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Well, you've read the notes, the notes ranted and raved, and now it is time for you to post until the curmudgeonly cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: DECUSSATE!
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As promised, here is your advance chance to get the new Kritzerland soundtrack release - it's a goody and I guarantee you it will be an instant sellout.
“I’M GONNA TELL YOU ‘BOUT GOD’S LITTLE ACRE”
Kritzerland is proud to present its newest limited edition CD – the original motion picture soundtrack from God’s Little Acre, with a score by Elmer Bernstein.
God’s Little Acre, Anthony Mann’s 1958 film from the classic and controversial novel by Erskine Caldwell (Mr. Caldwell was arrested and tried for obscenity – he won the case and the book became infamous), is a wonderfully-filmed slice of ripe Southern melodrama starring Aldo Ray, Tina Louise, and Robert Ryan. The sultry poster, showing a bare-chested Ray standing next to the incredibly sexy and provocatively clad Louise certainly got people into the theater and it probably helped United Artists Records sell a few records, too.
Elmer Bernstein created one of his early classics with his score to God’s Little Acre. From its infectious title song to the Americana-filled tonal colors, to the cues dripping with lush and gorgeous themes, Bernstein makes the film seethe with sensuality, humor, and pathos. It’s a great score and one that has, for whatever reasons, taken a long time to come to CD.
Beautifully mastered for CD from the album masters, God’s Little Acre is an aural delight and a must-have for any film score aficionado or Bernstein fan. In addition to the LP presentation, we’re very pleased to announce that we’ve found ten additional minutes of score cues, which were taken from Mr. Bernstein’s archival tapes, and we’ve included these cues as a bonus suite. Very much in his 1950s/early 1960s mode, no one did this kind of score better than Elmer Bernstein – in fact, he probably wrote the book on this kind of score.
This release is limited to 1000 copies only. The price is $19.98 plus shipping.
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A Very Happy Birthday to DR ArnoldMBrockman!! ;D
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You know the deal - it's 19.98 plus 3.75 shipping, paypal to kritzerland at adelphia dot net. That is one of my all-time favorite LP covers - what young boy of ANY persuasion wouldn't have loved that cover?
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That is one of my all-time favorite LP covers - what young boy of ANY persuasion wouldn't have loved that cover?
You got that right. ;)
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Who will be the first to order this SEXY cover?
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Who will be the first to order this SEXY cover?
I just sent payment. :)
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Interesting...here's a picture of a poster that's for sale on Amazon.com. Both her dress and his pants are different colors.
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And now, I'm off to bed.
Good night, BK.
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Happy Birthday to the non-curmudgeonly Mr. Arnold Brockman!
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I'll be away most of the day. I have a presentation and a meeting from 11am-3pm and then I have another presentation and meeting from 3:30pm-5pm.
Well, it's been a long day!
I had my oatmeal and we got some early blueberries when we were on Long Island so I had them in my breakfast as well along with my morning cup of coffee. I also got some Apple Rhubarb juice at the Greenmarket yesterday. We haven't had any (I haven't, perhaps Anthony has opened it) yet so I don't know what it will taste like but it sounds good.
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Happy Birthday to Arnold.
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I am also a curmudgeon, tilting at windmills just as BK often does.
But, sometimes, you do win and defeat the windmill.
The stories that I could tell you....
I've got to try to curb that tendency here in Texas. Aside from the fact that people here have guns, most of them are pretty nice and don't have our California mind-set (i.e. always watching our backs).
BTW, BK: I'll trade you houses right now. I'm on a brand new street...and there is construction all around me...and will be for the next year or so. >:(
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Happy Birthday to DR ARNOLD BROCKMAN.
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Congrats to DR GEORGE on his new computer!
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Today I shall apply for my passport and later attend the dress rehearsal of KISS ME KATE. I hope I survive both of these events.
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A REALLY BIG BIRTHDAY CHEER TO DEAR READER AND SONG OF THE DAY MAVEN MR. ARNOLD M. BROCKMAN
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Happy Birthday to DR Arnold Brockman!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Good morning, all! I predict that DR MBarnum will buy several copies of the CD, one for each room of his home and the car and office.
More MOST HAPPY FELLA today, after I pay some bills. I also see a trip to the market in my immediate future.
I have no reason to narrate tales of my curmudgeonly behavior. There are too many witnesses doing it for me.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happiest of Birthday Wishes for DR Arnold Brockman !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I will definitely try to remember to record the PBS In The Height's special when it is on here tomorrow morning.
Also re: setting off smoke alarms. I have never set off a fire. ANd i am actually very careful. If i see something is getting at all smoky i close the doors to the kitchen and open the window. And sometimes even turn off the alarm for a few minutes.
It's crazy that cooking should set off the alarm.I know i was pretty surprised the first time.
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And the word of the day is: DECUSSATE!
And The Song Of The Day Is: P.S. I LOVE YOU
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! ! ! ! ! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DR ARNOLD M. BROCKMAN ! ! ! ! !
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THANK YOU FOR THE BIRTHDAY WISHES
BK
GEORGE
BEN
DRUXY
JR and 58
MICHAEL S
JENNIFER
ELMORE
DAN(THE MAN)
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Good Morning.
Happy Birthday Dear Reader ArnoldMBrockman. 8)
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Ordering new Kritzerland cd.
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Must go. Off to work. (I'd rather be off to play, oh well, someday soon)
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TOD:
Things that get me curmudgeony:
People who hold loud cell phone conversations in my vicinity
People who drive like they're sightseeing
People who decide to hold meetings outside my office door
People who are willfully ignorant
People who think they can use bullying behavior to get their way
People who believe that common rules of courtesy do not apply to them
People who--excuse me a minute...
YOU KIDS GET OFF MY LAWN!!! THE SCHOOL BUS STOP IS AT THE CORNER, NOT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE!!! AND DON'T KICK THAT FOOTBALL AROUND MY CAR!!! AND LEAVE THAT CAT ALONE!!! AND IF I SEE ANY OF YOU CLIMBING THAT TREE ONE MORE TIME I'M CALLING THE COPS!!!
...People who decide to bring a full shopping cart of items to the self-checkout and then don't know how to use it
That stupid sticky seal on CDs and DVDs that doesn't come off completely
Spam e-mail with the badly spelt sex words
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I'm hoping that by the end of the day, that we'll have a new roommate or two.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR ARNOLD M BROCKMAN!!!!
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DanTheMan, you made me laugh so loud just now! Thank you!!!!
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:)
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THANKS FOR THE BIRTHDAY GREETINGS- SAM and JOSESPIANO
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PAGE TWO CLASSIC CURMUDGEON DANCE!!
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I have no reason to narrate tales of my curmudgeonly behavior. There are too many witnesses doing it for me.
;D
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HAPPY, HAPPY DAY TO DR ARNOLDMBROCKMAN!!!!!
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I'm hoping that by the end of the day, that we'll have a new roommate or two.
Back to the casting couch, eh? ;)
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That stupid sticky seal on CDs and DVDs that doesn't come off completely
Hear, hear!! ;D
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As for the Topic of the Day...
In general, it takes a lot - and I mean A LOT - to truly annoy me to the point where I have to voice (or finger ;) ) my annoyance. I'll just keep rolling my eyes figuratively and literally until I have to raise my voice. All in all, what gets my proverbial goat:
People who don't listen. More precisely, people who don't make an effort to listen.
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I'm listening to the new HAIR cast recording to exorcise my inner curmudgeon a bit. I do like what I'm hearing but I still prefer the original. Whether the casting stories told were true or not, the original cast sounds like they really were a rag-tag bunch of street-wise hippies who were recruited to play in the show. This new cast recording lacks that organic zeitgeist--a little too slick and too polished, but then, how could it not? But I'm not putting it down--it sounds terrific, the performances are spot on and it's fun to hear parts of the score I never heard before. It whets my appetite to come up and see the show.
Anyone here see the 70's revival? I've heard awful stories about that one...
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Happy happy birthday to dear DR Arnold!!!
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Jose - Seriously, what do you mean by people who won't listen, though? People who don't take the time to listen to the words that are being said, or people who actually hear the words that are being said but then choose not to follow them?
At work, for example, i came to realize that all i can ask is that people listen to what's said, and then it's up to them to evaluate whether they want to follow it.
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Unless I''m signing off on the project, that is, in which case i expect them to follow what I say :)
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I'm off to my first presentation/meeting. I've taken my business cards (which I rarely use) and I'll be MIA until about 3pm.
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DtM - still giggling over the Lee Remick line from QB VII
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Happy Happy Birthday,DR ARNOLD BROCKMAN!
Please post a photo of any cake and ice cream today!
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Jose - Seriously, what do you mean by people who won't listen, though? People who don't take the time to listen to the words that are being said, or people who actually hear the words that are being said but then choose not to follow them?
At work, for example, i came to realize that all i can ask is that people listen to what's said, and then it's up to them to evaluate whether they want to follow it.
DR FJL - As for people who won't listen... If I'm talking to someone - negotiating, bargaining, exchanging ideas - and I can tell that they are not listening to me, not paying attention to me, and/or not even going to process anything that I'm saying, that's what gets to me. I will still respect you if I know that you've listened to and processed what I've said, even if I don't ultimately end up changing your mind.
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The Mystery of the Cops solved:
Mr. Goldstein's car was stolen. This was the new car to replace the car destroyed in the accident a couple of months ago. He didn't even get the new plates for it yet.
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The Mystery of the Cops solved:
Mr. Goldstein's car was stolen. This was the new car to replace the car destroyed in the accident a couple of months ago. He didn't even get the new plates for it yet.
WHOA!
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~~~~~EASY-BREEZY PRESENTATION VIBES TO DR BEN~~~~~
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THANK YOU FOR THE BIRTHDAY WISHES
DAW
FJL
LAURA
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Jose - sadly, that's approx. 80% [not a scientific number] of people I know, at least in the arts. I think human nature is to want so much to get your own ideas out and heard, that you overlap and the other person feels you haven't heard what they said. It's so rare for Person B to wait until Person A has come to a clear and full stop before adding to the conversation.
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I'm off to my first presentation/meeting. I've taken my business cards (which I rarely use) and I'll be MIA until about 3pm.
Mia, Ava...
Mia, Abba...
Mia, Oona...
Mia, Ida...
Mia, Uta...
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Good morning!
The sun is out and shining brightly even though we still have a rain forecast for this afternoon. I didn't think it was going to happen yesterday, but we did get rain and may get some today, too.
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Jose - sadly, that's approx. 80% [not a scientific number] of people I know, at least in the arts. I think human nature is to want so much to get your own ideas out and heard, that you overlap and the other person feels you haven't heard what they said. It's so rare for Person B to wait until Person A has come to a clear and full stop before adding to the conversation.
Exactly.
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A favorite paradox is when Person B interrupts Person A, and when Person A tries to interject keeping Person B's rhythm of conversation, person B explodes at Person a for interrupting (essentially interrupting his interruption). This happens on CNN and MSNBC and such quite often, it seems.
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Happiest of Birthday wishes for DR Arnold Brockman!!!
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I have seen no UPS truck this morning, so I guess that means it's a "go" for CANNON this afternoon. That's fine with me. I haven't done a real TV box set in some time.
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On TV TOnight!™
ABC - National Spelling Bee
FOX - SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE?
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A very Happy Birthday Wish for DR Arnold M. Brockman!
MANY Happy Returns, Sir!
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I think the thing that brings out my inner demon the most is disrespect. I try to treat everyone I come into contact with with respect even if I don't particularly like them. When others use sarcasm or put downs without cause, I really see red.
Otherwise, I tend to be nonconfrontational. I usually just walk away or ignore irritating people or situations.
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Page Three Dance!!!
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Happiest of birthdays to our own Arnold M. Brockman from the E&T. I'm on the front lines with a splatter shield...
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HI! DR Edisaurus!!!!
*A splatter shield? Is bacon and/or deep-frying involved?
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THANK YOU EDISAURUS FOR THE BIRTHDAY WISHES
"It's so nice to see you back where you belong"
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Today is also my sister's birthday. She has two more chemo treatments to go (one was rescheduled for tomorrow, since she didn't want to have to do it on her birthday), then this whole treatment thing will be just a bad memory.
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Yes, I qualify as a curmudgeon...because I do not tolerate fools or stupidity gladly. Actually, not stupdity (which I suppose can't be helped) so much as Dan (the man)'s wonderful phrase: willfully ignorant. I call it the Arrogance of Ignorance. I am agog that we seem to live in an age where people don't respect knowledge or intelligence, don't seem to know anything, don't think they HAVE to know anything, and our proud of the fact they don't know anything. And resent people who do know something. This was an attitude I continually ran into during my days in the trenches of Hollywood...dealing with people who had no knowledge of the history or the demands of their business, people supposedly nurturing dramatic material to fruition who had no skills, training, or knowledge of drama or literature.
I'm actually a pretty easy-going guy; I didn't mind fighting battles of truly creative differences. Unfortunately, most of the battles I fought were against a rudimentary lack of common sense. It was one of the few businesses where you could actually show someone how their suggestion would alter or unravel something all the way down the line and they would tell you to go and do it anyway. Battles were rarely ever about the work, but about ego, vanity, or power plays.
Unfortunately, like Druxy, I am an inveterate windmill tilter and idealist...which probably is how I managed to stay in the business as long as I did. But idealists usually become cynics. I think one of the reasons I enjoy BK and Ellison so much is I see these same things in them as myself. We're all passionate people and passion thwarted or frustrated is not a pretty thing.
Like BK, I also hate, despise people who hide behind anonymity. If you don't have the guts to put your name to your opinion, it has no value to me at all. you are a coward.
I also don't have much patience with people who think the dream is enough, but don't take the risk. Another reason I get along with BK & Harlan. We not only dared to dream, but dared to put ourselves on the chopping block for the dream. Two favourite quotes I live by are: "He that dares not grasp the thorn should never crave the rose." by Anne Bronte and "Ninety percent of talent is knowing what to do with it." by my old college theatre prof, Charles Dickens (yes, his real name). I loathe all these acceptance speeches by performers who say "if you dream hard enough it will come true." That's a bunch of malarkay to be spewing to young impressionable viewers. The dream is never enough. You have to work toward the dream. You don't become Pavlova or Olivier or Pavarotti by just dreaming and wanting to be.
I also am a curmudgeon about how people are fooled by the blatant lies of politicians and why reporters just don't call them out on that stuff right at the moment. How much news footage do we have of Dick Cheney telling bald-faced lies? Why do credible media sources even give him the air-time? His latest: torture was legal, effective, made us safer. First of all, where is the outrage that someone is trying to JUSTIFY TORTURE? Secondly, it is NOT legal. The laws against it are on the books and have been in the treaties for years, we've prosecuted and punished others who have done it. Thirdly, how many interrogation experts have to be paraded on the nightyl news to say torture doesn't elicit any valuable information and often produces misinformation. Finally, Cheney/Bush and their reviled methods have not made us safer. Under their watch, we had the greatest terrorist attack ever because they could not be bothered to read memoes entitled Bin Laden Determined to Attack the US...information they had that they didn't get from torture and they didn't or couldn't read it. After 9/11, the world was behind us, but we squandered that support and good will and further inflamed the hatred of our enemies by fighting the wrong war instead of going after the proper foe and by using methods like torture...to say nothig of winnowing away our constitution and civil liberties. Made us safer? I found the Bush administration a lot scarier and far more threatening than any terrorists.
I'm also bored with newscasts that trot out political flacks from both sides to show fairness, but all we end up with are screaming matches with both pundits merely parrotting the party talking points and,once again, no one being held accountable or being called on their bull manure. I want the truth; not debate.
I'm a curmudgeon about the loss of literature, language, and the dying art of conversation. Much of that goes, once again, to the Arrogance of Ignorance. " I can't be bothered to read a book...I have to watch eight hours of mindless reality drivel on TV...or check my facebook page eighty times a day...or talk loudly on my cell in public places to my friends about my boring mundane life." We're so busy being connected and wired...that we're missing life happening all around us. We're so awash in trivial information that were not acquiring knowledge.
Unlike BK, I learned early on in LA to mellow out in a car. There's nothing you can do about the experience of driving in LA; to rage against it will only burst a blood vessel. I used to make sure I had a lot of good music in the car and cranked up the volume.
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A BIG HHW BIRTHDAY CHEER TO DEAR READER ARNOLD M. BROCKMAN!!! ;D
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Time to go back and read the posts.
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I remember seeing "God's Little Acre" at a drive-in theater in Greenville, SC in the late 1950s. What I remember most about the film was Robert Ryan walking around his property with a divining rod and Michael Landon as an albino. I had never seen an albino before (even if I WAS born in the south).
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Today I shall apply for my passport and later attend the dress rehearsal of KISS ME KATE. I hope I survive both of these events.
I have total faith you'll make it through!
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Thursday morning greetings! I tried to sleep late this morning, but the phone kept ringing - first in my dreams, then for real. Ah, well.
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Happiest of birthdays to DR Arnold M. Brockman!
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Jose - sadly, that's approx. 80% [not a scientific number] of people I know, at least in the arts. I think human nature is to want so much to get your own ideas out and heard, that you overlap and the other person feels you haven't heard what they said. It's so rare for Person B to wait until Person A has come to a clear and full stop before adding to the conversation.
Fran Lebowitz wrote a great line: "The opposite of talking isn't listening; the opposite of talking is waiting."
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And the word of the day is: DECUSSATE!
And The Song Of The Day Is: P.S. I LOVE YOU
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In honor of our languishing film?
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And the word of the day is: DECUSSATE!
And The Song Of The Day Is: P.S. I LOVE YOU
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WRONG!! THE SONG OF THE DAY IS HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
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Curmudgeon: a surly, ill-mannered, bad-tempered person
I don't think I am a curmudgeon, and I hope never to be.
CP, I would not put you in that catagory, at least not with that definition. Most of what you say I certainly agree with (well, except I do love me some reality competition shows on occasion).
However, if we are just talking things that make us very angry, bigotry and prejudice is one such thing or outright rudeness to others.
Aside from that I can usually keep my cool very easily.
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HI! DR Edisaurus!!!!
*A splatter shield? Is bacon and/or deep-frying involved?
Something more unpleasant...think "shineola"...
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with a divining rod
Is that what they used to call it?
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I received two (count 'em) emails from the producer of a little indy film I reviewed (which actually co-stars two LOST cast members, Jon Gries and Tania Raymonde), thanking me profusely for my review. Except my review was kind of mixed. At least it wasn't a curmudgeonly email. ;)
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How nice to see you here, DR edisaurus!! :D
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At least it wasn't a curmudgeonly email.
Your restraint must have been admirable.
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I can certainly be curmudgeonly, but I never start out that way. If I am treated courteously, I inevitably respond in kind. When I am thrust up against boorishness, I will not tolerate it and I am not shy about giving it right back, and then some. I have brought several smug, self-centered people up short with this approach (most recently, the developer, who is under the impression he has the right to do/act however he pleases). It's been a running family joke that, being both Jewish and Irish, we have the Irish temper and the Jewish intellect to back it up. :)
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I will still respect you
...in the morning?
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At least it wasn't a curmudgeonly email.
Your restraint must have been admirable.
He emailed me. ;D
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DR Arnold Brockman, I hope you have a very happy birthday!!!
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Nice to be here, if only for a brief moment. Depending on what happens today, I could be spending *a lot* more time here...
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TOD:
Things that make me see red include:
In a movie theater, someone will ALWAYS sit behind me with a tub of popcorn, a large soda and two or three candy bars. This "someone" will be extra-careful about not making "too much" noise and will SLOWLY begin tearing the paper wrapper off the candy bar thereby actually drawing out the annoyance of the sound. I have been known to turn in my seat and implore said "someone" to just rip the damned wrapper off the candy bar and be done with it. This "someone" will then turn to the tub of popcorn, but will not eat from the top. No. This "someone" is a burrower. A huge tub of popcorn turns into a treasure hunt, apparently, with "someone" driving his entire hand to the very bottom of the full tub of popcorn. After several of these burrowing sessions, said "someone" then siphons off most of the soda and then begins the ritual of shaking the ice in the cup.
In traffic, especially here in the Bay Area, people will suddenly stop in the right lane, turn on the "emergency lights" on the auotmobile and then exit the car to go into a store. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can accept (grudgingly) that suppliers do this to deliver goods (most stores don't have "back alleys" or delivery doors except for the street fronts). But people who presume to be so important that they dare block an entire lane of traffic for their own personal needs should be FLAYED ALIVE!
Cell phones ringing in a theater: I WILL embarrass you loudly and clearly and you WILL run from the theater.
Cell phones on the street: Fools walking down the sidewalk laughing or yelling or cussing or whatever as if they were in an isolation booth. Should be COMMITTED.
Cell phones in stores: Morons who can barely walk and chew gum at the same time become blithering idiots in stores. Especially egregious are the ones in line whose phone calls become more important than the check-out process or the line of people behind them. I have been close to ripping a phone out of a woman's hand, throwing it to the ground and stomping it to death. Close, mind you, but not yet....no, not yet!
Cell phones in cars: It's illegal to use a handheld phone when driving in the state of California. My guess is that it was only the first few weeks of this year that law enforcement did anything remotely resembling enforcement on this issue. And the ones who continue to use handheld phones are the VERY ONES who were never able to drive correctly when talking on their cell phones. They stop at "Stop" signs and then forget what they are doing. They give turn signals and slow down to a stop but FORGET to turn because they are "elsewhere" in their thoughts. My car horn generally does the trick in getting their attention. It also elicits one-fingered salutes, too....but I am more than happy to return the greeting.
Impatient folks in busy venues: I learned long, long ago that when I enter a busy restaurant or any other establishment, I must understand that the wait will be longer than usual for service, whether it's food service or standing on line to make a purchase. I have more often been rewarded by spirited, kindly waitpersons of all persuasions who apologize, who smile and who make sure that I know I have not been forgotten even while waiting. Around me, though, is the occasional johnny-who-came-later-than-me who becomes loud and unpleasant about not having been served immediately. Sometimes, waiters attend them first just to shut them up. I'm certain these folks are those who learned early in life that if they're unpleasant enough, they will be attended to despite their inability to adapt to reality.
What really riles me, though, is when my turn has come and the waiter asks if I'm ready to order, only to discover his or her attention is drawn by an "Oh, waiter!" from another table and I find my order ISN'T about to be taken but that the waiter has walked away from me and has seemingly forgotten I was there as he raced off on some errand from a neighboring table.
And I cannot even TELL you how aggravated, disgusted and infuriated I've been (only once, but it still rankles) when, after being on line for about 10 minutes, I found myself at the head of a line and was telling the clerk what I wanted when the telephone at the clerk's position rang and the clerk answered the phone and gave priority to the caller. This "caller" got first-rate service, mind you, and for the same product I was there to buy. When the clerk finished, I was told I would have to wait while the clerk filled the order he had just taken. I asked for the manager....and, politely, went BALLISTIC. The telephone at the clerk's position was removed next time I was in the store.
Internet forums: Lord what fools some of these morons be. I've had my share of encounters. The most annoying are the ones who enter a thread and complain about the rest of us discussing the subject matter because "they" don't find it interesting and "they" don't have enough time to wade through all the discussion to determine if anything has been said that will interest them. It's a good thing I don't possess telekinetic powers.
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Hi, DR Edi! Nice to see you!
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Nice to see you, DR Edi whenever you can find time to join us. You have been missed.
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I must now head downstairs to check the mail, start fixing some lunch, and put a load of linens in the laundry.
WBBL.
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Page Four Dance!!!
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And now I'm REALLY going!™
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Well, DR DAW posted that tone generator thingy the other day, and now here's another "tone generator":
Audience Sounds (http://audiencesounds.com/index.html)
;)
*Some of the sounds are longer than others, so if you want them to stop, just push the button again.
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Love rants, keep them coming. And I don't agree and/or like that definition of curmudgeon that MBarnum found - I am not surly, nor am I ill-tempered, and yet I am a curmudgeon.
This talk of music in the car has inspired me to go attempt to have my car CD player fixed - it hasn't worked for over a year, and that IS part of my driving problem, although if I see cars endangering my life I will do everything I know to let that person know to KNOCK IT OFF. Meanwhile, hammering began a little later today, maybe 7:45 - just what they're hammering is anyone's guess, since all there is over there is earth. Maybe they're trying to wake everyone gently, because moments later the tractors began their grading work - you know, driving back and forth and forth and back over the same ground - they call it grading. I know how to grade, too - I give them an F.
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TOD:
Another theater story: I was in a theater that was, at best, two-thirds filled. I had a good seat, and no one was in front of me for about five rows.
A few minutes before the film was started, a couple sat in front of me. Directly. Not two rows, three rows, four rows or five rows ahead of me, but DIRECTLY in front of me.
There was the usual yakkity-yakking before the film started and, unfortunately, during the opening credits, but the couple settled in when the "talking" started.
An occasional comment would emanate from the man during the opening 15 minutes. The woman was much more quiet, but he was a bit loud.
Suddenly, at a moment when something crucial was happening on the screen, the man turned to the woman and said, rather loudly, "What did he say?"
I leaned forward and said: "He said you need to turn up your hearing aid!"
I said it rather loudly, too. Some laughter ensued. The man said nothing for the rest of the film.
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It's a good thing I don't possess telekinetic powers.
The mind boggles!! :)
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TOD: And, of course, what really irritates me the most is those people who necessitate my becoming a surly, ill-mannered, bad-tempered person. I'd never have been able to do that without them. ;D
And damn them all to hell for making me "be" that way!
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It's a good thing I don't possess telekinetic powers.
The mind boggles!! :)
Not at first....at first, I'd make sure you mind was intact to comprehend all the fun things I'd make you do. THEN I'd boggle your mind!
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!!sdrawkcab gnitnirp llits si retnirp yM >:(
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In other words, DR Ron Pulliam would like to thank all the little people.... :)
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Very much enjoying and recommend this novel by Elinor Lipman:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/215PT85X7lL._SL500_AA140_.jpg)
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I had yet another run-in with some yokel of the Film Score Monthly board. Now, I do think this yokel is a troll and I shouldn't have taken the bait, as he's done his dirty business in multiple Kritzerland threads and has been decimated by many people each time he does. But that doesn't stop him. He is either purposely acting like a moron (I mean a REAL moron - like something's wrong with you moron) or he IS a moron. He's said that he's an adult with children and yet he writes like he IS a child - I think the truth of the matter is he's probably a high-schooler. He's posted under five or six names, only one of which resembles his real name. He has, once again, been thrown off the board. He's accused me and others of bullying him - when asked to provide one quote - ONE quote from any post to back up the claim of bullying, he cannot. Not only can't he, but he just disappears like the little scum-sucking turd he is. After he was thrown off the board last night (which is the board owner's prerogative, not mine), I received an e-mail from his "friend." Supposedly, I was on his "ignore" list, but his "friend" would read the thread and tell him what I was posting. I think it makes for illuminating reading, given today's discussion - my response was measured, but strong and truthful. Here is what he wrote:
"I want you to know, you have lost a customer for your label. I am that friend of Kevin Sumen (BK: Kevin Sumen is not his real name, just the name he posts under, one of many), who you helped in getting kicked off of the FSM message board. It is funny how, Kevin complained about the games you play and as soon as he got kicked off, it was back to your games again (BK: By "games" he means giving FSM readers clews on our next release). I am sorry, if Kevin and I upset you in finding fault with your release, but hey, in your line of work you have to be able to take critasizm, which it seems you can not take (BK: I told him I'd be more likely to take critacizm from a person who could actually spell the word correctly. The "critacizm" consisted of telling everyone Tom Jones had a lot of distortion - it has none, not one note, which I and others pointed out to him). So, you will just piss off enough people, you will lose business. I have decided to sell Tom Jones and a few other of the Kritzerland release that I have, just because I do not agree with the way you treat people. Yes, at times Kevin stepped over the line, but most of the time you drew him over that line, but you and your high and mighty friends on FSM seem to like to do that and then go crawling and crying to Lukas and let him do your dirty work."
a) I did not have him thrown off the message board - he'd received many warnings from the owner of the board - the owner read the thread and banned him - simple as pie.
b) again, I asked him to provide one example of bullying or anyone helping the dear boy over the line. He couldn't.
c) I believe his "friend" who wrote the e-mail is, in fact, him.
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It has been written that if Jane Austen had been born about two centuries later, gone to Smith, and then palled around with Fran Lebowitz, chances are she'd have written like Elinor Lipman. :)
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I had yet another run-in with some yokel of the Film Score Monthly board. Now, I do think this yokel is a troll and I shouldn't have taken the bait, as he's done his dirty business in multiple Kritzerland threads and has been decimated by many people each time he does. But that doesn't stop him. He is either purposely acting like a moron (I mean a REAL moron - like something's wrong with you moron) or he IS a moron. He's said that he's an adult with children and yet he writes like he IS a child - I think the truth of the matter is he's probably a high-schooler. He's posted under five or six names, only one of which resembles his real name. He has, once again, been thrown off the board. He's accused me and others of bullying him - when asked to provide one quote - ONE quote from any post to back up the claim of bullying, he cannot. Not only can't he, but he just disappears like the little scum-sucking turd he is. After he was thrown off the board last night (which is the board owner's prerogative, not mine), I received an e-mail from his "friend." Supposedly, I was on his "ignore" list, but his "friend" would read the thread and tell him what I was posting. I think it makes for illuminating reading, given today's discussion - my response was measured, but strong and truthful. Here is what he wrote:
"I want you to know, you have lost a customer for your label. I am that friend of Kevin Sumen (BK: Kevin Sumen is not his real name, just the name he posts under, one of many), who you helped in getting kicked off of the FSM message board. It is funny how, Kevin complained about the games you play and as soon as he got kicked off, it was back to your games again (BK: By "games" he means giving FSM readers clews on our next release). I am sorry, if Kevin and I upset you in finding fault with your release, but hey, in your line of work you have to be able to take critasizm, which it seems you can not take (BK: I told him I'd be more likely to take critacizm from a person who could actually spell the word correctly. The "critacizm" consisted of telling everyone Tom Jones had a lot of distortion - it has none, not one note, which I and others pointed out to him). So, you will just piss off enough people, you will lose business. I have decided to sell Tom Jones and a few other of the Kritzerland release that I have, just because I do not agree with the way you treat people. Yes, at times Kevin stepped over the line, but most of the time you drew him over that line, but you and your high and mighty friends on FSM seem to like to do that and then go crawling and crying to Lukas and let him do your dirty work."
a) I did not have him thrown off the message board - he'd received many warnings from the owner of the board - the owner read the thread and banned him - simple as pie.
b) again, I asked him to provide one example of bullying or anyone helping the dear boy over the line. He couldn't.
c) I believe his "friend" who wrote the e-mail is, in fact, him.
That "person" possibly named "Kevin Sumen" (among many names he is signed up under) is a first-class putz.
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Sumen ist icumer in.
Or sumenthing like that.
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Ron's popcorn "burrowing" post put me in mind of the movie DINER. LOL...
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M-o-o-n...that spells "popcorn burrowing"!
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In other words, DR Ron Pulliam would like to thank all the little people.... :)
...and, of course, you, too, DR DAW!
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bk, I empathize with your plight. Before we moved away from Marietta, the entire neighborhood around my house (4 blocks worth) was torn down, leaving only the houses on my street intact. (Wish the city had bought mine for the price that they paid to the slumlords, who let the neighborhood deteriorate until the city felt it needed to be destroyed.)
Of course, after destroying the acres of old growth forest behind my house, the developers ran out of money. So most of the neighborhood is now a "PVC farm".
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Sumen ist icumer in.
Oh, DR JMK. I'll bet you say that to all the music history students. :)
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Ron's popcorn "burrowing"
:-X
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And I don't agree and/or like that definition of curmudgeon that MBarnum found - I am not surly, nor am I ill-tempered, and yet I am a curmudgeon.
I am just the messanger of the dictionary definition, which is why I did not think that Charles Pogue or you fit that definition. However, maybe curmudgeon has taken on additional meanings.
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Well, DR DAW posted that tone generator thingy the other day, and now here's another "tone generator":
Audience Sounds (http://audiencesounds.com/index.html)
;)
*Some of the sounds are longer than others, so if you want them to stop, just push the button again.
The barfing one has come in very handy today. Thank you!
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Well, DR DAW posted that tone generator thingy the other day, and now here's another "tone generator":
Audience Sounds (http://audiencesounds.com/index.html)
;)
*Some of the sounds are longer than others, so if you want them to stop, just push the button again.
LOL! Or push all of them and keep pushing them!
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{{{{{hugs}}}}} and ***VIBES OF ALL SORTS*** today to DR edisaurus!!!!!
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Congratulations to DR George on his new arrival.
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Well, DR DAW posted that tone generator thingy the other day, and now here's another "tone generator":
Audience Sounds (http://audiencesounds.com/index.html)
;)
*Some of the sounds are longer than others, so if you want them to stop, just push the button again.
The barfing one has come in very handy today. Thank you!
Perhaps you can make a trade with BK for the Blu-ray disc of "The Reader".
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Jose - sadly, that's approx. 80% [not a scientific number] of people I know, at least in the arts. I think human nature is to want so much to get your own ideas out and heard, that you overlap and the other person feels you haven't heard what they said. It's so rare for Person B to wait until Person A has come to a clear and full stop before adding to the conversation.
Fran Lebowitz wrote a great line: "The opposite of talking isn't listening; the opposite of talking is waiting."
Such a funny writer. When I came to New York, I loved her collected writings. Then she came in several times to the Drama Book Shop, where she was a completely ugly, rude bitch. Whenever I see her mug on LAW & ORDER I want to spit and kick things. They should build a bridge over that troll.
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Nice to be here, if only for a brief moment. Depending on what happens today, I could be spending *a lot* more time here...
I have missed you!
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TOD: And, of course, what really irritates me the most is those people who necessitate my becoming a surly, ill-mannered, bad-tempered person. I'd never have been able to do that without them. ;D
And damn them all to hell for making me "be" that way!
That's the top reason I stopped posting at r.a.t.m. I hated the way I became when I reacted to the hateful Steven Newport.
Ugh--even just typing his name make me want to slam his face into the pavement.
--See what I mean?
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It has been written that if Jane Austen had been born about two centuries later, gone to Smith, and then palled around with Fran Lebowitz, chances are she'd have written like Elinor Lipman. :)
is "palled around" a euphemism for certain preferences of Ms Lebowitz?
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Page Five Mr. Grant Dance:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/lougrant.jpg)
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TOD: And, of course, what really irritates me the most is those people who necessitate my becoming a surly, ill-mannered, bad-tempered person. I'd never have been able to do that without them. ;D
And damn them all to hell for making me "be" that way!
That's the top reason I stopped posting at r.a.t.m. I hated the way I became when I reacted to the hateful Steven Newport.
He is a hateful mess, isn't he? Along with the scourge of Manchester, Mr Farrow!
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A friend once told me about a guy he dated who once went up to Fran Lebowitz at a party and said, "I love your writing--and your sister's photography!"
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is "palled around" a euphemism for certain preferences of Ms Lebowitz?
You mean, being bitchy? ;) I certainly hope not! :)
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And speaking of Ed Asner, and the title o' the day:
(http://scifiwire.com/assets_c/2009/03/Up_RussellCarl-thumb-500x388-14156.jpg)
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TOD: And, of course, what really irritates me the most is those people who necessitate my becoming a surly, ill-mannered, bad-tempered person. I'd never have been able to do that without them. ;D
And damn them all to hell for making me "be" that way!
That's the top reason I stopped posting at r.a.t.m. I hated the way I became when I reacted to the hateful Steven Newport.
He is a hateful mess, isn't he? Along with the scourge of Manchester, Mr Farrow!
"Oh, and I read in The Times the other day--the REAL Times, of course, NOT the New York Times..."
Ass.
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TOD: And, of course, what really irritates me the most is those people who necessitate my becoming a surly, ill-mannered, bad-tempered person. I'd never have been able to do that without them. ;D
And damn them all to hell for making me "be" that way!
That's the top reason I stopped posting at r.a.t.m. I hated the way I became when I reacted to the hateful Steven Newport.
He is a hateful mess, isn't he? Along with the scourge of Manchester, Mr Farrow!
"Oh, and I read in The Times the other day--the REAL Times, of course, NOT the New York Times..."
Ass.
is "palled around" a euphemism for certain preferences of Ms Lebowitz?
You mean, being bitchy? ;) I certainly hope not! :)
Ms Austen can be quite bitchy in her writing. I was referring to sapphic rumors.
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I was referring to sapphic rumors.
I know; I was just trying to be funny. I guess I should hang up my proverbial tool belt. :)
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DR DAW, maybe if you tried uninstalling then reinstalling your printer all will be set to right.
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TOD: And, of course, what really irritates me the most is those people who necessitate my becoming a surly, ill-mannered, bad-tempered person. I'd never have been able to do that without them. ;D
And damn them all to hell for making me "be" that way!
That's the top reason I stopped posting at r.a.t.m. I hated the way I became when I reacted to the hateful Steven Newport.
Ugh--even just typing his name make me want to slam his face into the pavement.
--See what I mean?
STEVEN NEWPORT! A name that makes my skin crawl. Not one time did I ever go to that site that he didn't "own" 60% of all threads started and have something to say about the other 40%. In my disgust over this, I tried to imagine him as some sad, disabled recluse with no friends or family who had only that site on which he could communicate. I tried to imagine compassion for him.
And couldnt!
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I was referring to sapphic rumors.
I know; I was just trying to be funny. I guess I should hang up my proverbial tool belt. :)
I understand they have made those "toolbelt problems" obsolete with a special garment that hides the crack.
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Thanks, DR DtM. It may come to that. The Hewlett Packard printer software is so buggy that I hate to go that route, but I may have no other options. :-\
Oh, and guess who picked out this piece-of-s@&t printer?
HINT: not me!! :)
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Nice to be here, if only for a brief moment. Depending on what happens today, I could be spending *a lot* more time here...
I have missed you!
Ditto.
And Penny-O, too
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I love special garments.
And special varmints.
Not necessarily in that order.
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Anyone here see the 70's revival? I've heard awful stories about that one...
Yes, and, surprisingly, the creative folks made the production boring.
der Brucer
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I went back to my old Lexmark printer even after I got a "free" HP printer with the new computer we got a few years ago. The computer has been the most trouble free thing we've ever had (despite a certain propensity not to "stay" asleep), but that printer was the worst--slow, slow, slow and used incredible amounts of ink.
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I want the truth; not debate.
Generally, Truth is subjective - honest debate is a way of helping an observer arrive at the Truth.
der Brucer
Note: What we get on TV is NOT honest debate.
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Good Afternoon!
Well... I ended up taking a brief nap. And then I finally drafted an email that needs to be sent out. Hopefully, after the recipients read said email, they will not view me as being a "curmudgeon". We shall see...
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Well, DR DAW posted that tone generator thingy the other day, and now here's another "tone generator":
Audience Sounds (http://audiencesounds.com/index.html)
;)
*Some of the sounds are longer than others, so if you want them to stop, just push the button again.
The barfing one has come in very handy today. Thank you!
You're very welcome, DR edisaurus!
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I was referring to sapphic rumors.
I know; I was just trying to be funny. I guess I should hang up my proverbial tool belt. :)
I understand they have made those "toolbelt problems" obsolete with a special garment that hides the crack.
My brother, the carpenter, told me about shirts with extra long shirttails called "crack spackle".
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DR edisaurus - Btw, I can't remember if I've asked you this before, but just in case I haven't...
Have you been to Sublime Doughnuts down on 10th Street (right on the edge of Georgia Tech's campus) yet? I've been hearing and reading many, many good things about the place and their doughnuts.
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Well, DR DAW posted that tone generator thingy the other day, and now here's another "tone generator":
Audience Sounds (http://audiencesounds.com/index.html)
;)
*Some of the sounds are longer than others, so if you want them to stop, just push the button again.
LOL! Or push all of them and keep pushing them!
Just don't develop carpal tunnel syndrome! ;)
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How did I miss that? I will investigate...
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As for Steven Newport - I think I can safely - and proudly(?) - state that I have never read a post by said cretin. And if I have, it was sooooo long ago that I've forgotten the name and his offending posts.
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Since I'm so far behind (still can't figure out how to access the old notes) has anyone mentioned the new Sherman Brothers documentary? I'm dying to see it!
http://www.theboysdoc.com/
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Well, DR DAW posted that tone generator thingy the other day, and now here's another "tone generator":
Audience Sounds (http://audiencesounds.com/index.html)
;)
*Some of the sounds are longer than others, so if you want them to stop, just push the button again.
The barfing one has come in very handy today. Thank you!
Perhaps you can make a trade with BK for the Blu-ray disc of "The Reader".
I think that bk should either:
a) Find a way to deal with his emetophobia.
and/or
b) Put "The Reader" back in his BD player, and fast forward past the brief, upsetting scene. Or just go to the scene menu, and start with the second or third scene.
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Since I'm so far behind (still can't figure out how to access the old notes) has anyone mentioned the new Sherman Brothers documentary? I'm dying to see it!
http://www.theboysdoc.com/
I believe I mentioned it, but have yet to see it. Although, I think I may be doing a double feature of it this weekend with "Every Little Step".
*However, since my sleep schedule seems to be still a bit "unpredictable", I'm a little wary of going to see a movie right now for fear of sleeping through it. All that dark.
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Thanks, DR DtM. It may come to that. The Hewlett Packard printer software is so buggy that I hate to go that route, but I may have no other options. :-\
Oh, and guess who picked out this piece-of-s@&t printer?
HINT: not me!! :)
DR DAW - Did you recently install some other software on your computer that may have affected your printer settings? Have you tried printing from different programs? Do your pictures print backwards too?
Have you tried an old-fashioned "hard boot" yet? Turn the printer off, disconnect the cable from the printer to the computer, unplug the computer from the wall, wait ten minutes... Turn computer off... Reconnect and plug printer back in... Turn computer on... Hope for the best.
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I'm having one of my no-motivation days. When I express concern about it, Richard assures me that eventually I'll get bored and start creating structure for myself.
It will help when we get our house put back together. Rob and a friend are coming on Saturday to do the "heavy lifting" for us.
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And speaking of Ed Asner, and the title o' the day:
(http://scifiwire.com/assets_c/2009/03/Up_RussellCarl-thumb-500x388-14156.jpg)
UP yours ;D
der Brucer
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Oh, look at that, at least I started a new page!
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Oh, look at that, at least I started a new page!
And without motivation!
der Brucer
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bk - I'm glad you were able to get through to someone in the police department who listened to you. However, just remember, it is legal for work to take place between 7:00am and 10:00pm. Be sure that you don't become a nuisance to the police. -If anything, I think you should contact one of local TV stations, and see what advice their consumer advocates could provide you - and/or news coverage.
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How did I miss that? I will investigate...
I await the results of your investigation! :)
Sublime Doughnuts (http://www.yelp.com/biz/sublime-doughnuts-atlanta)
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And speaking of consumer advocates...
Has anyone heard from DR Danise lately?
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UP yours
I wonder if DR Ginny's DH Richard will appropriate that into his liturgy?
The Lord light up your life!
And up yours, also!
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I love special garments.
And special varmints.
Not necessarily in that order.
But do you like special varmints in your special garments? or vice versa?
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Thanks for the suggestions, DR JoseSPiano. I shall try all of them. :)
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That post did NOT refer to the post directly preceding it.
;D
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For DAW:
The Liberty Education Forum (the educational arm of Log Cabin) has launched a website called WHAT MARRIAGE MEANS (http://whatmarriagemeans.org/) dedicated to supporting the legalization of some-sex marriage in New York state.
Perhaps you'd like to contribute your thoughts.
der Brucer
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Thanks, DR dB!! I will check it out.
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UP yours
I wonder if DR Ginny's DH Richard will appropriate that into his liturgy?
The Lord light up your life!
And up yours, also!
Not if it isn't in the 1928 Book of Common Prayer!
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Well, I just sent off the email I drafted earlier. I really am hoping that it does not prompt any sort of unpleasant response, but, alas, I'm afraid it will. No vibes needed, it's just one of those things. Thankfully, it's one of those things that's backed up by a signed piece of paper.
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Are we going to have to BEG for you to tell us what it's all about or are you simply going to continue making cryptic references?
;)
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That post did NOT refer to the post directly preceding it.
;D
I'm thinking that maybe it did!!!
Why else give us cause to conjure up a visual? :D
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Let's have a rousing chorus of "Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News"!
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Mid-Day BD Wishes For DR Arnold (better late than never as they say)
and many more!
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Does jogging for 45 minutes this morning entitle me to a slice of chocolate cream pie?
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Are we going to have to BEG for you to tell us what it's all about or are you simply going to continue making cryptic references?
;)
In short: roommates, lease, security deposit.
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Let's have a rousing chorus of "Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News"!
I hate (well, actually, sort of delight) in being the curmudgeonette, BUT I just read this bad news DR RonnieP -- scientists think some volcanic activity in China caused that mass extinction millions of years ago (sorry, but I thought you'd want to know even after or in spite of that rousing chorus)
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Does jogging for 45 minutes this morning entitle me to a slice of chocolate cream pie?
One slice without whipped cream.
Or two without whipped cream.
;)
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OK...
Time to run a few errands...
Laters...
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Does jogging for 45 minutes this morning entitle me to a slice of chocolate cream pie?
Pa-shaw! One is ALWAYS entitled to a slice of chocolate cream pie ... or banana cream pie ... or Levain ... or slice of Monkey Cake ... (I believe that is DR Enabler's motto -- or one to that effect ... oui?)
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Does jogging for 45 minutes this morning entitle me to a slice of chocolate cream pie?
One slice without whipped cream.
Or two without whipped cream.
;)
Gasp!! "Without whipped cream"?!!!! Oh wait, just saw the winking icon -- whew!
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Are we going to have to BEG for you to tell us what it's all about or are you simply going to continue making cryptic references?
;)
In short: roommates, lease, security deposit.
Ahhh. I was envisioning payment-in-full from services provided.
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Let's have a rousing chorus of "Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News"!
I hate (well, actually, sort of delight) in being the curmudgeonette, BUT I just read this bad news DR RonnieP -- scientists think some volcanic activity in China caused that mass extinction millions of years ago (sorry, but I thought you'd want to know even after or in spite of that rousing chorus)
Which mass extinction?
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Never mind, Miss Karen.
I have found which mass extinction (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528142827.htm)
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If that mass extinction (of marine life) had not occurred, then who could imagine what marine life might have crawled out of the oceans and developed on land?
"We" might never have survived if some pre-volcanic-mass-extinction form of shark -- or dolphin -- had stood upright before man.
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How did I miss that? I will investigate...
I await the results of your investigation! :)
Sublime Doughnuts (http://www.yelp.com/biz/sublime-doughnuts-atlanta)
It happens to be very close to Turner, and if things keep going the way they are right now, I may be working there sooner than later!
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It gets sunny and then clouds over for awhile, then the sun comes back out. Very weird afternoon. But no rain thus far.
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Let's have a rousing chorus of "Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News"!
I hate (well, actually, sort of delight) in being the curmudgeonette, BUT I just read this bad news DR RonnieP -- scientists think some volcanic activity in China caused that mass extinction millions of years ago (sorry, but I thought you'd want to know even after or in spite of that rousing chorus)
Which mass extinction?
Uh-oh, this is gonna be a really bad news day, so you may want to sit down for this one, DR Ronnie P (unless of course you're an anti-evolutionist and find all this science stuff pipe dreams) -- As the story goes, the Earth experienced a really bad extinction -- the one about 260 million years ago called the Guadalupian Mass Extinction (the one they now think was caused by a Chinese volcano) ...
...and more bad news if you're a Betty fan, Archie finally picked Veronica (she got the ring after 65 years)....
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I recorded LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT from last night thinking it was the same as last Sunday's broadcast on USA, but it wasn't. It was the Norbert Leo Butz episode from two weeks ago, so I deleted it.
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So, while I ate lunch, I watched an episode from the NCIS Season 5 box set. This was the one with a couple trying to hide the fact they had paid for a surrogate mother to carry their baby after the baby got stolen. A bit off the beaten path for NCIS, but it was still entertaining.
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UP yours
I wonder if DR Ginny's DH Richard will appropriate that into his liturgy?
The Lord light up your life!
And up yours, also!
UP yours
I wonder if DR Ginny's DH Richard will appropriate that into his liturgy?
The Lord light up your life!
And up yours, also!
UP YOUR HONOR, BIT BY BIT
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Mid-Day BD Wishes For DR Arnold (better late than never as they say)
and many more!
THANK YOU DR MISS KAREN
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Then I began on my work project: CANNON, Season 2, Volume 1. I was able to get three entire episodes watched plus half of a fourth one. (There are 12 episodes in the set). None so far have been first rate procedurals; I don't think CANNON was as slick or as exciting as HAWAII FIVE-O, so the episodes aren't as much fun to watch as those.
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Among the guest stars in the four episodes I've watched thus far today: Michael Tolan, Larry Linville, Richard Hatch, Lloyd Bochner, Jessica Walter, and Robert Webber.
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Which mass extinction?
Efforts of the Reformation?
der Brucer
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One thing I found very interesting. In the third episode, Micky Dolenz played one of Lloyd Bochner's henchmen. Only Micky wasn't listed among the guest stars in the episode. He was relegated to bottom first page billing after the episode concluded. What a shock! Starring in a network series for a couple of years and then a couple of years later, he can't even rate guest star billing on a network series.
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With nothing coming on TV tonight for me to watch, looks like I'll get five or six more of these watched today. That should make it very easy to finish up with the set tomorrow.
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I did get my box set of THE CLOSER in the mail today. (Not to review; I bought it for pleasure.)
I did get the Blu-ray of THE SEVENTH SEAL from Criterion in the mail today, but it doesn't come out for a few weeks, so I won't be starting on it until I get at least one more TV box set finished. The next one up is Benjamin Bratt's A&E series THE CLEANER which should be fun to watch since I've never seen a single episode.
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And I'll add my felicitations to DR Arnold B.
der Brucer
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Well, hopefully I don't jinx things by mentioning this, but though official contracts are not signed, we did manage to get Dave Frishberg for the second season of Rave in the Nave. I hope any of you left coasters might consider coming to Portland on November 21 for this very rare concert opportunity (and cheap, too, at $15). Dave is about to play the Feinstein Room for a few days in NYC, where the cost will be significantly more than $15 ;), and then he's off to Chicago and other points east. I'm really, really excited about this--I've loved Dave since I was a kid and he played with the TJB, and I adore his sides with Lani Hall, which are among the best things she did post B66. And of course Dave was best friends with BK's close personal acquaintance, the late Julius Wechter (though Dave told me he doesn't think he's ever met you, BK).
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Are we going to have to BEG for you to tell us what it's all about or are you simply going to continue making cryptic references?
;)
I'm guessing late payment/final check.
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THANK YOU FOR THE WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY WISHES
GINNY
KERRY
JMK
M. BARNUM
MATT H,
and The 1st HHW GOD(Now Classified as HERO MEMBER) RON PULLIAM
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TOD:
Manipulators -- (just tell me what you want, and I'll tell you if I want to do it or not)
Stupid drivers -- (i.e. -- slow drivers, dangerous drivers, idiot drivers)
Buttinskis -- (people who cut in line -- well, in general, people who think they are entitled -- divas)
Unreliables -- (people who don't keep their word/won't do what they tell you they will do)
When working at the theatre:
Divas!
Mess Pots (folks who don't leave things as they find them -- leave a mess for you to clean up)
Folks who move, play with, or take (steal) other folks' props/costumes (especially after you tell them your golden rule is "don't mess with other people's stuff")
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Thank You DR DER BRUCER For Your Birthday Wishes
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Are we going to have to BEG for you to tell us what it's all about or are you simply going to continue making cryptic references?
;)
In short: roommates, lease, security deposit.
I wasn't even close. Speaking of Mr Farrow and Mr Newport, they sure dislike our occasional DR Noel!
I got back from the grocery with heavy bags of groceries, and while I was waiting for the elevator to come down to the first floor I dropped one of the bags and ended up with $10 worth of broken jars, a lot of groceries bathed in applesauce, jelly, and other things, and all because the rude shits on the upper floor of my building are not considerate enough to send the elevator back down when they get off on their floor. This has been a frustration for 30 years but the elevator cannot be programmed to return to the first floor and, while there have been too many times in 30 years I've waitied - as other tenants have - with arms ful of laundry, grocieries, other shopping bags, or books, this is the first time I've ended up dropping something and breaking it. Pisses me off.
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Why the hell is my computer suddenly running so slowly in the past two days? Is it the rain? Spyware? Too many porn downloads?
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- with arms ful of laundry, grocieries, other shopping bags, or books, this is the first time I've ended up dropping something and breaking it. Pisses me off.
Is there no room for a table by the elevator on which to set parcels while waiting?
der Brucer
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I guess I'll do some writing and then head back down for more adventure with Frank Cannon.
WBBL.
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- with arms ful of laundry, grocieries, other shopping bags, or books, this is the first time I've ended up dropping something and breaking it. Pisses me off.
Is there no room for a table by the elevator on which to set parcels while waiting?
der Brucer
Not all New York apartments are as fantastic as those in sitcoms. No table, no ledge, nada.
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Still trying to figure out how to read bk's notes from days past. Anyone?
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- with arms ful of laundry, grocieries, other shopping bags, or books, this is the first time I've ended up dropping something and breaking it. Pisses me off.
Is there no room for a table by the elevator on which to set parcels while waiting?
der Brucer
Not all New York apartments are as fantastic as those in sitcoms. No table, no ledge, nada.
In one of the buildings my uncles owned on W. 11th where I used to stay it had one of those inner "cage" doors on the elevator, and the elevator would not come hither if the cage were not completely closed. Which meant if you pressed the call button and nothing happened, you had to walk up flights of stairs to track down what floor the damned thing was on, close the cage, and then go back down and wait for it. (Little joke there).
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I've just been perusing the talent agency that handles Frishberg. Interesting clientele, everyone from Eldar to Jessica Molaskey.
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And speaking of Ed Asner, and the title o' the day:
(http://scifiwire.com/assets_c/2009/03/Up_RussellCarl-thumb-500x388-14156.jpg)
And the LATIMES (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/reviews/la-et-up29-2009may29,0,7848392.story) says it's one of Pixar's best!
(http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-05/47176654.jpg)
der Brucer
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Still trying to figure out how to read bk's notes from days past. Anyone?
Go to TODAY'S NOTES (http://haineshisway.com/) click on "Column Archives" - a link at the left under unseemly Linkage.
der Brucer
Edited by JMK
Link fixed.
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- with arms ful of laundry, grocieries, other shopping bags, or books, this is the first time I've ended up dropping something and breaking it. Pisses me off.
Is there no room for a table by the elevator on which to set parcels while waiting?
der Brucer
Not all New York apartments are as fantastic as those in sitcoms. No table, no ledge, nada.
Well then, hand the parcels to the Concierge.
der Brucer
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Still trying to figure out how to read bk's notes from days past. Anyone?
Go to TODAY'S NOTES (http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-05/47176654.jpg) click on "Column Archieves" - a link at the left under unseemly Linkage.
der Brucer
BK is a column archiever.
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Still trying to figure out how to read bk's notes from days past. Anyone?
Go to TODAY'S NOTES (http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-05/47176654.jpg) click on "Column Archieves" - a link at the left under unseemly Linkage.
der Brucer
BK is a column archiever.
I can't follow "i before e" without the damn "e".
der Brucer
Archgyver - rhymes with MacGyver
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Page Eight? At three o'clock in the afternoon on the Left Coast? What is the occasion?
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As promised, here is your advance chance to get the new Kritzerland soundtrack release - it's a goody and I guarantee you it will be an instant sellout.
“I’M GONNA TELL YOU ‘BOUT GOD’S LITTLE ACRE”
Kritzerland is proud to present its newest limited edition CD – the original motion picture soundtrack from God’s Little Acre, with a score by Elmer Bernstein.
God’s Little Acre, Anthony Mann’s 1958 film from the classic and controversial novel by Erskine Caldwell (Mr. Caldwell was arrested and tried for obscenity – he won the case and the book became infamous), is a wonderfully-filmed slice of ripe Southern melodrama starring Aldo Ray, Tina Louise, and Robert Ryan. The sultry poster, showing a bare-chested Ray standing next to the incredibly sexy and provocatively clad Louise certainly got people into the theater and it probably helped United Artists Records sell a few records, too.
Elmer Bernstein created one of his early classics with his score to God’s Little Acre. From its infectious title song to the Americana-filled tonal colors, to the cues dripping with lush and gorgeous themes, Bernstein makes the film seethe with sensuality, humor, and pathos. It’s a great score and one that has, for whatever reasons, taken a long time to come to CD.
Beautifully mastered for CD from the album masters, God’s Little Acre is an aural delight and a must-have for any film score aficionado or Bernstein fan. In addition to the LP presentation, we’re very pleased to announce that we’ve found ten additional minutes of score cues, which were taken from Mr. Bernstein’s archival tapes, and we’ve included these cues as a bonus suite. Very much in his 1950s/early 1960s mode, no one did this kind of score better than Elmer Bernstein – in fact, he probably wrote the book on this kind of score.
This release is limited to 1000 copies only. The price is $19.98 plus shipping.
(http://i42.tinypic.com/21omv5w.jpg)
If that is the CD cover, I am sure you already sold a copy to MBarnum (oh, and to me!)
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Happy Birthday DR Arnold Brockman!
"P.S.: We Love You"!
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Congrats to DR GEORGE on his new computer!
Thanks, JRand!
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Still trying to figure out how to read bk's notes from days past. Anyone?
You have to reach the "Column Archives" section through the Front Page of the site:
it took me a while to figure that out myself ... some time ago!
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Good morning, all! I predict that DR MBarnum will buy several copies of the CD, one for each room of his home and the car and office.
More MOST HAPPY FELLA today, after I pay some bills. I also see a trip to the market in my immediate future.
I have no reason to narrate tales of my curmudgeonly behavior. There are too many witnesses doing it for me.
I was going to ask the conductor from Hell.........
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I'm hoping that by the end of the day, that we'll have a new roommate or two.
Why, are you going to the reservoir?
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY
TO DEAR READER AND DEAR MAN
ARNOLD M. BROCKMAN!
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PAGE TWO CLASSIC CURMUDGEON DANCE!!
(http://www.mises.org/images4/scrooge.jpg)
Kerry's hair was longer then.
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That stupid sticky seal on CDs and DVDs that doesn't come off completely
Hear, hear!! ;D
How to Remove Stickers. With Video! Many common household items will help you remove stickers and adhesive-backed price tags from a variety of ...
www.ehow.com/video_13445_remove-stickers.html
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I have no reason to narrate tales of my curmudgeonly behavior. There are too many witnesses doing it for me.
And you have your memoirs to write. ;)
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Jose - sadly, that's approx. 80% [not a scientific number] of people I know, at least in the arts. I think human nature is to want so much to get your own ideas out and heard, that you overlap and the other person feels you haven't heard what they said. It's so rare for Person B to wait until Person A has come to a clear and full stop before adding to the conversation.
Why should they? Then it is a lecture, not a conversation.
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I have no reason to narrate tales of my curmudgeonly behavior. There are too many witnesses doing it for me.
And you have your memoirs to write. ;)
Indeed! And what memoirs them was!
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You know, I might just need to watch the DVD of GOD'S LITTLE ACRE that I bought eons ago, then I will know if I like the music enough to buy the CD.
PS: I still think Albert Glasser would be a good seller...but maybe that is just me.
PPS: When I used to be in contact with Mr. Glasser back in the 1980s he had all his music on reel to reel, if I recall correctly.
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"Cell phones ringing in a theater: I WILL embarrass you loudly and clearly and you WILL run from the theater."
Yes, but does not that make things worse for the other folks IN THE AUDIENCE?!
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The God's Little Acre music is divoon - it's primo Elmer Bernstein during his greatest period. I'm listening to it now - it sounds great, too.
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Here is the Nudie Musical updated press release.
The First Nudie Musical, a new musical based on the hit cult film from the 1970s comes to the stage in a two-night only staged reading as part of the LA Festival of New Musicals.
The First Nudie Musical, the film, came out in 1976 to much critical acclaim. It became an instant cult film and it was one of the first films to hit cable TV, where it was hugely successful for many years. Unlike most of the recent film to stage adaptations, Nudie started life as a film musical, so adapting it for the stage seemed to be a natural.
The First Nudie Musical has a book by Bruce Kimmel and David Wechter, and music and lyrics by Bruce Kimmel (Kimmel wrote, co-directed, and starred in the film, along with Cindy Williams, Stephen Nathan, and Diana Canova). In addition to the songs from the film, there are eleven new numbers.
The staged reading will be directed by Bruce Kimmel, with choreography by Adam Cates. Cason Murphy is producing. Starring will be Ted Detwiler (Sordid Lives), Niki Scalera (B'way's Hairspray and Tarzan), Michael Irish (The Brain From Planet X), Sharon McNight (Starmites), Alet Taylor (The Producers), Barry Pearl (Grease, the Movie), Marlene Martinez, Jenna Romano, Dimas Diaz, and others. John Randall (Jersey Boys, American Idol tour) is musical director.
This free two-night only event will take place on June 15 and 16 at 7:30 at the NoHo Arts Center.
Early reservations are advised (seating is limited) and can be made by e-mailingnudiemusical@gmail.com or calling 323 599-7343.
For more information on the LA Festival of New American Musicals please visitwww.lafestival.org
The NoHo Arts Center is at 11136 Magnolia Blvd. North Hollywood, CA 91601
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I remember some weeks back the disgust that BK had when he saw a lady jogger who had the word "pink" written across hear pants seat.
I am looking out the window at the firemen who are attending to something or other. One of the fireman is bent over getting something out of his tool chest and I have noticed that he has the word "Salem" written across his pants seat.
However, it is not bothering me in the least.
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If I were an actor I would sure hate to be billed as "and others"
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Nice to be here, if only for a brief moment. Depending on what happens today, I could be spending *a lot* more time here...
I know that is supposed to be the dire result, but personally, I would be thrilled.
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Good Evening!
I remember some weeks back the disgust that BK had when he saw a lady jogger who had the word "pink" written across hear pants seat.
I am looking out the window at the firemen who are attending to something or other. One of the fireman is bent over getting something out of his tool chest and I have noticed that he has the word "Salem" written across his pants seat.
However, it is not bothering me in the least.
Thanks, DR MBarnum. I needed that. :)
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How did I miss that? I will investigate...
I await the results of your investigation! :)
Sublime Doughnuts (http://www.yelp.com/biz/sublime-doughnuts-atlanta)
It happens to be very close to Turner, and if things keep going the way they are right now, I may be working there sooner than later!
Oh, goody, goody!
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Still trying to figure out how to read bk's notes from days past. Anyone?
Go to TODAY'S NOTES (http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-05/47176654.jpg) click on "Column Archives" - a link at the left under unseemly Linkage.
der Brucer
Edited by JMK
Thank you!
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T.O.D.
FOUR WORDS!
(IDIOTS. AND. CELL. PHONES.)
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Errands done, and now I'm pondering my dinner choices.
It's been very gray/grey and misty here in NYC this afternoon. I had to run around Union Square for a bit, and the atmosphere - literally - seemed almost Fall-like. But still no out and out rain(fall).
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How did I miss that? I will investigate...
I await the results of your investigation! :)
Sublime Doughnuts (http://www.yelp.com/biz/sublime-doughnuts-atlanta)
It happens to be very close to Turner, and if things keep going the way they are right now, I may be working there sooner than later!
Oh, goody, goody!
I haven't decided if Amy's "there" is Turner or the Doughnut Shop.
der Brucer
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Congratulations to DR George on his new arrival.
And thank you!
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is "palled around" a euphemism for certain preferences of Ms Lebowitz?
You mean, being bitchy? ;) I certainly hope not! :)
I think he meant butchy.
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TOD:
Things that get me curmudgeony:
Spam e-mail with the badly spelt sex words
Oooo...the worst. ;)
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Good Afternoon!
Well... I ended up taking a brief nap. And then I finally drafted an email that needs to be sent out. Hopefully, after the recipients read said email, they will not view me as being a "curmudgeon". We shall see...
I haven't received it yet!
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I'm off to my first presentation/meeting. I've taken my business cards (which I rarely use) and I'll be MIA until about 3pm.
Mia, Ava...
Mia, Abba...
Mia, Oona...
Mia, Ida...
Mia, Uta...
Uma, Oprah...
Oprah, Uma...
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....I tend to be nonconfrontational. I usually just walk away or ignore irritating people or situations.
This is me...all the time. ::)
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For DAW:
The Liberty Education Forum (the educational arm of Log Cabin) has launched a website called WHAT MARRIAGE MEANS (http://whatmarriagemeans.org/) dedicated to supporting the legalization of some-sex marriage in New York state.
Perhaps you'd like to contribute your thoughts.
der Brucer
You mean...there's a specific marriage option for people who only sometimes have sex?? :o
;)
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bk - I'm glad you were able to get through to someone in the police department who listened to you. However, just remember, it is legal for work to take place between 7:00am and 10:00pm. Be sure that you don't become a nuisance to the police.
.................................i.e.: a curmudgeon
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Today is also my sister's birthday. She has two more chemo treatments to go (one was rescheduled for tomorrow, since she didn't want to have to do it on her birthday), then this whole treatment thing will be just a bad memory.
A Very Happy Birthday for DR Laura's Dear Sister!!
~~~Continued Recovery Vibes for DR Laura's Dear Sister!!~~~
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For DAW:
The Liberty Education Forum (the educational arm of Log Cabin) has launched a website called WHAT MARRIAGE MEANS (http://whatmarriagemeans.org/) dedicated to supporting the legalization of some-sex marriage in New York state.
Perhaps you'd like to contribute your thoughts.
der Brucer
Some-sex marriage? I think I had one of those.
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Remember when the Professor and Mary Ann were billed as "and the rest' in the Gilligan's Island theme song?
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Remember when the Professor and Mary Ann were billed as "and the rest' in the Gilligan's Island theme song?
Thank you, Tina Louise. ::)
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...and more bad news if you're a Betty fan, Archie finally picked Veronica (she got the ring after 65 years)....
Interestingly, we state workers were discussing this very hot topic throughout the work day. Strangely, all conversation ceased when I said that the Archie characters are exactly the same as the Dobie Gillis characters.
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Something for Ben's Ant, or any fans of animals on trips and strong, famous children:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN_oDdGmKyA
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How did I miss that? I will investigate...
I await the results of your investigation! :)
Sublime Doughnuts (http://www.yelp.com/biz/sublime-doughnuts-atlanta)
It happens to be very close to Turner, and if things keep going the way they are right now, I may be working there sooner than later!
Oh, goody, goody!
I haven't decided if Amy's "there" is Turner or the Doughnut Shop.
der Brucer
At this point, either would be fine...
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Remember when the Professor and Mary Ann were billed as "and the rest' in the Gilligan's Island theme song?
Very much so...it's a catch phrase around our house.
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Well, I need to leave now. Tonight (actually, in about 30 minutes), the Washington Center for the Performing Arts is having their annual volunteer appreciation night (with free food!!) where they also announce their next season. It'll be a fun night! Fortunately, it won't last too long into the night. I think that I'll be able to unpack my computer and make sure that it runs when I get home. I still will need to clean off my desk, but that won't happen tonight.
Until later!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY ARNOLD M BROCKMAN!!!!!!
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Still trying to figure out how to read bk's notes from days past. Anyone?
Go to TODAY'S NOTES (http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-05/47176654.jpg) click on "Column Archives" - a link at the left under unseemly Linkage.
der Brucer
Edited by JMK
I don't know if that was useful to edisaurus for when I click on the link ... I get a picture from UP!
Btw, in the French version of UP (Not yet released) the old man is voiced by Charles Aznavour.
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Errands done, and now I'm pondering my dinner choices.
It's been very gray/grey and misty here in NYC this afternoon. I had to run around Union Square for a bit, and the atmosphere - literally - seemed almost Fall-like. But still no out and out rain(fall).
It was 76 today in Tacoma, and it is supposed to be 80 tomorrow.
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Our humidity has finally broken and our kitchen chairs are no longer sticking to the floor.
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I'm watching the national spelling bee finals - these kids are smart!
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"...and the rest" is an oft-repeated punchline chez Kauffman.
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Our humidity has finally broken and our kitchen chairs are no longer sticking to the floor.
Is that because of the humidity or smoke damage from last night's cooking?
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Thank you, George.
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Our humidity has finally broken and our kitchen chairs are no longer sticking to the floor.
Is that because of the humidity or smoke damage from last night's cooking?
LOL!
We were enduring the humidity in order to have the windows open to let the smoke out.
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I'm watching the national spelling bee finals - these kids are smart!
Me Too!
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I'm watching, that is. I would hate to be the first out out of the finals.
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I wonder how they decided who gets an intro and who doesn't
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I want to watch and I want to play with my new Wii. Decisions decisions
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Bird lovers should watch out for psittacosis
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The pronouncer sounds like Will Shortz, but it's not him.
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I was a judge at a middle school spelling bee more than 20 years ago. The hardest part was hearing those nervous spellers over the raucous audience members.
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Still trying to figure out how to read bk's notes from days past. Anyone?
Go to TODAY'S NOTES (http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-05/47176654.jpg) click on "Column Archives" - a link at the left under unseemly Linkage.
der Brucer
Edited by JMK
I don't know if that was useful to edisaurus for when I click on the link ... I get a picture from UP!
Btw, in the French version of UP (Not yet released) the old man is voiced by Charles Aznavour.
Me too, but I found it via the description. I don't know why I didn't figure that out before, but then again, I don't know a lot of things.
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I did a lot of errands and whatnot. That's about it. I'll now get ready to over to The Smoke House. I still have a few charts to correct - they came in yesterday and today - just a couple, though. And I still have to give him the audition sequence songs and the Dick Davis songs, but those aren't even half a page each - I'll probably record them for him when I'm at his place tomorrow and then he can just do them.
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I had some rice pudding for lunch - saving my real meal for The Smoke House, although I don't intend to eat all that much - maybe a shrimp cocktail and a bowl of clam chowder - that would do me just fine.
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A Very Happy Birthday for DR Laura's Dear Sister!!
~~~Continued Recovery Vibes for DR Laura's Dear Sister!!~~~
Indeed!
I meant to post this earlier, but forgot. :(
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Congrats to my DN Adam who just accepted a job in Vosseteig, WIsconsin
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DR Jose has many tales of guesioleptic foods
Are you sure you spelled that correctly? It's not coming in Google. ;)
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Congrats to my DN Adam who just accepted a job in Vosseteig, WIsconsin
Congrats to DR Cillaliz's DN Adam! Cheese curds for everyone!
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DR Jose has many tales of guesioleptic foods
Are you sure you spelled that correctly? It's not coming in Google. ;)
That's how it was spelled on tv. I couldn't find it either so I deleted the post. It meant pleasant tasting
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DR Jose has many tales of guesioleptic foods
Are you sure you spelled that correctly? It's not coming in Google. ;)
That's how it was spelled on tv. I couldn't find it either so I deleted the post. It meant pleasant tasting
There was no need to delete. We don't need so stinkin' deletin'.
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As if driver's license photos weren't bad enough already...
As if It Needed to, Virginia Bans Smiles at the DMV (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/27/AR2009052703627.html?hpid=topnews)
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DR Jose has many tales of guesioleptic foods
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I reposted it
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Speaking of pleasant tasting... :D
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41MzwD%2Bt-lL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
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The sentences are really funny this year
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Thanks for the tips on sticker removal, DR François!!!! :)
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Congratulations to Adam, DN of DR Cillaliz!!
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The sentences are really funny this year
And who said those Federal judges didn't have a sense of humor? :)
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Not sure if blancmange sounds too tasty but it could be
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The sentences are really funny this year
And who said those Federal judges didn't have a sense of humor? :)
I was speaking of the Bee ;)
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I had some rice pudding for lunch - saving my real meal for The Smoke House, although I don't intend to eat all that much - maybe a shrimp cocktail and a bowl of clam chowder - that would do me just fine.
And the GARLIC BREAD!!!!
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"It was often difficult to tell whose toga was whose in the apodyterium" This is one of the sentences
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I was speaking of the Bee
And he appreciates the free publicity!
(http://blogs.theage.com.au/schembri/bee.jpg)
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Congratulations to Adam, DN of DR Cillaliz!!
Thanks
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This sounds like a great fit for Adam and family. Here's the town http://viroqua-wisconsin.com/ They are very excited about it
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I kept expecting that kid on the spelling bee to say "She gets simnel, I get passacaglia?"
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This sounds like a great fit for Adam and family. Here's the town http://viroqua-wisconsin.com/ They are very excited about it
Great news for Adam! We have developed quite a fondness for Wisconsin since Richard started his seminary program there 3 years ago.
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I was just posting on ATC that the sentences this year seem very influenced humor-wise by the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee musical's sentences.
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Nice news for Cilla's family
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This sounds like a great fit for Adam and family. Here's the town http://viroqua-wisconsin.com/ They are very excited about it
Great news for Adam! We have developed quite a fondness for Wisconsin since Richard started his seminary program there 3 years ago.
Thanks Ginny, the town sounds pretty great
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Nice news for Cilla's family
Thanks FJL
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I give good plaidoyer
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"Blancmange is guesioleptic."
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Wasn't "I'm checking out, goombay" a Duke Ellington song?
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"Blancmange is guesioleptic."
:D
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I give good plaidoyer
Watch your phraseology, DR Cillaliz!
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I give good plaidoyer
Watch your phraseology, DR Cillaliz!
Perhaps I should look for an alternate definition before I make such statements!
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Why on Earth would anyone want to be on the show Wipe Out? It's too painful for me to even watch
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I think I saw The Capitol Steps perform in the room where the spelling bee is being held.
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Well, I know I saw The Capitol Steps (right before GWB's first inauguration) and I'm pretty sure it was in that same room.
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A Very Happy Birthday for DR Laura's Dear Sister!!
~~~Continued Recovery Vibes for DR Laura's Dear Sister!!~~~
Indeed!
I meant to post this earlier, but forgot. :(
Ditto!
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Now we're talking food. Neufchatel
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As if driver's license photos weren't bad enough already...
As if It Needed to, Virginia Bans Smiles at the DMV (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/27/AR2009052703627.html?hpid=topnews)
And in Washington State they will just shoot you with pepper spray and then say "Cheese."
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Oh! Happy Birthday to DR Laura's sister and many vibes for a continued recovery
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Thank you, DAW and Cillaliz.
And congratulations to your nephew Adam!
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Congraulations, DN Adam!
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Thank you, DAW and Cillaliz.
And congratulations to your nephew Adam!
Thanks DR Laura....don't miss TCB..his greeting reminded me
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Congraulations, DN Adam!
Thanks. I'll tell him to stop by
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G'night!
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Speaking of smiling, are you guys allowed to smile on your passport photos. We used to be. But we aren't allowed to smile anymore.
personally i think you should be allowed to smile.
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I always smile on my drivers license. Oh, I get a new one this summer. I'll see if they let me smile
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Wishes and recovery vibes to Laura's sister
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Thank you! Thank you! To all of the well-wishers. I sure appreciate the enthusiastic congrats and support! It means a lot.
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"Enough of this low carb madness bring me the palatschinken"
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Thank you, DAW and Cillaliz.
And congratulations to your nephew Adam!
Thanks DR Laura....don't miss TCB..his greeting reminded me
Thanks, TCB!
(I missed it among the quote boxes. Sorry)
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As I posted elsewhere, I kept expecting "Caerfilly, caerfilly, caerfilly, the word that's hard to get."
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Hi Adam! Are you watching the National Spelling Bee?
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I love "Wa What does it mean?" rather than definition
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You say "rare-dos" and I say "reer-dos" - almost a song
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"Te adoro, antonomasia" (almost a West side Stoy reference)
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I was thinking more along the lines of Guantanamera
Antonomasia
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"Te adoro, antonomasia" (almost a West side Stoy reference)
Can I have a definition of Stoy?
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As if driver's license photos weren't bad enough already...
As if It Needed to, Virginia Bans Smiles at the DMV (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/27/AR2009052703627.html?hpid=topnews)
And in Washington State they will just shoot you with pepper spray and then say "Cheese."
Or "Neufchatel"!
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Cilla - That's so funny, I was just singing Guantanamera to Skip.
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I suppose I am now officially a c.h.i.t. Cheese Head in Training!
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Well, i did say it was ALMOST a West side Stoy reference. :)
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Hi Adam! Are you watching the National Spelling Bee?
Are you kidding? After Rebecca Sealfon spelled "euonym" in 1997 I never miss it!
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Cilla - That's so funny, I was just singing Guantanamera to Skip.
Now you can sing him antonomasia :D
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I suppose I am now officially a c.h.i.t. Cheese Head in Training!
:D
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The spellers remind us of the kids Richard used to teach.
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A single upright monolith....called menhir (pronounced men here) LOL
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I missed the Y on Phoresy
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Time to play Wii!!
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For DAW:
The Liberty Education Forum (the educational arm of Log Cabin) has launched a website called WHAT MARRIAGE MEANS (http://whatmarriagemeans.org/) dedicated to supporting the legalization of some-sex marriage in New York state.
Perhaps you'd like to contribute your thoughts.
der Brucer
You mean...there's a specific marriage option for people who only sometimes have sex?? :o
;)
Well, so much for spell-checkers :(
der Brucer
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I don't know if that was useful to edisaurus for when I click on the link ... I get a picture from UP!
Thanx - I fixed the link.
der Brucer
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Well, I'll be darned! We DID have another rain shower early this evening. Around 6 p.m. and it lasted for about half an hour. Really cooled things down.
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I managed to finish the episode of CANNON that I had only gotten halfway through. Then, I watched six more episodes. That leaves me with two remaining episodes which I'll be able to get to easily tomorrow.
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I had to make my heart be still for a little while when George Maharis appeared as the guest star on one of the episodes. And he was beautifully dressed and the early 70s TV color was very flattering to him.
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Among the other guest stars in the episodes I watched: Patrick O'Neal, Belinda Montgomery, Mike Farrell, Sheree North, Phyllis Thaxter, Rosemary Murphy. Dana Elcar, Stephanie Powers, Robert Mandan, Max Gail, Kathleen Freeman, Clu Gulagher, Julie Adams, and Lois Nettleton.
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I'm thinking that maybe after I finish those two CANNON episodes tomorrow, I'll take the rest of the day off. I haven't had a day off in several weeks.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY ARNOLD M BROCKMAN!!!!!!
Thank You Cillaliz
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Happy Birthday DR Arnold Brockman!
"P.S.: We Love You"!
Back To You.Thank You Francois
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Any cake and ice cream today, Arnold Brockman?
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY
TO DEAR READER AND DEAR MAN
ARNOLD M. BROCKMAN!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH DR TCB
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I must write for a bit and then head downstairs to bed.
Good night!
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Well... I need to start winding down from the day myself. I'm hoping to head out in the morning to run a couple of errands, and then spend a few hours back here at the apartment working on some stuff. And, then, hopefully, get a jump start on my weekend. Whatever that means. ;)
Goodnight.
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Any cake and ice cream today, Arnold Brockman?
Interesting...you have nothing to say 'til you get wind of treats :)
der Brucer
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Back from a mostly fun get-together. There was some unnecessary drama when I arrived, having to do with best pal Nick and a well-known member of the film music label community - lots of acrimony between them, but Nick took the high road when he was verbally attacked as soon as he entered the room - Julie Kirgo, Nick and I went to the bar, and then I had a little chat with the offending fellow and told him he was just making himself look like a petulant child. He stopped and the evening proceeded well. Lots of fun folks there from various film music labels. We were given entree choices so I had a small piece of prime rib and a potato and it was very good. Also about five pieces of garlic cheese bread, which was as good as it's ever been. And it finally met Craig Spaulding, the man who owns and runs the online store Screen Archives Entertainment - I've known him since Bay Cities, but we'd never met. Great guy and we really hit it off beautifully. He also told me how many God's Little Acres he was taking - it's basically sold out right now - I'll have just enough to fill my usual orders.
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Oy! I didn't realize I had been playing my Wii for 2 1/2 hours tonight. It's great fun and I think it will be great exercise, but I wondered why it kept saying "Do you think you need to take a break" lol. I'll be sore tomorrow
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Any cake and ice cream today, Arnold Brockman?
Interesting...you have nothing to say 'til you get wind of treats :)
der Brucer
Well, I live a dull life. I get my thrills where I can.
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- with arms ful of laundry, grocieries, other shopping bags, or books, this is the first time I've ended up dropping something and breaking it. Pisses me off.
Is there no room for a table by the elevator on which to set parcels while waiting?
der Brucer
Not all New York apartments are as fantastic as those in sitcoms. No table, no ledge, nada.
Which meant if you pressed the call button and nothing happened, you had to walk up flights of stairs to track down what floor the damned thing was on, close the cage, and then go back down and wait for it. (Little joke there).
TEE-nincy...itsy BITsy....small...wee...
;)
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I done gone and turned to page 13.
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Good evening.
13 pages, wow.
Must now read, what's going on today ?
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Great posts.
This curmudgeon must go to sleep.
Wonderful Friday for us all. ;)
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And looking forward to the weekend. Yea.
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Congrats to my DN Adam who just accepted a job in Vosseteig, WIsconsin
Very good news! :D
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Well, I need to leave now. Tonight (actually, in about 30 minutes), the Washington Center for the Performing Arts is having their annual volunteer appreciation night (with free food!!) where they also announce their next season. It'll be a fun night! Fortunately, it won't last too long into the night. I think that I'll be able to unpack my computer and make sure that it runs when I get home. I still will need to clean off my desk, but that won't happen tonight.
Until later!
Tonight's volunteer appreciation dinner was quite fun! There was a dinner from a local restaurant that was quite good (Thai peanut salad, chicken or beef kabobs, vegetarian spring rolls, California rolls, etc.) and they announced their next season! The highlights are:
- The Paul Taylor Dance Company (http://www.ptdc.org/)
- An Evening with Groucho with Frank Ferrante (I'm assuming that this is an updated version of his Groucho: A Life in Revue (http://www.castalbumdb.com/rec.cfm?RNumber=1553)...I have this CD)
- Kate Clinton ;D
- An evening (or workshop or something) with Eric Michael Gillett (http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=42185)
- Late Nite Catechism II
- Ribbon of Highway (http://www.ribbonofhighway.com/)
- Capitol Steps (http://www.capsteps.com/)
- AVENUE Q!!
- Ladysmith Black Mambazo (http://www.mambazo.com/)
- The Celtic Tenors
- Cats (I've never seen this live)
- Philip Glass
- Pat Metheny
- The Seattle Men's Chorus
- The Seattle Symphony
;D