Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 3 => Topic started by: bk on April 03, 2005, 11:58:40 PM
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Well, you've read the notes, you know all there is to know about melon balls, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home, which will be shortly after they find and eat some melon balls.
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And the word of the day is: SELTZER!
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Welcome six GUESTS! We're talkin' about painters.
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My goodness, in about seventy-five posts I'll be achieving a new plateau.
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Seurat (of course), the Hildebrandt brothers (I know them from their many book illustrations, which are intricately, detailed paintings. They do beautiful work). That's all I can think of right now. :)
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I'm fond of Turner...been lucky to see several of hispaintings in the flesh (or in the paint, as it were) in galleries. Just very evocative and romantic stuff. They stir me like a great piece of music. Looking at a Turner painting while listening to Miklos Rozsa could probably kill me with beauty.
Most of my other favourite painters are illustrators...like Maxfield Parrish; N.C. Wyeth; Frank Frazetta.
As promised my detailed explanation of why the end of Being Julia doesn't really work. WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!
I don't think Julia's revenge on those who done her wrong comes off...for several reasons. First off, she doesn't have to hire the girl. To hire her, just to humiliate her is a bit calculatingly cruel on Julia's part.
Secondly, everyone keeps talking about what a great looker this girl is when, in fact, she is not particularly good-looking and certainly not a patch on Annette Bening.
Thirdly, despite what they all say and seem to think, she isn't a very good actress, given what we see of her in auditions and rehearsals...even given that they are trying to emulate a certain style of the day, it still isn't particularly good.
Fourthly, the scene in which they all think the girl is so funny isn't that funny and neither is her performance...and just because they are all laughing doesn't make it funny to us in the audience.
Fifthly, we do not see enough of the play to know that what Julia is doing is amazing!
We know she is changing the play and some of it we've seen, but we need to see and know more. When she's relating it to her own life and giving her ad-libs and revisions double-meanings, we have no idea how she can depart from the scene and the play and still make it fit the context of the whole. So when Jeremy Irons tells her to keep all her alterations in, we don't know how it works. If we had seen the whole scene played out or seen other scenes that made us understand exactly what she was doing and where she was departing, then it would look like the amazing feat it was supposed to be.
As it standsI think it is a lazily written scene (and Ronald Harwood is a good enough writer not to be that lazy)...because he takes the easy road by not showing us the original context so that we're able to contrast it to what Julia is actually doing. That would have been amazing and dangerous. To know the original, see the departure, she how she gave it double meaning, and could still make it work within the play she is performing. But all that stuff about the girl's lovers makes no sense because there's been no reference to it before.
I think a little study of Ferenc Molnar, who has done this sort of thing in plays like THE PLAY'S THE THING, might have helped.
Sixthly, even the revised revenge version of the scene isn't all that funny. Just because the audience in the film's theatre is laughing, doesn't mean the real audience in the theatre. It's all a little too forced, obvious, and precious.
And finally, Julia needs more real motive to exact this sort of revenge. Now it only seems beneath and unworthy of her. She hasn't really been all that wronged. After all, she is the first to cheat and to pursue an affair which with a drip who her closest friend warned her in no uncertain terms would end badly. And her greatest victim...the actress...hadn't really done anything to her before she starting plotting her revenge on her. Also she was simply no real threat to Julia. It was like shooting fish in a barrel. Julia's behaviour is the worst of anyone in the film.
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Hey folks, it’s DARK outside! It feels like five forty two instead of six forty two AM. And it’s cold as well! Only fifty! Burrrr! Laugh all you want but I’m wearing my light coat to work today.
DR Jose, I hope you didn’t go out for “coffee” last night—caffeine keeps you up. ;) :D
Hi DR Hisaka! “Good morning/afternoon/evening to you!” I don’t have a clew what time it is where you are. I’m still sorting MY time out!
Sorry DR Jane but not everyone has a citrus tree in their yard down here. In fact, right now, we have no fruit trees of any kind. I think I shall be getting one of those dwarf lemon trees. I’ll order it tonight.
Gotta run for the bus—at least while I still have a bus to run to. Oy. I haven’t heard anything about what has been decided but I bet we will lose it.
Have a good day all!
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Good Morning!
Painters... Seurat, Caillebotte (sp?), Monet, Manet, plus some other non-French ones... ;)
Well, time to get myself together for today's travel adventures... Well, I hope we don't have to deal with any "adventures"...
Laters....
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Mario.
He did a wonderful job in my bedroom. Two coats
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Good morning, all! Sorry, daylight saving time and I are not friends. when the alarm went off at 5:30, excuse me 6:30, I knew it was lying and the body would not budge. I'm now in that 5-14 day limbo where I have to readjust and I hate it.
Painters? Michelangelo, Rubens, Rembrandt (when do we get a new clean print of CARNIVAL IN FLANDERS?), Watteau, Fragonard, Boucher, Chardin, Tiepolo, Turner, Sargent, Lautrec, Seurat, Van Gogh.
Illustrators: Rockwell, Wyeth, Brian Wildsmith was one I loved during the 1960s, and I'm certain I'm passing up others. I'll weigh back in later!
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bk noted:
They do the balling, I do the buying
Did he steal this line from Hugh Grant?
der Brucer
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Hey folks, it’s DARK outside! It feels like five forty two instead of six forty two AM. And it’s cold as well! Only fifty! Burrrr! Laugh all you want but I’m wearing my light coat to work today.
Good morning all!! After a rainy nasty blustery weekend it is finally clearing up. The blue sky is peeking through and it is getting warm, nearly fifty!! I didn't wear a coat to work today!!
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TOD: Salvador Dali:
All-Time Favorite:
(http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/NYG/9809.jpg)
Runners up:
(http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/NYG/7691.jpg)
(http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/PA/6410057.jpg)
der Brucer (Last Supper is in DC's National Gallery)
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I have always loved the work of Norman Rockwell, I wanted to live in those pictures and know those people. I like the "masters" Raphael, da Vinci, Michelangelo...I am afraid I have never been able to grasp the value of abstract or "pop" art, Picasso and Warhol leave me cold.
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Good Morning dear derB and dear elmore. I hope you are feeling well this morning.
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Note to vixmom:
RE: Stella Awards
I think you have a good case against a certain playwright. His insistence on referencing a certain gemstone brought you great emotional distress. You need only to point out various exchanges on this board to highlight the fact that the pain is on-going. His attempt to hide behind his departed Mother to avoid blame for his inconsideration is egregious - SUE!
der Brucer (anticipating a share)
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Good Morning dear derB and dear elmore. I hope you are feeling well this morning.
Quite well, thank you. The dogs have been de-watered and the trash taken curbside. Sussex county still relies on each homeowner to arrange for his own waste removal. The state (Delaware) is in the throes of angst over mandated "recycling" - do we or don't we.
Soon it will be time to tend the live stock. The Grackles are back in force and have been joined by a flock of red-winged Blackbirds - all of whom have prodigious appetites.
der Brucer
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N. C. Wyeth's son Andrew did some "modern art" vixmom might enjoy:
(http://www.globalgallery.com/images/thumbs/s-sw-70048.jpg)
der Brucer
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...I am afraid I have never been able to grasp the value of abstract or "pop" art, Picasso and Warhol leave me cold.
Well, before Picasso brought us "Disconnected Lady with Spare Parts" he did things like this:
(http://www.tamu.edu/mocl/picasso/ythumbs/1897/yopp97-01.jpg)
der Brucer
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N. C. Wyeth's son Andrew did some "modern art" vixmom might enjoy:
(http://www.globalgallery.com/images/thumbs/s-sw-70048.jpg)
der Brucer
Yes this I like!
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Well, before Picasso brought us "Disconnected Lady with Spare Parts" he did things like this:
(http://www.tamu.edu/mocl/picasso/ythumbs/1897/yopp97-01.jpg)
der Brucer
And this is wonderful!
I lieka picture that I can look at and see a story in, that makes me feel connected to the people in the picture. When I see a bunch of paint splatters on an enormous wall sized canvas it just akes me think of a dropcloth that has been accidently framed (I am so unsophisticated....)
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'morning! Today is my last day of vacation - back to work tomorrow at noon :(
Painters - Mark Tobey, Mary Casssatt, Frida Kahlo. I also collect images of reading women, such as this one by Renoir:
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Note to vixmom:
RE: Stella Awards
I think you have a good case against a certain playwright. His insistence on referencing a certain gemstone brought you great emotional distress. You need only to point out various exchanges on this board to highlight the fact that the pain is on-going. His attempt to hide behind his departed Mother to avoid blame for his inconsideration is egregious - SUE!
der Brucer (anticipating a share)
No case there,,, I am apparently the one who cause the undue emotional stress, i just thought it was funny.....
now my school district and particularly my typoing theacher...there I may have a case!!! ;D
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Still catching up on the weekend's posts as the DH had control of the computer all Ssaturday night and all of Sunday...
RE: Teachers: I did not in any way mean to disparage teachers in general.. just the teachers in my daughter's middle school.. K - 5 were great years.
As far as underpaid and overworked the starting salary for a first year teacher is $45,000 for a 180 days a year , they also get full medical/dental and a pension plan and full tuition reimbursment for additional educational credits. This is for a 22 or 23 year old who has not yet achieved their masters degree.
Tomofoz mentioned that in his 30 years of teaching experience... the problem we are having in this school dear Tomofoz is that most of these teachers haven't even been alive for 30 years and have an average of 4 years teaching experience. We questioned the Vixter as to whether a video was one an option or the assignment and she said the teacher said it must be a video. She told us that a kid raised his hand and said he didn't have a video camera and the teacher told him to use his parents' camera. It never occured to this 24 year old nitwit that perhaps the family didn't own a video camera!! (Or if they did that they were not about to let their 11 year old have the use of it!)
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DR Mshayne awesome Larry Moore site!!
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DR JRand54, there will most definitely be some Hong Kong musicals in your future! LOL!
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Morning all! I am finally back to the land of the living though I am still abit more tired than I should be. The health center decided I had 3 things wrong with me. Two of which I had before last week, and then a virus that multiplied the first two to the point where I was out all week, but I am feeling much better. I have one last stop at the health center to do a blood test just to be safe. I had a busy busy weekend but I'll update on that later.
As for the TOD: I have always been a big fan of Seurat and pointilism in general. There is one in the IMA that I like quite a bit. I believe it is of a woman in a field.
(http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/SHD/40010.jpg)
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Which reminds me, I need to see Sunday in the Park with George.
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Actually the Indianapolis Museum of Art has the best collection of pontilism in the U.S. (at least that is what I've been told), I would say those of you making the trip to Indy to stop by it if you liked, but it is currently closed for renovation. It should be opening back up in about a month. ::)
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DR JRand54, there will most definitely be some Hong Kong musicals in your future! LOL!
I had no idea you were a fortune teller!!!
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As far as underpaid and overworked the starting salary for a first year teacher is $45,000 for a 180 days a year , they also get full medical/dental and a pension plan and full tuition reimbursment for additional educational credits. This is for a 22 or 23 year old who has not yet achieved their masters degree.
May be true where you live, but that's not true everywhere, and you should walk a mile in their shoes before casting aspersions on teachers anywhere. My salary for my last year of teaching was $49,000 and that was with a master's degree PLUS thirty hours and 29 years of experience. NONE of the courses I took during all those summers to keep my teacher's license renewed were reimbursed, and those six weeks of courses were on that "off time" that didn't factor into your 180 days of work. We also had 10 additional workdays in addition to the 180 teaching days, and we were on call all hours during that 190 day contract year. On days of parent conferences, for example, we were there from 7:30 a.m. to 8 at night, and we are at work many nights by sponsoring clubs, chaparoning dances, meetings with textbook representatives or state accreditation personnel, travelling with the bad or chorus - all on our own time and after school hours.
And teaching school for me was not a job I could turn off when I walked out the back door to my car. The problems of the children stayed with me constantly. One also had prepration at home for future lessons and tests, papers to grade, grades to average, parents to contact, all off the clock. There was always something to do during the school year. And many things for my classroom for students' use were paid for out of my own pocket. Tight school budgets didn't go very far in providing any extras.
Now, I LOVED benefits of being a state employee - the health insurance (dental only covers about 45 % of my cost), the holidays.
But to deal with 100 different child personalities with double the number of parent personalities in a typical school year, you HAD to love doing it and not for the money. The best teachers are professionals who are usually not treated like professionals and certainly are not paid on the same scale as professionals with similar education and experience.
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(http://www.ima-art.org/images/collections/recentacquisitionPissaro.jpg)
I can't get enough! :)
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I'm assuming THE LAUGHING POLICEMAN was a widescreen DVD. CHARLEY VARRICK wasn't, but since you didn't mention it being a full frame transfer, I figured the studio must have done the aspect ratio correctly.
I LOATHED this picture. Bruce Dern's homophobic attitude during the movie made me so uncomfortable that I almost had to leave the theater. The gay serial killer was such a cheap device for sensationalism that I felt insulted every moment I was watching it.
This isdefinitely NOT a movie that I will be buying.
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Spring has returned. We will have two or three days of mid to high 70s before cooler temperatures prevail later in the week. Glad I got the grass mowed yesterday when it was a bit cooler.
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May be true where you live, but that's not true everywhere, and you should walk a mile in their shoes before casting aspersions on teachers anywhere.
Please re read my last post regarding this subject. My specific complaint is with the teachers in this school. She has had excellent teachers up to this point. The state test averages for this school are terrible and I attribute a lot of that to the fact the rather than have the kids WRITE REPORTS which would require them to learn to research and spell and convey information in writing, they assign these stupid arts and crafts projects.
A Spanish language course is requiring my daughter to sew a doll and costume! Would it not have been far better to require her to write something, perhaps in Spanish?
I am thrilled when I walk into a classroom and see a 40 + teacher in that room. The problem in this particular school is that or than half the teachers are under thirty, of the Vixter's 8 teachers, three of them are 1st year, two of them are 2nd year teachers.
As far as extra-curricular activicties go in this here school district, nobody does anything for free...every club is run by a teacher who is paid for staying after that extra hour.
Let me repeat... I do not have a problem with teachers in general... I have a problem with certain specific teachers in this specific school.
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JR: re: Doris Day and Warner Bros. makeup artists: Obviously, they hadn't been introduced to the wonders of "Carbobalm." :)
Painters: Well those of you who have visited my home environment know that Betsy's mother is a pretty well-known painter in the midwest. Several of her originals (which are usually painted on canvas and include found objects sown thereon) hang in our home. Her website:
http://www.jeaninesdream.com
The punchline is she claims to be afraid to use color in her paintings.
Trivia note: she was an art student in the early 50s with a gaggle of youngsters that included none other than Jasper Johns. Jasper painted her a still life that hangs in my in-laws' basement. It is thought to be perhaps the only Johns that avoided his self-destructo phase when he moved into pop art and burned all of his representational stuff. Betsy and I keep telling her parents they need to go on Antiques Roadshow with it and see what they say it's worth.
Another painter/illustrator whose astounding work is prominently displayed in our home environment is Vladimir Uzilevsky. He does these outlandish hallucinogenic representations of musical scores that are displayed all around the piano here.
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Right now playing live on BBC 3 is part two of Stage and Screen's birthday tribute to Sondheim.
If you want to listen to the entire program wait until about noon and go to this site
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/stageandscreen/
and click on Listen to the latest programme.
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Well, time to get myself together for today's travel adventures... Well, I hope we don't have to deal with any "adventures"...
Safe travels, Jose! I can't help but wonder: Couldn't they just have driven y'all from Memphis to Indianapolis in about the same time it'll take to fly via Dallas?
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Spring cleaning free CD offer: For any/all that are interested, I found a stash of my 4 song EP CD of my vocal jazz group Aqabala, which won Jazziz Magazine's international Vocals on Fire competition a few years ago. The CD features the truly incredible voice of Suzi Stern (think Streisand or Basia with bop skills) and the phenomenal guitar of John Stowell, as well as some schmuck named Kauffman and a million backup singers. There are two versions of my song Wasn't It Spring Yesterday?, which Ray Evans very kindly provided blurbage for (included on inlay traycard). Aqabala combines Hebrew chant in a kind of contemporary jazz/pop ambience. Email me and I'll send you a copy while they last. But wait you also get department: I'll even throw in a free CDR of some unreleased tracks of Aqabala, including a killer (if I do say so myself) vocal version of Wayne Shorter's Speak No Evil, lyric by moi, and a goosebump-inducing Suzi and company doing the beautiful Hannah Senesh song Eli, Eli.
jmkauffman@aol.com
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Painters:Michelangelo, Rubens, Rembrandt(almost same as DR ELMORE’s), in addition, Botticelli and Kaii Higashiyama.
Illustrators: Norman Rockwell (same as DR ELMORE) and my dentist has “The Check-Up” on a wall in his treatment room. I like it very much, though I don’t like the dentist(not my doctor himself)
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DR JANE:I’ve never seen or read Old Yeller but it seems to be interesting and heartwarming. Unfortunately, both the movie and the book are not translated/captioned in Japanese but I’ll try to get it in the near future. Thank you.
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Sorry, vixmom, but you hit a nerve when you criticize teachers for the amount of time they work and what they're paid. (Not the first time I've heard these arguments, believe me. Teachers have struggled against them for decades.)
What it looks like on paper and what it is in reality you can't possibly know unless you're walking in their shoes.
And that's all I'll say on the subject.
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In honor of teachers:
and Norman Rockwell
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Since I have no interest in the NCAA basketball championships (despite North Carolina being one of the participating teams) nor do I care to watch the behind-the-scenes TV-movie on MONK & MINDY, I'll be using tonight as a catch-up night for shows on the DVR - specifically NUMBERS, DEADWOOD, and DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
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And supposedly, tonight's '24' is such a riveting episode that Fox is repeating it on Friday night and again on Sunday.
It may be riveting (I can't wait to watch it), but I suspect it's being repeated because Fox is hurting for shows to broadcast in killer time periods where it has bombed with everything it's tried.
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DR Hisaka, the colors in that painting are beautiful!
I don't have any favorite painters, but there are many paintings that I enjoy.
Some of my interviewees had turned to painting in their later years...both Beth Marion and Gordon Mitchell had some fantastic paintings, and both started painting when they were in their 70s. Unfortunately both have since passed away.
Gordon Mitchell gave me one of his paintings when I visited him in Santa Monica a couple of years back, and I treasure it very much!
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Last nights Desperate Housewives is perhaps the best episode so far! So funny!!
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I didn't talk about my favorite painters yet. I have such respect for artists because I can't draw a straight line using a ruler, so anyone who can make anything artistic with his hands has my utmost admiration.
Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Degas, Renoir, Picasso, oh, there are so many.
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Yes, I've read from quite a few folks that DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES was really good last night. Looking forward to seeing it at some point today.
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Sorry, vixmom, but you hit a nerve when you criticize teachers for the amount of time they work and what they're paid. (Not the first time I've heard these arguments, believe me. Teachers have struggled against them for decades.)
What it looks like on paper and what it is in reality you can't possibly know unless you're walking in their shoes.
And that's all I'll say on the subject.
Matt.. I never brought up the subject of teacher pay , you did, and in response (an\d only in response) I pointed out that in my district teachers are pretty damn well paid, BUT THAT IS NOT MY PROBLEM WITH THE TEACHERS!!!! (oops I'm yelling)
My problem is that they are not teaching! They are assigning stupid arts and crafts projects that take no effort to grade and do not teach the students any useful skills!!!!!
Now before I get banned for boring everyone to tears with this subject I will stop discussing it. If you want to yell at me anymore at least yell at me for what I am actually ranting and raving about.
Love and kisses :-*
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DR vixmom, the stories of the vixter are so charming! Especially the ones about school. Keep us informed on this video project. Very bizarre that it has to be a video ... um I don't have a video recorder - why should these 11 yr olds! :)
DR Elmore, I also enjoyed last night's DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES. Poor mama solice! I got to watch a weird Canadian 90 minute version (from 7-8:30pm). They paired it with the Juno red carpet (Cdn music).
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Oh. DR Rodzinski, I loved your suggestion of an anti-recycling video, DH actually suggested to the Vixter that she made sure she shows both sides of the issue the bad points of recylcing as well as the good and she was shocked...recycling can ONLY be good!!!
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DR vixmom, the stories of the vixter are so charming! Especially the ones about school. Keep us informed on this video project. Very bizarre that it has to be a video ... um I don't have a video recorder - why should these 11 yr olds! :)
Thanks!! I'll try not to harp on so much about this though...
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A shout out and great appreciation to my favoritest teacher in the entire universe (even though I was never an actual enrolled student in any of his classes, or indeed in his university)... Professor William F. Orr without whom I never never never would have passed my college courses in calculus, and stastistics!!!! I love you Bill!!!
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Gordon Mitchell gave me one of his paintings when I visited him in Santa Monica a couple of years back, and I treasure it very much!
May we see it?
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Another favorite Norman Rockwell
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May we see it?
I will try to remember to snap a picture of it!
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There's a bad side to recycling?
I despised group projects, although they do teach a very important lesson: Don't trust anyone else. Do it yourself.
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and another
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DR Vixmom,
Here is an article on Gordon Mitchell and his painting...there are some pictures, but not many of them of his actual paintings! LOL!
I nice shot of him and his good friend Mickey Hargitay, though...take about a year before Gordon passed away.
http://www.cinema-nocturna.com/m_gordon_mitchell_article.htm (http://www.cinema-nocturna.com/m_gordon_mitchell_article.htm)
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There's a bad side to recycling?
Sometimes the cost of recycling is less than the value gained....but we are overall proponets of recycling in our house!! I have not seen the video DR Rodzinski mentioned, but now I must seek it out ( if only to see our own BK in action)
I despised group projects, although they do teach a very important lesson: Don't trust anyone else. Do it yourself.
These aren't group projects.. each student has to make her own video!
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DR Vixmom,
Here is an article on Gordon Mitchell and his painting...there are some pictures, but not many of them of his actual paintings! LOL!
I nice shot of him and his good friend Mickey Hargitay, though...take about a year before Gordon passed away.
http://www.cinema-nocturna.com/m_gordon_mitchell_article.htm (http://www.cinema-nocturna.com/m_gordon_mitchell_article.htm)
Thank you for the site. I look forward to seeing the photo of the painting he gifted you with.
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I'll try this again....first time I went to post this, it was swallowed by the great internet monster!
My favorite painting -- or at least the one that came to mind first -- is probably JSSargent's "Madam X." (At least I believe it's called that.) I tend to like the impressionists, though occasionally I find a piece of "modern" art to which I am drawn. In the impressionist mode, I also enjoy the landscapes of the Hudson Valley school of painters.
It was a busy weekend of Stars of Tomorrow shows: a BOYFRIEND and GREASE (plus an event here at Brockport to keep me hopping). One more weekend of Stars shows (a SUESSICAL and a MAME), and we will be done for the season. On to the nominating meetings and the award ceremony itself, on TONY (R) Sunday. Through the season, we will have clocked 1100 miles on this endeavor.
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Since I have no interest in the NCAA basketball championships (despite North Carolina being one of the participating teams) nor do I care to watch the behind-the-scenes TV-movie on MONK & MINDY, I'll be using tonight as a catch-up night for shows on the DVR - specifically NUMBERS, DEADWOOD, and DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
MattH has unintentionally created a new show. Pam Dawber and Tony Shaloub in MONK AND MINDY!
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MattH has unintentionally created a new show. Pam Dawber and Tony Shaloub in MONK AND MINDY!
Hey, that might be a good show...and I think Pam Dawber needs a job, anyhow!
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I'm up, I'm up. Had a gloriously glorious sleep and feel better.
SELTZER!
Wonderful painter choices. As some here know, I collect illustration art, so I'm partial to illustration artists. I do love Mr. Rockwell, who was a genius, and I love the man who was Rockwell's idol, J.C. Leyendecker. Too many others to list, but I'll do a few as I think of them throughout the day. The first artist I fell in love with as a child was, strangely, Dali. I also am fond of Magritte.
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One problem with recycling is that the means to get the job done often create their own nasty toxins.
Painters I like are Jean Miro and Marc Chagall.
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BK and JRand, here is a nifty link with info on the upcoming DVD releases of the Japanese sci-fi films VARAN THE UNBELIEVABLE and DOGARA SPACE MONSTER....I am looking very forward to both DVDs!!
http://www.henshinonline.com/ (http://www.henshinonline.com/)
And if you scroll down a bit further you will also find information on a Godzilla film festival in Los Angeles this June.
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One last Norman Rockwell , I am sure either derB or Woody posed for this as a boy
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As painters go, Eldin Bernecki always struck me as a great guy, but I don't recall ever seeing any of his work.
;)
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Good Morning/Afternoon!
-What time zone am I in now?
I'm typing this while waiting for the flight out of Memphis. I would post from the Memphis airport, but the Wi-Fi access is fee-based, and I'm just not in the mood to pay $9.95 for about 30 minutes of access. Hopefully, Dallas/Ft. Worth will have free access - although I guess I could just sit outside one of the frequent flyer lounges. -I've seen that done at other airports. ;)
The bus ride to the airport was very pleasant and very roomy. They hired two big busses to bring the cast and orchestrat to the airport, and there are only about 35 of us total, so.. I had originally picked to ride on Bus 1, but after walking onto it, and smelling something unseemly, I boarded the other bus - which was basically brand new. Love that new bus smell!
While boarding and waiting, I got the chance to meet more of the cast members - or at least make their acquaintance. It really is a great bunch of people. *And it looks like I'll be playing restaurant and tour guide when they settle in DC in a few weeks. ;)
So... Until Dallas...
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That has to be der B, Vixmom. I was never that cute.
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..And, yes, I'm now in Dallas... Boarding in about 15 minutes...
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As for painters (again)...
Van Gogh is amazing - and even moreso when you can get close enough to see the brush strokes, and the almost 3-D layers of paint.
The one big altar piece of Goya at the Art Institute of Chicago is truly awe inspiring.
But the Francophile in me has always leaned heavily towards the Impressionists - in both art and music. And I was very lucky to have shown up on a slow day during the big Impressionist exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in DC a couple of years ago. All those paintings I had only seen in books up until that time. -And the NGA's regular holdings of Impressionist art are impressive on their own. And, surprisingly, the Virginia Museum of Art in Richmond has a rather nicely chosen collection.
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I did have one "Whew!" moment during check-in...
After putting my luggage on the scale, it came up 51.5 pounds. Oops. I had reshuffled a pair of shoes and my denim jacket from my carry-on into my checked bag, so.. -It was at 48 when I left Dulles.
I was taking out my wallet to pay the $25 over-weight fee (50 is the limit), but the very kind gentleman just attached one of those "Heavy" tags to the handle, and said, "Thank you, sir. Have a good flight."
Whew!
Since I'm flying with a bunch of actors on tour, there were already a couple of people who had checked baggage and paid a fee or two. And one of the guys even "warned" the check-in attendant that there will most likely be a few more people with Heavy bags. Comes with the territory.
But again...
Whew!
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Ah, the joys of Cutting and Pasting.
DR vixmom - Do elementary school students still Cut and Paste?
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Many painters already mentioned including Van Gogh, Monet, daVinci.
I will add Mondrian and add someone DRs may not be familiar with. Helen Frankenthaler! ;D
(http://www.washacadsci.org/meadowlark-gardens/Flowers/jacob's%20ladder.helen%20frankenthaler.small.jpg)
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Beautiful in Indy today, DR JOSE! And there is a bit of spring in the landscape!
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Safe travels, Jose! I can't help but wonder: Couldn't they just have driven y'all from Memphis to Indianapolis in about the same time it'll take to fly via Dallas?
Yep!
The crew, however, had a direct flight this morning, so...
???
In fact, a couple cast members traded in their plane tickets for the cash allowance, and rented a car in Memphis. They may end up getting to Indy before we do.
At least the flight from Memphis to Dallas was nice. Big plane. Not full. Lots of room to relax.
However, the flight to Indy is sold out...
OH! And they just announced a gate change... To the gate next to one we deplaned at of course! *But it was a short walk anyway, so...
Until Indianapolis...
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Laters...
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Recycling is a good idea, but I think there has to be a certain population density for it to really work. Here in Rehoboth Beach, there are not enough full-time residents for recycling to be practical.
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A crowd like this one, and nobody's yet mentioned Tom of Finland?
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Ah, the joys of Cutting and Pasting.
DR vixmom - Do elementary school students still Cut and Paste?
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Sure do!! If fact in school years K - 5 I volunteered as the 'craft mom" and I would go into the Vixter's class once a month and do a craft with the class. Lots of cutti8ng and pasting when I was around ;D
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Dear DR Jose: Is the airline one of the sponsors of the tour?
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I've been doing interesting things.
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So, what happens if you don't own a video camera? We don't own one, and I certainly wouldn't jump to buy one for an assignment. Heck, much of the time my kids were in middle and and high school, we didn't even have a working television, which presented a problem when the kids were assigned to watch a movie for an assignment. The teachers always looked askance at us for not having a television.
Out here in many of the schools, teachers are no longer using red pens to correct students' work, because the red ink hurts the children's feelings and lowers their self esteem.
Also, out here, teachers have been known to show movies in class instead of teaching. Not educational movies, but "movie-theater movies."
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Also, out here, teachers have been known to show movies in class instead of teaching. Not educational movies, but "movie-theater movies."
And we all know how historically accurate movies can be. Oliver Stone is vindicated at last!
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Another fantastic artist/illustrator is Bob Venosa. He did a lot of the psychedelic album covers for Columbia in the 1960s and 1970s.
BTW, did you know that Phil Hartman was an LP cover designer before he broke into comedy?
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And we all know how historically accurate movies can be. Oliver Stone is vindicated at last!
Not to mention Graeme Clifford. Oy.
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I think I have an LP by Firefall or Poco that Phil Hartman designed. Who did Bob Venosa do covers for?
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Green Acres was a docudrama.
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And one for Mahler.
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[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%][size=20]Texas Two-Step!!![/size][/move]
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Other favorite illustrators: John Clymer, W.T. Benda, Andrew Loomis, Steven Dohanos. Of paperback cover artists: Robert Maguire, Robert McGinnis, Victor Kalin. Pinup artists: Elvgren, Earl Moran.
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As for the TOD: I have always been a big fan of Seurat and pointilism in general. There is one in the IMA that I like quite a bit. I believe it is of a woman in a field.
(http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/SHD/40010.jpg)
Glad you're feeling better Joey, but actually, it's a picture of Louis' Waffle Stove! ;)
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My favorite painter, and artist in general, is Isabella Taylor, wife of the celebrated author Philip Taylor. I had the pleasure of meeting Isabella at the Desert Botanical Garden when she was here in town. She was sketching a picture of a prickly pear cactus and stopped to ask me what I thought about it. She was really nice and it was really great meeting her.
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Rodzinski - did you ever finish viewing the movie? Strange seeing a different version, eh?
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Haven't heard from Mr. Walter Willison. So, I don't know whether to eat or save myself for dinner. Perhaps I'll eat, and then if dinner happens I'll just do a salad.
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I have not, BK. Yesterday the Gal had her shows to watch and we saw a movie at the movies, but I am going to have to lay down the law and tell her in no uncertain terms that if we can't watch that DVD, I shall cry.
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Venosa did a lot of Santana and Miles Davis covers. You would probably recognize his truly freaky Davis covers, including the one with people's skins pulling back--but it is not representative of the bulk of his work. There is some truly beautiful visionary stuff he did, all glowing trees and ethereal bodies. Methinks he did a lot of "vitamin A", if you catch you my drift.
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MR BK did you watch Mr. Arch Hall in WILD GUITAR. The first few minutes are a trip back to Benjamin's LA!
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Was he young and healthy?
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What about Vargas? The stuff adolescent boys' dreams are made of!!
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Well, baseball season is here. I turn into my hometown team to the Cincinnati Reds who have a 3-1 lead. After ten minutes of watching they're tied at 3-3. I'd like for them not to disappoint me until at least AFTER the All-star break this year.
The premimun channels are giving us a free preview today, so instead of watching ESPN, I'm watching their feed which gives us local commercials. So seeing a commercial for Skyline Chili is interesting.
Speaking of hometown matters, my interview came out in the local hometown monthly newspaper INSIDE FORT THOMAS. It was complete and intact with lots of pictures. Probably the best interview I've done after my Unseemingly Interview on this site here.
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Glad you're feeling better Joey, but actually, it's a picture of Louis' Waffle Stove! ;)
I don't get it. You'll have to explain it to me then I will need to do penance for not knowing something that should be common knowledge. :)
In the meantime, more pointillism!! I am admittedly no expert. I just like the style.
(http://www.ima-art.org/images/collections/popups/300height/rue_mouffetard.jpg)
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So, what happens if you don't own a video camera? We don't own one, and I certainly wouldn't jump to buy one for an assignment. Heck, much of the time my kids were in middle and and high school, we didn't even have a working television, which presented a problem when the kids were assigned to watch a movie for an assignment. The teachers always looked askance at us for not having a television.
My point exacty. Fortunately we do have a working one at the moment and we will allow her to use it, but we resent the fact that the teaher just assumes that this is something everyone will have. We happen to personally know a child in that class that not only doesn't have a video camera, they don't have a car and for a good few months recently they didn't even have a home as they were foreclosed upon.
Out here in many of the schools, teachers are no longer using red pens to correct students' work, because the red ink hurts the children's feelings and lowers their self esteem.
I heard this on NPR this morning!!! I also heard recently that some schools are no longer publishing "Honor Rolls" as it hurst the feelings of the children that aren't included on the list.
Also, out here, teachers have been known to show movies in class instead of teaching. Not educational movies, but "movie-theater movies."
YES!!!
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I have not, BK. Yesterday the Gal had her shows to watch and we saw a movie at the movies, but I am going to have to lay down the law and tell her in no uncertain terms that if we can't watch that DVD, I shall cry.
;D You're my kinda man Rodzinski!!
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When I taught Composition at a college in Ohio, we were told not to mark with red ink. And that was for COLLEGE STUDENTS!! Of course this was a system where you had the choice of grading papers "Pass" and "No Pass". And some teachers developed more comically arcane grades like "No Pass Plus". If a student failed, or I should say, Did Not Pass the class, they had so many levels of appeal, they could usually move right on.
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When I taught Vocal Jazz at Clark College in Washington, we had actual grades, but they were pretty much pointless, since the whole raison d'etre (or so it seemed) of the school was to get bodies in classrooms with tuition checks in hand (and a failing student is most likely not going to be around next term). It was one of the reasons I left after a couple of years.
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Is there a link to said interview, DR CP?
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I started watching Darling with Julie Christie last night. Forgive me if there are those who love this film, but I am finding it pretty unbearable. Schlesinger just does not strike me as someone who should be trying an English version of new wave cinema.
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When I taught Composition at a college in Ohio, we were told not to mark with red ink. And that was for COLLEGE STUDENTS!! Of course this was a system where you had the choice of grading papers "Pass" and "No Pass". And some teachers developed more comically arcane grades like "No Pass Plus". If a student failed, or I should say, Did Not Pass the class, they had so many levels of appeal, they could usually move right on.
When I was taking an Oceanography course in college I had a question on a test
"What are sea mounts commonly called?"
Being a smart-ass and also not knowing the correct answer I wrote 'I commonly call them sea mounts"
I was given full credit!
Same test we also had an essay question "Why is the sea salt?"
Again, not knowing the correct answer I replied with a old folktale I had learned as a child regarding a magic mill that would grind out whatever you commanded and the thief who had taken the mill out to sea and commanded it to grind salt without knowing how to turn it off. "
I also received full points for that essay with a note from the teacher saying he remembered this story fondly from his youth
And hence I remain an uneducated moron regarding all matters of oceanography but I have darn good self esteem!!! ;D
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When I was taking an Oceanography course in college I had a question on a test
"What are sea mounts commonly called?"
Hump-back whales? ;D
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I guess what we are learning is that the children of Long Island are being prepared quite nicely for college!
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Same test we also had an essay question "Why is the sea salt?"
Again, not knowing the correct answer I replied with a old folktale I had learned as a child regarding a magic mill that would grind out whatever you commanded and the thief who had taken the mill out to sea and commanded it to grind salt without knowing how to turn it off. "
I also received full points for that essay with a note from the teacher saying he remembered this story fondly from his youth
And hence I remain an uneducated moron regarding all matters of oceanography but I have darn good self esteem!!! ;D
I believe it is in Grimm and is called "Why the Sea Is Salt".
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What about Vargas? The stuff adolescent boys' dreams are made of!!
Speak for yourself. I already mentioned Tom of Finland.
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"Why the Sea Is Salt"
You can read it here
http://www.readprint.com/chapter-6500/Andrew-Lang
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No link to said interview. Their website is in the process of being reconstructed.
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When I was at Caltech, I used to walk to the Huntington Gardens in San Marino to study on the weekends. I would read in the gardens and then get out of the sun by wandering through the mansion, which contains an incredible collection.
One room has, on the wall facing you as you enter, Jushua Reynolds' Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse
(http://www.huntington.org/ArtDiv/ArtPix/Reynolds_Siddons.JPEG),
on the wall to your right Gainsborough's Jonathan Buttall: The Blue Boy
(http://www.huntington.org/ArtDiv/ArtPix/BlueBoy.JPEG)
And to the left Thomas Lawrence's Sarah Barrett Moulton: Pinkie
(http://www.huntington.org/ArtDiv/ArtPix/Pinkie.JPEG)
I have ever since had a special affection for those paintings and the lovely spring days I spent with them.
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They also have a large collection of William Blake watercolors, but only a few of them are on display at any one time, as the sunlight deteriorates them. So there were always new Blakes to discover.
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No link to said interview. Their website is in the process of being reconstructed.
I tried a couple of searches for it, that explains why I had no luck, I could only find a link to a 2004 issue
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DANCE TIME!!!!!
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Oh.....hmmmm.....maybe someday, DR CP. I understand all about Under Construction.
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I'm getting dizzy.
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When I was but a wee sprig of a twig of a tad of a lad of a youth, it was often said that I resembled the painting of Blue Boy.
SELTZER!
When did it become unpopular with the populace to call seltzer SELTZER? Sparkling water just doesn't do it, does it. I like SELTZER!
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Sorry DR Jane but not everyone has a citrus tree in their yard down here. In fact, right now, we have no fruit trees of any kind. I think I shall be getting one of those dwarf lemon trees. I’ll order it tonight.
Gotta run for the bus—at least while I still have a bus to run to. Oy. I haven’t heard anything about what has been decided but I bet we will lose it.
LOL. Growing up in Los Angeles it seemed almost everyone had a lemon tree. We didn't ;D but enough people around us did.
Good vibes on the bus situation!
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Joe has had for many years three signed Russ Elliot prints. This is one of them.
(http://www.rogallery.com/_RG-Images/Elliot_Russ/Elliot,R-Untitled-6.jpg)
Alas, we have put up no pictures in the new house yet, so they are still boxed. :-[
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RE MONK AND MINDY, it was a slip of the typing finger, but anything would have to be better than that show, though it certainly pleased a lot of people in its day. Just not me.
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Thanks for the paintings, DRSWW. I am always awed in the presence of ART. My favorite museums are The National Gallery in DC and the Guggenheim!
DRJOEY is correct. The IMA is closed - most of the times I have been there, you can't see the paintings because people stand in front of them talking to each and ignoring the art.
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I did watch Wild Guitar. Terrible movie, but some lovely shots of early sixties LA. The transfer is so fuzzy that it's hard to tell what's playing at the Egyptian, although I finally figured out it was Sweet Bird of Youth. I just wished they'd turned the camera around and shot Pickwick Books. There's a nice semi-shot of Diamond Jim's though.
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I made two egg and cheese burritos. Not too fattening, very low fat grams, and quite yummilicious. That way, if dinner does happen, I can still eat a little something later.
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DANCE TIME!!!!!
Oy--it's all clear now. She's not sleeping, she's comatose from the centrifugal force.
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I so wish I were at home on my couch taking a nap! I am very SLEEPY!
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One room has, on the wall facing you as you enter, Jushua Reynolds' Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse
(http://www.huntington.org/ArtDiv/ArtPix/Reynolds_Siddons.JPEG),
Nice speech, Eve. I wouldn't worry so much about your heart. You can always put that award where your heart ought to be.
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My point exacty. Fortunately we do have a working one at the moment and we will allow her to use it, but we resent the fact that the teaher just assumes that this is something everyone will have.
If you are THIS bothered by the assignment (and I'm not saying I agree with it either), have you gone and questioned the teacher about it, getting the insight of his/her educational objectives behind such an assignment and possible alternatives for those who are not fortunate enough to have sophisticated equipment to use? I know in my own case, I never gave an assignment I couldn't justify for its educational intention and content.
As for movies in the classroom, I certainly showed them once VCRs and TVs in the room became available, but again, they were never time wasters or fillers in place of lessons. We occasionally saw movies based on literary works we had read. We discussed the changes in the printed work and the story on the screen. I also used film clips to teach point of view, the various types of irony, and other terms we used in literature discussion. (It was also a sneaky way of introducing them to film classics in small chunks.)
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Bruce the CD would be great-thanks. I’m finally going to have a CD player in my car. I’m so excited.
Rodzinski I’’m relieved to say we didn’t have any children in the audience for Sin City.
Matt H, do you avoid all movies with excessive violence?
Joey welcome back to the land of living. Continued good health vibes!
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Jane, e me your address.
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Nice speech, Eve. I wouldn't worry so much about your heart. You can always put that award where your heart ought to be.
ROTFL
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And wouldn't we all love to have seen Mrs. Siddons as Margo Channing?
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Matt H, do you avoid all movies with excessive violence?
Yes, I do. I learned my lesson with PULP FICTION. I was so sickened by the violence in that movie (I was literally nauseous when I walked out of the theater) that I now read reviews very carefully before venturing out into a theater.
(As I've said here before, I am such a gullible viewer that I believe EVERYTHING I see as real, so I can't sit there and tell myself it's just a movie. It doesn't work for me that way.)
I avoided KILL BILL Vol. 1 for the very same reason even though the reviews said the violence was so overplayed as to be funny. It wouldn't have been for me.
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And wouldn't we all love to have seen Mrs. Siddons as Margo Channing?
Well, she looks like she'd burn down a plantation.... :)
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That's what television is, my dear, nothing BUT auditions!
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DANCE TIME!!!!!
Is this a polka they are dancing to? ;D
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DR Matth, I feel pretty much the same way as far as movie violence goes. It is quite often just too graphic for my tastes.
I am not one who needs "realism" in my movies...so when a character is shot, I am able to still believe what is happening on the screen even when there is no blood and brain matter flying about! LOL!
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DR Matth, I feel pretty much the same way as far as movie violence goes. It is quite often just too graphic for my tastes.
I am not one who needs "realism" in my movies...so when a character is shot, I am able to still believe what is happening on the screen even when there is no blood and brain matter flying about! LOL!
I agree, If Quentin Taratino had been directing LOTR, the Fellowship would have been drowning in gore and guts on those battlefields and cursing up a storm.
I find the overuse of "language" and gore in the name of realism, is terribly distracting and detrimental to the story that is supposedly being told.
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Well, I'm very happy. My Reds came back from a six to four deficeit in the bottom of the ninth with back-to-back home runs to win their opener, seven to six against the New York Mets.
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I like watermelon, but cantaloupe and honeydew are melons from the devil. I do not like to ball melons, and I don't like melonballs. I will not eat them on a boat; I will not eat them with a goat.
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Glad you're feeling better Joey, but actually, it's a picture of Louis' Waffle Stove! ;)
I don't get it. You'll have to explain it to me then I will need to do penance for not knowing something that should be common knowledge. :)
Actually, it's a Sunday in the Park With George reference...you'll understand when you watch it!
Speaking of SITPWG, another illustrator that I absolutely love is Bill Nelson. I've only seen his work in a book about his work called "Finishing the Hat: The Illustrations of Bill Nelson (http://www.redskybooks.net/cgi-bin/rsb455/006002.html)[/b]" (below is another of his pictures...the book is out of print). He designed some magazine and album covers and posters, such as Sweeney Todd and Angels in America for some regional productions. He's done a lot more than albums and magazines and posters, but those are what I remember.
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The detail in Bill Nelson's work is absolutely incredible!
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I finished BELLS ARE RINGING this afternoon (all the extras, too; I had never seen Dean Martin's cut number. One of Jule Styne's less memorable songs).
Dean Martin was perfect casting as Jeff Moss, but honestly, is there a worse example of lip-syncing by a major star than Dean's in "I Met a Girl"? I mean, there are times when we hear his voice on the soundtrack, and he's not even moving his lips. Often he comes in after the voice has begun singing, and it's clear he's not sure of the words either. Just terrible.
Susan Hayward's "I'll Plant My Own Tree" isn't great either, but since Eileen Wilson sang the song on the soundtrack album but Margaret Whiting dubbed her for the actual movie, I wonder which track Susan was lip-synching to. That might be why her miming isn't very good. She's much better lip-synching in other films, whether it's her voice or someone else's.
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Actually, it's a Sunday in the Park With George reference...you'll understand when you watch it!
Joey, the reference is in the second act...but you must watch the whole thing!
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That is a VERY detailed painting, DR George. Most impressive.
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Well, I'm very happy. My Reds came back from a six to four deficeit in the bottom of the ninth with back-to-back home runs to win their opener, seven to six against the New York Mets.
...and, DR Charles Pogue, it's a gloriously sunny Opening Day here in SW Ohio.
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DR JANE:I’ve never seen or read Old Yeller but it seems to be interesting and heartwarming. Unfortunately, both the movie and the book are not translated/captioned in Japanese but I’ll try to get it in the near future. Thank you.
Do you need the book or the movie to be translated for you to watch? Your English seems so good to me.
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The commentary on Call Me Madam points out that Ethel Merman's lipsynching (to herself) on Hostess with the Mostest leaves something to be desired.
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Joey, the reference is in the second act...but you must watch the whole thing!
f I had my way I would see it on stage first. It is at the top of my must see it on stage, must get cast recording, and must get DVD lists.
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Off to be the orchestra at a Pajama Game rehearsal. Taking the boys with me. When I did my preliminary run-through last week, I was somewhat shocked at the level of use of the "F" word amongst these high-schoolers. Lord only knows what my kids are going to do with this information. :)
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There's a bad side to recycling?
I despised group projects, although they do teach a very important lesson: Don't trust anyone else. Do it yourself.
Even that doesn't always work.
Vixmom will enjoy this middle school tale of woe.
Bryan was doing a group project when we took a trip to Los Angeles. Normally all the students in the group receive the same grade. However the teacher felt Bryan deserved a lower grade since he had not been in class. More frustrating, the teacher didn’t seem to doubt me when I explained the following....
Bryan worked on that project during both of the 4½ hour flights and while we were in Los Angeles. Before leaving he and I purchased, without reimbursement from the other students, most of the supplies needed for the project. So basically Bryan did 90% of the work and received a B while the other students received A’s.
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Don't forget your address, Jane.
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Is it the same as Lincoln's Gettysburg Address?
DRJOSE should be on his way to his Indy hotel as we speak.
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Is this a polka they are dancing to? ;D
It's a WALTZ!!!!! Tchaikovsky, dontcha know.
I'm back from a lovely long luncheon with Mr Jonathan Tunick, greatest living orchestrator and friend. The fur flew, tales were told, and a tasty lunch was consumed. We have a project. More to follow . . .
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When I was but a wee sprig of a twig of a tad of a lad of a youth, it was often said that I resembled the painting of Blue Boy.
I was often told I had a Mona Lisa smile. I almost cried the first time I saw the painting-it's not one of my favorites ;D. I still love the song. :)
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DRJANE it is certainly an improvement over a Mona Lisa Nose!
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Hmmmmm....there seems to be a new import Soundtrack CD from Hans Christian Anderson, but I can't imagine that it beats BK's.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=68056&item=4714369270&rd=1 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=68056&item=4714369270&rd=1)
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:( All of my bookmarks have disappeared. I hate technology sometimes!
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Good Afternoon!
I'm here!! I'm here!!
And, yes, we did hit some traffic on the way to the hotel. We were at one intersection for about five cycles of the lights. But we're here.
...And there's a Maggie Moo's about 100 feet from the hotel...
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Nice hotel. And this time we have kitchens - stovetop burners and ovens! Yeah!
Although, I was thinking I could probably just buy two whole meals from the Maggiano's across the street and live off of those for the week, and still have food leftover to take back to Richmond next Monday.
;)
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DR Jrand - I keep meaning to mention... I don't have to attend any day rehearsals this week, so, if you happen to have a few extra hours, I guess we could get together before Sunday. If you are so inclined and available.
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I think I am going to Seattle this weekend with my buddy Mark....his boyfriend lives there and so they alternate weekends either up there or in Wilsonville and he asked if I wanted to tag along this trip...that should be fun as I have only been to Seattle once...maybe I will buy some Hong Kong DVDs in Chinatown!
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DR George - Richard Nelson actually has some ties to Richmond, VA, and to my alma mater, Virginia Commonwealth University. I believe he either lived in Richmond for a time, went to or taught at VCU, and/or... But he used to do a lot of the promotional art for some for some of the theatres in town. And, yes, his Sweeney Todd for the Barksdale Theatre is one of my favorites.
He's a close friend of one of the theatre department profs I used to work with a lot at school. When we did Little Shop of Horrors, Richard donated his time and talent to the department and came up with quite a lovely poster for the show - which I still need to get framed. The original hangs in the director's bathroom - at least it was the last time I was over at the house. ;)
But truly great artwork.
*And if anyone is still looking for his book, it might be worth it to check the bookstore listings in Richmond, VA. Maybe even a place called Black Swan Books. And VCU's Bookstore also had copies of it from time to time.
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JRand-ROTFLOL
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I think I am going to Seattle this weekend with my buddy Mark....his boyfriend lives there and so they alternate weekends either up there or in Wilsonville and he asked if I wanted to tag along this trip...that should be fun as I have only been to Seattle once...maybe I will buy some Hong Kong DVDs in Chinatown!
Ah, Seattle... I haven't been back since I lived there. When I was nine years old. I'd really love to go back as an adult. And I still remember the Chinatown there. Although, the Chinatown up in Vancouver is truly amazing.
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All this talk of grades and such... Makes me very thankful - and fortunate - that my parents made the decision - and the sacrifices - to send me and my three brothers through the parochial school system.
Even back then it was a little "scary" when I would talk to some of my friends who were in the public school system - friends I went to parochial grade school with - and hear what they were studying. And not studying. However, they did get out of school around 2:15 usually, while we went till 3:30. I guess that's why I never got hooked on "General Hospital".
;)
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Hi all. I’m tired. My body is all discombobulated. Now THAT’s a fifty cent word for you. Yes, I am discombobulated and will be that way for at least a week or two.
DR Jose, I am so impressed with your notebook computer. It’s so cool how you can stay in touch like that. I want one. I may yet get one.
I haven’t told you guys the news. When I came home on Friday, there was a big FOR SALE sign at the mausoleum err house to our East. I don’t know if that means that the people who were going to buy it changed their minds or what.
I had noticed that they didn’t seem to be doing anything to the house last week. Is it possible they saw Bear and changed their minds??? Have I mentioned lately that Bear is such a good doggie.
My boss had told me that I should wait to put up a privacy fence because whoever moves in might just do that. Wouldn’t THAT be handy?
So I might start looking at notebooks again. We’ll see.
I have a cute little story that I got at work today”
THAT’S NOT MY JOB
This is a story about four people named, Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have!
Whew!
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When I was but a wee sprig of a twig of a tad of a lad of a youth, it was often said that I resembled the painting of Blue Boy.
SELTZER!
When did it become unpopular with the populace to call seltzer SELTZER? Sparkling water just doesn't do it, does it. I like SELTZER!
Now that could be sort of a fun "hook" for a new dining establishment... The waiters and waitresses could walk around with SELTZER bottles, and "serve" tableside.
*And I remember making sodas in science class in Mr. Sharack's fourth grade class. It was a way to demonstrate the properties of carbon dioxide - and a very delicious one at that!
**And now I also remember "playing" with mercury - spinning around drops in the palm of my hand and watching them evaporate/sublimate.... Hmm... Was that legal? healthy? Or was I "playing" with a different type of mercury?
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Good morning all!! After a rainy nasty blustery weekend it is finally clearing up. The blue sky is peeking through and it is getting warm, nearly fifty!! I didn't wear a coat to work today!!
Smarty. ;) :D That must be that thick Yankee blood I've heard about! I'll have you know I did wear my coat was glad I did!
On the down side, I bought some rose petal sachet in my suitcase to make it smell better. I had my coats in there as well. Well, I thought they smelled very nice (still do) but my boss is allergic to it. I had to put my coat in a bag. :(
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Sandra, nice story of meeting Isabella Taylor.
I’m enjoying the photos of favorite paintings. Sorry I have none to add, photos of favorite paintings that is.
Except for modern art I like almost all styles. I can't say I have a favorite artist. When I visit an art museum my favorites are usually the old masterpieces, except for the Mona Lisa. I'm also fond of American folk art, in particular I like Jane Wooster Scott. In the past I have mentioned how much we enjoyed the Norman Rockwell museum. My favorite impressionist is Pissaro.
It is late and I haven’t walked yet today. I should get out of here before the floor guy returns and makes the house stink again and my ability to breathe diminishes.
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I've been doing interesting things.
But you didn't say what interesting things you were doing!
Art. I'm afraid I don't know very much about. I'm in the "I like what I like." catagory. No real rhyme or reason as to why.
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Breath well, DR Jane!
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Here is the version of Hans Christian Anderson that I bought at Footlights.
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Thanks Danise and GOOD VIBES on getting nice neighbors.
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**And now I also remember "playing" with mercury - spinning around drops in the palm of my hand and watching them evaporate/sublimate.... Hmm... Was that legal? healthy? Or was I "playing" with a different type of mercury?
I did that a couple of times with broken thermometers at home! I held the mercury in my hand also, but I didn't watch it evaporate. I probably just dumped it in the trash can...who knew back then?? ::)
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I've got my fingers crossed, DR Jane!
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On the down side, I bought some rose petal sachet in my suitcase to make it smell better. I had my coats in there as well. Well, I thought they smelled very nice (still do) but my boss is allergic to it. I had to put my coat in a bag. :(
I work with a woman who still uses moth balls! Her clothes sometimes reek! I personally would much, much, much (that's three muches) rather have overpowering rose scent to mothballs! :P
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I work with a woman who still uses moth balls! Her clothes sometimes reek! I personally would much, much, much (that's three muches) rather have overpowering rose scent to mothballs! :P
You and me both, DR George! That's why I chose the rose scent. My Mom suggested the old mothball/cedar balls. Ugh. I HATE them!
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I pulled out the record I have of Hans Christian Andersen to see what I really do have. I will take a photo and post it later. What I have is Danny Kaye sings……What I don’t have is a record inside the cover, a disappointing fact I had completely blocked from my mind.
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Does your cover look like mine, DR Jane?
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I did that a couple of times with broken thermometers at home! I held the mercury in my hand also, but I didn't watch it evaporate. I probably just dumped it in the trash can...who knew back then?? ::)
My sister and I did the same thing. She was full of clever tricks when we were young.
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I did that a couple of times with broken thermometers at home! I held the mercury in my hand also, but I didn't watch it evaporate. I probably just dumped it in the trash can...who knew back then?? ::)
I confess, I also have memories of playing with mercury in my hand--trying to smash it, watching it join the other little pools of it I had in my hand. Like you said, DR George--Who knew?
I don't have clew what I did with it when I was finished with it. I guess I put it in the trash as well.
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Does your cover look like mine, DR Jane?
Not at all. There is one small black and white picture of a similiar group picture with the children.
I like your new avitar and you look great with long hair, but where is one of those fantastic happy photos of you taken in NY?
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Off to explore the Mall...
Laters...
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The floor guy has come and gone and I still haven't taken a walk. He is leaving the floor alone for now. He is having a very difficult time matching the colors.
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Be safe, DR Jose!
DR Jane, go for your walk!
7:52 and still light out. I am going to bed early but I want it to at least be dark first.
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Danise, you have a new avatar! It's very nice. :) It looks like it's your driver's license picture.
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Very nice new avatar, DRDANISE.
Yes, DRJOSE - let me check my schedule - I am expecting an interview this week - but who knows. A semi-get-together would be great!
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Alas, it is my driver's license picture. I wanted to change my avatar but I can't find a picture of me that I like.
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Someone please make Danise an avatar from one of the NY photos. I would if I could. Wait Danise, don't you know how to do that? I believe there were two really nice photos, one of you with Ben and the other with Larry.
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Someone please make Danise an avatar from one of the NY photos. I would if I could. Wait Danise, don't you know how to do that? I believe there were two really nice photos, one of you with Ben and the other with Larry.
Yes, indeed. In fact a small portion of Danise's arm can be found at Michael Shayne's tribute to Larry.
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::)
Nice hotel. And this time we have kitchens - stovetop burners and ovens! Yeah!
And I bet you're kicking yourself for not bringing along your stand mixer and cookie sheets!
;D ;)
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Aww, I was messing with a photo but I'm to tired to get it to do what I want it to. I'll try again tomorrow.
It's dark now so I'm off to bed. Have a good evening all!
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We recently had to get a new thermometer, for taking human (and doggy) temperatures. I have to admit, I like the new electronic-read style, much easier to use than the old glass-and-mercury things. And the reading tip is flexible! This is certanly an advantage, when it is usable for oral, armpit, and rectal readings. :o
They're also very easy to clean. :o :-\
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I am art-stupid.
Whenever we have favorite sculpture day, DR Sandra can tell you about our fave -- the decomposing goat in the tire.
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Oh, wait! I DO have a favorite painting!
Several years ago, my family was visiting my sister in Maine and were at an art fair. My sis found a painting that looks just like DR Sandra. She asked the artist who the model was, and the artist said, "Oh, just some little girl I saw a couple years ago who was digging in the sand at the beach. I took a photo and then painted her." We had been in Maine a couple years before that, digging at the beach.
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Hey Jed, did you see the videotape on the news tonight of Cecil the sea lion swimming up the fish ladder at the Bonneville Dam to get to the salmon? That lard-ass looked like you and me swimming upstream for ice cream.
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Walter W. will be coming over at some point this evening - so maybe I can finally satisy my craving for Marie Callendar's salad with ranch dressing and croutons.
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What a great story DRLAURA...did you buy the painting?
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Who is Walter Willison?
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Hey Jed, did you see the videotape on the news tonight of Cecil the sea lion swimming up the fish ladder at the Bonneville Dam to get to the salmon? That lard-ass looked like you and me swimming upstream for ice cream.
New family members everywhere we look!!!
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What a great story DRLAURA...did you buy the painting?
Yes.
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DR SANDRA and DRLAURA should send their story into READER'S DIGEST magazine.
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Who is Walter Willison?
Click HERE (http://www.broadwayworld.com/bios/viewstar.cfm?starid=429) to find out about Walter Willison.
He was in Grand Hotel and on the recordings of The Anastasia Affaire and Collette Collage produced by our very own BK!
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DRLaura & Sandra, will you post a picture of the painting. What a great story!
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Here is DR Laura's story as it would appear in Reader's Digest:
Ago, we were visiting Maine and were at an art fair. We found a painting. More ago, we were digging at the beach.
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Of course! Thanks, DRGEORGE!
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Walter was also Tony-nominated for his supporting role in Richard Rodgers' Two by Two, in which he played with Mr. Danny Kaye. He is also a lurker on this here site.
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Good Evening!
Back from the Mall... Rather the Fashion Mall at Keystone...
http://www.simon.com/mall/default.aspx?ID=166
Nice mall, and as DR Jrand stated, very much on the upscale side. There was practically no one there - I guess since it's a Monday night. I walked the place. Lots of window shopping. And it looks like they're in the process of installing a Movieplex.
I'd actually like to see the place when it's busier, however, from the design - kind of narrow public spaces - I'm guessing it never really gets that busy. ??? -It was also weird seeing Saks close up shop at 7:00. In any case...
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My father's WWII exploits were the subject of a Reader's Digest article. I want to say it was in 1991. I'll have to dig it out and find it.
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The strip mall right across the road from the hotel looks nice too, but everything looks closed or "opening soon". A little spooky. And a couple of us noticed that some of the stores in the other little strip mall off the parking lot, have changed their hours - most close at 5:00 - or they've closed up shop too. I guess "location, location, location" isn't always true.
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Here it is. The title is "Archaeology 101."
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I went ahead and stopped at Maggiano's and picked up some food. Well, more like a LOT of food. I just got a "bowl" of salad, a serving of their lemon-garlic broccoli, and a full order of their spaghetti with meatball(!). There's enough food here for at least four to six meals. -Oh, and a nice selection of bread too. AND the hotel room comes with plates and Tupperware! -Which will come in handy since we're a bit of a ways from the theatre.
A bunch of us will be making a Trader Joe's run tomorrow morning, and that should take care of the rest of my culinary needs for the week.
...And there's still Maggie Moo's....
;)
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DRs DRLaura & Sandra - Great story! And beautiful picture!!
Did you work out some sort of royalty agreement?
;)
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And a closeup.
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YIKES!
I was just flipping channels, and came across "Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Mork & Mindy'"...
YIKES!!
OH!!!!! They have Food Network here!!! All is right with the world.
;D
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"I just had the best cheesecake I've ever had, sandwiched by nuns."
:-X
I guess Food Network doesn't have to deal with Standards & Practices.
;)
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The painting is beautiful.
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SELTZER!
Not one person has honored the word of the day.
Why I ought to spray everyone with SELTZER!
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"A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants." :D
Chuckles the Clown
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Thanks you DRSANDRA....lovely painting!
I don't know if the Fashion Mall is ever busy, DRJOSE. Most of the upscale traffic moved to Circle Centre Mall when it opened downtown. And I think a lot of the shops close early there because they cater mainly to working folks shopping on their lunch hours.
Remember ALL cable programming in on one hour earlier than usual - but the local networks tape delay their programming. There isn't an outstanding newscast, but I guess I would recommend the FOX channel which is channel 59 - but may be channel 11 on the comcast cable box.
FM 104.5 plays a nice mix of 80's-90's stuff that is fun to listen to and they don't have any annoying DJ's to bore you to death.
If you happen to venture downtown, I would suggest the Eiteljorg Museum which is an American Indian-Southwest collection that is interesting and near the canal. It is at the corner of Washington & West Streets and has its own parking lot.
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Wasn't Milton Seltzer a producer?
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Official Eiteljorg site. ;D
http://www.eiteljorg.org/ejm/home.asp (http://www.eiteljorg.org/ejm/home.asp)
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What would happen if you put melon balls into seltzer?
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Walter was also Tony-nominated for his supporting role in Richard Rodgers' Two by Two, in which he played with Mr. Danny Kaye. He is also a lurker on this here site.
Then we must always say nice things about Mr. Walter Willison. And I am sure he could write a book about working with Mr. Kaye and how he tried to sabatoge his work after WW was nominated for a Tony award and DK wasn't (so I heard)
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Just got home from a fantastic night at the theater. I saw Miss Liz Callaway and she was in fantastic voice. The best I ever heard her. Alex Rybeck her arranger was at the piano and he was topnotch as well. She did a lot from her first two albums in act one and some material that wasn't. She poked fun at her sister Anne. Her second act was her third album and her encore was The Story Goes On. She was wonderful.
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Did you know that even if you buy your seltzer on sale at $4 for a twelve-bottle case, if your household drinks one case of seltzer a week, you'll spend over $2,000 on seltzer in the next 10 years!
That certainly puts it in perspective, and there is only one logical solution to the seltzer gap. ;D
http://www.sodaclubusa.com/seltzer_lovers.asp (http://www.sodaclubusa.com/seltzer_lovers.asp)
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I hang my head in shame at not recognizing Mr Willison's name.
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I am SURE DR JRand knows who Walter Willison is, the Tony-nominated co-star of TWO BY TWO.
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Oops. My mistake. I've talked about him a couple of times here, DR JRand, so I figured you'd know who he was. When I saw him in TWO BY TWO all those years ago, I got the HUGEST crush on him. I still think he's wonderful and wish I could see him in more things.
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I came across something interesting tonight. Before I started watching some shows recorded on my DVR, I was flipping through some cable movie channels and came across the first James Bond movie DR. NO on Encores Mystery. What was interesting about it was that MGM/UA has rechanneled the sound into a Dolby 2.0 matrixed surround track. The sound on my DR. NO DVD is mono, so this must be something new they've done with the film for its next release on DVD, perhaps when it's released on a high def DVD in the next year. I suspect they've recycled all of the early mono-sound Bonds into Dolby Surround.
And, while it was obviously not recorded this way and there was echo and not a lot of low end to the sound, it was fun hearing the sound effects coming from the surround speakers. I watched the last 45 minutes of it just to see how different an experience it would be with this "new" soundtrack. Very.
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Well, dear Walter still hasn't arrived. I'm not sure whether to start a movie or wait. Perhaps I'll give him a buzzerooni.
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My goodness, DEADWOOD and DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES certainly had their surprises this week! No wonder these shows are so popular! They continue to surprise and delight their fans.
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And '24' concluded tonight with the ultimate terrorist attack. Won't say any more in case someone hasn't seen the end yet, but it was a shocker.
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The shocker is that Walter hasn't arrived. Although there is a phantom car sitting in front of my house. it's been there for five minutes, but no one has gotten out. Perhaps he's on his cell phone.
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Oops. My mistake. I've talked about him a couple of times here, DR JRand, so I figured you'd know who he was. When I saw him in TWO BY TWO all those years ago, I got the HUGEST crush on him. I still think he's wonderful and wish I could see him in more things.
MattH, I would think you would want to see him in less things!
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Matt, did you see Paula Abdul on the TONIGHT SHOW last Friday night?
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My friend, Mr. Kimmel, is a genius! Tonight I listen to two hidden tracks on a couple of CDs I did not know existed. The hidden track on No Way To Treat A Lady is very funny, but the hidden track on The Sondheim Album of the the Hidden Trio doing a MacGuire Sisters version of Not Getting Married Today is
simply inspired and hilarious.
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I just want to say that my teacher is absolutely bus-a-looey. What else is new?
Good night.
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Well, I have absolutely no idea what time my body thinks it is, but I'm tired, so....
Goodnight.
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One Ayem -
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Now it is time for The X Files.
Yes - THE NAME'S THE SAME is a completely inane platform for Bob & Ray. I watched it once last week. The game is dumb, but at least Robert Q. Lewis kept it moving. A quiz show is NOT a sketch show. It was hard enough with Roger Pryce trying to do Droodles, now Bob & Ray are stuck in the format - with Bess Myerson and Joan Alexander no less. Ugh!
This show certainly makes the premise and the panelists on WHAT'S MY LINE shine like the jewels they are.
As DR CP said last week, refined.
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I reckon we can assume that Mr Willison was the Phantom Driver.
Goodbye Grover's Corners!
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Back from my dinner with Walter. I have satisfied my craving for a salad with ranch dressing and croutons, a bacon cheeseburger and onion rings. More in the notes, which I must now write apace.
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Nobody here but us chickens.
Last call for SELTZER!
Pogue has discovered the hidden tracks!!!
My allergies are really bugging me right now.
New notes are finished and will be up at the stroke of midnight.
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I just watched Kristin Chenoweth on TBN talking about her new album and her faith. She sang a song from her forthcoming inspirational album, but I'm not a spiritual person so it didn't do anything for me. ::)
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Possibly Last Post! Huzzah!! ;)