And the word of the day is: ENCEINTE!
Off to Dayton - bye for now!
Screen to Stage
NOTHING!!!!
Screen to Stage
NOTHING!!!!
Hi Page 2
Screen to Stage
NOTHING!!!!
Hmmm... How about Xanadu?
;D
Screen to Stage
NOTHING!!!!
Hmmm... How about Xanadu?
;D
I have to add Legally Blonde to that. I thought the show was fantastic and it remains one of my top 5 r so favorite shows.
I do realize the above statement coupled with my fondness for Lord Andrew is getting me closer and closer to getting kicked out of here for good!
"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls." -- Dan Quayle
And the word of the day is: ENCEINTE!
Sandra submitted something I said to "Dumb Things Parents Say." It's actually getting a lot of votes.
Now you can't post anything until George gets home from work so he can save it.
It's warm here. And I just caught and tagged a male monarch that has been hanging around my backyard for the last week. He was FAST -- until that last time I swung my net at him.
Off to Dayton - bye for now!
Safe Travels and Fun Times To You, DR Ginny!
Since then, I've been taking care of emails and rescheduling my week. I'm sure the keg is healing nicely...
George, I'm got your packge arrived on time.
As reported here previously, Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol looks spectacular on Blu-ray. Lots of extras, too.
Are we Republican yet?
Are we Republican yet?
Since then, I've been taking care of emails and rescheduling my week. I'm sure the keg is healing nicely...
I knew about Larry's ailing KNEE, but I didn't realize the KEG was injured as well!! Oh, dear! ;)
I can't begin to tackle DROP THAT NAME! LOL......
Yes DR TCB, I have put away my comb.
One of my old Bi-Mart coworkers found me on Facebook. Hadn't seen her since the 1980s when she moved to Alaska and wondered what had become of her. And what is quite coincidental is that just the other day I was thinking about her and wondering what she was doing now (and also trying to remember her last name).
Are we Republican yet?
I did my best to not make that happen...
So, who besides Ben and Ant is coming to JEWS AND BASEBALL? I'm thinking we will go to Good Stuff Diner from around 8:30 to 10 or so...that's my plan right now!
TOD:
Original for Screen:
BLONDIE GOES LATIN (1941)
SUMMER STOCK (1950)
From Broadway:
FLOWER DRUM SONG
I can't begin to tackle DROP THAT NAME! LOL......
Yes DR TCB, I have put away my comb.
I apologize Jrand, I was trying to be a smart ass, but instead it came out mean-spirited.
TOD:
Original for Screen:
BLONDIE GOES LATIN (1941)
SUMMER STOCK (1950)
From Broadway:
FLOWER DRUM SONG
Are we sure he isn't an alien?
So, who besides Ben and Ant is coming to JEWS AND BASEBALL? I'm thinking we will go to Good Stuff Diner from around 8:30 to 10 or so...that's my plan right now!
I may show up.
I also love SCROOGE, WEST SIDE STORY, THE MUSIC MAN, CABARET, CHICAGO and SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS.
Are we Republican yet?
I did my best to not make that happen...
One of my old Bi-Mart coworkers found me on Facebook. Hadn't seen her since the 1980s when she moved to Alaska and wondered what had become of her. And what is quite coincidental is that just the other day I was thinking about her and wondering what she was doing now (and also trying to remember her last name).
Is Bi-Mart forAre we Republican yet?
I did my best to not make that happen...
Et moi aussi! Some idiot on local news said she was voting Republican since Obama had done nothing in two years and she wanted to see how the Republicans would do. I wanted to yell, you stupid fool, Obama's had two years to correct what the Republicans did in eight including an expensive and needless war! We have such short memories. I think it's the stupidity of the collective American populace that depresses me the most.
One of my old Bi-Mart coworkers found me on Facebook. Hadn't seen her since the 1980s when she moved to Alaska and wondered what had become of her. And what is quite coincidental is that just the other day I was thinking about her and wondering what she was doing now (and also trying to remember her last name).
Is Bi-Mart forAre we Republican yet?
I did my best to not make that happen...
Et moi aussi! Some idiot on local news said she was voting Republican since Obama had done nothing in two years and she wanted to see how the Republicans would do. I wanted to yell, you stupid fool, Obama's had two years to correct what the Republicans did in eight including an expensive and needless war! We have such short memories. I think it's the stupidity of the collective American populace that depresses me the most.
Oh but he didn't keep his promise about "CHANGE" when he put Bernanke in place. People are unhappy the economic situation has only gotten worse.
One of my old Bi-Mart coworkers found me on Facebook. Hadn't seen her since the 1980s when she moved to Alaska and wondered what had become of her. And what is quite coincidental is that just the other day I was thinking about her and wondering what she was doing now (and also trying to remember her last name).
Is Bi-Mart forAre we Republican yet?
I did my best to not make that happen...
Et moi aussi! Some idiot on local news said she was voting Republican since Obama had done nothing in two years and she wanted to see how the Republicans would do. I wanted to yell, you stupid fool, Obama's had two years to correct what the Republicans did in eight including an expensive and needless war! We have such short memories. I think it's the stupidity of the collective American populace that depresses me the most.
DR Cillaliz, I've never had a cat before and I still don't find 3 cats a lot. I would think that many people that have cats would have at least 2. So one more does not seem like a lot at all.
"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls." -- Dan Quayle
Here is my attempt for Drop That Name
Juan Williams, David Yazbeck , Celine Dion, Barney Frank, Sarah Palin, Heidi Klum
Helen Mirren and Vivian Vance and Jack Palance and Liza Minelli
Justin Long and B.D. Wong, Brenda Lee Strong, the rapper R Kelly
Diane Schurr and Raymond Burr and Judy Garland
Francesco Quinn ............And Rin Tin Tin!
Nathan Lane and David Blaine and Judy Dench
Errol Flynn and Alex Baldwin, Johnny Bench
Michael Caine and Thomas Jane and Courtney Cox
Christopher Lee.............And Rin Tin Tee!
Sally Fields and Cheryl Teigs, Edvard Grieg and Portia and Ellen
John Hall and Lauren Bacall, Cindy Williams, Max Reddy and Helen
Brad Pitt and Eartha Kitt and Elaine Stritch
Jessie Lang ............And Ran Tan Tang!
Judy Kaye...... Rin Tin Taye
Michael Bay..... Ben Hay Hay
Jason Graae.... Rah Taw Taw!
Shirley Bassey.... Lassie!
That's the way you play the game
Drop that name!
"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls." -- Dan Quayle
LOL< well he's right
Cilla you need this t-shirt: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:KWtW7djLun4J:www.zazzle.com.au/one_can_never_have_too_many_cats_tshirt-235196702591382683+t-shirt+%22you+can+never+have+too+many+cats%22&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a
I was looking for the shirt Keith got me after I got our 3rd & 4th cat. It was the same saying with a couch covered in cats. Though I admit after having four cats I suggest to people they stop at three.
Try reminding the folks with four children you are rescuing, not adding to overpopulation ;)
Good news about Callie.
"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls." -- Dan Quayle
LOL< well he's right
Cilla you need this t-shirt: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:KWtW7djLun4J:www.zazzle.com.au/one_can_never_have_too_many_cats_tshirt-235196702591382683+t-shirt+%22you+can+never+have+too+many+cats%22&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a
I was looking for the shirt Keith got me after I got our 3rd & 4th cat. It was the same saying with a couch covered in cats. Though I admit after having four cats I suggest to people they stop at three.
Try reminding the folks with four children you are rescuing, not adding to overpopulation ;)
Good news about Callie.
I was thinking the other day how not having children and rescuing animals instead is really good for the environment. Cats use a lot less energy over their life spans than children do ;)
It's warm here. And I just caught and tagged a male monarch that has been hanging around my backyard for the last week. He was FAST -- until that last time I swung my net at him.
Our other races, I voted against Grassley, but he's leading Roxanne Conlin by a ton in the polls and it's pretty much a given he'll win. I also did my best and voted against Steve King. He's such a nightmare and I'm really ashamed he's my representative. The guy running aginst him is kind of a dweeb and I doubt King will lose his seat either.
I'm not sure if somebody has already posted this, but just in case:
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117943960.html?categoryId=31&cs=1
Congrats Edisaurus!
Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story
(Docu)
By JOHN ANDERSON
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A 7th Releasing release of a Clear Lake Historical Prods. presentation. Produced by Will Hechter, Peter Miller. Executive producer, Hechter. Co-executive producers, Linda Selig, Lynda Walker. Directed by Peter Miller. Written by Ira Berkow.
With: Al Rosen, Sandy Koufax, Larry King, Maury Allen, Michael Paley, Peter Levine, Roger Kahn. Narrator: Dustin Hoffman.
Confronted with nine Jews, most people would probably guess "Supreme Court" rather than "ball club," but that's precisely the kind of bias that "Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story" successfully sends to the showers. Charting the presence of prominent Jewish major leaguers in every decade, their relationship to the world of big-time ball and the careers of such greats as Hank Greenberg and Sandy Koufax, helmer Peter Miller's historical docu strikes out a stadium-load of assumptions and, after a modest theatrical season, should enjoy a hearty afterlife in the educational and DVD divisions.
Although he covers much of the same ground (unavoidably) as does Aviva Kempner's 1998 "The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg," and includes info covered in TV docus about some of this film's other most famous subjects, Miller takes a much broader view of the relationship of Jews to the major leagues, stressing how important an embrace of baseball was to an embrace of America: Immigrant Jews at the turn of the 19th century knew it was through baseball that one became American. Eventually, baseball realized how important Jews could be to the sport: As Miller tells us, it wasn't benevolence but business that led the New York Giants' John McGraw to sign Andy Cohen, the first real Jewish star, a player who got Jews flocking to the Polo Grounds (and buying ballpark food like "ice cream Cohens").
It was Greenberg, though, who was the pivotal figure in Jewish baseball, and possibly "the most important American Jew" in history, according to one of Miller's commentators, Rabbi Michael Paley. This was not just because of his playing (Greenberg hit 58 home runs in 1938, was a five-time All-Star and two-time American League MVP). When the 6-foot-4-inch first-baseman refused to play on Yom Kippur -- just as the Detroit Tigers were closing in on the 1934 pennant -- it was "transformational," Paley says; baseball was important, but not that important.
With terrific narration by Dustin Hoffman, "Jews and Baseball" makes effective use of archival footage and interviews, the most spectacular of which is a lengthy sequence featuring the usually reclusive Koufax, who reminisces about his career and its relationship to his religion. It's debatable who is the most important Jew in the history of the major leagues; Koufax was a three-time Cy Young Award winner and the first pitcher to throw four no-hitters. He, too, declined to pitch on Yom Kippur, but in Koufax's case, the game in question was the first of the 1965 World Series.
Greenberg may have had a tougher time of it -- his era, the '30s, was a period of fierce bigotry and anti-Semitism, the weekly broadcasts of the scurrilous Father Coughlin and conflicted American opinion over the situation in Europe. But almost every player featured in "Jews and Baseball" had his difficulties (even Elliott Maddox, who was African-American and converted). Most also have good, if oft-told, stories: Moe Berg, who caught for several American League teams and became a lawyer in the off-season, supposedly spoke seven languages ("and couldn't hit in any of them," as the saying went) and became a spy for the OSS during World War II. Al Rosen was hard-slugging star for the Indians who retired rather than be traded (by Hank Greenberg, ironically, who had become Cleveland's general manager). Marv Rotblatt may have been the shortest pitcher (at just 5-foot-6) in Major League history.
Production values are very good, with clever music cues ("Short People" for Rotblatt), and a warm, intelligent text by the first-rate sportswriter Ira Berkow.
Camera (color/B&W), Antonio Rossi, Stephen McCarthy, Allen Moore; editor, Amy Linton; music, Michael Roth; sound, Miller; associate producers, Caroline Berler, Linton, Anne-Marie Smith. Reviewed on DVD, New York, Oct. 27, 2010. (In Jerusalem, San Francisco Jewish film festivals.) Running time: 90 MIN.
Read more: http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117943960.html?categoryId=31&cs=1#ixzz14AkfNX4g
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I'm not sure if somebody has already posted this, but just in case:
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117943960.html?categoryId=31&cs=1
Congrats Edisaurus!
Don't know why I can read Variety without registering, but I can...at least this much
Don't know why I can read Variety without registering, but I can...at least this much
Don't know why I can read Variety without registering, but I can...at least this much
Hmmm... I guess I must have used up all of my "free" views. ???
Thanks for posting that, DR Cillaliz.
Don't know why I can read Variety without registering, but I can...at least this much
Hmmm... I guess I must have used up all of my "free" views. ???
In regards to today's political discussions, well... Click below:
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Don't know why I can read Variety without registering, but I can...at least this much
Hmmm... I guess I must have used up all of my "free" views. ???
Thanks for posting that, DR Cillaliz.
And their vote counts just as much as mine!
"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls." -- Dan Quayle
LOL< well he's right
Don't encourage the man. He might decide to run again.
Well, I'm watching DWS....mom has company for dinner and asked me to take notes. Notes on the results show, lol. That should be easy
DR Cillaliz, I've never had a cat before and I still don't find 3 cats a lot. I would think that many people that have cats would have at least 2. So one more does not seem like a lot at all.
Tonight when I came home and went to give Boo a kiss in the head I noticed the faint scent of sulfur....lol,
I'm not sure if somebody has already posted this, but just in case:
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117943960.html?categoryId=31&cs=1
Congrats Edisaurus!
DR Druxy - Is there any possible way you could cut and paste part of the review for those of us who are not registered users of Variety.com?
"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls." -- Dan Quayle
LOL< well he's right
Don't know why I can read Variety without registering, but I can...at least this muchQuoteJews and Baseball: An American Love Story
(Docu)
By JOHN ANDERSON
Related Reviews:
Yeardley
Eichmann
Saw 3D
Due Date
Winston Churchill: Walking With Destiny
Neon Flesh
Read other reviews about this film
Powered By
A 7th Releasing release of a Clear Lake Historical Prods. presentation. Produced by Will Hechter, Peter Miller. Executive producer, Hechter. Co-executive producers, Linda Selig, Lynda Walker. Directed by Peter Miller. Written by Ira Berkow.
With: Al Rosen, Sandy Koufax, Larry King, Maury Allen, Michael Paley, Peter Levine, Roger Kahn. Narrator: Dustin Hoffman.
Confronted with nine Jews, most people would probably guess "Supreme Court" rather than "ball club," but that's precisely the kind of bias that "Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story" successfully sends to the showers. Charting the presence of prominent Jewish major leaguers in every decade, their relationship to the world of big-time ball and the careers of such greats as Hank Greenberg and Sandy Koufax, helmer Peter Miller's historical docu strikes out a stadium-load of assumptions and, after a modest theatrical season, should enjoy a hearty afterlife in the educational and DVD divisions.
Although he covers much of the same ground (unavoidably) as does Aviva Kempner's 1998 "The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg," and includes info covered in TV docus about some of this film's other most famous subjects, Miller takes a much broader view of the relationship of Jews to the major leagues, stressing how important an embrace of baseball was to an embrace of America: Immigrant Jews at the turn of the 19th century knew it was through baseball that one became American. Eventually, baseball realized how important Jews could be to the sport: As Miller tells us, it wasn't benevolence but business that led the New York Giants' John McGraw to sign Andy Cohen, the first real Jewish star, a player who got Jews flocking to the Polo Grounds (and buying ballpark food like "ice cream Cohens").
It was Greenberg, though, who was the pivotal figure in Jewish baseball, and possibly "the most important American Jew" in history, according to one of Miller's commentators, Rabbi Michael Paley. This was not just because of his playing (Greenberg hit 58 home runs in 1938, was a five-time All-Star and two-time American League MVP). When the 6-foot-4-inch first-baseman refused to play on Yom Kippur -- just as the Detroit Tigers were closing in on the 1934 pennant -- it was "transformational," Paley says; baseball was important, but not that important.
With terrific narration by Dustin Hoffman, "Jews and Baseball" makes effective use of archival footage and interviews, the most spectacular of which is a lengthy sequence featuring the usually reclusive Koufax, who reminisces about his career and its relationship to his religion. It's debatable who is the most important Jew in the history of the major leagues; Koufax was a three-time Cy Young Award winner and the first pitcher to throw four no-hitters. He, too, declined to pitch on Yom Kippur, but in Koufax's case, the game in question was the first of the 1965 World Series.
Greenberg may have had a tougher time of it -- his era, the '30s, was a period of fierce bigotry and anti-Semitism, the weekly broadcasts of the scurrilous Father Coughlin and conflicted American opinion over the situation in Europe. But almost every player featured in "Jews and Baseball" had his difficulties (even Elliott Maddox, who was African-American and converted). Most also have good, if oft-told, stories: Moe Berg, who caught for several American League teams and became a lawyer in the off-season, supposedly spoke seven languages ("and couldn't hit in any of them," as the saying went) and became a spy for the OSS during World War II. Al Rosen was hard-slugging star for the Indians who retired rather than be traded (by Hank Greenberg, ironically, who had become Cleveland's general manager). Marv Rotblatt may have been the shortest pitcher (at just 5-foot-6) in Major League history.
Production values are very good, with clever music cues ("Short People" for Rotblatt), and a warm, intelligent text by the first-rate sportswriter Ira Berkow.
Camera (color/B&W), Antonio Rossi, Stephen McCarthy, Allen Moore; editor, Amy Linton; music, Michael Roth; sound, Miller; associate producers, Caroline Berler, Linton, Anne-Marie Smith. Reviewed on DVD, New York, Oct. 27, 2010. (In Jerusalem, San Francisco Jewish film festivals.) Running time: 90 MIN.
Read more: http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117943960.html?categoryId=31&cs=1#ixzz14AkfNX4g
Visit Variety.com to become a Variety subscriber.
I wish I could be in NYC to see Jews and Baseball!
I just took Joshie to the vet for an eye infection. He yowled from 3:30 to 5 p.m. nonstop.
I am taking Friday off from work and coming in to see Jews & Baseball! What timeshould I be there tomake sure I see the 6:30 show and am present for the Q & A?
Please count me in for the after dinner celebration
I am taking Friday off from work and coming in to see Jews & Baseball! What timeshould I be there tomake sure I see the 6:30 show and am present for the Q & A?
Please count me in for the after dinner celebration
You should enjoy your much needed day off!!!
Cilla, I remember when you introduced Boo to Callie that the cat sitter said they were okay together. They just hissed at each other when you were around. (Am I remembering that correctly?)
I am trying to give him some Fancy Feast, but I cannot get near him.
WOW!
They ran out of ballots in Bridgeport, CT! -And they're still waiting on official word if they can keep the polls open longer. -Like there should be any question about that - ???
Hello, everyone.
George, I'm got your packge arrived on time. I hope nothing got mangled and that you enjoy them. Do you have either of them already?
That's possible, I don't remember. I just remember it was a long process. Boo is jealous right now and she storms off now and then or chases Ricky away from whatever he is doing, but they are doing great.
Good morning. I believe I am developing a sinus infection. Great way to celebrate Election Day.
...And they dimmed the lights of The Lion King marquee earlier tonight in honor of Shannon Tavarez.
Peace.
That's possible, I don't remember. I just remember it was a long process. Boo is jealous right now and she storms off now and then or chases Ricky away from whatever he is doing, but they are doing great.
I must have remembered incorrectly. You were there!
Well, it appears that we will be represented by the Speaker of the House...
Of course, only 25% of the precincts are reporting so far...
I'm not sure if somebody has already posted this, but just in case:
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117943960.html?categoryId=31&cs=1
Congrats Edisaurus!
In regards to today's political discussions, well... Click below:
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Well, I'm impressed!
Thanks for posting that, DR Jose!
Oh... Just checked... The polls in Bridgeport will now be open until 10:00pm.
*Apparently, the Connecticut election officials only ordered 21,000 ballots despite having over 63,000(!!!) registered voters.
Oh... Just checked... The polls in Bridgeport will now be open until 10:00pm.
*Apparently, the Connecticut election officials only ordered 21,000 ballots despite having over 63,000(!!!) registered voters.
That's one benefit of mail-in ballots...you can't run out with just one.
Oh... Just checked... The polls in Bridgeport will now be open until 10:00pm.
*Apparently, the Connecticut election officials only ordered 21,000 ballots despite having over 63,000(!!!) registered voters.
That's one benefit of mail-in ballots...you can't run out with just one.
Or not be able to vote because you can't get off of work.
How does one take notes for DWTS? You can just say bottom 3 and who goes home!
Oh... Just checked... The polls in Bridgeport will now be open until 10:00pm.
*Apparently, the Connecticut election officials only ordered 21,000 ballots despite having over 63,000(!!!) registered voters.
That's one benefit of mail-in ballots...you can't run out with just one.
Or not be able to vote because you can't get off of work.
Yup. I don't know if it's all of Washington state, but at least Thurston County switched to permanent mail-in ballots a few years ago.
What a bunch of idiots. They voted out three Iowa Supreme Court Justices and voted not to have a constitutional convention. The goofy part of that is, the law won't change, just three new justices and three more people out of work. If they really wanted to change the law, they need a constitutional convention. I'm glad that wasn't approved, but this is the most absurd thing I've ever seen
Of course, only 25% of the precincts are reporting so far...
And earlier, they were calling races with only 10% of the votes tallied. -Can someone please tell me how this works? I know that early poll results can reflect the eventual outcome, but, still... ??? ??? ???
In regards to today's political discussions, well... Click below:
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The problem is you can't just start getting rid of judges because you don't like one decision they make. That undermines our whole system of government and has really long term ramifications. If the judges are truly unfit for office, then you vote not to retain. This was a vote against their decision that our equal protection clause covers gay marriage. It was blatant intimidation of judges. It's outrageous.