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Well, you've read the notes, the notes had Apple Pie Spice and were in a nutshell, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're currently in a nutshell trying to figure out how in tarnation they GOT there.
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And the word of the day is: RATIOCINATE!
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Welll I have the ubiquitous pint of Choco chip cookie dough ice cream for those certain moments!!
Pizza and potato wedges... and a package of hot pockets...
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Happy Birthday DR Matthew
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Excellent news about "STAGES" BK.
I need to modify that to S.T.A.G.E plural !!
A case of semantics!!
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Not Stages - the STAGE benefits. Stages is already out :-)
Matthew's birthday was added to the notes instantly.
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I don't believe I have ever had a frozen meal (Or a thawed frozen meal)..
Ice-cream Doesn't really fit the bill!
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I love the S.T.A.G.E. recordings!! This is great news! I have most of the commercially available ones. ;D
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DR MATTHEW!!
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The earliest frozen TV dinners that I can remember eating were salisbury steak. I haven't had one in quite a few years. I do have several Lean Cuisine dinners in my freezer, right now. I like them (I get them at Costco, so they cost less than at regular stores), but they're not the same. ;)
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I live in a "Fresh food" house. This is even a microwave free house. Always fresh fruit and vegetables. I have never eaten a so called "T.V. dinner"
We do have some processed foods!
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The first frozen dinner I can remember was the late 50s Swanson TV dinners, usually chicken. We thought they were most amusing, but they were really quite gross. When Stouffer's debuted, I was very fond of their macaroni and cheese, lasagna, pizza bread, and a few others. I love Lean Cuisine pizzas - hardly any calories and quite tasty in a frozen sort of way. I've tried quite a few other frozen dinners, but most of them aren't to my liking, so I'm interested to hear all opinions.
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Der Brucer and I keep a couple of Stouffer's sides in the freezer at all times - the Spinach Souffle and Harvest Apples - as a back-up for when it's late and we want something on the plate fast. But we're not into the whole "entire meal" frozen dinner thing. My cooking is much better, and one of those itty-bitty "meals" simply isn't enough.
As for Lean Cuisine, I'll have you know that my Daddy taught me to stand up straight and tall, shoulders back. Leaning was simply not part of the program.
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Good Morning, DR Elmore!
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Good morning, all! I couldn't believe 400+ posts when I woke up this morning. Wow!
DRvixmom, BRIDE AND PREJUDICE is based quite closely on PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. If the vixter enjoys it, I'd rent the 2-disc BBC PRIDE AND PREJUDICE for viewing. Much as I admire Aldous Huxley's DEVILS OF LOUDON and a lot of the cast, the Greer Garson-Laurence Olivier version of Ms Austen's masterpiece sets my teerth on edge for moving the period from 1812 to the 1830s and totally missing the cruelty under its veneer. Any adaptation that makes Lady Catherine de Burgh remotely friendly has lost the author's mood.
DRs Jose and Jason, tonight is my monthly music librarians' dinner at 6:30 in the Village. If you'd like to join us tonight, email me or call me.
I don't know if any of the R&H crew will be there, but it's always festive.
TOD: frozen foods terrify me and cause flashbacks to my childhood when my Mother went mad and stopped cooking. I only keep icecubes in the freezer. And Hagen-Daz.
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And now it's time for me to dash away again. Early shift selling frozen dinners to the massive. Or, if not massive, at least the weighty.
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Good Morning, DR Elmore!
Woody! Good morning, dear friend. I had meant to say hello and to mention Matthew's birthday, but I got so wrapped up in Miss Austen's work, I forgot! I hope you have a great day today.
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And hopefully I'll be back later today. If not, I've been dragooned into ladsitting again. :-\
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Happiest of birthdays to DR Matthew - I hope you win the cake contest!
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Tuesday greetings! Back to work for me after a very relaxing 3-day weekend.
TOD - Stouffer's scalloped chicken, corn souffle, apples. Also, when DS Rob was in elementary school, they had a fundraiser called Market Day. We ordered frozed foods once a month and picked them up at the school. My favorites were their frozen corn, apple pie, turkey roasts, and hot dogs.
My favorite frozen food, though, is what I cook in large quantities and freeze in individual portions for later - lasagna, tuna glop (yes, it freezes well), beef stroganoff, vegetable soup, etc.
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Happy Birthday to Matthew!
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DR Ben, aren't you the person who first mentioned SLINGS AND ARROWS?
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Good morning, fellow Dear Readers. Today I shall attempt to run the newsletter on the new printer. I hope all goes well! (I'm sure it will.)
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Yes, Larry. Anthony's mother recorded it from Sundance Channel and we watched it earlier this year. It was great fun.
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I, like Miss Minoff, have a box of eggplant cutlets in my freezer also. We like them. When defrosted they make a nice, quick meal.
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Lots of great frozen foods, but the Stouffer's line is the best carried in our market.
Uno's Pizzeria sells pizza that you can heat up in the oven (or at least did a few years ago), but I forget whether that was actually frozen or just refrigerated. Anyway, it was almost as good as getting it piping hot in the restaurant.
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Joan Rivers used to have a joke about a certain actress being "the only person I know who stands in front of the microwave and yells HURRY!!!"
I at one point (in my youth) thought that joke was hilarious, but now that I've gotten older and less patient, I find myself putting a Stouffer's lasagne in the microwave for eleven minutes and indeed thinking - although not yelling - HURRY!!! :)
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Hi Ben (a FOLLIES reference)
And I am wearing green!
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Yes, Larry. Anthony's mother recorded it from Sundance Channel and we watched it earlier this year. It was great fun.
I hope she's now recording Season 2 for you.
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Happy Birthday to you ! Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday dear reader Matthew
Happy Birthday to YOOOOOOOOOOU!!!!!!
and many mooooooooooooore!!!!!
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I hope your cake is not ruined by a Greek speaking cat!
Since I appear to have put us into wide screen I shall attempt to get us to page two speedily!!
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Whew!!! That did it!!
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PAGE TWO DANCE!!!!!!
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I have no idea who Misker is. Perhaps it's the cat from the previous page
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When I was a kid my mother would allow us to eat "something else" if the dinner she was making was something we couldn't abide. Since I cannot stand fish and since dad had a boat and would go out fishing several nights a week in the summer and bringhome his catch fpr dinner ai spent a lot of summer meals eating Banquet chicken pot pie.
Nowadays frozen dinners are reserved for lunch time meals at the office. Sometimes when one of the stores is having a good sale on one or the other brands I will buy a bunch and bring them into the office.
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I also keep Aunt Jemima frozen buttermilk pancakes in the freezer for the benefit of the Vixter. They are ready in 1 minute and she will have them for breakfast before school.
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This page brought to you by Vixmom
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I wonder if I can fill this entire page on my own before Ben or TCB jump in and stop me.
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If they are busy playing catch up or even ketchup frpm yesterday I could probably fill TWO pages before they get a chance to get a word in
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I wouldn't be so cruel though... a complete page wasted on my inane drivel is more than enough
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Elmore, I did not realise that Bride and Prejudice was based on Pride and Prejudice, I thought it was just a "name grab"
I will try and rent that BBC production since you and Dakota Celt both think so well of it.
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I have a question for DR Jason and any other DR's who have suggestions.
Can you suggest a musical witha a realtively large cast and/or chorus that would be approprate for a summer show for actors from about age 7 - high school?
The local theatre group is looking for shows and they are looking for something "different" not The Sound of Music or Suessical or Fiddler on the Roof or Bye Bye Birdie or any of those others that are done over and over.....
The did West Side Story and Peter Pan and Hello Dolly in the past year and are currently in rehearsals for Barnum
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Well, Missy, you did manage 10 posts in a row before I came back to stop the madness (just kidding).
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I did try to find the post for Tuna Glop but couldn't find it. I will have to look at home and re-post the recipie or maybe I'll just reconstruct from memory. Ginny can add anything I miss.
It's not that hard, mostly just tuna (or chicken if you choose), one of the cream soups, like cream of musroom or celery or chicken and the main ingredient, a box of Mac and Cheese. You can use Kraft or the store brand. Prepare the mac and cheese according to directions then add the cream soup and tuna or chicken and bake at 325 for a half hour. Serve with a side dish if you choose (a vegetable or a salad) although the casserole is very filling by itself so you don't need a salad unless you're really hungry. You can also add things to the recipie. I put in green beans and mushrooms and added crushed Wheat Thins on top for extra crunchiness. When we had the leftovers yesterday I put in some leftover cous cous as well (Sunday we had salmon and cous cous and green peas).
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And who should be here but Priscilla. It was she who asked for the Tuna Glop recipie!
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Gotta run.
Later.
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And who should be here but Priscilla. It was she who asked for the Tuna Glop recipie!
Yes it's me - catching up and looking for the Tuna Glop recipe. Thank you most kindly DR Ben
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A few years ago my mother asked me to come over for lunch (I ate a lot of meals with them when I lived at the lake) anyway, she said it was a big celebration and she'd tell me why when I got there. I arrived to find Swanson TV dinners on the table.....she was celebrating their 50th Anniversary!!! (Of Swanson dinners, that is)
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Happy Birthday DR MATTHEW!!!! Have a wonderful day!
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We ate lots of Swanson dinners growing up, especially when my parents were going out for the evening. My dad always said "Boy, that looks better than what we'll probably eat tonight" I always wondered why they went out if the food was worse than a tv dinner
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One of my favorite's now is a Marie Callender Pot Pie. I usually get chicken and mushroom or turkey, but they are all good. Full of fat and calories, but very tasty.
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Lean Cuisine has a new thing with griller sandwiches you can put in the microwave. I have had the one with chicken and spinach. They aren't too bad
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I really need to get back in the Lean Cuisine. A pair of my fat pants didn't fit this morning. I'm assuming it was the cut of the pants.....but between quitting smoking, the stress of the move and not eating right i seem to have regained the weight I lost. Yuck.....time to get the treadmill moving..
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Or maybe I just say who cares and go try a mocha at the new coffee shop across the street.... ;D
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Well since that last post was my 1961st and that is the year of my birth, I would say the mocha wins.....I like this
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Better get some work done and sneak out for the mocha....it isn't really sneaking out since I run this branch office, but I pretend it is once in awhile - for old times sake
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Well, Missy, you did manage 10 posts in a row before I came back to stop the madness (just kidding).
and everyone is grateful!!!
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May you get to see THE WOMAN IN WHITE at a theater near you very soon!
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Happy, happy birthday DR Matthew!!! Hope it is a great one!
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Good morning!
We're going to have a very pleasant day here today. Partly cloudy skies and lots of sun. Temps in the low 50s. Nice for February!
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I only have a bit more of the Barbara Cook DVD to watch today, perhaps 8 or 9 minutes' worth. Then, I'll be looking at some of the DVR movies I stored up over the weekend.
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As a kid my little brother and I always thought a Swanson's TV dinner was quite a treat! Particularly the Chinese dinner ones.
Although I rarely eat a TV dinner now I was partial to those Hungry Man dinners. When I find them cheap, I do stock up on those low carb frozen dinners for when there just isn't time to fix something else.
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I'll probably start with CARDS ON THE TABLE since I've never seen it. If there's time, I'll segue into I REMEMBER MAMA. If not, that will keep for tomorrow.
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I have some errands to run today, too, including mailing some DVD-Rs and shopping for sale item cleaning supplies (I do go through the stuff pretty fast!)
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Page 3 TV dinner dance!
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I've never liked the frozen dinners very much though I will say that the taste of them has been improved greatly over the years. They're not nearly as inedible as they once were.
Of the frozen entrees that one can buy, I think Michalena's items are very tasty and very reasonably priced compared to Lean Cuisine. I don't often eat these, but if I'm in a show, sometimes, they're just the right amount of food to have for lunch on a performance day. A real meal is usually eaten after the performance.
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Last night, DR George in writing about GOLDEN BOY said:
"I just checked my copy and I have the VAS-2124 (mono) edition, as well as the BK re-issue. There is a noticeable difference between the two versions. Of course, the album being in mono and having lots of pops throughout the whole thing doesn't help. And either my record changes speed by itself or some songs are in different keys. "Night Song" is a half-step lower on the Cd. On the next song, "Everything's Great", both versions are in the same key. Hmm.... On the third song, "Gimme Some," the album is in a lower key as well as "Stick Around," but that sounds like it's a third lower. What gives?"
I suspect the keys were altered to help Sammy get through the numbers. Remember in the COMPANY documentary, they tried to help Elaine Stritch get through the initial recording by taking "The Ladies Who Lunch" down a key so her voice wouldn't sound so strained trying to make notes that vocal exhaustion was making it difficult for her to get to?
I suspect the same things were going on here.
When I auditioned for THE SECRET GARDEN, I had been singing along with the cast recording (Robert Westenberg's role) thinking the range was manageable for me. At the audition, it became obvious that for the recording, they had taken "Lily's Eyes" down a step.
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I've never liked the grocery store purchased Chinese food. It never tastes nearly as good to me as that cooked at a Chinese restaurant. Why is that?
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I saw this cartoon regarding the port situation... just thought I'd share....
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And tonight, of course, besides the short programs for the ladies on the Olympics, we have the twelve semifinal ladies singing complete songs for us for the first time on AMERICAN IDOL.
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Happy, happy birthday DR Matthew!!! Hope it is a great one!
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My, it is certainly tempting to do a little image editing on that card.
But this here being the family site that it is, I wouldn't dream of it.
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I thought the same thing, DR Dan, but you're right! :D
DR MBarnum has the BEST storehouse of birthday and other celebration cards!
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Good Morning!
I'm currently on "Good Son" duty. One of the heat pump units here broke down, and since heat is a good thing at this time of the year. So, I'm waiting for the repair man to show up...
-Oh!... He's here...
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I'm up, I'm up. Well, I got seven hours of sleep, I think. Or was it six?
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...Oooohh... And he's cute!
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Good Morning!
I'm currently on "Good Son" duty. One of the heat pump units here broke down, and since heat is a good thing at this time of the year. So, I'm waiting for the repair man to show up...
-Oh!... He's here...
Boy this site is good at getting plumbers to show!
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...Oooohh... And he's cute!
;D
When I had the new dishwasher installed a year or so ago, the installer was to die for! And very nice, too. Alas, he made no moves, and I certainly didn't.
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Well, I'm going to head down now to get ready to run those errands.
WBBL.
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Mawnin!
Ohhhh, sunshine!! Gosh, I got back from the frozen NorthWoods to face freezing temps here in LA! Wha??? Seems a little warmer today. Maybe it's just this flu thing hangin' on that makes everything feel soooo cold...
Well, onward. I'm feeling better and the sun is shining so brightly. And it's Spring here!!! Huzzah!
Happy happy happy birthday, Matthew!!! Hope it's sunny where you are.
I remember frozen TV dinners on little TV trays when we were wee things. My mom could get us to eat just about anything if it was on a tray in front of The Box. Little mush brain robots, we were. Now, microwave fan that I am, I love those veggie lasagnas and microwave-in-a-pouch things you get in great quantities from Costco.
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I hope the Vixter doesn't get wind of this story, she has been agitating for a sibling and I keep explaining I am too old
REDDING, Calif. (Feb. 18) - A 62-year-old woman gave birth Friday to a healthy 6-pound, 9-ounce baby boy, becoming one of the oldest women in the world to successfully bear a child.
Janise Wulf gave birth to her 12th child. She is also a grandmother of 20 and a great-grandmother of three.
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Well, while he's puttering around outside and in the attic...
Ah! Frozen foods. I go through phases with them. I'll go a couple of weeks or months without having any, and then I'll be walking down the frozen food aisle...
Growing up, pot pies were always a favorite. -And I always thought the main difference between the turkey and the chicken ones were the gravy - not the meat. -All those cubes of processed poultry. But my favorite part was always the crust. I would dig out the filling, saving the crunchy top crust for last.
Healthy Choice makes some decent "healthy" frozen dinners and entrees, but there's still nothing like Stouffer's Macaroni and Cheese. *And sometimes I would improvise a "Tuna Glop" by stirring in a can of tuna fish to the just out of the oven tray of cheesey goodness.
The frozen foods I buy regularly nowadays are the various rice bowls from Trader Joe's. I really like the Lemon Grass Chicken with Green Beans - very healthy, and low in sodium (surprisingly so).
Oh... And frozen blueberries, spinach and broccoli are usually staples in my freezer. -In separate packages, not together in some strange combo. ;) -Although, spinach and broccoli is not abad combo.
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I was meant to have an audition on Saturday - I had geared up for it, though I was still coughing and my voice wasn't working and i was gonna be the Game Little Trouper about it... but Friday night, They called and asked if I minded terribly to put it off a week, and come in NEXT Saturday - they were having some scheduling problems (which maybe meant they finally were going to get AWAY for a holiday weekend... or that everyone else was going away for said weekend...). Upshot - I get another whole week to find a voice in here somewhere and actually rehearse some sort of an audition.
Hey, Bruce - what time are you going to be hangin' out this afternoon? Can I come by and borrow The Disc? I would, of course, bring offerings of enormous gratitude. Plus, I am not contagious...
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When I had the new dishwasher installed a year or so ago, the installer was to die for! And very nice, too. Alas, he made no moves, and I certainly didn't.
It could be risky making a move...read this story....
SALEM, Ore. (Feb. 16) - It may have been a borderline call, but it was still a third strike. The Oregon Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a ruling that sent Nicholas Meyrovich to life in prison under a 2001 three-strikes law. Meyrovich got his third strike, a felony sex offense, for delivering an unwanted kiss.
Meyrovich, in his appeal, claimed that a life sentence for the kiss violated the Oregon Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
Meyrovich, 60, an exterminator, was inspecting the home of a Salem woman in October 2003 when he suddenly grabbed her and kissed her. The woman pushed Meyrovich away, but he took hold of her again and sucked her on the neck, stopping when a neighbor walked in.
Meyrovich was later convicted of first-degree sexual abuse, which under Oregon law requires the forcible touching of the "sexual or other intimate parts" of another person.
Meyrovich argued that the neck is not an intimate part of the body; the court disagreed.
"In ordinary social intercourse, one adult does not touch the neck of another adult outside of intimate relationships, at least not without some unusual but reasonable justification," Judge David Schuman wrote for the panel that decided the case.
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I was meant to have an audition on Saturday - I had geared up for it, though I was still coughing and my voice wasn't working and i was gonna be the Game Little Trouper about it... but Friday night, They called and asked if I minded terribly to put it off a week, and come in NEXT Saturday - they were having some scheduling problems (which maybe meant they finally were going to get AWAY for a holiday weekend... or that everyone else was going away for said weekend...). Upshot - I get another whole week to find a voice in here somewhere and actually rehearse some sort of an audition.
Hey, Bruce - what time are you going to be hangin' out this afternoon? Can I come by and borrow The Disc? I would, of course, bring offerings of enormous gratitude. Plus, I am not contagious...
Excellent news!!! ~~~Healthy Voice Vibes~~~
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Jose!! Frozen blueberries!! Yes! I go to the U-Pick near me, a wondrous old orchard/grove in late August, nearly every day, to pick blueberries and freeze them. For desserts I whiz frozen berries in a blender with two teaspoons of sugar and about a quarter cup of half-and-half!!! Yummmmmm!
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DR vixmom - Slow day at the office?
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Vixmom!! Thanks! I did last week's audition in worse shape - I tend to have a cast iron throat - but i like to be closer to HEALTHY for an audition! Egad, the number of shows I did with laryngitis - you cancel, you can't afford your apartment!
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Gotta admit, on Friday I was looking for folks who might have some prednisone or decadron or medrol handy...
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Well... He's still doing something... Checked the air intake in the attic... Then had to trip the circuit breaker... Another trip outside... hmm...
If he's not done here by Noon, I'm probably not going to head back up to NYC until tonight, probably around 7:00. I do not want to hit the Lincoln Tunnel nor the George Washington Bridge at rush hour.
However, there are a couple of things I could and should take care of while I'm waiting... Hmm...
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PennyO, I should be back here by noon, and then on my way by three, and back by six-thirty.
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Vixmom - a really nice show for lots of kids is The Boy Friend - back about thirty years ago, I choreographed that piece for a Junior High show. Lots of parts, the chorus parts are great for all ages, lots of fun
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So, Bruce, howzabout 1:30 or 2?
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I also really need to get back into my exercise and running routine soon. I've been doing my best to at least get some stretching in each day, but a good run is what I'm hankering for. All the walking I've done in The City has been good "maintenance", but I'm due for a nice two or three mile run. -And since it's supposed to be a bit warmer over the next few days... A run around the Central Park Reservoir would be nice.
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Wow - Hozay, your commitment to exercise is inspiring! One o' these daze, I'm gonna take a walk...
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So, kidz, gotta hit the showers. More later. Later!
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Uh-oh... He just took another ladder out of his truck... At least this service call is covered underneath the service contract.
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OK... Mike has just left... Replaced one part, noticed that another part is defective, part needs to be ordered... In the meantime, the unit is in "Emergency Heat" mode until the new part is ordered and replaced - probably take a day or two.
And that's that.
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...However, I think I'm still gonna wait to head back up to NYC until later tonight. I prefer driving at night anyway - the sunlight really tires my eyes out on long drives.
DR elmore - Hopefully, I'll be able to sup with you and your music librarian buddies next month.
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Good day one and all!!
Happy Birthday DR Matthew!!! Have a splendid day!
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PennyO, sounds fine.
I shall now be on my way to LACC, after which I shall return.
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I dont have a lot of frozen processed foods... Not a huge fan of them... Have lots of frozen meat and veggies though.
I use the microwave for defrosting or to warm up left overs...
The hotpockets I have in the freezer I have as a snack and they have been there for a bit.... The pizza has been there for a while also... I keep forgetting about it.
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DR vixmom - Slow day at the office?
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gosh, does it show?
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Or maybe I just say who cares and go try a mocha at the new coffee shop across the street.... ;D
I envy you on the coffee shop....
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TOD:
We never had frozen dinners when I was a youngen--my mom hated them. The only thing I can remember having were those pizza tarts that you put in the toaster. I'm not sure if they were made by Ellio's or not.
I think it was during my college days that I discovered Le Menu frozen dinners. They were tasty, and they came with a reusable hard plastic microwave dish (I still have a stack of them somewhere.)
Nowadays, I'll do an occasional DeGornio pizza or a Stoffers or Lean Cuisine meal. I particularly like Stoffers' pricier Bistro meals, which are pretty delish and more filling. I've had a few Swanson Hungry Man dinners, which were hit or miss.
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Happy Birthday DR Matthew!
Btw, the RENT movie dvd comes out today!
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I hope the Vixter doesn't get wind of this story, she has been agitating for a sibling and I keep explaining I am too old
It's never too late...
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Congrats to DRs Ann and Jed.
Re: last night's Ice Dancing, I could not believe when NBC was profiling the Italian couple. I was shocked that they had not practiced together and that she was still giving him the Evil Stare.
And then when she hugged and kissed him after and the announcer said "i guess she forgives him" i was cracking up! Too funny. Then he was bawling later on. Kelly Rippa did a pretty funny re-enactment of the whole episode this morning.
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DR Jennifer--that's twice that we've posted today within a second of each other!
Jinxies!
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I loved the US team's costume. And I also really loved the Lithuania (phantom of the opera) routine. Very moving. The Russian were also pretty good, although nothing like how i remember ice dancing in the past. I really like the extremely difficult moves with the skaters skating almost on top of each other.
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Fellow, DR's, thanks for the birthday wishes. And as promised, here are several stages of the cake contest!
This is the cake pre-decoration:
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Boy this site is good at getting plumbers to show!
LOL that's exactly what i was thinking
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Joan Rivers used to have a joke about a certain actress being "the only person I know who stands in front of the microwave and yells HURRY!!!"
I at one point (in my youth) thought that joke was hilarious, but now that I've gotten older and less patient, I find myself putting a Stouffer's lasagne in the microwave for eleven minutes and indeed thinking - although not yelling - HURRY!!! :)
Ms. Rivers had some great zingers about that certain actress...
...Her blood type is Ragu.
...When she sits around the house, she sits around the house.
*Anyone else remember the "Joan vs. Joan" segment on Saturday Night Live between Joan Rivers and Joe Piscopo (dressed up in a matching black gown)? ;)
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Re: Sunday's DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES which I finally watched.
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I just read DRs MattH and TPunks comments.
I really enjoyed the show. And I did find Bree's story very good and sort of funny. I liked how she was passed out on her lawn. IT was interesting how they showed it with Lynnette going through her trash.
I also really liked Susan's story, and I'm not really into her ex-husband. But I thought the whole thing played out to be quite funny, especially with Edie and the ring. Although I'm not quite sure why Susan never asked the plumber or doctor to marry her (since she actually likes both of them).
Re: Gabrielle. While I do think we are supposed to believe her version of the story, in a way it's hard to tell. Because we've seen all the tricks she's pulled in the past year and a half. I could see Gabby being quite grown up at 15. I think the point was to show that her mom was not too nice. But it did leave me wondering if there was any chance her mom could have been telling the truth (it seemed slim but you never know).
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Happy birthday, Matthew. Was thinking about you when I saw the final performance of WOMAN IN WHITE the other day, and I hope you get to see the show at some point.
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I envy you on the coffee shop....
Don't envy me yet, this one isn't open yet even thought they advertised that they are already open and it was really dirty in there and the walls and carpet are still the same as when it was Democratic Headquarters during the last election - and that was a pit. If they don't at least clean it a lot more than it is now, I won't be going back there.
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Well, since I missed my mocha, think I'll go get some lunch instead.
Laters...
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Here is the cake decorated - no help from the DP!!! :)
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Here are the cakes side by side. My sister's is the Martha Stewart Coconut layer cake. It was rather yummy-licious
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Here is the inside of the cake
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And last but not least, the DP insisted on taking a picture of me and cake to send to Martha to show a variation on her hazelnut recipe.
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Here is the inside of the cake
I assume that is the piece you are "FedExing" to me that was cut out! ;D
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So who won the contest? And who were the judges?
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Tonight I am going out for a Japanese hibachi dinner with "the girls"
that is all
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WFO is lurking again.... lurk lurk......but post he does not
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So who won the contest? And who were the judges?
The family voted by secret ballot. Turns out it was a tie, we both won the prize. Seeing as though it was Mom who orgainzed the "competition" she was ready with a first AND second prize. But since it was a tie, it didn't matter. Prizes were a gift card to Jamba Joice or Starbucks.
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The family voted by secret ballot. Turns out it was a tie, we both won the prize. Seeing as though it was Mom who orgainzed the "competition" she was ready with a first AND second prize. But since it was a tie, it didn't matter. Prizes were a gift card to Jamba Joice or Starbucks.
OOH! prizes! I thought you were just competing for the glory of the title! Which gift card did yu get?
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I also watched "Must Love Dogs" this weekend
I love John Cusack movies.
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Here is the inside of the cake
Woof!
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Now I want CAKE....all of the cake in the pictures...every last slice!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR MATTHEW!!!!
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Was DRDANISE's surgery yesterday? Have we heard anything?
Good vibes to DR DANISE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Eggplant Cutlets?
I would rather have shoo fly pie or apple pan dowdy.
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My first frozen dinner was a Swanson Chicken Dinner - which I assumed from the television advertising and ALL the print ads in the Saturday Evening Post and Reader's Digest was something just this side of ambrosia.
The reality was somewhat different.
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For those of you interested in hearing the WSMA (aka World's Sexiest Man Alive, a title awarded to Brent Barrett by certain members of this here site) talk about Dance a Little Closer (aka Close a Little Faster) he is on BBC Radio 4. The program is More Fabulous Flops. Here is a link
BBC Radio 4 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/atoz/index.shtml#m)
Scroll down to More Fabulous Flops and click Listen. This is Part 3 of a 4 part show on Broadway and West End musical theatre disasters. BB is about 19 minutes into the program. The entire program is lots of fun so you might want to listen to the entire thing. Next week they talk about Carrie!!!
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I like a nice frozen chicken pot pie now and then. And I buy some Jack's Pizzas if they are on sale.
The Pepperidge Farm frozen turkey breast in gravy is easy to prepare and tastes pretty good.
But my favorite frozen food is a Popsicle!
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DR BEN...did you see my question about AS TIME GOES BY?
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DR VIXMOM - you might look at PIPPIN or GODSPELL...
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN is one you didn't mention, if they haven't done that....and of course DREAMGIRLS is royalty free ALL this year!
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DR Ben did a great job articulating the Tuna Glop recipe. I learned last night that it can be made without milk, if you discover in the midst of preparation that the milk in your fridge is 8 days past its "Sell by" date :P
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LOST SPOILER ALERT (though if you haven't watched last week's episode, why haven't you?)***********************************************************
Did anyone pick up that the name of the captured man was Henry Gale and that he arrived on the island by balloon?
What are we to make of this? Is it just an in-joke, hats-off kind of thing by the writers? Are we suppose to suspect the captured man because he came up with such an identity and story? And while I could understand Sayid and Danielle not catching the allusion, I have a tough time believing that Jack and Locke (particularly Locke) did not pick up on it.
Sometimes, watching this show is like doin a soduko puzzle with just six numbers revealed.
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Hi, Jack. Thanks for the reminder. No, there is no time travel going on. Geoffrey Palmer plays an old flame of Judi Dench. They knew each other during the Korean War but lost contact. They come across each other many years later and romance blossoms again.
The link below does a better job of explaining the show. I find it sweet and funny and very well done. I have to admit as much as I'm an Anglophile some Britcoms make me cringe but not this one.
As Time Goes By (http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/a/astimegoesby_7770380.shtml)
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Off to take a birthday hike. I'm going to Hudart Park which is a County Park in San Mateo County. I'm going from the middle of the park to the top which tops out at 2000 feet. I'm hoping to see snow!
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Uh-oh ... This isn't the British sitcom I was thinking of....this one has a man who is married to some politically aware young woman who sneaks off to a pub run by a woman who has a 40's hairstyle....
What the heck is that?
I also watched MY FAMILY which has the strangest looking actress EVER playing the mother....
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Did anyone pick up that the name of the captured man was Henry Gale and that he arrived on the island by balloon?
I can't believe Auntie Em let him out of the house!
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Jack, the description you provide doesn't sound familiar to me at all.
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Uh-oh ... This isn't the British sitcom I was thinking of....this one has a man who is married to some politically aware young woman who sneaks off to a pub run by a woman who has a 40's hairstyle....
What the heck is that?
THAT is Goodnight Sweetheart.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/g/goodnightsweethe_7772870.shtml
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Busy-Busy-Busy...that's what I am today!
These 4-day weekends are costly when you have to get back to the grind!
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Time for a little lunch....some sort of grilled fish seems in order...with some steamed veggies and rice.
Yum.
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Was DRDANISE's surgery yesterday? Have we heard anything?
Good vibes to DR DANISE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
OH! I think its today..... DR Jane would know
~~~~VIBES~~~ for Danise
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Huzzah!
Amazon.com has let me know that "Daddy Long Legs" and "Weekend in Havanna" have shipped.
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I could eat a cookie.
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Thanks DRVIXMOM - that's the one....Goodnight Sweetheart....very strange. And I think the one episode I saw Saturday evening was plenty for me.
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Here is how you would sign your request, DR RLP....for our Page Six Dance.
(http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/images-signs/cookie.gif)
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I could eat a cookie.
a Girl Scout cookie?
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Thanks DRVIXMOM - that's the one....Goodnight Sweetheart....very strange. And I think the one episode I saw Saturday evening was plenty for me.
Its one of those that you have to start at the beginning. The later series were a bit naft but the first couple of years weren't bad at all. By the end Yvonne (the modern day wife) had become a real witch
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I think that's the Yvonne I saw, DRVIXMOM.
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OH! I think its today..... DR Jane would know
~~~~VIBES~~~ for Danise
Shall we send flowers to her home?
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Its one of those that you have to start at the beginning. The later series were a bit naft but the first couple of years weren't bad at all. By the end Yvonne (the modern day wife) had become a real witch
A Bit Naft--that will be the name of my first Brit sitcom.
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C-O-O-K-I-E...it has a name...
*munch*...*munch*...*munch*...
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Shall we send flowers to her home?
I was thinking the same thing. I am sure I have her address at home... if I can just find it.
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Well, off I go to the City of Studio for a brief encounter with the Global Moderator! Perhaps I should bring cookies???
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okay, gang, more later...
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DR PENNYO - that was great about your audition being changed!
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How did the Northwest audition go?
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Good Afternoon!
Well... It was a good thing I ended up staying down here for a few more hours. Over the past hour or two, I managed to get some music software updated on my computer, as well as a software and hardware update for my Kurzweil keyboard. Joy of joys! I can now record directly to my computer again, and burn rehearsal CDs for aspiring actor-singers for a not too exhorbitant fee.
;D
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Hmm... I might as well take care of the two phone calls I've been too lazy and unmotivated to make the past week... Keep it going!
*I just have to update my address with two companies that don't do the web thing. Sort of inconvenient, but also sort of "quaint" in a good way.
;)
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DR JRand - What's the sign for a milkshake to go with that cookie?
;D
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...Of course, it was always the sign for "a Coke" (Coca-Cola) that always bewildered me when I was sitting in rehearsals for Children of a Lesser God.
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Where was I? Oh, yes... Phone calls...
Once again...
Laters...
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LOL....sign for cow/milk (squeezing motion with both hands like milking a cow) and sign for shake (two fists shaking).
DR DAKOTA CELT may know the ASL sign.
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I just received an e-mail response from an Ebay seller who I bought a CD from in January. I had asked when it would ship since it has not yet arrived.
She told me that due to the many orders for this item the shipping has been delayed.
She stopped short of saying that they didn't actually have the item in stock. Now this was one of those "Buy it Now" things, and the listing said that there were 19 available when I bought mine. Now unless 19 people purchased them out from under me during the time it took for me to look at the listing and then press that "Buy it Now" button...in which case if all 19 had sold then I would think it would not allow me to purchase one...then I am thinking maybe she didn't really have them in stock after all! And it isn't like this was a highly sought after CD...it was for some rather obscure Arabian pop singer.
But...that seller had best get that CD to me now, and quickly or I will be grumpy.
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Back from the musical theater workshop (MTW), about which more in the notes. It was lots of fun. Then Tammy and I and her friend Lauren went to Hugo's for lunch, which was excellently excellent. Then I came home and had to make lots of telephonic calls and attend to the twenty-six e-mails that were waiting for me.
One thing I don't think I've mentioned and which I'll talk more about in the notes is that LACC has asked me to produce a summer cabaret series in their black box theater, rather like the one that Kevin Spirtas did at Saddleback College. So, we'll be doing a five week series comprising ten performers (two a week, one on Friday, one on Saturday) - if I feel someone can really sell both nights, that's an option, too. First person booked is Miss Linda Purl, and I'm sure Mr. Kevin Spirtas will do his show, too, although he'd have to take off from Hairspray to do so.
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Just finished my yummilicious dinner from Taco Bell and have to go be an information waitress for an hour. Bye for now!
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In future deal direct with Ahab and Clyde DR Michael. Fatima is not to be trusted - too busy eating raisons and apricots and even pomegranates..
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I guess it is taking 25 minutes at least for people to take on board the Ray Stevens reference from 1961. LOL
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It may well be midnight at the Oasis and Clyde has gone to bed.
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Those cakes are torturous to look at. I am SO hungry for cake! :(
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Unbelievably, my Fox musicals of DADDY LONG LEGS, WEEK-END IN HAVANA, and PIN UP GIRL arrived today from Deep Discount! I couldn't have been more shocked.
Yes, they sent me a note last week that the items had shipped, but their stuff usually takes 10 days at least my Media Mail, AND we had a Monday holiday in there to slow down delivery.
Nope, there they were on my front stoop today!
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So, I watched DADDY LONG LEGS today. Good (still overlong to my way of thinking) movie. I had forgotten Leslie sang some in the film with her own voice.
The Roland Petit ballets have not aged well, especially the climactic one with Leslie that just goes on and on and on.
I was dazzled by the SIZE of those gargantuan sets in Cinemascope, especially for the musical numbers. I had never noticed before how truly huge some of those sets were.
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Just finished my yummilicious dinner from Taco Bell and have to go be an information waitress for an hour. Bye for now!
I like Taco Bell, too, when I'm in the mood for fast food.
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Before I put in DADDY LONG LEGS, I watched a MURDER SHE WROTE rerun on the Biography Channel. Again, it was one I had never seen before from much later in the run of the series. Might have been during the last season. The mystery was not well written with confusing relationships between the characters, so that when the murderer was revealed, his motive seemed pretty weak.
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Page Seven JUNGLE BOOK Dance!!!
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I'm still waiting for my copy of Baker Street. But last week, I ordered the DVD to Jay Mohr's very-short-lived TV show "Action" and got an e-mail that it's already shipped!
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[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]SPOILER -- LADIES FIGURE SKATING[/move]
SPOILER -- SHORT PROGRAM
SPOILER
SPOILER
Well...the results of today's short program are very gratifying, amazing and wonderful...to me at least. The American contingent is well placed in the top 10 and, should they skate extremely well come Thursday, should do no worse than stay where they are...but hopefully they'll move up. As for Cohen, I think she's the one skater in the batch who can beat La Slutskaya handily...and she has a three-hundredths of a point lead over her. Cohen skated last and landed on top.
END SPOILER
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MattH, that was a nice surprise. I have never seen DADDY LONG LEGS, but two of my interviewees are in it somewhere. I am going to add it to my Netflix queue.
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I stopped off at Target tonight. They had the RENT DVD for $16.99. I bought it. I have no idea when I'll get around to watching it.
That is all.
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That is all.
Well...it's enough!
:D
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I'm still waiting for my copy of Baker Street. But last week, I ordered the DVD to Jay Mohr's very-short-lived TV show "Action" and got an e-mail that it's already shipped!
Mentioning things here on HHW seems to have a magical effect on my mail getting here within a day or two. After mentioning yesterday that I still hadn't gotten my copy of BAKER STREET, I got an e-mail from Amazon saying it had shipped. I should get it Wednesday or Thursday.
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Skating spoiler - - - -
I couldn't be more delighted with the results, and besides Sasha, Kimmie Meisner is in an excellent position to move up if she skates cleanly. (Emily, also, but she'll be in the second group and not as easy to break into medal position, though Evan Lysechek almost did it coming from 10th so anything's possible.)
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I should get RENT tomorrow. Got a notice about its shipping early Monday morning.
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So, since I got those DVDs in the mail, I wasn't able to watch CARDS ON THE TABLE at all. Don't know now if I'll get to it tomorrow either with these new things to watch.
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Guess I'll head down now to do some cleaning and then settle in for TV.
WBBL.
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The hike was FABULOUS! 2 1/2 hours worth of ups and downs and awesome trails. I don't know how far I went, I'm going to see if I can figure that out.
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I picked up Baker Street yesterday - it's really not very good, score-wise, even the Bock and Harnick songs are not that interesting. But, it's nice to have it.
I'm sitting in the edit bay - we were supposed to start at three-thirty and here I sit, because the producer before me isn't quite finished yet. We should be up and running by four, which I find infuriating as I'm trying to get out of here by six so I can hand deliver the tape to the audio facility.
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I picked up Baker Street yesterday - it's really not very good, score-wise, even the Bock and Harnick songs are not that interesting. But, it's nice to have it.
I really only like one...maybe two songs, but you're right, it'll be nice to have in on CD (when I get it). Do you (or does anyone) know which songs are by Bock and Harnick??
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Among the items waiting for me on the library's reserve shelf today:
Bride and Prejudice!
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Thanks for the spoiler alerts on Skating, I have managed to make it all day without hearing any results. It's no small fete and has meant closing my eyes and a few "LA LA LA LA LA"s I'm anxious to watch tonight
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Hi folks!
Well tomorrow is the day. I can't help but wish that it was all over. :P
I may be in the hospital tomorrow night depending on how well things go so don't be worried if you don't hear from me for a day or two.
I've already put the laptop by my bed so I will be able to post when I am home. Once I've slept through the first couple of days, I'm sure you all will be very tired of me popping in every couple of minutes. ;) :D
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They mention the Bock and Harnick songs in the booklet notes - but I believe they are most incorrect because there's no way that one additional song isn't by them - it just reeks of the score to She Loves Me.
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Shall we send flowers to her home?
Aww, Dan (the Man) that's very sweet but your vibes are all the flowers I need. They're magic.
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All the best of OZ wishes to you DR Danise.
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Thank you, DR TomovOZ!
Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday to DR Mathew!
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DR Danise - here's hoping you "skate" smoothly through your procedure tomorrow:
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DR Danise, I hope and pray everything is fine with you tomorrow. Best wishes for an easy time.
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Thank you, Dr Ginny. I wish that instead of having to use my vacation time for this, that I was going to NY for the next three-six weeks so I could go skating again.
Did I tell you all that I found out that we have an ice skating ring right in Brandon? Who knew that one would be that close! I might have to give it try. Maybe tomorrow. ;)
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~~~ BEST VIBES FOR DR DANISE!! ~~~
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Thank you also, DR Elmore. I'm sure everything is going to be fine.
My main problem is being such a control freak and not wanting to bother anyone. If you could only see all the supplies I've bought as a "just in case we need it and I can't drive to the store", you would really crack up.
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Good Evening!
Well, I pittered and I puttered, and I finally got the car packed. At first I thought I wasn't bringing all that much up, but... Quel surprise! -And, of course, as I'm typing this, I'm looking around and finding other things I want to bring up.. :-\
We'll see...
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~~~~~VIBES! VIBES! VIBES! FOR DR DANISE!~~~~~[/b]
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Well, time for me to finish the last bit of packing, and get on the road. I should be home by midnight.
Laters...
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Safe travels to DR Jose!
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Thank you also, DR George.
Well, I hate to say it but I have to be up at three AM. I have to report to the hospital at six. The cab is ordered for 5:15 AM as a "just in case" (that term again) they have a hard time finding the house.
I was almost late for one surgery I had in the past because the cab was late. It should only take about twenty minutes to drive there but again.....just in case......
Have a wonderful evening everyone and I will talk with you all soon!
Hugs!
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Good travel vibes to DR Jose and thank you for the vibes!
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Happy, happy birthday DR Matthew!!! Hope it is a great one!
(http://images.andale.com/f2/115/106/3854083/1139045276437_COCK_HORSE_1.jpg)
The birthday or the Cock Horse?
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Well... He's still doing something... Checked the air intake in the attic... Then had to trip the circuit breaker... Another trip outside... hmm...
If he's not done here by Noon, I'm probably not going to head back up to NYC until tonight, probably around 7:00. I do not want to hit the Lincoln Tunnel nor the George Washington Bridge at rush hour.
However, there are a couple of things I could and should take care of while I'm waiting... Hmm...
;)
Oh brother, Jose, that approach never works!
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Vixmom!! Thanks! I did last week's audition in worse shape - I tend to have a cast iron throat - but i like to be closer to HEALTHY for an audition! Egad, the number of shows I did with laryngitis - you cancel, you can't afford your apartment!
PennyO, was that the TPS audition? I meant to do that this time as well, but I was going through a low time. i will due the summer audition instead.
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Among the items waiting for me on the library's reserve shelf today:
Bride and Prejudice!
We shall have to watch it "together"!
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Hi folks!
Well tomorrow is the day. I can't help but wish that it was all over. :P
I may be in the hospital tomorrow night depending on how well things go so don't be worried if you don't hear from me for a day or two.
I've already put the laptop by my bed so I will be able to post when I am home. Once I've slept through the first couple of days, I'm sure you all will be very tired of me popping in every couple of minutes. ;) :D
~~~VIBES~~~~ for you Danise!!!
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Oh, and had a nice visit with PennyO earlier.
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Oh my goodness. I think I am going to pop.
I had a lovely dinner at Gasho's Hibachi Steak House with Vixter and two of my girlfriends.
Onion souo, salad with Ginger dressing, shrimp appetizer, scallops and filet mignon, bean spouts, hibachi fried rice, broccoli, zucchini, mushrooms...................oh and a "snow ball" for dessert, chocloate, vanilla & strawberry icecream in a ball, covered in white chocolate.....
must make tea and rest on the couch.....
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Good vibes to DR DANISE....
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I just received an e-mail response from an Ebay seller who I bought a CD from in January. I had asked when it would ship since it has not yet arrived.
She told me that due to the many orders for this item the shipping has been delayed.
She stopped short of saying that they didn't actually have the item in stock. Now this was one of those "Buy it Now" things, and the listing said that there were 19 available when I bought mine. Now unless 19 people purchased them out from under me during the time it took for me to look at the listing and then press that "Buy it Now" button...in which case if all 19 had sold then I would think it would not allow me to purchase one...then I am thinking maybe she didn't really have them in stock after all! And it isn't like this was a highly sought after CD...it was for some rather obscure Arabian pop singer.
But...that seller had best get that CD to me now, and quickly or I will be grumpy.
Gee, a rather obscure Arabian pop singer, and they only had 19 copies to begin with? What were they thinking???
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Watching a 3-Disk set called WATCH THE SKY. I think MR BK commented on this a few weeks ago.
Save your money.
THE COSMIC MAN - the best of the bunch....not too exciting, but John Carradine wears some glasses that make his eyes look really BIG!! And he cures a crippled kid whose mother drives a '56 Chevrolet convertible!
STRANGER FROM VENUS - with Patricia Neal. An English film that compares itself to THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL....but shouldn't. Terrible stuff with most scenes taking place inside an English pub...and all of the people in the film are physically homely....particularly the "hero" engaed to Neal and the daughter of the pub owner....whew! Talky and boring. The set decorator did, however, make a great comment on the enterprise: the wall behind the stairs is covered in cuckoo clocks!
THE FLYING SAUCER - not much UFO business, but a nice b/w travelogue of Alaska. The commies know where the Saucer is, so an American playboy and his "nurse" are out to get them and find the saucer first. The hero (Writer-Director) has a LOT of curly hair on his head and demands to know why he was brought to "Worshingtin".... The German caretaker Hans has ears that stick out so far he looks like a taxi cab with both back doors left open.
Save your money.
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GOOD HEALTH VIBES TO DR DANISE!!!!!
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[move=right,scroll,6,transparent,100%]HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR MATTHEW!!![/move]
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I ran to the store before settling in to watch the Olympics. I now have all the Tuna Glop ingredients. I think I will make it in the next couple days. Tonight I had good old fashioned fish sticks. I hadn't had them in, man more years than I can even remember. They were surprisingly good.
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I also bought some wonderful burgendy cherry/chocolate ice cream. I'm giving myself until the Olympics are over and I have everything moved into this house from the old one before I start my diet. In the meantime...let there be ice cream
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Good plan, DR CILLA LIZ!
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Why do they keep calling these ice skaters lovely when most of them look like Skagway whores?
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With apologies of course - the lovely ladies in Skagway.
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Re: Sunday's DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES which I finally watched.
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I just read DRs MattH and TPunks comments.
I really enjoyed the show. And I did find Bree's story very good and sort of funny. I liked how she was passed out on her lawn. IT was interesting how they showed it with Lynnette going through her trash.
I also really liked Susan's story, and I'm not really into her ex-husband. But I thought the whole thing played out to be quite funny, especially with Edie and the ring. Although I'm not quite sure why Susan never asked the plumber or doctor to marry her (since she actually likes both of them).
Re: Gabrielle. While I do think we are supposed to believe her version of the story, in a way it's hard to tell. Because we've seen all the tricks she's pulled in the past year and a half. I could see Gabby being quite grown up at 15. I think the point was to show that her mom was not too nice. But it did leave me wondering if there was any chance her mom could have been telling the truth (it seemed slim but you never know).
I owrk at night so I have never seen Desperate HOusewives nor the shows that MattH talks about...
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Don't envy me yet, this one isn't open yet even thought they advertised that they are already open and it was really dirty in there and the walls and carpet are still the same as when it was Democratic Headquarters during the last election - and that was a pit. If they don't at least clean it a lot more than it is now, I won't be going back there.
Understandable... My favorite coffeeshop just reopened again last summer under new ownership... They make fantastic mochas... It is my favorite place to go and write..
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Here are the cakes side by side. My sister's is the Martha Stewart Coconut layer cake. It was rather yummy-licious
They both look lovely but sadly I would have to scrape the coconut off... I have adverse reaction to coconut....
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Here is how you would sign your request, DR RLP....for our Page Six Dance.
(http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/images-signs/cookie.gif)
THat is correct. I do some signing...
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Hi, Jack. Thanks for the reminder. No, there is no time travel going on. Geoffrey Palmer plays an old flame of Judi Dench. They knew each other during the Korean War but lost contact. They come across each other many years later and romance blossoms again.
The link below does a better job of explaining the show. I find it sweet and funny and very well done. I have to admit as much as I'm an Anglophile some Britcoms make me cringe but not this one.
As Time Goes By (http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/a/astimegoesby_7770380.shtml)
I have seen that show before... IT is broadcasting locally. It is a nice show but I am not a huge fan of it. I prefer Keeping up Appearances and ARe you Being Served?
I also liked Fresh Fields / French Fields.
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LOL....sign for cow/milk (squeezing motion with both hands like milking a cow) and sign for shake (two fists shaking).
DR DAKOTA CELT may know the ASL sign.
Pull and strip with the hands but that sign varies a bit regionally...
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Back from the musical theater workshop (MTW), about which more in the notes. It was lots of fun. Then Tammy and I and her friend Lauren went to Hugo's for lunch, which was excellently excellent. Then I came home and had to make lots of telephonic calls and attend to the twenty-six e-mails that were waiting for me.
One thing I don't think I've mentioned and which I'll talk more about in the notes is that LACC has asked me to produce a summer cabaret series in their black box theater, rather like the one that Kevin Spirtas did at Saddleback College. So, we'll be doing a five week series comprising ten performers (two a week, one on Friday, one on Saturday) - if I feel someone can really sell both nights, that's an option, too. First person booked is Miss Linda Purl, and I'm sure Mr. Kevin Spirtas will do his show, too, although he'd have to take off from Hairspray to do so.
bk, sounds like it could be a very busy summer...
Sending break a leg vibes!!
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Are You Being Served is probably my favorite....
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Yes MR BK - the cabarets sound intriguing!
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And you know of course that Yvette Vickers and Diana Darrin both have club acts!
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Hi folks!
Well tomorrow is the day. I can't help but wish that it was all over. :P
I may be in the hospital tomorrow night depending on how well things go so don't be worried if you don't hear from me for a day or two.
I've already put the laptop by my bed so I will be able to post when I am home. Once I've slept through the first couple of days, I'm sure you all will be very tired of me popping in every couple of minutes. ;) :D
I send good thoughts your was Danise!!
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Page Nine Yvette Vickers Dance.
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Thanks for the Dakota milk shake DR DAKOTA CELT.
Off to watch the Olympics....
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Are You Being Served is probably my favorite....
Mr Humphries: "I'm Free!!"
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Loved the 1500! Especially considering the hype.
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Mens Speed Skating 1500 that is
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Uno's Pizzeria sells pizza that you can heat up in the oven (or at least did a few years ago), but I forget whether that was actually frozen or just refrigerated. Anyway, it was almost as good as getting it piping hot in the restaurant.
We we would stop in for a hot pizza we always took some frozen ones home with us.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATTHEW!
HOPE YOU HAD A GRAND DAY! :D
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Ann, Jed and TCB I'm so excited! It will be very easy to visit you in July. Ann are the Sugar Gliders moving with you?
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Good surgery vibes for DR Danise. ~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Matthew your cake with the big slice cut out looks YUMMY.
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Was DRDANISE's surgery yesterday? Have we heard anything?
Good vibes to DR DANISE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tomorrow. I have the info on the hospital and will call during the day. I forgot to find out the time. :-[
I will post & let you know what or if I learn anything.
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We are having a blast with the webcam and messaging. Today Keith picked up a couple of webcams, one I sent to Bryan so he can get connected. By Friday I will have sent the second one to Craig. His current one comes through a bit fuzzy and we of course want a clear picture. I have been busy shopping for assorted goodies to ship with the webcam. Actually I began collecting goodies the day after we shipped the last box.
‘night.
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Hi!
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Used to LOVE the Hungry Man Fried Chicken with the papery mashed potatoes and the tangy cobbler thingy... yum... greasy.
Now you guys have made me crave frozen pot pies. They are shockingly high in fat, calories, and cholesterol. Well, if I want it badly enough I will plan ahead... and, as Beldar and Prymaat would say, "I will enjoy it."
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Anybody know what song Sascha Cohen was singing along to?
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George, I'm pretty sure we played Olympia, but there were over 200 cities, so don't be offended that I don't remember anything about it! We also played Spokane, which was memorable for the Doubletree and how well they treated me when I had a nasty flu. They called to check up on me, sent up a humidifier, got me soup when the kitchen wasn't open. And we played Tacoma, which was memorable because I got to spend lots of fun time with my friend Tim, who threw us a fabulous cast party at his house. He also took me out to dinner at a beautiful restaurant on a lake, it was lovely and delicious.
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BK, the movie with the lutefisk quote is "Drop Dead Gorgeous." :-)
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Thank you for all the b-day greetings. The DP and I went to sushi for dinner and dessert at Cold Stone. Now it's off to the Olympics!
Will be thinking good thoughts for DR Danise's surgey tomorrow.
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George, I'm pretty sure we played Olympia, but there were over 200 cities, so don't be offended that I don't remember anything about it! We also played Spokane, which was memorable for the Doubletree and how well they treated me when I had a nasty flu. They called to check up on me, sent up a humidifier, got me soup when the kitchen wasn't open. And we played Tacoma, which was memorable because I got to spend lots of fun time with my friend Tim, who threw us a fabulous cast party at his house. He also took me out to dinner at a beautiful restaurant on a lake, it was lovely and delicious.
A lake? We have a restaurant on a lake in Tacoma?
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Ann, Jed and TCB I'm so excited! It will be very easy to visit you in July. Ann are the Sugar Gliders moving with you?
Of course. The cats are looking forward to that.
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Spent a long night watching mucho TV of the extended variety.
First up was AMERICAN IDOL where we finally got to hear the 12 semifinalists sing. I found four of them exceptional, two above average, and the others mediocre (at best).
My favorites (and the judges; they were right for a change):
Mandisa
Paris (17 years old) with the mature voice of a 35 year old.
Lisa (16 years old) with another very mature sounding voice
Katharine
These four should definitely be in the finals.
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THE SHIELD had another mesmerizing episode filled with gripping action, a shocking surprise or two, and a continuing storyline that just continues to get better each week.
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I set the DVR to get the Olympics tonight, and since I knew the outcome ahead of time, I flipped over to see the final three skaters and then went backwards to see Slutskya and some others.
Tomorrow, I'll flip back more to see Emily Hughes and Kimmie Meisner skate their programs along with the other ladies they showed.
Clearly to me, the person who finished in first place deserved to be there. But what a close race it is! No huge lead between the top three ladies at all!
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The lease is signed and it's official... come the first of the month, Ann and I will be renting the apartment right next to dear cyberdad TCB. We will also still have our current apartment through the month of March, making moving a much nicer, quasi-leisurely task.
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Well, it's much later than usual for me, so I'm heading off to bed.
Hope everyone enjoys the rest of the evening!
Good night!
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The lease is signed and it's official... come the first of the month, Ann and I will be renting the apartment right next to dear cyberdad TCB. We will also still have our current apartment through the month of March, making moving a much nicer, quasi-leisurely task.
Official congratulations DRs Jed and Ann.
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DR Joy, I like your avatar! Beautiful horse...
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Since everyone is sleeping or the like... I am feeling very inspired to do some writing and I think I will go and sit in front of the telly like a wordlogged fish and scribbile for a bit.
Pleasant dreams everyone!!
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Goodnight, DakotaCelt (if it's not too late)! Just to let you know, I'll send your package of CDs tomorrow! You should receive it fairly soon. I hope you like them. :)
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And now for something completely different:
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Well, I'm going to sign off now. Today, I left work early because I had to pick up my friend and her two daughters from the airport. They just got back from Disneyland! It's been a long, been a long, been a long, been a long day (a How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying reference ;))
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Good Evening! Good Morning!
I'm back safe and sound in New York City. I left my parents' driveway right at 8:00... Then remembered I had no cash on me for the tolls, so I made at ATM stop on the way to the highway.
Getting out of DC proper was a breeze. No traffic at all. Getting through Baltimore was easy too. Then came the Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge. Normally, it's three lanes each way. Well, tonight it was down to one lane due to maintenance. At first I thought the slow down was not that slow, but I thought wrong. It took about 45 minutes to get through the whole construction zone and over the bridge. Ah, well...
Then came Exit 8 on the New Jersey Turnpike. More construction. Again, three lanes down to one. Thankfully, people seemed to be behaving, letting people merge in when they needed to, and the backup only lasted about five minutes. So...
I pulled up to my apartment right at 1:00am. Got my car unpacked in about 30 minutes, and here I am.
:)
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I brought my keyboard up with me, and I went ahead and got it all plugged in and set-up already. The music stand is re-assembled and in place, as is my drum throne (which I use as my keyboard chair).
I also set up my "Micro Hi-Fi System" so that I could listen to my CDs (other than through my computer), but, alas, the power cord is M.I.A. However, I do remember not packing it in the box after I had found it sitting outside the box after I had taped the box up about 11 months ago... -And I have no idea where I placed it - probably in some place I would "remember". So... I'll make a run to Radio Shack tomorrow to get a new one.
Oh... My car did rather well on the trip up. However, after I had unpacked my car and went to move it, it was a little sputtery. Thankfully, I found a space where I won't have to move it until Friday morning, and I'm hoping that it just needs some rest. But I'll check the fluids and stuff over the next few days just to be safe. As long as I can drive back next weekend, that's all that matters.
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Well, DR Danise's alarm clock should be going off momentarily. I, in the meantime, will be setting mine and going to bed.
As DR George said earlier, "It's been a long, been a long, been a long, been a long day."
Goodnight.