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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were like beating a dead horse, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're currently eating eight cow cookies and saying "They're moovelous."
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And the word of the day is: KERFUFFLE!
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Welcome five GUESTS. No one in the playpen but us'n.
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Will we never get to page two?
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I will single-handedly take us to page two, but first I must take some aspirin for my headache.
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Try drinking some water ;) Headaches partly result from dehydration.
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Happy Birthday Charles Pogue
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Now it wont be quite so single handedly.
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I saw some Buster Keaton short films tonight. Very Funny - there were two people who had worked with him onstage during Merton of the Movies, and they had some great stories to tell.
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I am not a bit tired.
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My headache is getting better - I'll probably stay up until it's gone.
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From today's NY Times review of Cloverfield:
The film is too dumb to offend anything except your intelligence, and the monster does cut a satisfying swath through the cast, so your only complaint may be, What took it so long?...Rarely have I rooted for a monster with such enthusiasm.
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I shall now toddle off to the bedroom environment.
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Well I'll be a monkey's uncle! HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR CHARLES POGUE!
(http://www.internet.is/mvala/birthday_monkey.JPG)
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Feel better, bk! :)
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Welcome seven GUESTS. Who ARE you people?
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DR JMK - hows about:
* We Are A Family [Dreamgirls]
* No One Is Alone [Into the Woods]
* Children and Art [Sunday]
* any number of songs from Marlo Thomas's Free To Be You And Me
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TOD:
Car CD: Bruce Dow: Lucky To Be Me
Home CD: The Spitfire Grill [the musical]
DVD: John Cleese: Wine for the Confused
DVR: Season 3 finale of Dante's Cove [wherein the kitch/camp factor has been ratcheted up to an astounding degree! :) ]
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Welcome seven GUESTS. Who ARE you people?
Could one of them be...
Nah.
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TOD
Blu Ray: two animee films
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Good morning Larry
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Morning Larry
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Good morning, fellow Dear Readers.
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You know you're a geek when you wake up at 4am thinking about tweaking your computer. I went to bed at around 11 (after beginning the restore at around 6pm) having installed XP, reloaded programs and made sure the computer was working and stable so Anthony could get the possible craft project in gear. I was dreaming about the computer (I can't remember anything specific) and at 4am I was wide awake. I have now downloaded the latest versions of Real Player, Spyware Terminator, Quick Time (without I-Tunes), Firefox, Audacity, Tweak UI, the upgraded Media Player and my special icons (which I have in a folder on my work computer) so I will continue the tweaking this weekend. I also plan a trip to Comp USA (for a store that's going out of business the price reductions are not very good) to get a piece of geek equipment that I'm told may help to recover some of the software still on the old hard drive. If it works I will be in geek heaven!
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Larry left and Laura took his place.
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And now we have Jack
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Can you tell I'm trying to get us to Page 2
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Oh, btw
Happy Birthday to Mr. Pogue
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I do need to pay attention to the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
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Hello Ben!
Computer and craft vibes to your household.
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Happiest of Birthdays to friend of Harlan Ellison and June Wilkinson: Mr Charles Pogue.
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Oh, yes, at this point in time I'm not listening to anything.
A friend did loan us the Noel Coward set so we have things to watch this weekend in between geeking.
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Page Two
FLY dance.
(http://www.megomuseum.com/custom/stevemoore/fly.jpg)
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TOD:
DVD - The Gale Storm Show, but NO Robby the Robot episode yet, The Mountain with Spencer Tracy & Robert Wagner as brothers!
CD - All About Eve/Leave Her to Heaven Soundtrack Import
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Happy Birthday, Mr. Charles Pogue!
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Black Widow with Eddie G., Ginger Rogers, Van Heflin, and Gene Tierney is being released on DVD in March!
And Make Room for Daddy - Season Six is being released on Tuesday. My copy shipped yesterday! GINA GINA GINA!!!
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Giving your intellectual prowess a boost right now is a subtle and yet significant Mercury-Uranus 30-degree rapport from Aquarius to Pisces (8:50AM PST). This celestial contact is important for two reasons: Uranus is considered the higher octave to Mercury, and this link brings together the last two signs of the zodiac. While few professional astrologers are going to claim that a Mercury-Uranus aspect of this type will lead to enlightenment, it can coincide with revelations and ingenious thoughts which might lead to real-world innovations.
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To begin:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR CHARLES POGUE!
TOD:
DVD: PARINEETA - a marvelous Indian film, based on an Indian novel. Beautiful to look at, great story-telling, memorable characters.
THE INN OF THE SIXTH HAPPINESS - above average film directed by Mark Robson, starring Ingrid Bergman, Curt Jergens and Robert Donat. Set in a war-torn China and based on a true story.
CD: FUNNY GIRL: The Actors Fund Benefit Concert - uneven, but highly agreeable, with many, many Fannies. . .It sure is nice to hear that complete score.
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Is it "un-American" to say that I think Omar Osama Bin Laden is HOT?
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It has been many years since I saw THE INN OF THE SIXTH HAPPINESS, but I remember thinking Ingrid Bergman was wonderful.
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Off to work. Coldest days yet this year and snow for today and tomorrow.
Saturday and Sunday will make this morning's 18 degrees seem like summer time!
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And the word of the day is: KERFUFFLE!
And The Song Of The Day Is: LAST MIDNIGHT
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Happy happy birthday to Charles Pogue.
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And the word of the day is: KERFUFFLE!
When MacArthur heard about the KERFUFFLE in the Officer's Mess, he replied "Well, that's the right place for one!"
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Good morning, all. I was awake at 3 am with an major anxiety attack and my stomach is still nauseous. I then got up at 6:15, bathed, pulled the bedding from the MBarnum memorial air mattress and washed it and yesterday's clothing. I did log on earlier, then went out for laundry, errands, and breakfast. I'm now debating taking my computer to Toyland for the nonce to get it out of the mess and to allow me to work uncluttered by the debris here.
So my plans this morning are to continue boxing books and setting them in the hallway. I'm waiting to hear from one of my Toyland colleagues about bringing the computer down. If that works out, I'll call a car service and schlep things downtown. This is no fun at all.
I can contribute nothing to the TOD, I'm afraid. My life is not geared toward entertainment at the moment. I do enjoy knowing what everyone else is up to.
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FLY dance.
(http://www.megomuseum.com/custom/stevemoore/fly.jpg)
"Waiter, there's a fly in my... Oh, it's your cousin! Never mind."
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...CD: FUNNY GIRL: The Actors Fund Benefit Concert - uneven, but highly agreeable, with many, many Fannies....
I'm not even gonna touch that! ::)
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I'm not even gonna touch that! ::)
I know that you've been known to touch a fanny or two in your life. . . ;)
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It has been many years since I saw THE INN OF THE SIXTH HAPPINESS, but I remember thinking Ingrid Bergman was wonderful.
She is!
I'm really fond of the casting: a Swede playing a Brit, a German playing a Eurasian and a Brit playing a Chinese. (Bergman, Jergens and Donat - who btw, it quite good, too, in his last film role).
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I like my kerfuffle with a side of floop.
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Is this one of the games people play at the reservoir? :-X
(http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:ws1Seob_29bMnM:http://www.lungchicago.org/site/pics/487/21386/82222/270847/just-HUH-no-ala-or-OMX.jpg)
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TOD:
Books:
Something From the Oven, by Laura Shapiro. An interesting history of the 1950s, focusing on the intersection of commercially produced food and the common housewife's desire to put real food on the table for their families. As a result of the collision, modern feminism came about. Did you know that just eight days after Julia Child first appeared on Boston television as The French Chef, Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique was released to bookstores? 'Tis true! And the two works are not as opposed to each other as everyone first guesses!
DVD: I have cheated. Having missed the latter half of Lost's third season, due to work scheduling and der Brucer wanting to watch too many other shows for me to get a viewing in edgewise (he will deny this, but it's the sad truth), I decided to try to catch up with the show before it returns to the tube. Problem was, there were too many threads to catch up with, so I decided to try watching the series from the start, all over again. Problem was, there wasn't enough time to watch the whole series from the start, before the show returns to the tube. So I cheated and just watched the final three episodes of the third season. Poor Charlie. And where the Felix did Hurley get that VW Bus?
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And, with this, it's time to get ready for work. Just a four hour tour today, little buddies. I'll try to return.
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And where the Felix did Hurley get that VW Bus?
LOST SPOILER![/size]
DR SWW - from one of the episodes that you missed. 8)
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***TECHNOLOGY VIBES*** to DR Ben and ***CRAFT PROJECT VIBES*** to DP Ant!
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From today's NY Times review of Cloverfield:
As this is a Paramount film, in a few months, I'll be getting it to review. Not my cup of tea, of course, but I'll make the best of it when it arrives.
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Good morning!
Seemed warmer than I was expecting this morning, and the forecast says we're getting into the low 50s today. (Snow yesterday is only a memory!)
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Happy Birthday to DR Charles E. Pogue.
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TV Reminder:
New episodes (the last new ones until the strike concludes) of GHOST WHISPERER, MOONLIGHT, and NUMB3RS.
New episodes of PSYCH and MONK.
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Friday Media Check:
CD - HOW THE WEST WAS WON (2-disc soundtrack)
DVD - PIONEERS OF TELEVISION
Criterion's THIS SPORTING LIFE (if it arrives today)
Criterion's 4 FILMS BY AGNES VARDA (if it arrives today)
DVR - THE GREAT CARUSO
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Thank you FJL!!!
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Happy Birthday Charles Pogue!!!
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I finished HAWAII FIVE-O this morning. The last two-part episode did not guest star Helen Hayes (the publicity sheet with the set obviously listed guest stars from the entire show's run).
However, three very famous faces WERE in that last two-part episode: Don Chastain, Jock Mahoney, and, to my utter delight, Pernell Roberts playing a baseball star with a brain impaired son. An OK season-ender, though the chase story was dragged out too long. It could easily have been a one-hour episode.
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and now to work
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Love your new tagline, DR Vixmom!
Perhaps we should all change our posting taglines to feature cherished quotes from DR Ron Pulliam. :D
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There is certainly a
surfeit plethora to choose from... :)
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I just got off the phone with the Miami University Theatre Dept. Rather than tote a lot of the stuff I'm currently toting out of the apartment back into it, I think it's time to begin a bequest in my will, which is to leave my library to Miami University Theatre. They definitely want the materials - scripts, books, programs, other memorabilia and ephemera, and sheet music - so it's a case now of determining what to send them and how to ship it, once I learn whether the University will ship it COD or reimburse me. Oy, is this a mess!
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Hi, Ben!
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Good for you, DR elmore3003!
I'm sure that MUTD will gladly take the bedbugs books off your hands! :D
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TOD:
CD - All About Eve/Leave Her to Heaven Soundtrack Import
If I'm not mistaken, this "import" is basically a bootleg (in U.S. parlance). Film Score Monthly issued this after having restored the scores. Some European label has taken all the FSM recordings and repressed them -- cheaply -- for nearly PURE profit and ZERO investment on their part beyond production fees (very little $$$). They get to sell them without ever having had to pay one dime of union reuse fees or composer royalties (although they CLAIM to pay "mechanicals").
It's apparently legal to do this in Europe. But here in the U.S., it is not, and it's not legal to import protected items.
The title is still very much active in the Film Score Monthly catalogue maintained and sold by Screen Archives.
Of course, I do not expect anyone here to know about this other than BK....and it's perfectly understandable how such an item would make its way into unsuspecting U.S. hands since nothing is EVER done to prevent such things from happening unless the copyright holder takes legal action against the dealer, which is almost always more expensive an endeavor than the loss of revenue might be.
Off my soapbox.
They're great scores, aren't they, Jack!!!
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Make Room for Daddy
Isn't that DR MBarnum's province? ;)
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8 cookies in the fountain would certainly get more soggy than the 3 coins.
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Hi, Ben!
No don't look at me,
Please not just yet,
Why am I here,
This is crazy
Look at this party
Isn't it eiree
Look at these people
Aren't they dreary
I'm so glad I came!"
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[shadow=color,glow width,#characters wide]A big Kentucky Kerfuffle
for Charles Edward Pogue
on this, his birthday.[/shadow]
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TOD Media check;
CD
Soundtrack to NAYAK which features that popular HHW song "Shakalaka Baby," later used in Bombay Dreams.
DVD
I think some June Kenney movies may be on the docket for this weekend.
DVR
A whole slew of this weeks episodes of WHAT'S MY LINE.
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No don't look at me,
Please not just yet,
Why am I here,
This is crazy
Look at this party
Isn't it eiree
Look at these people
Aren't they dreary
I'm so glad I came!"
Me, too!
;D
And better the Sondheim than:
Ben, the two of us need look no more
We both found what we were looking for
With a friend to call my own
I'll never be alone
And you, my friend, will see
You've got a friend in me
(you've got a friend in me)
Ben, you're always running here and there
You feel you're not wanted anywhere
If you ever look behind
And don't like what you find
There's one thing you should know
You've got a place to go
(you've got a place to go)
I used to say "I" and "me"
Now it's "us", now it's "we"
I used to say "I" and "me"
Now it's "us", now it's "we"
Ben, most people would turn you away
I don't listen to a word they say
They don't see you as I do
I wish they would try to
I'm sure they'd think again
If they had a friend like Ben
(a friend) Like Ben
(like Ben) Like Ben
Just because of its "providence"....dontchaknow!
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TOD Media check;
DVR
A whole slew of this weeks episodes of WHAT'S MY LINE.
This week's episodes? Are you timewarping back to the 1950s?
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Love your new tagline, DR Vixmom!
Perhaps we should all change our posting taglines to feature cherished quotes from DR Ron Pulliam. :D
Awwwwwww....
Name one quote you cherish!
Come on, flatter me....!
[several hairy eyeballs]
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Are you timewarping back to the 1950s?
He has to look for dates somewhere!
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Have a wonderful birthday Charles Pogue!!!!
(http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/4/4/6/4/5/8/webimg/77672103_o.jpg)
(http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/4/4/6/4/5/8/webimg/77672113_o.jpg)
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He has to look for dates somewhere!
I'd be amazed to learn that June Kenney or Race Gentry ever appeared on "What's My Line".
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There is certainly a surfeit plethora to choose from... :)
WhyI'mGonna....! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...........!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Me, too!
;D
And better the Sondheim than:
Ben, the two of us need look no more
We both found what we were looking for
With a friend to call my own
I'll never be alone
And you, my friend, will see
You've got a friend in me
(you've got a friend in me)
Ben, you're always running here and there
You feel you're not wanted anywhere
If you ever look behind
And don't like what you find
There's one thing you should know
You've got a place to go
(you've got a place to go)
I used to say "I" and "me"
Now it's "us", now it's "we"
I used to say "I" and "me"
Now it's "us", now it's "we"
Ben, most people would turn you away
I don't listen to a word they say
They don't see you as I do
I wish they would try to
I'm sure they'd think again
If they had a friend like Ben
(a friend) Like Ben
(like Ben) Like Ben
Just because of its "providence"....dontchaknow!
Oy, the grief I suffered because of that song!
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LOL! The Game Show channel shows WHAT'S MY LINE, I'VE GOT A SECRET, and BEAT THE CLOCK every night.
I must say that WHAT'S MY LINE is one of the funniest half hours around!
Now, if only they would return to airing THE NAME'S THE SAME, which is my all time favorite of the old game shows.
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Off to get cleaned up for my usual Friday outings.
WBBL.
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Name one quote you cherish!
Well, just in the past day or two, we've had:
Shipoopi
A maize of complexities
Snark
I Love Fog
Morning bun
I don't drool. Much.
Gadzooks.
A tad "twee"
Harrumph!
To name but a few! :)
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, POGUE!
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Good morning, everyone.
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Happy Birthday MR CHARLES POGUE
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Well, just in the past day or two, we've had:
Shipoopi
A maize of complexities
Snark
I Love Fog
Morning bun
I don't drool. Much.
Gadzooks.
A tad "twee"
Harrumph!
To name but a few! :)
Holy Cow! I'd totally forgotten all of them.
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Darn this short-term memory loss.
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Happy Birthday to DR CHARLES POGUE!!
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Ooh! Ooh!
I've gone and started
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Hi, Jeanne!
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BETTER TECHNOLOGY VIBES to Ben and Ant!
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AN END TO THIS ORDEAL to Larry!
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Hi, Ron!
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I'm listening to the complete soundtrack to the 1954 "Star is Born." I've always liked Ray Heindhorf's arrangements and orchestrations and what he does with the orchestra (even when it's someone else's arrangements). Considering that most of the background music is based on "The Man That Got Away," you can see how brilliant he was (in my most humble but stubborn opinion).
BTW" Continuing from yesterday, I've always loved "To A Wild Rose," and "Forest Murmurs.
Robert Irving (more or less the Arthur Fiedler of England) has the best recordings (again, in my humble yet stubborn opinion). They do knock out versions of "Danny Boy" and "Santa Lucia." We're talking orgasm here.
Max Steiner, Korngold, Newman, etc. would all have to be included as writing light classical music.
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Holy Cow! I'd totally forgotten all of them.
Well, DR MBarnum is saving you a rocker right next to him on the porch over at the old folk's home. I hear they even have an Alzheimer's unit! ;)
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Well, DR MBarnum is saving you a rocker right next to him on the porch over at the old folk's home. I hear they even have an Alzheimer's unit! ;)
LOL. A HHW Old Folks Home.
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TOD:
DVD: A HISTORY OF MR POLLY (H G Wells)
JONATHAN CREEK Season 2
ANGEL A
Next up: STORMY WEATHER
VCR: HEARTBEAT
CD: INFERNAL VIOLINS (which I simply cannot get enough of)
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Heartbeat, it's a lovebeat
And a lovebeat is a good vibration
Oh a heartbeat it's a lovebeat
And when we meet it's a good sensation
Listen to my heart pound
Listen to my love sound
Feel it gettin' stronger (feelin' feelin')
Can't hold back any longer, 'cause a
Heartbeat, it's a lovebeat
And a lovebeat is a good vibration
Oh a heartbeat it's a lovebeat
And when we meet it's a good sensation
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Talk about infernal! :P
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Talk about infernal! :P
Have you heard it then??? ???
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Oh, sing's gone.
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I'm listening to the complete soundtrack to the 1954 "Star is Born." I've always liked Ray Heindhorf's arrangements and orchestrations and what he does with the orchestra (even when it's someone else's arrangements). Considering that most of the background music is based on "The Man That Got Away," you can see how brilliant he was (in my most humble but stubborn opinion).
Yes, Heindorf really made the most of his skills and brilliant orchestrations for his underscore....and "The Man That Got Away" received some truly exquisite, yearning interpolations.
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Oh, sing's gone.
But hardly forgotten.
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I must be off soon meself.
TTFN.
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In my personal hard drive, this song has been going through my head all week (I blame, and praise, "Medium" for making it happen)
There is freedom within, there is freedom without
Try to catch the deluge in a paper cup
There's a battle ahead, many battles are lost
But you'll never see the end of the road
While you're traveling with me
Hey now, hey now
Don't dream it's over
Hey now, hey now
When the world comes in
They come, they come
To build a wall between us
We know they won't win
Now I'm towing my car, there's a hole in the roof
My possessions are causing me suspicion but there's no proof
In the paper today tales of war and of waste
But you turn right over to the T.V. page
Now I'm walking again to the beat of a drum
And I'm counting the steps to the door of your heart
Only shadows ahead barely clearing the roof
Get to know the feeling of liberation and relief
Hey now, hey now
Don't dream it's over
Hey now, hey now
When the world comes in
They come, they come
To build a wall between us
Don't ever let them win
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR CHARLES POGUE!
HAVE A GRAND DAY![/b]
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Oh, yeah...it is my birthday. Thanks for reminding me, BK.
Thanks all for the felicitations.
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Have you heard it then??? ???
No, DR Jeanne, my comment was in reference to that nasty "Hearbeat" song... :)
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You know you're a geek when you wake up at 4am thinking about tweaking your computer. I went to bed at around 11 and at 4am I was wide awake.
LOL-Then I must be married to a geek.
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A HHW Old Folks Home
Home for the Haggard and Wayward?
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I must be married to a geek
Is the cover of your wedding album emblazoned with the title MY BIG FAT GEEK WEDDING? ;)
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Good for you, DR elmore3003!
I'm sure that MUTD will gladly take the bedbugs books off your hands! :D
:o
elmore, when will you know if they are bug free ???
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Handle every stressful situation like a dog.
If you can't eat it or hump it.......
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/dogs/BlinkingDog.gif)
Piss on it and walk away
der Brucer
The above passed on to me by my sweet blue-haired Republican widow in CA
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Cute.
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DR Jose, thanks for the sky vibes. Bryan just made the last flight to Portland, missed the last train home & had to take a cab, & his luggage will arrive today. At least he slept in his own bed.
DR elmore, I too would be having anxiety attacks. Continued no bedbug vibes!
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Ben - I suffered a bit when I was a kid because of that song "Do The Freddy," although I could see where "Ben" being about a rat could be more annoying.
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TOD:
Books:
Something From the Oven, by Laura Shapiro. An interesting history of the 1950s, focusing on the intersection of commercially produced food and the common housewife's desire to put real food on the table for their families. As a result of the collision, modern feminism came about. Did you know that just eight days after Julia Child first appeared on Boston television as The French Chef, Betty Furness' The Feminine Mystique was released to bookstores? 'Tis true! And the two works are not as opposed to each other as everyone first guesses!
You can imagine the dinner-table conversation!
der Brucer
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And my last name being "Winkworth," I suffered a lot as a child due to this cartoon:
(http://www.octanecreative.com/boomerbaby/images/winky69.jpg)
Although the idea of encouraging children to draw on their parent's television screens with crayon always did give me a perverse jolt of pleasure... ;)
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Thanks for the doggie, DR dB!!! :)
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Ben - I suffered a bit when I was a kid because of that song "Do The Freddy,"
You should have had T-Shirts make up that said:
I'M FREDDY
DO ME!
der Brucer
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Good morning, good day, how are you this beautiful day. I slept fitfully, and it took me at least an hour to fall asleep - too many book thoughts rolling around in Ye Olde Cranium. I kept making bedside notes - finally fell asleep around three, I think, and then had odd dreams again, some of which, I think (they faded really fast this morning) were book plot related.
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Must now de-groggify and my mind uncloggify.
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You should have had T-Shirts make up that said:
I'M FREDDY
DO ME!
I did! I did! And my name's not even Freddy... :P
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Quelle Friday!
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Oggi et Vendredi, Gennaio 19.
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Happy Birthday DR Charles Pogue.
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And my last name being "Winkworth," I suffered a lot as a child due to this cartoon:
But this ditty evened the score:
There was a fey lad from town Yonkers
Answered to the name of Winkworth
When the guys in the gym compared Wonkers
They looked at his winky and went Zonkers
For it had grand length and great girth
der Brucer
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Good Morning! Good Afternoon!
I'm up, I'm up... And that's good enough for now.
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Can i say how much i loved last night's UGLY BETTY!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR CHARLES POGUE!!!!!
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As for the Topic of the Day...
Hmm... Not even much WQXR for me this week. ???
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RE: LOST
It starts in 2 weeks (on thursday).
It looks like it will be 2 hours.
First a one hour new special at 8pm. Followed by a new episode at 9pm.
I think that first one hour episode might help remind us of what happened so far.
I wish they would show the last episode or two from last season. I'm not really sure why they don't. The show is so confusing. Anyhow i guess that is probably why they are showing the special at 8pm.
I'll probably just re-read the televisionwithoutpity recaps to remind myself of everything that happened.
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Friday morning (CST) greetings! This week of role reversal has been quite refreshing for me. Instead of getting up and leaving the house at the crack of dawn while DH Richard snoozes, I'm the one sleeping in while he's out of the apartment by 7:30 or so. We have a TV that only gets a couple of stations (one of which is in Spanish), but we get the Milwaukee NBC affiliate, so I've been able to enjoy the Today Show while having my breakfast. There's also a local morning talk show called The Morning Blend (http://www.themorningblend.com) that reminds me of the local programming we used to have in Detroit and Cincinnati.
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Good Morning! Good Afternoon!
I'm up, I'm up... And that's good enough for now.
Yo, Jo!
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Happiest of birthdays to DR Charles Pogue! How 'bout some Graeter's ice cream and something from Busken Bakery?
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Can i say how much i loved last night's UGLY BETTY!
If you don't have a mouthful of marbles you can!
;D
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Just for GRINS:
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Yo, Jo!
Following yesterday's pronunciation guide:
(http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/musik/music-smiley-013.gif)
Yo, Jo!
Yo, Jo!
The pirate's life for me!
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Thanks for the anniversary wishes from DRs Edi, TCB, George, Laura, JRand, JMK, and Jose that I found when catching up on last night's posts.
After Evening Prayer and Richard's singing rehearsal with the choir scholars, we drove one of his classmates to the Milwaukee airport, where he was going to rent a car and meet his wife and daughter who were flying in from Florida (boy, are they in for a temperature shock!). We got back to campus in time for the social that several classmates had arranged and the entire group sang us an anniversary song when we arrived.
Thanks, too, to all the DRs who acknowledged my 7000-post milestone.
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As for the Topic of Yesterday...
The music of Leroy Anderson always bring a smile to my face.
In general, the label of "light classical" has always sort of confused me, since it seems that all composers seem to write both "light" and "heavy" pieces. Then with the way record companies package and re-package Classical Music's Greatest Hits, "light" could be:
-a piece in a slow tempo
-anything written by Mozart
-almost anything from a ballet
-any music used in a movie
-any piece in a major ("happy") key
-etc., etc, etc.
I'm reminded of Duke Ellington's quote about music, in general: "There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.”
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2008 U.S. Dirtiest Hotels (http://www.tripadvisor.com/TravelersChoice-c1)
And I don't think they're talking about the cable selection!
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And in a similar vein, I've also always enjoyed this Duke Ellington quote:
"There are two kinds of worries - those you can do something about and those you can't. Don't spend any time on the latter."
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I suppose I shall start writing very soon.
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'bout time to meet DH Richard and the other seminarians for lunch. Afterward, I might venture into town (Delafield) for some shopping.
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2008 U.S. Dirtiest Hotels (http://www.tripadvisor.com/TravelersChoice-c1)
And I don't think they're talking about the cable selection!
HA!
Right before I clicked on the link, I wondered if the Hotel Carter had made the list. And, lo and behold, it was at the top of the list! The Hotel Carter is rather infamous for a lot of things, many infamous things, and, for some unexplained reason, it still manages to stay open month after month, inspection after inspection, shooting after shooting, etc. after etc.
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I went home for lunch which is my usual behavior. We ate our chicken noodle soup with crackers. We each had a clementine and then Anthony went back to the craft project and I began to sort the laundry for this evening washing party.
The buzzer rang. It was Fed Ex. They had TWO packages. One we were expecting, our memory modules but there was a box, about the size of the box which wa delivered yesterday which contained our new, working, 160gig hard drive.
I signed for both the envelope and the box but was confused. I opened the envelope and it contained the memory and this time it's the right product. I didn't want to open the box but I looked at all my paperwork and none of the purchase orders matched what was written on the box. We weren't expecting anything else and knowing that when we called Gateway we would need to say what was in the box, I opened it. Yes, it is a SECOND 160gig hard drive. It's exactly the same as the drive delivered yesterday. I can't imagine what is going on at Gateway that they could be so disorganized. We now have to call Gateway AGAIN and get a return authorization and make sure that my credit card is not charged for 2 hard drives. We then have to go back to FedEx to set in motion the return of this package. Gateway is spending a fortune on returns. They pick up the cost of the FedEx return because it's their error. So far we have returned one 500gig hard drive and two memory modules (each in a separate package with separate charges). Now comes the 3rd package. This has entered a whole new realm of silly.
All I can say is, at least my computer works.
Oy!
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DR Ginny - really enjoying reading about your retreat/vacation! :) Hope it is as relaxing for you as it sounds.
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Good Morning! Good Afternoon!
I'm up, I'm up... And that's good enough for now.
No, "and bedbug-free" makes it good enough for now :)
der Brucer
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DR Ben -
!!!!!!! What a hassle!
It is truly not over until the fat lady sings.
My problem in these situations is that I don't start taking notes with dates, times, names, etc. at the outset, and don't realize until it's too late that I needed all that stuff from the beginning...
Does that make me stupid, or just an optimist? :-\
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I have a synagogue "gig" tonight. And since their regular organist is apparently sick, my hubby and I may have an opportunity to work together.
Of course, none of the keyboard accompaniments are written out...they're all in the head of the sick guy that might not be there. So that could be an obstacle.
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So you're the singer and he's the instrumentalist?
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Yes, DR Ben...
Not my problem! ;)
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For fans of "You're The One That I Want," Legally Blonde (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/114387.html) follows suit...
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Syna-gig vibes to singdaw
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A Syna-gig in the Synagogue.
That's the title of my new novel.
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..to be POPular with the POPulace! :)
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For fans of "You're The One That I Want," Legally Blonde (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/114387.html) follows suit...
...And they announced earlier in the week that the current leads in Legally Blonde have extended their contracts. However, they gave no dates as to when their new contracts would end. I'm guessing it will all depend on how the TV-casting goes.
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Does that make me stupid, or just an optimist? :-\
A. Is both of the above a choice?
B. What happened to "cockeyed"?
der Brucer
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Im not sure if anyone posted this yet, but I didn't see it - http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080118/ap_on_re_eu/obit_fischer
Bobby Fisher has passed on
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Today seems to be double entendre day for DR dB.
But then, every day seems to be! :-*
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gee, reading the article I find he wasn't the good person I quite thought he was...
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gee, reading the article I find he wasn't the good person I quite thought he was...
A truly troubled genius.
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Yes, DR Ben...
Not my problem! ;)
Put another way, then....you're the singer and he's the song?
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Say something, Ben, any thing.....
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Put another way, then....you're the singer and he's the song?
Yes.
And you, DR Ron Pulliam, are our muse! :D
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Mews?
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Say something, Ben, any thing.....
If you insist
"What we need is a drink"
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Today seems to be double entendre day for DR dB.
But then, every day seems to be! :-*
Get yer mind outta da gutter - "cockeyed" was a musical theatre reference!
der Brucer
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Written a couple of pages - slow going this morning.
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And my last name being "Winkworth," I suffered a lot as a child due to this cartoon:
(http://www.octanecreative.com/boomerbaby/images/winky69.jpg)
Winky dink? I never heard of it. So much for my cultural literacy.
I would think that Winky would be a cute nickname.
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Mews?
English stable apartment.
der Brucer
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I would think that Winky would be a cute nickname.
For a male body part? (A Robin Williams reference)
der Brucer
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DR Jeanne, it was this weekly cartoon where the main character, Winky Dink, would get into a jam toward the end, and the children at home could "save" him by placing their special "magic screen" over the television screen [you had to send away for the kit, see], and then tracing things which they would show you in crayon. So for example, you could provide the boat that would take Winky Dink off the island, avoiding the alligators.
I'm just sure that a lot of kids followed the directions and traced in crayon on their television screen - without the special kit. :)
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How far along are you, Bruce?
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For a male body part?
But what about my song that you posted earlier? :-\
DR dB giveth, and he taketh away.
:)
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2008 U.S. Dirtiest Hotels (http://www.tripadvisor.com/TravelersChoice-c1)
And I don't think they're talking about the cable selection!
I'm afraid to read the details. At least I haven't stayed at any of the hotels.
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English stable apartment.
der Brucer
Yes, but also a group of houses in a garden setting.
I lived in a mews once. It was quite charming.
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For a male body part? (A Robin Williams reference)
der Brucer
Oh. You guys get all sorts of double meanings that I don't get!
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People come, people go. It's like the Grand Hotel.
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You guys get all sorts of double meanings that I don't get!
Believe me, DR Jeanne: you're in a far better place! :)
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Thank you for the explanation, Sing.
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Yes, but also a group of houses in a garden setting.
I lived in a mews once. It was quite charming.
So.
bk delivers his finished work in 50 page increments to a garden apartment named Margaret?
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Believe me, DR Jeanne: you're in a far better place! :)
I'm sure some people would say that that's debatable!
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So.
bk delivers his finished work in 50 page increments to a garden apartment named Margaret?
It took me a couple seconds to get that one.
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It took me a couple seconds to get that one.
It wasn't very a mews, sing.
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:o
elmore, when will you know if they are bug free ???
Most likely never. I dn't think this problem will ever be over, only under control of some sort. I keep saying the problem's from the building, but perhaps I brought them in on my bag from settng it down somewhere or from an item I bought second-hand. There are too many possibilities and I feel all one can do is try to be as cautious and preventative as possible.
I am typing this from Toyland as I listen on my iTunes to selections from "Babes In Toyland." I had to get it out of the mess because it's hard to accomplish any work in the apartment beyond dealing with the mess. My colleague Curtis came in and helped me with the set-up and the new server, but now my email's a mess.
Happy Birthday, DR Charles Pogue!
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Happiest of birthdays to DR Charles Pogue! How 'bout some Graeter's ice cream and something from Busken Bakery?
No Graeter's or Busken down here in Georgetown, Ginny, but since The Lovely Wife is in the throes of rehearsal, I'm seriously thinking of going over to the local Gold Star in the Wal-Mart Center here and having for my birthday dinner two cheese coneys (mustard and onions) and a four-way with onions!
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It wasn't very a mews, sing.
I thought it WAS a mews, sing. You must HEAR the joke--or at least recall the last page of posts.
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I have a long to-do list and really must try to get more of it done.
TTFN.
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It wasn't very a mews, sing.
TO YOUR ROOM, WINKY!
der Brucer
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Rocco Landesman answers your theatre economic questions (http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/18/rocco-landesman-answers-your-broadway-questions/#more-2235)
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I'm writing away. Took a little break and worked at the piano and will now try to do one or two more pages before singers arrive.
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(http://www.foxnews.com/images/root_images/011708_chimp.jpg)
Well, some times at Last Call....
der Brucer
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Just for GRINS:
Avert your eyes, SWW.
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I like my kerfuffle with a side of floop.
You can't beat floop. Manyy have tried!
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TOD: Give Me Jesus, by Bruce Ewing.
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DR Ginny and Richard, I kept meaning to say Happy Anniversary to you both yesterday, as well...so here it is, better late then never!!! Hope it was swell~!
(http://www.vintagemixedmedia.com/images/happyanniversarygreensmall.jpg)
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Winky dink? I never heard of it. So much for my cultural literacy.
I would think that Winky would be a cute nickname.
Some of my fondest memories of childhood were drawing on the TV screen for WINKY DINK. A wonderful show for kids. I even got my parents to spring for teh deluxe drawing edition of WINKY DINK.
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No way we ever got anywhere close to 50 degrees today. It was bitter cold when I went on my errands, and the suns has never made an appearance. There have been heavy clouds in the sky all day. So, I was happy to stay inside today.
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Most likely never. I dn't think this problem will ever be over, only under control of some sort. I keep saying the problem's from the building, but perhaps I brought them in on my bag from settng it down somewhere or from an item I bought second-hand. There are too many possibilities and I feel all one can do is try to be as cautious and preventative as possible.
On the other hand, you've effectively dissuaded any HHW DR from dropping in unexpected and unannounced hoping to crash on your fire escape for a few days!
:D
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I began my afternoon viewing by rewatching the first hour of THUNDERBALL while I cooked and ate lunch. I was watching the Ultimate Edition remaster. It's clean as a whistle and the DTS sound is wonderful, but the color just isn't vibrant enough. I remember the Technicolor on this in the theater being very rich. This looks very nice, very contained, but just a bit on the drab side. I think the remaster on DR. NO has a richer look than the remaster on THUNDERBALL.
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Hmm. Maybe I can use that around here.
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I have a long to-do list and really must try to get more of it done.
TTFN.
"to-do" in the sense that there was a lot of to-do going on?
Or simply a "to-do" checklist of things to accomplish?
I like the idea of the former (or I wouldn't have gratuitously posted, obviously).
In fact, I think there ought to be more to-do among our ken.
An HHW Kerfuffle, as it were!
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The Criterion discs finally arrived today (how ironic they arrived once I finally finished with HAWAII FIVE-O just this morning).
So, this afternoon, I watched THIS SPORTING LIFE. The film is brilliant in almost every respect. The flashback motif back and forth gives it a dynamism and urgency that's really engrossing (as if it could be anything else with those galvanizing central performances!).
Amazing that the director had never directed a feature film before, the producer had never produced a feature film before, and the screenwriter had never written a screenplay before, and they turned out this triumph!
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It wasn't very a mews, sing.
[size=9] G R O A N [/size]
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Then I began listening to the commentary track which edits in comments from screenwriter David Storey with the main narrator. Interesting stuff, but I've only listened to about 30 minutes of it.
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I'm afraid to read the details. At least I haven't stayed at any of the hotels.
But what about Bryan? Where does he stay on the "other side" of all his flights?
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I ended my afternoon by skimming through today's AS THE WORLD TURNS. Luke and Noah were present for a few scenes, but other MAJOR events happened that made them a kind of afterthought in the episode.
They were not in the previews for next week.
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Ooh! Ooh!
I've gone and started
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It's a gorgeous "warm" day here in sunny Oakland.
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Congratulations to DR Jane on her current milestone!
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In today's mail delivery:
My Mantovani CD has arrived...the Great Films-Great Themes BK was rhapsodizing over a few days back.
It's here! It's here!
At last!
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Are we still upon page 8?
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Upon my word.
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It's heinous that we are not further along.
Heinous.
That's "heinous", I say.
What do you say?
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It's 10 minutes later and not another post has been written.
It's heinous.
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BK's going to stir up a huge kerfuffle if all this wussburgering doesn't come to an end.
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And all day yesterday, Miss Karen was present and accounted for.
And today, I've read nary a peep out of her.
She must have OD'd on "corn".
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Well, I've got some writing to do, so I'll get to it, and then get back down to continue listening to the commentary and watching more about Lindsay Anderson on the second disc in the set.
WBBL.
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DR Ginny - really enjoying reading about your retreat/vacation! :) Hope it is as relaxing for you as it sounds.
Yes, I'm having a good week. I brought more books & magazines than I've had time to read and some DVDs that haven't even come out of my tote bag. I've spent more time with the seminarians than I did in August and have gotten to know some of them better. Everyone is pretty tired, including the prof, who gave them 30 minutes longer for lunch today. In about an hour, I'll go over to the chapel for Evening Prayer and a solemn mass. Richard is one of the choir scholars for the mass.
After lunch I went into town to one of my favorite shops. My purchases included a little something for our niece/goddaughter, whose 19th birthday is today. I came back here and got it ready to mail, then headed back to the post office. From there, I went to another of my favorite shops. It's beginning to snow, so I thought I'd get back here before the roads get slippery.
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Thank you, DR MBarnum, for the lovely anniversary card!
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I see that DR Jo SPiano is back with us!
Hi, Jo!
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When did you last go to Levain's, Jo?
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Hey, td!
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Hey, Ginny!
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Whassup!
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Hi, DR Ron Pulliam!
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When did you last go to Levain's, Jo?
Hmm... December 18, 2007, I believe.
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It's between 2 and 3 p.m.
It's Friday afternoon.
The sun is shining through our office windows.
It's quiet!
I could nap. I could.
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And when was the last time you had a Morning Bun and/or Chocolatine, DR Ron Pulliam?
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Hmm... December 18, 2007, I believe.
So....today is your "no-cookie-for-Jo" anniversary?
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No stuffiness of sniffles today, DR Ron Pulliam?
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And when was the last time you had a Morning Bun and/or Chocolatine, DR Ron Pulliam?
It has been at least three weeks, I think.
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No stuffiness of sniffles today, DR Ron Pulliam?
Not so's I'd say anything about it.
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You?
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SNIFFLEPOOPI?
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Ooh! Ooh!
I've gone and started
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I am packing for a conference this weekend. I am so excited I could fall asleep. And I probably will.
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And it took some doing getting here, too!
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I am packing for a conference this weekend. I am so excited I could fall asleep. And I probably will.
You must be LOTS of fun at surprise parties!
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And special holidays.
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TOD:
On the DVD front, in today's mail I received "SpiderMan 3".
Yesterday, I got "Pride and Prejudice", "Superman Returns", "The Meaning of Life" and "Elizabeth" -- all four were on sale and all are on HD DVD.
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So....today is your "no-cookie-for-Jo" anniversary?
Possibly.
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There is a new episode of "Ghost Whisperer" on CBS this evening.
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Not so's I'd say anything about it.
Well, at this point, I guess some things are a given.
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I'm a stowaway in the library again.
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I'm off to church and probably won't be back online until we get home tomorrow evening after our 9-hour drive.
Thanks for sharing my Wisconsin adventure with me.
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DR Ginny - Have a good and peaceful evening tonight, and a safe drive home tomorrow.
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Finished working with Cason and Marlana - they're so fast that I ended up giving them more stuff to sing on Monday - so we'll actually have two people singing the duets and a semi-group doing the opening as well as closing of act one. However, it took an extra hour and now I must scurry and hurry and any number of other things.
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Ya know, it is my humble opinion, that George W. Bush may be the greatest President who has ever lived.
Or, at least he will be when I get my $800.00!
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And, now... Dinner.
Laters...
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I think I'm just about through writing for the day.
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On the other hand, you've effectively dissuaded any HHW DR from dropping in unexpected and unannounced hoping to crash on your fire escape for a few days!
:D
Visit Larry soon - and you'll be itching to go home :D
der Brucer
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES TO
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DR CHARLES POGUE!!!
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I am thrilled that you have gotten back into theater, even if you did have to go all the way back to Kentucky to do it!
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Well, DR MBarnum is saving you a rocker right next to him on the porch over at the old folk's home. I hear they even have an Alzheimer's unit! ;)
They do, they just don't remember where it is.
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The above passed on to me by my sweet blue-haired Republican widow in CA
When did you die?
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Happy Birthday to DR Charles Pogue!!
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Is it "un-American" to say that I think Omar Osama Bin Laden is HOT?
I think not. Many an American has been heard to say:
"I'd like to f**k Osama Bin Laden"
der Brucer
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When did you die?
GOOD ONE!
der Brucer
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No Graeter's or Busken down here in Georgetown, Ginny, but since The Lovely Wife is in the throes of rehearsal, I'm seriously thinking of going over to the local Gold Star in the Wal-Mart Center here and having for my birthday dinner two cheese coneys (mustard and onions) and a four-way with onions!
Well, I'm up for a four-way with or without onions.
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Der Brucer, I believe that TCB was referring to Osama Bin Laden's son, Omar, who appears to be a peace advocate.
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Now, whether or not Omar figures into TCB's 4 way with or without onions, I don't know.
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A Very Happy Birthday to DR Charles Pogue!!
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Now, whether or not Omar figures into TCB's 4 way with or without onions, I don't know.
Only if you want to join us, otherwise he is all mine.
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We have been on page nine for over two hours!!!
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But not for long..........
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Because I can!
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Mr. Barnum, what dates are you going to be in LA?
And are you coming north to see THE LAST STARFIGHTER?
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Topic of the Day: I just finished listening to the original London cast recording of Parade, by Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown. It's, as far as I can tell, the whole show and the booklet has all the lyrics and dialogue. It also contains a PAL-region 2 DVD of interviews with Alfred Uhry, Jason Robert Brown, director Rob Ashford and designer Christopher Gram. It's quite informative, but only about 20 minutes long.
Also, I have BOTH studio recordings of the complete South Pacific with Paige O'Hara and Justino Diaz. One recording has Pat Suzuki as Bloody Mary and the other (which is otherwise identical) has Shezwae Powell as Bloody Mary. They were each less than half price, so I got both of them. ;)
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Fred, can they get away with this???
http://www.myspace.com/thelaststarfighter
WARNING: Turn down the volume first.
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DR Singdaw...do you like your Kindle?
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I dont' know if this has been mentioned yet (I'm only caught up to page 5), but today is A. A. Milne's birthday. If he were alive today, he'd be 125 years old. :)
(http://bcpl.lib.ut.us/images/bookcovers/pooh.jpg)
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I went home for lunch which is my usual behavior. We ate our chicken noodle soup with crackers. We each had a clementine and then Anthony went back to the craft project and I began to sort the laundry for this evening washing party.
The buzzer rang. It was Fed Ex. They had TWO packages. One we were expecting, our memory modules but there was a box, about the size of the box which wa delivered yesterday which contained our new, working, 160gig hard drive.
I signed for both the envelope and the box but was confused. I opened the envelope and it contained the memory and this time it's the right product. I didn't want to open the box but I looked at all my paperwork and none of the purchase orders matched what was written on the box. We weren't expecting anything else and knowing that when we called Gateway we would need to say what was in the box, I opened it. Yes, it is a SECOND 160gig hard drive. It's exactly the same as the drive delivered yesterday. I can't imagine what is going on at Gateway that they could be so disorganized. We now have to call Gateway AGAIN and get a return authorization and make sure that my credit card is not charged for 2 hard drives. We then have to go back to FedEx to set in motion the return of this package. Gateway is spending a fortune on returns. They pick up the cost of the FedEx return because it's their error. So far we have returned one 500gig hard drive and two memory modules (each in a separate package with separate charges). Now comes the 3rd package. This has entered a whole new realm of silly.
All I can say is, at least my computer works.
Oy!
A couple of days ago, we (at the library service center) received a shipment from one of our major vendors. The invoice had one title, five paperback copies ($6.99 list price per copy) and those five books were in the shipment and processed correctly...our barcode was on the front cover and our library name and address were stamped on the title page. That's fine. BUT also in the shipment were another three books. All three were processed like the paperbacks, but we didn't order them and we weren't billed for them. The books were "Consumer Sourcebook" and they're $400 each!! And we got THREE copies of them!! It isn't our mistake and we don't have to pay for them. We're also not keeping them. I called and the rep on the phone, when I told her that they were $400 EACH, sounded quite agitated. But she said that she'll send a mailing label to return them. This has certainly happened before, but NEVER with $400 books. :o
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Well, I need to be leaving...and I've only caught up to the top of Page 8. Anyway, I'm working concessions tonight for Sex Workers Art Show Tour 2008 (http://www.washingtoncenter.org/calendar/calendar_detail.asp?event_id=972)! Click HERE (http://www.sexworkersartshow.com/) for the artists' website. ;)
Have a good evening, all! ;D
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Handle every stressful situation like a dog.
If you can't eat it or hump it.......
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/dogs/BlinkingDog.gif)
Piss on it and walk away
der Brucer
The above passed on to me by my sweet blue-haired Republican widow in CA
When I first glanced at this, I thought it was your birthday greeting to Charles!
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But this ditty evened the score:
There was a fey lad from town Yonkers
Answered to the name of Winkworth
When the guys in the gym compared Wonkers
They looked at his winky and went Zonkers
For it had grand length and great girth
der Brucer
There's a reason why der B did not romance me with song. ::)
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On the other hand, you've effectively dissuaded any HHW DR from dropping in unexpected and unannounced hoping to crash on your fire escape for a few days!
:D
;D
Long after our lice problem was cleared Bryan was not invited to a number of friend's houses, or were they permitted at ours. His feelings were very hurt. The parents of Craig's friend's were less worried & trusted me. No one got lice from visiting our house.
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Most likely never. I dn't think this problem will ever be over, only under control of some sort. I keep saying the problem's from the building, but perhaps I brought them in on my bag from settng it down somewhere or from an item I bought second-hand. There are too many possibilities and I feel all one can do is try to be as cautious and preventative as possible.
Sorry, I meant when will it be safe to donate the books?
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But what about Bryan? Where does he stay on the "other side" of all his flights?
LOL.
In Chicago he stayed with a friend, and I presume will do so when he returns. In NY he will stay with his girlfriend. He also has a cousin there and two of his best friends.
BTW. School tours and other activities for the day were done with other potential students. Bryan said his age & experience definitely made a difference, all the younger applicants were very nervous while he was calm & confidant. :)
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Hey, td!
Hey, Ron! :-*
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Congratulations to DR Jane on her current milestone!
Thank you. Since I never pay attention to these things, I'll have to see what milestone I passed, after I make this post. ;D
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DR SWW - I think you have confused your Freidan with your Furness.
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What KIND of concessions would be available at the Sex Workers Art Show Tour - one wonders.....
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I am packing for a conference this weekend. I am so excited I could fall asleep. And I probably will.
ROTFLOL!
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Yeah, Jane! 15,000+ posts! :-*
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Quote from: DERBRUCER on Today at 08:51:39am
The above passed on to me by my sweet blue-haired Republican widow in CA
When did you die?
Der B really does need to learn to refer to her as his favorite sweet blue-haired Republican widow in CA.
(He left behind a whole parcel of 'em! :o)
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Topic of the Day: I just finished listening to the original London cast recording of Parade, by Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown. It's, as far as I can tell, the whole show and the booklet has all the lyrics and dialogue. It also contains a PAL-region 2 DVD of interviews with Alfred Uhry, Jason Robert Brown, director Rob Ashford and designer Christopher Gram. It's quite informative, but only about 20 minutes long.
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Oooh! I'd like this!
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TCB - That group called the Last Starfighter has been around for a while. Sounds like fun material.
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Congrats to Jane on your major milestone
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DR SWW - I think you have confused your Freidan with your Furness.
I know not of what you speak!
::)
;D
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Yeah, Jane! 15,000+ posts! :-*
I don't know, I fear I'm too talkative.
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While I was working one of the regular registers today, a customer came up to purchase this week's NEWSWEEK magazine. On the cover is a pic of Hillary Clinton, with the quote "I found my own voice."
I looked at it, looked at him, and deadpanned "So, Bill was sitting on it?"
Best laugh I gave a customer all day.
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I don't know, I fear I'm too talkative.
Another 11,075 posts, DR Jane, and you'll overtake DR Jose!
:D
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Happy Birthday Charles Pogue!
I hope you have a lovely day full of friends and surprises!
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Continued vibes to Elmore.....
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I should get dinner on the table. Nothing complicated, just pizza and a salad.
The pizza is one of those pre-made flatbread crusts, to which I'll be adding sauce, pepperoni, some diced ham, cheese, and veggies from the salad bar. Salad bars are handy for this sort of thing - a lot of times I'll find customers using the bar for small amounts of veg to be used is a dish, where buying a lot of that veg wouldn't make a lot of sense.
Consumer tip of the day.
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Another 11,075 posts, DR Jane, and you'll overtake DR Jose!
:D
;D I'm sure by then he will be at least twice that many posts ahead of me. :)
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DR elmore, that is a great idea...
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Thank you FJL.
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Home for the Haggard and Wayward?
Home of the Harried and Wiley
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Good Evening!
And for tonight's dinner: Dinosaur Bar-B-Que (http://www.dinosaurbarbque.com/nycIndex.php)
Spicy Shrimp Boil
Chicken Wings
Fried Green Tomatoes(!!!!)
Deviled Eggs
Pulled Pork
Beef Brisket
Fresh Cut Fries
Syracuse Style Salt Potatoes
Mac & Cheese
YUMMERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Off to work. Coldest days yet this year and snow for today and tomorrow.
Saturday and Sunday will make this morning's 18 degrees seem like summer time!
Heck "0" would do it here...
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2008 U.S. Dirtiest Hotels (http://www.tripadvisor.com/TravelersChoice-c1)
And I don't think they're talking about the cable selection!
That is a 'dirty' list....
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I know not of what you speak!
::)
;D
Preditor.
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Congratulations to DRs JANE & GINNY on reaching milestones!
Wow!
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And, NO, I did not eat all of that by myself. Heck, Michael and I barely finished the all of that food. Heck(!), we didn't even have room for dessert! -And that Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie looked sooooo good.
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Good Evening!
And for tonight's dinner: Dinosaur Bar-B-Que (http://www.dinosaurbarbque.com/nycIndex.php)
Spicy Shrimp Boil
Chicken Wings
Fried Green Tomatoes(!!!!)
Deviled Eggs
Pulled Pork
Beef Brisket
Fresh Cut Fries
Syracuse Style Salt Potatoes
Mac & Cheese
YUMMERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The smoked portabella also looks good, except for the swiss cheese. I can only eat baby swiss-don't know why I'm not allergic, or not as allergic, to this type of swiss.
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WinkyDink must have been before my time
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Thank you JRand.
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And, NO, I did not eat all of that by myself. Heck, Michael and I barely finished the all of that food. Heck(!), we didn't even have room for dessert! -And that Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie looked sooooo good.
I didn't see desserts listed on the site.
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If anyone caught ABC World News, Gibson named North Dakotans People of the week after the uproar the National Geographic article created....
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I didn't see desserts listed on the site.
They're made daily, and they rotate, so...
I think tonight's selection consisted of:
Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie
Sweet Potato Pie
Oreo Ice Box Cake
Lemon Meringue
Chocolate Cake
Apple Cobbler
plus a couple of other ones.
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Congrats to Jane on her new milestone!
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I'm off to church and probably won't be back online until we get home tomorrow evening after our 9-hour drive.
Thanks for sharing my Wisconsin adventure with me.
IT was fun Ginny!
Safe travel vibes to you and DH Richard!
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I dont' know if this has been mentioned yet (I'm only caught up to page 5), but today is A. A. Milne's birthday. If he were alive today, he'd be 125 years old. :)
(http://bcpl.lib.ut.us/images/bookcovers/pooh.jpg)
I have always liked Pooh
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Knowing our DR Jose, the dessert list would make for a separate trip.
;)
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I should get dinner on the table. Nothing complicated, just pizza and a salad.
The pizza is one of those pre-made flatbread crusts, to which I'll be adding sauce, pepperoni, some diced ham, cheese, and veggies from the salad bar. Salad bars are handy for this sort of thing - a lot of times I'll find customers using the bar for small amounts of veg to be used is a dish, where buying a lot of that veg wouldn't make a lot of sense.
Consumer tip of the day.
A friend of mine brought over a pizza earlier today that was flat crust with chicken, bacon and artichokes. I had never had artichokes before but it was good.
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On the other hand, you've effectively dissuaded any HHW DR from dropping in unexpected and unannounced hoping to crash on your fire escape for a few days!
:D
Yes! So much for human uninvited guests!
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They're made daily, and they rotate, so...
I think tonight's selection consisted of:
Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie
Sweet Potato Pie
Oreo Ice Box Cake
Lemon Meringue
Chocolate Cake
Apple Cobbler
plus a couple of other ones.
Oh, sweet potato pie and lemon meringue...OH!
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A friend of mine brought over a pizza earlier today that was flat crust with chicken, bacon and artichokes. I had never had artichokes before but it was good.
Never had artichokes at all, or just on pizza?
Thanks for the congrats.
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Oh, sweet potato pie and lemon meringue...OH!
And Coconut Cake and Chocolate Pudding Pie too (at least).
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"to-do" in the sense that there was a lot of to-do going on?
Or simply a "to-do" checklist of things to accomplish?
I like the idea of the former (or I wouldn't have gratuitously posted, obviously).
In fact, I think there ought to be more to-do among our ken.
An HHW Kerfuffle, as it were!
When I wrote it, Ron, I meant the to-do list sort of thing. But my life does have its share of the other to-do, but his name's not KEN!
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An HHW Kerfuffle, as it were!
A HHW Kerfuffle at the HHW Retirement Home?
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They do, they just don't remember where it is.
Oh, I like that one!
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Off to watch REIGN OVER ME.
'night
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CONGRATULATIONS, DR Jane, on your posting milestone!!! :)
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A couple of days ago, we (at the library service center) received a shipment from one of our major vendors. The invoice had one title, five paperback copies ($6.99 list price per copy) and those five books were in the shipment and processed correctly...our barcode was on the front cover and our library name and address were stamped on the title page. That's fine. BUT also in the shipment were another three books. All three were processed like the paperbacks, but we didn't order them and we weren't billed for them. The books were "Consumer Sourcebook" and they're $400 each!! And we got THREE copies of them!! It isn't our mistake and we don't have to pay for them. We're also not keeping them. I called and the rep on the phone, when I told her that they were $400 EACH, sounded quite agitated. But she said that she'll send a mailing label to return them. This has certainly happened before, but NEVER with $400 books. :o
Sounds like the Gateway people, doesn't it?
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***SAFE TRAVEL VIBES***[/size]
to DR Ginny and her DH Richard[/size]
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Is there some sort of epidemic going on?
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Congratulations to DRs JANE & GINNY on reaching milestones!
As Missy K would say, "DITTO!"
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WinkyDink must have been before my time
I think it was AFTER mine.
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And Coconut Cake and Chocolate Pudding Pie too (at least).
I've been a coconut cake lover ever since the Brooklyn Diner.
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But I doubt that there's coconut cake like theirs anywhere else. It was to die for.
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Oh, and BK mentioned the Modern Jazz Quartet in the Notes today. I used to love that group and listen to them often. That was ages ago. Back in my LA days.
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TCB, are you feeling better?
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I can't believe that not one of you had a comment on me naming George W. Bush the greatest President of all time!
Either that, or it's proof that no one reads my posts.
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Jose, do you know about Cakelove over in Shirlington? They have a couple other DC branches as well. Their German Chocolate cupcakes are very nice. I do loves me my German Chocolate.
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I can't believe that not one of you had a comment on me naming George W. Bush the greatest President of all time!
Either that, or it's proof that no one reads my posts.
I read it, TCB. I was just relating to the $800, which would come in quite handy right about now.
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Several years ago when we received the $300 tax rebates I put mine into my checking account. Bad idea. I'd much prefer to do something specific with it and know where it went.
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The pizza was yummilicious.
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I read it, TCB. I was just relating to the $800, which would come in quite handy right about now.
Thank you , Jeanne, I will accept that excuse.
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I can't believe that not one of you had a comment on me naming George W. Bush the greatest President of all time!
Either that, or it's proof that no one reads my posts.
But...but...he IS the greatest president of all time. Isn't he?
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But...but...he IS the greatest president of all time. Isn't he?
Oooohhhhhh.
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I can't believe that not one of you had a comment on me naming George W. Bush the greatest President of all time!
Either that, or it's proof that no one reads my posts.
Just thought you were being delusional ;)
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Are you feeling better, TCB?
(Maybe he missed my post.)
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Just thought you were being delusional ;)
LOL.
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Oh, well. Time for me to say good night.
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Mr. Barnum, what dates are you going to be in LA?
And are you coming north to see THE LAST STARFIGHTER?
Feb 10 through 17 in Los Angeles
I don't know about THE LAST STARFIGHTER..was the date mentioned yet?
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I can't believe that not one of you had a comment on me naming George W. Bush the greatest President of all time!
Either that, or it's proof that no one reads my posts.
I was just waiting for your criteria.
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Wow, the start of a three day weekend! I am going to sleep in each of these three days!! :D
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Jose, do you know about Cakelove over in Shirlington? They have a couple other DC branches as well. Their German Chocolate cupcakes are very nice. I do loves me my German Chocolate.
Yes, I know Cakelove quite well. :)
I like their German Chocolate Cupcakes, but I actually don't like his German Chocolate Cake - well, New German Chocolate Cake - whatever he calls it. There's something about the ratio of frosting to cake. And the frosting is also tweaked a bit from the traditional recipe.
However, most of the other cupcakes.. :) -But I do wish they didn't raise so prices so often.
*And I always have to remind and remember that since they sell a good portion of their baked goods out of refrigerated cases, you have to let them sit out for a while to come to room temperature to full enjoy their flavors. The cold definitely mutes some of the non-sugar flavors.
cakelove (http://cakelove.com/#)
*And if anyone has seen the program "Sugar Rush" on The Food Network, the host, Warren Brown, is the founder of Cakelove, as well as the creator of all their goodies.
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I continued listening to the audio commentary on THIS SPORTING LIFE. David Storey must be pretty old (I haven't checked), but he talks very slowly and deliberately. Though he certainly has interesting information to impart, his manner of speaking is a little daunting. Thankfully, he's not the only speaker.
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And now to begin my Bollywood viewing for the loooong weekend..tonight it is KOI MERE DIL MEIN HAI. I think it is a romantic comedy, but am not sure...I simply rented from Nehaflix because I wanted to see the actor Rakesh Bapat, who stars. I think he might become a new favorite.
(http://www.zibamusic.com/images/koimeredilmeinhai.jpg)
Of course this pic looks sort of like that onion foursome that TCB was talking about. 8)
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Then, I put in disc 2 in the set. First up was a 2004 documentary made for Scottish TV on the life and work of Lindsay Anderson. Good information and interviews with Malcolm McDowell, Richard Harris, Brian Cox, Helen Mirren, Gavin Lambert, Martin Scorsese, and others. Well done and quite informative.
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Next came Lindsay's first-ever film, a 1948 documentary on the production of conveyor belts called MEET THE PIONEERS! Not the most auspicious debut in screen history.
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There was also an interview with Lois Smith (no, not the American actress) who produced MEET THE PIONEERS! with her then-husband. She and Lindsay went on to be best friends for the rest of his life.
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There are at least two more items on disc 2. One is Anderson's last film, autobiographical in nature, but I didn't check to see how long it was going to be. Hopefully, I can get the set finished tomorrow.
I really need to begin those Agnes Varda films on Sunday.
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Page Thirteen Malfoy, Ron, and Hermione Dance!!!
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Tonight's GHOST WHISPERER was another touching story and a nice showcase for David Conrad, at least for the first half of the episode.
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As usual, I loved MOONLIGHT, a wonderful way to end this cycle of episodes. Really enjoyed the backstory on Coralene, too.
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And PSYCH made me laugh out loud several times. Some good sight gags and always zippy dialog to keep things humming.
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Will write a little bit now and then head down to bed.
Good night!
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Windchill is -16 right now. Supposed to get down to -25. Glad I'm home
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CONGRATS JANE ON YOUR MILLSTONE
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Nothing is finalized for Last Starfighter in Seattle (well, Issaquah, more specifically), but the folks at the theatre mentioned that they are trying for a rehearsal start date of April 22 through performances May 2-4.
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Was that Matthew Morrison who made an appearance on tonight's NUMB3RS? (Or as I now call him, Jose's picture-taking buddy Matthew Morrison.)
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I bailed on my Bollywood movie...it was just really bad :-\
I am glad I rented it rather then buying.
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Wow, the start of a three day weekend! I am going to sleep in each of these three days!! :D
You're starting a three day weekend AND I'm at the beginning of a SEVEN DAY WORK WEEK! :P
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TOD"
Media Check... but no analysis... I am saving that for a lit review I am working on...
DVD: March of the Penguins
CD: Les Miz, Derek Bell: Mystic Harp
VHS: Classic Guiding Light
Computer CD: Liz Callaway...
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Windchill is -16 right now. Supposed to get down to -25. Glad I'm home
Cilla, I have stayed in all day. We have had windchill as low as -40 today here in Fargo.
BTW, we made Nightline tonight...
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I did some cleaning today... Homework which included reading and some writing and doing research.
My freind Kat did stop over with a pizza and we had supper and a chat. I needed a freindly ear. It was quite good, it had chicken, bacon and artichokes . I have never had artichoke hearts before.
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MissKaren, I am doing my first lit review...
I have several topics I am looking at and they are not limited to Soap Operas but I want to look at community building and fanculture related to that...
Cyberbullying.....
Disabilities and their access and use of the internet.....
Images and stereotypes ....
I am also interested in the historical context .....
But alas, I need to narrow my focus...
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I have been digging and snooping and reading like a mad person for the past week.....
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I have scoured and searched varied and sundried databases......
I looked high and low, front and back and inside and out.....
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and my head is spinning....
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however I need to narrow down myquestion.... what to ask... There are so many....
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what methodology do I want to use....
Decisions, decisions, decisions.....
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Well... Since I just remembered I'm meeting a friend for an early brunch tomorrow/later today...
Goodnight.
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Did I scare everyone away???
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Back from an opening night. Must now relax for a mo and then write Ye Olde Notes, which will go up a half hour late probably.
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It has been quiet bruce.... I hope you had a lovely evening...
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I should be writing but my mind is whirling with other things. Oddly I am not tired...
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Maybe I may just browse and have a bit of fun....
I could watch tv but with no cable my choices are rather limited....
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There is a new episode of "Ghost Whisperer" on CBS this evening.
I'm watching it right now!
Just had to share. ;)
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What KIND of concessions would be available at the Sex Workers Art Show Tour - one wonders.....
Well...the Washington Center concessions sold our regular stuff: coffee, cookies, sodas, cashews, almonds, tea, and beer and wine.
However, the tour group sold books, calendars, t-shirts and pasties. :)
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Oooh! I'd like this!
I think you would! :D
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The Sex Workers Art Show was pretty good. There were several strippers, one guy talked about his jury duty experience (very funny)...basically burlesque performances. A good time was had by all. We (the ushers and concessionaires) were told that the first act would be about 55 minutes (starting at 8:00 pm), then we'd have a 15 minute intermission, then a 55-60 minute second act. HOWEVER, they didn't start until about 8:15, and the first act didn't end until 9:45!! The show didn't end until 11:00! That's not two hours! But it was fun. We did a lot of sales in concessions. There were four of us working and we split the tips that we got...$9 each! That's nice. :)
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PAGE 14 DANCE!!
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Hey, BK! Did you know about THIS (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/114438.html)??