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Well, you've read the notes, you've nosed around the notes, and now it is time for you to post until the nosey cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: REDOUND!
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And now - Dino at the piano.
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Will we never get to page two?
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Jim Backus, yes indeed!
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"How can I be overdrawn when I have all these checks left?" James Thurber, from A Thurber Carnival, the cast album of which is now playing on Ye Olde iPode.
"Why didn't they repeal inhibition while they were at it?"
"So she said to him, why don't you get dressed and go to pieces like a man?"
"She's always living in the past, and now she wants to get a divorce in the Virgin Islands."
"Well, if I called the wrong number why did you answer the phone?"
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He went into the bedroom, where his wife was sleeping. "There's a unicorn in the garden," he said.
She opened one unfriendly eye and said, "The unicorn is a mythical beast."
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I used to like the show: MY WORLD AND WELCOME TO IT, which was based on Thurber, I believe.
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Time for dreamland...goodnight, bk!
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I used to like the show: MY WORLD AND WELCOME TO IT, which was based on Thurber, I believe.
Yep, starring William Windom and the adorable Lisa Gerritson. And WEHT Lisa Gerritson?
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Yep, starring William Windom and the adorable Lisa Gerritson. And WEHT Lisa Gerritson?
Working for a large software company in California.
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My connectivity went out yesterday as I was just about to post and didn't get it back to this morning,
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Sunday I went to a movie and dinner and forgot that the Tony Awards were on.
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Good morning, fellow Dear Readers. It is a lovely morning, so I am going outside! Could be the last chance for a few months.
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[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]***continued pain-free back vibes***[/size][/color][/move]
to DR TCB!
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[move=right,scroll,6,transparent,100%]***ankle recovery vibes***[/size][/color][/move]
to DR Adriana Patti
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Reminder: Armistead Maupin's new novel Michael Tolliver Lives! is supposed to be available starting today.
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Good morning, all! There's been no word whatsoever from the California office, and I am assuming that we have indeed lost the lease and returned to Square One. This has been depressing me since last Thursday when everything concerning the lease suddenly went from fact to question, and I think it's time for me to look for other work, much as I like my colleagues. I don't know what I'll find, since no one's beating down my door at the moment, but all of us in this office angst deserve better treatment than we're getting.
This morning I have more notes to transcribe and some adjustments to continue in my reports. After that, the NYPL.
TOD:
BEST: The Taming of the Shrew, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
WORST: Cleopatra, Boom
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TOD: I suppose Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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I just recently cited STRAIGHT TIME as one of the more underrated films of its decade; Hoffman's performance is exceptional.
TOD:
Best: WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, THE MIRROR CRACK'D, NATIONAL VELVET, SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH (TV), SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER, RAINTREE COUNTY.
Worst: ASH WEDNESDAY, X, Y AND ZEE, BOOM.
Middle ground: SECRET CEREMONY and A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC.
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Good morning, slingblade, Larry, and the greatly missed td!
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Thank you one and all for the good vibes regarding my back. Unfortunately, it continues to get worse, not better.
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DR TCB, are you ready for your quiz on the Tony "do"? :)
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I guess I had better head for work.
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DR TCB, are you ready for your quiz on the Tony "do"? :)
Wasn't a Tony do, a home permanent?
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If you don't own a Flowbee!
(http://infomercialratings.com/flowbee.jpg)
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Unfortunately, it continues to get worse, not better.
Sorry to hear that, DR TCB. My thoughts continue to be with you!
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Sunday I went to a movie and dinner and forgot that the Tony Awards were on.
:o
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TOD:
Best B&T Performances:
VIRGINIA WOOLF
TAMING OF THE SHREW
HERE'S LUCY
I am one of those people who happen to like CLEOPATRA (though I tend to like the first half with Rex Harrison more than the second.)
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Good morning and goodnight.
Burton's most recent "film": Jeff Wayne's production of H G Wells' "War Of The Worlds' .
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HERE’S a nose that needs grinding!
(http://www.piercemattie.com/blogs/nychalloween.jpg)
This is what DR Ron Pulliam’s and bk’s noses FEEL like on bad allergy days…
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Good night, DR Tomovoz!!!
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Some of the accents in THE HISTORY BOYS were a bit hard to understand, I know I missed some dialog. Frances de la Tour and all of the rest of the cast are fantastic.
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I could have sworn that MY WORLD AND WELCOME TO IT was released on DVD during the past few months or so, but I guess I imagined it. I remember enjoying it a lot.
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TOD
HMMMMM....
Taylor - A Place In the Sun, Giant, Cleopatra, Butterfield 8
Burton - The Robe, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, Equus
Together - Virginia Woolf, The VIPS
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There is a lot of rehearsal and backstage footage from HERE'S LUCY on the HL boxed DVD set that was released a few years ago.
It is very interesting to hear Lucy tell Burton how to read a line and where to stand.
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Some of the accents in THE HISTORY BOYS were a bit hard to understand, I know I missed some dialog. Frances de la Tour and all of the rest of the cast are fantastic.
Jack, that's why they invented Closed Captioning. It's not just for those with hearing issues ;)
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Virginia Woolf
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I sometimes turn on the captioning when watching Grey Gardens. It helps when Little Edie is whispering.
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Well, it appears that someone has stolen my idea and went to the trouble of actually writing a book called Broadway Babylon (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0823088308/ref=ord_cart_shr/103-9268595-1773413?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance).
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/51EP41dpMgL.jpg)
Well, it had better be good and trashy, that's all I'll say.
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Well, with a cover picture featuring the sleaze king Alan Cumming, he's halfway there.
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I use closed captioning many times when I'm watching a British film or television show. I also use it when I'm watching something while riding the exercise bike.
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I remember watching DANCE WITH A STRANGER with Miranda Richardson and not being able to understand a single word she spoke.
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Well, it had better be good and trashy[/color], that's all I'll say.
A good example of yesterday's WOD in action! :)
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Reminder: Armistead Maupin's new novel Michael Tolliver Lives! is supposed to be available starting today.
Thanks, Singdaw, I hadn't heard. I adored Tales of the City.
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Reminder: Armistead Maupin's new novel Michael Tolliver Lives! is supposed to be available starting today.
I got the shipping notice a few days ago from Amazon. Hopefully I'll get it today
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Good morning all... Speaking of James Thurber..my favorite story is The Night the Bed Fell.
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(http://hawthorn.csse.monash.edu.au/~bunny/trips/2005snowy/nathan_grindstone.jpg)
Amazing photo, singdaw. Did you do a search and find this or you took a photo of DH (or other friend)?
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I am most relieved that I don't have leave tonight to get to the airport early in the morning. I like to pack the night before I go somewhere and this last minute go a day early stuff throws me off to no end. So, I'm glad I have a later flight
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Amazing photo, singdaw. Did you do a search and find this or you took a photo of DH (or other friend)?
DR Jeanne - GOOGLE all the way! :)
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VIBES TO TCB~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Well, it appears that someone has stolen my idea and went to the trouble of actually writing a book called Broadway Babylon (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0823088308/ref=ord_cart_shr/103-9268595-1773413?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance).
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/51EP41dpMgL.jpg)
Well, it had better be good and trashy, that's all I'll say.
Well it says "never before told" stories.....so hopefully it won't be a conpendium of the familiar like SECOND ACT TROUBLE turned out to be.
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Jack, that's why they invented Closed Captioning. It's not just for those with hearing issues ;)
That's a thought.
Sometimes I watch I LOVE LUCY on DVD with CC on....they do some funny things with the letters.......... ;D
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I think I'm going to sneak out and go to Staples to get the forms to make my own business cards. I have some on order, but it just occurred to me it's really stupid to go to this conference and not have cards to hand out. I'll just put "Opening in July" or something on them so everyone knows they are temporary cards and not my real ones.
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That's a thought.
Sometimes I watch I LOVE LUCY on DVD with CC on....they do some funny things with the letters.......... ;D
I have my mute set so that when I mute the closed captioning comes on. That way if the phone rings I can read what's going on and know if I want to call the person back or just ignore the TV
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If you don't own a Flowbee!(http://infomercialratings.com/flowbee.jpg)
Is this another DF of Singdaw's posing for our edification?
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I've never been a huge fan of Elizabeth Taylor's acting, lovely though she may be...Fav Burton's would be BECKET, HAMLET, VIRGINIA WOOLF.
Worst for the pair is HAMMERSMITH IS OUT. Though it's great fun hearing Burton honk: "Let me out. I'll make you rich and strong. Strong and rich."
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Thank you one and all for the good vibes regarding my back. Unfortunately, it continues to get worse, not better.
Sorry to hear that, DR TCB. My own back problems were helped greatly by the addition of magnesium supplements. Two excellent books on the subject of magnesium: The Miracle of Magnesium by Carolyn Dean, MD (very easy read) and Mildred Selig's book (can't recall exact title). Selig is considered the expert on magnesium. I found both books on Amazon.
Hope you find some relief!
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HERE’S a nose that needs grinding!
(http://www.piercemattie.com/blogs/nychalloween.jpg)
This is what DR Ron Pulliam’s and bk’s noses FEEL like on bad allergy days…
LOL. Slow day at work? Or perhaps you're doing all this from your laptop while sitting in stalled traffic? :)
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I use closed captioning many times when I'm watching a British film or television show. I also use it when I'm watching something while riding the exercise bike.
Good point. I gave up on a DVD recently because I couldn't understand a thick Scottish accent. I'll keep this in mind. Thx.
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Last night I watched MAD ABOUT MEN, the Glynis Johns mermaid movie. What a wonderful silly little film! I loved it! If you've never seen it I highly recommend you catch it on TCM.
I also watched LADIES THEY TALK ABOUT on TCM, which was a lot of fun in a WOMEN IN CELLBLOCK H kind of way.
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Is this another DF of Singdaw's posing for our edification?
What do you mean? That's ME!!!! Admittedly, before 7:00 AM, but me, me, ME!
:)
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the Glynis Johns mermaid movie
Oh, THAT tired old genre!
;)
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Well, it appears that someone has stolen my idea and went to the trouble of actually writing a book called Broadway Babylon (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0823088308/ref=ord_cart_shr/103-9268595-1773413?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance).
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/51EP41dpMgL.jpg)
Well, it had better be good and trashy, that's all I'll say.
I have a problem with his books: everyone he claims is gay or lesbian is dead, and since that's the case, do I really believe all the quotes and anecdotes are accurate or his "version"? If I trusted him more as an author, perhaps.
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Just caught up and have nothing to say, except that i loved the Burton-Taylor HERE'S LUCY episode as well
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Well it says "never before told" stories.....so hopefully it won't be a conpendium of the familiar like SECOND ACT TROUBLE turned out to be.
Since I had read originally only two or three of the collected articles in SECOND ACT TROUBLE, I was glad to have it, and to know where "the familiar" originated.
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What do you mean? That's ME!!!! Admittedly, before 7:00 AM, but me, me, ME!
:)
LOL, LOL. Forgive me, I forgot about Naomi. Does the switch take place at 7am?
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I also remember that when I saw Elizabeth Taylor in THE LITTLE FOXES, fifth row center was only $30, full price, and that was considered outrageous for a play at the time. My, how old I'm getting!
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To the tune of the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil"
Let me proudly introduce myself...
Hi, my name is Mz Karen and I used to be a HHW gratuitous poster many, many postings ago...You thought you were rid of me, but I'm BAAA-CKKK! And I expect, no, make that demand, a flurry of frenzied postings welcoming me back -- postings like "Mz Karen, my darling, youhave been missed terribly" "Things were never the same once you left us" "Don't you ever pull that stunt again" etc., etc.
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I also remember that when I saw Elizabeth Taylor in THE LITTLE FOXES, fifth row center was only $30, full price, and that was considered outrageous for a play at the time. My, how old I'm getting!
And I saw Fiddler on the Roof in London for 90 cents! Not the best seats, but still!
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Good golly, Mz Molly! Forget trying to catch up. I'll just have to pretend I'm newbie -- and start a new...
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DR Miss Karen, my darling, you have been missed terribly!
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DR Miss Karen, things were never the same once you left us!
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DR CP did you like THE HISTORY BOYS?
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DR Miss Karen, don't you ever pull that stunt again!
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Hello DR MISS KAREN.
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:) :)
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Welcome back to the fold, DR Miss Karen. Now, where's that E&T son of yours?
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I heard he was in Berlin.....pre war Berlin.
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Jeanne - I believe I saw FIDDLER on Broadway for $2.80 in 1972 or 1973 - next-to-last row, though.
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I too feel as absent as Ms. Karen, the lovely woodland nymph of the hills of Prescott!
But alas, it is indeed another day of "nose to the grindstone!" UGH!!! I need time to hassle my dear and lovely Mikey Barnum..... I need time to rave about all of dear Larry's talent, wicked sense of humor, inspirational orchestrations, and wisdom in so many diverse areas, .......and I need time to unmercifully pick on dear and sweet Jose, and threaten him with chastisement of frightening proportions......
But,..... I have to get ready to head out of the house again very shortly for a long day at the grindstone.
It's revoltin' I tell you !
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Will we never get to page two?
Over and done with.
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Jeanne - I believe I saw FIDDLER on Broadway for $2.80 in 1972 or 1973 - next-to-last row, though.
I was in the nose-bleed seats, but still enjoyed the show!
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But just before running, I do have to say an early good morning to dear Esteemed, buffed, consulted, lithe, and sinewy BK --
I also am worried dear Mensch, that you might not have seen my PayPal missive that I sent to the Kritzerland address. I just don't want to miss out on the Return To Oz CD .....if it's still "in process" then that's fine.
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Good morning all... Speaking of James Thurber..my favorite story is The Night the Bed Fell.
Always one of my favorite stories to teach to my eighth graders. The ninth graders (and eighth graders taking advanced English) got "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty").
Tom Ewell is one of my least favorite actors, but he reads "Bed" beautifully on the A THURBER CARNIVAL cast album.
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Good morning!
The cool mornings continue, and I am loving them very much! What a pleasure to breathe fresh air and feel the cool on my skin sitting next to the window in my office.
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DR Miss Karen, don't you ever pull that stunt again!
Awww, you missed me, you really missed me!
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Since I had read originally only two or three of the collected articles in SECOND ACT TROUBLE, I was glad to have it, and to know where "the familiar" originated.
My sentiments exactly.
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Hello DR MISS KAREN.
Greetings, DR JRand56!
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Page Four Barty Crouch and Viktor Krum Dance!!!
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good morning everyone :)
I have to buy new shoes today.
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DR Miss Karen, my darling, you have been missed terribly!
And I've missed all of you HHWers terribly -- it was awful going on the wagon like that. Cold-turkey is really tough. I have been in great need of my HHW fix...
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welcome back Miss Karen- you have been missed
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I have a problem with his books: everyone he claims is gay or lesbian is dead, and since that's the case, do I really believe all the quotes and anecdotes are accurate or his "version"? If I trusted him more as an author, perhaps.
Yeah, I was wondering about this author's accuracy--I never read any of his other work. But it's cheap enough in price and will hopefully provide some tawdry beach reading before Harry Potter comes out.
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To the tune of the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil"
Let me proudly introduce myself...
Hi, my name is Mz Karen and I used to be a HHW gratuitous poster many, many postings ago...You thought you were rid of me, but I'm BAAA-CKKK! And I expect, no, make that demand, a flurry of frenzied postings welcoming me back -- postings like "Mz Karen, my darling, youhave been missed terribly" "Things were never the same once you left us" "Don't you ever pull that stunt again" etc., etc.
I'm sorry . . . who are you exactly?
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Welcome back to the fold, DR Miss Karen. Now, where's that E&T son of yours?
It's great to be back, DR Edi! I've missed all of you witty, clever and whimsical HHWers.
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I've got the newly packaged rerelease of THE MANY ADVENTURES OF WINNIE THE POOH to start on today. From the looks of the liner notes, it seems like a straight lift from the last release, but I'll do a sync-up and see if I can note any differences between the transfers.
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Last night I watched MAD ABOUT MEN, the Glynis Johns mermaid movie. What a wonderful silly little film! I loved it! If you've never seen it I highly recommend you catch it on TCM.
I saw it also DTM...and it was a cute, fun movie!!!
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Today I'll go back to more of ANGEL (didn't get to the DVD at all yesterday), another wonderful visit with THE CLOSER, and then tonight, the new Blu-ray release of RIO BRAVO which I'm really looking forward to.
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I'm sorry . . . who are you exactly?
The one you would curse every morning as you waded through post after post of fluff and drivel...See, you tried to block me out of your mind, but now I'm back to make your life a living.... ;D
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DR Miss Karen, don't you ever pull that stunt again!
Okay!
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Hey, everybody! Look who's back--Ol' Neon Nose!
--oh wait a minute!--that's for when DR Rudolph returns...
Welcome back, DR Karen! We missed you terribly!
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Smooches to Miss Karen on her return! :-*
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welcome back Miss Karen- you have been missed
Ah, shucks, you all are making me blush...
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Smooches to Miss Karen on her return! :-*
:-* right back at cha!
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TOD:
Elizabeth Taylor: FATHER OF THE BRIDE
Richard Burton: Nothing comes to mind.
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Is you all done gettin' learned at school Miss Karen?
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Hey, everybody! Look who's back--Ol' Neon Nose!
--oh wait a minute!--that's for when DR Rudolph returns...
Welcome back, DR Karen! We missed you terribly!
AH, now, stop! You all are embarassing me!.... NOT!... This is what I'm talking about. FRENZY POWER!!
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Is you all done gettin' learned at school Miss Karen?
Almost -- I'm just taking a short break from putting the finishing touches on my last paper/study packet -- and then I'm done for the semester! Time to pop the top on that bottle of champagne!
Hee-Hah! (see if Jose notices that I used his quote)
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To the tune of the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil"
Let me proudly introduce myself...
Hi, my name is Mz Karen and I used to be a HHW gratuitous poster many, many postings ago...You thought you were rid of me, but I'm BAAA-CKKK! And I expect, no, make that demand, a flurry of frenzied postings welcoming me back -- postings like "Mz Karen, my darling, youhave been missed terribly" "Things were never the same once you left us" "Don't you ever pull that stunt again" etc., etc.
[size=8]Oh, God! She's back!![/size]
:-* :-* :-*
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I heard he was in Berlin.....pre war Berlin.
Yes, he's with Sally -- or will be with her and Two Ladies this evening.
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[size=8]Oh, God! She's back!![/size]
:-* :-* :-*
YES, SHE IS!! And you all will rue the day (insert villainous laugh) Boo-hah-hah-hah-hah!
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Oh, and DR Edi, I love your new avatar -- most lovely!
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I can't help it, I've just got to get us to page five before I go finish that paper....GRATUITOUS POST!!
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TOD: Anne of A Thousand Days, Becket, Spy Who Came in From the Cold
National Velvet, Little Women, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
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Page flip
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PAGE FIVE, I presume?
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PAGE FIVE!!
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Now, I can leave a Happy Gratuitous Poster...but I'll be BACK!
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der Burcer, I know you missed me most of all, so rejoice!! Your favorite driveler has returned! 8)
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I think I'll miss YOU most of all!
(http://www.uwsp.edu/english/cwilliams/scarecrow/film_wizardofoz002.jpg)
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I think I'll miss YOU most of all!
(http://www.uwsp.edu/english/cwilliams/scarecrow/film_wizardofoz002.jpg)
There's no place like HHW home...
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A brickbat bouquet for the E&T DR Miss Karen!
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:)
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I shall return -- so post away like there's no tomorrow...
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A brickbat bouquet for the E&T DR Miss Karen!
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:)
You're so romantic -- it will look lovely in a vase on the table.... :)
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The one you would curse every morning as you waded through post after post of fluff and drivel...See, you tried to block me out of your mind, but now I'm back to make your life a living.... ;D
Sorry. Doesn't ring a bell.
::)
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I've said on many occasions here and elsewhere that Burton's performance in WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF is for me the greatest performance ever not to have won an Oscar.
Least favorite Burton performances are EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC and THE MEDUSA TOUCH.
I love Taylor in A PLACE IN THE SUN, GIANT, VIRGINIA WOOLF, and CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF.
I recently rewatched the second half of CLEOPATRA, the part I had always disdained, and I found it much more involving and Burton's performance much better than I remembered it being. I think Taylor's work is brittle and not very good throughout the film.
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Heading down now to prepare lunch.
WBBL.
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Reminder: Armistead Maupin's new novel Michael Tolliver Lives! is supposed to be available starting today.
I have already received my shipping notice from Amazon (and to get the Free shipping I added DVDs of Godsprell and JC Superstar (Special Edition)
My current dilemma is if/how to order S&V - maybe if I pakaged it with an Ann Coulter book it would be a "viewpoint" neutral package.
Oh maybe that's a bit harsh :) I could add a DVD of The Fountinhead, that might be more fair and balenced.
Wait - S&V is so over-priced it qualifies for free shipping all by its lonesome :(
der Brucer
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I rove Godsprell
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He looks most unhappy - did he not enjoy your date?
der Brucer
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Good Morning! Good Afternoon!
I'm up, I'm up... Although, it took me a while to actually get out of bed. I just did not want to get out of bed this morning. -And there wasn't even someone there with me to keep me there. ;) In any case...
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DR MissKaren - Nice quote.
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DR MissKaren - So, what's your DR and DR Cason up to lately? Has his Cabaret opened and/or closed yet? Have you seen it? Just wondrin'.
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You can get the HERE'S LUCY DVD set for less than $10 from several Amazon sellers....it is worth it for the rehearsal and blooper reels.
Unseen LUCY is always a bonus for her fans. And you get to almost be there for a filming - see it from the audience point of view for a few minutes.
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Do you wander as you wonder?
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As for the Topic of the Day...
Hmm...
The only Richard Burton performance that sticks in my mind is from "Equus". :-\
As for Elizabeth Taylor... Nothing sticks. For now at least.
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I rove Godsprell
Want to share my copy of "Tryping for Drummies'?
der Brucer
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I still have 20 pages left to read from Tony night!
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And a toast for Edisaurus:
(http://www.badgerwest.com/images/ColonyMuscatel750.jpg)
der Brucer
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Good Morning! Good Afternoon!
I'm up, I'm up... Although, it took me a while to actually get out of bed. I just did not want to get out of bed this morning. -And there wasn't even someone there with me to keep me there. ;) In any case...
Empty bed vibes for Jose!
der Brucer
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There's not too much on tv tonight for me. I have Canadian Idol (which started last week). And i guess i will watch ON THE LOT.
I'm too feeling too great and didn't sleep much. I was watching the baby last week and she was sick (double ear infection). I don't think i have an ear infection (since my ears don't hurt = plus i don't even know if you can catch an ear infection). But i have this horrible drip in my throat and was coughing all night. :(
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RE: the Tonys. I thought they were just okay.
I think my favorite musical number was actually CURTAINS. For the Tonys i don't really care for solo or duets. I like to see big splashy all out group numbers.
I think my favorite speech was probably Julie White. She was so surprised (as was i since everywhere i read said either eve or angela would win). I also thought mary louise wilson was great!
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Tuesday greetings! I had to be to work an hour earlier than usual today and I may get to leave 2 hours earlier than usual - what a deal!
On my walk to and from my early meeting at the YWCA, I saw some more City Life sculptures (http://www.downtowndayton.org/experience/citylife/index.html) - Stormy Weather, Crossing Paths, Unconditional Surrender, and Second Hand News. I'd been wondering why we didn't have one in front of the library, but I guess it's because they don't have one named Bottom Feeder.
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Since there was some discussion about James Thurber, I thought I'd share one of my favorite historic sites here in Ohio:
Thurber House (http://www.thurberhouse.org)
in Columbus.
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RE closed captioning on DVDs: DH Richard and I have become very dependent on it! My book group ladies were very surprised when I used it for our viewing of Vanity Fair a while ago.
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And a toast for Edisaurus:
(http://www.badgerwest.com/images/ColonyMuscatel750.jpg)
der Brucer
Muscatel. For milady's pleasure. As John Astin said in MAKE MINE MINK. There are some paper cups in the glove compartment.
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Want to share my copy of "Tryping for Drummies'?
der Brucer
Know. I have won ov my oun. ;D
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FOX 411 (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,281040,00.html)
Meanwhile, NBC is dealing with nailing down the salaries of Chris Noth and Vincent D’Onofrio, stars of “Law and Order: Criminal Intent.”
The show was saved from the chopping block because producer Dick Wolf promised to hold down costs. His solution was a salary freeze, meaning no raises this season as he steers the show into its new deal: the shows are being shown on USA Networks first, followed by a run on NBC.
Noth and D’Onofrio, sources say, will likely take the freezes in pay and stick it out. “They make $350,000 each an episode, which comes to $3,850,000 a year," a source said. "Not bad.”
The actors also each appear in only 11 episodes, and the work schedule is a total of 88 days a year.
Wow - I bet that's more than BK got for Laverne & Shirley
der Brucer
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Page Six John Astin Dance.
(http://www.wolverton-mountain.com/articles/images/astin4.jpg)
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Did they cancel the horrible ON THE LOT yet?
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der Burcer, I know you missed me most of all, so rejoice!! Your favorite driveler has returned! 8)
For, you, my darling Gaelic Prickly-Pear:
(http://www.stichenor.com/stichenor/Christmas/Rose1.jpg)
der Brucer
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Reminder: Armistead Maupin's new novel Michael Tolliver Lives! is supposed to be available starting today.
Amazon.com shipped mine already. UPS tracking says it will arrive today (yeah, sure...I've read THAT one before!!!).
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I have a couple of AMAZON and several DD orders out.....nothing arrived today, but maybe tomorrow.
Thanks, DR MBARNUM....it will make a lovely present for a friend.
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There were accents in "The History Boys"?
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Well, it appears that someone has stolen my idea and went to the trouble of actually writing a book called Broadway Babylon (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0823088308/ref=ord_cart_shr/103-9268595-1773413?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance).
Well, it had better be good and trashy, that's all I'll say.
It's Boze Hadleigh! "Trashy" it will be.
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My "Michael Tolliver" is on its way too.
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DR Miss Karen - Welcome back, we missed you!!!
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Welcome to new DR "Miss Karen".
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And now I shall return to bed. It's not yet 3:00am here.
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As for the Topic of the Day...
Hmm...
The only Richard Burton performance that sticks in my mind is from "Equus". :-\
As for Elizabeth Taylor... Nothing sticks. For now at least.
Have you NEVER seen "A Place in the Sun"? If you had, how could you forget
Angela (Taylor): I love you, too. It scares me. But it is a wonderful feeling.
George (Clift): It's wonderful when you're here. I can hold you. I can, I can see you. I can hold you next to me. But what's it gonna be like next week? All summer long? I'll still be just as much in love with you. You'll be gone.
Angela: But I'll be at the lake. You'll come up and see me. Oh, it's so beautiful there. You must come. I know my parents will be a problem, but you can come on the weekends when the kids from school are up there. You don't have to work weekends. That's the best time. If you don't come, I'll drive down here to see you. I'll pick you up outside the factory. You'll be my pickup. Oh, we'll arrange it somehow, whatever way we can. We'll have such wonderful times together, just the two of us.
George: I am the happiest person in the world.
Angela: The second happiest.
George (filled with guilt and repression, confides): Oh, Angela, if I could only tell you how much I love you, if I could only tell you all.
Angela (comforting him with a breath-taking, intimate reply, while pulling him closer to her): Tell mama, tell mama all.
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I rove Godsprell
I highly doubt that Karl Rove has anything to do with Godspell! ;)
Although conspiracy theorists might disagree.
:)
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He looks most unhappy - did he not enjoy your date?
Oh, he enjoyed it, all right.
That's what he did after I told him that we wouldn't be dating any more.
:)
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I guess it's because they don't have one named Bottom Feeder.
;D
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Have you NEVER seen "A Place in the Sun"?
*slowly raises his hand*
Guilty?
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*slowly raises his hand*
Guilty?
O!M!G!
Hie thee to a nunnery and remain there the rest of your days!
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TOD:
Elizabeth Taylor: FATHER OF THE BRIDE
Richard Burton: Nothing comes to mind.
Have you ever seen a Richard Burton movie?
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Hie thee to a nunnery and remain there the rest of your days!
Do I have to return my toaster?
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Have you ever seen a Richard Burton movie?
Oh, I have seen Richard Burton movies, but have no favorite performances to list for the TOD. He never made any kind of impression on me...he ain't no Ken Clark, that is for sure.
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To the tune of the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil"
Hmmmm....I thinking more along the lines of BS&T's "Lucretia McEvil"....or, better still, ELPs' "Karn Evil No. 9"...all 3 impressions.
;)
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Oh, I have seen Richard Burton movies, but have no favorite performances to list for the TOD. He never made any kind of impression on me...he ain't no Ken Clark, that is for sure.
That pretty much says it all!
:D
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DR JMK is comind down to Salem on business so he and I may have lunch today.
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Do I have to return my toaster?
You can keep the bagel toaster, but no toaster ovens are allowed.
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IMDB NEWS (http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2007-06-11/#3)
Censors Asleep at the Wheel?
Last week's court ruling that the FCC could not bar the use of "fleeting expletives" during live telecasts may have resulted in a more relaxed atmosphere in the control booth during Sunday night's CBS coverage of the Tony Awards. The upshot was that when actor John Mahoney departed from the script and used the profanity "goddamn," it went out over the air, despite a five-second time delay. It was followed by a second or two of dead air, "as though someone were slow on the button," as Broadcasting & Cable observed on its website. The offending word was later removed from the West Coast feed. "It was an unwelcomed adlib," a CBS spokeswoman told the trade publication.
So glad we were able to spare the sensibilities of the west-coasters.
der Brucer
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Hi, my name is Mz Karen and I used to be a HHW gratuitous poster many, many postings ago...You thought you were rid of me, but I'm BAAA-CKKK! And I expect, no, make that demand, a flurry of frenzied postings welcoming me back -- postings like "Mz Karen, my darling, youhave been missed terribly" "Things were never the same once you left us" "Don't you ever pull that stunt again" etc., etc.
Things were never the same once you left us.
Saner, but not the same.
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IMDB NEWS (http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2007-06-11/#3)So glad we were able to spare the sensibilities of the west-coasters.
der Brucer
The FCC is an "east coast" organization. As most everyone else WELL knows, we "west coasters" don't give a damn!
;D
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(cont. from above):
Fewer posts to plow through, but not the same.
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So glad we were able to spare the sensibilities of the west-coasters.
I honestly thought that was a "gag" - i.e., they meant for him to say that and get bleeped, except that the timing was slightly off. Coming as it did after the sight gag of the chandelier. But I'll have to go back and take another look.
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(cont. from p. 6)
Less disruptive, but not the same.
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(cont.)
Welcome back, Karen!
;D
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Don't forget to get those Father's Day cards in the mail! :)
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I've been up for a while, answering e-mails and taking telephonic calls. Mr. Wechter is visiting at eleven, which I wasn't expecting, so I may not be able to jog until after the Joan Ryan rehearsal, about three.
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The Zach and Cody show starts up again this afternoon and continues for the next 10 days or so.
:)
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I highly doubt that Karl Rove has anything to do with Godspell! ;)
Although conspiracy theorists might disagree.
:)
Well, Karl sure is the modern day expert on rousing the religious rabble.
der Brucer
Can't you just see Rove whispering in Herod's ear?
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...we "west coasters" don't give a damn!
;D
Maybe that's why CBS didn't give you the "god damn".
der Brucer
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That's my next movie...
An old-fashioned, Judy/Mickey "let's put on a musical" film, except...
...and here's the twist...
It's set in Washington, D.C.!!
We already have plenty of tap-dancers!
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Tuesday greetings! I had to be to work an hour earlier than usual today and I may get to leave 2 hours earlier than usual - what a deal!
On my walk to and from my early meeting at the YWCA, I saw some more City Life sculptures (http://www.downtowndayton.org/experience/citylife/index.html) - Stormy Weather, Crossing Paths, Unconditional Surrender, and Second Hand News. I'd been wondering why we didn't have one in front of the library, but I guess it's because they don't have one named Bottom Feeder.
Those are great sculptures, DR Ginny!
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Don't forget to get those Father's Day cards in the mail! :)
Do they cater to youth today by providing ones that say:
"To Whom It May Concern"
der Brucer
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Amazon.com shipped mine already. UPS tracking says it will arrive today (yeah, sure...I've read THAT one before!!!).
Tracking says mine just left Cincinnati
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Don't forget to get those Father's Day cards in the mail! :)
I'm writing a letter to daddy.
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Tracking says mine just left Cincinnati
Mine is in my hot little hands...after a lunchtime jaunt to Borders! :)
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The Burton-Taylor PRIVATE LIVES was not one of the pair's better efforts. It really hurt the momentum of Ms. Taylor's theater company, IIRC.
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I just received right here on my desk my DeepDiscount.com order. That was way fast!
HA!, Amazon! I say, HA! to you!
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I'm writing a letter to daddy.
;D
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For, you, my darling Gaelic Prickly-Pear:
(http://www.stichenor.com/stichenor/Christmas/Rose1.jpg)
der Brucer
I'm overwhlemed by the love vibes -- bouquets of bricks and long-stemmed thorned roses -- you guys know how to make a girl feel so special...Words escape me.. (you wish!)
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That's my next movie...
An old-fashioned, Judy/Mickey "let's put on a musical" film, except...
...and here's the twist...
It's set in Washington, D.C.!!
We already have plenty of tap-dancers!
The VP could sing: "Yes, you can get a man with a gun!"
The Supremes in a kick-line number!
Trent Lott and Nancy Pelosi dueting in "We Could Make Believe".
I guess its too late for Rummy to do "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going!"
So many opportunities....
der Brucer
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I have had one of those mornings when everything clicked. I snuck out and went to Staples to get the cards to print, well as I was standing in Staples thinking that I should just go ahead and buy my phone system there today my cell rang....the phone company asking if they can come and install my phones this morning. I said "Sure" Bought the phones and went to the new office where the office manager gave me my keys!
Now the phones are in and working. Cool. As I left and was walking right across the street from the print shop, my cell rang and it was the printers saying they had all my proofs ready - so I crossed the street and we discovered that the phone number on everything was wrong. They had already sent the announcements up to their shop to be printed, but wonder of wonders they hadn't started them yet! Whew!
And while I was there I told them I was going to make up some cards and they said they would run a quick 100 for me this afternoon so I have them to take with me tomorrow! Wow! I like it when things work like this.
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DR Miss Karen - Welcome back, we missed you!!!
Thank you -- and missed all of you, too!
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Mine is in my hot little hands...
:-X
der Brucer
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Welcome to new DR "Miss Karen".
and IMPROVED!
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Wow! I like it when things work like this.
The "other shoe" vibes for Cilla!
der Brucer
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Do I have to return my toaster?
And your puce-colored toga...
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and IMPROVED!
D Cup?
der Brucer
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MusicGuy, your Oz is safe - I just haven't had time to do the other CD for you.
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Mr. Wechter is here - haven't heard from Miss Ryan.
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Things were never the same once you left us.
Saner, but not the same.
(my best Scarlett O'Hara impression)
Why, Mr. P...Whatever do you mean, dear sir?
(then a flick of my fan and a batting of my eyelashes along with a most coquettish smile...)
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DR Cillaliz, good for you! It makes me smile when we have a good news story like your morning to celebrate! :)
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AIR FORCE CONSIDERED GAY 'LOVE BOMB' AGAINST ENEMIES (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,281217,00.html)
The Air Force on Tuesday confirmed a report that in 1994 a military researcher requested $7.5 million to develop a non-lethal "love bomb" that would chemically alter the state of mind of enemy troops and make them want to have sex with each other rather than fight.
Wasn't a prototype tested in San Francisco?
der Brucer
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(cont. from above):
Fewer posts to plow through
(still with my attempt at my best Scarlett O'Hara impression)
Why, yew should talk, yew roguish dawg, yew.
(another flick of the fan and a batting of the eyelashes)
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The Zach and Cody show starts up again this afternoon and continues for the next 10 days or so.
:)
Neat - you can post daily pics of them instead of your usual walks down trick-memory lane :D
der Brucer
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ATTENTION DR FJL:
The Broadway cast of LEGALLY BLONDE will perform two musical numbers on NBC'S "The Today Show" on Wednesday, June 13, 2007 in the bottom of the 8am and 9am hours.
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Thank you one and all for the good vibes regarding my back. Unfortunately, it continues to get worse, not better.
~~~SUPER BACK VIBES FOR TCB!!~~~
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(another flick of the fan and a batting of the eyelashes)
Be careful! You could knock something over with those things! ;)
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Neat - you can post daily pics of them instead of your usual walks down trick-memory lane
That's true...Zach and Cody are infinitely better looking! :D
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Mine is in my hot little hands...after a lunchtime jaunt to Borders! :)
Ding-Daw, you of all people... leaving the door open with this one.... (is that why you now have the knickname of Swing Door? Hmmm?) ...
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D Cup?
der Brucer
Make that DD!
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Ding-Daw, you of all people... leaving the door open with this one....
I know! You can't let your guard down for one moment around here! ;)
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DR Cillaliz, good for you! It makes me smile when we have a good news story like your morning to celebrate! :)
Here! Here! I agree!
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DR MissKaren - Nice quote.
Isn't it though! I saw it once...or twice...or like a billion times on some website. The guy I stole it from is this master pianist in NYC who is a real bard when it comes to quotes that fit real life, daily situations -- so I find they just stick in my brain and I've got to use them all the time..but I always try to cite my sources and give credit where credit is due...
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DR Miss Karen, you should know that the total post numbers at HHW plummetted precipitously in the period you were away...
But things are looking up! :)
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Welcome home, DR Miss Karen.
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DR Miss Karen, you should know that the total post numbers at HHW plummetted precipitously in the period you were away...
Yes, it was much easier to catch up if one missed a day.
It's still tough to catch up if one misses two days....but not impossible.
Unless one of those days is Tony Awards Sunday.
Which no doubt would have had 1000 more posts had you been here.
And BK would have been "I've gotta tell ya"-ing many, many more times.
;D
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DR MissKaren - So, what's your DR and DR Cason up to lately? Has his Cabaret opened and/or closed yet? Have you seen it? Just wondrin'.
Boo-Key has been most swamped. "Cabaret" opens the last weekend of this month, and then runs the following two weekends in July. He actually has a rehearsal tonight. A couple of weeks ago I was in LA and got to see one of their rehearsals. They were working on several of the musical numbers -- and I was real impressed with all the choreography. The cast is a group of 20-somethings who all seem most talented. The "Money" number was awesome so I look forward to seeing the entire show. He is juggling rehearsals between "Cabaret" and "Bukowsical" (he's the understudy for all the male parts), which will go to the Fringe Theatre Festival in NYC in August (with some previews at the King King in LA before it heads east). They made it sound like he'd get to do one of the shows in LA, and possibly one in New York cause one of the cast has a wedding to attend during one of the festival weekends, so if they get booked to perform the day/night of the wedding, Cason's in.
http://bukowsical.com (if you go into crewsical, you can see our little understudy's headshot)
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Would you buy a used car from this man?
(http://bukowsical.com/bukowsical/crewsical/cason/Cason_1.jpg)
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Oh, I forgot to put that the Gary co-creator guy of "Bukowsical" is a buddy of bk's - and he saw Case in "The Brain From Planet X", and then bk hooked them up for the audition -- so we have bk to thank for the Bukowsical gig...Thanks, BK!
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I am ready for a nap.
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Welcome home, DR Miss Karen.
Thank You, DR Laura!
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I am ready for a nap.
A 3 mile walk to Starbucks would wake you up! But then you wouldn't need the coffee...
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...and you'd still have to walk home. :(
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We left for the arboretum at 5 am, so I am sleepy now.
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Yes, it was much easier to catch up if one missed a day.
It's still tough to catch up if one misses two days....but not impossible.
Unless one of those days is Tony Awards Sunday.
Which no doubt would have had 1000 more posts had you been here.
And BK would have been "I've gotta tell ya"-ing many, many more times.
;D
Well, if everything was simple and easy, life would be no fun at all...
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Would you buy a used car from this man?
(http://bukowsical.com/bukowsical/crewsical/cason/Cason_1.jpg)
Ahhhhhh, my little Boo-Key Bear! Ain't he cute?!
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(Scarlett once again)
Well, goodness gracious, Mr. P, we're so close to page 9, that I hope yew don't mind if I throw a few little ol' gratuitous posts in before I have to take my leave, dear sir.
(more fan flipping and eyebatting)
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This one's for yew, Mr. P...
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...and this one is, too, Mr. P...
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...all because I know how yew love them so...
(the fan now flutters instead of flicks)
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I've gotta tell ya...
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Too bad Bukowsical won't be sooner, like in late June when a good portion of the HHW contingent will be in NY!
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...Oh my, I do believe we will have our page nine for Mr. P's viewing pleasure...
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... I do declare, we do have a page nine!...It's all for you, Mr. P! A good ol' Southern Page Nine Waltz in a Hooped Skirt for Mr. P!
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I have been watching ominous storms pass by my office window.
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THEY'RE scared of the singing, clapping man too, eh?
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Oh, and DR Edi, I love your new avatar -- most lovely!
False advertising, but thank you!
I actually wanted to post my favorite photo of myself---even younger, but with my ancient cat when he was young, too. But even though it was 12K, the site said it was too big. So I'll settle for my Marie Osmond look...
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Before Mr. P shakes his fists toward the heavens and curses my name, I do believe I'll take my leave (with one last flutter of her fan, she curtsies and exits)... Bye, y'all!
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Wait - S&V is so over-priced it qualifies for free shipping all by its lonesome :(
Or you could wait and order it from our website so we get a kickback! ;D
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Good Afternoon!
Ahhh... Nothing like 50 minutes of circuit weight-training and some yoga to get one's blood flowing - and one's muscles pumping. :)
*I think I've actually come across a dumbbell workout that I actually like doing, and that has enough alternate exercises to keep me interested - and that aren't too complicated, well, that I don't have to constantly think about (proper form, stance, etc.) In fact, I was going to stop after my third circuit, but I went ahead and went for the suggested/highly recommended fourth circuit. Plus, I added a set of lunges and push-ups at the end - which are also an option with this plan.
:)
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I have been watching ominous storms pass by my office window.
They just landed with a big noise here! I need to go outside but I'm scared.
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a set of lunges
At whom? ::)
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Good Afternoon!
Ahhh... Nothing like 50 minutes of circuit weight-training and some yoga to get one's blood flowing - and one's muscles pumping. :)
*I think I've actually come across a dumbbell workout that I actually like doing, and that has enough alternate exercises to keep me interested - and that aren't too complicated, well, that I don't have to constantly think about (proper form, stance, etc.) In fact, I was going to stop after my third circuit, but I ahead and went for the suggested/highly recommended fourth circuit. Plus, I added a set of lunges and push-ups at the end - which are also an option with this plan.
:)
I thought your dumbbell workout was saying to a cute blonde "My name's Jose" and if he didn't know his own name, dragging him home.
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I need to go outside but I'm scared.
Take DR JoseSPiano with you...he's all pumped up!
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I have been watching ominous storms pass by my office window.
Well, one of them is currently dumping buckets of rain here in upper Manhattan.
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At whom? ::)
The dumbbell.
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Take DR JoseSPiano with you...he's all pumped up!
That's even scarier!
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I thought your dumbbell workout was saying to a cute blonde "My name's Jose" and if he didn't know his own name, dragging him home.
No, that dumbbell workout involves raising one glass of whatever I'm having and three of whatever he's having.
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Btw, you guys are quick! DRs elmore and singdaw.
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Thanks for the Boo-Key update, DR Miss Karen.
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S&V is so over-priced it qualifies for free shipping all by its lonesome :(
Maybe if we were able to sell millions of them, like Harry Potter, we could make them a little cheaper!
BTW...$18.26 at Deep Discount or $26.99 at Amazon!
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Btw, you guys are quick!
Well, at least he didn't say "easy"...
;)
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THEY'RE scared of the singing, clapping man too, eh?
I think that's what's attracting them!
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Or you could wait and order it from our website so we get a kickback! ;D
DR Edi--I looked on the First Run website and couldn't find it. Am I not looking in the right place?
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I sometimes turn on the captioning when watching Grey Gardens. It helps when Little Edie is whispering.
My ex-boyfriend is from Pakistan. Even though he's been in the US for 21 years or so, he still has a little trouble understanding some things. For his birthday one year, I got him a DVD player and taught him about subtitles on DVDs. He was VERY happy about that. :)
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My ex-boyfriend is from Pakistan. Even though he's been in the US for 21 years or so, he still has a little trouble understanding some things. For his birthday one year, I got him a DVD player and taught him about subtitles on DVDs. He was VERY happy about that. :)
And I thought Jenny started the Good Neighbor Policy!
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Back from a lunch powwow with Wechter and awaiting the arrival of Joan Ryan.
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Did they cancel the horrible ON THE LOT yet?
Not yet.
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Before Mr. P shakes his fists toward the heavens and curses my name, I do believe I'll take my leave (with one last flutter of her fan, she curtsies and exits)... Bye, y'all!
That would take far too much energy on my part.
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More rain today, and it wasn't in the forecast. But it's fine by me. Yes, it means I'll be mowing the grass sooner rather than later, but it also means these cooler temperatures will hang around a bit longer.
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Welcome sixteen GUESTS.
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Back from a delicious lunch with DR JMK who promises to be back on HHW regularly now that his work life is getting less frantic.
We ate at THE RAM which is across the street from Willamette University (where JMK was attending a function). JMK had a yummy looking garden burger (in honor of BK, no doubt) and I had a huge, dripping with grease, garlic, mushroom, and swiss burger piled high with carmelized onions. It was very tasty indeed.
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Joan came and went - she had to go home (only five minutes away) and she'll be back in five minutes (knowing her, probably fifteen).
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I began my afternoon totally enjoying rewatching two CLOSER episodes. The one with the murdered wife of a chef and my favorite of Season 2, Flynn and Provinza finding the dead body in Provinza's garage. Nice, tidy mysteries and some wonderful comic moments.
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Next came the upcoming DVD release of THE MANY ADVENTURES OF WINNIE THE POOH. This is the 1977 feature release of the three short subject POOH features made in 1966, 1968, and 1974 with some (then) new bridging material and a new coda.
As features, the stories are very gentle with "adventures" maybe suggesting more action than is obviously there. Small children would love the stories, of course, but unlike the Disney animated features which are just as entertaining for adults as they are for children, I find the POOH stories of less interest as an adult. And because the short subjects were made over an 8 year stretch, there are inconsistencies from short to short, especially in the actors voicing Christopher Robin and the size and coloring of some of the characters.
Disney hasn't done anything much to clean up the print used for the transfer, and though it isn't what I would call dirty, there are stray bits of dirt and some definite ghosting around images causing brightness fluctuations that affect the image and cause viewer distraction. More grain than is usual for a Disney animated release, but again, since there has not been any digital clean up, that's not surprising.
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I also watched the "making of" featurette which was prepared for the last DVD release of this material which predated the death of Paul Winchell, so he's an active participant.
I did enjoy learning the history behind the the acquisition of the material by Disney in 1961 and the reasons affecting the decision to make the three separate shorts rather than one long feature film.
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I cued up ANGEL in the DVD player, but when I go back down, I'll start with the Blu-ray of RIO BRAVO. It's over two hours long, so I'll be able to fit in an ANGEL episode or two before I come back on line later tonight.
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Muscatel. For milady's pleasure. As John Astin said in MAKE MINE MINK. There are some paper cups in the glove compartment.
Such class!
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I have had one of those mornings when everything clicked. I snuck out and went to Staples to get the cards to print, well as I was standing in Staples thinking that I should just go ahead and buy my phone system there today my cell rang....the phone company asking if they can come and install my phones this morning. I said "Sure" Bought the phones and went to the new office where the office manager gave me my keys!
Now the phones are in and working. Cool. As I left and was walking right across the street from the print shop, my cell rang and it was the printers saying they had all my proofs ready - so I crossed the street and we discovered that the phone number on everything was wrong. They had already sent the announcements up to their shop to be printed, but wonder of wonders they hadn't started them yet! Whew!
And while I was there I told them I was going to make up some cards and they said they would run a quick 100 for me this afternoon so I have them to take with me tomorrow! Wow! I like it when things work like this.
Wow! Do you have great luck or some special magic that makes these things come together for you? In any case, it's great to see.
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DR Cillaliz - Find a penny, pick it up... :)
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I see one reason why the Tonys did so poorly in the ratings: the SOPRANOS series finale scores 12 million viewers on Sunday night, its largest audience in over two years and the highest rated show of the night even though it does come on a paycable channel!
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BTW, yesterday morning I was listening to NPR and they gave a synopsis of the last SOPRANOS finale. And NO SPOILER ALERT!! Whatever were they thinking???
Seriously, I was quite surprised that NPR gave precious air time to THE SOPRANOS.
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My newspaper had a banner at the top of the newspaper expressing surprise at the finale with the story on page 2A.
Lots of news outlets considered it a news story.
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That's heavy doody!
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http://bukowsical.com (if you go into crewsical, you can see our little understudy's headshot)
And this line from his bio...
"...and he hasn't had the good sense to get off yet."
::) :-X ::) :-X ::) :-X
der Brucer
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I see one reason why the Tonys did so poorly in the ratings: the SOPRANOS series finale scores 12 million viewers on Sunday night, its largest audience in over two years and the highest rated show of the night even though it does come on a paycable channel!
Well, didn't that happen last year too? And/or the year before? Plus, there's also been the basketball playoffs.
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Maybe if we were able to sell millions of them, like Harry Potter, we could make them a little cheaper!
BTW...$18.26 at Deep Discount or $26.99 at Amazon!
That might work :)
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Well, didn't that happen last year too? And/or the year before? Plus, there's also been the basketball playoffs.
Might have been a SEASON finale but not a SERIES finale.
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Need to do a bit of writing and then head down for more viewing. I cleaned the living room this morning, so I won't have to deal with that now.
WBBL.
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TOD
HMMMMM....
Taylor - A Place In the Sun, Giant, Cleopatra, Butterfield 8
Burton - The Robe, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, Equus
Together - Virginia Woolf, The VIPS
Hhmmmm, and not one person has mentioned THE EXORCIST II.
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With all the crap going on in my life these days, it's always nice for something good to occur. I'm featured once again by my publisher!
http://choralicious.com/YRMblog/
You can actually look at some pages of music.
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Hhmmmm, and not one person has mentioned THE EXORCIST II.
I had meant to as one of the worst pieces of garbage featuring major names in embarassing positions.
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I sometimes turn on the captioning when watching Grey Gardens. It helps when Little Edie is whispering.
I definately turn it on for THE FULL MONTY. I can't understand a bloody word they say in the first half of the movie.
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To the tune of the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil"
Let me proudly introduce myself...
Hi, my name is Mz Karen and I used to be a HHW gratuitous poster many, many postings ago...You thought you were rid of me, but I'm BAAA-CKKK! And I expect, no, make that demand, a flurry of frenzied postings welcoming me back -- postings like "Mz Karen, my darling, youhave been missed terribly" "Things were never the same once you left us" "Don't you ever pull that stunt again" etc., etc.
Were you gone?
;)
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Hhmmmm, and not one person has mentioned THE EXORCIST II.
That's probably one MBarnum has seen...along with "Hammersmith is Out" and, maybe, "Boom."
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Muscatel. For milady's pleasure. As John Astin said in MAKE MINE MINK. There are some paper cups in the glove compartment.
John Astin was in MAKE MINE MINK?
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Were you gone?
Yes, I've been puzzling over this, too.
I think maybe she's just been feeling underappreciated.
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That's probably one MBarnum has seen...along with "Hammersmith is Out" and, maybe, "Boom."
Or at least their Bollywood rip-offs equivalents.
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Ay yi yi - errancy and truancy!
Just thought I'd pop in and say hello to everyone, if anyone remembers who I am.
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I saw it also DTM...and it was a cute, fun movie!!!
You did know that Glynis John was a woman?
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At 2PM it was a bright sunny spring afternoon, so I decided to take Fletcher for a walk - we could meet Woody have way home from work, and Fletcher needs the exercise.
Well, about half way there, Fletcher had had enough of exercise:
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After about 10 minutes, he decided to give it another try
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der Brucer
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Rehearsal is done. I cut one and a half songs from the second act, and I set the ideas for all the patter. It's a really nice show.
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With all the crap going on in my life these days, it's always nice for something good to occur. I'm featured once again by my publisher!
http://choralicious.com/YRMblog/
You can actually look at some pages of music.
For most of the other featured composers and arrangers, they have a picture. For Larry's piece, they have...a Virgin.
What's wrong here? ::)
Seriously, DR elmore3003...nice going! :)
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A few moments later the sky clouded over and it started to drizzle. With much effort, and another rest stop, I got us to the back door of the market loading dock when Noah's storm hit with a vengeance - I love huddling on a stairway under a metal roof while the lightening flashes all about >:(
I tied Fletcher to a railing to go see what was up with Woody. It seems a co-worker had called in saying she would be delayed, so Woody was on indefinite hold. I went back and fetched Fletcher and took him to the store front to wait.
Fletcher waited patiently:
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TBC
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Awww....good boy! :)
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Fletcher, I mean....
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Well, it was nice to see DR Cason, but he did not stay here very long!
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And then waited less-patiently:
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And then gave up!
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Woody was released at 4 PM
der Brucer
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I see DRs, but no posts...
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The storm has reached Westchester County from New York City...
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Don't forget to get those Father's Day cards in the mail! :)
My gosh, can you imagine how many Daddy Day cards MBarnum must send out?
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For most of the other featured composers and arrangers, they have a picture. For Larry's piece, they have...a picture of a Virgin.
What's wrong here? ::)
Please don't make light of Larry's baby picture! I bet you have one taking a bath in the sink!
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Nice day here in the City of Studio.
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I definately turn it on for THE FULL MONTY. I can't understand a bloody word they say in the first half of the movie.
Did you guys understand anything we said when we visited the NW.
"The Full Monty" was a very successful film here and would have sold so many DVDs. (The musical on the other hand - lost big bucks - I think because the movie had been so BIG with the punters here).
Of course I need captions on when I look at the NW production of "Scrooge".
(OK that's not true).
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For some reason we don't celebrate Fathers Day until the first Sunday in September.
Yes I know I left out the apostrophe. I'm using "Fathers" as an adjective.
Wasn't Maria an apostrophe in the Abbey?
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We're going to see "Driving Lessons" today. It has not been reviewed well, but it does have Julie Walters and her son Ron Weasley.
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DR Edi--I looked on the First Run website and couldn't find it. Am I not looking in the right place?
It's not up yet, and I'm not sure when it will be (it's not available until August, anyway...) but I think if you link to Amazon from our site we get a kickback.
I forget what the whole process is called, but if anyone puts a link to buy our film on their site, they will get the same kickback. It wouldn't be a logical fit here, but for example, if HHW had a link to it they would get a return...probably not much, but if enough sell...
I'll try to find out more details from our webmaster.
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DR Edi--I looked on the First Run website and couldn't find it. Am I not looking in the right place?
Oh, and I think it would have to be linked from OUR website:
www.willowpondfilms.com for it to count towards us.
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I think my work is done for the day.
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I'm now listening to CDs and will soon watch 36 Hours or The History Boys or, most likely, both.
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Will we never get to page twelve?
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I'm too full to jog.
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Definitely jog in the morning.
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You did know that Glynis John was a woman?
Not to be confused with Glyn Johns, the famous record producer!
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Sorry to hear that, DR TCB. My own back problems were helped greatly by the addition of magnesium supplements. Two excellent books on the subject of magnesium: The Miracle of Magnesium by Carolyn Dean, MD (very easy read) and Mildred Selig's book (can't recall exact title). Selig is considered the expert on magnesium. I found both books on Amazon.
Hope you find some relief!
TCB, they might be worth trying. I found them helpful for a chronic problem I have, but the pills are too darn large for me to swallow (had to chew them :P) , and they tend to bother my stomach.
Feel better soon.
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Did you guys understand anyhthng we said when we visited the NW.
"The Full Monty" was a very successful film here and would have sold so many DVDs. (The musical on the other hand - lost big bucks - I think because the movie had been so BIG with the punters here).
Of course I need captions on when I look at the NW production of "Scrooge".
(OK that's not true).
OUCH!
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Whew! So much to catch up on!
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Did someone say Hammerstein Is Out?
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RE closed captioning on DVDs: DH Richard and I have become very dependent on it! My book group ladies were very surprised when I used it for our viewing of Vanity Fair a while ago.
We should use them. ;D
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They had onstage audience seats for students when EQUUS was on Broadway in the 1970's. Got to see Richard Burton really close, an exciting perfromance.
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It's not up yet, and I'm not sure when it will be (it's not available until August, anyway...) but I think if you link to Amazon from our site we get a kickback.
I forget what the whole process is called, but if anyone puts a link to buy our film on their site, they will get the same kickback. It wouldn't be a logical fit here, but for example, if HHW had a link to it they would get a return...probably not much, but if enough sell...
I'll try to find out more details from our webmaster.
Perhaps someone practicing Immigration Law?
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COMPANY has put up its closing notice for July 1, per Playbill.
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And one for Mahler!!! :(
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TCB, have you tried magnets? Before you think I'm some new age wacko, we started using these when DH had a bad case of tendonitis. Nothing helped...cortisone shots, etc. and he was desperate. He mentioned it to someone at our coffee shop, and a guy in line who was a Nikken distributor said "here, try this" and put an elbow wrap and magnet on Greg's elbow. It relieved his pain after a few minutes and he became a big believer in it. They make back belts that hold larger magnetic pads. This helped my mom so much that we decided to become "dealers", so we could buy their stuff at cost. We only buy for us and friends and family and DH has no interest in pursuing it as a business, but if you're interested in trying it, he could get you something at his cost.
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Karen you have been greatly missed. It's nice to see you.
Cilla-What a great day! Everything is really falling in place for you. Vibes all continues well!
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Is Karen back? She's been so quiet. :)
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Richard Burton Really Close.
That's the title of my next novel.
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Didn't even notice the nudity since Burton was so close.
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Don't forget to get those Father's Day cards in the mail! :)
I sent Craig a Father’s Day card from Yogi. I couldn’t resist, the dog on the card looked very much like Yogi did as a puppy.
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With all the crap going on in my life these days, it's always nice for something good to occur. I'm featured once again by my publisher!
http://choralicious.com/YRMblog/
You can actually look at some pages of music.
That's nice :)
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Has anyone ever seen the RB movie "Villain"? It was based on the Kray brothers...(or the Pirhana Brothers, for any Monty Python fans out there.) It's a very lurid and unplesant film, directed by the first director I ever worked for, Michael Tuchner. (Also kind of an unpleasant guy...)
The plus of working on that first film was that I got to work with G.W. Bailey, a.k.a. Lt Provenza.
He's going to be doing a radio shot here in Atlanta tomorrow morning, so we'll be tuning him in. I think Kyra will be doing some late night talk shows, too.
It's coming down to the wire!
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False advertising, but thank you!
I actually wanted to post my favorite photo of myself---even younger, but with my ancient cat when he was young, too. But even though it was 12K, the site said it was too big. So I'll settle for my Marie Osmond look...
Edi, the picture can easily be reduced in size...even more easily than it was to cut your hair (which was not difficult, at all). :) If you want, just e-mail it to me and I can do it.
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DR Elmore, besides arranging the orchestra parts in JUBILEE, did you also do the vocal arrangements?
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So, apparently winning a Tony for best revival is absolutely meaningless.
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And I thought Jenny started the Good Neighbor Policy!
We aim to please! ;D
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Welcome back to DRs Miss Karen and Cason! :D
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You did know that Glynis John was a woman?
Well, her leading man in that movie was very, very good looking...don't remember his name, but I remember the face!
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elmore, GOOD JOB VIBES!!!
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At 2PM it was a bright sunny spring afternoon, so I decided to take Fletcher for a walk - we could meet Woody have way home from work, and Fletcher needs the exercise.
Not to be persnickety but wouldn't that be HALF way home from work
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Karen you have been greatly missed. It's nice to see you.
Cilla-What a great day! Everything is really falling in place for you. Vibes all continues well!
Thanks Jane and everyone for the good vibes. I'm flying out of Sioux Falls in the morning for Orlando right when a thunderstorm is supposed to start rolling in, so I could use some travel vibes for tomorrow morning, we go to Denver first...in other words in the direction of the storm...and it's a commuter jet!
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Has anyone ever seen the RB movie "Villain"?
RB = Really Bad?
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And towards Denver ???
SAVE AND EASY TRAVEL VIBES!!!!!
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Not to be persnickety but wouldn't that be HALF way home from work
I'm a homophone addict!
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And towards Denver ???
SAVE AND EASY TRAVEL VIBES!!!!!
What? Didn't you know Denver is on the way from South Dakota to Florida? LOL, sort of like Dallas is on the way from Omaha to New York. Hey, I live in the middle of the country, you can't get there from here! ;)
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I'm a homophone addict!
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At least you know I read your post ;D
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I was hoping my new computer would do this properly,
without cutting and pasting the codes into the correct places.
It is so odd that the antiquated computer at the NIH managed it just fine. Why I seem to be the only one having a problem with this is beyond me.
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Thanks for the vibes
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Cilla my ??? and Denver comment referred to the fact you have to go through Denver. I have had many a delay when traveling through Denver. I think they have a regular See's candy store there, a plus for the airport, and some nice shops.
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What? Didn't you know Denver is on the way from South Dakota to Florida? LOL, sort of like Dallas is on the way from Omaha to New York. Hey, I live in the middle of the country, you can't get there from here! ;)
I forgot to smile at your post-it did make me chuckle ;D
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Cilla my ??? and Denver comment referred to the fact you have to go through Denver. I have had many a delay when traveling through Denver. I think they have a regular See's candy store there, a plus for the airport, and some nice shops.
Denver, Chicago...it's always somewhere that can be a pain in the butt. I just go with the flow. There is one session I'd like to go to Wednesday night, but if I miss that one it won't be the end of the world.
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Good Evening!
It's raining. It's not. It's raining. It's not. And so on and so forth - for the next 24-36 hours so they say.
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So, apparently winning a Tony for best revival is absolutely meaningless.
Well, Journey's End closed a few hours before the Tony's began, so...
Showbiz is just showbiz.
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Hmm... It appears Playbill.com is currently experiencing technical difficulties. ???
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And now, "On The Lot". -Maybe they'll have technical difficulties too. ;)
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Boy I'll say playbill.com is having technical difficulties. Did it tell you to put in a user name and password?
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Boy I'll say playbill.com is having technical difficulties. Did it tell you to put in a user name and password?
Nope.
Guess they're working on something.
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Good evening, fellow Dear Readers. I have nothing to say at this time.
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Cilla, glad you won't be stressed if you are delayed. Sometimes I am stranded at airports with people who are going to same day funerals, weddings, even planned births, etc. I don't understand why they don't fly out a day earlier.
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Well, I want to get there, but you have to put it in perspective...and have at least one or two good books.
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Has anyone ever seen the RB movie "Villain"? It was based on the Kray brothers...(or the Pirhana Brothers, for any Monty Python fans out there.) It's a very lurid and unplesant film, directed by the first director I ever worked for, Michael Tuchner. (Also kind of an unpleasant guy...)
The plus of working on that first film was that I got to work with G.W. Bailey, a.k.a. Lt Provenza.
Nope, but I loved the film "The Krays!"
My friend Cathie did a magnet treatmet for muscles in her arm, as I recall.
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DR Elmore, besides arranging the orchestra parts in JUBILEE, did you also do the vocal arrangements?
Every one of them! Also, all the dance arrangements except for the two ballets "Judgment of Paris" and the unrecorded "Beach Dance."
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It's raining. It's not. It's raining. It's not. And so on and so forth - for the next 24-36 hours so they say.
The rain is just like the office lease. I hear we're still in the running. If he signs the damned lease today. Oy!
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And the word of the day is: REDOUND!
You ain't nothin' but a RED 'OUND
Howlin' all the time.
You ain't nothin' but a RED 'OUND
Howlin' all the time.
Well, you ain't well ROUNDED
And you ain't no dog of mine.
And that's about as much as any Elvis Presley song has redounded on my life.
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Hmm... I was checking the website for Ford's Theatre just to see what they were doing next season. Well... They're currently closed for renovations until their annual presentation of A Christmas Carol. And then after that, they'll be dark until next year's presentation of A Christmas Carol. I guess they are going forth with all the renovations to the theatre and the museum downstairs.
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The Hollywood High School Alumni are currently working with Hollywood Heritage, a preservation group, to have the high school library named a historic landmark and be protected from the hands of the landgrabbers. The library has been on site since 1912, and is one of the oldest buildings in Hollywood. In this picture taken during the Hollywood High School Alumni's 100th anniversary, the president of Hollywood Heritage Mark Wannamaker, ( head of Bison Archives ), and cheif preservationist and lawyer Robert Nudleman ( one of the seven major forces to save Hollywood in Los Angeles magazine's Hollywood issue ) show off a panorama picture of Hollywood in 1913 in which the only remaining buildings are the school library, Yamashiro, and The Magic Castle.
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Andriana-I didn't know that about Hollywood High-very interesting.
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Same problem here with Playbill. It's asking for a user name and password.
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HERE’S a nose that needs grinding!
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This is what DR Ron Pulliam’s and bk’s noses FEEL like on bad allergy days…
I've a regular customer who looks like that.
No, really.
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August Wilson's RADIO GOLF will also close July 1, Variety reports. :(
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To the tune of the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil"
Let me proudly introduce myself...
Hi, my name is Mz Karen and I used to be a HHW gratuitous poster many, many postings ago...You thought you were rid of me, but I'm BAAA-CKKK! And I expect, no, make that demand, a flurry of frenzied postings welcoming me back -- postings like "Mz Karen, my darling, youhave been missed terribly" "Things were never the same once you left us" "Don't you ever pull that stunt again" etc., etc.
(in my very best AA welcoming drone
Hi, Karen.
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Same problem here with Playbill. It's asking for a user name and password.
I've had no trouble with Playbill all day. :-\
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I've had no trouble with Playbill all day. :-\
I didn't have any trouble all day, just after DR Jose posted....hey, I blame Jose
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Well, I suppose I should pack. I hate packing for a conference in a place that is having hot weather. It's always freezing in the conference rooms and really hot outside....too many clothes to pack!
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Playbill seems to be fine again.
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Playbill seems to be fine again.
Here too
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for DR Cillaliz tomorrow morning!
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...Least favorite Burton performances are EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC and...
I was wondering if anyone would remember this one.
Most people develop amnesia.
::)
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Safe travels, Cillaliz!
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I saw JOURNEY'S END in Lodon. It was brilliant. I'm glad it won for revival, though I wouldn't have been sad if INHERIT THE WIND had won. I can't think of two more relevant plays for these times.
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AIR FORCE CONSIDERED GAY 'LOVE BOMB' AGAINST ENEMIES
Quote:
The Air Force on Tuesday confirmed a report that in 1994 a military researcher requested $7.5 million to develop a non-lethal "love bomb" that would chemically alter the state of mind of enemy troops and make them want to have sex with each other rather than fight.
Wasn't a prototype tested in San Francisco?
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This could give a whole new meaning to the phrase "We have incoming."
:o
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Would you buy a used car from this man?
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He's way too young to be selling used cars.
Tricycles, maybe.
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I'm off to rehearsal! Tonight, we run act two...last night was all of act one. I only have one line in act one, but I come on and go off stage a few times. I have two lines in act two and a lot more stage business. :) It's fun!
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Since I missed most of THE CLOSER Season 2, I started watching it tonight. I was so happy to see my old friend Kevin Kilner, even if he were the killer!
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Finished History Boys and shall now take a wee drive, after which I shall return and watch another DVD, to be determined (TBD, in Internet lingo).
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And then waited less-patiently:
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And then gave up!
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Woody was released at 4 PM
der Brucer
Yep, finally released two hours after I was supposed to get off work.
My schedule gets crazier and crazier.
I was originally supposed to have today off. Nope, schedule got changed, today was added, they needed someone to watch over the self-checkout lanes.
I have tomorrow off.
Thursday, I was supposed to go in at six AM. That got switched - the gal who works the night shift has to have some time off for family business, so I'm going in at four in the morning! (I expect that der Brucer will still be up at that hour, so he can get me up and drive me to work.)
Friday is more normal, a six hour shift.
But for Saturday, I've been asked to come in another couple of hours early, covering for another checker who will be out.
This brings me up to a 44-hour workweek.
This is what we call semi-retired.
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My gosh, can you imagine how many Daddy Day cards MBarnum must send out?
That does it - I'm buying stock in Hallmark.
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Bruce, have a nice drive if there is such a thing anymore. I remember when it was fun to drive to the valley and back to West L.A.
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Well, I've cleaned the litter boxes, emptied all the garbage and taken it to the street for pick up, washed and put away the dishes, mostly packed and now I am thirsty, or hungry....I'm thinking root beer float....
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Well, I suppose I should pack. I hate packing for a conference in a place that is having hot weather. It's always freezing in the conference rooms and really hot outside....too many clothes to pack!
Just wear your favorite sable fur coat to the meetings.
And nothing else! That'll show 'em!
Yowza!!!
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'night
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With all the crap going on in my life these days, it's always nice for something good to occur. I'm featured once again by my publisher!
http://choralicious.com/YRMblog/
You can actually look at some pages of music.
Nice, Larry! I sent it on.
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I definately turn it on for THE FULL MONTY. I can't understand a bloody word they say in the first half of the movie.
You're listening to the words??
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For most of the other featured composers and arrangers, they have a picture. For Larry's piece, they have...a Virgin
LOL.
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So, I turned the television on tonight, which is rare for me, and I see that the Gong Show is once again on television.
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Larry Congrats on being featured again
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Hhmmmm, and not one person has mentioned THE EXORCIST II.
I believe that if you go back and read my selections, you'll find that I mentioned it and THE MEDUSA TOUCH.
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Well, I went to DQ to get a root beer float. They gave me a glass full of ice cream with a little bit of root beer. I took one drink and the root beer was gone. So, I stopped at a convenience store and bought a bottle of root beer. I didn't need all of it, but it was worth it
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Will we never get to page twelve?
Sure.
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So, apparently winning a Tony for best revival is absolutely meaningless.
For the box-office, yes.
For the producers' egos, definitely not.
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I saw Richard Burton's VILLAIN. It wasn't a bad performance, but as I recall, he was the whole show. The rest of it was not very good.
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Since I missed most of THE CLOSER Season 2, I started watching it tonight. I was so happy to see my old friend Kevin Kilner, even if he were the killer!
He was excellent in the role, and it was a very moving story despite all the killings.
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Today I finished the first Donald Strachey mystery - DEATH TRICK. Because I enjoyed the two movie versions that were broadcast on here! and then later on DVD (where I saw them; naturally no Bible Belt cable system is going to carry an all-gay network), I decided I'd read some of the series that haven't yet been filmed. This oine was written in 1979, so it was pre-AIDS, and there's a lot of sleeping around. Donald is dating Timmy but they haven't become a couple yet. The mystery is not quite as good as either of the two books already filmed (obviously why they were chosen instead of this first one).
Today in my Gold Box at Amazon, another of the Strachey books was there for a discount - ICE BLUES, so I bought it. Just got the shipping notice that it shipped early this evening. I might have it by the weekend. Hooray!
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I began my evening's entertainment with another ANGEL episode. Cordelia is about to give birth, and the gang is doing everything they can to locate her before she does. Good prep episode for the one to follow.
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Finished History Boys and shall now take a wee drive....
You have to go out to take a wee? Plumbing problems?
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Next I watched the Blu-ray disc version of RIO BRAVO. I haven't watched this movie all the way through in decades, and high definition is definitely the way to see it. Apart from two overly grainy scenes, the video is sharp in that three dimensional way, clear of artifacts, and with sensually rich Technicolor, very deeply saturated.
I think the film is a pinch too long (maybe that song that Martin and Nelson duet on could have been cut, though it's beautiful singing), but just when you think nothing's happening, something does. The action set pieces are so much fun to watch. And Walter Brennan chews up the scenery like nobody's business making his every appearance loads of fun.
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I finished the evening with another CLOSER episode, the one with the death of the photographer. Fun way to end the evening.
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Tomorrow I'll finish watching the special features on the WINNIE THE POOH disc and then I'll probably put in the Tracy-Hepburn WITHOUT LOVE.
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Nope, but I loved the film "The Krays!"
Me, too. Gary and Martin Kemp came to our Video Music Channel to promote the film, and Spandau Ballet was also on tour so we interviewed them as an actors that day and then went to see the band that night. (I think they had just reunited at that point.) Good concert! Cute boys!
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I don't think I have a favorite Liz Taylor film, but probably her finest performance was in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. As for Mr. Burton he made more crap that good films but Ann of a 1000 Days, Beckett, Equus, ...Woolf and believe it or not Where Eagles Dare.
His biggest embarasment? Playing himself on The Fall Guy
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Since I missed most of THE CLOSER Season 2, I started watching it tonight. I was so happy to see my old friend Kevin Kilner, even if he were the killer!
Wow---he looks really different from his role in the show. That was a heart-rending last scene he had in the electronics room!
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Kyra Sedgwick Update: Tonight---Letterman!
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And one for collar
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(collaring the criminals, that is)
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I believe that if you go back and read my selections, you'll find that I mentioned it and THE MEDUSA TOUCH.
Sorry, Matt, I wrote that at the end of page ONE. I am afraid I don't have a high enough post total to delete posts. Don't worry, I read all of your posts.
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I don't remember if anyone mentioned THE ROBE, but I thought Burton was very good in that. And I was going on and on about his work VIRGINIA WOOLF, but THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD is also quite brilliant.
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Now, I'm going to head downstairs and go to bed. Another night with windows open and cool fresh air coming inside.
Good night!
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Sorry, dear reader MattH, but Rio Bravo is a travesty and I don't care how sharp it is. Yes, it has deeply saturated color but it does not in any way resemble the deeply saturated IB Technicolor prints - this rather sick DVD is orange. If you like deeply saturated orange, it's a perfect DVD. Unfortunately, there should be blue skies where there are only white or brown skies, and if you think that skin tones should be the same exact orange as shirts and walls, well, it's a shame that you don't know what it's supposed to look like. I haz spoken.
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Since I missed most of THE CLOSER Season 2, I started watching it tonight. I was so happy to see my old friend Kevin Kilner, even if he were the killer!
I love Kevin Kilner!!
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Me, too. Gary and Martin Kemp came to our Video Music Channel to promote the film, and Spandau Ballet was also on tour so we interviewed them as an actors that day and then went to see the band that night. (I think they had just reunited at that point.) Good concert! Cute boys!
I am envious Edisaurus...I loved Spandau Ballet back in the 80s...well, I still love them.
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Wow, two posts just full of love.
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A POSTFUL OF LOVE - my new sequel to A HATFUL OF RAIN
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Didn't we use the expression YEAR OF MAGICAL DRINKING here on HHW the other night when we were coming up with Tony-related foodstuffs and drinkstuffs? Now the expression seems to have caught on and I'm seeing it on another site.
Trendsetters, that's what HHW-ers are.
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And speaking of closings, there was an article in yesterday's NY Times about all the darkened marquees this summer on Broadway.
As the Cheering of Tony Night Fades, Broadway Still Faces a Summer of Closings (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/12/theater/theaterspecial/12dark.html?_r=1&ref=theater&oref=slogin)
*And it's accompanied by a picture of those red plaid pants. -Which upon closer inspection, seem to be of a royal and/or military order.
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Or did we use BEER OF MAGICAL DRINKING?
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I'm currently sipping some fancy-schmancy bed-time/calming herbal tea. It tastes OK, but when I first opened the canister.... Whoa! It has valerian root in it, consequently, it has a little "off" smell to it. But, again, it doesn't taste off. (whew!)
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As for tonight's "On the Lot"... :-\
Alas, the films tonight were :-\ - not just the hostess and format.
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Just read that 1950s actress Mala Powers died yesterday in Los Angeles of leukemia. She was 76.
I was never a big fan of hers, but she did make some fun movies and seemed to pop up on TV a lot.
(http://www.autogramme.com/shop/produktbilder/15349.jpg)
Some of use (well, me and JRand56) will remember Mala from the films THE UNKNOWN TERROR or THE COLOSSUS OF NEW YORK...while others are more likely to recognize Ms. Powers from the film Cyrano de Bergerac opposite Jose Ferrer.
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Tonight I went to see a student written staged reading at Plaza De La Raza in Lincoln Park. A beautiful old building now houses a community center for the neighborhood. The title of the piece was "If Only You Knew", and it involved stories of gang life that all ended in hope.
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....and Don Herbert, better known as MR WIZARD passed away of bone cancer today at his home in Bell Canyon, Ca.
(http://www.admit-one.net/webimages/mrwizard.jpg)
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More plaza pics
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DR Adriana, it really impresses me the way you are so inclined to see so many wonderful and diverse shows, plays, and films. It is a quality I very much admire in you.
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Well, the "sleepy" tea seems to be working...
Goodnight.
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Goodnight Toby
Goodnight Dylan
der Brucer
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Toby & Dylan bark goodnight back at you, Der B.
Actually, they've been asleep for over an hour. :)
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DR Adriana, it really impresses me the way you are so inclined to see so many wonderful and diverse shows, plays, and films. It is a quality I very much admire in you.
I am lucky because I live in a diverse area and have always been encouraged to do so.
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All by myself.. I have been wallpapering bathrooms
it's not as easy as it looks
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I will NOT be able to come into the city to play on Sar June 30 as It appears I commited myself to be one of the chaperones and drivers for the Vixter's Chrch youth group trip to the Bronx Zoo that day.
I am available on Sunday Jul 1 however, will anybody stlil be in town or will I have missed all our visitors by then?
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Sorry to be E & T, was helping a freind with a project
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MBarnum, I agree with you about Adriana, she is an impressive young lady.
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I also recognize Namesake, it is an excellent movie!
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Better back and less pain vibes for TCB!!
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Welcome back MissKaren and CAson!! You both have been missed!
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page 16 dance
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Gee only 8 more to 8200
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It has been warm here the last few days...
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The Hollywood High School Alumni are currently working with Hollywood Heritage, a preservation group, to have the high school library named a historic landmark and be protected from the hands of the landgrabbers. The library has been on site since 1912, and is one of the oldest buildings in Hollywood. In this picture taken during the Hollywood High School Alumni's 100th anniversary, the president of Hollywood Heritage Mark Wannamaker, ( head of Bison Archives ), and cheif preservationist and lawyer Robert Nudleman ( one of the seven major forces to save Hollywood in Los Angeles magazine's Hollywood issue ) show off a panorama picture of Hollywood in 1913 in which the only remaining buildings are the school library, Yamashiro, and The Magic Castle.
Interesting photo!
Love history and thanks for sharing... Good luck with your wrok with them.
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Awww, you missed me, you really missed me!
YEP!!
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Last night at rehearsal, Bill, one of the other servants, got a priest costume (that he will probably wear in the show) and I used my cell phone video camera to record a 15-second clip! And I was able to post it on YouTube! To see it...click HERE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTAe_EyCP_E)! Be afraid! Be very afraid!!
;D
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Now we have a nutcase running around in fargo putting bottlebombs in mailboxes...
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It will take a bit of time for it to load for me... :)
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Now we have a nutcase running around in fargo putting bottlebombs in mailboxes...
:o
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I have had one of those mornings when everything clicked. I snuck out and went to Staples to get the cards to print, well as I was standing in Staples thinking that I should just go ahead and buy my phone system there today my cell rang....the phone company asking if they can come and install my phones this morning. I said "Sure" Bought the phones and went to the new office where the office manager gave me my keys!
Now the phones are in and working. Cool. As I left and was walking right across the street from the print shop, my cell rang and it was the printers saying they had all my proofs ready - so I crossed the street and we discovered that the phone number on everything was wrong. They had already sent the announcements up to their shop to be printed, but wonder of wonders they hadn't started them yet! Whew!
And while I was there I told them I was going to make up some cards and they said they would run a quick 100 for me this afternoon so I have them to take with me tomorrow! Wow! I like it when things work like this.
Gotta love when that happens!! I am glad things are coming together foryou Cilla!! BEst wishes on your new venture...
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So far it is only in the western areas of Fargo and WEst FArgo but u never know... Gotta love nutcases ---- NOT!
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Would you buy a used car from this man?
(http://bukowsical.com/bukowsical/crewsical/cason/Cason_1.jpg)
Not sure about a car but I would enjoy chatting with him and having a cup of coffee!!
Nice headshot!
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Ay yi yi - errancy and truancy!
Just thought I'd pop in and say hello to everyone, if anyone remembers who I am.
Hello Cason!!
Nice headshot that MissKaren posted!!
Broken legvibes for the show!
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derBrucer, Fletcher looks fit as a fiddle... Beautiful dog!
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I'm watching tonight's episode of "Kathy Griffin: My Life On the D-List" and I keep forgetting to fast-forward through the commercials. :P
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I have to post this gratuitous post for MissKaren in honor of her return!
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that is the nice thing about taping... you can FF the ads!
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Yup! ;)
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Gratuitous Post 2 for Miss Karen
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and a 3 Gratuitous post cheer for MissKaren!
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We posted at the EXACT same time! :D
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FF is also very handy when PBS has pledge breaks....
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When is BK going to close today's posts?