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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were bilingual and had both belt and suspenders, and now it is time for you to post until the bilingual cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: VERBIGERATION!
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Around The World in 80 Days .
I remember the roller coaster gimmick intro to the programme too. Very like Cinerama at the time.
I remember enjoying the experience of watching the "biggness". I was also lucky enough to see the first half dozen cinerama releases. Born at the right time for so much.
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I think DR Jane uses a Verbigerator for the storage of vegetarian meals.
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Surprise guest for Fred's Birthday party?
Skip's Mum To Visit! (http://www.washtimes.com/national/20070503-121636-9153r.htm)
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II will arrive on Yankee shores aboard a customized Boeing 777 bearing the royal standard, not to mention three tons of baggage, 50 pairs of white gloves, 20 British journalists and an entourage of 35 attendants. Well, after all, it is the queen, and one of the richest women on the planet.
der Brucer
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Israel's Soreq Cave: stalactites & stalagmites in action (http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-trw-hidden6may06)
(http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2007-05/29496303.jpg)
der Brucer
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Topic of the Day: I have no idea. ::)
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~~~Thursday Vibes for Everyone...Just for the Heck of It!!~~~
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Always useful are vibes DR George. Even just for the Halibut. (No doubt a Fozzie Bear reference)
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TOD:
I think I was there for most of the "firsts"
1952 Cinerama This Is Cinerama
1953 Cinemascope The Robe
1955 ToddAO Oklahoma!
1959 UltraPanavision (70mm) Ben Hur
1959 SuperPanavision (70mm) The Big Fisherman
1963 Cinerama 70mm It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
(I actually saw the second Cinemascope film, The Egyptian, before I saw the Robe)
(I also thought the second ToddAO, Around the World in Eighty Days, showed off the process better than Oklahoma!)
der Brucer
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ORP:
Good to know that DRs DearReaderLaura and MusicGuy are home, safe & sound.
Nice photos again, DR DearReaderLaura. What KIND of pie? :)
***travel vibes***[/color][/size]
to DR Jane
***hair color vibes***[/color][/size]
to DR TCB
Oh, and TOD - I've never seen a large-format film. I'm a heathen.
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WOD:
verbigeration: what we do all day here at HHW!
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Two-thirty and I cannot sleep. I am congested and Ye Olde Allergies are keeping me up.
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Welcome thirteen GUESTS. Who are you people. Thirteen GUESTS at two-thirty in the morning. Is everyone having allergies?
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If Mary Poppins was originally released in 70mil then that was the first for me.
But the one I know for sure was The Sound of Music 70mil and Todd-A0.
Never saw a true Cinerama film.
Saw 2001: Space Oddyssey not in a Cinerama theater but in a "neighborhood house" so it might have been Superpanavision 70.
Now not quite sure if the following flicks where large screen by the time I saw them but Funny Girl, Oliver & Thoroughly Modern Millie
Saw Ben-Hur on a re-release so not sure if it was Ultra Panavision.
Also saw The 10 Commandements on a re-release as well but not sure if it was in VistaVision or not
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Good morning, all! I have a trip to the post office, Toyland, and the NYPL in my schedule today. Beyond that, it's anyone's guess.
TOD:
THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD (Cinerama)
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (Technirama-70, as I recall)
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I don't know one format from another, so I can't really answer the question.
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Good morning all. I'm hoping today will be a quiet day. No court scheduled so far so it should be an office day. With everything that has been going on a quiet office day would be most welcome
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I do like the idea of bilingual suspenders...I could wear them to the Cinco de Mayo festivities on Saturday
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DR Ben was here and left without even mentioning oatmeal or his bowl.
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Beyond that, it's anyone's guess.
You're scaring me! ;)
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Time to get ready for work
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DR Cillaliz...
I was wondering, if during the course of your work day, you are required to track billable hours. I would hate it if I had to to that!
[how would I record all the time spent at HHW, for example? :) ]
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Happy 55th, Christine!
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TOD
I suppose the first 70mm films I remember seeing were AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS AND BEN HUR. I saw both of those at Tacoma's Temple Theatre, where I saw all of the road show engagement films.
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You will notice in the photo the spelling of Vodvil (vaudeville) This may have been the beginning of Washington State's confusion over Mary, marry, and merry.
The Temple also had a 2/9 Kimball organ that was installed in 1926, and is still there today. I have no idea what a 2/9 Kimball is, or was, but I thought MusicGuy would know.
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Good morning to you all. Bedtime in OZ. (it does happen for a short while DR Swingdaw)
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It's only 9 days until Jed and Ann merry.
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Cil, that's because I left to wash it (the bowl, that is)
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Miss B is one year older than I.
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And I'm making up for not posting earlier this morning by trying to get us to Page 2.
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Hello to Ben of the clean bowl.
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And I did (wash the bowl, that is) and now I must leave to find grants to include in my PowerPoint presentation for next Wednesday. The topic is "Using the Foundation Center's NTEE Taxonomy in Your Daily Work"
TomofOz, is that enough to put you to sleep???
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Yawn.
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Could be worse - you could have to sit through "Blood Brothers"
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Bedtime in OZ. (it does happen for a short while
And I am glad to hear it! :)
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It's only 9 days until Jed and Ann merry.
;D
And all of us here at HHW were not invited? :o
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News item:
Anthony Perone, 20, pleaded guilty in March in Connecticut in connection with two stalking letters he admitted mailing to a woman he had fallen for in the third grade but who apparently had spurned him. The rambling, incoherent letters explicitly threatened death, and Perone had intended to send them anonymously, in that he wrote no return address on the envelopes. However, he lived with his mother and had given each envelope to her to mail, and, unknown to him, she had thoughtfully added his name and address before posting them.
[St. Paul Pioneer Press, 3-19-07]
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The topic is "Using the Foundation Center's NTEE Taxonomy in Your Daily Work"
Ah...THIS clears it up:
Taxonomies, which are composed of taxonomic units known as taxa (singular taxon), are frequently hierarchical in structure.
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There is ENTIRELY too much of my face on page 2.
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What is this, a monologue?
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For those, like me, who are entirely CLEWless about film, here is a guide to some of the formats: film formats (http://www.dvdaust.com/film_formats.htm).
Since I am CLEWless, I have no idea if the information here is accurate or comprehensive. In which case, perhaps some DR can re-direct us to a better source.
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TOD:
I can't recall what widescreen movies I might have seen but I know I saw POLYESTER in Odorama.
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Widescreen didn't mean much to me since most movies I saw were at the drive in....
However I do remember FORBIDDEN PLANET soon after the Center-Brook had edges added to its screen....which was very strange!
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Odorama.
That concept is such a gas.
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Ah...THIS clears it up:
Taxonomies, which are composed of taxonomic units known as taxa (singular taxon), are frequently hierarchical in structure.
OMG, you've been lurking on the 3rd Floor of the Foundation Center!
Yes, we use a hierarchical alpha-numeric coding structure to attach subject codes to grants making it easier for grantseekers to see which foundations might be interested in funding their projects.
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OK, maybe his JAZZ HANDS execution lacks a little energy, but the death penalty seems a little extreme...
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bk...outré? I can't imagine such a thing.
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How about The Randy Vicar and the Verbigeratious Bilingual Suspenders?
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Off to leave my mark in the world: the most people giving a thumbs up with green thumbs.
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I did see the John Waters film that came with a scratch-and-sniff card.
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Wsa that scratch-and-sniff card Odorama?
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I recall hearing about something called Aromarama.
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That could have all been one post, but I felt like stretching, to get some needed exercise.
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Additional thumbs up to DR LAURA.
Are the bilingual suspenders anything like the Himalayan Suspenders Treatment that Bob Cummings taught to Eric Von Zipper?
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Laura - there was red velvet cake from Daisy Mae, but it wasn't pretty enough to photograph. The frosting was yummy, though.
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Aromarama.
Which of course, spelled backwards, is Amaramora!
:)
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Laura - there was red velvet cake from Daisy Mae, but it wasn't pretty enough to photograph. The frosting was yummy, though.
Was it shaped like a possum with gray frosting? ;D
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Possum Cake page Three Dance.
(http://www.wilton.com/images/yourtakeoncake/2004winners/wildopossum_front.jpg)
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THE BUNCH.....LOL....yup that was the MAD parody of THE GROUP. Thanks, DR DtM!
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Re: last night's AMERICAN IDOL vote.
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I actually liked how they did the eliminations. I think in the 1 hour show format it works better to spread things out (i really like how dancing with the stars does it).
So they had 2 groups of 3. And they eliminated one from each group. One in the middle and one at the end. And i must say, when phil and lakisha were standing there, i just got this feeling he was going.
I wasn't really sad to see him or chris go. They are both nice enough. But like DR MattH said, i don't think either one was going to win. I was just happy that blake was safe.
It was interesting that they spared jordin (after putting her through hell last week). And interesting that they kept blake and chris to the end (with them saying they are best friends).
I actually think that being the only guy left will help blake a lot. And i don't see him going next. Of course it seems like the votes could be real close. So i guess based on their performance it is possible than any of them go (although i would think jordin and melinda would last till the end).
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Wsa that scratch-and-sniff card Odorama?
Yes, it was.
And there's a laugh-n-sniff card available in TV GUIDE for tonight's odoriffic MY NAME IS EARL episode. I have mine here ready to go!
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I think the final two will be Blake and Jordin. Melinda, the best singer left, will be eliminated 3rd just like last year's best sing, Elliot Yamin, was eliminated in third place.
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BTW, there should be two songs each next week. One will be BeeGees songs. The other, I imagine, will be singer's choice.
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And good morning!
Much cooler here this morning without being anywhere near cold. Hopefully, I can leave windows and screen doors open and cool the house down. My last night at bedtime, the house was a bit warm.
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I didn't see BEN-HUR at a Charlotte theater but in my small town theater, so I imagine we had a 35mm reduction print.
The first big screen movie I can remember seeng in Charlotte was THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM in Cinerama. That same theater showed all the CInerama films, but I saw them in reissues, not in the original runs. This is also the theater that showed the roadshow films like THE SOUND OF MUSIC, HELLO, DOLLY, STAR!, THE SAND PEBBLES.
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DR Michael Shayne, if you saw 2001 in your local movie house, it probably was a reduced 35mm print which is what MGM issued to local theaters after its roadshow engagement, not the 70mm Super Panavision that was shown in Cinerama theaters.
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DR derBrucer, I think HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE was the second Cinemascope movie, not THE EGYPTIAN. And MILLIONAIRE actually completed filming before THE ROBE, but Fox wanted a prestigious film to be its first Cinemascope film rather than a bubbly comedy, so THE ROBE was released first.
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DR derBrucer, I think HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE was the second Cinemascope movie, not THE EGYPTIAN. And MILLIONAIRE actually completed filming before THE ROBE, but Fox wanted a prestigious film to be its first Cinemascope film rather than a bubbly comedy, so THE ROBE was released first.
Elitists!
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I've got a bunch of things on the DVR to watch today including last night's MEDIUM and CSI: NY along with the second half of that Brando documentary.
I'm expecting the Blu-ray disc of DREAMGIRLS today, but I don't see how I will be able to get to it before tomorrow.
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And the word of the day is: VERBIGERATION!
Sigmund thought the endless repetitions of VERBIGERATION fascinating. Carl, on the other hand, found IT OVERBEARING and tiresome.
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Elitists!
Ain't that the truth!
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I have that Criterion edition of PLAYTIME, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. After reading bk's thoughts about it after he saw the DVD plus today's mention of the film in the notes, I will try to get to it this weekend as well.
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Heading down now to clean up a bit before going out to lunch.
WBBL.
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I do like the idea of bilingual suspenders...I could wear them to the Cinco de Mayo festivities on Saturday
But what if the suspenders speak English and French? Or English and German?
Or Japanese and Sweedish! You can have sushi and candy together!
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TOD
I suppose the first 70mm films I remember seeing were AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS AND BEN HUR. I saw both of those at Tacoma's Temple Theatre, where I saw all of the road show engagement films.
(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/actr2000/TempleTheatre.jpg)
What is a "Vodvil Show?"
Oh. Next post. Never mnd. :-[
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Good morning H/Ks and DRs .......
And a lovely morning also to the dear Esteemed, rested, suspendered, and studly master of the hickey.... BK --
By the way, my hickey is doing just fine, and I pointed it out to everyone at all of my business meetings back east. I told them ... "and if you are ever in the area of the City of Studio, BK gives good hickey!"
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Thursday morning greetings! Busy morning here at work.
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Good morning H/Ks and DRs .......
And a lovely morning also to the dear Esteemed, rested, suspendered, and studly master of the hickey.... BK --
By the way, my hickey is doing just fine, and I pointed it out to everyone at all of my business meetings back east. I told them ... "and if you are ever in the area of the City of Studio, BK gives good hickey!"
You're back home! All is right with the world -- the vibes in AZ just aren't the same when you're jet-setting about. Glad you and your hickey made it back safely -- some pretty nasty thunderstorms were marching across Texas yesterday as you landed and took off from DFW.
P.S. It was great to see you at the HHW WC reunion last week!
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As for the TOD .... it makes me feel very old today !
I saw the first release run of many of the 50s movies that came out in the various wide-screen formats. And I saw Ben-Hur at it's premiere run in Hollywood at the Egyptian Theatre. The entire forecourt of the theatre was a display of chariots, props, costumes, etc. from the fim.
The funniest performance is that of Pontius Pilot...... (Dear TomOz will know about this)... Pilot was portrayed by an Australian actor named Frank Thring. And even though Pilot is supposed to be menacing and forceful and the evil villian, in actual life Thring was much more Franklin Pangborn than anyone menacing !! :)
I also saw the original format runs of "Mad Mad World," "Around The World In 80 Days," all of the big R&H musicals that were filmed, and the original run of "2001, A Space Odyssey."
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You're back home! All is right with the world -- the vibes in AZ just aren't the same when you're jet-setting about. Glad you and your hickey made it back safely -- some pretty nasty thunderstorms were marching across Texas yesterday as you landed and took off from DFW.
P.S. It was great to see you at the HHW WC reunion last week!
Hi DR Ms. Karen Y'All.... I'm VERY glad to be back home. It was so weird yesterday.... I looked at the weather news both before I took off from Philadelphia, and after I got home. And the satelitte photos from space looked AWFUL over Texas. When we landed there at DFW, there was maybe a 5 mph wind, slightly overcast sunny sky, and 72 outside !!
For whatever reason, I'm just thankful there was no delay!
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TOD:
I think I was there for most of the "firsts"
1952 Cinerama This Is Cinerama
1953 Cinemascope The Robe
1955 ToddAO Oklahoma!
1959 UltraPanavision (70mm) Ben Hur
1959 SuperPanavision (70mm) The Big Fisherman
1963 Cinerama 70mm It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
(I actually saw the second Cinemascope film, The Egyptian, before I saw the Robe)
(I also thought the second ToddAO, Around the World in Eighty Days, showed off the process better than Oklahoma!)
der Brucer
Actually, der B, "How to Marry A Millionaire" was the second film released in CinemaScope (and it was reportedly filmed first!!!). CinemaScope was introduced in 1953 and "The Egyptian" was released in 1954. I don't know the pecking order of CinemaScope releases, but Fox had several of them in production when "The Robe" was being prepared for premiere.
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BK ~ I saw your post asking DR ELmo about the NYMF. I'm not sure what info you or Lar were needing, but on the NYMF website I found a news release dated around March 2nd or so saying they had just closed the submission process and the judges were starting to look through the entries and they would be announcing those selected in about three months -- so I assume around the first part of June (?)...
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I'll be back later to check in...... I must get caught up from being out of town.
Tra La, and a Hey Nonny Nonny....
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Except that I just saw that DR Cason had popped in.... I would be E&T if I didn't send a hug to the Boo-key !
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DR derBrucer, I think HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE was the second Cinemascope movie, not THE EGYPTIAN. And MILLIONAIRE actually completed filming before THE ROBE, but Fox wanted a prestigious film to be its first Cinemascope film rather than a bubbly comedy, so THE ROBE was released first.
What MattH said....
Catching up isn't easy -- you either respond to posts as you read them -- and learn later that others have already said what you were going to...or you wait till you've read 'em all...and then face the daunting task of revisiting them all.
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Possum Cake page Three Dance.
(http://www.wilton.com/images/yourtakeoncake/2004winners/wildopossum_front.jpg)
Well, ain't that something --- a road kill cake ... hmmm, what sort of event/party would you serve a possum cake at?
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I wasn't really sad to see him or chris go. They are both nice enough. But like DR MattH said, i don't think either one was going to win. I was just happy that blake was safe.
I actually think that being the only guy left will help blake a lot. And i don't see him going next. Of course it seems like the votes could be real close. So i guess based on their performance it is possible than any of them go (although i would think jordin and melinda would last till the end).
The only trouble with all of this, of course -- and I'm taking exception to your and MattH's opinions here -- is that Blake was easily the worst of all the male singers.
Weak, weak voice. He's very clever in how he uses it. But I doubt seriously anyone would ever pay to buy a CD of his voice doing anything. Even the performance night before last was a novelty -- cute once, but oh-so-dreary on repeat listenings.
Phil had come the furthest and had the second-best male voice in the top 12 (Chris Sligh's was better, but he refused to "grow").
Jordin and Blake have extreme "youth" going for them. Neither is a patch on Mindy Doo and Kiki.
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Who played the Pontius Co-pilot? :)
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PAge 4.
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Except that I just saw that DR Cason had popped in.... I would be E&T if I didn't send a hug to the Boo-key !
Yes, speaking of E&T, I'm here. Thanks for the hug by the way - I'll take 'em wherever I can get 'em.
Just thought I'd check in and see how all my favorite little forum posters are doing.
Even after working until around 12:30 last night and not getting to sleep until close to 2 or 3, my body still decided that it wanted to wake up at 8:30...and now I have lots of time to kill before my Ever-Lovin' Heather lands in Burbank at 5:15 this afternoon.
Then, as noted, we are to sup with Bruce - and after that, I have a quick audition for a musical that a friend of BK's has helped write: Bukowsical! I don't know if Bruce has ever talked about it around here, but they are holding another round of auditions and I was specifically e-mailed and asked to come, so it's nice to feel wanted!
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Since my parents weren't much in the way of filmgoers, most of what I saw was at drive-ins. It wasn't until Mary Poppins that they took my sister and me to see a film in a movie theater (Sid Grauman's Chinese, no less). About a year or so later, Dad took us all to see The Sound of Music and Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes, both in their roadshow engagements in Los Angeles.
During college, in Fresno, I tried to make up for not having seen very many films as they were intended to be seen in my earlier years, but let's face it - Fresno?
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Possum Cake page Three Dance.
(http://www.wilton.com/images/yourtakeoncake/2004winners/wildopossum_front.jpg)
I wonder if that one is Red Velvet Cake inside, like in "Steel Magnolias."
...yeah, I'm not really helping the whole "I'm straight" ruse here, am I?
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I think Frank Thring's performance as Herod in KING OF KINGS is one of DR CP's favorite screen turns.
And Jay Robinson as Caligula had some Uranian moments in THE ROBE and DEMETRIUS AND THE GLADIATORS.
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I think Frank Thing's performance as Herod in KING OF KINGS is one of DR CP's favorite screen turns.
And Jay Robinson as Caligula had some Uranian moments in THE ROBE and DEMETRIUS AND THE GLADIATORS.
It's Frank THRING....T-h-R-i-n-g.
"Thing" starred in "The Addams Family" and "Addams Family Values"!
;D
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Specific films that were W I D E that I recall....since they were shown at special prices in B I G theatres:
THIS IS CINERAMA
ICE STATION ZEBRA
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
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I wonder if that one is Red Velvet Cake inside, like in "Steel Magnolias."
...yeah, I'm not really helping the whole "I'm straight" ruse here, am I?
1. Tomovoz's FAVORITE film!
2. Ruse? Has it been a ruse all along? Are you stepping "out" here?
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Well...yes....Thring.
I was distracted by ROLLER BOOGIE on TV....Beverly Garland as playing a society hostess and failing at projecting anything but old blonde bimbo.
And the MOB is after the Roller Disco!
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What MattH said....
Catching up isn't easy -- you either respond to posts as you read them -- and learn later that others have already said what you were going to...or you wait till you've read 'em all...and then face the daunting task of revisiting them all.
...or do recapitulations (not to be confused with recopulations) -- or "sticker recaps" which Mr P is so fond of....
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The Red Velvet Cake in Steel Magnolias was even more....repulsive....than that photo.
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Laura...with affection, YOUR Sanjaya!
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...or do recapitulations (not to be confused with recopulations) -- or "sticker recaps" which Mr P is so fond of....
But not retreads....anything but retreads.
Where's a nun when you need to slap something?
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Actually, der B, "How to Marry A Millionaire" was the second film released in CinemaScope (and it was reportedly filmed first!!!). CinemaScope was introduced in 1953 and "The Egyptian" was released in 1954. I don't know the pecking order of CinemaScope releases, but Fox had several of them in production when "The Robe" was being prepared for premiere.
DR Matt posted this first. Kudos to Matt.
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It's Frank THRING....T-h-R-i-n-g.
"Thing" starred in "The Addams Family" and "Addams Family Values"!
;D
And deserved a big hand for his work in those films.
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I'm up, I'm up. Mr. Spirtas should be here at any moment to pick up some CDs to sell at a concert this weekend.
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PAge 4.
Pretty tame page celebration, Mr P -- you usually go all out with fancy graphics, etc....
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And deserved a big hand for his work in those films.
Bet DR ELmo can help with that...
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2. Ruse? Has it been a ruse all along? Are you stepping "out" here?
All of you boys can keep wishin' and hopin'...
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I've written about most of my large format film experiences (Cinemascope, standard 35mm, is not large format, but Cinemascope 55 was). I wrote briefly about Aromarama, which I saw, in the chapter about the other smell film, Smell-O-Vision, in Kritzer Time.
Scent Of Mystery was my first Todd-AO film. I'm thinking Ben-Hur was my first 70mm film experience, also at the Egyptian. I have to ponder that, though. Otherwise, I saw all the big films, but in 35mm printdowns.
The Ten Commandments was shot on large format film (VistaVision) but never shown that way - like all VistaVision films save for two, it was printed down to 35mm.
Cinerama (three panel) wasn't actually a large film format - it was three 35mm projectors.
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I guess I got about five hours of sleep.
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THE BUNCH.....LOL....yup that was the MAD parody of THE GROUP. Thanks, DR DtM!
AS much as I like taking credit for other people's research and hard work, 'twas DR Michael Shayne that reported this info.
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But not retreads....anything but retreads.
Where's a nun when you need to slap something?
Let's see, where do I begin...hmm, how about starting with Post #5 from yesterday....Recap Series #2: Post Number One: .... :D
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Mr P ~ The cyper gods are with you -- you get a break, I've gotta scram, so I'll have to begin the recap series later....
Now, now, don't cry, you just have to be patient....Hey, to get your mind off having to wait and to pass the time, you could take a walk around the lake with your co-worker...
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AS much as I like taking credit for other people's research and hard work, 'twas DR Michael Shayne that reported this info.
Wow! I am not doing so well today.
Thanks DR MICHAEL SHAYNE.....for the info.
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Boo-Key ~ I'm sending you a hug, too!
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Chris Nelson who ran around in a jockstrap in ROLLER BOOGIE is the son of B movie actor Ed Nelson. Who knew?
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BUKOWSICAL vibes to DR CASON.
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All of you boys can keep wishin' and hopin'...
As long as you're happy it's all good. I've no personal preference for you, one way or t'other.
I don't speak for the HHW "droolers", of course.
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Just for Miss Karen:
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Boo-Key ~ I'm sending you a hug, too!
Can I send Boo-Key a hug?
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Just for Miss Karen:
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Now, that's the Mr P we're talking about!
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Der Brucer wants to get on-line.
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Can I send Boo-Key a hug?
Sure, one can't get too many hugs..
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Adios, Mi Amigos!
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Sure, one can't get too many hugs..
Agreed --
Mammy and Woody, you're hugs are dually noted!
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Just read the story about the "judge" who is suing a dry cleaners for $65 mil. I hope they hang HIM out to try. This is everything that's wrong with the judicial system in this country - someone who has money abusing the system. I know this from first hand experience, believe me. This cretin should be dis-barred and thrown out of town on a rail. Happily, there is a groundswell of support for the Korean cleaners, and one prominent person is asking that this judge not have his position renewed (it's coming up). They need to protect people who are sued for frivolous and malicious reasons by wealthy people who ultimately have to settle cases they might even win because they can't afford to keep on with it, said settlement coming only after the wealthy and malicious people have cost the person their suing so much money that they've probably harmed them for years to come.
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Will we never get to page six?
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Mr. Spirtas has come and gone and in about thirty minutes I'll head over for my breakfast meeting.
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DR Matt posted this first. Kudos to Matt.
Thanks for the "insight", S. Woody.
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Back from world-record setting. We had to re-enact it for the news. Twice.
In my opinion, if the news people can't get there on time for a scheduled news event, they lose out and the competition who got there on time should get the story.
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Now to catch up on all I didn't get done while gone, and there is lots of it!
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Just read the story about the "judge" who is suing a dry cleaners for $65 mil. I hope they hang HIM out to try. This is everything that's wrong with the judicial system in this country - someone who has money abusing the system. I know this from first hand experience, believe me. This cretin should be dis-barred and thrown out of town on a rail. Happily, there is a groundswell of support for the Korean cleaners, and one prominent person is asking that this judge not have his position renewed (it's coming up). They need to protect people who are sued for frivolous and malicious reasons by wealthy people who ultimately have to settle cases they might even win because they can't afford to keep on with it, said settlement coming only after the wealthy and malicious people have cost the person their suing so much money that they've probably harmed them for years to come.
Absolutely! 8)
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Linda Blair is quite lovely...and she does a LOT of her own skating!
Someone should have told the writers and the director that roller skating is not an Olympic event.
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Linda Blair is quite lovely...and she does a LOT of her own skating!
Someone should have told the writers and the director that roller skating is not an Olympic event.
Glad to see you're indulging in the classics, Jack!
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Tupperware, anyone? :)
(http://www.nypost.com/seven/05032007/photos/rev074.jpg)
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Do you have any garlic keepers?
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BK ~ I saw your post asking DR ELmo about the NYMF. I'm not sure what info you or Lar were needing, but on the NYMF website I found a news release dated around March 2nd or so saying they had just closed the submission process and the judges were starting to look through the entries and they would be announcing those selected in about three months -- so I assume around the first part of June (?)...
Thank you, DR Miss Karen! No one from NYMF has returned my call, and I'm afraid if I'm too anxious, they'll reject The Brain.
In 30 minutes, I'm off to the doctor. This morning, after a great deal of discomfort, I scheduled an emergency appointment to have this awful back pain examined.
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I must say, getting home early enough to catch the soaps is so educational: I've learned more than I ever want to know about genital herpes, and I'm puzzled by this concept of "freshness": the men either change a shirt or add some deodorant under their arms, but the ladies are advised to use FDS or scented douches. Why do I find this offensive to women?
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Linda Blair is quite lovely...and she does a LOT of her own skating!
Someone should have told the writers and the director that roller skating is not an Olympic event.
And here I just thought I had missed the broadcast of the event!
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I recall hearing about something called Aromarama.
after the attack of skunkus dinosaurus yesterday I will pass on aromarama!
Was finally able ot get back on -- too many connections.
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The attack of Skunkus Dinosaurus...
Yesterday the day dawned bright and the birds sang however, there was a foul odor in the air and it grew worse as the day went on.
A chat show on the radio had callers describing the smell the covered the cities of Fargo, Moorhead, West Fargo and Dilworth and could be detected as much as 10 miles away. Yes we were caught in a stench the size of a dinosaur!
I loved the guesses in this stinky mystery:
The lies of Bush and Cheney are beginning to reek
NDSU cow barns having a fart
a warehouse of rotten eggs
Industrial fart
The BEet Plant.
One woman who was driving in from Barnesville, MN even remarked that it was either the beet plant or the fossiled remains of skunkus dinosaurus have been found and it was letting the stink off.
Of course the local beet plant, American Crystal Sugar denied initially and said it was perhaps a dead animal or two along the river. IMHO, one dead animal would not give off a stench to cover 20 square miles.
AS of late last night MPCA and the EPA traced it back to the beet plant. Their explanation... We stand by our assertions.
IT was foul!
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hugs and vibes to one and all!
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DR RonP, re: American Idol.
I agree that Melinda and Lakisha have great voices. But at least for me, Lakisha has been off quite a few weeks now (this week i liked her a lot). To me being the winner is not just about having a good voice, it's about the total package. I love watching what blake does. I have never seen another performer like him. But i have been so bored watching many of lakisha's performances. And i just can't imagine sitting through a concert with just her.
I still think melinda is america's favorite. But who knows.
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after the attack of skunkus dinosaurus yesterday I will pass on aromarama!
Was finally able ot get back on -- too many connections.
Yep, cyber overload here at HHW (must be all of those lurkers jammin' the circuits) -- "too many connections" was flashing here in AZ, too.
How ya doing, DCelt, and how are things with your family? You sounded stressed in one of your posts from the other day (recap post to honor Mr P..)... I've been errant and truant for a while, so I'm way behind (another recap post for Mr P)...
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HOlding my own... About ready to string up my one sister and aunt vulture
You have been missed Karen.. How are you doing
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Sending vibes of annoyance to DR DakotaCelt's sister and Aunt Vulture!
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TOD: No clue.
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I'm not sure if anybody here watches Gilmore Girls (spoilers for this past week's show). But the episode was so wonderful, I actually had tears running down my cheeks.
I feel bad that the writers do not know (i don't think) whether the show will be back next year. I hate that when a show has been on a number of years. They should have to let the writers write a proper ending.
THIS WEEK'S SPOILERS.
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Stars Hollow (the little town where Lauren Graham (aka laurelai) lives) had karaoke night. Anyhow rory (her college aged daugher) was upset. So she asked her mom (who is her best friend) to sing something.
Laurelai didn't want to but decided to sing "I will always love you" to her daughter (who was upset she didn't get in at the NY Times).
Anyhow (and this is the part that made me teary), in the middle of her singing, her long-time love luke (who she was engaged to) walks in. And she has to continue singing all the mushy parts. She sees him, chokies up. Everyone else there turns and sees him. And what ensues is the most beautiful scene.
If she ever wants a chance at an emmy, she should submit this scene.
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HOlding my own... About ready to string up my one sister and aunt vulture
You have been missed Karen.. How are you doing
Great -- just errant and truant...A good stringing might be in order for those two...
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Back from morning meeting, which was nice. In a while, I shall jog, then get ready for my three o'clock afternoon meeting.
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...mini-break time is over, so back to Errant and Truant (good friends of mine these days...)..that can be my new nickname, ET
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Great -- just errant and truant...A good stringing might be in order for those two...
Hopefully things will settle a bit and you can visit more.. Take care!
I agree on a good stringing. I am convinced there will be a day when I will get my comeuppance with them
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WHy is it always so difficult to search for remastered releases on Amazon? I'm trying to find the new Sondheim reissues, but they are impossible to find! Does anyone (DR George) have a link?
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Sondheim reissues
Woods (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0009A40MA/ref=nosim/talkinbroadway)
Merrily (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0009A40L6/ref=nosim/talkinbroadway)
Sunday (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0009A40KW/ref=nosim/talkinbroadway)
Sweeney (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0009941IE/ref=nosim/talkinbroadway)
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It was my limited experience with THE GILMORE GIRLS, that the "characters" were all mouthpieces for philosophies and angst of the writers - very much in the vein of the DESIGNING WOMEN.
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Yes...DR RLP....or as Mr Tony Curtis dubbed them: "Duh classics."
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Widescreen movies should be seen in widescreen....even MOTHRA.
http://www.widescreen.org/examples/godzilla_mothra/index.shtml (http://www.widescreen.org/examples/godzilla_mothra/index.shtml)
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Interesting tidbit:
At three minutes and four seconds after 2:00 AM on the 6th of May this year, and again after 2:00 PM on Sunday, the time and date will be:
02:03:04 05/06/07[/size]
:D
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I must say, getting home early enough to catch the soaps is so educational: I've learned more than I ever want to know about genital herpes, and I'm puzzled by this concept of "freshness": the men either change a shirt or add some deodorant under their arms, but the ladies are advised to use FDS or scented douches. Why do I find this offensive to women?
;D
This woman says thank you, DR ELMORE. In our effort to sell products I'm afraid we've perverted all sorts of stuff. Or did our perversion come first??
In any case, yes, much is offensive.
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Back from a jog, and shall now go pick up mail.
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Cool singdaw!
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Interesting tidbit:
At three minutes and four seconds after 2:00 AM on the 6th of May this year, and again after 2:00 PM on Sunday, the time and date will be:
02:03:04 05/06/07[/size]
:D
I am scared. 8)
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End times a-comin'?
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:: stinks head outside... sniffs... ::::
Still stinks outside... Either the beet plant, some foriegn algae or someone has opened a confined hobby farm of ticked skunks in Clay county, MN!
It is definitely coming from the east.
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Off to work... Will try and check inlater tonight.
Have a good afternoon everyone!
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Definitely does not smell like horse, cow or pig...
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Have packaged up a few orders, which I'll ship first thing in the morning. I think I'm just about caught up.
Will now get ready for three o'clock meeting, which is way over by Vermont and Hollywood Blvd.
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Will we never get to page six?
Yes.
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It's clouding up outside now, so we may finally get that rain they've been talking about for the last two days.
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I had a good afternoon of viewing. I began with part two of BRANDO from TCM. Interesting bits from films and opinions of him from a wide variety of friends and co-stars.
Really makes me wish I had seen part one, however, since the bulk of his great work is contained in the first half of his career. I'll keep an eye out for a rebroadcast.
I don't know why Warners didn't include this in the Brando boxed set from a couple of months ago. Maybe it couldn't premiere on DVD if they wanted prize consideration from Cannes and/or the Academy.
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Next came last night's MEDIUM. The beginning of a story arc featuring Neve Campbell, and I found it most interesting that Allison really doesn't have what we think of as friends. She has her work colleagues, her husband and children, but no girl friends or men friends to do things with. I hadn't thought about that until last night's episode.
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CSI : NY featured two new cases (a guy wearing an angel costume and a cold case that brought in Danny Pino from COLD CASE's Philadelphia bureau). We also got to see what really happened on the roof last week with the Gary Sinese and Joey Lawrence characters. That should also take us to the season finale. Now he and Stella are hiding truths from their superiors.
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I also began watching a neat little programmer called WHIPLASH starring Dane Clark and Alan Hale. Got about 30 minutes in.
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DREAMGIRLS on Blu-ray came in the mail today, so I know exactly what I'll be watching when I go back down.
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I have to be x-rayed for "lumbago," which seems a portmanteau for numerous back pains. On the positive side, my blood pressure is great!
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Ironic since DR Jennifer was just writing about it, but I just read that the CW's GILMORE GIRLS has been canceled for next season.
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Heading down now to get a head start on DREAMGIRLS.
WBBL
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Page Seven Lucius Malfoy Dance!!!
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It's been an at-my-desk day here at work. This morning I sent emails promoting the May programs for nonprofits, then went to lunch with a friend who works in another department. We went to our favorite bagel cafe, where I had a sun-dried tomato bagel with fresh veggies and low-fat cream cheese - yum. This afternoon I was supposed to "attend" a free eSeminar, but there were technical difficulties. Oh, well.
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Sure, one can't get too many hugs..
A Hug for Boo-Key!
That's the title of either my next illustrated children's book, or the cheap VCR tape I'm sending to DR Elmore.
:o
::)
;D
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Thanks for the "insight", S. Woody.
You're welcome.
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Thank you, DR Miss Karen! No one from NYMF has returned my call, and I'm afraid if I'm too anxious, they'll reject The Brain.
In 30 minutes, I'm off to the doctor. This morning, after a great deal of discomfort, I scheduled an emergency appointment to have this awful back pain examined.
Back vibes to you, DR Elmore!
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Isn't that a childrens' rhyme:
Lumbago , rise and try some yoga?
(If the original means nothing then please ignore this post as being a cultural oddity)
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...mini-break time is over, so back to Errant and Truant (good friends of mine these days...)..that can be my new nickname, ET
Dorothy runs across the barnyard to the storm cellar doors, with Toto in her arms. Unable to get the doors to open, and with the tornado bearing down in her direction, she screams in terror -
Auntie ET! Auntie ET!
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I have to be x-rayed for "lumbago," which seems a portmanteau for numerous back pains. On the positive side, my blood pressure is great!
DH Richard and I can both speak from experience - back pain is NO fun. Feel better soon, DR Elmore!
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DR Elmore - That very small man who "conducts" may have a small doll with pins in its back. Buy one of your own and place the pins in interesting places.
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Or take the small doll and send it to DR DakotaCelt, for some "aroma therapy"!
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Since the heat is still on at the library they have the front doors open and it really reeks!
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Since the heat is still on at the library they have the front doors open and it really reeks!
Because the doors are open? Or because the heat is on?
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Der Brucer is outside, weed-whacking the growth along the street (our "yard").
He wasn't happy when I told him that the goldenrod had to go. "They're weeds," I said. "By whose standards?" he protested.
And we've got to head to the store, for din-din stuff.
I'm thinking a chile relleno casarole for the fifth. This still leaves me puzzling over tonight's dinner (what, oh what to do with chicken thighs) and tomorrow (what, oh what to do when I've an evening shift that doesn't end until nine).
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I thought the Queen looked refreshingly lovely today, dressed in lilac and Barbie pink.
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Because the doors are open? Or because the heat is on?
Brain fry...
Doors are open because of the heat being on
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Brain fry...
Doors are open because of the heat being on
And the reek? Coming from the outside or the inside?
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Amazon.com has told me it is sending a replacement Tyrone Power DVD box via 1-day express shipping. I got the shipping notification this afternoon.
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Woods (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0009A40MA/ref=nosim/talkinbroadway)
Merrily (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0009A40L6/ref=nosim/talkinbroadway)
Sunday (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0009A40KW/ref=nosim/talkinbroadway)
Sweeney (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0009941IE/ref=nosim/talkinbroadway)
Many thanks, DR Singdaw.
Based on Steven Suskin's reviews on Playbill.com, I'm considering ordering SWEENEY, WOODS and SUNDAY. Not so much for the extras, but for the improved sound.
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Still catching up.
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And the reek? Coming from the outside or the inside?
You must have skipped posts, DR Ron, because DCelt has mentioned the foul smell that pervades her whole neighborhood.....
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The attack of Skunkus Dinosaurus...
Yesterday the day dawned bright and the birds sang however, there was a foul odor in the air and it grew worse as the day went on.
A chat show on the radio had callers describing the smell the covered the cities of Fargo, Moorhead, West Fargo and Dilworth and could be detected as much as 10 miles away. Yes we were caught in a stench the size of a dinosaur!
I loved the guesses in this stinky mystery:
The lies of Bush and Cheney are beginning to reek
NDSU cow barns having a fart
a warehouse of rotten eggs
Industrial fart
The BEet Plant.
One woman who was driving in from Barnesville, MN even remarked that it was either the beet plant or the fossiled remains of skunkus dinosaurus have been found and it was letting the stink off.
Of course the local beet plant, American Crystal Sugar denied initially and said it was perhaps a dead animal or two along the river. IMHO, one dead animal would not give off a stench to cover 20 square miles.
AS of late last night MPCA and the EPA traced it back to the beet plant. Their explanation... We stand by our assertions.
IT was foul!
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Amazon.com has told me it is sending a replacement Tyrone Power DVD box via 1-day express shipping. I got the shipping notification this afternoon.
Amazon.com delivery -- at least for foreign customers -- is now VERY slow!
More than a month to deliver an order from the US to Canada!
Ain't what it used to be! :-\
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It's a gala night at Alice Tully Hall (http://www.pbs.org/previews/lincolncenter-special/) on PBS tonight.
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Just read the story about the "judge" who is suing a dry cleaners for $65 mil. I hope they hang HIM out to try. This is everything that's wrong with the judicial system in this country - someone who has money abusing the system. I know this from first hand experience, believe me. This cretin should be dis-barred and thrown out of town on a rail. Happily, there is a groundswell of support for the Korean cleaners, and one prominent person is asking that this judge not have his position renewed (it's coming up). They need to protect people who are sued for frivolous and malicious reasons by wealthy people who ultimately have to settle cases they might even win because they can't afford to keep on with it, said settlement coming only after the wealthy and malicious people have cost the person their suing so much money that they've probably harmed them for years to come.
I saw an interview on TV with the couple who are being sued and it was just heartbreaking what that guy is doing to them. He is not a nice man. >:(
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Good Morning! Good Afternoon! Good Evening!
-Just "catching up" as it were on my daily greetings, and now I shall catch up on today's posts.
*Can you say, "Overtime"?
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Many thanks, DR Singdaw.
Based on Steven Suskin's reviews on Playbill.com, I'm considering ordering SWEENEY, WOODS and SUNDAY. Not so much for the extras, but for the improved sound.
May I suggest this store to get those at a very good price and much better service than amazon.com; their postal charges are unbeattable!
BK has been a customer of them in the past and can testify how efficient they are!
My recommendation:
http://www.cdconnection.com/
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Many thanks, DR Singdaw.
Based on Steven Suskin's reviews on Playbill.com, I'm considering ordering SWEENEY, WOODS and SUNDAY. Not so much for the extras, but for the improved sound.
You are right; Angela NOW sounds like Patti L.! :D
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Many thanks, DR Singdaw.
Based on Steven Suskin's reviews on Playbill.com, I'm considering ordering SWEENEY, WOODS and SUNDAY. Not so much for the extras, but for the improved sound.
Speaking of Steven Suskin, I saw him yesterday. We talked about The Brain and his new book. He says Fynsworth Alley never sends him anything to review.
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Speaking of Steven Suskin, I saw him yesterday. We talked about The Brain and his new book. He says Fynsworth Alley never sends him anything to review.
Are they actually still producing new stuff?? ::)
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Interesting tidbit:
At three minutes and four seconds after 2:00 AM on the 6th of May this year, and again after 2:00 PM on Sunday, the time and date will be:
02:03:04 05/06/07[/size]
:D
Of course, this is only in America. In England and other countries, the date 05/06/07 is read as 5 June, 2007. So, this phenomenon will happen again. ;)
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I saw an interview on TV with the couple who are being sued and it was just heartbreaking what that guy is doing to them. He is not a nice man. >:(
I agree. I hope the judge hearing this case throws the jerk out of court or awards him $0.01!
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Are they actually still producing new stuff?? ::)
Spoo! I meant Kritzerland never sends him anything to review.
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I leave for three hours and we're still on page seven? Will we never get to page eight?
What are they going to send him to review?
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I agree. I hope the judge hearing this case throws the jerk out of court or awards him $0.01!
I don't think he should be awarded even a penny. That would mean that he won the case and the couple would have to pay for all the court costs...and that would not be good. :-\
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Speaking of a review, here's a rave review for the CD of The Brain From Planet X. The Last Starfighter gets a nice plug, too.
http://potomacstages.com/BooksCDs/CDBrainFromPlanetX.htm
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It's a gala night at Alice Tully Hall (http://www.pbs.org/previews/lincolncenter-special/) on PBS tonight.
We've watched the opening and loved it. When DH Richard and I are in NYC next month, I'd like to spend the day at Lincoln Center.
DR Elmore - can we make a date to go to the library on Friday, June 29? We'll buy lunch!
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Excellent review, BK!
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You're right. DR George. I guess the asshole judge suing them should lose because those nice people don't deserve this megillah. They even found his pants and he's still being deliberately cruel. we need to find an address and send hatemail.
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That judge reminds me of other people who maliciously sued someone, deliberately causing them grief.
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elmore gets a nice mention in the review, as does Vinnie and our reed player.
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Excellent review, BK!
Yes, it was. DR Ginny, if I'm not trying to evict DR MBarnum from the fire escape, perhaps.
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UGLY BETTY is quite strange tonight, and very funny.
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That is a great review, BK! Congrats!
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Many thanks, DR Singdaw.
Based on Steven Suskin's reviews on Playbill.com, I'm considering ordering SWEENEY, WOODS and SUNDAY. Not so much for the extras, but for the improved sound.
I'm thinking about getting some of these, but for the bonus tracks that I don't already have. I keep forgetting to look at specifically what has already been released.
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Any DR's had an issue with ordering "The Creature Wasn't Nice" ?? I ordered it over two weeks ago and haven't heard a thing. I sent an email to the address included in the paypal invoice and have heard nothing. Anyone have the same experience?
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Hi all. Forgive this short post but there isn't anything really to report. It's so hard to believe it's already been a week. I remember watching Ugly Betty last week at the hospital ER room.
I made it though a whole day at work and was able to get Bonnie her tag. You know I never put that many miles on her but she's making up for lost time now. I'm up to over 13, 000. It is nice to have something dependable to drive. I'm so glad I just had a tune up/oil change/air filter/flush and fill done just last month.
I got my hair cut super short tonight. I just didn't want to deal with it with all that is going on. I'm lucky I didn't pull a Brittney and just get the whole mess shaved off. It looks ok but not what I would choose at any other time. It will serve me well during this time.
I have to get up at five AM to go back to work. I'm feeling very tired right now. The work day took forever to be over and I worried about Mom the whole time I was there.
Oh, I tried to get a hold of my doctor and couldn't reach anyone until noon. Then they couldn't fit me in. I said the heck with it. I bought some St. Johns Wort. Let's see if that does something for me.
Laters all.
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Hi, DR Danise! {{{Hugs}}}
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DR Danise, take care of yourself! I send my love and good wishes.
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TOD:
I can't recall what widescreen movies I might have seen but I know I saw POLYESTER in Odorama.
That movie stinks!
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OK... I'm all caught up...
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DR elmore - Hope the x-ray found the source of your pain. Get any good meds? ;)
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(((((Danise)))))
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I hope you are feeling better, DR Elmore.
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DRs DearReaderLaura and Sandra - So... Will your names appear in the next edition of the Guiness Book of World Records?
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Well, ain't that something --- a road kill cake ... hmmm, what sort of event/party would you serve a possum cake at?
Arkansas wedding.
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...And I actually did try to post during my lunch break today, but kept getting the "too many connections" error message.
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DRs DearReaderLaura and Sandra - So... Will your names appear in the next edition of the Guiness Book of World Records?
No, but it will be in my obituary. ;)
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Any DR's had an issue with ordering "The Creature Wasn't Nice" ?? I ordered it over two weeks ago and haven't heard a thing. I sent an email to the address included in the paypal invoice and have heard nothing. Anyone have the same experience?
No, mine came very quickly.
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Mr. Spirtas has come and gone and in about thirty minutes.
Yes, so I've heard!
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No, mine came very quickly.
Mine, too. :-\
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Well, ain't that something --- a road kill cake ... hmmm, what sort of event/party would you serve a possum cake at?
At a Dame Edna party, mate!! ;)
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Possum cake dance!
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Matthew, e-mail them again and tell them you are a friend of mine - that should get them off their asses.
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DR Cillaliz...
I was wondering, if during the course of your work day, you are required to track billable hours. I would hate it if I had to to that!
[how would I record all the time spent at HHW, for example? :) ]
Well, we sort of do...they aren't billable, so no one is very careful about it. It's just the government making us keep track. We get paid a salary so it is what it is. I will have to do billable hours in the future, but I just wouldn't bill for the time I'm on HHW. When I can work like I want to, it ends up like today. I worked all morning, did a few things out of the office in the afternoon (my worst time to concentrate) then I went back and did some writing for about 2 1/2 hours tonight when it's quiet and I can concentrate.
I'm looking forward to being able to do that again
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DR Tomovoz - I just got home, and found that your package arrived today...thank you so very much! As it is late, and at the end of a very long day, with a very early morning tomorrow, it will remain until the weekend to find out if I'm compatible, but find out I shall.
Thanks again! :) :)
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Only 3 pages in the last 6 hours? Sheesh!
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Just read the story about the "judge" who is suing a dry cleaners for $65 mil. I hope they hang HIM out to try. This is everything that's wrong with the judicial system in this country - someone who has money abusing the system. I know this from first hand experience, believe me. This cretin should be dis-barred and thrown out of town on a rail. Happily, there is a groundswell of support for the Korean cleaners, and one prominent person is asking that this judge not have his position renewed (it's coming up). They need to protect people who are sued for frivolous and malicious reasons by wealthy people who ultimately have to settle cases they might even win because they can't afford to keep on with it, said settlement coming only after the wealthy and malicious people have cost the person their suing so much money that they've probably harmed them for years to come.
I agree with you on this one BK, and the problem is all these frivilous law suits hurt the people who are really harmed and need to use the justice system as it was really intended
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Matthew - I just spoke to Buy Soundtrax, and your CD will be on its way in the next day or so. Apparently, all paypal orders from the last two weeks just sat there because the guy who processes them had to have surgery.
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Is this a slow news day here at haineshisway.com?
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Not really in a movie mood, so I think I'll watch the Brando documentary on TCM.
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Post, you blackguards, or you'll feel me whip on your fine, soft fleshy bits.
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I was going to post something, but I forgot what it was. Must have been important.
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Hi! Long day. Boo has been throwing up a lot lately so we went to the vet again where I learned "Cats were designed for vomiting" I had to really laugh at that one.
Now I have meds to give her....to help with her acid reflux. She got an anti-inflamatory shot too. She's like a new cat tonight, or I should say like her old self, running around, fighting with Callie and now she's curled up on my lap purring.
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Since this has been chronic, the vet is giving her 30 days and if she's not better, he said he'll need to do a scope and look at her esophagus,stomach and on down. I'm hoping to avoid that.
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Since this has been chronic, the vet is giving her 30 days and if she's not better, he said he'll need to do a scope and look at her esophagus,stomach and on down. I'm hoping to avoid that.
..........and so is the cat!
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Oh, on the bright side, I had a call telling me that the new office has been painted and there was a sample of the carpet I picked out available for me to take home. So after the jaunt to the vet, I took Boo home and then went to the new office. I love the paint. and the carpet looks great with it. I brought the sample home and it goes perfectly with the chairs I bought. Cool beans
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I leave for three hours and we're still on page seven? Will we never get to page eight?
Certainly.
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..........and so is the cat!
;D
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So now you know why I had to go back to the office for 2 1/2 hours tonight
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I am posting.
My thumb was green all day today.
I am watching The Office.
The end.
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I had more than two hours before prime time tonight, and so I watched the Blu-ray disc of DREAMGIRLS. I enjoyed it just as much as when I saw it in the theater. I was even more impressed with Eddie Murphy's work (particularly his vocals) hearing them through my surround sound set-up.
The video quality of the Blu-ray is definitely reference quality high def video, a sharp and colorful as anything I've seen yet on the format. Superb.
The audio is a Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 surround track (higher bit rate than regular Dolby Digital), and it's superb, too. Not as thrilling as CHICAGO's Blu-ray audio track, but very, very pleasurable.
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And, DR JRand: DREAMGIRLS is a 2.35:1 film (I had forgotten it was this wide), so if you're watching a full frame version, you're missing 45% of the picture and can't possibly make an informed decision about the quality of the film. Yes, you're going to hear the music side well enough, but the framing of the film, the choreography of the numbers, and the overall direction is going to be horribly distorted by the cropping.
Hate to keep harping on it, but it DOES make a difference.
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I am quite sleepy. It's been quite a week. The other lawyer is gone tomorrow and I think I've got an easy day. I"m looking forward to hanging out at the office, organizing some files and basically doing a lot of nothing.
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So, is there a photo of the green thumbs? Did I miss it?
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I enjoyed UGLY BETTY very much. I was hoping Daniel would do something about Betty's problem. Henry and Betty continue to make beautiful music together. I was surprised the Alexis storyline took the turn it did so soon.
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GREY'S ANATOMY.
Well,as for Addison's pilot sequences for her new series, I like every one of those actors who would be regulars, and I didn't like ANY of the characters they were playing. Perhaps they would grow on me after a time, but my initial impression wasn't a positive one.
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Nice review, Bruce!
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The building manager was trying to be helpful today. She told me that there was a conference table and chairs that I could get for a donation to a group in the building. So I went to look at it. It looked like a broken big kitchen table with chairs that didn't match each other. I realize she was trying to help them get rid of it and help me get a table, but it was in sad shape. I can do better than that. I thanked her and told her I'd think about it.
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As for the Seattle Grace part of tonight's two hour episode, I thought they got the shaft. Baby steps forward with all of the characters, but naturally they're whom I'm really interested in, and we hardly got to spend any quality time with them. Frustrating.
I was very surprised about the Mare Winningham storyline.
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People would be shocked, though, at how careless and cavalier professionals can be with recording their time, even when they're billing by the hour.
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And one for moolah
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GREY'S ANATOMY.
Well,as for Addison's pilot sequences for her new series, I like every one of those actors who would be regulars, and I didn't like ANY of the characters they were playing. Perhaps they would grow on me after a time, but my initial impression wasn't a positive one.
I wasn't thrilled by them, but I think they have potential. There was all kinds of possibilities for developing the back stories with the little hints here and there. I think I'd give it a chance.
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After I finished DREAMGIRLS and before UGLY BETTY came on, I had a chance to watch a couple more WILL & GRACE episodes.
Funny casting in the one that featured Hal Linden who takes Will on for a short time as a boy toy. Once he throws Will over and takes up a new boy toy named Sebastian, the actor who played Sebastian was none other than the new SUperman himself, Brandon Routh.
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People would be shocked, though, at how careless and cavalier professionals can be with recording their time, even when they're billing by the hour.
Lots and lots of conferences about things?
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GREY'S ANATOMY SPOILERS!!!!!!
As for the Seattle Grace part of tonight's two hour episode, I thought they got the shaft. Baby steps forward with all of the characters, but naturally they're whom I'm really interested in, and we hardly got to spend any quality time with them. Frustrating.
I was very surprised about the Mare Winningham storyline.
Me too, I'm wondering if Meredith will now be taking care of her dad. I know he blames her, but she's going to have to have something to do while Derek is doing other things...
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I wasn't thrilled by them, but I think they have potential. There was all kinds of possibilities for developing the back stories with the little hints here and there. I think I'd give it a chance.
Looking back at the GREY'S pilot, I was immediately intrigued by every single character. I didn't sense any unusual people that match the feistiness of Dr. Bailey or the supreme cockiness of Dr. Burke, not to mention those terrific interns who are all so individualistic.
These folks ALL seemed damaged and needy and, to be frank, a little off-putting.
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Or just sloppiness about recording time. An employee makes a small fraction of what he or she is being billed at in many cases, and is under pressure to be billable, so doesn't think about the fact that the half-hour he charged for 5 minutes work is costing the client close to $200.
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The free cats are always the expensive ones, Cillaliz.
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Looking back at the GREY'S pilot, I was immediately intrigued by every single character. I didn't sense any unusual people that match the feistiness of Dr. Bailey or the supreme cockiness of Dr. Burke, not to mention those terrific interns who are all so individualistic.
These folks ALL seemed damaged and needy and, to be frank, a little off-putting.
Well it is Los Angeles ;)
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The other WILL & GRACE episodes I watched introduced Dave Foley as Jack's new boy friend, and then the episode where they joined WIll at a cooking class. Both of them were pleasant episodes that had good comic moments.
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Well it is Los Angeles ;)
Ah, yes! THAT explains it! ;D
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So, is there a photo of the green thumbs? Did I miss it?
They're supposed to email it to us.
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The free cats are always the expensive ones, Cillaliz.
Well,. so far so good on that. Callie has been the most expensive so far, but they saved her life and that was 2 1/2 years ago, so I'm cool with it
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After lurking and sleeping all day I am feeling better.
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I wish I could have pets...I would love a black labrador
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((Danise))
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Vibes to Cilla's DC Boo!!!
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Thanks Dakota.
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I hear ya Adriana... I miss having a pet also. Love dogs and I would not mind a corgi, terrier or an aussie shepherd.
My deepest desire would be to have an Irish Wolfhound but they need a lot of space. Beautiful dogs though.
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Cilla, she is a pretty cat.
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Heading downstairs to bed now.
Good night!
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I am quite tired after having only five hours of sleep. Perhaps I'll post the notes early. Perhaps not. I watched the Brando documentary - it turns out at ninety minutes it was only part one. Who knew? I looked at the other listings for Brando and nowhere, not one single place, did it say part two of the documentary. Are they showing part two again?
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Shore is quiet around these here parts.
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Will we never get to page eleven?
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Richard Thomas is our newest member. I had no idea he lived in Russia.
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I'm the only one in the jernt? Skammen.
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amazing..
I have roamed in...
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Thought I would roam in and say good night to one and all before I ambled off to finish up a paper due tomorrow.
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Will make it to 300 at least
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Contemplating going horseback riding this weekend...
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Page 11 dance!!
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Matthew - I just spoke to Buy Soundtrax, and your CD will be on its way in the next day or so. Apparently, all paypal orders from the last two weeks just sat there because the guy who processes them had to have surgery.
bk, thanks for your call. I appreciate it!