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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were top ten notes, and now it is time for you to post until the top ten cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: IMPRIMATUR!
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Welcome nine GUESTS!
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No one in the jernt but li'l ol' me.
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On my DVR: I just watched the first two episodes of "Celebrity Apprentice"...talk about a train wreck! :o
;)
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Right now, I'm watching Jay Leno on "The Jimmy (no relation to BK) Kimmel Show" while recording Jimmy Kimmel's appearance on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno."
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In my CD player at work, in no particular order: the original cast recording of The Brain From Planet X and several CDs that I just received in the mail:
- "Jonathan Sings Larson"
- the complete studio cast recording of South Pacific with Paige O'Hara and Pat Suzuki
- the studio (I think) cast recording of Come Back Little Sheba with Donna McKechnie
- Dream True written by Ricky Ian Gordon and Tina (no relation to FJL) Landau with Brian d’Arcy James, Jason Danieley, Kelli O’Hara, Jessica Molaskey, Victoria Clark, and Jeff McCarthy
- the original Broadway cast recording of Young Frankenstein
- the cast recording of Nunsensations! The Nunsense Vegas Revue
- the cast recording of Nunsense A-Men!
:D
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And to all, a good night.
:)
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Thanks to DRs Jose, FJL, Vixmom, Cillaliz, and ArnoldMBrockman! :)
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Tennis, Anyone?
(http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/PIN/COR005~Tennis-on-the-Wing-Posters.jpg)
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Greetings, Earthling...Your New Restroom is Ready! (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/11/nyregion/11toilet.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin)
This article gave me a few laughs! :D The photo is pretty funny, too:
(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/01/10/nyregion/11toilet_650.jpg)
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TOD
The Prestige
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BK
Sent Happy Days & Laverne and Shirley photos.
Do you have First Love, Apple Dumpling Gang? (Forgot to ask in email)
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Friday morning greetings! Today's my last day at work until Jan. 23 - YAY! On Sunday, DH Richard and I are heading to Wisconsin for his winter residency week at Nashotah House. I'm looking forward to lots of reading and DVD viewing time.
DR Singdaw - hope you and your DH have the smoothest journey possible and that his aunt's service is both comforting and celebratory.
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Thanks, DR Ginny! And wishing you and DH Richard a lovely retreat.
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Travel vibes to DR SINGDAW....wave as you fly over Indiana.
DR GINNY - sounds like much fun!!!
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Work today.
Oh well.
TOD:
CD - Michael Buble
DVD - The Gale Storm Show and The Roaring 20's - thanks to DR MBARNUM.
VHS - nada
I mostly remember the first couple of seasons of TGSS. Some of the episodes I now have are from the last 1959-60 season when the show moved to ABC and changed from a Hal Roach Jr production to an ITC production. It is very STRANGE to see Gale change from her little girl 50's appearance to the more sophisticated woman hair and makeup from 1960....but there are LOTS of musical numbers.
And fellow Dot Recording Star Pat Boone shows up to sing "Bernadine"!
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I got THE INVISIBLE STRANGLER aka THE ASTRAL FACTOR in one of my Mill Creek 50 movies paks.
It is as bad as MR BK says in the notes, but it does have Robert Foxworth's only nude scene that I can recall.
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Forgive my fading memory, but it has been quite a while since I have watched; but is The Gale Storm Show different from Oh Sussanna?
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Someone mentioned the Associated Press was "friendly" to LITTLE MERMAID. Here's the AP review; I think if this review were in the NY Times (and of course it's not!!!), the overall critical picture would be very different. Be assured Disney will promote the heck out of this review, which gets picked up all over the place. Caveat re my biases: The "new" lyricist is a friend through the BMI Workshop, and Mr. Menken has been so supportive of Starfighter and Skip's other work that we really wish him well in everything, and I'm a rabid fan of Doug Wright's work in general, so my comments on Little Mermaid may be filtered through that, whether I want to admit it or not.
`The Little Mermaid' Swims to Broadway
By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic
Thursday, January 10, 2008
(01-10) 16:00 PST New York (AP) --
You try singing and dancing while wearing a tail. More than a little difficult. Yet "The Little Mermaid" — tail intact — amiably swims along on good cheer and charm.
The long-awaited stage version of the 1989 Disney animated film, which opened Thursday at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, may have a few uneasy moments shoehorning the story in between all that lavish, and some might say unnecessary, underwater spectacle.
Yet forget the overused and now cliche "theme-park" adjective. This musical, buoyed by one of the best Disney film scores and a delightful new leading lady, succeeds as enjoyable family entertainment. And, yes, the sets are big, but then, so is the ocean.
Julie Taymor's take on "The Lion King" — creating an astonishing theatrical landscape — set the bar pretty high for stage adaptations of Disney movies.
If director Francesca Zambello doesn't quite accomplish that same kind of amazing transformation here, she and her design team have found a viable way to make this remounting of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale seaworthy. And Disney has spent the money to back her up.
Zambello's division between water and land is accomplished through set designer George Tsypin's use of a translucent plastic. It suggests an exotic, ocean-deep world where actors portraying the finny folk glide around on shoes that have wheels on the back of them.
Chief among these creatures is a winsome mermaid named Ariel, who longs for a handsome, yet landlocked, prince. Can she find true love if she renounces life under the sea? Ariel, played by Sierra Boggess, is the latest in a series of spunky musical-comedy heroines — think about the young women in "Wicked" or "Legally Blonde" — who seek to overcome obstacles. In the end, she does, of course, find true love.
Boggess not only possesses a lovely voice, she can handle comedy, too. Humor slips sporadically into Doug Wright's efficient book which fills in some of the gaps in the film's story line. Most of the jokes are provided by Sherie Rene Scott as Ursula the sea witch, played as sort of a campy, water-logged Norma Desmond, with a bit of Mae West thrown in for good measure.
Scott is a marvelous comedian, yet she seems a bit lost in the garish makeup and an excess of costume, especially some unwieldily tentacles, designed by Tatiana Noginova. Still, she gets to sing the catchiest of the new musical numbers, "I Want the Good Times Back," aided by a pair of conniving eels who are played by Derrick Baskin and Tyler Maynard.
The flavorsome Broadway score includes the movie's songs, courtesy of Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, most notably such hits as "Under the Sea,""Kiss the Girl" and "Part of Your World." They have been augmented with new work by Menken and lyricist Glenn Slater, a worthy successor to Ashman who died in 1991.
The rest of the cast is a strong assortment of Broadway regulars including Norm Lewis as Ariel's father, King Triton; Eddie Korbich as a tap-dancing seagull, and Tituss Burgess as that Caribbean-drenched crab Sebastian. And Sean Palmer manages to turn Prince Eric, Ariel's love interest, into something more than cardboard, no small achievement.
Choreographer Stephen Mear works overtime, providing a cascade of dances. Consider the calypso-tinged "Under the Sea," in which designer Tsypin has placed on stage two large rotating columns that look as if they are some kind of weird, space-age coral.
These columns provide the backdrop for Mear's most ambitious swirl of choreography, one in which those denizens of the deep get to demonstrate the kinetic quality of their life under water. It's an extravagant riot of color and movement that works particularly well in a theater.
Closely aligning a stage production to its popular cinematic source material is risky business. Look what happened to Broadway's "Young Frankenstein" and the comparisons made to the original — and more effective — Mel Brooks movie. That hasn't happened here. "The Little Mermaid" has found its own unique on-stage sea legs.
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USA Today is what i would call "friendly" and "positive" rather than a rave - even though this critic is known for somehow going against the tide from time to time. But it still feels like a recommendation to a large extent. Here's that review so you can judge for yourself if you're interested.
Broadway's 'Little Mermaid' could have legs
By Elysa Gardner, USA TODAY
NEW YORK — The arrival of a new Disney musical on Broadway is always met with high expectations and sharpened knives. The Little Mermaid (**½ out of four), which opened Thursday at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, would seem especially ripe for the former.
The stage adaptation of the animated film, based on Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale, boasts a sterling creative team. It includes Alan Menken, the composer responsible for some of the catchiest tunes written for the Mickey Mouse empire in recent decades, and librettist Doug Wright, whose credits include the Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning I Am My Own Wife and last season's excellent Grey Gardens.
But the new Mermaid is ultimately less than the sum of its impressive parts, offering neither the richly imaginative spectacle of The Lion King nor the old-fashioned vitality and charm of Mary Poppins.
On the other hand, anyone inclined to dismiss Disney's latest extravaganza as a triumph of flash over feeling will be hard-pressed to do so. Wright, Menken and lyricist Glenn Slater — who helped craft a bunch of new songs to accompany the ones from the movie, which Menken wrote with his late collaborator Howard Ashman — have developed the tale of a young mermaid's longing to live among humans into an endearing, if rather conventional, love story.
That doesn't mean that the title character has been reduced to a romantic sap. Though her suitor Prince Eric now figures more prominently into the plot, Ariel is the pluckier of the pair; as played by the sweet-voiced Sierra Boggess, she is graceful and willful in equal measure. Sean Palmer's Eric is bland by comparison, though he sings robustly and looks great in Tatiana Noginova's dashing costumes.
Sherie Rene Scott is predictably sassy as Ursula, the sea witch and estranged aunt who tries to sabotage Ariel's dreams, and Norm Lewis lends a gentle authority as Ariel's father, King Triton. Eddie Korbich turns in a frisky performance as the sea gull Scuttle, who offers Ariel advice and delivers the best of Menken and Slater's new tunes, the snappy Positoovity.
But Mermaid's most memorable numbers —Under the Sea and Kiss the Girl, both from the film — fall to the crab Sebastian, Triton's faithful but hardly fearless servant, played by an impish Tituss Burgess.
Wright provides these players with plenty of aquatic and crustacean wordplay. "That's what I call 'reelin' him in,' " Scuttle observes when Ariel maneuvers herself into Eric's arms. "This is gonna get me in real hot water," says Sebastian, who later frets that he has "no backbone."
Sebastian does have a good heart, though. So does Mermaid, and it's the asset that keeps the show afloat.
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Thanks, DR JRand57! :) Will do!
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Forgive my fading memory, but it has been quite a while since I have watched; but is The Gale Storm Show different from Oh Sussanna?
Same show....Oh! Susanna was the syndication title. ;D
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I guess my question is:
"Long awaited" - by whom?
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Morning all
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I'm seeing Little Mermaid on January 22
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I'm seeing Is He Dead on Tuesday the 15th
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We (Ant and I/me) are seeing The 39 Steps on Wednesday the 16th
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And it's almost time to change (a Brady Bunch reference)
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So here we are.
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And it's almost time to change (a Brady Bunch reference)
I was SO disappointed when they filtered out "Peter's" vocal on the CD release! :-\
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I saw November on Wednesday. I was disappointed. The performances are excellent but I don't care for the play. I am not a big fan of David Mamet and this play just furthers my belief that (IMHO) he is overrated. After a while the use of the "F" word loses all meaning. The play runs an hour and 45 minutes and you don't go ten minutes at a time without hearing the "F" word in many different forms, with "er", in plural form, as a gerund, take your pick. I'm not a prude by any stretch of the imagination and I can curse with the best of them but come on, is that all you can say? Perhaps he's doing it because it's his trademark. I don't know, I just know that while there are some very funny lines and excellent performances (Nathan Lane really is wonderful) the play does not add up for me. It's trite, crass, vulgar and like a sitcom (in a bad way). A sitcom that can use the "F" word. The audience around me was eating it up and I did laugh, more at the beginning but as the evening wore on I grew tired of the repetition. I knew I was in trouble when I looked at my watch, twice!
I have higher hopes for Is He Dead?
August Osage County got phenomenal reviews so it's no longer available on TDF but it is on TKTS and there are various discounts available so I will try to see it sometime in February. I just have reservations because although it's been reviewed as the best new play on Broadway in years and all the performers have been glowingly praised, I know the subject matter (and it's also 3 and a half hours long beginning at 7:30pm to get out at 11) and I don't take well to cretinous people screaming and being dysfunctional all evening. It's being compared to O'Neill and Long Day's Journey (which I love) but I shall make my own judgement.
And now, back to Gordon and Betty Moore.
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And the word of the day is: IMPRIMATUR!
And The Song Of The Day Is : YOU'RE THE TOP
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Good morning!
Rainy but warm this morning (warmer outside than inside, I thought), but this may be the last of our warm days for awhile. Five day forecast seems to suggest a cooling trend.
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I had a little trouble getting on the site this morning, but ten minutes later, I got on just fine. Don't know what the problem was. It might have been on my end of the internet.
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Friday Media Check:
CD - THE MUSIC MAN (original London cast)
DVD - THE ODD COUPLE, discs 2-3
BLADE RUNNER (Blu-ray) if I can get to it
DVR - last night's MY NAME IS EARL
last night's 30 ROCK
last night's CSI
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I, too, had trouble getting onto the site this morning.
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TV Reminder:
PSYCH and MONK begin their winter runs tonight on USA.
New episodes tonight for GHOST WHISPERER, MOONLIGHT, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, LAS VEGAS, and NUMB3RS.
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I seem to remember BEAUTY AND THE BEAST getting terrible reviews by the NY critics, too. They all cried THEME-PARK! It may well have been, but I found it an enchanting evening in the theater, and I know if I had seen it as a child, I would have been overwhelmed by all the song, dance, and magic.
Undoubtedly, THE LITTLE MERMAID won't have the run that BEAUTY AND THE BEAST had (how many shows will?), but I'd be willing to buy a ticket to see it.
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The Wall Street Journal critic, while not a total rave, is very very positive about LITTLE MERMAID. As I said, I'm very pro this show, but it does seems that there are enough postive reviews to suggest that overall, the overnight reviews for MERMAID from the NY-based critics will end up at least a decent bit better than the overall overnight reception of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST over a decade ago, and nowhere near the near-unanimous negative overnight reception for TARZAN. (What the weekly critics hold for LITTLE MERMAID is obviously unpredictable.)
From Terry Teachout in the Wall street Journal:
Rumors of doom have stalked "The Little Mermaid" ever since its Denver tryout last August, and the whispers grew louder as it swam toward Broadway. So let me start off by answering the big question: The new Disney musical is a charmer. No, it's not "Return of the Lion King," but "The Little Mermaid" passes the ooh-and-aah test with plenty of room to spare. Unlike the inexplicably grumpy "Mary Poppins," "Mermaid" is both visually ingenious and emotionally satisfying, and I expect it to run from here to eternity and back again.
Based on the much-loved 1989 animated feature that breathed new life into the cartoon trade, "The Little Mermaid" is a sugar-sparkled retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's darkly ironic fairy tale about a mermaid with a wandering eye who falls for a human prince and trades her tail and voice for a pair of legs so that she can woo him. In the Disney version, Ariel (Sierra Boggess) gets the guy (Sean Palmer) and lives happily ever after, though not before running afoul of Ursula (Sherie Rene Scott), a scene-stealing octopus who collects "poor unfortunate souls" and wants to put Ariel's on her shelf.
All this is vastly easier to tell--or draw--than it is to put on stage. To start with, how do you turn that stage into a seaful of swimming fish?
Choreographer Stephen Mear solved part of the problem by equipping the underwater members of the cast with Heelys, the popular sneakers with wheels built into the heels, thus allowing them to glide instead of walking. Add to this the long-finned costumes of Tatiana Noginova, the fantastically elaborate sets of George Tsypin and the subaqueous rear projections of Sven Ortel and you get a nonliteral evocation of marine life that is not merely plausible but downright uncanny. Forget the kids: I oohed and aahed like a six-year-old as Ariel floated upward to the ocean's surface and turned into a human....
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(In my best Mae West voice) Hi ya, boys. Are you happy to see me or ...
Hey where are all the girls? (I know Dr SinBad is out of pocket...I wonder which pumps he packed) ...
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Man, you can't be E and T for a second on this site or you're forever clueless ... how am I ever gonna catch up .... yikeys!
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Former U.S. Nationals Figure Skating champion Christopher ("Bowman the Showman") Bowman is dead. Read about HERE. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080111/ap_on_sp_ot/fig_skating_champion_death)
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Wait a minute, I thought DR Sinbad was on a trip ...
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Man, you can't be E and T for a second on this site or you're forever clueless ... how am I ever gonna catch up .... yikeys!
Ummmm.....hmmmm....how can "you" catch up? That's a poser!
;)
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It's Friday, January 11th. Man! This new year is whizzing by!
It's also County of Alameda payday, so "woohoo" to that!
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I'm having breakfast (bacon/egg sammich on sourdough toast and coffee), and am bracing for much craziness in the office this morning.
I did not come in early, so I have a bunch of little nitpicky things to attend to. My boss, however, let it slip that she is doing something major. Only problem is that the thing she is doing is no longer being done the way she remembers it...and I've a feeling it's going to be a LONG morning while she feels it all out (engaging all of her staff in it, too).
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Former U.S. Nationals Figure Skating champion Christopher ("Bowman the Showman") Bowman is dead. Read about HERE. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080111/ap_on_sp_ot/fig_skating_champion_death)
I read about it this morning in the local newspaper. Meaning no disrespect, but I have to say that I wasn't at all surprised to read this.
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Now, I need to head downstairs to get cleaned up for my usual Friday outings.
WBBL.
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Good morning, all! I've been caught up in various things this morning: notes in the files on the two Victor Herbert shows, questions concerning 2007 donations for the IRS, and here I am.
My day's two major occupations are already laid out, and I'm off to work.
TOD:
DVD: Pickwick Papers (BBC)
CD: Kristofer McDowell (I survived Jerome Records!), Hansel and Gretel
VCR: short art films
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I, too, had trouble getting onto the site this morning.
I had no trouble getting on, but every attempt to "post" takes anywhere from 30-45 seconds.
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Let's see ... in picking up on the highlights:
Condolences to DR SingGood ...
But congrats to him on his posting milestone (makes my sad little 3,617 look .... well... sad)...
And enjoyment vibes to him on petting DH's Truffle ...
And Congrats to bk and company on the Top Ten honors...
and sadness to read about Johnny Grant (he shared the Greek Theatre stage with Boo-Key as the key note speaker when Cason gave the valedictory speech at the LACC graduation in '06 .. what great memories that day brings...)
and creative vibes to bk as he works on his new book ...
and green water begone forever vibes ...
and whatever vibes you need to those who need 'em (since it may be a while before I know what some of you have been needing ... well, I can guess -- wink, wink -- but I'll keep the vibes generic for now...)
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Former U.S. Nationals Figure Skating champion Christopher ("Bowman the Showman") Bowman is dead. Read about HERE. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080111/ap_on_sp_ot/fig_skating_champion_death)
What a sad story. We saw him skate on a tour in Cincinnati - his "thing" on that tour was to take the ice wearing a T-shirt from a local college. The place went nuts when he appeared in Xavier swag.
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TOD: VCR: short art films
Is that a euphemism?
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What a sad story. We saw him skate on a tour in Cincinnati - his "thing" on that tour was to take the ice wearing a T-shirt from a local college. The place went nuts when he appeared in Xavier swag.
A terrific raw, natural talent, that guy. He had no self-discipline, sadly enough.
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Ummmm.....hmmmm....how can "you" catch up? That's a poser!
;)
One of these days, Alice, I mean, Ronald....
...to the Moon! :P ;D
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And, like DR MattH, I was not surprised to read about Chris Bowman. Still, it's sad to see talent like he had go to waste.
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One of these days, Alice, I mean, Ronald....
...to the Moon! :P ;D
How snarky! :o :-*
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TOD:
CD:
YAARAN NAAL BAHARAAN soundtrack
DVD:
A couple of John Abraham movies that arrived in yesterday's mail.
DVR:
This weeks showings of BEAT THE CLOCK, TO TELL THE TRUTH, and I'VE GOT A SECRET.
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Is that a euphemism?
I thought everything was a euphemism -- or is that an euphemism -- on this site ...
Euphemisms -- The HHW Theme ...
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A post about euphemisms -- the perfect way to start Page 3
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page 3 Karen Murphy dance!
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Hey der Brucer -- Post one of those little mooning cartoons dancing a "To the Moon" Dance for DR Ronnie in honor of this euphemistic Page 3...
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I'm off to put a dent in my inbox. Laters and ciao-ders!
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DR VIXMOM re: the VIXTER seeing SWEENEY TODD.
I think each person is different. I know my mom looked away during the violence (she found it overly graphic).
I personally do not like violence at all, and agree with DR Jose. I found that they made things so over the top, that i did not find it horrific in the least.
The blood was so bright. Everything was so fake. I did not look away once.
If the Vixter loves musicals (which she does) then i think this is a movie she should see. Although like DR MattH said, if she has not seen it until now, she can probably wait for the dvd.
I would also see if you could view a few clips online, just so you get a sense of what the movie is like. It's hard for us to explain it. I personally found the tone so grim and dismal. But i don't think it is too much for most teens.
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I'm off to put a dent in my inbox.
:o Now there's a or is it an euphemism for ya ...
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der Brucer ~ Is it a euphemism or an euphemism?
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And the word of the day is: IMPRIMATUR!
TOD
Bedroom DVD - ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE
(Film with the Mike Barnum IMPRIMATUR)
der Brucer
Good grief - the things we do in the name of loyalty!
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tap.. tap... Hello! Der Brucer? ... Are you there?
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page 3 Karen Murphy dance!
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Hiya, Mikey! :-* If I had my tap shoes handy, I'd do The Brain Tap for page 3 in honor of the Top Ten Honor ....
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tap.. tap... Hello! Der Brucer? ... Are you there?
spoo! never mind ... he posted as I was typing this ...
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How snarky! :o :-*
Oh, Master of Snarkiness, me learn from you -- and me love you long time!
~ Grasshopper
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Time to end this mini-frenzy with all the many-typos I'm having to correct...
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So here we are.
Well, it could be dicier:
(http://www.aolcdn.com/aolnews_photos/05/07/20080110165809990022)
Volcanic Blasts In Ecuador
The Tungurahua volcano
(http://www.aolcdn.com/aolnews_photos/0c/00/20080110165109990013)
(http://www.aolcdn.com/aolnews_photos/0c/04/20080110173709990012)
der Brucer
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TOD
Bedroom DVD - ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE
(Film with the Mike Barnum IMPRIMATUR)
der Brucer
Good grief - the things we do in the name of loyalty!
Well, it is about time you got down to watching this movie...and I want a complete review from you!
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Good morning. I think.
I had another computer crash yeaterday - and all my emails got deleted. AGAIN.
So I spent much of the day and night with email recovery software I bought. And did manage to get some stuff back. But not everything. And some of it was "recovered," but without the sender name, subject line, or date sent, so I have a large mass of emails that are unidentified. Ugh!
I think I need a new computer.
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So I missed some stuff yesterday for which congratualtions are i order!
Congratulations to DR Singdaw on your posting milestone.
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And congratulations to bk on BRAIN being picked as a top ten recording of the year!
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I just learned that PLAN X FROM OUTER SPACE actress VAMPIRA (aka Maila Nurmi) has died.
(http://i21.ebayimg.com/05/i/06/8b/5a/ca_1.JPG)
Her other film credits include TOO MUCH, TOO SOON, THE MAGIC SWORD, THE BEAT GENERATION, I PASSED FOR WHITE, and SEX KITTENS GO TO COLLEGE and of course she was a TV horror film host in the 1950s, and before that, a model.
I met her during one of my first trips to Los Angeles at the Ray Courts Show.
Here you can see her in her most famous film role....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caUhDAqrDMI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caUhDAqrDMI)
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I'm off to put a dent in my inbox.
Is that a euphemism?
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Well, it is about time you got down to watching this movie...and I want a complete review from you!
If he lasts through the entire AOPP he's a braver man than many!
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I just learned that PLAN X FROM OUTER SPACE actress VAMPIRA (aka Maila Nurmi) has died.
[img]http://i21.ebayimg.com/05/i/06/8b/5a/ca_1.JPG[/img
How can they tell?
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I seem to remember BEAUTY AND THE BEAST getting terrible reviews by the NY critics, too. They all cried THEME-PARK! It may well have been, but I found it an enchanting evening in the theater, and I know if I had seen it as a child, I would have been overwhelmed by all the song, dance, and magic.
Undoubtedly, THE LITTLE MERMAID won't have the run that BEAUTY AND THE BEAST had (how many shows will?), but I'd be willing to buy a ticket to see it.
I don't think the critic's reviews of Little Mermaid, to the extent that they've been fairly negative, reflects the majority opinion of the audience seeing the show. At least not at the performances I've been at. I think there are just some shows that some critics are pre-determined not to like, and it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy for them.
But Little Mermaid is one of the very few shows on Broadway right now that you can take a single digit age child to, and for this reason, I think it's pretty critic proof. And the bad reviews probably mean the audience won't go in with over-hyped expectations, and so the parents might end up liking it better than they thought they would.
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I'm a rabid fan
They have injections for this.
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der Brucer ~ Is it a euphemism or an euphemism?
Well, MattH may disagree, but I say "a" not "an" based on the sound of the word.
der Brucer
After all we say "a uniform" and "a one legged man"
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I'm up, I'm up. The sky is a bright canary blue, people are walking their dogs, and I am trying to de-groggify.
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Bruce-- I e-mailed something to you that ought to be very familiar.
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Did anyone else ever think the lyric to that song was "When this guy is a bright canary yellow?"
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Good morning. I must run some errands. Seems my savings account hasn't had enough money put in lately, and the State wants to take it away.
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I'll send the caption later when i can type!
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If he lasts through the entire AOPP he's a braver man than many!
Well, I'm not sure "brave" is the term I'd use - perhaps "perservering"...
I must admit to being regularly distracted by the tightest set of blond twinkie-buns I've ever seen (was that Ken Miller?).
I must admit that when Prof Franz neatly packed all his little friends into the brief-case (and made a point of saying that he wasn't putting them to sleep) - and then, after carefully closing the lid, he uncermoniously jerks it upright and sashays out of the door - those kids would have crowded the ER after that experience!
der Brucer
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Did anyone else ever think the lyric to that song was "When this guy is a bright canary yellow?"
That's the song they sang to me when I had Hepititis!
der Brucer
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Fred,
Did Mermaid's "Les Poissons" make it to the stage version?
der Brucer
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Well, MattH may disagree, but I say "a" not "an" based on the sound of the word.
der Brucer
After all we say "a uniform" and "a one legged man"
I would swear the British have a different philosophy, since Fredric sings in The Pirates of Penzance "To such an one, if one there be" but most online grammar guides on the use of articles a and an, are similar to this:
http://www.english-zone.com/grammar/a-anlessn.html
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Did anyone else ever think the lyric to that song was "When this guy is a bright canary yellow?"
That's what we said about our DS Rob, who developed jaundice the day after he was born. Not uncommon, but enough to keep us in the hospital an extra day or 2.
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TV GUIDE (http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Wga-Strike-Watch/Strike-Force-Closer/800030695)
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Will the Strike Force The Closer to Close Up Shop?
The Closer herself may be used to ending negotiations to her satisfaction, but this time it seems like Brenda has met her match in the WGA strike. "We were due to go back into production in about a month and we can't, because the writers need a two-month head start before we can get to work," J.K. Simmons, who plays Chief Pope on the TNT hit, told TV Guide at this week's Critics Choice Awards. "I think that if we're not back at work by sometime in April, there is no way we can deliver episodes in the summer. If that becomes the case, I don't know if TNT is willing to push it into the fall or if we lose an entire season."
UGH!
der Brucer
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der B - Yes, "Les Poisosns" is in the stage version of MERMAID.
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A tad ghoulish - but touching nonethless:
Dog retrieves his best friend - a cat buried in the garden (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3162659.ece)
der Brucer
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Yes, DerBrucer, that was indeed Ken Miller....and what did you think of Mack the Marine?
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der B - Yes, "Les Poisosns" is in the stage version of MERMAID.
Good! I'd love to see how they do it.
I also wonder if the dialog has the same lyricism that Doug put in "I Am My Own Wife".
der Brucer
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Yes, DerBrucer, that was indeed Ken Miller....and what did you think of Mack the Marine?
Hunky - but maybe full of himself?
der Brucer
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More thoughts on AOPP:
Considering when the film was made, the special effects are especially well done and seemlessly integrated. (The cat was my favorite.)
der Brucer
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Almost ready to begin writing.
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Congrats on the top ten for the BRAIN!
TOD:
DVD:
VIVAH - which I've finally gotten around to watching. . .let me tell, nay, WARN you, DR MBarnum: this is a gorgeous film which will wet your handkerchief for a while! Although it is a straight-forward story, the tale of a wedding from engagement to the wedding night, there are many wonderful songs and a believable emotional center. Mr. Kapoor has many fine moments, too. But, there are tears to be shed. . .
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX - the more I ponder this Potter film, the more I like it. It's dark. Harry matures. Umbrage is a fine characterization. The final scenes, the fights in The Ministry are some of the best Harry Potter moments committed to film. Also, very importantly, the movie moves. . .never once does it drag, but presses forward toward its melancholy conclusion.
CD:
THE BROADWAY MUSICALS OF 1943 - Jason Graae, Sally Mayes and Heather MacRae. Love Sally's "To Keep My Love Alive."
THE BROADWAY MUSICALS OF 1935 featuring Emily Skinner.
THE BROADWAY MUSICALS OF 1953 featuring Davis Gaines.
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Good Afternoon!
I'm up, I'm up... And, yep, I slept in again. :-\
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-And we just had quite the downpour here in northern Manhattan. It was brief, but, man, was it noisy outside for a few minutes!
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der B - Different characters than I Am My Own Wife, and Doug Wright writes for character. Wright's most important (IMHO) contribution to Little Mermaid is his gift for transition between book and song, exhibited also in Grey Gardens.
Here's what i had written on All that Chat:
"I also liked it quite a lot, and found it the most consistently enjoyable of the six Broadway Disney shows. (Yes, even more than Lion King, which had those long lapses in the storytelling, where LittIe Mermaid never did, for me, anyway.) I saw it shortly after the strike ended, and then I thought there was too much dancing and ensemble stuff for my taste in Act I, but I forgave that since the placement of the first act curtain probably dictated the length of the act, and the kids around me were rapt during those numbers. I admit a BMI Workshop inclination and a tendency to like Disney (and that my other half has worked for Disney in the past), but I must repeat that I found the quartet "If Only" to be perhaps among the most moving experiences I'd had at a Broadway show in a while, tying up the emotional underpinnings of the show, and shockingly (for me) even surpassing the emotional highs in Doug Wright's own Grey Gardens. I take issue with the comments about Doug Wright's book, as IMHO Wright sets up and leads into numbers with so much grace and beauty, and that might have accounted for so many of the songs landing so well with me, even on first hearing."
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TD, Vivah sounds like my kind of movie...just added it to my Netflix queue!
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I ran down to the corner bodega and back and I am soaking wet. It's a very rainy Friday in Manhattan.
I just sent my sister-in-law Jo a copy of FOREVER; it's very difficult to put the book down.
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Our own DR MattH will soon have two Bollywood movies in his possession....and I will be most curious to know what he thinks of htem when the time comes that he can watch 'em.
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As for Disney's The Little Mermaid...
I liked the show the two times I've seen it - and I will probably see it again - but the whole evening seemed filled with missed and misguided opportunities. And most of those opportunities were missed by the director and her team of designers. -And I was sort of surprised that Francesca Zambello was brought on board in the first place since no one was really that thrilled with her work on the "Alladin" show in DisneyWorld.
The plastic-ness of the sets works well for the most part, but then there are some downright puzzling looks - at least to my eyes. (Ariel's bedroom in the castle is surprisingly bare, and up against a backdrop that looks like it was painted with tempera paint.) I agree with the one review who called it the "prettiest ugly show in town". The show curtain is particularly grade-school-looking.
I will say that some of the negative reviews really do seem to be a bit on the unnecessarily harsh side - heck, even Brantley isn't as snide as he can be when he gets in that "mood" - but I think they more or less are right on the mark. Sadly, the performers and their performances have consequently been given short shrift in most of the reviews. And I feel sorry that some of the reviewers are blaming Sherie Rene Scott for her "choices", which when seen in the larger scheme, are probably more "team-influenced" than anything else. I mean, if her Ursula was as scary as the cartoon-movie-Ursula, who knows what kind of trauma that would cause the kids in the audience. Heck, there were a number of kids who started crying the first time Ursula appears.
In fact, I think the scariest number in the show - to my sensibilities at least - is "Les Poissons". The sound of that HUGE cleaver is quite the "THWACK!!!!!!". And, yes, it's a humorous number, but it's also about killing something. And when that something is a puppet-cum-actor-in-a-costume, well...THWACK!
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I've written a couple of pages so far, but may have to do some errands shortly.
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And as for Disney's Little Mermaid again...
One thought that repeatedly went through my mind while watching the show was, "Would this show have been served better if it been placed in a bigger theatre with a bigger stage?"
Yes, Beauty's Been Decreased (thank you, "Forbidden Broadway") did well in the Lunt-Fontanne after it was transferred over from The Palace, but when that show was in The Palace... WOW! I definitely think the big production numbers such as "Under The Sea" and "Kiss The Girl" would benefit from not being as "cramped". And it would have been nice to see Eddie Korbich getting a little more room to hoof in those big bird shoes.
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Greetings, Earthling...Your New Restroom is Ready! (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/11/nyregion/11toilet.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin)
This article gave me a few laughs! :D The photo is pretty funny, too:
Well, maybe once the rain stops, I'll head on down to Bryant Park. ;)
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Ooohhh.. Thunder and Lightning too! Nothing like a summer storm in the midst of January.
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TOD
CD : DER GLÖCKNER VON NOTRE DAME
Thanks to my Secret Santa :D
der Brucer
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Ooohhh.. Thunder and Lightning too! Nothing like a summer storm in the midst of January.
So much for the reservoir today!
der Brucer
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As for the Friday Media Check...
Radio: WQXR
But, mainly, it's been a week of catching up on my periodical reading: Time Out New York, New York Magazine, Vanity Fair, Gourmet, etc.
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Sad about Christopher Bowman.
Vixmom, while I haven’t seen Sweeney, I completely agree you should wait to take the Vixter to see it. Your gut is obviously saying she should wait to see it.
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Julie, no more computer crashing vibes!
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TV GUIDE (http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Wga-Strike-Watch/Strike-Force-Closer/800030695)
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A tad ghoulish - but touching nonethless:
Dog retrieves his best friend - a cat buried in the garden (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3162659.ece)
Yes, sad, sweet and ghoulish.
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From Singdaw:
Greetings, Earthling...Your New Restroom is Ready!
Oh my, heaven forbid anyone gets sick in there. They won’t have enough paper & the doors will open on them. More than one show or film is bound to do something funny with this. ;D
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Vixmom, while I haven’t seen Sweeney, I completely agree you should wait to take the Vixter to see it. Your gut is obviously saying she should wait to see it.
I assume you would say the same for Jaws and Jurassic Park - both gorier and more more terrifying and nightmare inducing than ST - expecially for a teen.
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I think throat slashing is far more gruesome, in that it is realistic. There are more scary people out there than giant sharks & Jurassic Park doesn't exist, yet. ;D
Mostly I was going by what Vixmom was saying, how she felt Vixter would react, and the fact I couldn't watch these shows when I was young. You should have seen me the first time Keith insisted I watch THE BLOB with him. ::) ;D
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I think throat slashing is far more gruesome, in that it is realistic. There are more scary people out there than giant sharks & Jurassic Park doesn't exist, yet. ;D
Jaws is much scarier - in puts unspecting youngsters in harms way in the most innocuous of settings, a summer's day at the beach - a scene the Vixter might well visit; a situation she could easily envision involving her - unlikely she would identify with a guy getting a shave in eighteenth centiuy London. Jurassic park, again, puts kids in mortal peril when they have done nothing untoward.
Both Jaws and Jurassic have scenes of more realistic blood and gore than does ST!
The Blob would indeed be scary - it involves teens emperiled in an ordinary event.
In evaluating a kid's reaction to a film it is the difficult job of the adult to see the film through the child's eyes - they find the possibilty of family separation (or the death of a parent) much more unsettling than a simple murder of some adult.
der Brucer
PS For all the mention of the blood spurting gore, Mrs Lovett's demise is much more blood curdling!
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Craig's flight from San Francisco is late. I hope he doesn't miss his connection.
Once he arrives at the airport in Pittsburgh I hope it isn't raining or snowing since he still hasn't got the motor fixed to work his window wipers.
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Woody will be heaven:
The crate of books from Jessica's Biscuit have arrived!
der Brucer
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I personally would recommend avoiding all of the above films, for the sensitive. Keith is shocked when I'm the one who wants to see a scary film, usually more to see an actor than my desire to see the film.
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Craig's flight from San Francisco is late. I hope he doesn't miss his connection.
Once he arrives at the airport in Pittsburgh I hope it isn't raining or snowing since he still hasn't got the motor fixed to work his window wipers.
He's probably OK
Pittsburgh weather:
Friday night: Mostly cloudy. Scattered flurries are possible most any time. Low around 35F. Winds WSW at 10 to 15 mph.
Saturday: Mostly cloudy skies early will become partly cloudy later in the day. High 44F. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph.
der Brucer
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I personally would recommend avoiding all of the above films, for the sensitive. Keith is shocked when I'm the one who wants to see a scary film, usually more to see an actor than my desire to see the film.
I suspect Keith is delighted when you go to a scary film - what with you all curled in his lap ;D
der Brucer
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Every time I hear about his Sweeny Todd movie it makes me nauseous. And this is coming from someone who loves the old Herschell Gordon Lewis films (although they have been known to make me a bit nauseous, as well).
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When I was a kid, and would watch an old western, I couldn't stomach seeing poeple get shot with arrows. I would have to look away for some reason.
Even now, if someone in a film is dispatched via a knife, I cringe.
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Tod:car CD=handel's JOSHUA, replaced by Emile Hersch's symphonies 1 & 2-atonalish, but very exciting-the Naxos CD has the biggest photo, it takes up almost the whole cover-probably because mr Hersch is extremely handsome as well as talented(I bought the CD, didn't I?-)but then I once bought a cd of a Brahm's concerto because the pianist, a Mr Hough, had one of the nicest 3-piece suits I've ever seen.Next up, the Eng cd reissue of Julie Andrews The lass with the delicate air, which I already had on vinyl, but you cant play vinyl in a car. I fell asleep last night watching a Guy Pearce film, something about before the snow falls-Not Mr Pearce's fault, it was just Very busy at work.
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On a less gory note, a 50th Anniversary set of Perry Mason episodes will be out in April, and it will have some very cool extras, including screen tests of Raymond Burr for both the role of Mason and one for him to play Hamilton Burger.
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George's castmate in trouble:
Please Don't Feed the Cannibal (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,322190,00.html)
der Brucer
PS The adult world's answer to Ms Spears is back in the news: OJ is going back to jail!
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Well, MattH may disagree, but I say "a" not "an" based on the sound of the word.
der Brucer
After all we say "a uniform" and "a one legged man"
In "American" English, use "a" before a word that has a consonant "sound", including the "y". A young girl. A year-long. A euphemism. A eucharist. A European summit.
Use "an" before a word that has a vowel "sound", including "h", such as "an homage", "an honor", "an honest". But "a heavy load", etc., because you are actually "sounding" the "h".
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Woody will be heaven:
The crate of books from Jessica's Biscuit have arrived!
der Brucer
Have it?
;D
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And, like DR MattH, I was not surprised to read about Chris Bowman. Still, it's sad to see talent like he had go to waste.
Absolutely. He had the makings of greatness; he could have been one of the legendary skaters of all-time with his natural gifts and on-ice charisma. Instead, he settled for "good enough" and will forever be spoken of as one of the "if-only" skaters.
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Our own DR MattH will soon have two Bollywood movies in his possession....and I will be most curious to know what he thinks of htem when the time comes that he can watch 'em.
That time is today and many thanks to DR MBarnum for making it possible. More about my predicament later.
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In "American" English, use "a" before a word that has a consonant "sound", including the "y". A young girl. A year-long. A euphemism. A eucharist. A European summit.
Use "an" before a word that has a vowel "sound", including "h", such as "an homage", "an honor", "an honest". But "a heavy load", etc., because you are actually "sounding" the "h".
Absolutely correct! It's not the first letter of the word that determines the use of the article, it's the first SOUND the word makes.
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I've done five pages, and will do a couple more later this afternoon. I think I'll go see if there's any mail at the mail place.
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The rain clouds went away, and blues skies and the sun came out to play. As I was walking around doing my errands, I couldn't help but think that today was a day in early April with blue sky, the sun beaming down, some blustery breezes that weren't cold, and a pavement wet from a morning shower. Honestly, I have the windows and doors open to let in the warm air, and the central heat has been turned off.
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I would swear the British have a different philosophy, since Fredric sings in The Pirates of Penzance "To such an one, if one there be" but most online grammar guides on the use of articles a and an, are similar to this:
http://www.english-zone.com/grammar/a-anlessn.html (http://www.english-zone.com/grammar/a-anlessn.html)
But I've heard some people (a Gypsy reference) say "an historical" instead of "a historical". :-\
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TOD
CD : DER GLÖCKNER VON NOTRE DAME
Thanks to my Secret Santa :D
der Brucer
And I'm sure that he/she/it/they would say "you're welcome."
;)
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The rain clouds went away, and blues skies and the sun came out to play. As I was walking around doing my errands, I couldn't help but think that today was a day in early April with blue sky, the sun beaming down, some blustery breezes that weren't cold, and a pavement wet from a morning shower. Honestly, I have the windows and doors open to let in the warm air, and the central heat has been turned off.
But....but....it's January 11th, ferpity'ssake!
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Well, my hopes of maybe watching BLADE RUNNER (or any other DVD for fun) ended this afternoon.
Currently I am watching the DVD box set of THE ODD COUPLE, almost finished with disc 2 of a 4 disc set. I have waiting the box set of HAWAII FIVE-O which is 25 episodes.
In the mail today came the Blu-ray of THE GAME PLAN and the new Criterion release of MISS JULIE. Not only that but in the mail from Criterion are five more films - THIS SPORTING LIFE (a 2 disc set), and FOUR FILMS BY AGNES VARDA (four films plus three shorts by the legendary French director).
All of these will be released on January 22, so I have 11 days to get them all watched and written up.
Not to be outdone, Paramount sent me another TV box set on DVD: JAG/Season 5. It comes out on January 29.
So, I have plenty to watch regardless of the writers' strike.
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But I've heard some people (a Gypsy reference) say "an historical" instead of "a historical". :-\
I have, too. It doesn't mean they were right to say it.
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But I've heard some people (a Gypsy reference) say "an historical" instead of "a historical". :-\
"Some People" say "mischievious" instead of "mischievous", too.
I've also heard folks say "an hysterical", too. But have you ever heard anyone say "an hissy fit"? Starts with the "same" sound. "A" is correct.
Folks also say "8 a.m. in the morning." Redundant. Use "a.m." or "morning", but not both in the same construct.
Also, "o'clock" is always a reference to afternoon. I hear "8 a.m. o'clock" all the time. On the news.
"P.M" references any time "after" noon...and only the hour should distinguish between daytime and evening. Use "3 p.m. today" rather than "3 p.m. (or "o'clock") this afternoon." Use "today at 7 o'clock" rather than "tonight at 7 o'clock" or "tonight at 7 p.m." In this construct "today" is a generic reference for the entire 24 hours of a day rather than something that separates day from night.
News anchors and newspaper writers are the WORST offenders of the English language these days.
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I began my afternoon of viewing with last night's 30 ROCK. Some very funny stuff as Kenneth gets hooked on coffee and the storyline with Edie Falco came to a close. I liked Alec and Edit together as a comedy couple. They were funny.
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Have it?
;D
Yeah, it do :)
der Brucer
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Cool.
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Page Six Hermione and Harry Dance!!!
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In "American" English, use "a" before a word that has a consonant "sound", including the "y". A young girl. A year-long. A euphemism. A eucharist. A European summit.
Use "an" before a word that has a vowel "sound", including "h", such as "an homage", "an honor", "an honest". But "a heavy load", etc., because you are actually "sounding" the "h".
And if you're American, it's "an herb omelet"; if you're British, it's "a herb omelet".
der Brucer
Either way the eggs are busted!
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Next I watched CSI. There were two murders and, of course, the cases were connected in a roundabout way. I had the wrong killer picked out for the cowboy. No way to have been able to pick out the other killer as the clues weren't really provided.
And there was a long, long fight scene in a honky-tonk that made me realize how far CSI has fallen from its glory days of seasons 1-3.
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Next, I watched MY NAME IS EARL. A funny episode as Earl deserted serving the god of karma. Giovanni Ribisi was hilarious as the guest star on the show.
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I skimmed through today's AS THE WORLD TURNS. No gay characters and they weren't featured in the previews for next week either.
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Then I watched a series of ODD COUPLE episodes, every one of which made me howl with laughter. I particuarly like the surprise party for Oscar (Felix presents "This Is Your Life, Oscar Madison").
But, the greatest episode from season 3 was also one of the ones I watched - "Password" with Allen Ludden and Betty White - hysterical from beginning to end, but especially during the game itself where Felix is his own worst enemy as a player.
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I have one more ODD COUPLE on disc 2 before moving on to disc 3. I'd like to get three or four more watched before GHOST WHISPERER comes on tonight.
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The Window Man is on his way.
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No mail, and that includes the replacement package for the one that was lost. I will not be happy if TWO packages with the same item are lost. It's very annoying when these things don't arrive on time, and what's more annoying is when you're unsure of your mail place's ability to get the packages to you and/or alert you of their arrival.
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I want to do some writing and then I must head down to mop the kitchen floor (argh!) and then get back to Oscar and Felix.
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Oops! (Spoo!)
WBBL.
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I wonder if the Window Man got lost.
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Question for MattH and JMK...when you are sent DVDs to watch and review...what happens if it is a something you just can't stand, but there are, like, 50 episodes that you have to watch?
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TOTD:
Last CD played was "Home On The Range" soundtrack.
I've also been playing some Lee Hazlewood tracks (With Nancy Sinatra and Ann-Margret duets)
DVD: The Constant Gardener. Even better on second viewing.
(I do like John Le Carré's novels)
Book: Ship of Magic - Robin Hobb
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I've done seven and a half pages - I think I'm done for the day, save for maybe doing some clean up later.
I shall now think about food.
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But before I think about food might I just say where in tarnation IS everyone? Is this a slow news day here at haineshisway.com?
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I did listen to The Actors Fund Benefit performance of CHESS. Wow! I like this recording very much indeed. Sutton Foster, Julia Murney, Josh Groban, Raoul Esparza, Adam Pascal and Norm Lewis. It's quickly becoming my favorite CHESS recording. . .now if they only had Judy Kuhn instead of Miss Murney. . . .
I have Lee Hazelwood & Ann-Margret's "The Cowboy and the Lady;" I like it very much, very much indeed.
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I also have, but haven't listened to recently, Lee Hazelwood's "Love and Other Crimes."
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I suspect Keith is delighted when you go to a scary film - what with you all curled in his lap ;D
As long as I'm quiet about the scary parts & don't grab him ;D Really, I'm very good.
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DR MBarnum - If you can hand Herschell Lewis, then you can more than handle SWEENEY TODD. . .I'm just sayin'. . .
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On a less gory note, a 50th Anniversary set of Perry Mason episodes will be out in April, and it will have some very cool extras, including screen tests of Raymond Burr for both the role of Mason and one for him to play Hamilton Burger.
Interesting. I wonder how the show would have been had Raymond Burr been Burger instead of Mason.
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Please Don't Feed the Cannibal (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,322190,00.html)
Shaking my head at PETA. Their antics never cease to amaze me.
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And if you're American, it's "an herb omelet"; if you're British, it's "a herb omelet".
der Brucer
Either way the eggs are busted!
In America, we have what is known as the "collective noun". The "collective noun" is a word that identifies a group of things...be the group objects or people...or industrial entities.
For instance, "Bank of America" is a collective noun. In America, the collective noun is treated as a "singular" entity and, thus, it takes singular pronoun references and verbs. "The Bank of America is one of the largest banks in the U.S., and it is the bank in which I keep my money."
In the U.K., it is a "plural entity": "The Bank of America are offering decent interest on their certificates of deposit."
Another thing "they do" in America that is beneath all the contempt I can manage to muster at any given time is the abuse of subject-verb agreement.
"If anyone (singular) wishes to donate clothes to a good cause, they (plural) should contact Grace Larson at the church."
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
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"'The Birds' IS coming" is correct!
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Shaking my head at PETA. Their antics never cease to amaze me.
;)
"Its antics never cease to amaze you."
;D
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Interesting. I wonder how the show would have been had Raymond Burr been Burger instead of Mason.
Burger would have hammed up Mason if he had switched roles, that's for sure.
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Windows have been ordered.
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But I've heard some people (a Gypsy reference) say "an historical" instead of "a historical".
I have, too. It doesn't mean they were right to say it.
Seems to me it is commonly written that way as well.
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"Its antics never cease to amaze you."
;D
;D
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"Commonly" is as "commonly" does.
The language continues to be beaten to death.
Seeing something in print doesn't remotely mean that it was checked by anyone who knew how to properly write it.
In fact, most "written word" today is rife with errors -- typographical, grammatical and so on.
We're in hard times for sure!
;)
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Grammar expert, when did anyways become a word? I don't remember it being in the dictionary until recently.
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"Anyways" is not a word...it's an idiomatic expression used in informal conversation. Here at HHW.com, many of us attempt to write more conversationally, and such things are written to establish an intimacy.
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From http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/a.html
Most of the confusion with a or an arises from acronyms and other abbreviations: some people think it's wrong to use an in front of an abbreviation like "MRI" because "an" can only go before vowels. Not so: the sound, not the letter, is what matters. Because you pronounce it "em ar eye," it's "an MRI."
One tricky case comes up from time to time: is it "a historic occasion" or "an historic occasion"? Some speakers favor the latter — more British than American speakers, but you'll find them in both places — using an on longish words (three or more syllables) beginning with h, where the first syllable isn't accented. They'd say, for instance, "a hístory textbook" (accent on the first syllable) but "an históric event." (Likewise "a hábit" but "an habítual offender," "a hýpothetical question" but "an hypóthesis.") Still, most guides prefer a before any h that's sounded: "a historic occasion," "a hysterical joke," "a habitual offender" — but "an honor" and "an hour" because those h's aren't sounded. [Entry revised 21 April 2006; revised again 10 December 2006.]
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TOO FUNNY!
ONLY in Poland??? (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22571847/)
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:D
"An-tihistamines"!
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Where is "Auntie Mayhem", by the way? Is he traveling or has he arrived?
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No comment on what the wife thought when she saw her husband. ;D
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Sometimes, when grammar people start to pick at me when I speak, I like to throw in the phrase "more better," just for fun.
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LOL Dr. Laura.
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I'm anxious to hear if Craig made any interesting connections at the job fair in San Francisco. He wants very much to return there to live. It would be nice for us.
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I never mentioned the baby shower was very nice, simple but nice. In fact I think the simplicity of it made it less tiring for the mother to be. Instead of a cake they served cupcakes. I liked the red velvet ones with cream cheese frosting. I want to find a good recipe now.
While I was at the shower, they guys (Keith, Craig & Sherlock) visited with Keith's mother. Sherlock, with permission, jumped on the couch and put his head on Mom's lap. She was in heaven.:)
In the evening my family had dinner at my brother's.
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Job connections vibes for Craig.
DR derBRUCER - that dog and cat story was sweet and gory all at the same time!!!
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DR RLP - thanks for the link about Christopher Bowman. He was always a favorite of mine, and now and then I would do a NET search to see what he was up to.
Certainly Toller Cranston took him to task in his book, but also gave him props for his skating and his colorful personal life. The girls on the circuit were just happy to have a male skater who was interested in THEM - and Christopher was happy to oblige them all....
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MR BK must be using the Evelyn Wood Speed WRITING course on this book!!
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I love ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE - and Kenny Miller tells a funny story about his pants ripping and his climbs up the door....and he yells to the director that he's not wearing undies....and the director says....keep going, we have to get the shot!!!
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William Talman was arrested a couple of times for attending marijuana parties in Wicked Hollywood, and left PERRY MASON a couple of times, but was always asked back.
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Saturday we went to a high school class luncheon. I find it interesting we weren't the only class couple. There were two other couples that hooked up after high school.
DR Penny was there looking exceptionally beautiful, if that is possible.
Keith's mother and brother kindly, and happily, watched Sherlock so he wouldn't have to sit in the car. We were able to linger and relax, giving us more time to visit.
That's it, short but sweet trip. As always I was somewhat stressed not to see other family and friends. Unfortunately that is what usually happens.
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Thank you JRand.
TD, I'm still hoping to return to Pittsburgh before Craig moves. I really expected to go in the fall. Now he is saying he doubts he will "walk" at graduation time. If he doesn't, I won't have an excuse to go. I so want to go for a relaxing visit, meet you & Miss Dixie, and spend time exploring your beautiful city.
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Good Evening!
Another hour at the gym, another hour of Bach and Brahms...
I'm revisiting some pieces I played while I was in high school, as well as some music I played on my graduation recital (college). I'm amazed at the details and "theory" that I'm seeing for the first time all these years later. Feels good. :)
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DR Jane - I meant to ask yesterday.... What does "D.O." stand for?
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Christopher Bowman at the '91 Nationals (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbIxQPRIKA0) .
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Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine.
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Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine.
I See said the Blind Man.
Thank you.
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An M.D. is an allopathic physician.
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D.O. schools, on a whole, seem to be more open to older students. I don't know why, your comments on your music are an example of the value of age and experience.
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Is it time to move on to punctuation? ;)
*I do like "Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation" by Lynne Truss.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51SAW7BZY7L._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA240_SH20_.jpg)
And the subsequent spin-offs geared toward grade-schoolers:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RKYYSH4PL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA240_SH20_.jpg)
and
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51zgq0yDGhL._AA240_.jpg)
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Former U.S. Nationals Figure Skating champion Christopher ("Bowman the Showman") Bowman is dead. Read about HERE. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080111/ap_on_sp_ot/fig_skating_champion_death)
Could the media have found a worse photo of Christopher?
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Good morning, all! I've been caught up in various things this morning: notes in the files on the two Victor Herbert shows, questions concerning 2007 donations for the IRS, and here I am.
My day's two major occupations are already laid out, and I'm off to work.
TOD:
DVD: Pickwick Papers (BBC)
CD: Kristofer McDowell (I survived Jerome Records!), Hansel and Gretel
VCR: short art films
Does Art have a last name?
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...And are the films short? Or is Art short?
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And the word of the day is: IMPRIMATUR!
Having acquired the rights to make DVD copies of The First Nudie Musical, Bruce thought it would be a good idea to include a warning on the cover: IMPRIMATURe audiences only!
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I want to know more about Art's nickname, "Short".
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Hunky - but maybe full of himself?
Hmmm, is that possible?
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Could the media have found a worse photo of Christopher?
I didn't recognize him.
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Watching the Bowman vs. Carroll vids at DR JANE's link.
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HA!
I'm currently watching the rebroadcast of "Grey's Anatomy", and I guess I had thought last night's episode was over the 50-minute mark. I guess it wasn't. ;)
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Every time I hear about his Sweeny Todd movie it makes me nauseous. And this is coming from someone who loves the old Herschell Gordon Lewis films (although they have been known to make me a bit nauseous, as well).
Michael, have you ever seen the musical.....stupid question.......withdrawn.............
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I am watching Earth Vee Ess the Flying Saucers.
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People of earth, attention. People of earth, attention.
This is a voice speaking to you from thousands of miles beyond your planet.
This is a voice speaking to you from thousands of miles beyond your planet.
Look to your sun for a warning.
Look to your sun for a warning.
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TOD:
The shipment from Jessica's Biscuit arrived today. So, when it comes to books, I'll be reading:
Laura Shapiro's Something from the Oven, the history of how the food industry tried to totally make over how the American housewife cooked back in the 1950s ... and how they didn't exactly succeed.
Michael Ruhlman's The Elements of Cooking, about the craft of cooking, with just one recipe in the entire book.
Francoise Bernard and Alain Ducasse's The Good Cuisine, about cooking French.
Bobby Flay's Bobby Flay Cooks American, about cooking American. (Didn't see that one coming, did ya!)
And Carolin C Young's Apples of Gold in Settings of Silver, a lavishly illustrated tome about the history of elegant dining.
One book in this order is on backorder, which is surprising. The book is Carlo Middione's Traditional Pasta, and what is surprising is that this is the book Jessica's Biscuit is sending me free, as a thank-you for placing such a nice order.
I've also been re-reading Parry Hotter and the Heathly Dallows, and Anthony Bordain's Les Halles Cookbook.
And on the CD front, der Brucer wants me to listen to Disney's Der Glockner Von Notre Dame. It's in German. Thank-you, George!
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People of earth, attention. People of earth, attention.
This is a voice speaking to you from thousands of miles beyond your planet.
This is a voice speaking to you from thousands of miles beyond your planet.
Look to your sun for a warning.
Look to your sun for a warning.
The preceeding was paid for by Ray-Ban.
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Tennis, Anyone?
(http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/PIN/COR005~Tennis-on-the-Wing-Posters.jpg)
Too windy for badminton.
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The crawling crud has really had me down for the count. I honestly don't know if it's walking pneumonia or acute bronchitis or what. I hate not having health insurance.
I've been rediscovering the joys of the original DIABLO game (complete with the HELLFIRE expansion) & reading Heinlein's FRIDAY, when I'm unfortunate enough to be conscious. I missed choir practice last night, but I've found I can still sing along with Bonnie Tyler. :D
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I should have posted this link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEexe5aYLeI&feature=related)
of Chris skating. He is obviously having fun. The expressions on the other skaters watching him are cute.
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Too windy for badminton.
Of course, it is. Do you have any idea what wind can do to your shuttlecock?
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Grammar expert, when did anyways become a word? I don't remember it being in the dictionary until recently.
Or "you guys's"
???
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I should have posted this link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEexe5aYLeI&feature=related)
of Chris skating. He is obviously having fun. The expressions on the other skaters watching him are cute.
Sweet, DR JANE..... :'(
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I love my grammar.
Especially when she used to brung me cookies and I has a bunch of pictures I took of her expecially when she didn't know I was going to.
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I want to know more about Art's nickname, "Short".
It's a euphemism.
;)
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Singingnymph, that is scary. I will ask my usual questions. Are you sleeping propped up? Are you getting plenty of moisture in the air to keep your cough loose?
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Julie, no more computer crashing vibes!
Thanks, Jane.
There was a time when I thought I couldn't manage without a working TV.
Now, I have de-evolved enough to know that what I really can't manage without is internet access and working email.
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~~~Vibes for Singingnymph!!~~~
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Good day one and All!!
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I saw November on Wednesday....After a while the use of the "F" word loses all meaning. The play runs an hour and 45 minutes and you don't go ten minutes at a time without hearing the "F" word in many different forms, with "er", in plural form, as a gerund, take your pick....
Felix
Felixing.
All Felixed Up.
Felixer.
Fan-Felixing-Tastic!
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vibes to singingnymph.....
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I regret to inform you all.....
We are to get severely cold this upcoming week and there fore it will be affecting many of you shortly after that
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I did listen to The Actors Fund Benefit performance of CHESS. Wow! I like this recording very much indeed. Sutton Foster, Julia Murney, Josh Groban, Raoul Esparza, Adam Pascal and Norm Lewis. It's quickly becoming my favorite CHESS recording. . .now if they only had Judy Kuhn instead of Miss Murney. . . .
I think that was my favorite of all the Actors Fund benefit concerts. It was one of those "electricity in the audience" nights. People were very excited and curious to hear Josh Groban sing Anthem. But Chess has been a guilty pleasure of mine ever since I first saw it in London.
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Another thing "they do" in America that is beneath all the contempt I can manage to muster at any given time is the abuse of subject-verb agreement.
"If anyone (singular) wishes to donate clothes to a good cause, they (plural) should contact Grace Larson at the church."
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
Yes, it is incorrect. But the underlying reason for this common usage is the desire to be gender neutral. It gets awkward to keep saying "If anyone wishes to donate clothes to a good cause, he or she should contact Grace Larson at the church.
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Good point Julie.
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Feel better vibes to DR singingnymph.
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stable puter vibes for Julie!
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BTW, Goerge, thank you for the package that arrived yesterday....
I am listening to them right now....
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Glad they arrived safely, Dakota! :D
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TOD:
And on the CD front, der Brucer wants me to listen to Disney's Der Glockner Von Notre Dame. It's in German. Thank-you, George!
And you're welcome! ;D
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TOD:
CD: Liz Callaway, Fleetwood Mac, Agnes Browne soundtrack...
DVD: The Queen
VHS: Gangs of New York
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I have broken out the peace necklace, flower child clothes and gogo boots!
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I'm sure Ron will agree with my following statement. I hate when the flight I'm on leaves late and my connecting flight departs on time, causing me to miss my flight by minutes.
I expect that is what happened to Craig. I seriously doubt he managed to get off his first flight, rush to the next terminal, and be seated in time for take-off, all in 10 minutes time.
Come to think of it, I might have done that once. Maybe I had a few more minutes, not many. I went running through the San Francisco airport shouting "excuse me, excuse me". The people were very kind making way for me. I arrived at the gate gasping for air just as they were about to close the doors. They waited until I could breathe well enough to walk onto the plane. ;D
It is strange to walk, or run, up to the gate and they know your name, simply by default.
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REading and tapping my toes....
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I am very impressed wiht Liz...
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There is one other song by Liz that I like and that is from the Anastasia sound track, JOURNEY TO THE PAST.
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Did someone post THIS (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22612314/) story already??
:o
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Singingnymph, that is scary. I will ask my usual questions. Are you sleeping propped up? Are you getting plenty of moisture in the air to keep your cough loose?
I usually sleep with 2 pillows under my head, but other than that, no.
And I've been using the humidifier at night. I really need to drink more water, though.
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I suggest trying to sleep propped up higher if you can, at least until you feel better.
Lots of fluids are good. If it gets worse you should try to see a doctor. Do you have one?
FEEL BETTER VIBES!
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Did someone post THIS (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22612314/) story already??
:o
Oops! I feel rather sorry for them. That has got to be more than nauseating to find out that your "soul mate" is your twin sibling.
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Did someone post THIS (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22612314/) story already??
:o
Shocking to me is the fact they were separated. I'm sure a good family who wanted them both could have been found.
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Oops! I feel rather sorry for them. That has got to be more than nauseating to find out that your "soul mate" is your twin sibling.
Once done, what the heck.
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'night.
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I suggest trying to sleep propped up higher if you can, at least until you feel better.
Lots of fluids are good. If it gets worse you should try to see a doctor. Do you have one?
FEEL BETTER VIBES!
Thanks. I don't have a doctor, but my aunt (whom I live with) is a an ultrasound tech at Kaiser & has connections, if things get worse.
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Singingnymph, I'm glad I saw that before leaving. I feel better now.
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Back from various and sundried. Shall now watch The Fugitive, Season One.
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Shocking to me is the fact they were separated. I'm sure a good family who wanted them both could have been found.
You would think...but evidently, they didn't. :-\
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Once done, what the heck.
Sounds very Heinleinian.
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I remember reading (many years ago) about this couple in Sweden (I think) that were in the same situation...brother and sister, separated at birth and found out that they were siblings when they had a blood test when they got their marriage license. Before they found out that they were related, they had decided not to have kids. They sued (petitioned?) to be able to get married anyway, since they didn't grow up as siblings and didn't have that "taboo" bond and didn't want kids. They won. They got married.
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...since they didn't grow up as siblings and didn't have that "taboo" bond...
I think I can understand that, a little.
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Mr. Bruce, I find karaoke ever so much fun, even completely sober. :)
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stable puter vibes for Julie!
;D
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What's this fuss about insects between married people?
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So sorry to hear about your computer problem, Julie
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And now to join the family, watching the Lakers downstairs.
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singingnymph is a lucky 7 away from godliness!!!
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Thanks, Fred.
How is Skip feeling?
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Much better, thanks.
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Question for MattH and JMK...when you are sent DVDs to watch and review...what happens if it is a something you just can't stand, but there are, like, 50 episodes that you have to watch?
You just grit your teeth and soldier through them. I've had two TV box sets that I've had to deal with (and quite a few films, too) and couldn't stand. You just don't always get things you personally like to have to watch.
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I think that was my favorite of all the Actors Fund benefit concerts. It was one of those "electricity in the audience" nights. People were very excited and curious to hear Josh Groban sing Anthem. But Chess has been a guilty pleasure of mine ever since I first saw it in London.
Oh, I wish I had seen it! In London! Except for a few moments, the Broadway cast recording leaves me wanting. Which, I suppose is why in my ITunes library (are you listening DR Ron?) I have SEVEN recordings of CHESS! ! ! I listen to the concept album and The Actors Fund Benefit concert the most.
Josh Groban and "Anthem" are a match made in heaven!
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DR George - check your inbox. (NOT a euphemism).
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Got the kitchen floor mopped and remembered that the heat has been off all day long. It's still off, and the house isn't the least bit cold.
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I watched several more ODD COUPLE episodes and am well into disc 3 now. Included in the ones I watched tonight was another of the classic episodes: Felix and Oscar's squabbling gets so intense that they consult a couples counselor who suggests they switch roles - Felix the slob and Oscar the neat freak. Absolutely hilarious.
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I had very moist eyes at the end of tonight's GHOST WHISPERER. I guessed what was going on with the girl, but that didn't make the execution of the story any less moving.
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DR George - check your inbox. (NOT a euphemism).
:D
:-*
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And MOONLIGHT had a magnificent hour, another high water mark for the show. Loved Mick in the interrogation room.
Congratulations on the show winning the People's Choice Award for Best Drama. I hope that will help CBS decide to pick it up for another season.
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...Chess has been a guilty pleasure of mine ever since I first saw it in London.
It's was a guilty pleasure of mine even before I saw it in London!
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PSYCH was pretty good, but there weren't enough uses of Shawn's "powers" to suit me this week.
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Oh,that was a very handsome actor playing Jan on PSYCH tonight. Remind me a little of Viggo.
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Oh,that was a very handsome actor playing Jan on PSYCH tonight. Remind me a little of Viggo.
As long as he didn't remind you of LITTLE Viggo. :o
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Good Evening!
In the meantime...
Since I hadn't really left the apartment today, except to go to the gym, and since I needed to pick up a few groceries, I went ahead and hopped on the A train, and headed down to Times Square. Once there, I made a brief stop at the Virgin Megastore, then walked up Eighth Ave. to Westerly Market (basically, the local version of Whole Foods - with better prices on a bunch of items!), then up to Columbus Cirlce where they were taking down the Christmas lights from the trees out front, then back on the A Train back uptown.
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I have broken out the peace necklace, flower child clothes and gogo boots!
So sorry to hear about your rash.
Oh, wait, that works better with the following punctuation change:
I have broken out: the peace necklace, flower child clothes and gogo boots!
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Did someone post THIS (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22612314/) story already??
:o
It would have been even more shocking if they had been Siamese twins!
:o
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Oh, I wish I had seen it! In London! Except for a few moments, the Broadway cast recording leaves me wanting. Which, I suppose is why in my ITunes library (are you listening DR Ron?) I have SEVEN recordings of CHESS! ! ! I listen to the concept album and The Actors Fund Benefit concert the most.
Josh Groban and "Anthem" are a match made in heaven!
Do you have or have you heard the Swedish cast recording? It's got the original Anatoly and he's still a fantanstic singer.
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I'm sure Ron will agree with my following statement. I hate when the flight I'm on leaves late and my connecting flight departs on time, causing me to miss my flight by minutes.
I expect that is what happened to Craig. I seriously doubt he managed to get off his first flight, rush to the next terminal, and be seated in time for take-off, all in 10 minutes time.
Come to think of it, I might have done that once. Maybe I had a few more minutes, not many. I went running through the San Francisco airport shouting "excuse me, excuse me". The people were very kind making way for me. I arrived at the gate gasping for air just as they were about to close the doors. They waited until I could breathe well enough to walk onto the plane. ;D
It is strange to walk, or run, up to the gate and they know your name, simply by default.
I've been in a similar situation twice - and both times I was connecting through Chicago-O'Hare, however, since they're so used to flight delays there - and since there were a few other people who had to make the same connections...
The flight crew had called ahead to tell the other flights that some people would be cutting it close. They even made the "other" people on the plane stay seated once we landed in order for the "close" people to deplane first. Then came the mad dash... "We've been expecting you.".... Whew!
:)
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Speaking of CHESS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jt-ep5JDBQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jt-ep5JDBQ)
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I've an early shift at work tomorrow.
Night.
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As long as he didn't remind you of LITTLE Viggo. :o
I haven't seen EASTERN PROMISES yet, so I can't comment. 8)
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I'm heading down to bed now.
Good night!
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Do you have or have you heard the Swedish cast recording? It's got the original Anatoly and he's still a fantanstic singer.
The following are in my CHESS folder:
1. CHESS demos
2. CHESS pa Svenska featuring Tommy Körberg as Anatoly.
3. CHESS concept album
4. CHESS original Broadway cast
5. CHESS in concert 1994
6. CHESS the complete cast album 2001/2002
7. CHESS the Actors Fund concert 2003
That's a lot of nights in Bangkok. . . .
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Greetings from the wilds of RURAL Groton, South Dakota!
It has been a LONG day, and tomorrow will be even longer, so I am going to bed. But we got here safely, and we're glad to be here representing the family.
Smooches, kids! :)
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Yippee! DR Singdaw arrived safely!
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DR td, I love the concept recording. The Broadway recording was not able to match the splender of the concept recording.
The London version was glorious. Unfortunately, much was changed, and for the worse, in the Broadway production. It's most unfortunate that the London version, or some form of it, is not permitted to be performed in the United States.
Although I will admit to one improvement -- the addition of the song Someone Else's Story.
Do you happen to have the Swedish concert recording? I've never heard that one, but I know a lot of people like it.
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Welcome home, Singdaw!!
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Time to head home!
Not quite ready.
;)
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Although I will admit to one improvement -- the addition of the song Someone Else's Story.
Do you happen to have the Swedish concert recording? I've never heard that one, but I know a lot of people like it.
The 1994 recording is the Swedish concert, and I like it, too.
Agree about "Someone Else's Story," and as good as it was in the Actors Fund concert, Judy Kuhn OWNS the song. . .
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;D
Sorry, George. I hadn't seen that you had already asked that same question about the Swedish recording.
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Tennis, Anyone?
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%](http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/PIN/COR005~Tennis-on-the-Wing-Posters.jpg)[/move]
How about a Page 11 Dance??
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The following are in my CHESS folder:
1. CHESS demos
2. CHESS pa Svenska featuring Tommy Körberg as Anatoly.
3. CHESS concept album
4. CHESS original Broadway cast
5. CHESS in concert 1994
6. CHESS the complete cast album 2001/2002
7. CHESS the Actors Fund concert 2003
That's a lot of nights in Bangkok. . . .
I don't remember who I discussed this with before, but which release of #6 do you have? The truly complete original or the second release with fewer songs? Click HERE (http://cgi.ebay.com/ABBA-RARE-org-Danish-CHESS-2set-CD-UNRELEASED-SONGS_W0QQitemZ170183251698QQihZ007QQcategoryZ307QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) for a copy on eBay of the original release with an explanation of the differences. :)
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Thanks for the you tube clip - I never tire of re-living that moment.
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Okay, NOW I'm leaving work and going home.
Until later!
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The 1994 recording is the Swedish concert, and I like it, too.
Agree about "Someone Else's Story," and as good as it was in the Actors Fund concert, Judy Kuhn OWNS the song. . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp9eoQwHB3k (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp9eoQwHB3k)
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That was peculiar - I came to our very own site, and even though there were two new pages of postings, I didn't have my "new" icon. Weird.
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Well, I'm getting sleepy, so...
Goodnight.
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singingnymph is a lucky 7 away from godliness!!!
Ooh, I'd better gets ta postin'!
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Does anyone else ever get a craving for challah?
...I miss Friday nights at the Hillel.
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But for the record, I ain't not challah back girl.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp9eoQwHB3k (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp9eoQwHB3k)
Thank you, DR Julie! That is a wonderful combination.
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I don't remember who I discussed this with before, but which release of #6 do you have? The truly complete original or the second release with fewer songs? Click HERE (http://cgi.ebay.com/ABBA-RARE-org-Danish-CHESS-2set-CD-UNRELEASED-SONGS_W0QQitemZ170183251698QQihZ007QQcategoryZ307QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) for a copy on eBay of the original release with an explanation of the differences. :)
The numbers match up: I have the upc code which ends in 858515, the same as the Ebay.
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This commercial cracks me up every time I watch it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acCnKmZDpfA
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Are we STILL on page eleven?
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This time I had my "new" icon. Go know.
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Will we never get to page twelve?
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I am my own frenzy.
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Why?
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Because of the WUSSBURGERS, that's why.
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I gotta tell you.
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Here's a better copy.
http://www.splendad.com/ads/show/1777-Dominos-Pizza-Other-28-Minutes
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We'll get to page 12 & I will achieve godliness!
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By golly.
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Sometimes I wish for a back transplant.
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Yay, I made it!
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*throws confetti*
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Woo-hoo! Congratulations to HHW new God, singingnymph!
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Woo-hoo! Congratulations to HHW new God, singingnymph!
Thank you, thank you. It was a team effort.
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PAGE 12
"WELCOME TO THE HEAVENS,
SINGINGNYMPH"
DANCE!!
[/move]
;D
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Page 12 Bo Jackson dance!
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just for giggles
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Page 12 Bo Jackson dance!
(http://www.haineshisway.com/community/attachments/bo-jackson-bw.jpg)
Ooo! You're is a VERY nice Page 12 Dance!!
;)
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At long last twelve. Will we never get to page thirteen?
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At long last twelve. Will we never get to page thirteen?
I think you're on your own there, Mr. Bruce. It be me bedtime.
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BTW, Brain has been in my top ten playlist for a LONG time... :)
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Congrats singingnymph on reaching the clouds of Godliness!
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Greetings from the wilds of RURAL Groton, South Dakota!
It has been a LONG day, and tomorrow will be even longer, so I am going to bed. But we got here safely, and we're glad to be here representing the family.
Smooches, kids! :)
Groton is not far from Aberdeen. Did you fly into Fargo or Aberdeen? It is about 2.5 hours from Fargo, give or take....
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I was doing some writing...
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If i recall right, Groton is not far from two Indian reservations (Standing Rock to the West and Sisseton to the east) and it has a high concentration of Germans from Russia....
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I have friends who live in Groton-On-Hudson in NY.
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Today's day of posts isn't closed. :)
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And so, to bed.
Good night, all.
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Today's day of posts isn't closed. :)
Yer kiddin'!
BK would never be that sloppy!
der Brucer
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Hey!
I can write here, too! Makes it look like I was up late last night!
:)