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Well, you've read the notes, today's title might just take the prize as the longest notes title ever, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're in West Hollywood right now.
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And the word of the day is: SEJANT!
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My Father at his 100th Birthday celebration today.
He has some short term memory loss but is ambulant and on no medication.
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Three of my Father's Great grandchildren were there today as well - Alexander, Thomas and James.
The surprise guest and entertainer was ventriloquist Ron Blaskett with his "Gerry Gee". Ron is 84.
My Father was a ventriloquist but last "performed" in the 1970's.
DR MusicGuy may well have appeared on the same TV shows as Gerry Gee.
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TOTD
DVD: TV series "Bird Of Prey" (Richard Griffiths)
CD: "Adieu False Heart" - Linda Ronstadt & Ann Savoy
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Wonderful pics, Tomovoz!
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And the word of the day is: SEJANT!
Maurice and another of the party-goers ended up SEJANT in JEST, AN' dared anyone to guess who they were portraying. (It was the Lion and the Unicorn, from Alice Through the Looking Glass.)
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What great pictures Tom!
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Wow, Vixmom, what a difficult couple of weeks.
You need a vacation.
I saw The Fantasticks last Sunday, August 6th. I think you'll enjoy it.
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Morning boys!
I need to get to work
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Good morning, all! I had a paranormal experence around 2 AM this morning, which was unsettling: I awoke to a child's voice calling "woo-hoo!" into my ear. At first I thought I was dreaming and as I relaxed, it happened again. This spooked me enough to turn on the lights. I wondered if I had any sage in the kitchen to burn. I got up, walked about the apartment, and went back to bed.
In my family's psychic experiences of the past 60 years, hearing voices and howling dogs have been harbingers of death. Perhaps this "woo-hoo" is my own personal banshee warming up for something?
My sister-in-law Jo Ann called last night to say that my father went to the doctor yesterday because his wrists and ankles are grotesquely swelling, and the doctor, believing it may be heart-related, has referred him to a cardiologist. The poor man careens from crisis to crisis.
DRvixmom, I am so sorry about your mother's health and your house.
On a much happier note, DR Tomovoz, I love the photos. Thanks for posting them.
TOD:
CD: Rose-Marie, Guy Haines, Blue Highway, Maury Yeston Songbook
DVD: Macbeth, several operas
VCR: el cheapo
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Continued health vibes to all DR's parents who need them
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TOD
DVD, Video, TV: Nothing planned
CD in the car: Nancy LaMott (6 of them)
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Horrified to read of DR VIXMOM's problems.....whew! Vibes for them to be all sorted out SOON.
Lovely pics from DR LAURA.....nice detail on the restaurant building....were those ALWAYS there? And who lives in SUCH a house? I must say the exterior is what we in Indiana might call "busy."
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I am not sure I would enjoy a play such as described by MR BK in the notes, however I guess some people imght.
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Or might.
SEUSSICAL (spelled correctly this time) has opened and that is ALL.
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CD:
Jacques Brel Live at the Olympia
Jersey Boys
Salaam Namaste (soundtrack from dvd)
DVD:
KISS KISS BANG BANG (peters out, but fun)
REEFER MADNESS THE MUSICAL (Robert Torti is a hoot!)
DVD-R:
THE SINGING NUN
AT LONG LAST LOVE
. . .and Mum and Dixie Bell watched FAILURE TO LAUNCH last night on dvd.
Fantastic photos, TOMOVOZ!
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VCR: BARRAGE a violin-dance group taped at a Canadian theatre in 1999.
CD: SNOOPY!!! OBC
DVD: WHITE ZOMBIE with Mr Bela Lugosi
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Vibes of all sorts to vixmom and her family!
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Absolutely, the Aug. 20th HHW mini-get-together is still on for Sunday, August 20th, starting around 5 p.m. and hopefully everyone will be here by 5:15-5:30.
vixmom - I believe your show starts about 2:30 and will be over by 4:45.
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Great pictures, Tomovoz, thanks for posting them.
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Great Photos Tomovoz!
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Good morning everyone. I just stopped by to catch up and must get to court.
Vixmom, I am so sorry you have been going through so much lately. Vibes for everything.
Well, off to do justice or some semblance thereof
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Cillaliz the new Superhero!
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Cillaliz the new Superhero!
Yup, that's me, but don't tell anyone, it's a secret 8)
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DVD: Working my way through the GB Shaw boxed set. Devil's Disciple with Patrick Stewart and Ian Richardson.
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Tomorrow I have to drive to either Sioux Falls or Omaha to the United ticket booth so I can transfer my free tocket to my nephew. I'm planning to take the CD I just received from DR Ben and listen to the whole show, rather than the interrupted show I heard on the net. Looking forward to it
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I think my DVD player is empty, my car CD may be Drowsy Chaperone...not sure. I've been listening to XM radio a lot lately
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Your ICE WATER, Madam!
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Good morning!
Due to all the rain we had last night, it was much cooler this morning, but it's supposed to heat up by afternoon and be a sauna. Ugh!
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DR Vixmom, what horrendous stories. As Thelma Ritter said in ALL ABOUT EVE, "Everything but the dogs snappin' at her rear end." Seriously, I'm very sorry for all the problems. We all seem to go through dark times on occasion. I'm sorry it seems to be your turn now.
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Loved the photos, DR Tomovoz. Thanks fo much for sharing them. What a wonderful celebration!
My grandmother made it to within a month of her 100th birthday, so I know how excited all must be for this event.
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I think the play BK attended sounded quite interesting. Wish I could have seen it.
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DR td, I also made a DVD-R of THE SINGING NUN. Always loved the music, even with the "Americanized" lyrics to the songs. Debbie does a wonderful job singing them. In fact, I think it's the best singing she ever did in any of her films.
I have AT LONG LAST LOVE on a homemade VHS tape, and I really should dub it over to a DVD-R as well. You're undoubtedly right; Fox is probably in NO hurry to port this over to a commercial DVD.
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Did anybody watch BIG BROTHER last night?
I was sad to see the evicted person go.
I think the coup d'etat will be interesting. Hopefully janelle wins it.
Anyhow big spoilers happened last night (very interesting).
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On the live show howie went ballistic when his buzzer did not work in the HOH comp (that erika won). Anyhow at 10:30pm PT they redid the comp and Janelle won.
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DR Vixmom good vibes for your mom and your house. ~~~~~~~
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Friday Media Check:
CD - Deanna Durbin: Original Film Soundtracks
DVD - NO, NO NANETTE (courtesy of DR JRand)
THINK FAST, MR. MOTO
THE AVIATOR
DVR - QUALITY STREET
TWO WEEKS WITH LOVE
laserdisc - THE BOY FRIEND
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I meant to mention the song that Chad Everett plays on the piano during THE SINGING NUN (Debbie falls asleep during his performance so it gets interrupted in the film; it's complete on the soundtrack LP). I don't have my soundtrack LP handy to give it a title, but that is one of the loveliest songs I've ever heard. Someone should have put lyrics to it.
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Dear Esteemed, mysterious, introspective, and transcendental BK --
Now I'm becoming concerned...... in the past day you have been sitting on the fence, and now you toy with an "abyss of darkness." This definitely calls for stabs of diminished chords, and a Theremin melody in the background!
You stay away from that abyss while eating red licorice .... you'll poke your eye out !!
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Need to get cleaned up now for my usual Friday errands.
WBBL.
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I certainly send all positive, constructive, and helpful thoughts and vibes out to the DRs with turmoil and problems going on. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Does anyone else find SEUSSICAL terribly mundane and lacking in imagination?
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DP Kerry just left for work, and he said to send a big hello to all of the DRs and H/Ks.
TOD:
CD (car) - one of Kerry's wonderful and inimitable compilation CDs that he makes for friends....you can't believe the whimsical diversity it represents....I love them!
DVD - 2nd season of Monk
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Did anybody watch BIG BROTHER last night?
I was sad to see the evicted person go.
I think the coup d'etat will be interesting. Hopefully janelle wins it.
Anyhow big spoilers happened last night (very interesting).
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On the live show howie went ballistic when his buzzer did not work in the HOH comp (that erika won). Anyhow at 10:30pm PT they redid the comp and Janelle won.
UN BE LIEV ABLE
The saving grace, of course, is that a few others had faulty buttons, too. James acknowledged a problem. And Mike Boogie was apparently allowed to continue playing when the same thing happened to him that happened to Howie in the first competition.
The only problem with this for me is that I was hoping for Janelle to win the Coup d'Etat and then spring it on everyone at the next eviction....totally overturn Erika and her noms and put up two people...with live voting starting immediately. THAT would have been GREAT TV!
I think Janelle is the best person in the house for figuring the clues out...she's clearly the most committed and determined player in the game...IMO, of course.
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TOD:
I got a bunch of $2 DVDs at the Wal-Mart in the little town in northern Wisconsin where we stayed whilst visiting Betsy's family. So we have been slowly making our way through those. We started Changing Lanes, with Ben Affleck and Samuel L. Jackson, but, only 33 minutes in, have already pretty much given up as both characters simply do the most outrageously illogical things that one wants to scream at the television. Toni Collette is, as always, awesome and completely unrecognizable. :D
CD: had a hankering for Keith Jarrett this morning, so am listening to Facing You, an album that blew my mind when I first heard it in college centuries ago.
Special request: Do any of you have the sheet music for JRB's Summer in Ohio? I need it for an audition on Monday and someone took my copy and I don't know if I can get to a music store. If you could email me PDFs/Jpegs, I'd be ever so grateful.
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Tomovoz, I love the photos of your dad's party! He certainly looks good for his age!
You must tell us more about him!
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TD, did you get to see Salaam Namaste? I saw the movie during my trip to New York last year and thought it was quite good and it made me a fan of Saif Ali Khan...and the soundtrack is snappy particularly the title song which I kept singing to myself on the flight back to Oregon.
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We are somewhat wide on this here page and there are no photographs, so how come?
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BK, that would be so much fun to have an HHW get together in December! My B'day is on the 10th so we could have quite a partay!
If I can save some pennies maybe I can make... I really, really would love to see one of your LA productions!
We shall see.
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It does not look wide to me. Perhaps it is a configuration of your imagination.
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Does anyone else find SEUSSICAL terribly mundane and lacking in imagination?
The second half is where things faltered for me. There are some tuneful ditties, but I was never a huge Dr. Seuss fan, so I went in with no expectations, and the banal book didn't let me down.
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Back from my errands, and it's getting very sticky outside. Glad I'll be in for the rest of the afternoon and evening. And there's a cloud cover that's keeping things from getting too heated.
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Banal is a good word.
I thought the N O T E S were a bit wide. Perhaps the server is giving MR BK more for his money.
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If I win the Powerball between now and December - I am THERE!!!
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BIG BROTHER SPOILERS SINCE LAST NIGHT'S LIVE SHOW.
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UN BE LIEV ABLE
The saving grace, of course, is that a few others had faulty buttons, too. James acknowledged a problem. And Mike Boogie was apparently allowed to continue playing when the same thing happened to him that happened to Howie in the first competition.
The only problem with this for me is that I was hoping for Janelle to win the Coup d'Etat and then spring it on everyone at the next eviction....totally overturn Erika and her noms and put up two people...with live voting starting immediately. THAT would have been GREAT TV!
I think Janelle is the best person in the house for figuring the clues out...she's clearly the most committed and determined player in the game...IMO, of course.
Great minds think alike. I was also hoping that Janelle would win the coup d'etat and overthrow erika's noms.
But my sis said that julie chen mentioned that whoever won the coup d'etat could use it in the next 3 weeks. So janelle could still win and use it next week.
I sort of feel bad for erika. It was not her fault. ANd she should get something at least. Or maybe they could have restarted the comp from the point where the buzzers didn't work.
Apparently danielle has submitted a guess. Not sure if the female sheep "ewe/you" is the only clue so far. But i think will and james are working with her (she will help them).
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Friday greetings! The ice cream pie made it to work, a little smushed, but still tasty. Today's potluck is not the best organized, but at least there's a variety.
TOD - in honor of yesterday's topic, I listened on my way to work to the BK-produced, Elmore-orchestrated Brett Barrett Kander & Ebb CD. DVD: NCIS, Season 1, disc 5.
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BK, that would be so much fun to have an HHW get together in December! My B'day is on the 10th so we could have quite a partay!
And mine's the 11th, and it's my 3-day weekend, and...
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Does anyone else find SEUSSICAL terribly mundane and lacking in imagination?
DR JRand, when DH Richard and I saw an excerpt, at an arts showcase, from a local company's upcoming production, we decided we'd seen enough and didn't need to buy tickets for the whole thing.
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Did anybody watch BIG BROTHER last night?
I was sad to see the evicted person go.
I think the coup d'etat will be interesting. Hopefully janelle wins it.
Anyhow big spoilers happened last night (very interesting).
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On the live show howie went ballistic when his buzzer did not work in the HOH comp (that erika won). Anyhow at 10:30pm PT they redid the comp and Janelle won.
Please don't say that's true. I really can't stand her this time
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Does anyone else find SEUSSICAL terribly mundane and lacking in imagination?
I do
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DR JRand, when DH Richard and I saw an excerpt, at an arts showcase, from a local company's upcoming production, we decided we'd seen enough and didn't need to buy tickets for the whole thing.
LOL.....I am with ya! ;D
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I do
Maybe if I were a PARENT, or had the books when I was a kid, I would like it more. 8)
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Back from errands and Xeroxing and jogging. There are times when I'd like to Xerox the jog.
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Xeroxing The Jog.....replaced Balling the Jack for a time in the 1950's.
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But my sis said that julie chen mentioned that whoever won the coup d'etat could use it in the next 3 weeks. So janelle could still win and use it next week.I
I understood her to say that it would be available the rest of the game...i.e., if it's used next week, it will be made available again for the next.
But I've misheard things before....
Sorry, Cillaliz, that Janelle irks you this time around.
I think she's getting a bad rap from the other houseguests, including the seriously nasty Marcellas and the vile James.
They love to claim she's going after the women because she can't stand the competition. In truth, Danielle started off trying to evict Janelle the very first week and enlisted the help of Alison...which is why they were both nominated. Diane was also heard to say she was out to evict Janelle, as well.
It's only wrong when "she" nominates. Notice that "they" came down on BB6 for not nominating ChillTown, but did Danielle nominate ChillTown? No.
Danielle claimed her nominating Kaysar to replace Janelle this past week was simply a matter of "numbers." Hmmmm. There were 10 players in the house...6 of whom were allied against 4. Oh...yes...the majority is VERY worried about the BB6 4. Make that 3 now that Kaysar is free.
Erika has a "secret alliance" with Mike Boogie (pre-game).
James had a pre-game alliance with Boogie. He formed a week one alliance with Danielle. And he pretended to be allied with BB6 players but sold them out from week one by reporting their strategies to ChillTown and Danielle.
James is the player I most want to see get caught and disposed of.
Janelle's playing to save her butt, and to her credit, she's VERY suspicious of James.
I can't wait for ChillTown to turn on James. It's coming.
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I think all the Project Wunway contestants and all the Big Brother Contestants should have to be on a couple of weeks of So You Think You Can Dance.
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I shall now be on my way to the DGA and then to the home of David Wechter.
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MR BK is busy, too.
August is a busy month, what with all the Astrological Activity.
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re: janelle
Please don't say that's true. I really can't stand her this time
Did you like her a lot last time? I'm trying to figure out if she is still as popular as she was last year. I know she was my favorite both seasons.
One reason i wonder is because of America's Choice (prom queen or king). You can vote online for all other prom categories. But you must text for queen or king. The winner will have an advantage at the next hoh. Although i wonder what happens if janelle wins (and cannot compete for hoh).
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Re: big brother and the coup d'etat.
I understood her to say that it would be available the rest of the game...i.e., if it's used next week, it will be made available again for the next.
But I've misheard things before....
This is what it said on canoe/Jam:
"At the end of the show, Chen revealed what the much talked about coup d'état twist was all about. The producers will give the HouseGuests clues in the 'Big Brother' house to a phrase used in the game. When one of the HouseGuests thinks he or she has the correct answer, they can go to the Diary Room. The players only have one chance to state the right answer. "Big Brother" won't reveal who the winner is until next Thursday's episode and the power will only exist through the next three evictions. The winner of the coup d'état can elect to overthrow the current Head of Household and make new nominations on the spot. The first clue was a female sheep let loose in the 'Big Brother' house."
This sounds like what i said. Only one coup d'etat winner, and power can be used only in the next 3 weeks. I think this would make more sense then having a coup d'etat winner this week and another next week. That wouldn't be fair.
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I'm pretty sure I'm either opening the Menkin/Ahrens "A Christmas Carol" on Dec 8 (or maybe Dec 1) either way, I will miss the West Coast gathering.
TOD:
Computer - Miss Saigon (German Cast)
Car - various Disney Podcasts
DVD - The Heat Is On - the Making of Miss Saigon
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Re: janelle on big brother.
I don't know if janelle will wise up and realize what james is up to. I know she voiced concerns wondering to kaysar if he could be trusted. ANd i believe she also said in the diary room that she wondered if james was acting when he was nominated.
But i don't think she believes it. I'm just afraid she will continue to give him all her info.
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Does anyone else find SEUSSICAL terribly mundane and lacking in imagination?
I love the music, but unless is cleverly directed, it can be mundane and lacking in imaginination. It is terribly hard to stage well. I did the vocal direction for the show a few years ago and it's a lot of fun to sing. But the staging will make or break the show.
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Sorry, Cillaliz, that Janelle irks you this time around.
I think she's getting a bad rap from the other houseguests, including the seriously nasty Marcellas and the vile James.
They love to claim she's going after the women because she can't stand the competition. In truth, Danielle started off trying to evict Janelle the very first week and enlisted the help of Alison...which is why they were both nominated. Diane was also heard to say she was out to evict Janelle, as well.
It's only wrong when "she" nominates. Notice that "they" came down on BB6 for not nominating ChillTown, but did Danielle nominate ChillTown? No.
Danielle claimed her nominating Kaysar to replace Janelle this past week was simply a matter of "numbers." Hmmmm. There were 10 players in the house...6 of whom were allied against 4. Oh...yes...the majority is VERY worried about the BB6 4. Make that 3 now that Kaysar is free.
Erika has a "secret alliance" with Mike Boogie (pre-game).
James had a pre-game alliance with Boogie. He formed a week one alliance with Danielle. And he pretended to be allied with BB6 players but sold them out from week one by reporting their strategies to ChillTown and Danielle.
James is the player I most want to see get caught and disposed of.
Janelle's playing to save her butt, and to her credit, she's VERY suspicious of James.
I can't wait for ChillTown to turn on James. It's coming.
I have to say that I'm really enjoying Chilltown. They have alliances with everyone in the house and no one seem to have figured it out. LOL! Are they being deceitful? - Yes. Are they coniving? - yes. Are they pulling the wool over the eyes of the whole house? - yes. Do I find it extremely entertaining? Most definitely.
Janelle is just irritating me this time.
Truth be known.....I'm cheering for Chicken George to slide right under the radar and win himself a chunk of change
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BIG BROTHER SPOILERS.
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re: janelleDid you like her a lot last time? I'm trying to figure out if she is still as popular as she was last year. I know she was my favorite both seasons.
One reason i wonder is because of America's Choice (prom queen or king). You can vote online for all other prom categories. But you must text for queen or king. The winner will have an advantage at the next hoh. Although i wonder what happens if janelle wins (and cannot compete for hoh).
She was never my favorite. I liked her more last time than this time, but I think it's because I liked the other houseguests last time less than I like the other houseguests this time
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Re: janelle on big brother.
I don't know if janelle will wise up and realize what james is up to. I know she voiced concerns wondering to kaysar if he could be trusted. ANd i believe she also said in the diary room that she wondered if james was acting when he was nominated.
But i don't think she believes it. I'm just afraid she will continue to give him all her info.
Last night, they showed some footage of James speaking wth Janelle before the live vote, and he made a comment about how things can happen that change everything. They focused on Janelle's face and she looked at him very curiously. She has distrusted him all along. And I think, given the vote against Kaysar and the fact I'm betting she realizes James negated her vote for Kaysar, she's wise to the truth and will be careful in her dealings with him.
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I haven't posted a spoiler alert on some of these posts because I'm not giving anything away, just saying what I think of people....ooo that sounds catty....meow
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SPOILER ALERT
Last night, they showed some footage of James speaking wth Janelle and he made a comment about how things can happen that change everything. They focused on Janelle's face and she looked at him very curiously. She has distrusted him all along. And I think, given the vote against Kaysar and the fact I'm betting she realizes James negated her vote for Kaysar, she's wise to the truth and will be careful in her dealings with him.
But James was up... even if he was being faithful to the alliance he'd be stupid not to negate her vote, which would surely be for Kaysar
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Watched three wildly different things this afternoon. I started off with another episode of THE WILD WILD WEST. This one involved a descendent of John Brown trying to outdo his uncle in infamy by building a kind of fire-breathing cannon that could wipe out an entire cavalry regiment in one blast. Fun episode.
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Has anyone seen The Night Listener or does it open today? I read it when it first came out and heard an interview of Armistad Maupin (who wrote the book and screenplay) on NPR Sunday night. I think I'm going to go sometime this weekend.
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Next came NO NO NANETTE. I've never seen this 1940 version of the show before. Lots of the score was dropped, of course, but I was astonished at how many familiar names and faces kept passing before the lens of the camera besides star Anna Neagle: Richard Carlson, Victor Mature, Helen Broderick, Mary Gordon, Russell Hicks, Zasu Pitts, Roland Young, Billy Gilbert, Eve Arden. Amazing company of players even if most of their singing was decidedly anemic.
This film is in the public domain so obviously the quality is spotty at best. But it was grand to finally see this at long last.
Many thanks to DR JRand for making it possible.
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Has anyone seen The Night Listener or does it open today? I read it when it first came out and heard an interview of Armistad Maupin (who wrote the book and screenplay) on NPR Sunday night. I think I'm going to go sometime this weekend.
It opened last weekend and did surprisingly weak business. I've been curious about going to see it, but the reviews have been mainly very mixed-to-negative.
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Finished my afternoon viewing with about an hour and 10 minutes of THE BOY FRIEND on laserdisc. I hadn't watched this in a long time. I had totally forgotten about the Grecian ballet sequence (not very successful). Better are the more Busby Berkeley sequences like "I Could Be Happy with You."
I'll finish it this evening before MONK comes on.
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I just read that TV host Mike DOuglas died today on his 81st birthday. I spent many, many hours with his wonderful show during the 1970s. Very sad about that.
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It opened last weekend and did surprisingly weak business. I've been curious about going to see it, but the reviews have been mainly very mixed-to-negative.
Yeah, I just saw that. I really enjoyed the book. I've always been an Armistad Maupin fan. This one was definitely different from his other books. It's based on a real experience he had.
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I may just have to try to figure out what I did with that book....it's probably in a box with my Tales of the City books
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Mike Douglas....terrible interviewer....but I liked his shows when I was interested in his 5-day co host!
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Glad you enjoyed the movie DR MATTH....I felt pretty much the same about it.
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Mike Douglas....terrible interviewer....but I liked his shows when I was interested in his 5-day co host!
I remember when SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM opened on Broadway, the four stars were brought to the DOuglas show for the entire program, and I thought it was the only show on at the time that would have given two figs for a Broadway revue. Marvelous program that day.
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Page Four Buzz Lightyear Dance!!!
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Now, I'm off to do that most horrible of Friday chores - mop the kitchen floor. Then, I'll settle in with more of the Tab Hunter autobiography until I get ready to resume THE BOY FRIEND.
WBBL.
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Sorry for your trouble, Vixmom. Cheers and vibes to the whole Vixfam...
Ozman! I can shout Happy 100th Birthday, Old Man! to your father from here, without moving my lips! See? MMmhh, mmmmhhmm, mhm mhm, hmmm hmmm!
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I went to the Arts Commission meeting last night, and gave a nutshell description of my proposal to the committee. Also gave out to all and sundry a detailed "What Penny Has Done for The Redmond Arts Scene since 1987" fact sheet - since almost all the commissioners are new since I came to every meeting to keep things on the straight and narrow... the next meeting - at which a report from the Grants Committee might air, and at which The Commission could vote $$$ for me - won't happen until Sept. 14. Two weeks after the project for which I'd like the $$$ is completed. But I told them I'd accept the funding after the fact...
DVD player - a Harrison Ford/Josh Hartnett buddy-type cop-comedy-thriller, called Hollywood Homicide. Deepak Chopra in the CD player. Man With One Red Shoe in the VCR...
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Thank you Penny O. My Father is really amazing. Still very good with the one-liners.
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Just dropping by to say hello. Need to catch up on the posts. Happy 100th to Tomovoz, Sr.!
It's been a very busy day - and month. DD has been here after returning from Europe. On Sunday she flies back to San Francisco to her new apartment, new job, new graduate school. We had some "health issues" to resolve while she was here -- and I think all's turned out well, after some major ups and downs. A big sigh of relief.
Tomorrow I'm attending a wedding in Marina del Rey to which DD was not invited, as she was supposed to be back in San Fran weeks ago. So tonight is her farewell supper in LA. We're having a Genghis Cohen feast.
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I just finished catching up on last night's posts. Vixmom, my heartfelt sympathy for all of the problems you have been having with the house and with your dear mother. Of course, if you posted here every day, none of those things would not have happened.
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My Father at his 100th Birthday celebration today.
He has some short term memory loss but is ambulant and on no medication.
Who is the hottie on the left?
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LOL TCB....about Vixmom needing to post every day...
Well Paul and I are going to The Night Listener tonight. It will be interesting to see the difference between our reactions to it. He knows nothing about it and I know the story, how it ends etc.
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Tomovoz, I love the photos of your dad's party! He certainly looks good for his age!
You must tell us more about him!
Watch out Tom, Mike is on the move!
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LOL. I think the secret of my Father's long and happy life is that he did not meet me until I was 47.
Mike - My Dad is single! His second wife (My Mother) visited him yesterday but he did not know her. Perhaps his interests have changed.
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TD, did you get to see Salaam Namaste? I saw the movie during my trip to New York last year and thought it was quite good and it made me a fan of Saif Ali Khan...and the soundtrack is snappy particularly the title song which I kept singing to myself on the flight back to Oregon.
Mbarnum - SALAAM NAMASTE was one of my Netflix rentals (I believe that most of the top fifteen titles in my queue ARE Indian flicks). One flim leads to another as far as I'm concerned, and Saif is truly adorable, though most of the time I wanted to slug his character! The title song is indeed catchy, it's been playing in my car since I made the cd.
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I've mentioned it before but we saw Seussical and The Lion King within days of each other (New York).
Lion King was such a bore. Cathy Rigby's performance in Seussical was wonderful Maybe her energy made the show great for us. Kevin Chamberlin's performance was excellent too.
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My niece just sent me this photo of my dad with his grandson Chase. He looks 85, but he isn't showing the ravages of the chemo and cancer yet. Thank, DR George, for resizing it!
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Watch out Tom, Mike is on the move!
That's certainly about MBarnum's age range! Was your dad a bodybuilder?
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Page Four Buzz Lightyear Dance!!!
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When I was on the cruise out in the North Atlantic to the Titanic site, back in 1996; Buzz Aldrin was on the trip with us. In fact, Buzz piloted the submersible on one of the trips down to the wreck. During the week we were at sea, Mr Aldrin was seen, quite often, carrying around his own Buzz Lightyear doll. We were told by a staff member that there were two things you never said to Buzz:
1.) You never reminded him that he was the 2nd man on the moon.
2.) You never told him that you didn't know that the Lightyear doll was made in his image.
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When I was on the cruise out in the North Atlantic to the Titanic site, back in 1996; Buzz Aldrin was on the trip with us. In fact, Buzz piloted the submersible on one of the trips down to the wreck. During the week we were at sea, Mr Aldrin was seen, quite often, carrying around his own Buzz Lightyear doll. We were told by a staff member that there were two things you never said to Buzz:
1.) You never reminded him that he was the 2nd man on the moon.
2.) You never told him that you didn't know that the Lightyear doll was made in his image.
TCB - did you go to the Titanic site? Cool beans
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Here is some news coverage from a hearing (http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2006/08/11/news/local/eb9ca2990d93dd3f862571c70011ce59.txt) I did yesterday.
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TD, I must know what other Bollywood movies you are or are about to view!
You do rmember that I am a bit of a Bollywood fan, don't you!
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TOD:
DVR:
You Were Meant for Me (featuring my interviewee Jeffrey Stone in his first speaking role..he plays "boy in the drugstore"
The Red Stallion (1947)
DVD:
Episodes of Martin Kane, Private Eye
Episodes of Ellen: Season 1
Son of Rusty (1946)
CD Player:
Go West
Soundtrack to the Bollywood film FIGHT CLUB
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I've mentioned it before but we saw Seussical and The Lion King within days of each other (New York).
Lion King was such a bore. Cathy Rigby's performance in Seussical was wonderful Maybe her energy made the show great for us. Kevin Chamberlin's performance was excellent too.
I saw the national tour of Seussical with Cathy Rigby and Garrett Long (who was in The Spitfire Grill, which I love!) and both were very good! I actually did enjoy the show, too.
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1.) You never reminded him that he was the 2nd man on the moon.
Buzz's contention, and I suppose rightly so, was that both men were inside the lunar module when it touched down on the surface, therefore they should both be considered the first men on the moon. He did conceed that Neil was the first man to set foot on the moon's surface.
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TCB - did you go to the Titanic site? Cool beans
Yes, I did. It was truly the greatest experience of my life. We were there for the attempt to raise a section of the hull to the surface. Due to converging hurricanes, the piece broke free and went back to the bottom of the Atlantic. It was raised successfully two years later and is now the centerpiece of the touring exhibit. In addition, a lot of the artifacts that were previously raised from the wreck were on display for us during the cruise.
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Yes, I did. It was truly the greatest experience of my life. We were there for the attempt to raise a section of the hull to the surface. Due to converging hurricanes, the piece broke free and went back to the bottom of the Atlantic. It was raised successfully two years later and is now the centerpiece of the touring exhibit. In addition, a lot of the artifacts that were previously raised from the wreck were on display for us during the cruise.
I saw the exhibit in St Paul when they blew the whistle (Horn?) Well, I was there the next day, but it was wonderful to see it. I was really into the history of the Titanic when the movie came out. Did you get to go down and see it?
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Topic of the Day:
In my CD player at work: nothing...I'm not at work! ;)
In my CD player at home: nothing...I've been putting things in boxes and then taking them to my storage unit in preparation of my sister selling the house. She wants to sell it within the next couple of months...sooner, if possible! :o
In my DVD player: nothing at the moment, but I have three Netflix DVDs that I haven't watched and I've had all three of them for more than a month! Netflix really is making money from me.
In my VCR: a tape to tape tonight's "Kyle XY" (I missed it on Monday) and "Psych."
My whole family is going to Applebee's for dinner and I don't know how late we'll be...not as late as 9:00 p.m., when "Kyle XY" starts, but you never know.
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Oh, I gotta run. Time to meet Paul at the movie
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Oh, I gotta run. Time to meet Paul at the movie
Enjoy!
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VIBES TO VIXMOM!!
I have enjoyed all the photos, well up to page one of today. I'm in for a hectic & fun filled weekend and doubt I will be around much.
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I was out doing errands today to my great pleasure as I had DR Ben to keep me company-thanks to my DVD. :D
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Well, it's free dinner time! Later!
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I thought it was a photo of you Elmore - with your nephew.
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TD, I must know what other Bollywood movies you are or are about to view!
You do rmember that I am a bit of a Bollywood fan, don't you!
At home right now, I have:
TAAL
HUM DIL CHUKE SANAM (which I've watched up to the Interval)
I recently viewed:
BUNTY AUR BABLI
BLUFF MASTER
KYUN! HO GAYA NA
Coming soon:
VEER-ZAARA
I seem to recall that it was someone on this site who turned me onto these Hindi and/or Bollywood flicks. ;) Must've been Y-O-U! :-*
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Good evening to dear Esteemed, creative, and pixie-like BK --
And a good evening to the DRs. It has turned miserably hot and humid again here in Phx., and so the best intentions of getting a little tidying up work done around the outside of our house, seem to shrivel away in the intense temperatures.
DR Jane -- I have to tell you what a smile and chuckle I get every time I see your post appear with your picture. That picture of you and (I assume) your husband, could be the poster shot for for surf movies, the Beachboys, and the California chamber of commerce........it is just great!
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Oh, and I loved the word of the day.......
"...and now, Wheel of fortunt, starring Pat Sejant and Vanna Whunt!"
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And to DR TCB....... you just leave those names alone !!
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I thought it was a photo of you Elmore - with your nephew.
Harsh words!
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Back for but a moment, and now on my way to sup, after which I shall return and post up a frenzy and a half.
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My adult children are amusing themselves by shouting "FISH!" at the cat. They are all easily amused.
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Hahahaha! FISH! I love that.
Elmore, I like the photo of your dad. You do resemble him a bit, I think.
Cillaliz, I read the article - goldurned gun grabbers can't understand why someone "needs" all those guns... nobody questions stamp collectors. Or golfers. I'm so glad you got this case. The guy has NO criminal background, he IS licensed to carry in Florida, but OH MY GOSH - he has BOOKS!! Someone who actually READS is certainly a danger... lemme know how this shakes down.
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Tomorrow at Marymoor Park in Redmond there is a big Balkan-Greek day bash with music and folk dance and stuff... of course I'll go. Friends of mine are playing - Balkanarama - the premiere Bulgarian/Balkan party band in these parts. Also a Bulgarian lady i know from Radost is teaching dance early in the day. Yahoo! What fun I shall have!
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Cilla - I have a good friend up here who is the founder and head honcho of the 2nd Amendment Foundation in Bellevue WA, who has at his fingertips all sorts of related cases to cite - if you want his personal phone and email, lemme know.
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My adult children are amusing themselves by shouting "FISH!" at the cat. They are all easily amused.
DR Laura -- Great! Now all you have to do each time is guess when they are about to shout it, and then yell "What is it?" right before they shout.
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Been reading the reviews of CURTAINS. Some people loved it other people loved it but said that work still needed to be down. But it looks like it has possibilities.
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Interesting sidelight to CURTAINS:
One of the characters is Niki Harris who has worked with BK on several of his CDs!
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At home right now, I have:
TAAL
HUM DIL CHUKE SANAM (which I've watched up to the Interval)
I recently viewed:
BUNTY AUR BABLI
BLUFF MASTER
KYUN! HO GAYA NA
Coming soon:
VEER-ZAARA
I seem to recall that it was someone on this site who turned me onto these Hindi and/or Bollywood flicks. ;) Must've been Y-O-U! :-*
Of those titles I have seen TAAL...I like Akshay Khanna a lot.
If you would like a good comedy I highly recommend HERA PHERI ( the sequel, PHIR HERA PHERI, just came out) and if you want a good drama I recommend MY BROTHER NIKHIL.
PAAP is another of my recent favorites.
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...that is if you wanted any recommendations! LOL! (which I am always happy to supply!) ;D
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Enjoyed the last hour or so of THE BOY FRIEND. The laserdisc contains an intermission. When I saw it at a theater, there was no intermission. Also, I believe I saw an edited release print of the film. I truly don't remember numbers like the Grecian sequence while things like "Safety in Numbers," "I Could Be Happy with You," and "A Room in Bloomsbury" were easily remembered.
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Next came the Angela Lansbury Biography episode. I only got about 20 minutes watched. I'll watch it again tomorrow and edit for commercials so I can burn a copy of it for myself.
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MONK had a touching episode tonight as Monk remembered his college days at his 25th reunion. The actor they got to play Monk as a college student was quite wonderful.
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PSYCH had an episode with a lot of laughs, but the solution to the mystery happened in a flash, and I was confused by the rapidity of the denouement. Thankfully, after the final commercial break, the murder scenario was recapped and then became perfectly clear.
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BTW, in last week's cable ratings, THE CLOSER was the highest rated scripted series on basic cable. MONK ranked second, and PSYCH was third.
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As I predicted days ago, the LA critics, even the ones with qualms, are falling all over themselves to praise. It's the LA way.
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It's past midnight, so I'm on my way to bed.
Good night.
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Hahahaha! FISH! I love that.
Elmore, I like the photo of your dad. You do resemble him a bit, I think.
Cillaliz, I read the article - goldurned gun grabbers can't understand why someone "needs" all those guns... nobody questions stamp collectors. Or golfers. I'm so glad you got this case. The guy has NO criminal background, he IS licensed to carry in Florida, but OH MY GOSH - he has BOOKS!! Someone who actually READS is certainly a danger... lemme know how this shakes down.
Thanks. It was really outrageous to me too
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We both liked The Night Listener. Knowing it was inspired by true events makes it even creepier.
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I can't believe it - there were like nine people here and nobody posts. Which is why we're having yet another record low month.
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I was having trouble earlier. It looked like I was signed in, but on my end it was like a guest. I couldn't post
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I am recording a bunch of Internet interviews with 3rd place American Idol competitor, Elliott Yasmin for an Internet buddy. We usually trade The Manhattan Transfer stuff, but he's also a fan of Elliot. He also can't record from the Internet, which I can, so I'm compiling all of these clips for him. That's what I've been doing. :)
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Chinese food gives you packing energy. That's my discovery of the night. Before going out to dinner, I was zonked. After our deliciously delightful meal I was filled with TONS of energy. DD is almost all packed.
The biggest trick is packing the kinds of things you would have carried on in the good old days -- perfume bottles, shampoo, etc. It may all be one sweet-smelling mess by the time the plane lands in San Fran. We shall see.
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Fell asleep after work and now i am WIDE AWAKE!!
Vibes to Vixmom!!
DR Tom, lovely pictures of your father....
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I do
I also find that Suessical falls flat.. It not bad but it seemed to lack energy.
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My niece just sent me this photo of my dad with his grandson Chase. He looks 85, but he isn't showing the ravages of the chemo and cancer yet. Thank, DR George, for resizing it!
Chase is adoreable... I send good vibes to you and your father Elmore
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DR Tom, Happy birthday to your father...
100 years is an accomplishment and I am glad his mind is still strong. THe stories he has to share. A true treasure.
I have a great-great aunt who is still alive. She is 108 and a livewire.....
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My adult children are amusing themselves by shouting "FISH!" at the cat. They are all easily amused.
The poor cat....
Reminds me of a time when my dad bough some defroster like tray thingie from an add on the telly and him and his brothers were getting their jollies watching an ice cube melt on it...
The other one is watcching my cousins fire off silly string...
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Media Check
DVD: SoapDish
VHS: Story of English
CD: Chieftains: Long Journey Home; Carlos Nunez: Brotherhood of Stars; Ceoltoiri Cualann Sa Gaiety
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WE had a train wreck earlier in the week in ND when RR cars fell off a high bridge over Lake Ashtabula...
Some of the cars had TOILET PAPER and lots of it... Also laundry detergent, stoves and other gooodies...
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Okay, there's still about a half-hour to get some postin' goin' on whilst I write the notes. Just had a little dessert with Mr. Kevin Spirtas.
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Glad you had a lovely chat with Kevin...
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Sadly, with the situation with my father I do not think I will be able to make the premiere...
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hungry... I know better than to eat something this late....
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hmmm, If i was a folder where would I hide....
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dang what did i do with that folder on the New York Schotthoefers.... I finally found the connecting person....
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darn, I wonder where I filed it.....
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hmmm still looking... I did just find my book of Shakespearean Sonnets...
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to quote Spock from Star Trek: Tribles reproduce at will....
I think genealogy is related for the data seems to reproduce at will....
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I'm still not hungry. I had a Southwest chicken salad at Applebee's today about about 6:00 and it's quite filling...and very good. :)
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But I will have some water. I am a little thirsty.
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Too funny, I have a distant relation named Jack Devereau.... Hmm.... Too funny actually
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I'm still not hungry. I had a Southwest chicken salad at Applebee's today about about 6:00 and it's quite filling...and very good. :)
It is and so it their Chipotle burger...
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But I will have some water. I am a little thirsty.
Water is always good...
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Too funny, I have a distant relation named Jack Devereau.... Hmm.... Too funny actually
There's a character in the musical Of Thee I Sing named Diana Devereau. She is, of course, total fiction and not based on anyone real (as far as I know...which is nothing, as far as OTIS is concerned.). :)
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I also like their asian chicken salad
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The last time I was to Seattle, i was at Kells and they had an excellent salad called the Hibernian. Very tasty, it had feta cheese, spinach, onion, grapes, etc.
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Their Asian chicken salad is very good. I almost got that, but I wanted to try the Southwest chicken salad. It comes with guacamole, but I don't like guacamole, so I had it without the guacamole.
I just like typing "guacamole." ;)
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There's a character in the musical Of Thee I Sing named Diana Devereau. She is, of course, total fiction and not based on anyone real (as far as I know...which is nothing, as far as OTIS is concerned.). :)
Interesting.. .Very strange when you find relations that have names similar to fictional characters
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Their Asian chicken salad is very good. I almost got that, but I wanted to try the Southwest chicken salad. It comes with guacamole, but I don't like guacamole, so I had it without the guacamole.
I just like typing "guacamole." ;)
At one time they had a really good cajun salad also
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And there's a song, "Making Guacamole" from Das Barbecü, whose wonderful cast recording was produced by BK! I LOVE this show. I saw it in Seattle about 10 years ago and it was just great! ;D
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Only one more until...
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PAGE SEVEN DANCE!!
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I like to order salads at times. Some can be quite filling...
I do not care for ceasar salads for I have found them to be hit and miss at various restaurants
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Wish I could find a salad dressing otu here again that I found by accident. It was called Olde Cape Cod Lite Sweet and Sour Poppyseed dressing. Excellent dressing.
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Sometimes, Ceasar salads are just too simple, too. :P
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Maybe we will hit 200 before bk locks the thread
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Only 15 posts...
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Sometimes, they're just too simple, too. :P
I agreee. I love salads that try different textures and flavours.
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Only 15 posts...
hooo and raaay!!
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George, are going to the premiere in December?
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Tomorrow, I have to get up and continue to pack some boxes. I was supposed to tonight, but I didn't. ::)
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the premiere should be a blast. I would also love to go to CA to see Matt in Urinetown
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Tomorrow, I have to get up and continue to pack some boxes. I was supposed to tonight, but I didn't. ::)
Good luck on the packing and the moving...
When can you get into your new place?
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George, are going to the premiere in December?
I don't know. I'm going to be moving soon (hence, the packing the boxes) and I don't know where I'll be or what my financial situation will be before then. :-\
I'd LOVE to go, but I don't know yet.
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Since I can't sleep due to taking a four hour nap, I may go and do some writing...
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or I may go and watch Peter Davison in Campion
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Good luck on the packing and the moving...
When can you get into your new place?
Thanks. The plan at this point is to box up what I don't need and to clean the place. If you didn't know, I'm renting a house from my sister, she wants to sell and I don't want to buy, so I have to move. So, we'll get the house in order and then I'll get an apartment so that she can sell the place (and I won't get it messy again before it sells :)).
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I don't know. I'm going to be moving soon (hence, the packing the boxes) and I don't know where I'll be or what my financial situation will be before then. :-\
I'd LOVE to go, but I don't know yet.
I would like to but the situation with my dad is uncertain and that is the restrictive variable in my decision
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Thanks. The plan at this point is to box up what I don't need and to clean the place. If you didn't know, I'm renting a house from my sister, she wants to sell and I don't want to buy, so I have to move. So, we'll get the house in order and then I'll get an apartment so that she can sell the place (and I won't get it messy again before it sells :)).
Sounds like a good plan...
I would like to buy a small townhouse or flat soemtime down the road
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I may go for a long walk tomorrow is nto too terribly humid..
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I dread the process of moving. I'm not sentimental about the place and it'll be nice not living right next door to my sister (they "need" me to do too many things for them), but I have a lot of stuff and I'm such a procrastinator, that it always takes longer than it should.
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Nasty storms later tonight...
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Gratuitous Post # 8666. ;)
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I dread the process of moving. I'm not sentimental about the place and it'll be nice not living right next door to my sister (they "need" me to do too many things for them), but I have a lot of stuff and I'm such a procrastinator, that it always takes longer than it should.
I can understand the reasoning of space.. .we all need that
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Gee only 18 more until 4000
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Nasty storms later tonight...
Hope the weather doesn't cause you any trouble!
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You could be at 10,000 by the end of the year George