Topic: BLUE SKIES SMILIN' AT ME (Read 13707 times)

Jrand73 · « **Reply #150 on:** May 14, 2005, 05:21:51 PM »

I suppose a Gift Certificate to House of Pancakes is out of the question?

bk · « **Reply #151 on:** May 14, 2005, 05:23:10 PM »

My taste buds are a'tingling for Musso and Frank. Hopefully my last experience there will be the one-off anamoly it should be.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #152 on:** May 14, 2005, 05:26:04 PM »

Here's a start. I asked my niece, and she said this is one of the best things she ever got, and she would never have bought one.

Tests the baby bathwater temperature. Who knew? Not too expensive, so you might want to add a blanket or sumpin.

http://www.netkidswear.com/floatbatpalt.html

Jrand73 · « **Reply #153 on:** May 14, 2005, 05:28:46 PM »

Wow! Look at this thing!! Surely they have them in stores in LA!

http://www.geniusbabies.com/pregnancy-countdown-clock-tick-tock-clock.html

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #154 on:** May 14, 2005, 05:31:45 PM »

From the mouth of babes...

So, my nephew, John Michael is looking over my shoulder while I was posting earlier... He looks at my avatar and asks if that's "Uncle Jay", my brother. I tell him, No, that's me in Australia. And says, "Oh, you're bigger now."

Harumphh!!!

Jrand73 · « **Reply #155 on:** May 14, 2005, 05:34:11 PM »

Aren't we all?

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #156 on:** May 14, 2005, 05:38:36 PM »

As for baby shower gifts... I know it may seem a bit impersonal, but when my sisters-in-law had their showers, they really appreciated Gift Cards from places like Gymboree, Baby Gap, Target, Bed, Bath & Beyond, etc. This way they could buy the things they really wanted and needed when the time came. Just put a stuffed animal in a bag with the gift card. Or a few jars of baby food.

Otherwise, make your own gift basket - get a small laundry basket or daiper pail, and fill it with baby oil, baby wash, baby wipes, Desitin, bottles, bottle liners... all things baby.

Jennifer · « **Reply #157 on:** May 14, 2005, 06:19:50 PM »

Quote from: bk on May 14, 2005, 05:17:28 PM

Yes, tomorrow - a baby shower for my pal Barbara Deutsch's pal Alison. Should be interesting. I still have yet to get a gift - I don't even know where to begin looking.

I've never heard of a baby shower for men. So are only men allowed or is it mixed?

You should check to see if Alison has a baby registery somewhere (most people having a baby shower have one). If not, you can go to Toys R Us or any department store.

MBarnum · « **Reply #158 on:** May 14, 2005, 06:26:21 PM »

Target has cute baby stuff, BK.

Have you ever been to the Target in North Hollywood? When my buddy Ron and I shopped there during one of our jaunts to Los Angeles I kept wondering if perhaps Ms. June Kenney, star of ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE, and supposed resident (according to actor Brad Jackson) might be shopping there at the same moment purchasing aspirin, or maybe dollys!

MBarnum · « **Reply #159 on:** May 14, 2005, 06:29:29 PM »

DR Jane, I didn't get any pictures took...I left my camera in the car...and after carrying untold amounts of boxes, clothing, and furniture up 3 flights of stairs we were all too tired to have our pictures snapped...and none of us looked too pretty, either.

Besides the cats hid under the bed and never came out.

MBarnum · « **Reply #160 on:** May 14, 2005, 06:33:51 PM »

I did return with some DVDs...picked up VARAN, THE UNBELIEVABLE which for some reason was filed in the Anime section and the 1934 version of THE SCARLET LETTER (see I do have some class!).

Have been trying to find the James Stewart/Audie Murphy/Elaine Stewart western NIGHT PASSAGE, but nobody seems to carry it!

Jrand73 · « **Reply #161 on:** May 14, 2005, 06:46:45 PM »

I was wondering if you would get VARAN since you mentioned it earlier this week, DRMBARNUM.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #162 on:** May 14, 2005, 06:47:13 PM »

I am going to watch the CINDERELLA DVD on Monday, and then I will return it to the Barnum Lending Library.

Jennifer · « **Reply #163 on:** May 14, 2005, 06:58:54 PM »

BK, I'd definitely go with a giftcard if she doesn't have a baby registery. It's much more useful for the mother to be able to pick out what she needs (since there is a lot). Although isn't the shower tomorrow? Not much time to get the gift!

MBarnum · « **Reply #164 on:** May 14, 2005, 07:01:36 PM »

Yep, had to get Varan. I have only seen the Americanized version with Myron Healy and Tsuruku Kobiyashi edited in to it, and that was a million years ago...so now I will be able to see the original Japanese version of it.

You will love the Cinderella and her Little Helpers movie...great musical numbers...and no rush...keep em as long as you want!

I have more Hong Kong movies that I would love for you to see, but I think most of these are region code 3.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #165 on:** May 14, 2005, 07:39:48 PM »

Whew!

Niece and nephew just left... Good times. But now Uncle Jojo needs to put his feet up for a while.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #166 on:** May 14, 2005, 07:40:16 PM »

Hi, Jane!

Jane · « **Reply #167 on:** May 14, 2005, 07:42:23 PM »

Quote from: MBarnum on May 14, 2005, 06:29:29 PM

DR Jane, I didn't get any pictures took...I left my camera in the car...and after carrying untold amounts of boxes, clothing, and furniture up 3 flights of stairs we were all too tired to have our pictures snapped...and none of us looked too pretty, either.

Besides the cats hid under the bed and never came out.

MBarnum cats do tend to do that during moves.

I will expect photos next time you visit.

Jane · « **Reply #168 on:** May 14, 2005, 07:44:07 PM »

Hi Jose. Have fun in Lancaster and eating shoo-fly-pie. I haven’t had that since I left Pennsylvania. Are you going to be near the town with the old trains?

Jane · « **Reply #169 on:** May 14, 2005, 07:44:30 PM »

Keith introduced me to sci-fi books. His personal favorites, read more than 40 years ago, are WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE and the sequel AFTER WORLDS COLLIDE. He thought they were totally immersive.

Jane · « **Reply #170 on:** May 14, 2005, 07:50:42 PM »

Joes while in Lancaster pick up some pretzels-

http://www.hammondpretzels.com

Jane · « **Reply #171 on:** May 14, 2005, 08:00:41 PM »

Strasburg is the town with the old trains. In the town is a country store where we had the best ice cream, served in the best homemade waffle cones. One day I want to return.

Jane · « **Reply #172 on:** May 14, 2005, 08:08:37 PM »

Darn Jose left.

Before I leave, six posts in a row with no one listening is a bit much.

This evening we went to a new restaurant in town. Charming ambience, great service and the food was excellent . Maybe we will return in a couple of weeks for our anniversary.

Matt H. · « **Reply #173 on:** May 14, 2005, 08:09:46 PM »

DR JRand, CINDERELLA MAN is a film biography of former heavyweight champion James Braddock who was pretty much a club fighter, had had many ups and downs during the 1920s and depression, even retired from fighting at one point, but came back to boxing and as a tremendous underdog miraculously defeated Max Baer (Jethro Bodine's real-life father) for the title. He is also the man Joe Louis beat to become heavyweight champ (doesn't look like the movie will go as far into his career as the terrible beating he took at the hands of Joe Louis.)

Matt H. · « **Reply #174 on:** May 14, 2005, 08:14:09 PM »

I have spent a good part of the day watching documentaries. I finished watching the doc on the making of THE THIRD MAN. I also watched a Hitchcock documentary (on his whole career) which I had seen before, maybe even taped off some channel some years ago, but watched it again. Tonight on PBS-HD, there was a documentaryh on the making of THE MISFITS. I watched part of it, but then hit the DVR button and recorded the rest of it while I started on TWISTER. The video transfer isn't state of the art any more, but the audio still can rock a house to its foundations. The remastered TWISTER disc that I have has a terrific DTS track that is bone-rattling.

Matt H. · « **Reply #175 on:** May 14, 2005, 08:17:21 PM »

Also had time to watch a COLD CASE rerun tonight which I had never seen. I often don't get to watch COLD CASE during the fall and winter because of football overruns which throw it too late in the evening for me to be able to see the other shows I watch, but knowing how popular it is and how often CBS reruns the episodes, I opt to skip it usually during football season and catch it later.

Tonight to my amazement, John Billingley (Dr. Phlox from ENTERPRISE) ended up as a records clerk who was hunting people down and killing them. They knew he was guilty, but for one of the only times in the episodes I've seen, the detectives weren't able to put him away.

Matt H. · « **Reply #176 on:** May 14, 2005, 08:18:53 PM »

I also got the cast recordings of SPAMALOT and DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS today. Didn't have time to listen to either, but at least they're here. Maybe I can pop SPAMALOT in tomorrow at some point.

Matt H. · « **Reply #177 on:** May 14, 2005, 08:27:33 PM »

Very lonely here. I guess I'll toddle off to bed.

MBarnum · « **Reply #178 on:** May 14, 2005, 08:46:23 PM »

Where is everybody?

François de Paris · « **Reply #179 on:** May 14, 2005, 08:46:32 PM »

Quote from: bk on May 14, 2005, 05:23:10 PM

Hopefully my last experience there will be the one-off anamoly it should be.

Hummm.... could there be something anal there???

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