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Title: OF CABBAGES AND KINGS OR TIME FLIES
Post by: bk on March 24, 2005, 11:58:13 PM: Well, you've read the notes, you've timed the notes, you've timed the flies, you've eaten cabbages and your feeling like a king, therefore it is time for you to post until the cabbages and cows come home.
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Post by: bk on March 25, 2005, 12:02:18 AM: And the word of the day is: OBSTREPEROUS!

Smoke on your pipe and put that in.

Welcome seven GUESTS. We're talkin' about media play. Stop being OBSTREPEROUS and join us.
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Post by: Charles Pogue on March 25, 2005, 12:04:43 AM: BK, I trust you'll not be in New York too early in May...After all, The Kentucky Derby is the first Saturday in May and you know what that means...
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 25, 2005, 12:05:04 AM: It's 3:06 am in Manhattan and I've been wide awake since 2:20. Since this usually happens around 5 am, I'm puzzled. I thought I'd use the time to order a few books onlne before I try to sleep.
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Post by: bk on March 25, 2005, 12:10:40 AM: I know EXACTLY what it means and I shall be there with bells and triangles on. I don't think I'll be in NY before the 10th.
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Post by: bk on March 25, 2005, 12:11:48 AM: OBSTREPEROUS!

All right, I must toddle off to the bedroom environment to get my beauty rest. I must take care of myself because I must be VERY healthy in April, which is now just around the corner.
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Post by: Joey on March 25, 2005, 12:18:40 AM: I have been up pondering whether I should go vegetarian or not. As one of my lenten sacrifices, I gave up meat and it really wasn't that hard. I realy didn't do much research into what I really should eat, but I think I am going to look into going mostly vegetarian. I'd still have meat every once in a great while, but maybe only every other week or so. I will have to do much more reading up on it before I make a decision though. I know it is very healthy so we'll see. Now if I could only find a book on training for a marathon when you are a vegetarian! :-)
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Post by: Joey on March 25, 2005, 12:19:01 AM: I suppose I should go to bed. Goodnight all!
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Post by: Michael on March 25, 2005, 03:56:54 AM: I have nothing planned to watch this weekend, but will listen to a cd of Phillip Myers, Miles Davis and Ray Charles final cd.
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Post by: PennyO on March 25, 2005, 05:31:17 AM: Good morning!

Strangest weather we've been having - 60 degrees and balmy, sunny walking weather one day, sleet and snow the next, then one 42 and cloudy - still okay to walk in- day...

Crowd last night laughed in places I've never gotten a laugh before. Jose was in voice for his encore, and we have 4 shows to go to the end of the run... gosh, THAT sure went fast! Then it's load out Sunday night, truck tthe furniture back to PA, do the accounting, and move on to the next thing...

That's "head back to LA" as quickly as I can... the parents have been failing exponentially and my siblings need a hand... my brother is so burned out. I sure won't miss this WEATHER, I sure won't. But I have had such a lovely time here with old friends, with the show, the energy of Noo Yawk, the great beauty of this greatest city I know...

Still, it is a privilege to be able to join with the family to walk my parents to the edge of the world. I'm so glad they waited for me. And they did get such pleasure from my stories of Showbiz while I've been away. One last gift to them - their daughter in a show in New York. How they missed all that, when I left 20 years ago.

New topic: Jose is going to bring me sinfully delicious Hamentashen tonight! He's staying up in the very Jewish neighborhood of Washington Heights, where the bakeries apparently have all come to know him by name. Mmmmmm.... can't wait! <slurp>
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Post by: Rodzinski on March 25, 2005, 06:57:16 AM: Pogue- I had one of those corollas as my rental car when I was out there, and I never had such fun driving.

Reviews of ALL SHOOK UP are out and, as expected, lean toward the negative. My standards may have been lowered by seeing shows like BROOKLYN which made me want to hang myself before intermission, but I had a good time and thought there were some genuinely buoyant performances and a tongue-in-cheek quality to ALL SHOOK UP that kept things lively and fun, if not taken too seriously.

Here's a question though, I was thinking about: Has there ever been a show that just did songs that a certain artist made famous but did not write, AND did not feature that artist as a character or presence in the show either? In other words, you have shows like the Billy Joel thing that feature his compositions, and you have shows like the Patsy Cline one where someone IS Patsy. But the conceit here is neither the composer nor the artist, really, but the artist's ESSENCE is used as a marketing tool. Seems like an odd precedent. One could, perhaps, do a musical based on songs sung by Jack Jones, which would allow you to do just about anything under the sun. Or the big Three Dog Night musical...
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Post by: Matt H. on March 25, 2005, 06:58:37 AM: I disagree with bk a bit over ALIAS. True, the show isn't the head-spinning romp it was in its first two seasons, but there are still plenty of reasons to keep tuning in including this latest storyline with Vaughn's father possibly being alive and being connected in some way to Sydney's half-sister. Whatever Jack is doing in the background has yet to be totally revealed; likewise Sloane's motives in heading this black ops division.

Best of all, Lena Olin HAS been signed to act in the season finale, the best reason of all for hanging around until the end of the season.

ALIAS' ratings have been ebbing away slowly but surely during the last month due to AMERICAN IDOL drawing away a segment of its audience. This may very well be the last season for the show.
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Post by: Ben on March 25, 2005, 07:08:45 AM: Rodzinski wrote:

"My standards may have been lowered by seeing shows like BROOKLYN which made me want to hang myself before intermission"

I think if there was an intermission in Brooklyn-The Musical, there would also be a large number of empty seats as the lights come up at the opening of the second act.

I agree, Rodzinski. ASU (not Arizona State University but All Shook Up) was not great musical theatre but it's also not terrible (how's that for damning with faint praise). There are some good performances and it holds together better than Good Vibrations. As a jukebox musical it's somewhere inbetween. It's not a primer on how not to make a show but neither is it a gleaming example of the new form. I didn't run from the theatre tearing my hair and crying about the demise of Broadway, I just took it for what it was, a decent theme park show transplanted to Broadway. It's allowing some good people to work (Jonathan Hadary for one) and even though many people think bad shows should be squashed out like bugs, when actors get to work, even in a mediocre show I'm happy for them.
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Post by: Ben on March 25, 2005, 07:10:20 AM: Not listening to anything right now. I have a meeting at 11am and I'm finishing up some work before that. I don't know what we will watch or listen to this weekend. Anthony has his first rehearsal/meeting for the British Music Hall show on Sunday (Easter Sunday). Other than that it will be a quiet weekend, a change from one week ago during the H/K whirlwind events.
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Post by: Ginny on March 25, 2005, 07:21:27 AM: Ah, yes, just one week ago I was on my way to NYC...

Today is the first day of 11 days off for me and, wouldn't you know, I've developed some kind of throat/bronchial ailment.

Friday media check: CD - Anything Goes, Rebecca Luker sings Cole Porter, a bk production with elmore's orchestrations.

DVD - Indiana Jones Bonus Materials

VCR - The Line King, a documentary about Al Hirschfield
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Post by: Rodzinski on March 25, 2005, 07:30:45 AM: I think we are not too far apart, Ben, in our assessment, though "it keeps actors employed" is perhaps even more faint a praise than the earlier comment!
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Post by: Matt H. on March 25, 2005, 07:35:21 AM: Friday Media Check:

CD - BRIGADOON (Shirley Jones-Jack Cassidy studio set)

DVD - FRIENDS, Season 9 - Disc 3
LAURA

DVR - Sunday night's DEADWOOD
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Post by: Matt H. on March 25, 2005, 07:38:51 AM: There has been a lot of sobbing over the elimination of Mikalah Gordon last night on IDOL. So many folks are saying that she was funny and wacky and made the show fun and interesting.

For me, she made the show a joke. It's supposed to be a singing competition, and she couldn't. It was a sham that she had gotten this far on personality alone while sporting one of the most irritating and unfortunate voices I've ever heard.

Now, the remaining 10 are all SINGERS, and that's what I tune in to hear.
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Post by: Danise on March 25, 2005, 07:53:04 AM: Morning all! Once again, I am enjoying a cup of tea and my 2nd to last (sob!) chocolate cigar/stick. Seems I might need to dash out and do a quick refill **evil grin**. Ahh, if only I could.

Mom loves the pastries I brought her. I don’t remember if I told you that I found that little bakery I was looking for and I stocked up.

I also stopped by Europa Café and bought a flat beef sandwich, which I shared with Mom the night I got home. It was very good even though it was cold by that time.

I did some trolling on the web last night and found we do, in fact, have Jet Blue service so whatever trip I take next time I shall give them a try.

Just for kicks and giggles I plugged in a few random dates in October and found it was like $109 to go up to NYC and $89 to come back. Why it is cheaper to come back then go up, I don’t know but it seems a very reasonable fare.

I love the picture of DR’s Jennifer, TCB and Jed! I’m glad that you were able to have a mini get together but I really would like it if we could pick a central spot and have everyone fly in. That would be so nice.

When I was in my late teens, the dentist wanted to break and re align my jaw so I wouldn’t have the under bite. I told him that since people didn’t seem to have a hard time understanding me when I spoke, I had no trouble eating and no one seemed to run shrieking from the room when I entered it, there was no way I was going to have that done. My parents would have paid for it but I’m not sorry I didn’t have it done.

My new dentist told me that I am actually missing a tooth. It’s a genetic thing that pops up every once in awhile. And I did have all of my wisdom teeth taken out at the same time because I had heard it was to God-awful to go through a second or third time. I don’t think it was that bad. Except for the putting me to sleep part. I hate to be out of control of myself.

DR George, it worked! Second link was the charm! Oh my! He dances pretty good! When I think of all the times I sang into my hairbrush (when I was growing up) and did my “dance”……..

Dear TCB, Sometimes there just is no justice in this world. I am so sorry about your Mother and her friend.

Like when I worked for the courts, I heard so many sad stories—one homeless guy just wanted his dog. They had picked it up because it didn’t have a tag. Then they kept adding up the boarding costs. The man had no money and the dog was his only comfort in the world. Why they just couldn’t give the man his dog, I will never know. I would have even PAID for the darn shot/tag but by then the boarding costs were over a thousand dollars.

He kept coming in (somehow he would managed to get the money for the filing fee) to petition the court for the dog and thus keep it alive a few more days but was turned down every time.

I left before I found out what happened. Sometimes, I don’t think I want to know.

Today is Good Friday so that means I can’t eat any meat except Fish. Ugh. What that has to do with getting me a shot of getting into Heaven, I have no idea. But as my Mom has requested (note: my MOM requested) this one day from me to eat fish, I guess I shall survive. Barely. I need another chocolate cigar!!! ;D
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Post by: Danise on March 25, 2005, 07:56:30 AM: Hi DR Ginny! Please tell your Niece, Laura, I said hello! I really enjoyed meeting you both!
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Post by: Jrand73 on March 25, 2005, 08:06:18 AM: Yes DRMBARNUM that is Bob and Ray - and yes I saw the two WML episodes that were Dorothy's last and the one following. It is sad to see. Everyone is very somber, they don't play the music, and at the beginning John Daly talks a bit about her, then at the end each of the panelists says something about her. VERY SAD.

Toyota Corolla! I have only heard good things about these vehicles. RED!!! Congratulations, DR CP. New cars are so exciting!

Nice pic DRANN!
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Post by: Jrand73 on March 25, 2005, 08:07:27 AM: Well - DR RODZINSKI, there is always the Arch Hall, Jr musical yet to be written! And that would HAVE to include "Valerie"!
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Post by: Jrand73 on March 25, 2005, 08:09:37 AM: Media Check:

DVD: Follow That Dream starring Mr Elvis Presley!

VHS: DARK SHADOWS volume 20. Barnabas sends a bat to kill his cousin David because David has discovered his secret. Willie Loomis is in a coma and suspected of being the person who kidnapped Maggie Evans, and Dr Julia Hoffman is trying to kill him before he regains consciousness.....

CD: Arch Hall, Jr & 2 CD's of Dark Shadows Music (very interesting).
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Post by: Danise on March 25, 2005, 08:14:09 AM: Quote from: JRand54 on March 25, 2005, 08:09:37 AM
Media Check:

VHS: DARK SHADOWS volume 20. Barnabas sends a bat to kill his cousin David because David has discovered his secret. Willie Loomis is in a coma and suspected of being the person who kidnapped Maggie Evans, and Dr Julia Hoffman is trying to kill him before he regains consciousness.....

Awww, DR JRand, don't you want/need some company to pass the popcorn bowl? And could we start over with volume 1? :D
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Post by: Ginny on March 25, 2005, 08:17:06 AM: Hi, Danise!

I forgot about the Europa Cafe being at "our" corner until Laura and I passed it on the taxi ride to the airport Monday morning. Another "next time" thing, I guess.
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Post by: JMK on March 25, 2005, 08:17:26 AM: I am listening to the Swingle Singers doing Bach as I catch up on various work items at the computer.

Last night, I watched the last of the MGM/UA titles I am returning (which, strangely, is a Miramax title), Chocolat. I did the commentary and bonuses last night, which I had not gotten around to on my first viewing. What a sweet little film that is. Does anyone else think Juliette Binoche and Julia Roberts look like sisters? I think they should do a film together.
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Post by: Danise on March 25, 2005, 08:19:23 AM: Quote from: Ginny on March 25, 2005, 08:17:06 AM
Hi, Danise!

I forgot about the Europa Cafe being at "our" corner until Laura and I passed it on the taxi ride to the airport Monday morning. Another "next time" thing, I guess.

That's how it was for me. I had spotted it the last day I was there in May and vowed to go back, only to forget until the very last day I was there this time!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on March 25, 2005, 08:21:53 AM: Quote from: Matt H. on March 25, 2005, 07:38:51 AM
There has been a lot of sobbing over the elimination of Mikalah Gordon last night on IDOL. So many folks are saying that she was funny and wacky and made the show fun and interesting.

There has been far more high-fiving among fans who hated her.

The Idol on Fox chat room was full of joy over her ouster. Sure, she has fans, but you have to ask those who wail so loudly how many votes they cast for her night before last.

Obviously nowhere NEAR enough.

And that's as it should have been.

I see TV and movies in her future...but no musicals...
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on March 25, 2005, 08:24:24 AM: "Time Flies"

Hmmmm....so many images...all buzzing and diving in my mind.....

How about "Time Traveling Flies" or "Time, Inc., Flies"....or maybe "Tempus Fugits Flies" (but that's redundant, yes?).

I see flies on a clockface forming numbers....

I have a sinus headache and am trying to get my mind off it...to get it out of my head, so to speak.
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Post by: Rodzinski on March 25, 2005, 08:25:28 AM: Quote from: JRand54 on March 25, 2005, 08:07:27 AM
Well - DR RODZINSKI, there is always the Arch Hall, Jr musical yet to be written! And that would HAVE to include "Valerie"!

If I had... a billion dollars... and a banker's salary...
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Post by: Ginny on March 25, 2005, 08:26:53 AM: Quote from: JMK on March 25, 2005, 08:17:26 AM
Last night, I watched the last of the MGM/UA titles I am returning (which, strangely, is a Miramax title), Chocolat.
DR JMK - My book group read Chocolat several years ago and then went to see the movie when it was released. It's one of my favorite films and I listen to the score often while I'm working.
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Post by: Ginny on March 25, 2005, 08:28:11 AM: Page 2 - no dancing, 'cause it would make me cough :-\
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Post by: Ben on March 25, 2005, 08:30:05 AM: No dance could top that college boy's dance from last night so I will just say I'm done with my 11am meeting and will head out for lunch soon.
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Post by: Danise on March 25, 2005, 08:30:54 AM: Speaking of move--guess I'd better get going. I have to go do some grocery shopping and dog goodie/food shopping.

Have a good day all and I'll check in with you laters!
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Post by: Matt H. on March 25, 2005, 08:33:56 AM: I LOVED CHOCOLAT. I didn't think about Julia Roberts and Binoche as look-alikes. Maybe I should watch it again soon.
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Post by: Rodzinski on March 25, 2005, 08:34:06 AM: You, know Jose mentioned that car accident, and just the day before yesterday I found out the woman who ran the summer camp I worked at in South Carolina died when some woman drove across the center of the road and hit her head on. It's amazing how fast someone's mistake or recklessness can end it all for someone on the roads.
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Post by: Rodzinski on March 25, 2005, 08:42:55 AM: Media:
Watched "Where Were You When the Lights Went Out" last night. I find Robert Morse funny in this kinda broad and dumb, but not terrible latter Day (Doris) vehicle.

CDs- Some guy named Kimmel. Also, Barnes & Barnes featuring Billy Mumy.
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Post by: JMK on March 25, 2005, 08:55:47 AM: The commentary on Chocolat went into great detail about how they changed the book and why. It was really a pretty good commentary, though one of the producers spoke so softly you couldn't hear a word she said.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 25, 2005, 09:18:16 AM: What a bizarrre day! I was wide awake at 2:20 am, went back to bed at 5:30 after doing some work on my BABES IN TOYLAND record booklet notes, called Barnes & Noble around 7:30 to ask Patty if I could stay home, went back to bed and finally slept.

I had bizarre dreams: I was in a rehearsal at Symphony Space with Marin Alsop conducting the chorus in "Don't Cry, Bo-Peep" from BABES and telling her there are no men singing in this number.

I was wandering about asking everyone if they'd seen my wallet and terrified my pocket had been picked. Since I've had my wallet stolen three times in the past 25 years, this is a very frightening reality for me.

So, I'm home today, and I'll work on two things: an orchestration of "Bring Him Home" for George Dvorsky and my music report for the booklet on BABES IN TOYLAND. I think we're getting close to a release date.

TOD:
DVD: Scotland, PA; On Guard, which I still haven't watched after BK's recommendation
CD: BABES IN TOYLAND, Bryn Terfel, LOOK MA, I'M DANCING!
VCR: cheap porn
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Post by: MBarnum on March 25, 2005, 09:22:27 AM: The Portland Art Museum is having a film noir film festival this month and tonight they are showing THE CRIMSON KIMONO starring James Shigeta and Glenn Corbett...I remember liking this movie, and I love both actors, but not sure if I am in the mood to drive all the way up to Portland tonight....but it never seems to play on TV anymore...hmmmm...
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Post by: MBarnum on March 25, 2005, 09:24:26 AM: Elmore3003 have you seen the 1905 Wizard of Oz photos (from a stage production) that are on EBay? Very interesting shots and quite good costumes.
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Post by: JMK on March 25, 2005, 09:26:46 AM: DR Larry Elmore (that is my new dream-like name for you :)): I have performed under Marin's baton (so to speak). I was the featured pianist at an Oregon Symphony Gospel Christmas concert many years ago. Marin was singing along as she conducted. I found her a bit hard to follow, but that's probably just me, as I am not a trained symphony musician.

Today's anecdote about an eccentric millionaire department: I accompany one of Portland's wealthiest real estate magnates in his frequent recording sessions of showtunes (he actually has a great voice and does a lot of theater here). He always mails me the scores in re-used envellopes, but with this interesting twist: all of the stamps on the envellope are like something out of the denouement to Charade--stamps from the 20s, 30s and 40s with 1-3 cent face values, rare stamps like the Oregon centennials from 1959. Betsy wants me to start saving the envellopes.
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Post by: JMK on March 25, 2005, 09:28:33 AM: MB: were you discussing John Ashley here, or am I thinking of someone else? I just watched the pilot episode of Petticoat Junction before I ship the vid off to the lady who won it from me on eBay and John is featured in that episode.
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Post by: George on March 25, 2005, 09:36:21 AM: In my VCR: a tape to tape tonight's episodes of "Star Trek: Enterprise" (the third most popular episode voted by viewers) and "Battlestar Galactica."

In my DVD player: nothing, yet. I just returned a couple of DVDs to Netflix yesterday and should get some new ones tomorrow...I just don't remember what's coming next.

In my CD player at work: I'll have to wait till I get to work to find out.

Now, to the shower!
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Post by: Jane on March 25, 2005, 09:41:11 AM: Jose lets add the Kosher bakery to our walking tour. :) Please find some good bakeries with treats for MBarnum before he visits you in NY.

DRLaura your walk yesterday and the photos, especially the horses are beautiful. Is that a pond o lake?

Joey yes, do all the teeth at once, Be sure you have someone to take care of you for a couple of days?

You had to ask about nightmares yesterday! I was hardly here, yet it must have had an effect on me because I woke Keith up when I yelled-woke me up too thankfully. ;D

Charles I’m also getting a new Toyota soon.

Ann the photo looks like a negative. It is better than no photo at all.

I have finally caught up with yesterday’s post but I’m ignoring our company.
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Post by: bk on March 25, 2005, 09:56:28 AM: One must always ignore one's company - it's simply the thing to do.

The very first car I ever purchased was a yellow Toyota Corolla back in, oh, 1972 or so, when I was with the ex-wife and baby daughter. It was more than we could afford but we did it. The total cost of the automobile was $1750, and our payments were around forty a month for three years.
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Post by: bk on March 25, 2005, 09:57:05 AM: OBSTREPEROUS, baby, OBSTREPEROUS! And don't you forget it.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 09:57:37 AM: Good Morning! Good Afternoon!

Yes, yes, yes... I slept in again today... -I guess I really have fallen back into my "show mode" sleep schedule.

All I have to do today is: (A) Walk up to Gruenbaum's to pick up some hamantaschen for DR PennyO, and (B) Get another hour or two of practice and review on the Mamma Mia! book. That's all. All very accomplishable before I have to head down to Theatre Row later this afternoon.

I'm actually getting a little sad that the show is ending, and that this "visit" to New York is coming to an end. And time really has flown - I've been in NYC for three weeks! I don't think I've ever stayed up here for that long a time before. But I'm also excited since I know that I'll be coming back here, and I have a sense that this whole Jewish Thighs thing ain't over yet.

;)
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Post by: bk on March 25, 2005, 09:58:00 AM: I slept for nine glorious hours and now feel completely back to normal, sleep-wise.

I am indeed having a late luncheon with Miss Tammy Minoff.
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Post by: Jrand73 on March 25, 2005, 09:58:20 AM: I saw WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT at the drive in on it's original release - whew! Laughed a little bit. I thought Robert Morse was the funniest thing in the movie, followed closely by Doris Day. And bringing up the rear - David Niven, wasn't he in that movie?

DR DANISE do you have those Dark Shadows CD's?
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 09:59:42 AM: DRs and MBarnum - Most of the bakeries up here carry all sorts of "adjusted" baked goods: sugar-free, vegan, wheat-free, low-carb, egg-free, etc. I'm sure we'll have no problem finding goodies for either one of you.

Essen gut!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 10:02:52 AM: RE: "American Idol" - So it was Mykalah!

;D
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 10:05:21 AM: :)

I just checked the weather forecast... It seems the rain and drizzle that was supposed to hang around this weekend here in The Big Apple has decided not to. Mid-40s, cloudy, and (hopefully) non-rainy.

And it's supposed to be in the upper 60's and mid-70's when I get to Memphis next week.

:)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 10:08:11 AM: Hmm... I was just reading an e-mail I got from a friend. She noted that this weekend is a sort of strange convergence of "things":

Good Friday, The Annunciation, Purim, AND a Full Moon

Could be VERY interesting in Times Square tonight. VERY!

DR Danise - You got out just in time! Whew!

;D

-And Easter really is early this year. WOW!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 10:09:24 AM: Friday Media Check:

Just my CD Player - The "advance" CDs that came with my new-to-me keyboard books.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 10:11:20 AM: Quote from: Rodzinski on March 25, 2005, 08:25:28 AM
If I had... a billion dollars... and a banker's salary...

Or an old pair of nylons and a plastic squirt gun under your jacket..

:o
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 10:14:35 AM: Was this week's "Alias" that one that was primarily in Spanish with subtitles? There was a interesting blurb in the Sunday Times about it. Originally, it was going to be a sort of flashback episode, but then the writers kept writing and writing... And it became a full-episode's worth of material. -And, consequently, a way for ABC to draw in more Latino viewers.
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Post by: bk on March 25, 2005, 10:15:21 AM: Despite the dire warnings of the major rain that was supposed to come Wednesday and Thursday, we've had none, and in fact the skies are a gloriously glorious blue.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 10:15:40 AM: DR Danise - Which bakery was it? Should I stop by there later today? With a big box? Addressed to Tampa, FL?
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Post by: Ginny on March 25, 2005, 10:16:58 AM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 10:08:11 AM
Hmm... I was just reading an e-mail I got from a friend. She noted that this weekend is a sort of strange convergence of "things":

Good Friday, The Annunciation, Purim, AND a Full Moon

Makes me glad to be on vacation from the library, where any astronomical oddity brings out the worst in our clients (and some of my coworkers!)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 10:20:31 AM: Quote from: JMK on March 25, 2005, 09:26:46 AM
DR Larry Elmore (that is my new dream-like name for you :)): I have performed under Marin's baton (so to speak). I was the featured pianist at an Oregon Symphony Gospel Christmas concert many years ago. Marin was singing along as she conducted. I found her a bit hard to follow, but that's probably just me, as I am not a trained symphony musician.

I was attending Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA, during the time they were looking for a new Conductor/Music Director. Marin Alsop was one of the candidates. They held a few open rehearsals and concerts in our school's concert hall. It was fascinating watching the whole process.

She was - and still is - very passionate about what she does, about music. And her connection to Bernstein is invaluable. -Although sometimes I think she treats some of his music a little too reverentially, imho.

If I recall, she was one of the final two. But she lost out to George Manahan. Who left a couple of years later to come back to NYC, and take his position at City Opera.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 10:21:35 AM: OHH!!! Page Three!!!!

Is there a Bakery Dance?

Well, if not, maybe I'll come up with one while I walk up to 181st in a few minutes...

Laters...
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Post by: bk on March 25, 2005, 10:29:35 AM: OBSTREPEROUS, baby, OBSTREPEROUS! Is everyone afraid to use this marvelously marvelous word? It's not really a ten-dollar word, so don't be afraid of it or Virginia Woolf.
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Post by: bk on March 25, 2005, 10:29:53 AM: And why has no one timed their flies?
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Post by: Jrand73 on March 25, 2005, 10:29:59 AM: Is Mr Kevin Spirtas' show going to be performed in LA or Noo Yerk?
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Post by: bk on March 25, 2005, 10:30:22 AM: And why has there not been one post about corned beef and cabbages and/or kings.
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Post by: bk on March 25, 2005, 10:30:36 AM: Attention must be paid.
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Post by: Jrand73 on March 25, 2005, 10:30:40 AM: When I was a child my doctor was an obstreperous.
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Post by: bk on March 25, 2005, 10:31:02 AM: I just paid attention $3.57, so it's taken care of.
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Post by: bk on March 25, 2005, 10:32:05 AM: Kevin's show is definitely being done in LA in July. And I think he's trying to gather bookings around the country as we speak.
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Post by: Charles Pogue on March 25, 2005, 10:34:19 AM: BK, put another zero on that and you're closer to what the car costs today.
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Post by: bk on March 25, 2005, 10:38:42 AM: Holy smokes, cars sure are expensive these days.
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Post by: bk on March 25, 2005, 10:39:56 AM: I'm gonna go through the new book one more time, I think, before printing up some more copies. Then Miss Adryan Russ will be doing her editor thing (she does that for a living).
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on March 25, 2005, 11:14:26 AM: The word of the day is truly obstreperous!
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Post by: Jrand73 on March 25, 2005, 11:16:19 AM: Christina Rossetti was obstreperous.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on March 25, 2005, 11:20:55 AM: I was amused when I saw this:
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on March 25, 2005, 11:22:27 AM: When I was sick during the Christmas holidays, the doctor told me I was lucky I didn't have that obstreperous virus.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on March 25, 2005, 11:23:52 AM: As for cabbages and kings....well, I love cabbage dearly...and the "after" result CAN lead to a throne...and sometimes, the throne is manufactured by Royal, a porcelain company of some note.
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Post by: Ben on March 25, 2005, 11:24:35 AM: Last week during the Hainsie Kimlet celebrations while we had a good time and expressed ourselves, sometimes loudly, we were never obstreperous.

Definition: Obstreperous - noisily and stubbornly defiant; " those obstreperous boys"

Definition 2: Obstreperous - boisterously and noisily aggressive; "those boys kept up an obstreperous clamor"
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on March 25, 2005, 11:24:58 AM: DR Jane: Are you watching this season's SG-1 and Stargate: Atlantis?

I've been hooked all season and the paralleling story lines of the two shows in the past few weeks have me on the edge of my seat. Can't wait for part II of each of the season finales tonight.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on March 25, 2005, 11:28:02 AM: "Better obstreperous than leprous!", that's what I always say.

What do YOU always say?
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Post by: George on March 25, 2005, 11:29:10 AM: In my CD player at work: the studio recording to the Duke Ellington/Marshall Barer show Pousse-Cafe. I bought this shortly after it came out and gave it to my dad (he loves jazz), but borrowed it to copy it. I'm pretty sure that it's out of print. ::)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 11:41:31 AM: Good Afternoon!

Back from my walk, and back from Gruenbaum's too. They were out of apricot hamantaschen, but the lady assured me that she was putting together a very fine assortment for me. When I asked for a poppy-seed yeast roll, she started to take one out of the case, then hesitated... "Troost me... you vant zee ahpricot." -Or something close to that accent. So, I took an apricot one!

:)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 11:42:31 AM: OBSTREPEROUS?!?!?

Is that because I'm a lesbian?
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 11:43:08 AM: OBSTREPEROUS...

Underpants
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 11:44:13 AM: OK - Time for me to Mamma Mia! till I just can't Mamma Mia! no more!

Laters...
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 11:45:43 AM: ...And there's a lovely story about the memorial for Jerry Orbach that was held at the Richard Rodgers Theatre yesterday over on Playbill.com.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on March 25, 2005, 11:52:04 AM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 11:43:08 AM
OBSTREPEROUS...

Underpants

Chocolate ones?
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on March 25, 2005, 11:53:26 AM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 11:45:43 AM
...And there's a lovely story about the memorial for Jerry Orbach that was held at the Richard Rodgers Theatre yesterday over on Playbill.com.

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/91931.html
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Post by: Ben on March 25, 2005, 11:58:12 AM: Push One
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Post by: Ben on March 25, 2005, 11:58:27 AM: And Push Two and here we are at Page 4
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Post by: Jrand73 on March 25, 2005, 12:38:09 PM: Atlantis, the Lost Continent - this movie had a great TV campaign! I wanted to see it NOW!!
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Post by: Rodzinski on March 25, 2005, 12:48:01 PM: JRand-
Twas Patrick O'Neal, rather than Dave Niven in WHERE WERE YOU...LIGHTS WENT OUT. Though earlier last night, I caught thte end of OH MEN, OH WOMEN with The Niv, and that looked pretty bad indeed. Doris Day gives one of her more restrained performances in LIGHTS, though that might be because she spends a good chunk of the film passed out. LIGHTS also has Steve Allen and Lola Albright.
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Post by: Jane on March 25, 2005, 12:52:40 PM: TIVO-THE PALM BEACH STORY
Currently I’m listening to the sounds of the vacuum cleaner. Hey, as long as I’m not the one pushing it I won’t complain. ;D

Joey, my vote is you go vegetarian for Lent. :)

JMK I agree you should save the envelopes with those stamps-pretty cool.

Ashland doesn’t have a Jewish bakery. :(
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Post by: MBarnum on March 25, 2005, 01:00:44 PM: Media Check:

VCR: Nuttin...unless I get TIGHT SPOT in todays mail!!

CD: EASY TEMPO (60s psychedelic lounge music)

DVD: I am going very international this weekend...

From Japan OROCHI, THE 8 HEADED DRAGON (1994)

From Germany MUNCHHAUSEN (1943)

From China MR. VAMPIRE (1985)

The last two were supplied by a buddy of mine who lives in Seattle...he thought I might enjoy them...and both films do look interesting!
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Post by: Matt H. on March 25, 2005, 01:01:28 PM: I saw WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT at Radio City Music Hall during one of my summer visits to the city. I liked it, but I LOVED Day's WITH SIX YOU GET EGGROLL even more, and that turned out to be her last film!
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 25, 2005, 01:02:19 PM: Quote from: MBarnum on March 25, 2005, 09:24:26 AM
Elmore3003 have you seen the 1905 Wizard of Oz photos (from a stage production) that are on EBay? Very interesting shots and quite good costumes.

No! I have to look at them. Can you send me the page, DRMichaelBarnum?
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Post by: Jane on March 25, 2005, 01:02:59 PM: Ron, I’m also amused. And tonight I’m going to have dinner at Amuse, a restaurant in town our company wants to eat at.

Yes, we have been watching Atlantis & SG-1 but I wouldn’t say we are on the edge of our seats.
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Post by: MBarnum on March 25, 2005, 01:03:47 PM: ...and of course from India we have my Bollywood movies for the weekend:

A fun looking costume action film from 1956 ZABAK!

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Post by: Jane on March 25, 2005, 01:05:10 PM: My eyes are still bothering me. When I took Bogie for a routine check up and blood work I found they were very sensitive to the light. Guess it is a good thing I didn't walk today.
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Post by: Jane on March 25, 2005, 01:06:06 PM: Oh, and on tape I have LAWMAN to watch. :D
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Post by: Matt H. on March 25, 2005, 01:06:49 PM: Last episode of MEDICAL INVESTIGATION tonight. They're calling it a season finale, but I suspect the show is not going to be renewed. Its only hope is that NBC canceled THIRD WATCH the other day, and possibly MI could inherit its 9 p.m. slot (where it's being broadcast tonight) next season. The ratings tonight will tell a BIG part of the story. Unfortunately, this last episode is actually part II or a two-part story, so I suspect it's not going to draw in many new viewers once they realize the story actually started last week.
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Post by: MBarnum on March 25, 2005, 01:07:10 PM: ...and then we have 2001's TUM BIN...a very typical Bollywood love triangle film...nothing special I am guessing, but I suspect the cast will be easy on the eyes ::)

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Post by: Matt H. on March 25, 2005, 01:09:01 PM: I will definitely be getting to DEADWOOD tonight. Probably won't get to LAURA until tomorrow.
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Post by: Jane on March 25, 2005, 01:22:34 PM: My cuddle bunny didn’t have a name, until last night when we named him Larry.
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Post by: Rodzinski on March 25, 2005, 01:24:26 PM: Good eye vibes, Jane!
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Post by: bk on March 25, 2005, 01:24:35 PM: OBSTREPEROUS! No packages today. HEINOUS! Waiting for Miss Tammy Minoff to arrive so I can EAT. I'm starving.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 25, 2005, 01:24:47 PM: Quote from: Jane on March 25, 2005, 01:22:34 PM
My cuddle bunny didn’t have a name, until last night when we named him Larry.

DRJane, are both you and DRJMK stalking me now?
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Post by: Jane on March 25, 2005, 01:26:30 PM: ;D ;D Hey we can change his name if you don't like it. :)
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Post by: Jrand73 on March 25, 2005, 01:33:20 PM: Oh, hey, we never saw a pic of the BKBEAR that vixmom sent to MR BK. Where is he residing now? We need pics!

DR RODZINSKI....of course Patrick O'Neal.....don't know what I was thinking. Yes Doris is a big Broadway star who gets into all kinds of trouble and everyone starts wondering where were you when the lights went out!

DRMATTH I enjoyed WITH SIX YOU GET EGGROLL as well! Mom's hair is in the oven!
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Post by: JMK on March 25, 2005, 01:34:31 PM: Hey, you were in my dream--I think it's you who's stalking me!! 8)

Bizarro is one of our favorites. The Oregonian just started running it a few weeks ago (we've had the books for years). There was a hilarious one last week, which will probably not translate well into words. There's a guy sitting at the kitchen table with another person wrapped up like a Mummy standing behind him. The Mummy guy is saying "You're not going to get out of it that easily." Underneath the caption says "At home with Christo and Jean-Claude." I laughed and laughed. Whenever Betsy and I see huge debris anywhere, we immediately say, "Look!! It's a Christo installation."
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Post by: Jrand73 on March 25, 2005, 01:35:54 PM: DR DANISE there is a rumor of a new DARK SHADOWS film with Mr Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins!
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Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2005, 01:36:37 PM: Quote from: JMK on March 25, 2005, 08:17:26 AM
I am listening to the Swingle Singers doing Bach as I catch up on various work items at the computer.

Last night, I watched the last of the MGM/UA titles I am returning (which, strangely, is a Miramax title), Chocolat. I did the commentary and bonuses last night, which I had not gotten around to on my first viewing. What a sweet little film that is. Does anyone else think Juliette Binoche and Julia Roberts look like sisters? I think they should do a film together.

Yes and no!
Call me prejudiced but I think Juliette is prettier -- not as SKINNY and gaunt! -- than Julia!

I found CHOCOLAT maudlin and dull; Mr Depp is bored and boring... (My opinion of course! ;))
Give me Babette's Feast any time! :D
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on March 25, 2005, 01:38:59 PM: Quote from: JRand54 on March 25, 2005, 01:33:20 PM
Oh, hey, we never saw a pic of the BKBEAR that vixmom sent to MR BK. Where is he residing now? We need pics!

"JRand54" needs pics.

:D
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Post by: Matt H. on March 25, 2005, 01:39:59 PM: "Call me prejudiced but I think Juliette is prettier -- not as SKINNY and gaunt! -- than Julia"

Boy, no argument there. I have never understood Julia Roberts' appeal. I have enjoyed her in several films, but I don't think she's all that great. Juliet Binoche is a gorgeous woman.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on March 25, 2005, 01:40:10 PM: Quote from: François de Paris on March 25, 2005, 01:36:37 PM
Yes and no!
Call me prejudiced but I think Juliette is prettier -- not as SKINNY and gaunt! -- than Julia!

I found CHOCOLAT maudlin and dull; Mr Depp is bored and boring... (My opinion of course! ;))
Give me Babette's Feast any time! :D

Merci, Monsieur Georges DePardonnez-mois!

:D
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on March 25, 2005, 01:41:47 PM: Juliette Binoche always seems "severe" to me....rather like a dominatrix.

Perhaps that's why some of you fancy her so much????

:D :D :D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on March 25, 2005, 01:46:40 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on March 25, 2005, 01:01:28 PM
I saw WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT at Radio City Music Hall during one of my summer visits to the city. I liked it, but I LOVED Day's WITH SIX YOU GET EGGROLL even more, and that turned out to be her last film!

DoDo will turn 81 on April 3rd!
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Post by: Jane on March 25, 2005, 01:48:34 PM: I didn’t notice a resemblance but I recall thinking Lena Olin looked like a younger version of somebody-maybe it was Barbara Hershey. Doing a quick research I couldn’t find a good photo of Lena Olin and I have to leave for an appointment.
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Post by: Jane on March 25, 2005, 01:50:36 PM: MBarnum this morning the big news was the National Guard is returning to Oregon today. They didn’t mention your nephew by name.
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Post by: Jrand73 on March 25, 2005, 01:57:08 PM: TIGHT SPOT if not today - tomorrow for sure, if the USPS is on the ball.

No pics. Oh well.
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Post by: Jrand73 on March 25, 2005, 01:59:21 PM: Page Five Alien Dance! ;D

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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 02:00:06 PM: Could it be?

Could this be Page Five?!?!??!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 02:01:03 PM: Yes... Thank you DR Jrand for contributing to today's push to Page 5!

;)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 02:03:17 PM: Good Afternoon!

Good practice. There's still one brief(!) section that doesn't sit too well under my fingers - but I've been warned that it doesn't sit too well under too many people's fingers, so... Once I get an hour or two on the keyboard I'll be playing, I'll be able to make some adjustments if necessary. In any case...

I'm gonna go ahead and head on down to Times Square. I need to run an errand or two before the show.

Laters...
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Post by: Tomovoz on March 25, 2005, 02:04:09 PM: TOTD: DVD: "The Mission"
CD: " Nancy La Mott - Live At The Tavern.."
"Passion" Dutch Cast Recording
"The Chorus" - Soundtrack.
"Motor Cycle Diaries" - Soundtrack
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Post by: Rodzinski on March 25, 2005, 02:07:17 PM: Barbara Hershey+Jessica Harper=Lena Olin
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Post by: JMK on March 25, 2005, 02:39:36 PM: Jane, great minds think alike: I actually thought Lena Olin was Barbara Hershey the first time I watched Chocolat! Remember when she was Barbara Seagull? Remember The Monroes? Remember the Alamo?

There are some cute comments from Lasse Hallstrom (sp?) about Lena (his wife) on the commentary track.
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Post by: Kerry on March 25, 2005, 02:42:23 PM: Hiya Folks!
I may have to go to the store and get me some Cadbury Chocolate and Caramel Eggs. I should stock up, because they're only available at Easter, and I love those things. On second thought, maybe I shouldn't stock up.
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 25, 2005, 02:46:41 PM: Quote from: Jane on March 25, 2005, 01:26:30 PM
;D ;D Hey we can change his name if you don't like it. :)

I LOVE IT[/color]
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 25, 2005, 02:49:14 PM: Quote from: JMK on March 25, 2005, 01:34:31 PM
Hey, you were in my dream--I think it's you who's stalking me!! 8)

Sure, Alice! I got my own Wonderland, Dream on! :o :-* ::)
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 25, 2005, 02:54:57 PM: I saw the WIZARD OF OZ photos from 1905. Very strange! They are certainly not of the touring musical with Montgomery and Stone, and I wonder if they might be something performed without a rights clearance from Baum, and the producers Mitchell and Hamlin? Thanks for alerting me to them, DRMichaelBarnum!
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Post by: Matt H. on March 25, 2005, 02:55:24 PM: I've been stocking up on Easter candy. And on Monday, I'll look around for bargains when the prices are slashed.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on March 25, 2005, 03:01:01 PM: DR T-o-O: Do you know an Aussie film that has a plot about a man with gills who lives next door to two women. One he loves, but she won't have him, and the other loves him, but he won't have her. Ultimately, he becomes a fish and begins living in water....or something like that.

Ring any Aussie bells????
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Post by: Jane on March 25, 2005, 03:26:58 PM: Quote from: JMK on March 25, 2005, 02:39:36 PM
Jane, great minds think alike: I actually thought Lena Olin was Barbara Hershey the first time I watched Chocolat! Remember when she was Barbara Seagull?

I said to Keith Barbara Hershey sure looks young. ;D
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Post by: Jane on March 25, 2005, 03:31:01 PM: Elmore- :D

Kerry we have 8 Cadbury eggs to send to Craig in Romania. I initially purchased 4 but he asked for more. Considering we have two boxes of Girl Scout cookies along with other junk to send I figured 8 was enough.
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Post by: Tomovoz on March 25, 2005, 03:32:40 PM: Quote from: Ron Pulliam on March 25, 2005, 03:01:01 PM
DR T-o-O: Do you know an Aussie film that has a plot about a man with gills who lives next door to two women. One he loves, but she won't have him, and the other loves him, but he won't have her. Ultimately, he becomes a fish and begins living in water....or something like that.

Ring any Aussie bells????
No belles or bells here RLP.

I'll ask OzDerek (more of a film buff). He is off visiting his home in the penal colony of Tasmania. That was PENAL.
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Post by: Jane on March 25, 2005, 03:32:44 PM: Hi Tomovz. Do you do anything special for Easter in the land of Oz?
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Post by: Tomovoz on March 25, 2005, 03:34:09 PM: Of course there is Cadbury Factory right near OzDerek's family home in Hobart Tasmania.
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Post by: Tomovoz on March 25, 2005, 03:38:15 PM: Hello DR Jane. I find it hard to believe that in a country so influenced by the Christian Right that Good Friday is not a holiday in the USA. Good Friday and Easter Sunday are absolute non-trading days in Australia. No sporting fixtures on Good Friday either.
Sunday is of course Easter Bunny and Hot Cross Bun day.

I wonder if any DRs Remember the 1960 song by The Singing Reindeer - "I Want To Be an Easter Rabbit".
It should be everyone's collection.
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Post by: George on March 25, 2005, 03:41:09 PM: Quote from: Kerry on March 25, 2005, 02:42:23 PM
Hiya Folks!
I may have to go to the store and get me some Cadbury Chocolate and Caramel Eggs. I should stock up, because they're only available at Easter, and I love those things. On second thought, maybe I shouldn't stock up.

I always wait until AFTER Easter/Halloween/Christmas to do the bulk of my bulk candy shopping. A LOT of money is saved by waiting that one day. ;)
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Post by: Jane on March 25, 2005, 03:50:11 PM: DRLaura and Sandra, FOREVER PLAID is currently showing at the Oregon Cabaret Theater in Ashland. http://www.oregoncabaret.com/
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Post by: Jane on March 25, 2005, 03:52:51 PM: Quote from: Tomovoz on March 25, 2005, 03:34:09 PM
Of course there is Cadbury Factory right near OzDerek's family home in Hobart Tasmania.

I have been told the Cadbury eggs made in England are better than the ones we have. How about the ones made in Hobart?

Many business let employees off for Good Friday.

Hot Cross buns for Easter is a new and interesting fact for me. :)
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Post by: bk on March 25, 2005, 04:04:05 PM: Back from a wonderfully wonderful lunch with Miss Tammy Minoff. We went to the Cheesecake Factory. I had the deliciously delicious Spicy Cashew Chicken and we split a dinner salad. Tammy didn't love what she ordered so I shared my Cashew Chicken with her, which was good as I only ate half the portion, which was plenty.

After I dropped Tammy off at her car, on a whim I went to my DVD place - they haven't had anything that interesting all week, but today I arrived just in time - I got Lady in a Cage and Islands in the Stream - very exciting. Also, picked up Ocean's Twelve, which I know nothing about, the new SE of Apollo 13, which I've never seen, and a really interesting Billie Holiday item - two CDs and a DVD in a beautiful package - the DVD contains rare TV performances, and since I only have one Billie album on CD, I thought I'd take a chance.

Photo of the bear coming shortly.
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Post by: JMK on March 25, 2005, 04:21:00 PM: Can anyone with a PayPal account try logging-in and see what happens? I've been getting this message for the last hour:

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Post by: Charles Pogue on March 25, 2005, 04:27:06 PM: I always found LADY IN A CAGE, a rather sordid, awful movie.

WARNING: POSSIBLE SPOILER COMING UP!

Isn't it the one with Olivia DeHaviland and a rather nasty incident involving knitting needles and a very young Jimmy Caan?

Well, I had a lovely little jaunt in my brand new red Toyota Corolla Sport into Silverlake where I picked up some interesting books on the Norman Conquest and Troy. And also visited a little wine shop that specializes in small little vineyards. Got a Chardonnay and a Shiraz from an Australian vineyard called Woop-Woop and another Australian Shiraz under the label of Piping Shrike.
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Post by: George on March 25, 2005, 04:43:47 PM: Quote from: JMK on March 25, 2005, 04:21:00 PM
Can anyone with a PayPal account try logging-in and see what happens? I've been getting this message for the last hour:

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I had no trouble logging in. I didn't try to send money to anyone, but I got in and was able to look around. :-\
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Post by: JMK on March 25, 2005, 04:49:02 PM: Thanks, George. You evidently broke the logjam--I just got in, too.! :D
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Post by: Charles Pogue on March 25, 2005, 04:50:21 PM: I've always found Lena Olin very sexy and a rather good actress and I'm somewhat mystified why she never became a bigger star.

When anyone else comes to the site for the first time after being somewhere else, do you have to wait for it to load in? I've been having this problem lately...only when I come to the posts though Everything else downloads in perfectly fast.
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Post by: George on March 25, 2005, 04:56:28 PM: I haven't noticed. When I'm at work, I have several applications running at once. I'll log in to HHW and then call up something else. When I refresh the browser to get new posts, I also go to something else and come back to HHW. So, it's actually more that I haven't really paid attention than haven't specifically noticed. That doesn't help you, does it? ::)
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Post by: Tomovoz on March 25, 2005, 05:08:53 PM: Quote from: Jane on March 25, 2005, 03:52:51 PM
I have been told the Cadbury eggs made in England are better than the ones we have. How about the ones made in Hobart?

Many business let employees off for Good Friday.

Hot Cross buns for Easter is a new and interesting fact for me. :)
I think DR Jose would be qualified to answer that. My experience of American confectionary is ---------------! Chocolate could not be made LEGALLY in Australia like that.

I like Australian chocolate but The Europeans really know how to make the best.
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Post by: George on March 25, 2005, 05:13:35 PM: There's an article on Playbill.com (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/91962.html) announcing that Sweet Charity is closing after the Boston performances. It's not coming to New York at all!

"The Sweet Charity company is one of the most gifted and talented group of individuals I've ever had the privilege of working with. I know I speak on behalf of my partners when I say how deeply proud we are of everyone who worked on this production. However, our weak sales on the road and in New York have left us with little choice other than to make the painful but fiscally responsible decision [my emphasis] to close the production in Boston," said producer Barry Weissler in a statement.

Finally, someone is taking BK's advice!
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Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2005, 05:14:23 PM: Aaaahhhh!

Lena Olin!
The BEST "thing" in CHOCOLAT, imho!

She played Joséphine Muscat!!! Why not!
Could have been Jacqueline Morgon or Joceline Pineau...

Leslie Caron sounded terribly british, as usual, and looked like she did not know what to do with her part, and poor Fred Molina had the most predictable and silly and ridiculously ridiculous part I've ever seen!
Aaahhh the scene where he's stuffing himself silly with chocolate in the store window!!!

I don't know too many actors who would have accepted to do that!(I guess the pay was good!)
He reminded me of Ray Bolger in Disney's Babes In Toyland!

BUT Lena Olin was fantastic!
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Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2005, 05:21:26 PM: Our sponsors for the moment are....

Cadbury and... Cabury(!)....

-- Oh, Mr "You're-All-Crazy"'s gonna get me for commenting the ads! Sorry! --

Ain't that just too too?!
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Post by: Charles Pogue on March 25, 2005, 05:25:13 PM: Cadbury had been under consideration for Tewkesbury's name.
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Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2005, 05:27:18 PM: Oooohhhhh..... it's DR Tomovoz who's going to be mad at me!

How could I forget Dame Judi Dench in Chocolat????

Well, she was an English granny and not a French one for this French bunny!

This did not make "sense" to me; here we're supposed to be in France and most of the cast is from England!
Preposterous! ;-)
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Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2005, 05:29:14 PM: If I had a cat his name would be Catbury!

Original, no?! ;)
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Post by: George on March 25, 2005, 05:44:28 PM: Quote from: François de Paris on March 25, 2005, 05:29:14 PM
If I had a cat his name would be Catbury!

Original, no?! ;)

If I ever get my own cat, I want to name it Berkeley using the British pronounciation of "Barkly" (as in "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square"). Cute, huh? ;D
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Post by: JMK on March 25, 2005, 05:45:40 PM: Francois, the commentary on Chocolat actually goes into quite a bit of detail about the English cast doing a French story. Juliette Binoche evidently wanted an international cast attached, which is one of the reasons so many other nationalities are in the film.

Pogue, the only time the page loads are slow for me is when there are pictures. That can take several minutes, especially if someone went walking and saw things. :)
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Post by: bk on March 25, 2005, 05:47:11 PM: I WISH they were taking my advice, but given the Weissler's history of NOT doing fiscally responsible things, I think they simply realized they were going to get creamed by the NY crix, and that Christina was really making noises about enforcing her contract so that she could open the show.

I've also heard that the production was truly bad. They had all this revisionism going on, and all these "fixes" they put in, including a couple of new songs, cutting the entire first scene and song, and deleting I Love to Cry at Weddings, and turning Rhythm of Life into some kind of hip hop number. In the last couple of weeks they'd realized that these "fixes" were not fixing anything because the original show was not broke. So, one by one they were putting the show back the way it was - a good deal of the opening scene was restored, the replacement for I Love to Cry at Weddings was replaced with I Love to Cry at Weddings, and on and on. These people need to stop hiring people who have no respect for the vehicle their reviving. They need to hire people who understand the show they're doing, and who don't think they're better or smarter than the better and smarter people who originally put the show together.
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Post by: JMK on March 25, 2005, 05:47:23 PM: Also, they had a dialect coach on-set to help people approximate Binoche's lightly-accented English.
Title: Re:OF CABBAGES AND KINGS OR TIME FLIES
Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2005, 05:58:41 PM: Quote from: JMK on March 25, 2005, 05:45:40 PM
Francois, the commentary on Chocolat actually goes into quite a bit of detail about the English cast doing a French story. Juliette Binoche evidently wanted an international cast attached, which is one of the reasons so many other nationalities are in the film.

Wow, you mean Binoche actually had a say in the casting and producing side of it?
I'm amazed!
Thank G.d they did not cast Depardieu as the mayor!! :D

French story? The book on which it's based is not French.

Btw, where is Miss Binoche now?
What a wasted talent.
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Post by: George on March 25, 2005, 05:58:46 PM: Quote from: bk on March 25, 2005, 05:47:11 PM
I WISH they were taking my advice, but given the Weissler's history of NOT doing fiscally responsible things, I think they simply realized they were going to get creamed by the NY crix, and that Christina was really making noises about enforcing her contract so that she could open the show.

:o

Quote from: bk on March 25, 2005, 05:47:11 PM
I've also heard that the production was truly bad. They had all this revisionism going on, and all these "fixes" they put in, including a couple of new songs, cutting the entire first scene and song, and deleting I Love to Cry at Weddings, and turning Rhythm of Life into some kind of hip hop number. In the last couple of weeks they'd realized that these "fixes" were not fixing anything because the original show was not broke. So, one by one they were putting the show back the way it was - a good deal of the opening scene was restored, the replacement for I Love to Cry at Weddings was replaced with I Love to Cry at Weddings, and on and on. These people need to stop hiring people who have no respect for the vehicle their reviving. They need to hire people who understand the show they're doing, and who don't think they're better or smarter than the better and smarter people who originally put the show together.

Ahhh. I see. ::)
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Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2005, 06:00:37 PM: Quote from: George on March 25, 2005, 05:44:28 PM
If I ever get my own cat, I want to name it Berkeley using the British pronounciation of "Barkly" (as in "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square"). Cute, huh? ;D

Yes, but .... "Barkly" would be better for a dog, no?! ;)
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Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2005, 06:06:37 PM: All coming up soom from Juliette B.

1. Paris, je t'aime (2005) (in production) .... The mother (segment "2nd arrondissement")
2.   Toyer (2005) (announced) .... Maud Garrance
3.   Quelques jours en septembre (2005) (pre-production)
4.   Mary (2006) (post-production) .... Marie Palesi
5.   Caché (2005) (completed) .... Anne
... aka Hidden (International: English title) (UK)
6.   Bee Season (2005) (completed) .... Miriam Naumann
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Post by: MBarnum on March 25, 2005, 06:25:20 PM: Aack! I broke my George Foreman Grill! My favorite and most used kitchen appliance! :-\

Dropped it on the kitchen floor and it cracked the top of the grill.

So off to Target tomorrow to see what I can find for a replacement.
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Post by: MBarnum on March 25, 2005, 06:26:54 PM: ...now back to ZABAK...this movie is great! It is in color and the costumes are wonderful...sort of an Arabian Knights type of a film...I keep expecting to see Tony Curtis pop in!
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Post by: TCB on March 25, 2005, 06:49:32 PM: Quote from: Jane on March 25, 2005, 12:52:40 PM
TIVO-THE PALM BEACH STORY
Currently I’m listening to the sounds of the vacuum cleaner. Hey, as long as I’m not the one pushing it I won’t complain. ;D

Joey, my vote is you go vegetarian for Lent. :)

JMK I agree you should save the envelopes with those stamps-pretty cool.

Ashland doesn’t have a Jewish bakery. :(

Why don't you open one, Jane?
I'll bet it would be very popular.
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Post by: JMK on March 25, 2005, 06:57:27 PM: Francois--by "French story," I meant a story taking place in France. ::)

And yes, though they never go into detail about it, evidently Binoche had a say in who was cast. She had also evidently lived with the author of the book for quite a while before David Brown and the other producers had optioned the book. The commentary says it was kind of a synchronicity--they (the producers) had thought of Binoche right off the bat and it turned out she had loved the book for a long time.
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Post by: JMK on March 25, 2005, 07:01:24 PM: I've been telling DS Betsy she should open a vegetarian restaurant here in Portland--her wonderful cooking is one of the main reasons I'm so....er, portly these days. I could be the lounge entertainment. ;)
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Post by: elmore3003 on March 25, 2005, 07:11:27 PM: Quote from: George on March 25, 2005, 05:44:28 PM
If I ever get my own cat, I want to name it Berkeley using the British pronounciation of "Barkly" (as in "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square"). Cute, huh? ;D

Zip! English people don't say clerk, they say clark
Zip! Anybody who says clark is a jark
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Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2005, 07:12:40 PM: Quote from: JMK on March 25, 2005, 06:57:27 PM
She had also evidently lived with the author of the book for quite a while before David Brown and the other producers had optioned the book.

You mean Juliette is a lesbian! :o :o (That'll stay between us! ;))

For those who are Chocolat lovers, you might enjoy this:

http://film-chocolat.site.voila.fr/
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Post by: S. Woody White on March 25, 2005, 07:17:11 PM: Der Brucer and I have had a busy couple of days.

The quick summary: Baxter, too, has a new home.

I've a lot of catching up to do, but we've both had little sleep and I'm running on empty right now.

HOWEVER, with today spent ladsitting, let me say this for the Media Report: Do not, under any circumstances, watch The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie. It will cause brain cells to die in shocking numbers.
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Post by: Michael on March 25, 2005, 07:29:49 PM: When I was in NEw York last week I said to someone when we were walking by the marquee for Sweet Charity. (A picture of Christina Applegate) That is the closest she is going to get to Broadway with this show. I guess I was right
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Post by: François de Paris on March 25, 2005, 07:37:59 PM: Quote from: Michael Shayne on March 25, 2005, 07:29:49 PM
When I was in NEw York last week I said to someone when we were walking by the marquee for Sweet Charity. (A picture of Christina Applegate) That is the closest she is going to get to Broadway with this show. I guess I was right

See! All this is YOUR fault, Michael! ;D ;)
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Post by: Jrand73 on March 25, 2005, 07:55:28 PM: Yes DR MS - I thought of what you wrote when DR GEORGE put up the link.
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Post by: vixmom on March 25, 2005, 07:57:51 PM: Hello all~! Sorry for being E & T but this has been a very busy week for me. I close mortgageloans for a living, and when Mr. Greenspan decided to hike the intrest rate it caused all sort s of havoc. People who were planning on extending their interest rate locks and close after the Easter holidays suddenly found out that they could not do so. Plus beig that a lot of the schools were off this week this was a popular week for the terachers to close on their loans so we were overscheduled even before the emergency closings we had to fit in. Then Vixter had her Peter Pan rehearsals from 7:30 - 9:30 M & W, which meant I had to drive her there as soonas I got home from work (I usually get in between 6:30 & 7) and by time all the goodbyes are said and the clean up done and we drive home it's past 10, and I get to start my laundry and housework. Tuesday we had Girl Scouts and Thursday she had choir rehearsal and ab art workshop at the library so DH & I stole an hour and had dinner at a diner

Today I was actually off but caught up on the housework, and grocery shopping and then we had clothes shopping because the Vixter is growing by the second (taller) while I seem to be doing the same (wider)

Then she had her singing lesson and then there was dinner (meatless pizza for Good Friday) we never made it to church....

The we had Easter egg dying and finally she is in bed the dishes are done and her I am.

Its rather a boring life although hectic....
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Post by: vixmom on March 25, 2005, 07:59:35 PM: I haven't caiyght up on the past few days but have seen todays's posts and I see congratulations are in order for DR CP

~~~Happy New Car Vibes!!! ~~~~~
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Post by: vixmom on March 25, 2005, 08:01:43 PM: jane I gotyour check today thank you!!! The extra $$ was unnessercatry, but appreciated. It will go towards juice and snacks and cups for the next Karaoke night (nothing like Karaoke to make girls thirsty!!!)

DUH! I just figured out why the bars do it......
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Post by: Jrand73 on March 25, 2005, 08:03:54 PM: No TIGHT SPOT today, MBARNUM? Oh dear, well tomorrow for sure. Maybe someone took it home to watch - and to listen to the Arch Hall Jr CD....you know how tempting it would be.
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Post by: vixmom on March 25, 2005, 08:05:21 PM: I'll be traipsing through the New City of York tomorrow with the Vixter and my mom. We three are going to see Little Women on DR Ben' recommedation. (AFTER , of course, the obligatory wander through the American Girl Place) I swear,I think I know that floorplan better than the architect by now.....
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Post by: vixmom on March 25, 2005, 08:06:03 PM: OOH!! Page seven!!
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Post by: Jrand73 on March 25, 2005, 08:06:41 PM: Mr Paul Henning has passed away. :'(

Long career in television including working with Burns & Allen and on The Bob Cummings Show among others.

Most famous for creating and producing The Beverly Hillbillies and all its spin off cousins. ;D

(http://epguides.com/BeverlyHillbillies/cast.jpg)
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Post by: vixmom on March 25, 2005, 08:06:42 PM: I must go catch up on the last two days....
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Post by: vixmom on March 25, 2005, 08:08:53 PM: Oh And I see Baxter has a new home.l...I am glad and sad, which I am sure you two are as well....

I shall miss hearing about him
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 08:12:51 PM: Good Evening!

DR Pogue - Woop Woop is one of my favorites! When it first started appearing two summers ago, it immediately became very popular. The demand was so high that individual buyers/stores were trying to buy it right off the ship - instead of through a distributor. There was even one shipment that got a little too jostled in shipment, and was a little "off" by the time it reached the store shelves. However, it still sold very well.

Of course, since the demand was so high, the price started going up. Good ole supply and demand. I remember buying it for about $8.00 a bottle. And my roommate was able to get a case for about $5.50 a bottle. Now, I can't seem to find it for less than $12.00, and on restaurant menus I've seen it marked up as much as $30.00 per bottle!

Woop Woop. Good stuff!
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Post by: vixmom on March 25, 2005, 08:12:53 PM: OH, and DR Jose, did you ever post what your connection is/was to The American Girl Place? Maybe I'll find it when I go catch up, if not, please tell me!! Inquiring minds want to know.

I have been thinking about Penny's and your show all week....I really enjoyed it, and I found the stage portrayal made me rethink some of how I reacted to reaing the book....
some stuff that made me laugh reading made me more wistful and sad when seeing and portrayed
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Post by: Jane on March 25, 2005, 08:15:37 PM: Quote from: Tomovoz on March 25, 2005, 05:08:53 PM
I think DR Jose would be qualified to answer that. My experience of American confectionary is ---------------! Chocolate could not be made LEGALLY in Australia like that.

I like Australian chocolate but The Europeans really know how to make the best.
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Do you have experience with English Cadbury vs Australian Cadbury?

I agree about European chocolate. My favorite is Lindt Milk Chocolate from Switzerland. Unfortunately it is one of the worst food for my acid reflux problem.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 08:15:54 PM: Quote from: vixmom on March 25, 2005, 08:05:21 PM
I'll be traipsing through the New City of York tomorrow with the Vixter and my mom. We three are going to see Little Women on DR Ben' recommedation. (AFTER , of course, the obligatory wander through the American Girl Place) I swear,I think I know that floorplan better than the architect by now.....

Ooohh... Lunch? Dinner between shows?

;)
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Post by: bk on March 25, 2005, 08:18:50 PM: Back from dinner with Juliana A. Hansen and her dad. Since I'd eaten a rather large late lunch, I opted to just have dessert - a delicious cherry pie with crumb topping, a la mode, which we all shared at the end of the meal.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 08:19:15 PM: Quote from: vixmom on March 25, 2005, 08:12:53 PM
OH, and DR Jose, did you ever post what your connection is/was to The American Girl Place? Maybe I'll find it when I go catch up, if not, please tell me!! Inquiring minds want to know.

I have been thinking about Penny's and your show all week....I really enjoyed it, and I found the stage portrayal made me rethink some of how I reacted to reaing the book....
some stuff that made me laugh reading made me more wistful and sad when seeing and portrayed

I don't think I ever did post my connection... Basically I assisted in casting their Chicago "company". Meaning I was the audition pianist for them. So, they send me passes from time to time.... Which I've never used. I keep hoping that my brothers will bring their daughters up to NYC one of these days, and then Uncle Jojo can take them through AGP. One of these days....
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Post by: Jrand73 on March 25, 2005, 08:19:16 PM: Woop Woop!

So the first trip out for the new car was to buy some books and some booze. Those wild people out in Hollywood!!
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Post by: Jane on March 25, 2005, 08:22:57 PM: Charles, congratulations on your new car. I also had a pleasant surprise today, ran into our mutual friend and her daughter on the road this afternoon and joined them on their walk.

Keith wanted to name Echo Nestle (the breed is from Switzerland). Since I didn’t want a dog I got to name her. Next dog, even thought I don’t want a next dog, is his turn.

George, Barkly is cute and I would spell it that way.
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Post by: Matt H. on March 25, 2005, 08:25:35 PM: Yes, that's LADY IN A CAGE. It is sordid and quite violent for 1964.

I adored APOLLO 13. I bought the original Collector's Edition release (had it on laserdisc, too) on DVD, but it's another sitting on the shelf waiting to be watched where it's been a couple of years.

I did love the movie, but I watched the laserdisc several times in addition to seeing the film in the theater, so I guess that's why the shrink wrap is still on the DVD.

It lost Best Picture to BRAVEHEART, a terrible injustice to my mind.
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Post by: Jrand73 on March 25, 2005, 08:28:29 PM: Hi Jane!
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Post by: Matt H. on March 25, 2005, 08:28:47 PM: If there's one thing that doesn't need fixing about SWEET CHARITY, it's the score. Good lord in heaven! Thank goodness it's not going to open in NYC.
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Post by: Jane on March 25, 2005, 08:29:18 PM: We had a lovely dinner out. Our company, a local gal that now lives in Portland, stayed in town to enjoy the night life with friends.

TCB, Keith would love to open a Jewish Deli here, but we won’t. ;D

Baxter has a new home!!! :D A look forward to the story when you are rested.

My eyes still burn. Lights bother them more, including the light on the computer. I had a difficult time driving to the vet today. Oh, the test results were okay but we have to increase his fluids a little bit (the fluids we give him by an IV bag).

Goodnight.
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Post by: Jane on March 25, 2005, 08:30:11 PM: Hi JRand. Sorry I have to leave so soon.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 08:30:22 PM: As for American vs. Australian vs. European Chocolate - namely Cadbury...

I actually did sort of a side-by-side taste test when I got back from Australia two summers ago. -Remember my one 17-pound carry-on that only held chocolate?!?!? ;) Well...

I think it just comes down to the base ingredients - mainly the sugar and milk. I could sense the general formulas were adjusted according to local tastes. However, I could also sense that the Australian products used better milk. And better sugar. Things tasted purer, less processed. Environmental conditions, I guess;less pollution.

Australian and English Cadbury are definitely less sweet than American Cadbury - and almost any American mass-produced chocolate. And since there's less sugar in their recipes, the chocolate is creamier, has a better mouth feel. -Of course, there's the Crunchy and Violet Crumble which are chocolate covered "honeycomb" candy bars, and the whole point of those is "sweetness"... But I digress...

And after reading labels, the English and Australian chocolates use less - if any - preservatives and stabilizers.

So, that's my very unscientific analysis...

Hmmm... Wonder if I can make a run to the corner store...
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Post by: Jrand73 on March 25, 2005, 08:30:55 PM: Good George Foreman Grill sale vibes to MBARNUM!
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Post by: Jrand73 on March 25, 2005, 08:31:32 PM: I wondered where OZDerek had been.

Goodnight DRJANE, it's time I signed off as well.
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Post by: Jane on March 25, 2005, 08:32:23 PM: Oh Vixmom, I saw your post to me. Have fun at Karaoke. A picture would be fun.
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Post by: Matt H. on March 25, 2005, 08:32:50 PM: Enjoyed DEADWOOD. The actor playing Mr. W is, of course, the same actor who played Jack McCall last season. My goodness, doesn't he look spectacular all cleaned up! Can't wait to see lots more of him.

Yep, the kidney stone sequence was squirm-inducing to be sure. Having passed kidney stones several times in my life, I could certainly identity with the excruciating pain. (I quickly add I never had the procedure done to me that poor Al Swearingen had to endure.)
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Post by: Matt H. on March 25, 2005, 08:34:50 PM: Tonight I got an invitation for Easter dinner on Sunday. What a lovely gesture and one I'll be looking forward to greatly.
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Post by: Jane on March 25, 2005, 08:34:55 PM: Jose then you think the Australian and English Cadbury taste the same and it is only the American that is different? Bryan returned home from the Cadbury factory in England with some wonderful samples which did not include the eggs.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 08:35:54 PM: RE: Sweet Charity

...I'm wondering if Mr. Simon - Neil Simon - that is, will be making any sort of public statement regarding the shuttering of the production. Especially in light of some of the crap that was supposedly going on during the rehearsal process...

On a personal note, I know two of the woman in the show. I hope they get cast in another show sooner rather than later.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 08:39:42 PM: Quote from: Jane on March 25, 2005, 08:34:55 PM
Jose then you think the Australian and English Cadbury taste the same and it is only the American that is different? Bryan returned home from the Cadbury factory in England with some wonderful samples which did not include the eggs.

The English and Australian Cadbury were VERY close.

Oh.. Cadbury Eggs.... Maybe I should venture over to Brooklyn tomorrow to head to the Chip Shop. A great veddy-veddy English Fish n' Chips place. They even do the the fried Mars Bars.. and fried Snickers... And friend Twinkies (with a raspberry coulis!)... Well... *And they give you the option of using American or British versions of the candy bars when they differ.

I think they also do deep-fried Cadbury Eggs this time of year... hmmm....

I can already feel the sugar coursing through my veins....
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 08:42:51 PM: Hmm... So if the ~~Martin Beck~~ Hirschfeld is now available... I guess that means Hallelujah, Baby! can move in!

;)
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Post by: vixmom on March 25, 2005, 08:46:24 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 08:15:54 PM
Ooohh... Lunch? Dinner between shows?

;)

Oh I would love to , and I really appreciate the offer, but I don't think it will work this trip. We expect to get in about noon and then the aforementioned AGP tour, a quick slice of pizza and then a 2:OO o'clock curtain. After the show I had offered Mom dinner in the city and she said no because she still has all her Easter pie baking to do so we will be zooming out right after the show.

Definitely when you are back in May we must make a point of meeting up...if not at Anthony's show then sometime. I need to get the bakery walking tour too!!! Maybe when Jane is in , ifwe can get a group...we'll get you a whistle and a tour guide shirt "We're walking, we're walking , we're eating....."

(almost a "Dave" reference)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 08:48:47 PM: Well... I'm kind of tired tonight... which is good since I really do want to get up earlier tomorrow. There are a couple of things I want to get done before the matinee.

One of these things is a proper sit-down breakfast - be it a greasy spoon or something more along the line of Sarabeth's or Popover.

DR Rodzinksi - Know any good breakfast joints in this neck of the woods?

DR elmore - Do you have any plans for tomorrow morning?

OH! And do you New Yorkers happen to know if everything shuts down on Easter Sunday here in the Big Apple? In DC and Virginia, it's one of the few holidays where all the stores do close. Just trying to figure out if I can make a Macy's run before Sunday's matinee. ;)
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Post by: vixmom on March 25, 2005, 08:50:54 PM: Quote from: Jane on March 25, 2005, 08:34:55 PM
Jose then you think the Australian and English Cadbury taste the same and it is only the American that is different? Bryan returned home from the Cadbury factory in England with some wonderful samples which did not include the eggs.

DH a/k/a The Brit, says the reason the chocolate tastes different is that the English milk is not pasturized or homogenized, and that those processes change the flavour of the milk.

Did Bryan bring you any Cadbury "Flake" ? One of my favorites that DH introduced me to...

Cadbury Flake always reminds me of the time I robbed the ice cream man in front of Madamme Tussand's inLondon...
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 08:53:55 PM: Quote from: vixmom on March 25, 2005, 08:46:24 PM
Oh I would love to , and I really appreciate the offer, but I don't think it will work this trip. We expect to get in about noon and then the aforementioned AGP tour, a quick slice of pizza and then a 2:OO o'clock curtain. After the show I had offered Mom dinner in the city and she said no because she still has all her Easter pie baking to do so we will be zooming out right after the show.

Definitely when you are back in May we must make a point of meeting up...if not at Anthony's show then sometime. I need to get the bakery walking tour too!!! Maybe when Jane is in , ifwe can get a group...we'll get you a whistle and a tour guide shirt "We're walking, we're walking , we're eating....."

(almost a "Dave" reference)

No worries... Next time.... Just remember to wear comfortable shows... And "comfortable" pants.

;)
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Post by: vixmom on March 25, 2005, 08:55:12 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 08:53:55 PM
No worries... Next time.... Just remember to wear comfortable shows... And "comfortable" pants.

;)

Yeah, I'm going the sneakers and stretch jean route!! ;D
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Post by: vixmom on March 25, 2005, 08:57:18 PM: the ads are for British food and Cadbury chocolates

STILL no ads for a 1995 Ford Taurus retractable cargo cover , color grey

Damn them!! Damn them all to hell!!!
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Post by: vixmom on March 25, 2005, 08:58:49 PM: Geez Louise.. I just notced even being mostly E & T all week I'm still over 1300 posts...

I'm a blabbermouth!!!

(A Honeymooners reference)
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Post by: vixmom on March 25, 2005, 08:59:37 PM: or should that be blabberfingers?
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 09:01:42 PM: Quote from: vixmom on March 25, 2005, 08:50:54 PM
DH a/k/a The Brit, says the reason the chocolate tastes different is that the English milk is not pasturized or homogenized, and that those processes change the flavour of the milk.

Did Bryan bring you any Cadbury "Flake" ? One of my favorites that DH introduced me to...

Cadbury Flake always reminds me of the time I robbed the ice cream man in front of Madamme Tussand's inLondon...

Yep, pasteurized milk is the "culprit". ;)

Reading various cooking texts, it always amazes me how "clean" the American kitchen is - and probably shouldn't be. I've read about the towels that French bakers use to cover their loaves while they rise. They are practically black since they are "filled" with the natural airborne "stuff' - yeast. Good "germs". I don't think those would ever make it past the health inspector this side of the Atlantic. And I've sampled butter made from non-pasteurized milk/cream.. WOW!!

And Flake....Hmmm...

I've seen some ice cream places here in the States that have started offering Flake (Regular, Dark and White) as a mix-in. Great texture!
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Post by: vixmom on March 25, 2005, 09:08:10 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 09:01:42 PM
Yep, pasteurized milk is the "culprit". ;)

Reading various cooking texts, it always amazes me how "clean" the American kitchen is - and probably shouldn't be.

There was something on NPR the other evening about how people are having more and more allergies and getting sick from things that they wouldn't have a generation or two ago becaues of "overcleanliness" people are not exposed to the common every day germs because of all these antibiotic soaps and pasterized foods full of persavatives and never build up the natural immunities that their forebears had
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 09:14:10 PM: Quote from: vixmom on March 25, 2005, 09:08:10 PM
There was something on NPR the other evening about how people are having more and more allergies and getting sick from things that they wouldn't have a generation or two ago becaues of "overcleanliness" people are not exposed to the common every day germs because of all these antibiotic soaps and pasterized foods full of persavatives and never build up the natural immunities that their forebears had

I totally get that...

I used to have MAJOR pollen and mold allergies. A few years ago, my doctor was actually brave enough to suggest that I not take any antihistamines or other allergy meds during "high season". He wanted to give my body a chance to build up it's own natural immunity. Sure, I was a bit miserable for about two weeks, but afterwards, my allergies seemed to be in check. I still have some allergy issues every now and then, but they're not as bad as they used to be.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 09:37:18 PM: Hmm.... Just finished reading this article on the New York Times website - it will be in this Sunday's Arts & Leisure section. -I'd say it's worth registering on the site for. And, remember, registration is free - and you can elect NOT to receive any e-mails from them or "related" third-parties. I know I don't. In any case...

How Broadway Lost Its Voice to 'American Idol'
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/27/theater/newsandfeatures/27bran.html (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/27/theater/newsandfeatures/27bran.html)
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Post by: vixmom on March 25, 2005, 09:47:26 PM: Well I finally caught up on reading the last two days posts...

it was nice to see Ann & Jed and TCB all together!!.

Well it's nearly one AM and tomorrow is another busy day..if anyone in NYC needs me around noon tomorrow I'll be wandering around the AMG with a daughter trying to get me to buy her the Bitty Twins for her birthday (which is next month) and a mother who will be alternately impressed by the quality and quantity of the merchandise and horrified by the pricetags
::)
Feel free to come rescue me. :D
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Post by: vixmom on March 25, 2005, 09:54:01 PM: To add to yesterday's worst fear scenarios, mine now is that some lunatic will creep into our house in the dead of night and steal the Vixter out of her bed

There are no unlocked windows or doors in our house ever anymore, and the alarm system goes on as soon as we are in. I alternate between feeling like a crazy paranoid and that I am just being reasonably cautious. We have received several flyers in the past year about 'released convicted sex offenders" moving into town. Another reason that the children do not have the freedom and childhood we did.....
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Post by: vixmom on March 25, 2005, 10:01:12 PM: Well between doing the city thing tomorrow and the Easter Sunday festivities..church, Sunday School, egg hunt, calls to the DH's family in England and Canada and then drive to my brother & SIL's house, more egg hunts with the cousins, dinner, cleanup and drive home... I suspect I will not be on again until Monday... and I have several closings scheduled, so that may even be an optomistic estimate

So, a happy, Blessed and Joyful Easter to all who celebrate it

Have a nice weekend as well, all you who don't celebrate it and safe trip to Indiana dear Jose.....and I am not sure what Penny's plans are after the show but Best Vibes to you as well!!!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 10:02:36 PM: Well.. If I'm going to have breakfast tomorrow morning during regular breakfast hours... *Oohhh... I could go down to Chelsea Market. Have breakfast at Sarabeth's. Then stock up at Eleni's, Fat Witch and Amy's Breads! Hmm...
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Post by: JoseSPiano on March 25, 2005, 10:03:07 PM: Ohhh...

Goodnight.
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Post by: vixmom on March 25, 2005, 10:03:36 PM: Oh, and if anyone does find a 1995 Ford Taurus retractable cargo cover , color grey,let me know!! I really missed it today when we were shopping from store to store... iahte leaving my purchases out in plain site when we are in shopping at another store......
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Post by: Charles Pogue on March 25, 2005, 10:36:04 PM: Jose, the Woop-Woops I bought were between $10-12 bucks.

Not only is the English chocolate better, but their sausages is also better. Probably because they don't have all the regulations we have as to what goes into them.
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Post by: Rodzinski on March 25, 2005, 10:45:11 PM: The English have/had a good candy bar called "Topic", which a pal used to send me. Don't know if it still exists or not.
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Post by: Rodzinski on March 25, 2005, 10:50:42 PM: Jose- There is good breakfast at a greasy spoon on Dyckman and Broadway. Dyckman is the next "A" stop after 190. I think it's called the Dyckman Cafe or Diner, but it is NOT the horrific Cloister Cafe. There actually is a diner next door to that place 107 West up there, and it is only open for breakfast, but it is small and hard to get into.

My guess is Macy's is open on Easter. But I could be wrong.
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Post by: Rodzinski on March 25, 2005, 10:53:16 PM: Pogue, you ever eat a Scotch egg? I was telling Jose the other night they should come up with Cadbury Creme Scotch Eggs. That's a cadbury creme egg, wrapped in bacon, breaded, and deep fried.
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Post by: Rodzinski on March 25, 2005, 10:58:39 PM: Watched DVD with Elmore, SCOTLAND, PA. A modernist MACBETH that involves a fast-food restaurant. Quite well done. Maura Tierney looking as good as I've ever seen her. The underutilized James LeGros acquitting himself well in the lead and Walken doing his thing. The one quibble was the lack of the prophecy aspect of the story. The "witches" appear, but impart only one prophecy early on. This made some of MacBeth's motivations ill-defined.
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Post by: Rodzinski on March 25, 2005, 11:06:59 PM: I will not post five posts in a row. It is entirely against my policy.
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Post by: Rodzinski on March 25, 2005, 11:07:43 PM: And six, six would be utterly absurd. Never would I do it.
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Post by: Rodzinski on March 25, 2005, 11:09:26 PM: I'll wrap up this frenzy by merely saying that I closed the night by watching CINDERELLA LIBERTY in letterbox on Fox Movie Channel. That James Caan is a a good actor. Yep. That's all I got.
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Post by: Charles Pogue on March 25, 2005, 11:24:20 PM: I'm partial to the simple joys of a Yorkie bar.

And, yes! Rodzinski, I love Scotch eggs! Producer Sy Weintraub introduced them to me in the canteen of Shepperton Studios and I have loved them ever since. I finally culled a recipe for them off the internet and The Lovely Wife knows how to make a mean Scotch Egg now. They now can be found in the frozen food section of any good English Supermarket like Tesco's or Sainsbury...even Marks & Spencer! The Cat and the Fiddle Pub here in Hollywood makes a darn nice one too.
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Post by: Rodzinski on March 25, 2005, 11:33:29 PM: Did you ever experience in your Kentucky days, the phenomenon I experienced in Georgia, where you go to a bar and, on the bar, there is a jar filled with hard-boiled eggs in red or green liquid? You pay a buck and fish an egg out to eat. I'm not sure if this is a Southern regional thing or not, but I have not seen this in other places I've lived.
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Post by: Rodzinski on March 25, 2005, 11:35:46 PM: I've only had one Scotch egg, and I quite enjoyed it.
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Post by: Charles Pogue on March 25, 2005, 11:50:26 PM: I've seen the hard-boiled eggs in liquid on the counter. I like hard-boiled eggs, but not so much that I'm going be plucking out of some coloured ooze that God only knows who's had their mitt in. It's all a little too Deliverance for me.
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Post by: Rodzinski on March 25, 2005, 11:52:57 PM: Yes, there is absolutely no telling how old those eggs could be.