up early to spend the day with my Mom. She wants some help sorting and pitching stuff, in anticipation of her not-yet-on-the-horizon move to an apartment.
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Congratulations to DR Elmore and his Finian's Rainbow colleagues on their dress rehearsal and vibes for their first preview tonight!
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DR Jose - sorry to hear about your apartment woes. Hope it all works out.
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~~~APARTMENT VIBES~~~
FOR DR JOSESPIANO & HIS ROOMIES!!!!
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I am just thrilled reading all the news about FINIAN'S RAINBOW. I am so proud of our DR elmore3003, and wishing all the best for this production and its cast & crew!!!!
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I love the movie Contact. And there are several elaborate "trick" camera shots that get me each and every time!
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I will be in NYC today for a concert by a friend of mine in the Wall Street area.
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Good morning, all! I have a meeting at Toyland this morning but I would rather go back to bed for another hour or two.
There's little beyond the meeting on today's docket, and that is a really pleasant change. I finally heard from George about an invoice, so I need to find him today and pay him for the work on the bookshelves. My next apartment project is to pack up these 12 cartons and get them into Fed Ex soon, like maybe tomorrow or the beginning of next week. Now that FR has opened, I also need to get back to the final proof of THE MOST HAPPY FELLA and the proofng on the Jerome Moross scores.
TOD:
E.T.
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Congrats to DR Elmore and the cast and crew of FINIAN'S RAINBOW on their wonderful dress!
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This is how you use primary colors on stage:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/FRCurtain.jpg)
(from the alternatively acquired photograph collection of DR Jose)
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TOD:
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ALIENS
THE THING (John Carpenter version)
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TOD:
ALIEN
E.T.
THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (1951)
INVADERS FROM MARS (1953)
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951)
20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH
I also enjoyed CONTACT (along with the book) but, yes--too long! But I think you do need the misdirection of Jodie Foster's character being initially passed over for the mission. Otherwise, it would have been too straightforward dramatically. But how to do it all in just one hundred and twenty minutes...I donno...
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TOD:
Maybe not favorites, but I have a certain fondness for:
TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE
MARS ATTACKS (Lisa Marie is a hoot in this!)
SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS
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Good morning!
It got up to 85 here yesterday. I was inside all day, so I didn't really notice it had gotten that warm. Just the opposite today. It was 49 during my walk this morning and will only peep into the 70s in the late afternoon.
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TOD:
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
E.T.
THE THING (80s version)
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I liked CONTACT a lot when I saw it at the theater and later got the DVD. I haven't watched it in years, however. That's one I need to revisit before I decide if I want to spring for the Blu-ray version.
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I still have four episodes of FLASHPOINT to go, but I'll start on them later this morning. I'd like to be finished with it by mid afternoon if possible.
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If those Fox Blu-rays come in, I would have some time to start on MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947) this afternoon or early this evening. Of course, it's a very heavy night of TV watching (some of which MUST be watched "live" to fit in everything I want to see), so I'm not quite sure how this day is going to pan out.
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Simply thrilled to read DR Elmore's report on FINIAN'S RAINBOW (and DR Jose's, too), and I hope the show has a long, long run. The score is one of the masterpieces of the American musical theater. I'd love to see the show get the same acceptance that has greeted HAIR.
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THE OFFICE is an hour-long episode tonight since it's Jim and Pam's wedding. COMMUNITY thus moves to its now permanent home of 8 p.m. on NBC Otherwise, there don't appear to be any anomolies on the viewing schedule. (30 ROCK returns next Thursday.)
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And the word of the day is: UMBER!
And The Song Of The Day Is: BUBBLING BROWN SUGAR
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I'm going to hop off-line for a bit and do some writing. Then I'll head down to clean up for lunch out with friends, and then settle in and watch more FLASHPOINT until it's time to leave.
WBBL.
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TOD:
E.T.
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Great notes and posts from yesterday.
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Yesterday morning, when Sugar took me for our walk, the sun was shining; the moon was shining, and it was raining!
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Apartment/Landlord vibes to DR Jose.
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Off to Toyland!
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DR Jose, many good vibes that the apartment situation will be worked out in your favor!
DR Sam, who and why are people leaving you notes on the door? Vibes to you, as well!
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Apartment vibes for DR jose. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I also enjoyed reading about last night's FINIAN show.
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TOD:
INVASION OF THE SAUCER MEN (1957)
WAHAN KE LOG (1967)
EARTH VS THE FLYING SAUCERS (1957)
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As a pleasent addition to the TOD I present the space age go-go girls from WAHAN KE LOG!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS8QoRC-v-E&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS8QoRC-v-E&feature=related)
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My mother and I have rescheduled our day together to tomorrow, so I have a day to putter here at home. Next up - Halloween decorations!
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No problem DR VIXMOM - I am sure another DR or two will be attending said musical sooner or later.
Vibes to DR JOSE for dealing with the Land Lord.
Thanks to DR JOSE and DR ELMORE for the Finian's Rainbow report. The picture was interesting.
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TOD:
The Day the Earth Stood Still (original)
Earth VS the Flying Saucers
Invasion of the Saucermen - different looking aliens
Devil Girl From Mars & Plan 9 From Outer Space
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I am intrigued by DR MBARNUM's space girls.....but I am not sure I want to see the movie.
However there is also
SANTO vs THE MARTIANS.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Whs0rBMv5ww
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The new LET'S MAKE A DEAL is not very good - but then I didn't think much of the old version either.
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Has the Cd for which you loaned material been announced yet?
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More rain today.
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And... Well...
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Many Thanks to DRs Ginny, singdaw, Kerry, MBarnum, Jennifer, and JRand for the Vibes this morning. I'm certainly feeling like I need them right now.
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William Castle's rarely seen 13 Frightened Girls aka The Candy Web is on TCM at 1:15 p.m EST today.
It is also part of the new Castle Box Set released this month.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CYy-3vlu7I
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Good Afternoon!
Time for me to do what I need to do.
Laters...
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But before I go, some Midday Cuteness:
The Sneezing Baby Panda (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzRH3iTQPrk)
:)
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Before I read a single post, I'm responding to the TOD:
"The Day the Earth Stood Still" and Klaatu played by Michael Rennie
"E.T." and Carlo Rambaldi's delightful creation
"Starman" with Jeff Bridges as Starman
"The Last Starfighter" with Robert Preston as Centauri and Dan O'Herlihy as Grigg
"Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind"
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The new LET'S MAKE A DEAL is not very good - but then I didn't think much of the old version either.
The host of the show is a BORE. So bad it's not even funny.
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I popped in to read all the wonderful comments on DR elmore's FINIAN'S RAINBOW :D
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CONGRATULATIONS DR ELMORE!!!
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DR Jose, APARTMENT VIBES!!!
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Am up, have printed out lots of orders and am now packaging CDs, which I'll then ship.
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Awaiting me on my return to the office (courtesy of next-day UPS service):
"Ally McBeal", the Complete Series.
YAY!
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* * * * * APARTMENT LEASE VIBES FOR DR JOSE * * * * *
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If wishes were horses, I'd have filled a stable. My lastest is that I, too, could have been in last night's audience for the dress rehearsal of "Finian's Rainbow."
What a delightful score! I wish for a recording now. Will there be one?
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DR Jose: I'm in "catching up" mode right now, and I've read your comments re: my comments about "South Pacific".
Regarding Mr. Gilfry and the matinee, I was disappointed because a co-worker had seen him in a matinee performance several weeks earlier. As it turns out, it was a Sunday matinee...so it may be that's one matinee he does do.
As for the stage, the Golden Gate is strictly proscenium stage. The set design worked beautifully, but you kind of gave me goosebumps when you said it was being done thrust stage on Broadway. What a thrill THAT would have been. The dimensionality must be mesmerizing.
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GLEE returned to form last night.
I shall now watch 13 Frightened Girls!
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Good Afternoon!
So... Called my landlord, and, of course, no answer. I left quite the detailed message, and, hopefully, I'll hear something back from her this afternoon.
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Good luck with your landlord, DR Jose! I hope things work out just the way you want them too.
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And then I called my parents... And I guess I really should call them more often: It turns out they were involved in a serious car accident last Tuesday. They're OK. They car is not. However, I just called my brother, Don, and he didn't know about the accident either. OY!
*At least I know where I get my tendency to keep things private.
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TOD:
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (Original)
E.T.
ATTACK OF THE EYE CREATURES
THE POD PEOPLE
TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE
SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS
EARTH GIRLS ARE EASY
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And then I called my parents... And I guess I really should call them more often: It turns out they were involved in a serious car accident last Tuesday. They're OK. They car is not. However, I just called my brother, Don, and he didn't know about the accident either. OY!
*At least I know where I get my tendency to keep things private.
Wow! Glad they're OK! What's the matter with parents today?
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Thank You, DRs Jane, Dan (the Man) and edisaurus.
-I believe those patented HHW Vibes are working their magic. Things aren't exactly resolved, but I'm not feeling as stressed as I was earlier. THANK YOU!
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...MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947)
If you're in luck, it will be the colorized version ;D
der Brucer
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And then I called my parents... And I guess I really should call them more often: It turns out they were involved in a serious car accident last Tuesday. They're OK. They car is not. However, I just called my brother, Don, and he didn't know about the accident either. OY!
*At least I know where I get my tendency to keep things private.
Wow! Glad they're OK! What's the matter with parents today?
Yeah?!? What is the matter?!?!? ::)
Seriously... From what my father said, if the woman who hit their car had hit them either a split second earlier or later, things could have been much worse. My Dad had a few bumps on his head, and one of my Mom's arms got bruised. None of them had any cuts from the broken glass. My Dad was taken to the hospital in an ambulance, but was released that night. Now they're just waiting for all the legal stuff to be worked out.
*At least that news took my mind off my landlord woes. ::)
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DR Jose: I'm in "catching up" mode right now, and I've read your comments re: my comments about "South Pacific".
Regarding Mr. Gilfry and the matinee, I was disappointed because a co-worker had seen him in a matinee performance several weeks earlier. As it turns out, it was a Sunday matinee...so it may be that's one matinee he does do.
As for the stage, the Golden Gate is strictly proscenium stage. The set design worked beautifully, but you kind of gave me goosebumps when you said it was being done thrust stage on Broadway. What a thrill THAT would have been. The dimensionality must be mesmerizing.
DR Ron Pulliam - Yes, the staging in the Beaumont takes full advantage of the width and depth of that stage. -And if you've read any of the "spoilers" from the Broadway production, well... There are some goosebump and tear-inducing "surprises" that are near and dear to my heart.
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...MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947)
If you're in luck, it will be the colorized version ;D
der Brucer
If I'm not mistaken, the BD is black and white only.
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DR Jose - I'm glad to hear that your parents are OK. That sounds just like something my mother would do.
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DR Jose - I'm glad to hear that your parents are OK. That sounds just like something my mother would do.
I mean...it's not like parents expect their adult progeny to keep them fully informed.
der Brucer
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The new LET'S MAKE A DEAL is not very good - but then I didn't think much of the old version either.
The host of the show is a BORE. So bad it's not even funny.
I hadn't even heard about this. Who's the host and when is it on?
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Back from the post office - all the single orders and most of the multiple orders are shipped. The rest go out this afternoon after Cason and I finish putting postage on them.
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I think I'm expecting a baby.
Did that get your attention? Actually, I think my spider plant is going to have a baby.
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I'm back from Toyland and all the packages of CDs from the reading of Life Begins At 8:40 are ready to be mailed. I think I will head over to the post office and send them out. I think tonight I will return to the show and watch it with a paying audience. I talked to Bruce Pomahac this morning and he advised me to see it every few days during the previews to keep an eye on the sound and musical problems to alert the conductor.
DR Ron Pulliam, I don't think Rodney Gilfry is missing certain performances deliberately. He will be leaving the tour for a couple of months to play the Baron von Trapp in Paris in THE SOUND OF MUSIC. I suspect the tour wants to have his standby ready to take over when the time comes.
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I'm back from Toyland and all the packages of CDs from the reading of Life Begins At 8:40 are ready to be mailed. I think I will head over to the post office and send them out. I think tonight I will return to the show and watch it with a paying audience. I talked to Bruce Pomahac this morning and he advised me to see it every few days during the previews to keep an eye on the sound and musical problems to alert the conductor.
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Yes, DR Elmore, I think the show will especially require your attention at the October 24 matinee ;)
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I'm Happy To Hear That Your Parents are OK
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Before I left for lunch, I managed to watch two more FLASHPOINT episodes. I had seen one of them and the other was new to me. It's a very involving show, and I'm glad it's still in production. I know CBS will eventually find a place to show the episodes it's stockpiling.
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And then I called my parents... And I guess I really should call them more often: It turns out they were involved in a serious car accident last Tuesday. They're OK. They car is not. However, I just called my brother, Don, and he didn't know about the accident either. OY!
*At least I know where I get my tendency to keep things private.
Years ago, my mother was called to serve on a state grand jury. She and my dad had to spend several days in Columbia, SC. During the time of their stay, my mother got mugged, knocked down, and her purse stolen. They didn't tell me anything about it until MONTHS after the fact.
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I want these at my house... :D
piano stairs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXh2n0aPyw)
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...MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947)
If you're in luck, it will be the colorized version ;D
der Brucer
If I'm not mistaken, the BD is black and white only.
That's what I read on-line in the publicity release. However, I wouldn't know from actual experience because THE BLU-RAY HAS NOT YET ARRIVED!!!
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Before I left for lunch, I also managed to watch both of the bonus featurettes on the last disc in the set. They didn't amount to much: about 12 minutes of information combined.
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When I got in from lunch, I finished both FLASHPOINT episodes I had left. I had seen both of them before, but they were two of the strongest episodes of the season, so I was delighted to watch them again. I was bawling my eyes out in the penultimate episode. The last one (which harkened back to the pilot for its plot) was also tremendously gripping and emotional.
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Next I watched today's AS THE WORLD TURNS. Lots of drama with Holden's return and with Luke and Noah, so a decent episode.
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I want these at my house... :D
piano stairs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXh2n0aPyw)
This is so cool! ;D I have two flights of stairs in my place.
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And I concluded my afternoon viewing by watching MODERN FAMILY from last night. Some funny stuff. Loved Jesse Tyler Ferguson discovering Costco. Ty Burrell was also very funny.
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I have enough time to rewatch the last of the HARRY POTTER films on Blu-ray: THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX. I think that's what I'll watch while waiting for tonight's primetime TV to begin.
WBBL.
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And then I called my parents... And I guess I really should call them more often: It turns out they were involved in a serious car accident last Tuesday. They're OK. They car is not. However, I just called my brother, Don, and he didn't know about the accident either. OY!
*At least I know where I get my tendency to keep things private.
Years ago, my mother was called to serve on a state grand jury. She and my dad had to spend several days in Columbia, SC. During the time of their stay, my mother got mugged, knocked down, and her purse stolen. They didn't tell me anything about it until MONTHS after the fact.
I know what you mean. My mom takes her time telling me things. Back in the late 1970s, it took her two and half pages of a letter to let me know my great-grandmother (maternal) had passed away.
In the 1990s, it took her a page and a half to let me know my beloved cat Dickens had been struck and killed by a car.
I prefer now to speak with her by phone at least once a week.
Still...I'm always braced to hear, "I died last week. Had a nice funeral."
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DR Jose vibes for your parents!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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I watched FROST/NIXON. Very interesting movie. Frank Lagella was so good.
The story took place when i was a little kid. So I wasn't watching it remembering what had happened. But it was still very enjoyable.
The next movie I have on hold is MANAGEMENT with Jennifer Aniston. Really don't know much about it. But it would be nice if it was a good romantic comedy.
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At 7pm I will be going to the book store 10 minutes from where i live to see and hopefully hear Kelley Armstrong read from her new book. I really have no idea how many people will be there. I assume a lot. But who knows!
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It is getting colder and colder to bikeride outdoors. Actually it's not the temp (it was high 50s today) but the wind. It has been very windy this week. Which makes one direction a breeze and the other torture!
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Since SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE unexpectedly decided to do a Fall season as well, here we have SYTYCD canada on too (we just got to the top 6).
Interestingly we've had a lot of the US judges stop by (thank goodness since i do not care for most of the canadian judges).
This week mia michaels came back (she was here 2 weeks ago too). She shaved her head!
She seems very involved with the cast (she did some of the auditions too). ANd she made a stir by telling the top 4 girls that they were the strongest final 4 girls EVER on any version of the show.
I think people really listen to what she says. Because my favorite male dancer was repeatedly in the bottom guys. And then mia said he was her favorite dancer. And since then he has never been in the bottom (even with only 4 guys left).
And this week mia blasted one of her favorite female dancers (2 weeks ago she said this girl was her fav) and she got the boot.
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DR GEORGE - Wayne Brady is the host of the hour long new LET'S MAKE A DEAL and it's on at 10 a.m. on CBS as the lead in to THE PRICE IS RIGHT.
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Yes I want piano stairs, too.
HALLMARK CHANNEL is showing I LOVE LUCY....the getting ready to go to California sequence. Lucy is teaching Ethel to drive......hilarity ensues.
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I have pianos everywhere else in my house, I think I choose not to have piano stairs. :)
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Page four? Really? I'm waiting for Cason to arrive - we should be able to finish what we need to do in about fifteen minutes, then we'll drive the stuff to the postal office, then eat.
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I am absolutely shocked to read that BK might put a risqué ditty into the NUDIE MUSICAL! Shocked, I tell you!
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I believe it's time to head down to the performance and see how a paying audience reacts
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T.O.D.
No doubt, without question my favorite would be CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND. It is probably the only movie I have ever watched a dozen or more times.
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The new LET'S MAKE A DEAL is not very good - but then I didn't think much of the old version either.
The host of the show is a BORE. So bad it's not even funny.
I hadn't even heard about this. Who's the host and when is it on?
DR GEORGE - Wayne Brady is the host of the hour long new LET'S MAKE A DEAL and it's on at 10 a.m. on CBS as the lead in to THE PRICE IS RIGHT.
Hmm...I've always liked Wayne Brady. :-\
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TOD:
BLADE RUNNER (don't the Repiclants count as 'visitors' since they came from "Off-World?")
WALL-E
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (original)
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What would Schroeder sound like after eating upside down cake department:
This charming woman just sent me an email asking if she could be part of Rave in the Nave:
http://www.youtube.com/SiouxPianist
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Topic of the Day (in alphabetical order):
Alien (the first one...it's the only one in the series that I've seen)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Contact
E.T.
The Empire Strikes Back
The Last Starfighter
Mars Attacks
Return of the Jedi
Star Wars (aka Episode IV: A New Hope)
WALL-E
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Good Evening!
Well... No news is... Well.. No news... :-\
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DR Ron Pulliam - Well.... ???
South Pacific Tour Will Welcome Pittsinger (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/133677-South_Pacific_Tour_Will_Welcome_Pittsinger)
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There are kittens running all over this room. That is all.
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Page four? Really? I'm waiting for Cason to arrive - we should be able to finish what we need to do in about fifteen minutes, then we'll drive the stuff to the postal office, then eat.
Well, Twitter was dealing with a "Timeline lag" earlier today. Maybe HHW is dealing with the same thing. ;)
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There are kittens running all over this room. That is all.
And is there a video camera rolling?
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Another Fall TV Season casualty:
NBC Cancels Well-Regarded ‘Southland’ (http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/nbc-cancels-well-regarded-southland/?src=twt&twt=nytmedia)
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I am supposed to have received an email regarding my plan today so says my contact in Montreal, but it hasn't arrived as of this writing. Driving me nuts. I've called him and only got his voice mail
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DR Jose vibes for your parents!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thank You, DR Jennifer. I plan to head down there Saturday for a quick trip just to check in on them.
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I think I'm expecting a baby.
Did that get your attention? Actually, I think my spider plant is going to have a baby.
Mazel!
;)
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I think I'm expecting a baby.
Did that get your attention? Actually, I think my spider plant is going to have a baby.
Ginny-- that's not nice! :)
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There are kittens running all over this room. That is all.
And is there a video camera rolling?
The light bulb in this room is burned out. That just happened today. It needs a special bulb.
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I thought she was talking about Rob and Mary Linda.
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DR Jose - I'm glad to hear that your parents are OK. That sounds just like something my mother would do.
I mean...it's not like parents expect their adult progeny to keep them fully informed.
der Brucer
JOSE-
I'm Happy To Hear That Your Parents are OK
I know what you mean. My mom takes her time telling me things. Back in the late 1970s, it took her two and half pages of a letter to let me know my great-grandmother (maternal) had passed away.
In the 1990s, it took her a page and a half to let me know my beloved cat Dickens had been struck and killed by a car.
I prefer now to speak with her by phone at least once a week.
Still...I'm always braced to hear, "I died last week. Had a nice funeral."
Years ago, my mother was called to serve on a state grand jury. She and my dad had to spend several days in Columbia, SC. During the time of their stay, my mother got mugged, knocked down, and her purse stolen. They didn't tell me anything about it until MONTHS after the fact.
I'm guess this is a case of company loves misery? ::)
Thank You for sharing your parental "adventures", DRs Ginny, DERBRUCER, Ron Pulliam and MattH.
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Oh...
While talking with my parents earlier today, I did find out that all of our relatives in the Philippines are safe and sound and relatively high and dry. That was very nice - and comforting - to hear.
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And now something from the Funny Sh*t Department:
Don't Argue With The Gay Flight Attendant
My flight was being served by an obviously gay flight attendant, who seemed to put everyone in a good mood as he served us food and drinks.
As the plane prepared to descend, he came swishing down the aisle and told us "Captain Marvey has asked me to announce that he'll be landing the big scary plane shortly, so lovely people, if you could just put your trays up, that would be super."
On his trip back up the aisle, he noticed an extremely well-dressed and exotic young woman hadn't moved a muscle. "Perhaps you didn't hear me over those big brute engines but I asked you to raise your trazy-poo, so the main man can pitty-pat us on the ground."
She calmly turned her head and said, "In my country, I am called a Princess and I take orders from no one."
To which the flight attendant replied, without missing a beat, "Well, sweet-cheeks, in my country I'm called a Queen, so I outrank you. Tray up, Bitch."
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Still no news... No response... No text... No email... :-\
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Well, according to @jessetyler (http://twitter.com/jessetyler), ABC's "Modern Family" has been picked up for a full season.
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Oh...
While talking with my parents earlier today, I did find out that all of our relatives in the Philippines are safe and sound and relatively high and dry. That was very nice - and comforting - to hear.
Very good news!
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Well, according to @jessetyler (http://twitter.com/jessetyler), ABC's "Modern Family" has been picked up for a full season.
Great! I like this show, a lot!
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Still no news... No response... No text... No email... :-\
Nada. Zilch. Zippo. Bubkes.
Perhaps if you quit watching the pot, it will boil.
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Well, I'm off to my sisters. She got one more bar stool that needs to be put together. Since I don't have anything better to do...and I put the first three together...I'm assembling the fourth. It's actually quite easy, now.
Until later!
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I thought she was talking about Rob and Mary Linda.
:o
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Still no news... No response... No text... No email... :-\
Nada. Zilch. Zippo. Bubkes.
Perhaps if you quit watching the pot, it will boil.
I'm trying to distract myself, DR Kerry, but all I might happen tomorrow morning...
However, I'm glad I stepped out a bit earlier. I dropped in on a friend right before he left for a weekend trip. And then I headed on down to Union Square to say Hi to the Doug and Bryan at The Big Gay Ice Cream Truck. And then I just sat on a bench in Union Square for a bit. It was a beautiful night to just sit and be a part of The City.
-And, lo and behold, as I was leaving Union Square, I happened to run into bk's personal friend, Walter Willison. ;)
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DR Jose - I'm glad to hear that your parents are OK. That sounds just like something my mother would do.
I mean...it's not like parents expect their adult progeny to keep them fully informed.
der Brucer
JOSE-
I'm Happy To Hear That Your Parents are OK
I know what you mean. My mom takes her time telling me things. Back in the late 1970s, it took her two and half pages of a letter to let me know my great-grandmother (maternal) had passed away.
In the 1990s, it took her a page and a half to let me know my beloved cat Dickens had been struck and killed by a car.
I prefer now to speak with her by phone at least once a week.
Still...I'm always braced to hear, "I died last week. Had a nice funeral."
Years ago, my mother was called to serve on a state grand jury. She and my dad had to spend several days in Columbia, SC. During the time of their stay, my mother got mugged, knocked down, and her purse stolen. They didn't tell me anything about it until MONTHS after the fact.
I'm guess this is a case of company loves misery? ::)
Thank You for sharing your parental "adventures", DRs Ginny, DERBRUCER, Ron Pulliam and MattH.
My parents were in the hospital, at separate times, and didn't let us know until we called looking for them. I think parents wait for their children to call before telling him anything ;)
Poor DR DiL Ioana wasn't told her dog had died until she went home for a visit & couldn't find her dog. Her mother is super sweet & wonderful. Her fault is she can't bear to tell her only child any bad news.
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DR Jose, wonderful news from the Philippines.
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GALAXY QUEST.
SPACEBALLS.
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In other news...
I have five or six mosquito bites on my right arm, and one of my left. All the bites are right "above my elbow". ??? -And I think I got them while I was sitting on my couch last night here in the apartment. :-\
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Halloween decor is plugged in. I am surrounded by Jack Skellington lights at the computer.
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THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH.
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Great video's today, thank you.
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Dear MBarnum;
Note #1 (family version) If you are not happy here MOVE OUT. No one likes a gestapo living next door.
Note #2 (family version) DUMB A-- B----.
Seems that for $1200.00 a month I am not entitled to complain about being engulfed inside my own apartment by the smell of incense to try to cover up the smell of p--. (family version).
And of course they are paying a lot less rent than I am.
This has only been happening since they fired the manager who had been here for 35 years, and hired a young girl, who is not allowed to do anything without getting permission from the new management company. Who was given power of attorney by the children of the owner (who is maybe 85 now).
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Also, people with a medical marijuana license do not leave notes. Only bullies do.
End of rant.
I must not have anything else to say on the subject. Must not. Must not.
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Off to finish The Passion Of The Christ.
Have a good evening everyone.
Lots of happy, healthy, lucky vibes for Friday.
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Well...
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Those Patented, Wonderful, Glorious HHW VIBES worked again!
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WHEW!!!!!
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And, actually, since I just realized I haven't had an actual meal today...
Laters...
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I'm glad you had good news, Jose!
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Well, according to @jessetyler (http://twitter.com/jessetyler), ABC's "Modern Family" has been picked up for a full season.
So have NCIS: LA and THE GOOD WIFE.
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When I went back down, I watched HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX. The very haphazard, messy denouement makes more sense each time I watch the film (and I read the book!), so I am glad I watched it again. I really did despise Delores getting the best of the students for so long. What a marvelous performance in the film!
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Greetings from Viroqua Wisconsin. We had a long, but beautiful day getting here. On a whim we stopped at the Spam museum in Austin MN. What a kick. It was actually a pretty cool place. Then we took a scenic byway that was incredible. I had no idea Southeast Minnesota was qute so cool. We then drove down the Minnesota/Iowa side of the Mississippi River to Lansing, crossed to De Soto Wisconsin and up to Viroqua. It was much longer than the direct route but welll worth it.
We had a great time with Adam Sundee and Gabe. I'm really tired. I haven't caught up with today's posts or yesterdayu's posts, so congrats to those doing well, thanks to those congratulating me foon the office and VIBES to all who need them.
Tomorrow should be fairly relaxing jsut hanging out with family and seeing the area. Cool little town.
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Then I watched today's ONE LIFE TO LIVE. Fun seeing Fish, Kyle, and Nick in the same plot and not directly related to their love triangle.
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Then I watched tonight's episode of BONES. Enjoyable with a couple of surprises.
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And then I had to watch something "live" at 9 p.m. so I chose GREY'S ANATOMY (I had been watching SUPERNATURAL, but I decided I wanted to have it on the DVR so I could rewatch portions of the show which I especially enjoyed.)
ENjoyed the show with some surprise moments for many of the regulars. Nice I see how they're going to allow Ellen Pompeo her maternity leave without resorting to some lame kind of excuse for her not being around. Very well thought out.
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And, no, the Fox Blu-ray discs did NOT come in today.
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Another Fall TV Season casualty:
NBC Cancels Well-Regarded ‘Southland’ (http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/nbc-cancels-well-regarded-southland/?src=twt&twt=nytmedia)
NOOOOOOOOOO! Gosh darn it. I really, really love that show. I hope it finds another home, or at least airs the 6 unaired episodes.
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Well, I had a delightful day in the city. My friend's recital at Trinity Wall Street was a resounding success! :)
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Close Encounters... another movie I have never seen. :P
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DR JoseSPiano - I am glad you have had good news re: the apartment and regarding your relatives.
~~~VIBES~~~ that your parents encounter no further ill effects from their accident!
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DR Sam - hang in there!!!! :)
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Tomorrow, Zach the dog and Truffle the guinea pig go to their grandmother's house in preparation for our departure to Minneapolis on Saturday for a brief family reunion.
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I'm so exhausted. I never stopped once today, and had not one second to jog. Cason came over, and we got everything shipped, so that's all done. Then we went out for a bite to eat and I personally ate a lot of bites. Then I had to write and send out an eBlast for LACCTAA, and then I had to package up a few more CDs. I finally sat on my couch like so much fish around six-thirty and fell asleep for thirty minutes.
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I want these at my house... :D
piano stairs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXh2n0aPyw)
I love this!
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There are kittens running all over this room. That is all.
And is there a video camera rolling?
The light bulb in this room is burned out. That just happened today. It needs a special bulb.
I have bulbs in my backyard that arrived via the flood. And condoms hanging from the trees. Blecchhhh....
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Also, people with a medical marijuana license do not leave notes. Only bullies do.
End of rant.
I must not have anything else to say on the subject. Must not. Must not.
This sounds like a story from THIS AMERICAN LIFE--the episode called "The Kindness of Strangers".
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I went out for dinner with my Little French Boy for some southern cooking before he flies back to France tomorrow. The Colonnade has been an Atlanta staple since 1927 and is nestled in the "adult entertainment district". It's always full of blue hairs and bears. Sometimes blue-haired bears. And every night there is a woman with blonde hair who makes Don King's hair look understated. One day I will get a picture of her on my camera phone!
I hope the ballast won't affect his flight!
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Another Fall TV Season casualty:
NBC Cancels Well-Regarded ‘Southland’ (http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/nbc-cancels-well-regarded-southland/?src=twt&twt=nytmedia)
NOOOOOOOOOO! Gosh darn it. I really, really love that show. I hope it finds another home, or at least airs the 6 unaired episodes.
I think it's just more proof (as if we needed any more) that NBC is in really DIRE straits right now. What was once a network of real quality has sunk to an unbelievable low.
I, too, hope the producers can find a home for the series as it's too good to simply "go away."
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Tomorrow, Zach the dog and Truffle the guinea pig go to their grandmother's house in preparation for our departure to Minneapolis on Saturday for a brief family reunion.
I thought of you as we ate breakfast at the Perkins in Fairmont this morning~
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I'm going to head downstairs now and go to bed.
Good night!
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DR Jose, glad your parents are ok. My parents had a minor accident on a trip to Florida and didn't tell any of us until they got home and we could see the damage to the van. Sounds like it's just a parents thing, but it's pretty frustrating
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Me and Spammy
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Hi, Spammy!! Hi, DR Cillaliz!!!
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DR Cillaliz - And did you eat any Spam while you were there? Or buy some souvenir tins?
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DR Jose, glad your parents are ok. My parents had a minor accident on a trip to Florida and didn't tell any of us until they got home and we could see the damage to the van. Sounds like it's just a parents thing, but it's pretty frustrating
Thanks, DR Cillaliz - What's really weird about this, is that my youngest brother, Jay, who calls home every Sunday night like clockwork didn't even know what had happened. -And he had just spoken to them this past Sunday night!
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Yeah, I don't get why parent keep these things secret. Strange
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It turns out there are 12 seats being held for porduction staff during previews so I'm always guaranteed a seat. I saw Kevin Spirtas during intermission and had a nice chat with him. Tonight, the paying audience laughed loud and long, applauded and cheered, and stood for the cast, just as last night's audience carried on. There were two bits of magic absent tonight and i wonder if they were cut in this afternoon's rehearsal.
After the show, the cast went to Angus' and I came home. IOt was fun to come out the Stage door to find people waiting for the cast to sign posters and programs. My friend Victor, who's an enormous fan of Cheyenne's was there wearing his "cheyennetology" t-shirt. He asked me to sign his program.
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We got Spam with cheese for my nephew, but didn't get any tins for ourselves. They don't offer samples. I was amazed at the number of varietes of Spam they had. a couple aren't sold in the US. We were given lots of recipes. I got the Spam cap and got some Spam gifts for my nephews family. I was a bit surprised that there were no references to Spamalot anywhere. I asked in the gift shop and the worker was pretty dismissive about it, saying that it wasn't on broadway anymore
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We got Spam with cheese for my nephew, but didn't get any tins for ourselves. They don't offer samples. I was amazed at the number of varietes of Spam they had. a couple aren't sold in the US. We were given lots of recipes. I got the Spam cap and got some Spam gifts for my nephews family. I was a bit surprised that there were no references to Spamalot anywhere. I asked in the gift shop and the worker was pretty dismissive about it, saying that it wasn't on broadway anymore
Ooohh... Spam with Cheese!!!! ::)
-And, yes, apparently, something went awry along the way with the whole Spam tie-in with Spamalot. Just sayin'.
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It turns out there are 12 seats being held for porduction staff during previews so I'm always guaranteed a seat. I saw Kevin Spirtas during intermission and had a nice chat with him. Tonight, the paying audience laughed loud and long, applauded and cheered, and stood for the cast, just as last night's audience carried on. There were two bits of magic absent tonight and i wonder if they were cut in this afternoon's rehearsal.
Hmm... 12 seats? Can members of the production staff bring friends who'd like to see it again? ;)
And, yes... There's nothing like walking out that stage door... :)
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Here's the Spam Museum website http://www.spam.com/games/Museum/default.aspx it does mention Spamalot. That makes me feel a bit better.
There were some really cool exhibits including a film about the Hormel Girls, an all women band and chorus that toured from 1949-1952 (or so) they had some Burns and Allen radio ads, a hologram soldier talking about Spam etc. We giggled a lot, but it was actually quite interesting
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Yeah, I don't get why parent keep these things secret. Strange
Well, I guess I'm so used to all those very communicative families I see on TV. ;)
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Spam with cheese, I'll have to look at the can tomorrow, but it has to have about 50 bagillion fat grams, lol
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Yeah, I don't get why parent keep these things secret. Strange
Well, I guess I'm so used to all those very communicative families I see on TV. ;)
Oh I think parents are communicative but about others, just not themselves...
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Spam with cheese, I'll have to look at the can tomorrow, but it has to have about 50 bagillion fat grams, lol
It can't be that bad. The cheese displaces the spam, so... ;)
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Tomorrow, Zach the dog and Truffle the guinea pig go to their grandmother's house in preparation for our departure to Minneapolis on Saturday for a brief family reunion.
Your family, DR singdaw? Or your DH Jayson's family?
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Spam with cheese, I'll have to look at the can tomorrow, but it has to have about 50 bagillion fat grams, lol
It can't be that bad. The cheese displaces the spam, so... ;)
I'm kind of sorry I didn't get some of the fun flavors. Of course SPAM stands for Spiced Ham, and they had all sorts of spiced versions
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bk - It's probably not the news you want to hear, but Apple just released the latest iPhone firmware update today, so...
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Kids!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsQNy4wgMDM
;D
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Time to sleep...mom and dad get up VERY early and I have the car keys...
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And, no, the Fox Blu-ray discs did NOT come in today.
You're welcome to some of mine, LOL. In today's mail I got the huge (and really very lovely) big boxed set of SNOW WHITE, plus 10 (count 'em) BD's from niche label Topics, which included a pretty cool multi-disc travelogue series to all sorts of exotic locales. But, boy, do I have a lot of watching and writing to do now.
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I just logged onto NASA, and had to stop looking when I found the archives (each one seems to have over 700 photos). I'm thinking about getting up at 4AM to watch the moon landing (oops, I meant crashing).
Goodnight everyone.
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I got to eat a lot of Spam as a kid. I don't remember what it tastes like anymore.
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Happy Friday (all day). :)
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Happy Friday (all day). :)
And a Very Happy Friday to you too, DR Sam. :)
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I gotta tell you.
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Here's Stephen Holden's review of Jane Krakowski's cabaret show at Feinstein's, "Has Sold Out... Tickets Available"
An Old-Fashioned Girl Playing Dress-Up Games (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/arts/music/08feinsteins.html)
*I believe DR FJL may be interested in the last paragraph. ;)
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IN THE HEIGHTS... RUN THIS TOUR (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2zGNopB1WQ)
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Congrats, Jose on your apartment news!
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Congrats, Jose on your apartment news!
Thank You, DR George. -It's more of a reprieve at this time rather than a victory, but at least I can "not stress" for the next couple of days.
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Another Fall TV Season casualty:
NBC Cancels Well-Regarded ‘Southland’ (http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/nbc-cancels-well-regarded-southland/?src=twt&twt=nytmedia)
NOOOOOOOOOO! Gosh darn it. I really, really love that show. I hope it finds another home, or at least airs the 6 unaired episodes.
My friend Margo loved this show, also. They'll probably sell the DVD as "the complete series."
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OK...
Goodnight.
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It turns out there are 12 seats being held for porduction staff during previews so I'm always guaranteed a seat. I saw Kevin Spirtas during intermission and had a nice chat with him. Tonight, the paying audience laughed loud and long, applauded and cheered, and stood for the cast, just as last night's audience carried on. There were two bits of magic absent tonight and i wonder if they were cut in this afternoon's rehearsal.
After the show, the cast went to Angus' and I came home. IOt was fun to come out the Stage door to find people waiting for the cast to sign posters and programs. My friend Victor, who's an enormous fan of Cheyenne's was there wearing his "cheyennetology" t-shirt. He asked me to sign his program.
Nice!