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Title: THE CRUMBLING MIND
Post by: bk on September 16, 2006, 12:28:19 AM: Well, you've read the notes, the notes were whatEVER, and now it is time for you to post until the crumbling cows come home.
Title: Re:THE CRUMBLING MIND
Post by: bk on September 16, 2006, 12:33:28 AM: And the word of the day is: USUFRUCT!
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Post by: Tomovoz on September 16, 2006, 02:20:56 AM: Flamin' frangipanni, usufruct was not a word I expected to see used in such bonza company cobber.
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Post by: Tomovoz on September 16, 2006, 04:35:35 AM: Good morning DRs Ben and Elmore.
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Post by: Ben on September 16, 2006, 04:37:45 AM: Good Morning Tom and Larry. Saturday morning at the office and a quick peek at HHW before I move on to the Goldman Fund.

Larry glad to hear the show is sold out in the evenings but that means I probably won't be able to see it.
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Post by: Tomovoz on September 16, 2006, 04:45:37 AM: Hope the day goes well for you DR Ben.

I attended a Wedding celebration today. OzDerek's friends Paul & Brad used the recent English law changes.
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Post by: elmore3003 on September 16, 2006, 04:45:53 AM: Good morning, all! I am having the eMac blues today! My email is not loading in on my server, which is Netscape. I can retrieve it through Webmail and my Mac Mail, but my primary server is not working, and it's the email system I like. I spent about 90 minutes on the phone last evening with Time Warner and nothing worked. In the past, someone in CustomerServiceLand (Canada, I think) tweaked and rebooted the modem and all was well. Right now, I can retrieve about half the email in my Inbox and receive nothing new. I hope this doesn't mean a new one, because at the moment - between the IRS, my health insurance, trips to Ohio, and no paying jobs coming along - baby needs bucks!

I also received, before all hell broke loose, an email from the drummer saying the sound was screwed up at yesterday's performance. What the hell is the problem with these theatre "sound" people? Jonathan Tunick hates them, I hate them. Damn.

So, I am a very unhappy camper this morning. Hello, DR Tomovoz! Howdy, DR Ben! I hope you two can cheer me up.
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Post by: Tomovoz on September 16, 2006, 04:49:19 AM: "Cheer Up Charlie" . You could have to sit through Depp's Wonka! You could have to attend a four day ALW festival with Bernadette doing most of the singing. Life could be worse. I'll buy you a meal in a week's time.
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Post by: elmore3003 on September 16, 2006, 04:52:54 AM: Quote from: Tomovoz on September 16, 2006, 04:49:19 AM
"Cheer Up Charlie" . You could have to sit through Depp's Wonka! You could have to attend a four day ALW festival with Bernadette doing most of the singing. Life could be worse. I'll buy you a meal in a week's time.

What do I have to do to get a Big eMac out of you?
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Post by: Tomovoz on September 16, 2006, 04:53:07 AM: Whistling the "Carmen Boogie" may cheer you up.
- a boogie with the Carmen touch -.

Everything is for the best in this best of all possible ....

Is there a connection between Bernstein's "Oh Happy We" and ALW's "Love Changes Everything"?
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Post by: Tomovoz on September 16, 2006, 04:55:03 AM: Quote from: elmore3003 on September 16, 2006, 04:52:54 AM
What do I have to do to get a Big eMac out of you?
I would not ask TCB that?

Giving an Apple a day is not part of my philosophy. Maybe you need a pocketful of miracles.
Title: Re:THE CRUMBLING MIND
Post by: elmore3003 on September 16, 2006, 05:04:48 AM: Quote from: Tomovoz on September 16, 2006, 04:53:07 AM
Whistling the "Carmen Boogie" may cheer you up.
- a boogie with the Carmen touch -.

Everything is for the best in this best of all possible ....

Is there a connection between Bernstein's "Oh Happy We" and ALW's "Love Changes Everything"?

Petty larceny, perhaps?
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Post by: S. Woody White on September 16, 2006, 05:05:27 AM: Quote from: bk on September 16, 2006, 12:33:28 AM
And the word of the day is: USUFRUCT!
Poor Motel was confused. He had CUT US FUR coats from what he had thought was a gift from Lazar Wolf, but Lazar then claimed that it was not a gift but a loan, and that Motel had violated that loan's USUFRUCT. By golly, it was that whole horse/mule business all over again!
Title: Re:THE CRUMBLING MIND
Post by: Tomovoz on September 16, 2006, 05:06:08 AM: How many pettys add up to a grand?
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Post by: Tomovoz on September 16, 2006, 05:08:20 AM: Goodnight DRs Elmore and SWoody. Enjoy your Saturday.
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Post by: S. Woody White on September 16, 2006, 05:10:19 AM: Things will get better, dear Elmore!

I'm just not sure when. :-\
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Post by: S. Woody White on September 16, 2006, 05:14:45 AM: Quote from: Tomovoz on September 16, 2006, 05:08:20 AM
Goodnight DRs Elmore and SWoody. Enjoy your Saturday.
Thank-you, DR Tomovoz. I should try to get another hour of shut-eye myself, for der B and I will have a very long day today. (The pups are so used to their doggy-biscuit breakfast being served by seven that the deliberately woke me up!)

How, oh how, are we going to entertain DR Jose after the matinee of Cabaret? Enquiring minds want to know!!!

(Keep the suggestions clean, folks! We cannot afford a hotel room, and none of us is named Smith!)
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Post by: elmore3003 on September 16, 2006, 05:17:01 AM: Quote from: S. Woody White on September 16, 2006, 05:10:19 AM
Things will get better, dear Elmore!

I'm just not sure when. :-\

All I have to do is outlive it!
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Post by: Jennifer on September 16, 2006, 05:52:33 AM: DR SWW, re: the cake pan situation. When i say i was livid, i do not mean that i yelled at the clerk. I was mostly livid inside. But I did talk to her about the problem.

But the weirdest thing happened when i went back to pick up the pan. The clerk was the sweetest nicest clerk ever.

And she told me she was giving me the pan rental for free.

And she said it was a big mistake and not my fault.

And she talked to the manager of the store about it because she was upset that this had happened.

Took me totally offguard since i came in and did not say anything (except to ask if i was supposed to pay now or later).

I mean I guess i'm not surprised that this woman realized i was right (since i was). I mean if i reserve a pan for friday and am told to pick it up at 10am. I obviously would not expect it to not be there at noon.

She was actually more annoyed with the weekend staff for not writing what they told me on their records.

And actually I had no idea that they would rent the pan the day before me. I've never rented a pan before. They put it at the counter implying that it would not be rented again before friday (i had no idea carebear pans were that popular).

Anyhow it is interesting how you see it from the clerk's point of you. In fairness to the clerk i did not realize that she was the one who actually rented the pan the day before. She was very sorry (after) and said if she had known, she would have only rented it if the woman could assure that she would bring it back by 9am.

I guess the part that shocked me was the change in her attitude. But i think she hadn't realized really what had happened. And only when she thought about it (and realized that 2 others had made similar complaints) did she hash it out with the manage.

Oh well problem solved. And I was actually really pleasantly surprised by her.
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Post by: Jennifer on September 16, 2006, 05:54:27 AM: DR RLP, I'll bet they rent cake pans in the US as well. It's not really widespread here. But there are a few places that do it. I think people mostly rent them here for theme cakes that you know you won't be making again.
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Post by: Ginny on September 16, 2006, 07:04:49 AM: Saturday morning greetings! DH Richard and I were out until 2:30am, retrieving my mother and her friend from the Cincinnati airport and delivering them to their homes at the retirement community.

Today, we have to take care of the other side of our generation sandwich - move our DS Rob back to the University of Cincinnati for the third (pre-junior) year of his 5-year computer science program.

I am so ready for a week's vacation in NYC.
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Post by: FJL on September 16, 2006, 07:11:31 AM: And New York is ready for you, Ginny! :)
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Post by: DakotaCelt on September 16, 2006, 07:25:03 AM: Greetings one and all... I trust your week has been better than mine....

Have a pleasant day at the event and extend broken leg vibes to Matt and Kevin for their thespian endeavours...

BK, charm them the ladies with the effervescent smile!!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on September 16, 2006, 07:26:03 AM: Quote from: Ginny on September 16, 2006, 07:04:49 AM
Saturday morning greetings! DH Richard and I were out until 2:30am, retrieving my mother and her friend from the Cincinnati airport and delivering them to their homes at the retirement community.

Today, we have to take care of the other side of our generation sandwich - move our DS Rob back to the University of Cincinnati for the third (pre-junior) year of his 5-year computer science program.

I am so ready for a week's vacation in NYC.

Good luck to Ginny's DS Rob as he starts his third year in college....
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Post by: DakotaCelt on September 16, 2006, 07:29:07 AM: Off to catch up on earlier notes...
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Post by: FJL on September 16, 2006, 07:32:50 AM: Very interesting (but with spoilers) chatter write-up of ...SINGING NUN on All That Chat. Hope it's OK to link it here.

http://www.talkinbroadway.com/allthatchat/d.php?id=307082
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Post by: DakotaCelt on September 16, 2006, 07:36:30 AM: Lovely picture Jane of your new baby... He is precious!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on September 16, 2006, 07:36:49 AM: George, cute avatar!
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Post by: Matt H. on September 16, 2006, 07:37:13 AM: Good morning!

Another beautiful day in the neighborhood (a MR. ROGERS reference), and with such cool evenings, I won't complain about the highs in the 80s the next three days. After that, it looks like things are going to cool down, at least for awhile.
Title: Re:THE CRUMBLING MIND
Post by: Matt H. on September 16, 2006, 07:39:31 AM: Thanks, DR DakotaCelt, for the good wishes. I really hate auditioning, but at least for plays, there is definitely less pressure than for musicals where you have to remember your song lyrics and hope your voice doesn't crack, you have to pick up the dance combinations quickly and not look like a stumble bum, and you have to do cold readings. With plays, you only do the latter.
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Post by: Matt H. on September 16, 2006, 07:42:41 AM: Reading reviews of BLADE RUNNER on the internet this morning reminded me I haven't seen that movie in ages. I have the Director's Cut on laserdisc, but I didn't buy the first DVD release nor have I sprung for this remastered one.

I do think the Director's Cut is a decided improvement on the film that I reviewed theatrically (and which bombed so badly at the box-office when first released). But I guess I'll watch the laserdisc again at some point this weekend.

I read that Ridley Scott is coming out with a final cut of the film on DVD early next year, and then Warners is releasing a deluxe edition late next year with ALL the various versions of the film.
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Post by: Matt H. on September 16, 2006, 07:43:24 AM: [move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Page Two Dance!!![/move]
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Post by: Matt H. on September 16, 2006, 07:45:38 AM: As for today's viewing, I have made no selections as yet. Still weighing my options. And, one never knows what might arrive in the mail. (fingers crossed mode)
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Post by: Jrand73 on September 16, 2006, 07:47:03 AM: Good news from DRJENNIFER....now we must see a photo of the cake!
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Post by: Jrand73 on September 16, 2006, 07:47:45 AM: I would like a Region 1 DVD of FOUR HORSEMEN with Ms Thulin's dialog track as well.....we shall see....
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Post by: bk on September 16, 2006, 07:52:56 AM: I'm up, I'm up and I'm tiiiired, I'm tiiiired. Knowing I had to get up early, I couldn't fall asleep and didn't until about three. I guess I'll try to jog in about fifteen minutes from now, but if I'm not in the jogging place I'll do it late this afternoon.
Title: Re:THE CRUMBLING MIND
Post by: DakotaCelt on September 16, 2006, 07:53:16 AM: Quote
Re:LOVE - NEW
« Reply #21 on: September 14, 2006, 05:53:20 AM »

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My mother called me early this morning to tell me more about it. Of course she express worries about my upcoming trip.

The truth is violence can happen anywhere, anytime, anyplace. Just pray one is not there when it happens.

Very true, one of my student worker's friend was murdered at a small college in Valley City, ND this past week.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on September 16, 2006, 07:54:13 AM: Broken leg vibes to Kevin S., Matt A., MattH, PennyO, and all the thespians!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on September 16, 2006, 08:13:12 AM: Quote
Re:SENOR BK'S THURSDAY ADVENTURE
« Reply #65 on: Yesterday at 11:16:22am »

FJL
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Loved Anne Heche in both PROOF and TWENTIETH CENTURY on Broadway.

Despite the weirdness in her personal life, she seems to have it all as a star and as an actress.

I have enjoyed Anne's work also. She used to be on Another World where she played Vicki. She was such a fun and nasty woman! I enjoyed her character there...
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Post by: DakotaCelt on September 16, 2006, 08:23:28 AM: I just had to share this...

There is a new lurker on a soap board: AHealthyRespectforBats
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Post by: PennyO on September 16, 2006, 08:31:30 AM: Hiya, kidz! Lovely morning here today! i just LOVE LA!!!

My sister has gone off on her annual wine country grape-stomp, and I am taking care of her dawg - who has Addison's Disease. Last time I saw her, i thought we would surely lose her... but the doc made a good diagnosis, and she is medicated twice a day, and seems to be her old jolly self again!

Said sister whisked me off a-shopping with her yesterday, and I actually BOUGHT A NEW DRESS - this is something quite foreign to me - but she shlepped me into Anthropologie to check out the sale - and I found a close-fitting black jersey dress in XS, the only one they had. Ooops! I tried it on... big mistake... then just had to have it. Wasn't even on sale... but I do love it. Those of you in the vicinity will probably be seeing a lot of it.

ELMO!!! Congrats on your excellent review!! And please send my best wishes to Andy, too! Wow! Can't wait to see the show!!!!! (Is there a part in it for me?)
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Post by: Matt H. on September 16, 2006, 08:36:34 AM: I've always loved the word "frap." When I was a teacher, I couldn't curse in the classroom, of course, but when something went really wrong, that's what I'd say, an amalgamation of the "f-word" and "crap."
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Post by: Matt H. on September 16, 2006, 08:37:38 AM: Now, I have some chores around the house to finish, and then I'll start on lunch preparation.

WBBL.
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Post by: Ginny on September 16, 2006, 08:48:17 AM: Quote from: FJL on September 16, 2006, 07:11:31 AM
And New York is ready for you, Ginny! :)

Aw, gee, thanks, DR FJL - that's the nicest thing anybody's said to me today!
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Post by: MBarnum on September 16, 2006, 09:01:41 AM: TOD:

Groovy, swell, nifty, holy cow.

My mom always used the funniest swear words...Jesus H. Christ, For Crying in a Bucket, For the Love of Pete, etc.

My dad would just swear like a sailor...which of course he had been.
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Post by: MBarnum on September 16, 2006, 09:02:47 AM: Shortly I will hie myself to the Wood of Sher to pick up my little grandneice Taylor and we will travel to Beaverton to attend "Festival Japan" where much fun will be had and we will meet Hello Kitty herself! LOL!
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Post by: MBarnum on September 16, 2006, 09:05:55 AM: Last night I started my Bollywood movie of the week which if the first hour is like the rest of the movie it may just become my favorite Bollywood movie!!

LAGAAN (2001). It is a looooooong movie, but it is sure good!

(http://66.223.111.68/dvdImages/b4109.jpg)
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Post by: MBarnum on September 16, 2006, 09:06:42 AM: Have fun at the show today BK, and be sure to say hello to Mamie Van Doren!
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Post by: bk on September 16, 2006, 09:23:47 AM: I shall now be on my way to the show.
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Post by: PennyO on September 16, 2006, 09:39:59 AM: TOD - always liked Bitchin! I like Way Cool. Hunky-dorey. Spazzed-out.

Have fun at the show, Bruce!
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Post by: PennyO on September 16, 2006, 09:43:00 AM: Hotsie-totsie. And the ever-popular SWELL!
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Post by: FJL on September 16, 2006, 09:46:05 AM: Skip watched LAGAAN a few weeks ago. He absolutely loved it, all the way through.
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Post by: MusicGuy on September 16, 2006, 10:00:45 AM: Good morning to Esteemed and short-slept BK, and to the lovely H/Ks here today.

BK - I send you slightly belated good wishes for your signing show today (in case you have already left). One of the great things about that show is that you never know what will happen. DP Kerry and I went to one some years back, and we ended up having a really nice and interesting conversation with Norman Fell. We loved the short-lived series "The Boys" and he tipped us off how to get some missing episodes!
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Post by: Cillaliz on September 16, 2006, 10:22:32 AM: Quote from: DakotaCelt on September 16, 2006, 08:23:28 AM
I just had to share this...

There is a new lurker on a soap board: AHealthyRespectforBats

It's not me. I haven't watched a soap in over 20 years
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Post by: Cillaliz on September 16, 2006, 10:28:09 AM: I took my car in to get recall work and an oil change. Man was that a cluster! When I set the appointment they said I didn't need my recall card, so I didn't take it with me. So they run my vin and say that I don't have any recalls that apply to me and they can't do it. They did do the oil change, though. Actually it's ok. The certified Prius guy wasn't there today, so I'd rather have him work on it.
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Post by: Ginny on September 16, 2006, 10:37:16 AM: Just ordered 3 items from TravelSmith - DH Richard says I'll probably send 2 back!
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Post by: Ginny on September 16, 2006, 11:12:24 AM: While shopping at TravelSmith (http://www.travelsmith.com) I noticed that they have a Travel Resources area on their website. My favorite part is the destination reading lists from Longitude Books. Here's the one for

New York City (http://www.longitudebooks.com/find/d/116/pc/Mid-Atlantic/mcms.html)
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Post by: George on September 16, 2006, 11:48:34 AM: Quote from: Matt H. on September 16, 2006, 07:39:31 AM
Thanks, DR DakotaCelt, for the good wishes. I really hate auditioning, but at least for plays, there is definitely less pressure than for musicals where you have to remember your song lyrics and hope your voice doesn't crack, you have to pick up the dance combinations quickly and not look like a stumble bum, and you have to do cold readings. With plays, you only do the latter.

When I auditioned for Cannibal: The Musical!, not many people worried about anything like what you've mentioned. ::)

;)
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Post by: George on September 16, 2006, 11:48:47 AM: Quote from: DakotaCelt on September 16, 2006, 07:36:49 AM
George, cute avatar!

Thanks!
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Post by: George on September 16, 2006, 12:01:24 PM: Well, my sister and niece are here working outside in the yard (my sister has very specific ideas of what she wants to do, so I can't help her...yea!). What I need to do is work inside and finish cleaning up and packing. Now that the vanity in the bathroom and the stove/oven in the kitchen have been replaced, I need to pack up whatever I don't absolutely need in those rooms, then move to the living room and then (if there's time today), the extra bedroom. My records and piano are in there, but they're not being moved at all until I actually move into my new place. :)
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Post by: George on September 16, 2006, 12:04:16 PM: [move=right,scroll,6,transparent,100%][shadow=red,down]PAGE THREE BACKWARDS DANCE!![/shadow][/move]
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Post by: George on September 16, 2006, 12:04:40 PM: And now...I'm off until later.

Have a good day, all! ;D
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Post by: DakotaCelt on September 16, 2006, 12:13:49 PM: Did everything pan out with the financing and all, George?
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Post by: TCB on September 16, 2006, 12:15:47 PM: Beverly Garland will be there!!!
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Well, why didn't you say so before? I wonder if it is too late to get a flight? Gosh!
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Post by: TCB on September 16, 2006, 12:17:25 PM: Quote from: bk on September 16, 2006, 12:33:28 AM
And the word of the day is: USUFRUCT!

I think I heard that in a rap song.
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Post by: TCB on September 16, 2006, 12:19:22 PM: Quote from: Tomovoz on September 16, 2006, 04:45:37 AM
Hope the day goes well for you DR Ben.

I attended a Wedding celebration today. OzDerek's friends Paul & Brad used the recent English law changes.

Paul and Brad? But that would mean two men.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on September 16, 2006, 12:23:36 PM: This morning I went for a walk, and this is what I saw:
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Post by: MusicGuy on September 16, 2006, 12:29:48 PM: DR Laura ........ What beautiful pictures you take of the treasures you find on your walks. Thank you for taking the time to share them with all of us!
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Post by: TCB on September 16, 2006, 12:35:28 PM: Quote from: MBarnum on September 16, 2006, 09:05:55 AM
Last night I started my Bollywood movie of the week which if the first hour is like the rest of the movie it may just become my favorite Bollywood movie!!

LAGAAN (2001). It is a looooooong movie, but it is sure good!

(http://66.223.111.68/dvdImages/b4109.jpg)

That wouldn't have anything to do with all the Indian men in their open shirts at the bottom of the poster?
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Post by: TCB on September 16, 2006, 12:42:03 PM: My computer says that BK is still online. If so, could you get a photo today of you and Matt and Keven together please?
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Post by: bk on September 16, 2006, 12:43:49 PM: Back from the show. Yes, Virginia, Kevin, Matt, and I (along with Mr. Nick Redman) all bailed at noon. The one other show I attended put on by this guy was a deesaster and I warned Kevin and Matt long ago. Well, they opened the doors at ten, and about five people entered the room. I must say, that at no point was there ever more than about twenty people wandering a room filled with about sixty celebrities. It was embarrassing. The three of us all sold one item each. Plus, the temperature in the room was about thirty degrees. Finally, we could all take it no more and that was that. Obviously, none of us will be back tomorrow. And there were really interesting folks there - what a shame this guy can't get the bloody word out. Shelley Berman was there, Maud Adams was there, Chris Atkins was there, Samantha Eggar was there, Stephanie Beecham was there, Skip E. Lowe was there, Steve Franken was there, and lots of others. I shall now take a nice drive in the nice HEAT.
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Post by: Matt H. on September 16, 2006, 01:53:43 PM: Day has continued being beautiful and not quite as hot as they predicted. My house has stayed surprisingly cool inside. Happy that the cental A/C has not needed to come on.
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Post by: Matt H. on September 16, 2006, 01:56:02 PM: I began my afternoon with THE MUPPET SHOW with Raquel Welch. A fun show with Miss Piggy in direct competition with the curvaceous Ms. Welch.
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Post by: Matt H. on September 16, 2006, 01:58:13 PM: Next came a melancholy CSI episode from Season 4 entitled "Butterflied," a woman and her doctor boy friend butchered by an unknown killer. About halfway through the show, two major clues were offered that made the identity of the killer obvious to me the first time I watched this episode. Still, engrossing drama.
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Post by: Matt H. on September 16, 2006, 01:58:55 PM: I have SPY GAME cued up in the player for watching later today. Tonight I will be viewing 24 NIGHTS.
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Post by: Cillaliz on September 16, 2006, 03:36:09 PM: Wow! It was 60 degrees when I left home at 9:00 am and not it's 90 degrees. There's a cold front coming this way so I'm expecting storms tonight. We have a tornado watch, so I'll probably hang around the house and do some odds and ends here. I really like to be home when it's stormy.
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Post by: Cillaliz on September 16, 2006, 03:37:13 PM: I'm making spaghetti squash right now. I love that stuff. Not sure what else I'll eat with it.
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Post by: Cillaliz on September 16, 2006, 03:39:18 PM: It was quite a shopping day. I didn't make it to Younkers to look for clothes, maybe tomorrow. I did make it to Home Depot, K-Mart, Menards, Super Target, Loews and Linens and Things. Whew!
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Post by: George on September 16, 2006, 03:59:58 PM: Quote from: DakotaCelt on September 16, 2006, 12:13:49 PM
Did everything pan out with the financing and all, George?

I'm assuming that it's all going to be okay. I haven't heard otherwise. So, let's say YES, it all panned out! ;D
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Post by: George on September 16, 2006, 04:02:56 PM: My parents came over to work in the yard with my sister and niece, while I was supposed to work inside. But every few minutes or so my mom would tell...no, DEMAND that I help with something outside and I never got to work inside! :P

;) So, they're all at my sister's house now (right next door) and I need to bring over some stuff to eat. I have a couple of fajita meal kits from Schwann's that are pretty good, so that's what we'll have...except my sister and niece who have become vegetarians (although my sister is not as fanatic about it as my niece is ::)).

Later (again). :)
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Post by: DakotaCelt on September 16, 2006, 04:04:28 PM: Quote from: DearReaderLaura on September 16, 2006, 12:23:36 PM
This morning I went for a walk, and this is what I saw:

Pretty butterfly!!

Joshie in your avatar looks like he wants to pounce on that butterfly!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on September 16, 2006, 04:04:58 PM: George, you have a very bright future with the shades you have on!!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on September 16, 2006, 04:07:52 PM: Quote from: Cillaliz on September 16, 2006, 03:36:09 PM
Wow! It was 60 degrees when I left home at 9:00 am and not it's 90 degrees. There's a cold front coming this way so I'm expecting storms tonight. We have a tornado watch, so I'll probably hang around the house and do some odds and ends here. I really like to be home when it's stormy.

ND is sending you a present...
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Post by: DakotaCelt on September 16, 2006, 04:08:43 PM: Quote from: Cillaliz on September 16, 2006, 03:37:13 PM
I'm making spaghetti squash right now. I love that stuff. Not sure what else I'll eat with it.

THat sounds good. Have you ever made yellow zucchini?
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Post by: DakotaCelt on September 16, 2006, 04:11:14 PM: Quote from: Cillaliz on September 16, 2006, 03:39:18 PM
It was quite a shopping day. I didn't make it to Younkers to look for clothes, maybe tomorrow. I did make it to Home Depot, K-Mart, Menards, Super Target, Loews and Linens and Things. Whew!

That sounds like my day yesterday.. I was running errands like mad and today finished the last one. Gas went down a bit more over night and we are now sitting at 2.15 per gallon.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on September 16, 2006, 04:13:07 PM: Sorry to hear that the session was a bit of a bust bk...

At least you had a pleasant chat with the guys.

STephanie Beacham, I have respect for since she is hearing impaired and did quite well on both british and american television.
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Post by: bk on September 16, 2006, 04:46:20 PM: Finally got David Wechter's little final polish on one character's dialogue. Tomorrow, I think we're going to have a phoner and polish one other character's first act dialogue, and then we're ready to go into rehearsal - and with a much stronger book than we had for the staged reading.
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Post by: elmore3003 on September 16, 2006, 04:48:58 PM: I'm back from a long and lovely day: a morning in the office looking at Victor Herbert scores from 1912, then a horrible rehearsal with the band and the sound runner, who knows nothing about sound so why in the fat hell did the idiot sound man use her? The sdound in the show was inconsistent: the synth played, suddenly faded for half the number, the drums came and went, and the poor moron on the sound board, who's really a stage manager and knows nothin' 'bout birthin' babies, missed so many spots where an actor spoke several lines before the mike was turned on. A person on another festival show told us they were having the same problem. Overall, the show itself ran smoother than Thursday night, and I believe the audience enjoyed it. There were lots of laughs and our DRs William Orr and vixmom came to the performance. After the show we went to dinner, they returned to the island of long and I returned home.

DR Tomovoz, they want to come into town to see you on Saturday afternoon, so I think we should plan an HHW event on Saturday afternoon. since I can retrieve no email after Jan 2006 at the moment, I don't believe you have plans yet for Saturday. I did get a call from our DR FJL about tickets for the Nun on Friday night; did he contact you?
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 04:54:26 PM: What is this? You'd think it's Saturday night!
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 04:54:39 PM: There was I, waiting at the church,
Waiting at the church,
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 04:55:06 PM: Waiting at the church;
When I found he'd left me in the lurch,
Lor, how it did upset me!
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 04:55:25 PM: All at once, he sent me round a note
Here's the very note,
This is what he wrote:
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 04:55:47 PM: "Can't get away to marry you today,
My wife, won't let me!"
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 04:56:26 PM: Lor, what a fuss Obadiah made of me
When he used to take me in the park!
He used to squeeze me till I was black and blue,
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 04:56:44 PM: When he kissed me he used to leave a mark.
Each time he met me he treated me to port,
Took me now and then to see the play;
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 04:57:05 PM: Understand me rightly, when I say he treated me,
It wasn't him but me that used to pay.
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 04:57:57 PM: Waiting at the Church

Melody - Henry E. Pether, 1906

Lyrics - Fred W. Leigh
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 05:00:43 PM: Ev'rybody's doin' it
Doin' it, doin' it
Ev'rybody's doin' it
Doin' it, doin' it
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 05:01:01 PM: See that ragtime couple over there
Watch them throw their shoulders in the air
Snap their fingers
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 05:01:19 PM: Honey, I declare
It's a bear, it's a bear, it's a bear
There!
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 05:01:39 PM: Ain't that music touching your heart
Hear that trombone bustin' apart?
Come, come, come, come let us start
Ev'rybody's doin' it now
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 05:01:58 PM: Honey, honey, can't you hear?
Funny, funny music, dear
Ain't the funny strain
Goin' to your brain?
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 05:02:18 PM: Like a bottle of wine, fine
Hon', hon', hon', hon' take a chance
One, one, one, one little dance
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 05:03:03 PM: Can't you see them all
Swaying up the hall
Let's be gettin' in line

(Thanks to Mr Irving Berlin)
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 05:05:01 PM: By the light of the silvery moon
I want to spoon
To my honey I'll croon love's tune
Honey moon, keep a-shinin' in June
Your silv'ry beams will bring love's dreams
We'll be cuddlin' soon
By the silvery moon
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 05:05:18 PM: Place - park, scene - dark
Silv'ry moon is shining through the trees
Cast - two, me - you
Summer kisses floating on the breeze
Act one, be done
Dialog - where would ya like to spoon?
My cue, with you
Underneath the silv'ry moon
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 05:05:39 PM: Act two, Scene - new
Roses blooming all around the place
Cast - three, You - me
Preacher with a solemn-looking face
Choir sings, bell rings
Preacher: You are wed forever more
Act two, all though
Every night the same encore
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 05:06:34 PM: ALL TOGETHER NOW!

By the light, not the dark but the light
Of the silvery moon, not the sun but the moon
I wanna spoon, not croon, but spoon
To my honey I'll croon love's tune
Honeymoon, honey moon, honey moon
Keep a-shinin' in June
Your silv'ry beams will bring love's dreams
We'll be cuddlin' soon
By the silvery moon
The silv'ry moon...
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 05:07:50 PM: At the old concert hall on the Bowery,
'Round a table were seated one night,
A crowd of young fellows carousing
With them life seemed cheerful and bright.
At the very next table was seated
A girl who had fallen to shame,
All the young fellows jeered at her weakness,
Till they heard an old woman explain:
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 05:08:07 PM: cho: She is more to be pitied than censured,
She is more to be helped than despised.
She is only a lassie who ventured
On life's stormy path, ill-advised;
Do not scorn her with words fierce and bitter
Do not laugh at her shame and downfall.
For a moment, just stop and consider
That a man was the cause of it all.
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 05:08:31 PM: There's an old-fashioned church 'round the corner
Where the neighbors all gathered one day,
While the parson was preaching a sermon
O'ere a soul that had just passed away;
'Twas this same wayward girl from the Bow'ry
Who a life of adventure had led.
Did the clergyman jeer at her downfall?
No! He asked for God's mercy, and said:
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 05:08:54 PM: cho: She is more to be pitied than censured,
She is more to be helped than despised.
She is only a lassie who ventured
On life's stormy path, ill-advised;
Do not scorn her with words fierce and bitter
Do not laugh at her shame and downfall.
For a moment, just stop and consider
That a man was the cause of it all.
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 05:13:28 PM: All those above songs (and MORE!) are available here and were recorded over 40 years ago by the one and only Julie Andrews!

http://www.amazon.com/Broadway-Heartrending-Ballads-Raucous-Ditties/dp/B00005NVXB/sr=8-1/qid=1158451112/ref=sr_1_1/102-9840933-1037706?ie=UTF8&s=music

Now, that's the kind of info you get at HHW on a Saturday Night when your mind might be on..... SEX!! ;)
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 05:16:47 PM: You ALLL had to know that!!

Comment ça va?!

Do you feel good!

I am votre compaire!
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 05:18:50 PM: Oh the beautiful picture of the beautiful butterfly makes me think of the beautiful "Poor Butterfly" from the movie "Thoroughly Modern Millie"!

Yes, Virginia; before the stage musical there was a Hollywood musical called "Millie"!
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 05:20:19 PM: I see Tom is catching up and does not even have time to share a drink with me!

Oh well.... all alone, I'm just all alone....
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Post by: DakotaCelt on September 16, 2006, 05:28:16 PM: A spoonful of sugar and some medicine go down in the most delightful way!!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on September 16, 2006, 05:28:44 PM: I would like some red Chardonnay please....
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Post by: DakotaCelt on September 16, 2006, 05:29:30 PM: A bit after 5 (California Time) and only on page 4, I can hear the bitch slapping machine cranking up now!!
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 05:54:15 PM: Have you seen that cute ad about and for Pluto... the dog?!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/liveu4/229727618
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Post by: FJL on September 16, 2006, 05:55:46 PM: And one for Millie!
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Post by: bk on September 16, 2006, 05:58:36 PM: I'm so tiiiired - so glad I got up at seven-thirty when I could have avoided the show today and just slept in.
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Post by: FJL on September 16, 2006, 06:02:07 PM: Bruce - Hope you already got the latest script (which will be what we go into rehearsal with) and the piano/vocals (for the numbers you'll be in) for Last Starfighter.

The tape of Skip playing the numbers you're going to be in should arrive via FedEx on Monday morning.
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Post by: FJL on September 16, 2006, 06:05:05 PM: It's pretty much definite that the HHW gathering (in honor of Bruce's being in NYC) on Saturday, Sept. 30th around 8 will be at Joe Allen's on 46th between 8th and 9th.

Keep the RSVP's coming, preferably to my AOL address of DYLAN43RD.
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Post by: Maria on September 16, 2006, 06:06:01 PM: it's been one of thosed days that somehow disappeared. Got up early, as usual. Did all the usual morning things - including my walk - had to resist an entire street of garage sales. Then did a bit of writing and met a friend from Boulder for coffee. And - wait a minute - it's evening! I'm going out for dinner - either Greek or French - one of two restaurants in this neighborhood I haven't tried yet. Then a play. And that's the exciting story of my day.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on September 16, 2006, 06:06:21 PM: Just got home from seeing "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels." Fun show. DR Sandra is singing "Great big stuff!"
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Post by: FJL on September 16, 2006, 06:22:40 PM: Larry - Yes, Tomovoz, Colin and I will be at ...SINGING NUN on Friday night. I'm sitting here joyfully with our coveted e-tickets in hand. I couldn't believe my luck as I'd been trying and trying, but must have finally hit it just when something was released or exchanged or something like that.
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 06:28:25 PM: Quote from: FJL on September 16, 2006, 06:22:40 PM
Larry - Yes, Tomovoz, Colin and I will be at ...SINGING NUN on Friday night. I'm sitting here joyfully with our coveted e-tickets in hand. I couldn't believe my luck as I'd been trying and trying, but must have finally hit it just when something was released or exchanged or something like that.

I am GREEN with envy!

Lucky yous!!
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 06:31:03 PM: Dick Van Dyke. The star of Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Bye Bye Birdie and Diagnosis Murder. He was "Chairman of TV LAND", loaned his voice to the animated Curious George (2006) and Tubby The Tuba (1976) and was, of course, Rob Petrie of the classic The Dick Van Dyke Show.

But in 1956, Van Dyke was a struggling actor making his way in New York. One of his early breaks was signing a contract with CBS, and the opportunity to host a CBS network prime time TV series. However, the program in question turned out to be a showcase for the network's newly acquired animation library, with Van Dyke playing straightman to a collection of vintage Terrytoons.

Check this site and the first "YouTube" offerings!

1956! My! 50 years ago!!

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/archives/2006_06.html
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 06:37:24 PM: Aren't those early sketches for Song of the South just precious?!

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/archives/jpmillermodelb.jpg
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 06:40:43 PM: François' soliloquy:

"My little girl,
Pink and white and....."
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 06:41:19 PM: I like to go swimmin' with women!

Yes I do!
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 06:41:58 PM: The hills are alive

And it's pretty frightening! (Thanks Barb')
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 06:42:50 PM: In your Easter bonnet

With thrills ....
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 06:43:16 PM: I go my way
By myself....
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 06:43:35 PM: You brought a new kind of love
To me!
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 06:44:04 PM: It does not look like HHW anymore!
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Post by: elmore3003 on September 16, 2006, 06:45:04 PM: Quote from: FJL on September 16, 2006, 06:22:40 PM
Larry - Yes, Tomovoz, Colin and I will be at ...SINGING NUN on Friday night. I'm sitting here joyfully with our coveted e-tickets in hand. I couldn't believe my luck as I'd been trying and trying, but must have finally hit it just when something was released or exchanged or something like that.

Did I thank you for posting the "All That Chat" review? I really appreciate it! I think Andy will be happy that you're coming to see it. Tomorrow night the show is at 8, not 9 so I will need to exit about 7; we'll hopefully have a new sound person.
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 06:45:48 PM: A Friend From Boulder For Coffee is the title of my new "how to" book:

How to grind coffee with a big rock and make friends!
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 06:46:38 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on September 16, 2006, 06:45:04 PM
Did I thank you for posting the "All That Chat" review? I really appreciate it! I think Andy will be happy that you're coming to see it. Tomorrow night the show is at 8, not 9 so I will need to exit about 7; we'll hopefully have a new sound person.

I hope the new sound person is a... sound one!
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Post by: elmore3003 on September 16, 2006, 06:51:21 PM: Quote from: François on September 16, 2006, 06:46:38 PM
I hope the new sound person is a... sound one!

Moi aussi!
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Post by: MusicGuy on September 16, 2006, 06:59:52 PM: Good Evening to all of the H/Ks and DRs here at the Living Room.

Dear BK -- I'm really sorry that the show turned out to be poopy. There is nothing worse than being "at the table" at a very poorly attended event.....been there, done that.

Off to think about food now, and the evening. I'll be thinking about the very festive festivities coming up in NYC soon. Joe Allen's..Yum !!

Good luck with the sound-bitch Larry........yes, they come in both genders. :)
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 07:03:11 PM: Tits and caf' (caffeine!)

Starbucks is celebrating its 35th anniversary. To mark the occasion, the coffee-to-go giant is adding its original logo, to the product packaging used by its shops in Washington and Oregon.

The vintage logo features a topless mermaid. And as we could have predicted, the very idea of female breasts -- even barely noticeable and not particularly attractive ones, at that -- has some folks in a tizzy. In fact, a Seattle Kent Elementary School principal is requiring her Starbucks-loving teachers to place protective covers over their Starbucks coffee cups.

One wonders if this principal also thinks children should not be allowed into art and science and natural history museums lest they see too much of the human form.
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 07:04:35 PM: Quote from: MusicGuy on September 16, 2006, 06:59:52 PM

Good luck with the sound-bitch Larry........yes, they come in both genders. :)

You mean AC and DC?! ;)
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Post by: bk on September 16, 2006, 07:09:17 PM: FJL - music arrived, script hasn't. I presume two separate packages, but I called today to see if anything else was there and there wasn't.
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Post by: bk on September 16, 2006, 07:10:56 PM: Frankly, I'm thinking of pie. I had some Taco Bell earlier and am now thinking of pie. Perhaps I'll go over to Gelson's, then across to Four and Twenty Pies - if there's nothing there, then perhaps Du-Par's.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on September 16, 2006, 07:18:41 PM: Hmm, now I want pie...
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Post by: FJL on September 16, 2006, 07:34:16 PM: BK - The music (which already got to you) was sent priority mail, but for reasons that must amount to a brain fart on my part, the latest script was just sent regular first-class mail and it went out on Wed. morning, so it will (I hope) arrive on Monday.
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Post by: TCB on September 16, 2006, 07:53:31 PM: Good heavens, François! After reading Pages Four and Five, I feel like I have been mugged by Dan Dailey and Doris Day!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on September 16, 2006, 07:55:58 PM: Two for tea?
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 08:07:40 PM: Quote from: TCB on September 16, 2006, 07:53:31 PM
Good heavens, François! After reading Pages Four and Five, I feel like I have been mugged by Dan Dailey and Doris Day!

It could be WORSE!

Could be Justin and Britney!

Careful; Doris could still "mug" you, you know!
She loves... dogs! ;) ;D
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 08:08:27 PM: Page 6: I'd Rather Charleston!
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 08:09:23 PM: A Brain Fart, title of.... oh, nevermind!
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 08:10:11 PM: A Brain Fart: autobiography by certain Monsieur DoubleV?!?!

A Frain Bart?!.............
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 08:11:33 PM: 4:59 am here in the city of Paris and all is quiet and fine!

Stay tuned for our News at 5:00 am!
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Post by: François de Paris on September 16, 2006, 08:14:21 PM: Tea For Two would be Doris and Gordon!
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Post by: Matt H. on September 16, 2006, 08:30:35 PM: I had two video experiences tonight.

First up was SPY GAME, the thriller starring Robert Redford and Brad Pitt. I had watched it a couple of times but long enough ago that I had forgotten just about everything about it.

I don't think some parts of the plot work as well as others. (It's one of those stories where we have a plot happening in real time while he get numerous flashbacks throughout to key us in on people and relationships which led to the central plot.)

The transfer is fine and the DTS sound is stupendous. I opened up the back surround channel so that when helicopters and other surround sounds were present, the sound field really was 360 degrees. (SOmetimes it works well to engage the EX or ES decoding on the receiver for otherwise 5.1 soundtracks. Other times, the back surrounds collapse into the center back channel and you have nothing in the left or right rear channels. And I'm sure someone will find some way to make somethig sexual out of that little bit of technospeak.)

At any rate, it was a pleasant way to spend the majority of the evening.
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Post by: Matt H. on September 16, 2006, 08:35:47 PM: Next came the gay-themed 24 NIGHTS. Not as slick as some of the gay movies I've watched lately (ADAM & STEVE; THIRD MAN OUT), but there were certainly good actors in it: Aida Turturro, David Burtka, Mary-Louise Wilson. And the story was a mildly pleasing romanctic comedy. There were some really funny bits throughout. I liked BIG EDEN, I THINK I DO, THE BROKEN HEARTS CLUB, and ALL OVER THE GUY more. All of those films have better production values and are more polished films.
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Post by: Matt H. on September 16, 2006, 08:37:07 PM: Tomorrow I plan to watch SHANGHAI EXPRESS. Not sure about what else I have on the movie agenda. I didn't get anything in the mail today, so whatever I watch will come from "the stacks."
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Post by: Matt H. on September 16, 2006, 08:52:59 PM: Off to bed.

GOod night!
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Post by: MBarnum on September 16, 2006, 09:14:49 PM: Quote from: DearReaderLaura on September 16, 2006, 12:23:36 PM
This morning I went for a walk, and this is what I saw:

DearReaderLaura, you ought to put this butterfly photo in a contest! Wowee, that really is a beautiful shot.
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Post by: MBarnum on September 16, 2006, 09:25:12 PM: Back from the Festival Japan. Taylor and I had a wonderful time...I think Hello Kitty had to take a restraining order out on Taylor...she would not leave that creature alone...every time we'd be someplace on the festival grounds Taylor would be watching for this hulking thing with a big white cat's head...and as soon as she would spot it she would want to run over and wave and say hello, and perhaps get a hug. This must have happened about ten times or so. LOL!

(http://www.tombraider4u.com/pictures/hello-kitty.jpg)
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Post by: MBarnum on September 16, 2006, 09:27:06 PM: ...of course there were a few attendees that I felt the same way about...but at least I tried to control myself.
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Post by: George on September 16, 2006, 09:45:43 PM: Quote from: MBarnum on September 16, 2006, 09:27:06 PM
...of course there were a few attendees that I felt the same way about...but at least I tried to control myself.

Tried...which implies that you weren't actually able to control yourself! ;)

;D
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on September 16, 2006, 09:47:24 PM: Thank you, MBarnum.
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Post by: George on September 16, 2006, 09:48:28 PM: Well, I'm going to do something that, for the last two weeks I've been saying I would do...and that's watch "Adam & Steve." I have the time and there's nothing on TV that I want to watch (actually, I haven't checked and I'm not going to). ;D
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Post by: George on September 16, 2006, 09:50:06 PM: Quote from: MBarnum on September 16, 2006, 09:14:49 PM
DearReaderLaura, you ought to put this butterfly photo in a contest! Wowee, that really is a beautiful shot.

I totally agree! You take some absolutely beautiful pictures, DearReaderLaura! ;D Thanks for posting them!
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Post by: Charles Pogue on September 16, 2006, 10:15:18 PM: BK, speaking of pie, The Lovely Wife and I went to a local ice cream place here the other night called Bruster's (they may be a chain) and I had an flavour called Coconut Cream Pie. If this had had a little whipped cream on it, it would have come damned close to tasting like House of Pies famous coconut cream pie. As it was, the ice cream tasted delicious!
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Post by: bk on September 16, 2006, 10:25:24 PM: I ended up not with pie, but with a Tripple Mousse from Gelson's - white chocolate, medium chocolate, and dark chocolate. An amusing little trife. I also bought some other little tiny bite-sized cakes, but sanity prevailed and I only took one little bite of each and tossed them.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on September 16, 2006, 10:30:01 PM: Thank you, George.
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Post by: bk on September 16, 2006, 10:33:03 PM: And now I have a craving for salami - good old fashioned salami. I wonder if I'm pregnant.
Title: Re:THE CRUMBLING MIND
Post by: DakotaCelt on September 16, 2006, 11:34:45 PM: I agree George, Laura does take wonderful photos.