Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 6 => Topic started by: bk on April 28, 2006, 12:22:56 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were rose-colored, and now it is time for you to post until the rose-colored cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: ALABASTER!
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My sister had put a new light over her dining room table in her old house before she moved into her new house. I'm now renting her old house. The problem was that she loved the light in the dining room of what is now my house. It's black iron and sort of sleek and has simple lines (whatever that means) and has a "faux alabaster" glass shade. She loves that "faux alabaster" look (and I have to admit, that I like it too ;)). Anyway, a couple of months ago, she said that we HAD to swap the light fixtures right then and there because she wanted her favorite light in her house...she paid for it and she wanted it. So we switched the lights. The one I got is brass (she hates brass fixtures) and takes five bulbs. I don't really mind it at all, except that I can't find the light bulbs that I want. But the point of the story is that the glass shade of the light fixture that she loves was "faux alabaster" and the word of the day is "ALABASTER." Just had to share. :)
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I just had to post this....
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b165/DevotedtoDeveraux/pinkglassesf.gif)
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That's cute, DakotaCelt. :)
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Topic of the Day:
In my VCR: nothing. I have now caught up on all of the shows that I've taped over the last week and have no idea (yet) what I'm going to watch tonight. I may need to tape some thing(s), but I have time before I need to find out.
In my DVD player: I've only watched a little bit of Jerry Springer: The Opera (mainly some of the bonus stuff), but none of Taboo that I got this week. Hopefully, I'll be able to take some time to watch them this weekend. I also have a couple of DVDs from Netflix.
In my CD player at work: a whole bunch of things that I can't think of, but the ones that I can think of are a couple of compilation CDs that I'm putting together for myself. I collect and assemble them on my harddrive then burn them in onto a CD-RW so that I can listen to them and change things without wasting non-re-recordable CDs. I've gotten both pretty much in the order that I want them.
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Media check at this hour of the Morning/night:
DVD: nothing at hte moment... could change as the day progesses
CD: Long Journey Home: The Chieftains; The Essential Chieftains
VHS: Are you being Served?"
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A quesion...
I have no clue what got me thinking on this but here it goes:
ARe both Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli Judy Garland's daughters?
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When I got home from work yesterday, I watched "Will & Grace" and then switched over to "American Inventor" (I don't know why). Anyway, during that and part of "Commander and Chief," I cleaned up all of the recycling that had been piling up in my dining room for quite a while and put it in a really big box and set it out. This morning is the recycling day. I had a huge box of mixed paper and about half as much again in cardboard...and the regular trash, of course. Trash is every Friday morning and recycling is every other Friday. That took a long time, but it was very much needed. Now I'm a little inspired to clean the rest of my living/dining room areas. And maybe the rest of my house. ;D
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A quesion...
I have no clue what got me thinking on this but here it goes:
ARe both Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli Judy Garland's daughters?
Yes, they are. They have different fathers, of course. Sid Luft and Vincent Minnelli. Also, Lorna has a brother from the same father.
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My computer room is in dire need of my finishing what I started....
We have clean up week the first week of Fargo adn I need to haul an old monitor to the disposal place. We can't put them on the curb...
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Yes, they are. They have different fathers, of course. Sid Luft and Vincent Minnelli. Also, Lorna has a brother from the same father.
Now I understand... Is Lorna's brother also Judy's son?
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A couple of years ago, I got rid of an old monitor that had to have been at least 10 years old! I don't remember how much we had to pay to take it to the dump, but it didn't seem to be cheap.
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Now I understand... Is Lorna's brother also Judy's son?
Yes. They are "full" brother (I forget his name) and sister to each other and they are Liza's half-brother and half-sister.
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TOTD:
DVD: Howl's Moving Castle (which I found to be the least satisfying of the SG movies - I have 12).
CDs: Bobby McFerrin "Paper Music"
"Beautiful Dreamer" Songs of Stephen Foster.
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A couple of years ago, I got rid of an old monitor that had to have been at least 10 years old! I don't remember how much we had to pay to take it to the dump, but it didn't seem to be cheap.
The city has a place where we can dispose of them during clean up week free of charge.
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"Beautiful Dreamer" Songs of Stephen Foster.
If you (or anyone) ever need sheet music, I have a collection of EVERYTHING Stephen Foster ever wrote or arranged. :) Numbered, limited edition, too.
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Forgot: We also watched "Liza with a Z" last night. I'd never seen it before. I'm not really a Liza fan (nor really a Judy one either).
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Yes. They are "full" brother (I forget his name) and sister to each other and they are Liza's half-brother and half-sister.
Now I understand... Thanks for clarifying it for me George.
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The disposal was based on weight, so I think everything that we got rid of all added up to what seemed (to me) to be a bit of money.
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I thoroughly enjoyed "Liza With a Z."
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If you (or anyone) ever need sheet music, I have a collection of EVERYTHING Stephen Foster ever wrote or arranged. :) Numbered, limited edition, too.
Cool!! I like his music...
Oddly Iam a popular person on a soapboard... I have the sheet music for three different songs that were used in the 80s. Two of them I got by accident and one I got as a gift and it is autographed.
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Thanks George. Musician I am NOT.
I can recommend the Cd though - Beth Nielsen Chapman, Roger McGuinn, Susy Bogguss, Alison Krauss et al.
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Thanks George. Musician I am NOT.
I can recommend the Cd though - Beth Nielsen Chapman, Roger McGuinn, Susy Bogguss, Alison Krauss et al.
I like Beth Nielsen Chapman, Suzy Bogguss and Alison Krauss.
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Lyrics from All I Have.... (BEth Nielsen Chapman)
You can say you love me
And I'll believe that's true
Trusting you is easy
'Cause I believe in you
There is nothing I would miss
As long as we're in love like this
CHORUS:
All I have is all I need
And it all comes down to you and me
How far away this world becomes
In the harbor of each others arms
I feel like I've known you forever and ever
Baby that's how close we are
Right here with you is where my life has come together
And where love has filled my heart
You know I'd go anywhere
As long as I have you to care
CHORUS
Ooh-and with the love you bring
I never want for anything
I found what I've been searching for in you
CHORUS
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For classic soap fans this was the song that Days once used for Jack and Jennifer...
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The first song I heard from B N-C. Beautiful.
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Cool!! I like his music...
Oddly Iam a popular person on a soapboard... I have the sheet music for three different songs that were used in the 80s. Two of them I got by accident and one I got as a gift and it is autographed.
That's great! I have quite a bit of sheet music (shh...don't tell anyone, but a lot of them are photocopies), and quite a bit of songbooks and vocal scores. I have every Stephen Sondheim piano/vocal score that's available...that I know of. :D
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Well, I'm all tuckered out...I must be off to bed.
Good night, DakotaCelt and good evening, Tomovoz.
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Nite George. It's just after 6.00pm here.
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That's great! I have quite a bit of sheet music (shh...don't tell anyone, but a lot of them are photocopies), and quite a bit of songbooks and vocal scores. I have every Stephen Sondheim piano/vocal score that's available...that I know of. :D
I have a whole box of sheet music that is from the 1970s.
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DR Tom, I like her music.
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Page 2 dance!!
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I have no idea why I am up at this hour. I should get back to bed.
I remember doing "a la baster" before. As words to pun by, it was pale.
Nothing on the DVD or any other media right now. But last night der B and I watched The Prisoner of Zenda on TCM, and enjoyed it. Interesting, how much Edwards used from this film for his Carpathia sequence in The Great Race, right down to the dive from the window.
I hope that wasn't a spoiler for someone. (Ross Martin in for James Mason ... interesting casting!)
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I have no idea why I'm up right now, but I am so i decided to stop by. Nothing new. We had some thunderstorms last night - the not severe type that I don't mind one bit.
CD: Soundtrack to Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - all Johnny Mercer tunes
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Good morning, all! I feel quite rested this morning, and I'm almost ready for a trip to Toyland and a few edits.
I am so over WILL & GRACE; I wish the concluding episodes would finish with all their deaths onscreen; I cannot muster any sense of poignancy for a group of characters whose plot situations, attitudes, and economic status has nothing to do with reality, since all four seem too stupid to survive in any environment and only function at the whims of their writers. I watch it in hopes that maybe next week she'll have an abortion.
TOD:
CD: White Horse Inn, Guy Haines, Rebecca Luker Leaving Home, Mozart piano sonatas
DVD: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Prime (my friend Naomi Aborn is in it)
VCR: Oy!
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Re the Kiss My ass refernces in the notes:
Does anyone remember the ODD COUPLE episode where Oscar got much-sought-after tickets to a sellout Broadway show and Felix exclaimed: "You got tickets to KISS MY FACE?"
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ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN KISS MY ASS - that's the name of my next biopic of Alan Jay Lerner
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I'm listening to the Broadway cast of Evita right now. I also have Mame here (since I'm going to DC in May I thought I would give myself a preview) and Oh, Coward, courtesy of former DR Jason.
A friend is meeting Anthony at an audition this morning (they are both auditioning for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at Great Lakes Theatre Festival). While there Anthony will receive the Billy Elliot cast recording, the Mary Poppins cast recording and the Broadway cast recording of Her First Roman. Bob, in turn, will receive A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (I can't believe he has never had this CD or tape or album) and Mrs. Henderson Presents.
We will probably watch at least one more Mapp and Lucia this weekend although I'm going to [title of show] this evening and Anthony has a performance by his dance class tomorrow evening so we will probably not see any tapes until Sunday.
I have my aforementioned presentation on "Using the Taxonomy in Your Daily Indexing Work" Doesn't that sound exciting ;) from 2pm to 4pm so for most of the morning I will be reviewing my material. I've done this thing 3 previous times and this one just has minor revisions so I don't expect any problems. After I leave here I will check the computer in the conference room to make sure everything is working correctly.
34 posts as I logged on this morning! Good to see you all keeping busy.
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The Kiss My Ass thing reminds of of using "Duck" in college. We would replace a word in a title with Duck as often as we could.
The Duck at the Top of the Stairs
The Duck Sisters
On A Clear Day You Can See a Duck
A Little Duck Music
You get the picture. Of course it only works if the title has many at least 3 words.
Duck (Annie)
Duck (Mame)
Duck (Shenandoah)
Duck (Camelot)
See, it's not so funny now, is it 8)
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Oh, yes, I forgot. I missed chat because my phone line is still acting up. I was on a little before 7pm NY time but the line interference makes it difficult to stay on for any length of time. I kept getting kicked off line (not out of HHW) so I resigned myself to missing chat.
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Good morning North America.
"Kiss My Ass" seems like a quote for "A Midsummer Night's Dream" to me, but with FJL the quality of mirthy is not strained. And that line about Bambi's drunken Dad - how like a Fawning publican he looks.
Of course those last references were to Merchant Ivory's "Room with a View of Venice".
We've just finished watching "Life Of Brian". The geeks have inherited the mirth.
Bedtime in OZ.
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Glad you are enjoying "Mapp and Lucia" DR Ben.
The series captured the humour of the books perfectly IMHO. Wonderfully cast.
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Ben - This is fun. Gets my brain moving on a Friday morning. Thnaks. But why a duck? :)
Lady in the Duck
Duck Shadows
Fun with Duck and Jane
Hit the Duck
Duck the halls with boughs of holly
What's Up Duck
The Adventures of Duck Rogers
You Don't Know Duck
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Friday...a work day. :(
Congratulations to MR BK on finishing the play - and ALMOST finishing the editing.
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Her hair was the darkest black, her eyes the greenest green. Her skin was like alabaster. She lowered her slightly pointed chin, battered her lashes, and said sweetly, "Kiss my duck."
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TOD
VHS: Phantom of the Rue Morgue - which must have been more entertaining in 3-D
DVD: Mrs Henderson Presents
CD; Sunday in the Park with Duck
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Off to work.
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I'm reminded that the KISS MY FACE episode of ODD COUPLE is the noted ticket-scalping episode, best known for popularizing "When you ASSUME, you make an ASS out of U and ME."
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Technically, it's "you put an ASS before U and ME," but Tony Randall still make that line work.
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With Duck you get eggroll
Two for the Duck
The Hunch duck of Notre Dame
A Tale of Two Ducks
Ducks and Lovers.
The Fall Of The Roman Duck
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The Kiss My Ass thing reminds of of using "Duck" in college. We would replace a word in a title with Duck as often as we could.
The Duck at the Top of the Stairs
The Duck Sisters
On A Clear Day You Can See a Duck
A Little Duck Music
You get the picture. Of course it only works if the title has many at least 3 words.
Duck (Annie)
Duck (Mame)
Duck (Shenandoah)
Duck (Camelot)
See, it's not so funny now, is it 8)
Hmmm...
Maybe that last sequence could be Duck Duck Duck Goose!
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55 Ducks at Peking
The Ducks That Ate Paris
Attack of the Duck People
Fried Green Ducks
The Ducks of Ranchipur
Raise The Red Duck
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OMG, What have I started ;D
I don't know why we chose duck. It seemed funny at the time as we were laying on our backs in the experimental theatre on the hard wooden floor waiting for rehearsal to begin again.
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Duck.
Harry Potter and the Duck of Secrets.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Ducks.
Harry Potter and the Duck of Fire.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Duck.
Harry Potter and the Half-Duck Prince.
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Oh, oh, here's a good one
Howard The Duck (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091225/)
Well, on second thought, maybe not ;)
Did anyone here actually see that movie? I never did but I wonder how truly awful it was?
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Oh, oh, here's a good one
Howard The Duck (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091225/)
Well, on second thought, maybe not ;)
Did anyone here actually see that movie? I never did but I wonder how truly awful it was?
It was awful and I was taken to see it on a date. HE thought it was great! (We stopped dating!)
:D
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If you need to get rid of a still working monitor or computer that you are simply upgrading why not wipe the hard drive and then donate it to the Salvation Army, local church etc? No "dumping" fee and you may actually get a tax deduction out of it! (Hope I'm not treading on FJL's toes here!)
:D
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I shouldn't be here, I have a milion things to do I was just jumping online to get Mapquest directions to the airport and I was sucked in!!
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Yeah, that's what they all say :D
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I shouldn't be here either. I have people to inform and pages to review. I blame the absent Jose for my lack of attention to my work.
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This is it for me for a while.
Later, gaters.
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Media check:
DVD:
WORLD WITHOUT END
PEARL OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
GIANT OF THE EVIL ISLAND
GOLIATH AND THE CONQUEST OF DAMASCUS
CD
Newest CD by Mohammad Ali (the singer, not the boxer)
DVR
Dog Bosco has some LASSIE episodes to catch up on and I have some MOST EXTREME ELIMINATION CHALLENGE episodes to catch up on.
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I forgot to post my favorite moments here yesterday
Meeting everyone at PennyO's wonderful play last April, my day at the Central Park Zoo and rding the Central Park Carousel with dear Danise
The Walking/Eating Tour... I look forward to meeting more of you someday!
The friendships and support I have found here. One example: One night last I was unable to sleep because of an issue with the Vixter's school and I jumped on here at 3 AM trying to keep my mind off of it. Who should I find but Rodzinski who was in California foer a basketball game. He kept me sane that night!
Another:
The Vibes and emailed comfort sent by so many of youwhen Vixdad was going through his "procedure" last November!
Well unless any of you wish to show further freidnship and support by showing up here RIGHT NOW and helping me with housecleaning I am off .............
No takers? Oh well!
BTW The Vixter received her NYSMMA score yesterday (that music adjudication she went to last Saturday) she received one point off for that note she said she "swallowed" and that was it! So one point off from perfect ! Thanks for the Vixter Vibage!
Still no takers on the hosuecleaning? You could just send me a
Merry Maidagram
Oh well mop and broom here I come!!
See you Monday!!!
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Good morning!
Beautiful day here after all that rain. Cool temperatures (low 70s for a high today) and brightl, blue sky. Perfect weather for April.
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Joey Luft (who now uses Joe, I believe) is Lorna Luft's brother. Judy gave birth to him a day or two before the Academy Award telecast where she lost Best Actress to Grace Kelly.
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Friday Media Check:
CD - GOLDEN BOY (OCR) with the original Sammy Davis recordings courtesy of DR George (thanks again!)
DVD - GUYS & DOLLS (to conclusion)
ZIEGFELD FOLLIES
TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY
DVR - last night's SUPERNATURAL
last night's MY NAME IS EARL
last night's THE OFFICE
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Very true that neither Grace, Jack, nor Karen resemble anything remotely human on WILL & GRACE any more. (They can still make me laugh with their outrageous shenanigans, however). Of the principals, only Eric McCormack has attempted to keep Will on anything like a human plane of existence, and I find his acting choices very interesting on the show.
I was delighted that the writers brought Vince (Babby Canavalle) back into WIll's life last night, and it's my expressed hope a happy reconciliation can be worked out between them. Nothing would make me happier than to have the first long-running network gay main character to end up happily in TV syndication heaven.
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Cranky Critter, the Croc! (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CROCODILE_CHAINSAW?SITE=CALON&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT)
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- A 14 1/2-foot crocodile mauled a chainsaw a worker was using Friday to clear up debris left by a tropical storm that lashed northern Australia. While the croc and worker were both uninjured, the saw's woodcutting days are over.
Freddy Buckland was cutting up a tree that fell against a crocodile enclosure at the Corroboree Park Tavern, 50 miles east of the northern port city of Darwin when the crocodile, called Brutus, apparently took exception to the chainsaw's noise and attacked.
"As he was trimming up the tree on the outside the croc jumped out of the water and sped along the tree about 18, 20 feet and actually grabbed the chainsaw out of his hands," said Peter Shappert, the tavern's owner.
"It must have been the noise …
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Saltwater crocodiles have been known to attack small power boats, apparently because they do not like the noise of outboard motors.
der Brucer
PS I guess you don't take your pet Croc to a Rock concert.
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Heading down now to clean up a bit and go out on my usual Friday errands.
WBBL.
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I'm up, I'm up, earlier than I'd like, but such is life. I slept well, though.
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Anyone who saw "Bones" on Wednesday will find this news story creepy!
Body Parts Sale (http://articles.news.aol.com/business/article.adp?id=20060427072709990037&cid=403?ncid=NWS00010000000001)
...they were told that an unscrupulous crematorium owner secretly carved up her body - along with the bodies of hundreds of other newly deceased - and provided knees, elbows, heads and other parts to medical research organizations in exchange for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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But it's a risky business: Stolen body parts that are implanted in humans can potentially expose recipients to HIV, hepatitis and syphilis, according to the FDA, although the risk of a recipient contracting these diseases is small.
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One concern in the Brooklyn case is that patients who got allegedly stolen tissue could develop the same illnesses that killed or sickened their donors.
der Brucer
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Hiya, Bruce!
Boy, oh boy! am I happy we're going to read the play today!!! (Maybe TMinoff would come by, and check out the role of Miriam... just to keep Jolie on her toes? We could have Tammy read the stage directions...)
Anyway, the whole thing was printed out - I made some changes to page 29 - and now I can't get the printer to print it!! So, maybe the printer knows something I don't???
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.. go out on my usual Friday errands.
Why not send Friday out to run his own errands 8)
der Brucer
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Who did we get to read the men's parts? So curious... do I know anyone? I must say I was hoping to have YOU for the ol' Yiddish dad... and Lapinsky...
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Hello, Brucer! Howz the menagerie?
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I just had to post this....
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b165/DevotedtoDeveraux/pinkglassesf.gif)
Charming little heart-farts - I love it.
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I stopped in for chat last night - but found myself all alone... Earlier I had stopped in and a few of us exchanged pleasantries... BK had already left to go to the editing room. Then I left 'em to go grocery shopping. All I wanted for dinner last night was kumquats... what's THAT about? Love that SOUR!!!
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If you (or anyone) ever need sheet music, I have a collection of EVERYTHING Stephen Foster ever wrote or arranged. :) Numbered, limited edition, too.
When I used to do concert tours, in with the Debussy and Alban Berg and the Italian Baroque sets, I always included a set by Stephen Foster. How beautiful the songs are. I sang Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair, Beautiful Dreamer, Nelly Bly... others.
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Hello, Brucer! Howz the menagerie?
Well, I'm menaging to keep them somewhat under control.
Fletcher filched an empty can of crushed tomatoes, and Angie ended up chewing on the 4" very-sharp tin lid! The only way to protect trash and garbage is to take it outside and put it in the trash can their - then it's up to the Racoons to open the lid and have a scatter-day!
Tonight we take "Angie" to the local bar&grill for "Yappy Hour" in preparation for her Doggie Walk on the boardwalk tomorrow.
der Brucer
PS Fletcher managed to distribute and/or consume a three pound bag of apples last night!
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Yappy Hour!! I love it! There is a dog park here in the neighborhood - after I go to the gym each day, I mosey over there to visit with the pups. Haven't had my own dawg in years... that's the hard thing about being On The Road. But there are fine dawgs everywhere - and they are usually very welcoming of new playmates.
Apples, huh? wow... I knew most pups like carrots - but apples?
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I'll check back later - after my read-through with our esteemed maestro. Have a lovely day, and hugs to the puppies!
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Apples, huh? wow... I knew most pups like carrots - but apples?
The apples were a substitute for the raw potatoes he regularly stole from the veggie drawer!
Fletcher is the only one strong enough to pull open the heavy drawer, but he shares the apples with the whole tribe. (well, he doesn't mean to share, they are just very good at snatching them from him!)
der Brucer
PS They all love avacados, skin, pit, and all!
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They All Love Avacados - that's the title of my next novel. Speaking of my next novel, it's time to start something new in the next month or so - if I can figure out which idea I wish to pursue.
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The apples were a substitute for the raw potatoes he regularly stole from the veggie drawer!
Fletcher is the only one strong enough to pull open the heavy drawer, but he shares the apples with the whole tribe. (well, he doesn't mean to share, they are just very good at snatching them from him!)
der Brucer
PS They all love avacados, skin, pit, and all!
Interesting,,,, a dog I used to have loved grapes and cheese.
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Back from a nice brisk jog - a mile-and-a-half. Now I shall start reading a new play.
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It was awful and I was taken to see it on a date. HE thought it was great! (We stopped dating!)
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Dr Vixmom--that was you?!?
Er...sorry about making you pay your own way in... THe dinner at White Castle really did blow my wallet for the evening...
And was that the right cross-town bus I put you on to go home?
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Quote from: vixmom on Today at 09:53:58am re: Howard the Duck
It was awful and I was taken to see it on a date. HE thought it was great! (We stopped dating!) :D
Quote from Dan (the Man) in reply
Dr Vixmom--that was you?!?
Er...sorry about making you pay your own way in... THe dinner at White Castle really did blow my wallet for the evening...
That gave me a good laugh before my two hour marathon ;D
Thanks Dan!
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MEdia CHEck
iPod: JULIE AND CAROL AT CARNEGIE HALL (I'm guessing that this would be much more fun to watch instead of just listening to) and ANNA RUSSELL AT THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE (at least, that what I think it is--the mp3 files I downloaded merely say "Anna Russell Sydney")
Tivo: Woody Allen's SHADOWS AND FOG, this week's LOST recap show, and the SOUTH PACIFIC Carnegie Hall concert (Yes, I'm watching it again this weekend.)
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If you need to get rid of a still working monitor or computer that you are simply upgrading why not wipe the hard drive and then donate it to the Salvation Army, local church etc? No "dumping" fee and you may actually get a tax deduction out of it! (Hope I'm not treading on FJL's toes here!)
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You're better off taking the hard drive out than wiping it. Wiping it does not remove everything. Trust me on this one. We have been able to recover all kinds of things from "wiped" hard drives
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You're better off taking the hard drive out than wiping it. Wiping it does not remove everything. Trust me on this one. We have been able to recover all kinds of things from "wiped" hard drives
I agree with you there...
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Wow, it seems like we have been on page 3 forever!
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Did anybody else here watch SURVIVOR last night?
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I was really disappointed with the outcome! Not that I liked Courtney, but I really wanted danielle/courtney/terry to stick to their agreement.
I must say that at the beginning of the season I never thought Cerie (big black woman) would last this long. But she is persuasive. She totally got danielle to change her mind! And danielle was dumb enough to fall for it!
I'm hoping that terry and maybe aras will be able to come up with something next week. I really am not getting why nobody wants to vote terry off. I mean they know he has the immunity idol. But someone should force him to play it, by rigging the second highest vote (so it's not them). HE is the strongest player! (although maybe if he hadn't won immunity this week then someone would have tried it?).
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My sister called last night to say baby megan crawled for the first time. Well more like crawl ... splat! :)
I hope she will perform tonight for me. Although last week she learned to clap but would only do so in private!
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Is anyone else going to watch the Daytime Emmys tonight? I will probably watch the first hour at my sister's house.
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Also i believe there is a new Ghost Whisperer tonight. The blurb in the paper made it sound really good!
It's sort of weird because I can't really fathom that there are people out there who can see dead people. Yet I am totally addicted to both this show and Medium!
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Is anyone else going to watch the Daytime Emmys tonight? I will probably watch the first hour at my sister's house.
I doubt it... but then I again I might tune in to see if Ron Raines wins....
Thank god the writing for Days and Passions was not nominated!
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Hi everyone, it feels great to be back!
Tuesday was my last day of classes and I had the relief of turning in two huge papers that had been hanging over my head for the past month. Now I just have one week of my internship left to go and I can say I am completely finished with graduate school.
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Re: last night's SMALLVILLE that DR MattH commented on.
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spoilers about last night's show and the show where one cast member dies.
I thought last night was one of the better episodes. Much of the time I get really bored. But last night I wasn't bored at all. I always love anytime Chloe works with clark on a case. And this villain kept my interest.
I do think my favorite show this season was the death episode. I was so happy when clark finally told lana. ANd i found it really sad when he went back and things changed. It was actually heartbreaking. I suspect most people were saddened by the actual death. But I was more upset by how everything changed the second time around!
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Re: the daytime emmys
I doubt it... but then I again I might tune in to see if Ron Raines wins....
Thank god the writing for Days and Passions was not nominated!
I love Young and The Restless. So I watch to see what they win!
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Congrats to DR TPunk!
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I can't believe that I have such a short time left to work with my kids. I have come so far in my skills as a therapist during the last nine months and have learned so much from this internship- especially my one on one work with the kids. It has been so hard talking to them about leaving.
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Thanks Jennifer!
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I had a job interview last week to work in a similar type of program but with adolescent girls. It would be great peace of mind to get the job and I think I would do well there- but I won't be broken hearted if I don't get it. I made a list of pros and cons to keep myself balanced. As nice as it would be to get a job before I even have my diploma in hand, I think it would be even nicer to have a bit of a break.
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Oh, oh, here's a good one
Howard The Duck (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091225/)
Well, on second thought, maybe not ;)
Did anyone here actually see that movie? I never did but I wonder how truly awful it was?
I never saw the movie, but I won a t-shirt because of it! Many, many years ago, I was at work listening to the radio (at a time when we were allowed to do that) and a local radio station asked a question about a movie and the first person to call in and answer it correctly, won a radio station t-shirt. I called and was the first caller to answer it!
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Apparently Rosie O'Donnell is going to replace Meredith Vieira on THE VIEW. I don't think it's 100% confirmed. But I just read they will announce it tonight at the Daytime Emmys!
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DR TPunk: DR Sandra read aloud while we drove last weekend. She read "There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom," and I thought of you.
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Apparently Rosie O'Donnell is going to replace Meredith Vieira on THE VIEW. I don't think it's 100% confirmed. But I just read they will announce it tonight at the Daytime Emmys!
I read that yesterday! It'll be interesting to watch the dynamic of the show when she joins. :) I loved Rosie's talk show and watched it all the way to the end.
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Interesting,,,, a dog I used to have loved grapes and cheese.
We had a foster kitten that ate Q-tips and styrofoam packing peanuts.
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Apparently Rosie O'Donnell is going to replace Meredith Vieira on THE VIEW. I don't think it's 100% confirmed. But I just read they will announce it tonight at the Daytime Emmys!
Oh holy crap! But how are they going to make her wear make-up?
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DR TPunk: DR Sandra read aloud while we drove last weekend. She read "There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom," and I thought of you.
I just looked this up at BN.com- it sounds like a good story, maybe something to use with my older kids.
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We had a foster kitten that ate Q-tips and styrofoam packing peanuts.
Killbot adores Q-tips but doesn't eat them. Walty loves to eat plastic. I have to admire his committment, no matter how many times he throws up after ingesting it, he continues to follow his passion and eat as much as he can get his hands on.
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Oh holy crap! But how are they going to make her wear make-up?
Maybe she'll wrestle with Star Jones over Star's beard, husband, whatever he is!
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Maybe she'll wrestle with Star Jones over Star's beard, husband, whatever he is!
Or invite him to come on her cruise.
I'm sorry, so catty. I LOVED Rosie on her talk show and I am very interested to see what she'll do differently now that she is out. But I have such a negative image of her in my head from everything I heard about (and experienced one night at) Taboo.
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Is anyone else going to watch the Daytime Emmys tonight? I will probably watch the first hour at my sister's house.
I attended the Daytime Emmys a few years ago in NY. An experience totally wasted on me in terms of celebrity sightings, as I don't watch daytime TV. A Showtime film I wrote was up - why for a daytime Emmy, you may ask (as I did)... It seems that aside from the regular Prime Time showings, it was snuck in at some strange hour to make it eligible for daytime (as were a number of other excellent films). ...So we were lucky enough to win and marched onstage. I have no idea who handed over the award. I know she's well-known in daytime, but she was just another pretty face to me. That, actually, was the overall impression I got of the daytime celebrity crowd - very pretty - both the men and the women. Our film did well - picking up, among other things, a best actress, best director and best film award in its category. My date, unfortunately, was someone I didn't know terribly well, but who happened to live in NY. He was not in the business of show and had a TERRIBLE time. Was bored out of his mind. Which, naturally, annoyed me. Here I was all hyped up, dolled up, and excited. And this man sitting beside me is yawning and checking his watch. Too bad I didn't know DR Elmore back then. What a sparkling couple we would have made!
Okay - back to the most boring task in the world. Getting stuff ready for my accountant for my corporate taxes. If there's anyone in the world who keeps sloppier records than I, she wins a prize. And then once a year it catches up with me and I have to turn the house upside down to find everything. It's all there - somewhere. And I moved six months ago to make things even more interesting.
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Or invite him to come on her cruise.
I'm sorry, so catty. I LOVED Rosie on her talk show and I am very interested to see what she'll do differently now that she is out. But I have such a negative image of her in my head from everything I heard about (and experienced one night at) Taboo.
Experienced?? Do tell!
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Friday afternoon greetings! My week of Foundation Center-ing is complete. Today was a meeting of people from all over the midwest who have the same kind of job I have. It was pretty poorly attended, but we did have one person here from Terre Haute, Indiana, and another from Minot, North Dakota. Saw some of the Spiderman 3 filming activity, but nothing major. Did hear some great stories from people who work in that building about things they've seen over the past several days.
TOD - CD(car) - audiobook, The Jane Austen Book Club, by Karen Joy Fowler.
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Congratulations to DR TPunk on completing graduate school!
Congratulations to The Vixter on being one point short of perfect - I'd call her perfect.
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So TPunk, does this mean that you are almost graduated from Grad school? That is wonderful!!
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And Vixmom, I am so very happy for Vixter's almost perfection!
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DR Maria, what was the name of the movie. Maybe I saw you get your award!
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I so wish that I could leave work now and go home and take a nap....that would be so nice!
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Experienced?? Do tell!
Picture it, The Plymouth Theater, 2003 press night, intermission at Taboo (a Golden Girls reference) Rosie O'Donnell is walking down the aisle back to her seat and the theater starts to applaud. Rosie stops, takes in applause and addresses the crowd: Twenty-four performances, twenty-four standing ovations! (I may be off on the number) (more applause) To all the critics who are here tonight, we love you! To all the critics outside, F--- you! (hand gesture)
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And RE: Rosie on the View.
I used to watch Rosie's show before. But I think she acted much differently before she came out.
I have seen her on the View a couple of times. And I don't think she has good chemistry with them. Plus I had no idea that her and Star Jones did not like each other.
I just don't get why they would hire someone without making sure the chemistry was right. I mean i get that rosie is popular and they are doing it for the ratings. But i do not think people will like the new group. Unless rosie acts more like she used to (not so forceful).
Also i read that star's contract is up in september (when rosie would start). And because she does not like rosie she may be leaving!
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So TPunk, does this mean that you are almost graduated from Grad school? That is wonderful!!
It does! My academic requirements are complete and my internship supervisor has submitted my final review. So all I have to do now is show up to my internship for the next week, and then show up next month to collect my diploma.
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It does! My academic requirements are complete and my internship supervisor has submitted my final review. So all I have to do now is show up to my internship for the next week, and then show up next month to collect my diploma.
And then show up on this here site to post photos of you in your cap & gown and accept all of our congratulatory vibes!
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DR Maria, what was the name of the movie. Maybe I saw you get your award!
My Louisiana Sky. And it wasn't really "my" award. It was the film's award. (I lost in the writing category at awards held the night before.) But the producer, who is a very nice man (rare for the breed) wanted us - he, the stars and the writer - to go up as a group.
Congrats, TPunk!
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Looky-here!
AOL spotlights MattH's hometown Bistro
(http://cdn.digitalcity.com/shoppingvenues/03/03/109776500_135)
der Brucer
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Although last week she learned to clap but would only do so in private!
My eldest son used to practice walking in his play-pen out in the back yard (he didn't know we could watch from the window). The first time he ever took a public step he walked clear across the living room from his Mom to me.
der Brucer
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...I am completely finished with graduate school.
Congrats! And now you can wait tables unsupervised 8)
der Brucer
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MEdia CHEck
iPod: JULIE AND CAROL AT CARNEGIE HALL (I'm guessing that this would be much more fun to watch instead of just listening to)
Had the album on LP for many years and was so delighted when I found a copy of the CD. It's always been a favorite.
I watched the show at the Museum of TV and Radio several years ago, and it holds up beautifully Lots of fun, and both ladies are magnificent.
The album brings back many fond memories of that broadcast as it was meant to do. Maybe one day someone will get the brains to release it as a DVD (perhaps paired with their other two specials).
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ENjoyed your story, DR Maria, about the Daytime Emmys. (They're in Hollywood this year at the Kodak Theater).
I will probably have it on as I bound around the house doing odd jobs (no, not from GOLDFINGER), etc. There is really nothing else on that I'm interested in watching anyway.
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I just don't get why they would hire someone without making sure the chemistry was right.
Think "American Idol"!
der Brucer
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And then show up on this here site to post photos of you in your cap & gown and accept all of our congratulatory vibes!
Which reminds me that I wasn't back on HHW yet when DD graduated -- summa cum laude! -- from the U. of San Francisco in December.
Better late than never... (No congrats, please. I just want to share the pic.)
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I finshed watching GUYS & DOLLS and am happy to report the transfer was rock solid all the way through. The widescreen laserdisc and the last nonanamorphic release was a nightmare with artifacts and aliasing. This new transfer had none of that.
The Gambler's Ballet, with lots of parallel line designs in the pipes, was always a chore to watch, but it isn't now at all.
I also watched the documentary (actually two featurettes that can be played as one feature) on the show and its transition from stage to screen. Good interviews, and I especially liked seeing what some folks looked like I had been reading for years (A. Scott Berg, for example). The edition comes with an enclosed "scrapbook" which I haven't looked at yet).
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Next, I put in ZIEGFELD FOLLIES and watched the documentary on its making. SInce the feature is SO long and not every item was of interest, I scanned through to some of my favorite segments. I'll go back and watch the entire thing at some point over the weekend.
I have to say that the clips they used in the documentary were grainy and faded and bland looking, and my heart sank a little on seeing them. What a relief that the feature itself is beautifully sharp and rich in Technicolor. The reds, yellows, blues, and purples of "This Heart of Mine" are absolutely awe inspiring. I am so pleased that the Technicolor restoration used on the laserdisc seems to have been carried over to this DVD in addition to its being sharper. The sound continues to lack bass, sad to say, but I guess they're limited by the recording techniques of the day.
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(I lost in the writing category at awards held the night before.)
But you DID win the Humanitas Prize and the Writers' Guild of America award!
der Brucer
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Then, I watched last night's SUPERNATURAL. Violent, of course, and had some chilling moments. It was a two part episode which concludes next week (which also serves as the season finale).
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Picture it, The Plymouth Theater, 2003 press night, intermission at Taboo (a Golden Girls reference) Rosie O'Donnell is walking down the aisle back to her seat and the theater starts to applaud. Rosie stops, takes in applause and addresses the crowd: Twenty-four performances, twenty-four standing ovations! (I may be off on the number) (more applause) To all the critics who are here tonight, we love you! To all the critics outside, F--- you! (hand gesture)
(http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/sprachlos/speechless-smiley-038.gif)
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But Congratulations on the new degree, TPunk!! ;D
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Re: the daytime emmysI love Young and The Restless. So I watch to see what they win!
DR Jennifer, if you are game we can watch and chat?
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Apparently Rosie O'Donnell is going to replace Meredith Vieira on THE VIEW. I don't think it's 100% confirmed. But I just read they will announce it tonight at the Daytime Emmys!
that will be an interesting mixture of personalities
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Congratulations TPunk on your accomplishment... It has been a long slog and be proud of it!!
Congrats!!
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DR DakotaCelt, I will be watching the first hour and a half at my sister's house. And I will watch the rest at home (but no computer upstairs by the tv!) :(
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DB - I may hire you as my publicist!
I forgot to acknowledge earlier that the great Jane Jacobs died this week. She fundamentally changed the way we look at cities -- for the better. I used to see her striding around Toronto in her sensible shoes. Even if you didn't know who she was, you knew that you were in the presence of a formidable human being. The April 26 issue of the NY Times has a wonderful obit/appreciation. I don't have a link - sorry - but it's easy to find if you're interested.
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Have the kitchen floor to mop now, so I'm heading down to do that, and then to watch DVDs and the Daytime Emmy telecast.
WBBL.
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DR TCB - Where and how are the kids?
Where also is Michael Shayne?
Congratulations TPunk - Take a Break!
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Congrats TPunk!!! That's great
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And speaking of "Capote" and "To Kill a Mockingbird" (okay, no one was, but it has been talked about), today is Harper Lee's 70th birthday!
Happy Birthday Harper Lee!
;D
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Duck Zhivago
Duck Who
Duck No
Duck Doolittle
The Island of Duck Moreau
The Abominable Duck Phibes
Duck Phil
Doctor Strangelove, or how I learned how to stop worrying and duck the bomb.
Doctor Quinn, Duck Woman
OK, OK, sometimes it gets a little boring running a cash register...
;D
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Maria, lovely picture of DD...
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page 6 dance
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Gina Tognoni just won best supporting... I was really pulling for Renee Goldsberry.
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I think my favorite today has been DR TOMovOZ's:
55 Ducks at Peking....because it works on so many levels.
MR BK returned from jogging....left again....started to read a play, and was NOT heard from again!
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Great posts and pictures today!
MR BK - my friend Adam Long is coming to LA for a few days the week of May 23. He is a percussionist/guitarist/composer - he might make a lively lunch time companion for a dull day. Let me know if you have time for a lunch 23-28.....
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I always have time for lunch. So, here's been the day: I got caught up reading my play and making little fixes and smoothing out dialogue and even adding a page overall - but the really interesting news is how much I enjoyed reading it. It made me laugh, I was touched by a couple of moments and it moved right along. I'll still futz with it over the weekend and I still have two spots to look at in terms of dialogue fixes, but overall I was very pleased to be very pleased.
Then dear reader PennyO came over, as did three actors, and we had a reading of her newest four-hander version of Jewish Thighs. It was really fun to hear it out loud and the actors all did very well, including our very own PennyO. I made notes throughout, and after the reading two of the actors left, and PennyO and her friend Jolie (who plays PennyO as a young'un) stayed and we went over every page of the script, and out of that conversation came very interesting things and I think and hope PennyO was happy about all of it. I'll let her fill in the blanks. I must now get ready to sup with our very own Miss Tammy Minoff - our celebratory dinner for the finishing of my play.
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Glad you had a productive day...
I am back to cleaning the computer desk and filing some stuff...
STill trying to figure out what the heck this one gal was wearing at the daytime emmys....
Waiting for Ron Raines category tocome up...
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I think my favorite today has been DR TOMovOZ's:
55 Ducks at Peking....because it works on so many levels.
Thank you DR JRand.
In honour of DR Jose - my work has not been in vein.
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Kathie Brier (Hairspray), Renee Goldsberry [quickly becoming an actress I really like] (Color Purple) and Claudia [i missed her last name] (Little Shop of Horrors)
A number of NY actors/actresses do soaps in the day and then broadway
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When I was in grad school, there was a in the undergraduate program a rather homely young woman who was not only obnoxious and, for attention, rather dumb in a showoff-y way, but a major slut, as she told everyone in confidence about her rather lurid social life. In one of her photos from a production of PICNIC, she looked just like a frog so her critics started referring to her as "frogface," which lead to a ton of new titles:
Froggy in the Dark
110 in the Frog
Stop the Frog I want to Get Off
The Death of a Frogman
Threepenny Frog
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Kathie Brier (Hairspray), Renee Goldsberry [quickly becoming an actress I really like] (Color Purple) and Claudia [i missed her last name] (Little Shop of Horrors)
I believe the last was Kelly Butler, sounding much less nasal than she does in her duet with Guy Haines. Perhaps she finally had her adenoids removed.
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I believe the last was Kelly Butler, sounding much less nasal than she does in her duet with Guy Haines. Perhaps she finally had her adenoids removed.
Probably...
I did like Renee's singing. She has a gorgeous voice...
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I believe the last was Kelly Butler, sounding much less nasal than she does in her duet with Guy Haines. Perhaps she finally had her adenoids removed.
Kerry Butler was in "Little Shop." :)
And I agree...she has always sounded much too nasely. I wonder if it's not as bad when you see her perform live. :-\
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Traffic was moidah coming back to the marina. I had such a good time today!!! Bruce was his gracious self, hosting a gaggle of theatah folk - we read through my new version of Jewish Thighs - and it was great fun to hear "my" lines (having played ALL the characters) in the voices of the others.
Afterwards, BK spent two hours going over every line, every scene, every transition with me, making wonderful suggestions, mostly in the category of "If I don't get it, they won't..." and "How you just said it - write THAT!"
I always come away from these sessions so optimisic and with renewed enthusiasm. What a mentor to have. Anyhow, I have a bit of work to do - not much really - before we take the next step with it.
One other great thing today - Jolie - the girl who plays the YOUNG ACTRESS - finally gave me a video of the last time I put the four-actor version together, back in Seattle three years ago. Can't wait to put it on the TeeVee, after I get a bite to eat!!! Oh, boy!!!
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AND - congratulations, TPUNK! You stuck with it - you gave yourself nobody else could ever give you. I'm so happy for you.
And VIXTER!!! Congrats to you for singing so well, and getting the acknowledgement all your study and hard work merits!
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SACRISTY!!!!
I cannot believe it... I now believe the daytime emmys are rigged... I can't believe Antony Geary won!
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SACRISTY!!!!
I cannot believe it... I now believe the daytime emmys are rigged... I can't believe Antony Geary won!
Now, now, Dakota. No spoilers allowed. We on the West Coast have yet to see the show.
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Spoo! Spoilers galore!
ell, my best friend lost again! I was sure he had it with all the awards GUIDING LIGHT had already won. He'll win yet.
Why is the GREY'S ANATOMY cast putting in an appearance?
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I just returned form a fun Opening at a friends art studio. He is extremely creative and extremely talented. We love to support local artists, so many paintings were sold this evening. I bought 2 pieces to add to my collection, lol I now have 5 of his works. But he is doing some totally different things now. So I'm not sure you'd even know that they were done by the same artist.
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Spoo! Spoilers galore!
ell, my best friend lost again! I was sure he had it with all the awards GUIDING LIGHT had already won. He'll win yet.
Why is the GREY'S ANATOMY cast putting in an appearance?
I enjoy his work and I was really pulling for him.. We no longer get GL here and I miss watching him. GL really does have some talented male actors in both Raines and Newman!
Interesting tidbit, Jerry verDorn who used to play Ross Marler, graduated from my alma mater, Moorhead State University.
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Spent most of the evening with THE DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS. Since I don't really daytime dramas any more, I knew only a few of the faces. Can't say that I was pleased or displeased with any of the winners.
I WAS displeased that the TV Academy still hasn't upgraded its technology. The show was not broadcast in high definition, kind of pathetic that TV doesn't honor its own with the best technology available. (Last year's Prime Time Emmys weren't in HD either.) And ABC has the capability to do so since they also broadcast the Oscars which have been in high def for several years now. Got to be the TV Academy who won't fork over the bucks to pay for the equipment for the show.
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and I cannot believe who won Show!!!!
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GH! Grrr.. They had a decent year but it was nto stellar!
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Kathie Brier (Hairspray), Renee Goldsberry [quickly becoming an actress I really like] (Color Purple) and Claudia [i missed her last name] (Little Shop of Horrors)
Kerry Butler.
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Well, as I said, I don't watch soaps any more, but both the critics for TV GUIDE and ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY who cover daytime drama predicted that the man who won the Emmy for Best Drama Actor would win, so that one wasn't a big surprise. Supposedly, his Emmy tape was in a class by itself this year.
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Matt, I work at night so I sometiems watch them. I find them curious so I watch them.
ON the flipside, I am not a fan of reality shows.
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and I cannot believe who won Show!!!!
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GH! Grrr.. They had a decent year but it was nto stellar!
I heard the same comment last year. In both years, folks in the know say that THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS got robbed.
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Re: The Daytime Emmys.
spoilers.
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I was disappointed that Y&R was not nominated for more.
I was happy with a few of the winners (Tom phelphrey and gina tognoni from GL are great).
And for DR Elmore, re: ron raines. He is very good. But sometimes these things are not about who is best. I love kim zimmer but beth e. is amazing. I think everyone had pretty much decided anthony geary was going to win. Not fair (and i'm sure he's good), but who votes for these things anyhow? It should be the best.
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Matt, I work at night so I sometiems watch them. I find them curious so I watch them.
ON the flipside, I am not a fan of reality shows.
During my life I have at times been into GUIDING LIGHT, DAYS OF OUR LIVES, GENERAL HOSPITAL, ALL MY CHILDREN, and ONE LIFE TO LIVE (of the ones that are still running). At this moment, I'm really not watching any of them, but I don't say that to look down on them in any way. Lots of great performers have gotten their starts on daytime drama, and the shows themselves have handled topics that nighttime dramas have shied away from.
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I think the Emmys still use blue ribbon panels to vote on the winners. That way, everyone watches the same tapes and votes in preferential order. The points are then added together to get the winners.
At least, this is what someone once told me is how it used to work.
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Re: The Daytime Emmys.
spoilers.
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I was disappointed that Y&R was not nominated for more.
I was happy with a few of the winners (Tom phelphrey and gina tognoni from GL are great).
And for DR Elmore, re: ron raines. He is very good. But sometimes these things are not about who is best. I love kim zimmer but beth e. is amazing. I think everyone had pretty much decided anthony geary was going to win. Not fair (and i'm sure he's good), but who votes for these things anyhow? It should be the best.
Geary is good but really, give another actor a shot...
YR deserved more recognition.
I do have to give one small nod for Days. Despite the deploreable writing, i do have to give the actors some credit for trying to work with it. The writing is not there for NBC shows.
What gets me is why they have one guy writing both of them... and both are doing dismally in the ratings.
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I am fascinated due to the cultural aspects of it. I had a professor many years ago that taught a class on American cultural themes. I found it fascinating and I did a paper on the soaps and have continued my observations of it since then.
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Page 7 dance...
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Earlier in the evening, I put in the DVD of CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF. I hadn't watched this in many years, and I wanted to see what the quality looked like to determine if I wanted to spring for that Tennessee Williams DVD boxed set next week.
I'm sure the new pressing will be better than this old one (though it is enhanced and has fine sharpness and color for a DVD that was among the first DVD issues). So, I'll probably just buy SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH and THE ROMAN SPRING OF MRS. STONE for now. I may pick up NIGHT OF THE IGUANA used later.
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EMMY SPOILERS.
I heard the same comment last year. In both years, folks in the know say that THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS got robbed.
I think that Y&R is in a class by itself. IT's been the #1 soap for so long because it is good.
I don't watch the winning show. But I doubt that whoever votes watches all the shows. To me it is one thing to judge based on the submitted tapes. But I think it would be way better if the people voted had to watch all the shows regularly.
Btw does anybody know who votes? IS it the actors voting for themselves?
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Everyone in the class had to do a paper on some aspect of popular culture and only three could be on television. I wanted theatre but it was already taken so I did televison and i chose Daytime serials.
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EMMY SPOILERS.I think that Y&R is in a class by itself. IT's been the #1 soap for so long because it is good.
I don't watch the winning show. But I doubt that whoever votes watches all the shows. To me it is one thing to judge based on the submitted tapes. But I think it would be way better if the people voted had to watch all the shows regularly.
Btw does anybody know who votes? IS it the actors voting for themselves?
I am not sure but they vote in blocks and that basically locks out NBC due to them only having two shows.
YR deserved better treatment
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I think the Emmys still use blue ribbon panels to vote on the winners. That way, everyone watches the same tapes and votes in preferential order. The points are then added together to get the winners.
At least, this is what someone once told me is how it used to work.
YEs but is it merely the actors from the soaps who vote?
It seems like the same group of best actors and actresses get nominated every year. it's ridiculous!
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Btw does anybody know who votes? IS it the actors voting for themselves?
Read earlier post by me, DR Jennifer. Unless rules have changed, the voting on these awards is not open to the full membership of the Academy. Members volunteer to serve on blue ribbon panels who see all the nominees in the categories they are assigned and then vote. Youo ranks the nominees in order from best to least, and those places are assigned point values. They add up the total points and the highest point total wins.
I believe DR Maria has said that she has served before on these panels for writing.
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EMMY spoiler talk.
I am not sure but they vote in blocks and that basically locks out NBC due to them only having two shows.
YR deserved better treatment
I know from reading the cbs soap newsgroup that each soap was allowed to nominate 2 people per category. So for example for Y&R they nominated Sharon case (sharon) and someone else (i forget who). Michelle stafford (phyllis) who has won before and who is the best actress on the show IMO took herself out of the running (she didn't think her storyline was that great). But she would have been nominated for sure I think.
Anyhow, then some group decides from those nominees who gets the nominations.
But i think you're right. They do vote in blocks (which is ridiculous).
I really think it should be an arbitrary panel who could really judge the shows.
The thing i wonder though is that both GL and Y&R are on CBS. So how did GL manage to get the acting awards?
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DR MattH, I read your post (after posting mine). But i still wonder the actual WHO. Do all actors get to vote for the acting categories for example?
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Or are there only certain actors who are on the academy?
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I have heard that the bias isn't for or against any network but the NYC block versus the Hollywood block, and that the East Coast voters will move heaven and earth to see that a Hollywood-based soap (like Y&R) doesn't win.
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Or are there only certain actors who are on the academy?
Again, Academy members volunteer to serve on these panels. I'm not certain if actors are limited to the acting categories, directors in the directing category, etc. but that would make sense. Who better to judge their craft that people who also do that job.
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DR DakotaCelt: If Matt Ashford drove off a cliff in November, is he presumed dead? Did they finish his story?
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I guess in a Soap, though, you can come back, even if you died. Funny thing, Death (a Forever Plaid reference).
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EMMY spoiler talk.I know from reading the cbs soap newsgroup that each soap was allowed to nominate 2 people per category. So for example for Y&R they nominated Sharon case (sharon) and someone else (i forget who). Michelle stafford (phyllis) who has won before and who is the best actress on the show IMO took herself out of the running (she didn't think her storyline was that great). But she would have been nominated for sure I think.
Anyhow, then some group decides from those nominees who gets the nominations.
But i think you're right. They do vote in blocks (which is ridiculous).
I really think it should be an arbitrary panel who could really judge the shows.
The thing i wonder though is that both GL and Y&R are on CBS. So how did GL manage to get the acting awards?
The actors can vote for each other so I think there is a lot of horsetrading going on...
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I guess in a Soap, though, you can come back, even if you died. Funny thing, Death (a Forever Plaid reference).
Not just in soaps. People have returned from the dead on nighttime drama, too, sometimes in highly outrageous ways.
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I have heard that the bias isn't for or against any network but the NYC block versus the Hollywood block, and that the East Coast voters will move heaven and earth to see that a Hollywood-based soap (like Y&R) doesn't win.
How can you explain over the years why NBC has been shut out over the years? Granted the last couple of years the writing has been poor at best but they have had some good years with decent writing.
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Days has the Lazarus Syndrome down pat!
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SACRISTY!!!!
I cannot believe it... I now believe the daytime emmys are rigged... I can't believe Antony Geary won!
Anthony Geary, as in from Buffy?
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DR DakotaCelt: If Matt Ashford drove off a cliff in November, is he presumed dead? Did they finish his story?
Good question....
If you go with the spumors from the soap boards..
Jack is dead?
Jack is lying in a hospital alive?
In december he was seen once at christmas lurking at the house
and no they have not finished his story... Reilly's classic talent is to leave dangling storylines and holes that youc an drive a semi truck through.
Now with Stephen Nichols and Mary Beth Evans coming back, Missy Reeves leaving, the pot gets really interesting....
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Anthony Geary, as in from Buffy?
Oh, waith, Luke from GH.
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Okay, good night all. I am working all day saturday and sunday- helping to train brand new HIV test counselors!
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Anthony Geary, as in from Buffy?
According to IMDB, no... but it is possible they dont have it listed..
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Is anyone planning to see United Flight 93? I'm going on Sunday.
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I am debating about going tomorrow...
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How can you explain over the years why NBC has been shut out over the years? Granted the last couple of years the writing has been poor at best but they have had some good years with decent writing.
DAYS and PASSIONS are Hollywood-based soaps, aren't they? Usually the winners of the Best Drama award hail from the East Coast which was the point I was making.
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I'm off to bed, too.
Good night!
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DAYS and PASSIONS are Hollywood-based soaps, aren't they? Usually the winners of the Best Drama award hail from the East Coast which was the point I was making.
True but so are General Hospital, Young and the Restless and the Bold and the Beautiful.
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Back from a lovelier than lovely dinner with Miss Tammy Minoff. Afterwards, I showed her a bit of the video version of Deceit - even on the shoddy VHS copy she was very impressed. I then gave her a tiny preview of the new play - the couple of bits she saw she loved, so that was good. We're going to try to do a read-through of it Monday or Tuesday night.
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Back from a lovelier than lovely dinner with Miss Tammy Minoff. Afterwards, I showed her a bit of the video version of Deceit - even on the shoddy VHS copy she was very impressed. I then gave her a tiny preview of the new play - the couple of bits she saw she loved, so that was good. We're going to try to do a read-through of it Monday or Tuesday night.
It sounds like you had a lovely evening...
I am curious to hear more about your new play also and I hope the read-through goes well next week.
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page 8 dance!!