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[Jane]

I took Mae-Ling and Wae-Ling to the butterfly exhibit, and Mae-Ling threw quite a temper tantrum. Very unattractive in a five-year-old.

 

[Jane]

Not as unattractive as when I throw one.  

 

[Jane]

We had a party line when I was a kid. Ours was one long ring. For a few years, someone would call the other party every Sunday night during dinner, and we would listen to the phone ring and ring and ring and ring; the phone was wall-mounted next to the dinner table.

I only remember the phone ringing for us.  Did you ever try to answer it?

[Jane]

Great new photo of Mr. Mull!

Yes it is.  Where was it taken?

[Ben]

Greetings folks.

I am back from Long Island. Anthony is staying out there until Wednesday. He will visit his dear older friend (she will be 85 on May 1) and do some other Long Island errands and then he will return to NYC for summer stock auditions. Here's hoping he gets some summer work!

[Ben]

I set up the old/new computer for Rose (Ant's mother) and everything works, except for the printer and scanner. She doesn't use them so it's not a problem but Anthony was hoping to use them while he was out there. The problem is the equipment is old so the drivers on the software disks don't work with XP. I can get a driver for the scanner from the HP Web site (I didn't download it when we were out there because it's a 76 megabyte file and we have dial-up) but it appears there is no legal driver update for his 10 year old printer. The workaround will be, if/when he needs to print something on Long Island he will go to the basement where we have put the old computer, set it up along with the printer and print it out down there. He doesn't want to invest in a new printer for LI because he's rarely out there anymore but he doesn't want to toss this printer yet because it has two full ink cartridges. Oh, technology!

[Ben]

I now must go back and read Saturday's notes. It appears that Dear Vixmom had some kind of incident.

[Ben]

But before I go, love to Danise, if you're lurking!!!

[DearReaderLaura]

I only remember the phone ringing for us.  Did you ever try to answer it?

I remember my sister picking up the receiver and hung up one night after it had rung for several minutes. That, of course, only made the person call back again.

[Jane]

LOL DR Laura, a hello might have worked better.

[Jane]

SUMMER WORK VIBES TO DP ANT!!!

[Jane]

'Night

[S. Woody White]

Dinner tonight -

I spatchcocked and roasted a chicken.  There was a festival of root vegetables to go with the bird - beets, carrots, and potatoes (which I roasted in the juices from the bird, and were wonderful, soft and crunchy at the same time).

Der Brucer was happy with the result.

[JoseSPiano]

Good Evening!

Greetings from New York City!

[JoseSPiano]

My flight did end up boarding around 3:30, and we were in the air by 4:00.  -The captain had actually gotten clearance to board earlier, but then that would have meant sitting on the tarmac until the designated take off time.  So, when the gate agent made the boarding announcement she informed everyone at the gate why it seemed like they were still holding.  She also boarded the plane from the rear to the front - which is something I wish they would do more often - so everyone was on in about 15 minutes, the doors were shut, the plane pulled away from the gate, and we were in the air just a few minutes later.

And I had a nice nap on the flight too.  

[JoseSPiano]

~~~~~HEALTH VIBES TO DR DANISE~~~~~

[TCB]

Greetings folks.

I am back from Long Island. Anthony is staying out there until Wednesday. He will visit his dear older friend (she will be 85 on May 1) and do some other Long Island errands and then he will return to NYC for summer stock auditions. Here's hoping he gets some summer work!

Knowing what a superb judge of character, and talent, you are Ben; I am quite sure that Ant will be snatched up immediately by some very fortunate summer stock company!

[TCB]

Dinner tonight -

I spatchcocked and roasted a chicken.  There was a festival of root vegetables to go with the bird - beets, carrots, and potatoes (which I roasted in the juices from the bird, and were wonderful, soft and crunchy at the same time).

Der Brucer was happy with the result.

Congratulations, Woody, I think this is probably the first time I have ever seen you use the word potato!  

[Ginny]

Glad to see that DRs Ben and Jose are home.

Back to work for me tomorrow, so...goodnight!

[JoseSPiano]

Oh... I did have a little bit of traffic/cab fare anxiety on my way back from the airport.  As soon as we got of LGA, the traffic was at a crawl.  Well, the cabbie said it had been slow all day due the game at Yankee Stadium - Was there a game at Yankee Stadium today? - and there were also signs about an accident and lane closures on the Triboro Bridge.  Well, we got through the toll plaza, and then ended up zooming the rest of the way to my apartment.  Whew!  -The trip only took about 10 minutes longer than usual, and the cab fare was only about $1.00 more than what I'm usually used to paying.  

[TCB]

I have decided that the older I get, the tougher these time changes are for me to tolerate.  I use to wonder what all the fuss was about switching over to Daylight Savings Time.  It never bothered me one way or another.  However, these last few years it has been murder on my system.

[td]

Yes it is.  Where was it taken?

The photo was either taken at (gasp!) Starbucks or (most likely) BORDERS.  Notice the white chocolate mocha in the foreground. . . .

[td]

I, and my system, HATE Daylight Savings Time!  I want my hour back, and I want it back N-O-W!

[Matt H.]

My goodness, DR td, you look younger every time I see you!

I hate you!

[Matt H.]

I began my evening watching one more episode from the MEDIUM Season 1 set before putting it back on the shelf. This was the one where defense attorney Larry Watt's girl friend committed suicide and it looked like Watt was implicated. I remember being SO SHOCKED at the ending and really impressed at the clever plotting of the mystery.

I even enjoyed it on this revisit.

[Matt H.]

Next, I watched SUPERMAN RETURNS on Blu-ray. The movie itself was not improved on a second viewing. I love some of Bryan Singer's films, but this one is stretched out way too long for the story it's telling. The beat-down of SUperman at one point was almost fetishist in nature and gave me the creeps.

They couldn't have picked a better clone for CHristopher Reeve than Brandon Routh. Some shots they looked like they could have been identical twins.

As far as the Blu-ray, this transfer is one hundred million times superior to that awful hazy, grainy, fuzzy sDVD edition. Though he's color timed the film weirdly to give it some kind of older cast to it and drained some contrast from it, too, it's so much sharper and more watchable now. And the big save-them set pieces all still work just great.

So, I'm not a huge fan of the movie but can now stand watching the good parts occasionally now that I have a copy worth watching.

[Matt H.]

I ended my evening by watching tonight's DIRT. Some fun behind-the-scenes dirt gathering by the cast. I wish they'd bring back Lucy's brother.

And they're going to have to take Don off his meds at some point. The clean and sober (and sane) Don is just not much fun.

[Tomovoz]

Welcome back DR Mr Piano.

[JoseSPiano]

Thank you, Mr. Oz.