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Well, you've read the notes, the notes have illuminated all you need to know about early birds and worms, and now it is time for you to post until the early cows come home - they're trying to catch some zebras, just for the halibut.
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And the word of the day is: SACCADE!
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And a happy haineshisway.com birthday to LC, whomever that is.
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Floyd's SACCADE while viewing the CASCADE of water over the rocks went into such an overdrive that he got dizzy.
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I boo-booed last night.
When it came time to get the duck out of the downstairs refrigerator, it turned out that I hadn't thawed the duck at all. I'd thawed out a chicken.
Ooopsie!
So, instead of the duck with beet sauce dinner that I'd planned, I made for der Brucer a roast chicken. It was quite yummilicious, with garlic mashed potatoes, carrots, and a few beet chips on the side. But it wasn't the duck.
[Insert rhyme.]
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Dear Esteemed BK:
I look forward to your comments on Curtains.
Out of curiosity, which of the performers in the cast have you worked with before?
And does knowing a performer personally change how you react to them on stage?
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And here's a little something to get everyone motivated (http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=91363&st=0) today!
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Der Brucer has the day planned for us, after I get off from work. We'll be grandladding. And bookstoreing. And all that sort of stuff.
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I remember LC, although she hasn't posted in YEARS.
Well, the saga begins. As I said yesterday, the phone went out. I checked it this morning before I left for the office and it still is not working. Here at the office I checked the Verizon Web site (you can check on-line for repair requests) and it says the problem was fixed at 6:45pm yesterday. Uh, uh. I will go back to the apartment and check one more time before I call the repair line again.
The good side to the phone being out was that I had lots of lovely posts to read this morning, including some choice ones from MusicGuy.
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Just me and Larry here. And I'm about to leave for a few minutes.
Bye!
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Good morning, all! It's so nice to be back in my own space. My brother Randy and sister-in-law Jo are excellent hosts, but the family angst is too much and I'm glad to be out of it. When I left, my dad cried, and I suspect it was less because I'm so wonderful and more for the fact that I cannot act as peacemaker between Randy and my evil brother on the crap that happened yesterday. The Macbeths are at it again.
My brothers have had ugly fights before, one so bad on a Halloween visit around 1993 that my dad begged me to fix it before I left. This time I couldn't. I'm ecstatic to be out of the mess, but I fear this means my family of three brothers is blown to hell. I have no wish to see the Macbeths ever again.
I had written a longer post on all the nonsense over the company my dad started in 1965, but I just spoke to my sister-in-law Jo Ann and things seem to be cooling down between the two. She also said that my dad's coffee buddy Jim came by to visit last night and brought her a lot of green beans, which she and my dad are stringing.
This morning, I have to pick up the mail from the post office and go to Toyland for a bit. I may run to the NYPL Theatre Collection this afternoon.
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LC. = Leslie. From New York and very much a film person.
She last lurked that I know of - at the Oscars last year. Leslie visited DR François in Paris.
Happy Birthday Leslie.
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Nope, the phone is not working. On to Verizon.
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Hello, Morning Crew. It's nice to see you both!
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The problem seems to be in the central office and they thought they fixed it yesterday afternoon. The customer service agent was very nice and tried to help so I can't get angry at her but I do want my phone service restored.
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Hello, Morning Crew. It's nice to see you both!
DRs Ben and Tomovoz, two of my favorite gentlemen! Howdy, boys.
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Yes, I remember Leslie. So François is allowed visitors! Nice to know. When we get to France (and we will, eventually, I just don't know when) we will have a nice long visit with him.
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Larry, sorry to hear about your family travails. I would say to call Anthony and say hello, but you can't because our phone doesn't work!!!
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It is 8:05am. I will resume listening to Donald's sparkling new radio show and return to work on the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in anticipation of my completion of said file later today.
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Morning all, just stopped by the computer on my way to work. BK - I am very curious to see what you think of Curtains. Tell Rupert hello for me.
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Larry sorry about your family issues.
Ben sorry about your phone
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I better run. Have a good day every one
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good morning all. I am back after a brief break. everything is fine and I have a lot of notes and postings to catch up on.
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Here is a piece of news that proves the Emmy Awards no matter how the revamp the rules is still a popularity contest rather than quality.
NEW YORK - The television academy is facing uncomfortable questions about its procedures after Ellen Burstyn was nominated for a best supporting actress Emmy for a 14-second performance.
Burstyn appeared briefly in the HBO movie "Mrs. Harris," playing a former lover in a flashback scene reminiscing about Scarsdale diet doctor Herman Tarnower.
She spoke two lines, totaling 38 words, according to The Hollywood Reporter, which measured her on-screen time.
"Based on the popular vote, this is a legitimate nomination," said Pam Ruben Golum, spokeswoman for the television academy.
There's no rule setting a minimum participation requirement for award consideration, but the TV academy is willing to consider one for next year, she said.
For an entrance fee of $200, actors or actresses can be considered for an Emmy, the academy said. Generally, names are submitted for consideration by agents, movie producers or the actors themselves.
Burstyn didn't submit her name for consideration; it was done by someone at the movie's production company, according to an executive at HBO who would speak only on condition of anonymity. The network had no comment about the nomination.
A total of 41 actresses were up for nomination in this category; a pool of 2,000 eligible performers, directors or casting directors were able to vote on who should be nominated.
The academy wouldn't discuss this process, but critics say it's clear that the nominations were little more than a popularity contest and, based on Burstyn's brief role, voted upon by a number of people who didn't even see what she did in the movie.
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Wednesday morning greetings! It was nice to go out for the newspapers this morning and not get smacked in the face with oppressive humidity - maybe the worst of summer really is over.
Continued vibes for DR Elmore's family. Wish I could go to NYPL with you today!
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How many words did Beatrice Straight have in the film NETWORK?
Maybe the nominators were trying to encourage actors to take small parts, in that if they make an indelible imporession in a small part, they will be eligible for nominations?
Just playing devil's advocate on this, I didn't see the TV film in question.
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DR Cillaliz - you (and your nephew) are welcome to join us on our excursion to The Cloisters. What exactly are your NYC dates again?
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Continued sanity as well as health vibes to Larry's family.
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DR Cillaliz - you (and your nephew) are welcome to join us on our excursion to The Cloisters. What exactly are your NYC dates again?
We'll be there from late afternoon on Wednesday the 4th until noonish on Sunday the 8th. Right now we have tickets to Drowsy Chaperone on Thursday the 5th, but we haven't planned anything else yet.
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It's just starting to sink in for Jon that he's really going to New York. I think after I get his plane ticket this weekend and his travel plans are set we'll start making some tentative plans.
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We'll be there from late afternoon on Wednesday the 4th until noonish on Sunday the 8th. Right now we have tickets to Drowsy Chaperone on Thursday the 5th, but we haven't planned anything else yet.
Well, if we're going have any daytime playtime we'd better plan on Thursday. Richard and I arrive midday on Monday the 2nd and leave late Sunday afternoon the 8th. My conference is at DR Ben's workplace all day on Friday and Saturday (evenings are free). I think I'll pursue Drowsy Chaperone tickets for Thursday evening, too.
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Hoo and Ray, our phone is working again. I just called and spoke to Anthony.
Thank you Verizon.
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Good morning!
Sunny and hot here with another thundershower a distinct possibility this afternoon. Life goes on (a BABY reference).
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Thank you, DR JRand, in advance for whatever little surprise you've cooked up. Much appreciated.
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It's Jane Powell Day on TCM, so the DVR will be working overtime recording the Powell movies I've either never seen (HOLIDAY IN MEXICO, THREE DARLING DAUGHTERS) or have on videotape/laserdisc and want to see if the TCM transfers better than so they can be burned onto DVD-Rs. I don't think any of these films are in the loop for a commercial DVD release, so I'll have to burn my own.
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So sorry to read about the family problems, DR Elmore. Thankfully, my family problems are behind me. My brother and I are on friendly-ish speaking terms, but everyone else is gone.
The money/estate thing has broken many a family apart. So sorry you're having to endure the scheming and plotting.
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I'll be watching V FOR VENDETTA tonight (since there is nothing on TV tonight I'm interested in). I have friends who saw it and highly recommended it. Anyone here have an opinion?
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This afternoon, I have last night's BOSTON LEGAL to catch up with, and seems like I recorded something else yesterday (other than the Lansbury biography) that I need to view and erase.
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Good morning to all the DRs --
And for Esteemed, perky, sultry, and suave BK --
The question for "ask BK" is this; starting at the high school level, what was the very first on-stage part that you had in a play or production?
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Off to read a bit and then start preparing lunch.
WBBL.
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BB Spoiler:
How can those people be some dense? Why do they continually let the "chill town" guys get away with murder? Isn't it obvious to Danielle that she should not trust them?
I sure to hope that Marcellas learns that he has taken the dive for "chill town" and I also hope that some miracle saves my hunky Kaysar.
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Hey, Mikey! Saw this at eBay and IMMEDIATELY thought of you (if you're interested, look up "Marie Wilson")
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Ask BK day...
Where the hell have I been the past couple months?
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Ask BK day...
Where the hell have I been the past couple months?
ERRANT and TRUANT, I 'spect!
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Dear Esteemed BK:
I look forward to your comments on Curtains.
Out of curiosity, which of the performers in the cast have you worked with before?
And does knowing a performer personally change how you react to them on stage?
I've worked with Ziemba a few times, David Hyde Pierce once, and I can't remember who else, but I think I know several others. I'm always happy to see folks I know onstage but I don't know that knowing them changes how I react to them.
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BB Spoiler:
I sure to hope that Marcellas learns that he has taken the dive for "chill town" and I also hope that some miracle saves my hunky Kaysar.
Actually, they were trying to get him nominated, but Danielle saw through that.
Given Marcellas' recent bout of ugliness/nastiness, I think he had it coming. And Will is SO funny.
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How many words did Beatrice Straight have in the film NETWORK?
Maybe the nominators were trying to encourage actors to take small parts, in that if they make an indelible imporession in a small part, they will be eligible for nominations?
Just playing devil's advocate on this, I didn't see the TV film in question.
The scene in Network is short, but Miss Straight speaks a lot more than two lines.
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Good morning to all the DRs --
And for Esteemed, perky, sultry, and suave BK --
The question for "ask BK" is this; starting at the high school level, what was the very first on-stage part that you had in a play or production?
As those who've read Kritzer Time know, both Benjamin and my first role in a high school play was as Judge Hawthorne in The Crucible.
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Ask BK day...
Where the hell have I been the past couple months?
Tarnation?
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Ask BK...
Forgive me, but this David Wechter is he a relation to Julius Wechter of Baja Marimba fame? I know you have some connection to the Baja Marimba Band via production or something. Or is there no connection whatsoever?
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Indeed, TPunk and I live in that upper part of Manhattan. We are near the 194 and Broadway, across from a giant stone outcropping. You and td oughtta come up if you are coming to the city. That goes for Ginny and Cillaliz and any other visitors as well. Let us know!
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Hello, DRMUSICGUY....I think I forgot to say that yesterday.
I am too late today to be an early bird.
Raining today....
Watched Act Two of Seussical last night after my rehearsal of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD....hmmm. I could hear the soloists okay....but the way the chorus is miked everything sounds like much....can't understand a word they're singing. Not that it's much of a loss.
The production is very colorful and fun....the dancing is less than ordinary...and music and lyrics (for me) lack imagination....there is NOTHING there....
oh well....we are almost sold out!
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The way my life has been going lately...I was SURE love HAD been rationed!
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I found a sealed CD of the CAMP soundtrack at the Goodwill today for $2.99 less my Senior Citizen discount.....
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My question for ASK BK day....who is the BEST choreographer you have ever worked with.....and what is the best number he/she did for you? You may choose one as a performer and one as a director.....or any combination platter of the two.
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Ask BK...
Forgive me, but this David Wechter is he a relation to Julius Wechter of Baja Marimba fame? I know you have some connection to the Baja Marimba Band via production or something. Or is there no connection whatsoever?
David is indeed related to Julius - his son. You weren't around when it was happening, but I directed a huge all-star tribute to Julius - a benefit for Tourette's Syndrome, which Julius was afflicted with. Julius was a wonderful guy, and I produced the final incarnation of the Bajas - The Baja Marimbas.
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My question for ASK BK day....who is the BEST choreographer you have ever worked with.....and what is the best number he/she did for you? You may choose one as a performer and one as a director.....or any combination platter of the two.
I was very pleased with the work of Cheryl Baxter and her partner on What If - really good stuff, and FUNNY. Also, Tom Callas' work on the original production of Stages had some nice moments, especially the title song. Otherwise, I've either done the staging of the group numbers (I'm NOT a choreographer, heaven knows, but I know how to move people around pretty well), or there hasn't been anything to choreograph.
As to people I've been choreographed by, hmmm. I liked everyone I worked with, but I don't know that I'd say that any of them were brilliant choreographers. Joe Tremayne was fun (did The Creature Wasn't Nice), I liked David Winters and Hugh Lambert and someone else from Donny and Marie's show (I'm blanking on the name), and Marge Champion did the curtain call of Forget-Me-Not Lane, which was nice. Kay Cole did the Guy Haines number in one of the STAGE benefits - he liked her okay. Toby Bluth and his choreographer Ellen always did fun stuff at Bluth Brothers Theater - very creative.
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Hey, Mikey! Saw this at eBay and IMMEDIATELY thought of you (if you're interested, look up "Marie Wilson")
that is cool! I have never seen this before! The guy in the yellow trunks is Armand Tanny who I was in contact with a few years ago...he said he would do an interview, but only if I came down to Los Angeles in person...haven't done so yet, but perhaps some day.
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musicguy-
Indeed, TPunk and I live in that upper part of Manhattan. We are near the 194 and Broadway, across from a giant stone outcropping. You and td oughtta come up if you are coming to the city. That goes for Ginny and Cillaliz and any other visitors as well. Let us know!
The giant stone outcropping is very impressive!
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Nice choreography answer.....how do you get someone like Marge Champion to stage a curtain call? What union is that under?
I hope you are not giving up on a 50's number for the young girl....sounds like it's the perfect match for the material....maybe you should think Annette F instead of Connie F or even Dodie Stevens....and a big Panama with a purple hatband.
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LOL you're welcome DR MATTH.....hope you enjoy them....whatever they may be. :)
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My cousin as the Cat in the Hat Dance.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/PutnamPlayhouse/Seussical%202006/cat.jpg)[/img] :D :D
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I'm finding that 50s numbers in a show that takes place in that decade are a cliche - that's my prob at the moment. It's been done to death. None of the other songs in the show use the 50s vernacular, musically speaking. The song that I wrote was certainly cute and all, but it didn't really do what it needed to do, and for one of the characters involved, it made no sense at all (it's the girl's boyfriend - we have to clarify exactly what and who he is - he started off being one thing and ended up being another).
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I'm finding that 50s numbers in a show that takes place in that decade are a cliche - that's my prob at the moment. It's been done to death. None of the other songs in the show use the 50s vernacular, musically speaking. The song that I wrote was certainly cute and all, but it didn't really do what it needed to do, and for one of the characters involved, it made no sense at all (it's the girl's boyfriend - we have to clarify exactly what and who he is - he started off being one thing and ended up being another).
Why not (don't hate me) write a number that speculates on the future -- UFOs were a popular futurisitic issue...or something to do with how life will be so much better and how things will be so much cheaper....lots of optimism that truly did exist all lampooning what we now know never happened...and, in fact, only got worse. It would be true to the decade and pertinent to the now!
Just a suggestion....
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Hiya, denizens!
Yesterday i hied me off to Seattle to help my brother's son - the one I shlepped to San Antonio for, to drive his motorhome to my brother's house in Simi Valley... - pack up his kitchen stuff. Loaded a wad o' stuff into my car - which I'll store here at the cabin temporarily, and then took him to the airport for a flight to LA. While he's gone, I'll see about packing some of his other stuff - he gets back in two weeks, and has to be out of his apt by Aug. 31. Oh, there will be several trips back and forth with Stuff...
He's getting the motorhome title transferred today, and getting his driver's license. And I? well, I'm finishing a grant ap I'll present to Redmond Arts Commission tomorrow night, asking them to pay me to do the literary arts workshops the last week of Aug, at Redmond Library. We'll see if they'll cough up the funds. It is my suspicion that they will - they have $1800 left over in the Arts Ed grant budget, and $2000 left over in the Literary Arts grant budget -- Use It or Lose It - they have to get rid of it, or the City Council will stop allocating the funds... (this is a tip for y'all who are dragging your feet on writing grant ap's to fund your projects!)
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The scene in Network is short, but Miss Straight speaks a lot more than two lines.
Beatrice Straight is only on screen for five minutes and forty seconds, making hers the briefest performance ever to win an Oscar.
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II liked David Winters and Hugh Lambert and someone else from Donny and Marie's show (I'm blanking on the name)....
Bob Paul who choreographed the ice skating routines?
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Tell Rupert hello for me
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Sometimes this site still amazes me!
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And it's cloudy and drizzley today - good for my garden, bad for the ol' arthritis - but i needed an excuse to stay in and finish this proposal - so it's a Good Day!
Elmore, sorry about all the horrible family stuff - jeez, squabbling over the bones, when your dad is still alive and kicking... Wayne Dyer says people are like oranges -- their essence really comes out when they get squeezed. Under pressure, people reveal what's inside. Not just altruism and creativity and generosity and courage and kindness (which is radiating out of YOU, my friend), but greed and anger and hate and unresolved stuff from decades of festering... such is the test of time and "trouble".
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Hi, TCB - how ya doing?
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Why not (don't hate me) write a number that speculates on the future -- UFOs were a popular futurisitic issue...or something to do with how life will be so much better and how things will be so much cheaper....lots of optimism that truly did exist all lampooning what we now know never happened...and, in fact, only got worse. It would be true to the decade and pertinent to the now!
Just a suggestion....
The leading man already has such a song - The World of Tomorrow.
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Ask BK day...
Where the hell have I been the past couple months?
That is what your neighbor wants to know, too.
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Bob Paul who choreographed the ice skating routines?
No - it's a somewhat well-known TV choreographer - the joke is I remember his assistant was Charlene Painter. It'll come to me.
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I've worked with Ziemba a few times, David Hyde Pierce once, and I can't remember who else, but I think I know several others. I'm always happy to see folks I know onstage but I don't know that knowing them changes how I react to them.
What if you strongly disliked someone?
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I've worked with Ziemba a few times, David Hyde Pierce once, and I can't remember who else, but I think I know several others. I'm always happy to see folks I know onstage but I don't know that knowing them changes how I react to them.
Here is a list of the cast members who recorded for BK and the albums they did.
Karen Ziemba (I DO! I DO!, Broadway Bound, Shakespeare on Broadway & Lost In Boston II)
David Hyde Pierce (Beyond Therapy & S.T.A.G.E Cole Porter Concert)
Jason Danieley (The Stephen Schwartz Album)
Michael X Martin (Bed & Sofa)
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No - it's a somewhat well-known TV choreographer - the joke is I remember his assistant was Charlene Painter. It'll come to me.
Alan Johnson who worked with Mel Brooks?
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Here is the album BK produced with the Baja Marimba Band. Very rare album.
It is the only album I have by BK that he produced that I don't have!
(http://brucekimmel.com/images/bajamarimbbandnewdeal.gif)
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So François is allowed visitors! Nice to know. When we get to France (and we will, eventually, I just don't know when) we will have a nice long visit with him.
DD Rachel and her DBF Adam visited with François in May and had a wonderful time. They spent almost a whole day together and DD pronounced him "cool."
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Indeed, TPunk and I live in that upper part of Manhattan. We are near the 194 and Broadway, across from a giant stone outcropping. You and td oughtta come up if you are coming to the city. That goes for Ginny and Cillaliz and any other visitors as well. Let us know!
Thanks for the offer!
Well, my buddy janet lives on West 96th, and very close to Straus Park, so visiting fellow H & Ks is indeed an option when in the city.
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I only have my one copy of The Baja Marimbas, but I'm checking to see if I can get some extras.
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...And I? well, I'm finishing a grant ap I'll present to Redmond Arts Commission tomorrow night, asking them to pay me to do the literary arts workshops the last week of Aug, at Redmond Library. We'll see if they'll cough up the funds. It is my suspicion that they will - they have $1800 left over in the Arts Ed grant budget, and $2000 left over in the Literary Arts grant budget -- Use It or Lose It - they have to get rid of it, or the City Council will stop allocating the funds... (this is a tip for y'all who are dragging your feet on writing grant ap's to fund your projects!)...
Good luck with the proposal, DR PennyO!
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Hi, PennyO! I am sorry I missed you.
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Why not (don't hate me) write a number that speculates on the future -- UFOs were a popular futurisitic issue...or something to do with how life will be so much better and how things will be so much cheaper....lots of optimism that truly did exist all lampooning what we now know never happened...and, in fact, only got worse. It would be true to the decade and pertinent to the now!
Just a suggestion....
Someday, there'll be Stereopticons that move
Stereopticons? I can't believe it, no I can't believe it!
Yes, someday. In museums larger than the Louvre.
And someday, they'll be wearing skirts way up to here...
etc.
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Just caught up with a week of notes and postings.
A belated birthday wishes, anniversary wishes, good health vibes to all those that had them and needed them in the past week.
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ENjoyed a Jane Powell afternoon (for the most part).
Began with her interview with Robert Osborne on Private Screenings. She was lovely, tactful, and a really sweet and down to earth woman.
Her reminiscences about Louis B. Mayer and then at the end of the interview had her actually sobbing. I love that they kept that in and didn't re-tape the end after she got herself under control. Very real.
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Why are people just sitting there like so much fish? Three posts in ninety minutes.
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Next, I watched OUR DARING DAUGHTERS which I had never seen before. Amazing the power of MGM that they made the very talented but decidedly plain Jose Iturbi the romantic male lead of this film (with Jeanette MacDonald as leading lady). Jane Powell played Jeanette's oldest daughter, and they had a lovely duet together near the end of the film that Jane mentioned in her interview.
Elinor Donahue (from FATHER KNOWS BEST and the first season of THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW among other roles) played the youngest sister.
I had never seen the movie before, and I liked it, but at only a few minutes short of two hours, it was WAY too long.
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Next, I checked out the TCM broadcast of TWO WEEKS WITH LOVE (Jane's favorite of all her movies and certainly one of mine as well). It looked about equal in quality to the laserdisc in terms of color. I suspect in sharpness, it was a little better than the laser. I probably will burn this to a DVD-R so I can retire the laserdisc.
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Later today, I'll check the quality of SMALL TOWN GIRL to see if it or the VHS tape is better. I'll find it hard to believe that the TCM version won't surpass the videotape, but it has happened before.
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Elinor Donahue (from FATHER KNOWS BEST and the first season of THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW among other roles) played the youngest sister.
Elinor is from Tacoma, and I am proud to say that we took tap lessons from the same teacher. Hopefully she learned more than I did from him.
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Here is a list of the cast members who recorded for BK and the albums they did.
Michael X Martin (Bed & Sofa)
BK has also worked with Michael's wonderful wife, Shauna Hicks.
My sister-in-law Jo just sent me this fantastic photo of my dad. It's huge and I fear it will send us into Major Cinemascope. Can any DR help me cut him down to size?
I know. I sound like Lady Macbeth!
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This going to have to be a hi and bye night. I had some emails to answer and by the time I caught up on posts, we're almost to my stop!
Have a good evening all!
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Elinor is from Tacoma, and I am proud to say that we took tap lessons from the same teacher. Hopefully she learned more than I did from him.
She's billed in the film as Mary Elinor Donahue, and when Jane was talking about her sisters in the movie, she called her "Mary Elinor." Ann Todd played the middle sister.
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My sister-in-law Jo just sent me this fantastic photo of my dad. It's huge and I fear it will send us into Major Cinemascope. Can any DR help me cut him down to size?
I know. I sound like Lady Macbeth!
If no one else has responded, you can e-mail it to me. :)
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Here is the album BK produced with the Baja Marimba Band. Very rare album.
It is the only album I have by BK that he produced that I don't have!
It's the only album you have...that you don't have??
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As those who've read Kritzer Time know, both Benjamin and my first role in a high school play was as Judge Hawthorne in The Crucible.
Thanks, O wise one.....of course I've read Kritzer Time, but I don't automatically assume a "Benjamin parallel" all of the time. The Crucible ehh?? My....very heavy and heady stuff!
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Off to clean the den now. Then, I'll do a little reading, and then begin the evening of DVD watching.
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If no one else has responded, you can e-mail it to me. :)
Thanks, DR George! I just mailed it to you.
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The nice thing about doing The Crucible is that it led me to Robert Ward's wonderful opera of it, and Mr. Ward's music in general (I think I mention the opera in the book). Years later, when I began Bay Cities, our very first release was of Mr. Ward's music and I became very friendly with him - we ended up doing four or five CDs of his music.
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Thanks, DR George! I just mailed it to you.
I'm downloading it right now! It's a huge picture!
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I don't seem to have a Peanut Butter Pie - I believe everyone ignored my request for someone to make one and Fed Ex it to me.
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Having a lazy day today, which I guess I needed. Haven't tried to write, but may in a little while, at least a page or so.
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Okay, here's Elmore's father:
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I don't seem to have a Peanut Butter Pie - I believe everyone ignored my request for someone to make one and Fed Ex it to me.
I am thinking about making one for my work pot-luck tomorrow, but I don't think that one would survive the trip to your area of the country. :-\
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George, I'd make it and freeze it. then i would think it would survive. it's very rich, so you'd want small pieces...well maybe not
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Thanks for sharing the photo of your dad DR Elmore
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Beatrice Straight is only on screen for five minutes and forty seconds, making hers the briefest performance ever to win an Oscar.
Wasn't Emma Thompson's screen time in "In the Name of the Father" very short, also? I remember hearing something about only five minutes or so and still getting a supporting actress nomination, but I don't recall the details. Anyone else know anything about it?
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You see - Cillaliz has the answer, George. Make one for me, freeze it, and send it along. :-)
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PUSH.........
Is someone in labor?
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You see - Cillaliz has the answer, George. Make one for me, freeze it, and send it along. :-)
I could do it...but it'll be a HELL of a lot cheaper if you just make it yourself. Shipping frozen food ain't cheap, ya know. ;)
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Okay, here's Elmore's father:
DRGeorge, thanks! That photo, from the background, seems to be about 30 years old. That's a room in the house where I grew up, 3003 Goldman Avenue. My parents bought a huge piece of real estate in the country in 1980.
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Unless you want to fly me down, pay for a hotel and have me make it at your very own house, in person...I can do that, too! ;D
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Nice photo of your dad, Elmore
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I heard back from the CI today. She says I'm all set to be there for four days, but she didn't tell me if it's the same rate and the Choice website still says I'm going to be there for 5 so I don't know what to think. I emailed and asked if the rate was the same, but haven't heard back on that yet
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Even if the rooms are small, I'm thinking 2 beds is still going to win out over the CI
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BK, I may be wrong, but I thought either the Bistro or House of Pies had peanut butter pie on the menu. I don't know that it's a similar recipe. If it isn't there, it's someplace I ate in LA....
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I want my Peanut Butter Pie. Cost is no object as long as I'm not paying.
I'm so hungry right now I could eat an iPod. But, I'm holding out until I get to the Ahmanson at six. Once there, I shall eat like the wind and I think we all know how the wind eats.
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Actually, I don't think that either House of Pies or Marie Callendar's has peanut butter pie. I'll doublecheck, though.
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Maybe it was Noe
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This is what it looks like
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SOMEBODY DANCE!!!!!!!
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SOMEBODY DANCE!!!!!!!
Okay...a happy "Funny Face" dance!
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Happy Birthday LC...
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Elmo - thanks for sharing the pic of your dad! he looks very jolly...
Damn it all! Now I want Peanut Butter Pie!!! I'll have to get into the birds' peanuts, I guess. Sheesh!
Oh - and I finished the Grant Ap - and it's SWELL! I asked for $1200 - we'll see if I get one red cent! I'm guessing I'll get something for my efforts... stay tuned.
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Part of the $$$ I asked for was to pay for 30 copies of Jewish Thighs to give to participants of the workshop!
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I'm hoping I'll get 30 participants... or 13... or 3???
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Part of the $$$ I asked for was to pay for 30 copies of Jewish Thighs to give to participants of the workshop!
You could include extra $$ to give the participants a slice of peanut butter pie
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DR Maria, glad to hear that DD had a lovely time in France and visiting with Francois...
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I am hungry for peanut butter pie also...
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Elinor Donahue was also on Days...
I remember the character, Kate Honeycutt....
Will have to check some clips to see if I have a clip of her.
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I shall now be on my way to see a new musical.
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Good luck with the grant Penny...
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Truth be known, I prefer the chocolate pie
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Hmmm, Elinor was on between 1984 - 1986
If i Remember right her storyline was connected to Either STephano or Victor.
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THe Blue Moose in East Grand Forks, MN has a phenomenal mudpie...
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The peanut butter pie sounds real good! I've been on a peanut butter yogurt kick...I get plain (and fat-free, but that's not necessary ;)) yogurt and just mix in some all-natural peanut butter and Splenda and it all just mixes so easily. And it's tasty! :D I've only used Adams Old Fashioned peanut butter that has nothing but peanuts and salt. I've never made it with peanut butter that doesn't need to be stirred (Jiff, Peter Pan, Skippy, etc.), so I don't know how those would work. Try it, you'll like it. :)
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elmore your dad looks great. Did he look this good before he became ill?
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DR Elmore - nice photo of your dad!
I am, as we speak, in the throes of making the chocolate pie for which DR Cillaliz posted the recipe. Last night, I printed both on a sheet of paper and asked my family to pick one. Since it makes 2 pies, I'll take one to the baby shower Friday and we'll have one here at home to taste. I've already had an idea for a holiday variation - use peppermint stick ice cream.
As for the peanut butter pie, I also want to make that one soon because it's my mother's favorite pie variety. If you'd come to the tri-state, BK, to visit DR Charles Pogue, I'd make you one, too!
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elmore your dad looks great. Did he look this good before he became ill?
DR Jane, the photo is 30 years old! See Post 112. It contains another clue.
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nice pic of your father elmore...
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DR Jane, the photo is 30 years old! See Post 112. It contains another clue.
DR Elmore - does either of your brothers look now like your dad looked then?
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DR Elmore - nice photo of your dad!
I am, as we speak, in the throes of making the chocolate pie for which DR Cillaliz posted the recipe. Last night, I printed both on a sheet of paper and asked my family to pick one. Since it makes 2 pies, I'll take one to the baby shower Friday and we'll have one here at home to taste. I've already had an idea for a holiday variation - use peppermint stick ice cream.
As for the peanut butter pie, I also want to make that one soon because it's my mother's favorite pie variety. If you'd come to the tri-state, BK, to visit DR Charles Pogue, I'd make you one, too!
I think the chocolate would be good with strawberry ice cream, or cherry or almost anything. Peppermint would be good
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This is what it looks like
DR Cillaliz - do you have a photo of the chocolate pie? My crusts turned out real poufy, so I'm guessing that, after adding the ice cream, the pie will be real tall?
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At 4:30pm EDT today, I had my final evaluation for my "period of initial employment" (a nice way of saying probation) as Grants Specialist. Passed with flying colors, not that I was sweating it or anything. Just another hoop to jump through.
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elmore-LOL-that explains it. Smoke from one of the California fires is making my eyes burn & it is difficult for me to read. Plus my eyes are tired from doing research on the computer.
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At 4:30pm EDT today, I had my final evaluation for my "period of initial employment" (a nice way of saying probation) as Grants Specialist. Passed with flying colors, not that I was sweating it or anything. Just another hoop to jump through.
Congratulations! ;D
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Congratulations! ;D
Thanks, DR George ;)
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Ginny-Very nice.
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Ginny-Very nice.
Thank you, Jane. Are you doing genealogy research?
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Finally, Page 6! I can't dance in my robe & slippers.
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Jane what was the name of the restaurant in Amsterdam you mention here a few weeks ago?
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QUESTION BK
Was the other choreographer Alan Johnson who also worked with Mel Brooks a lot?
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CONGRATULATIONS,
GINNY!
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Hi All,
It's still icky in my part of L.A. Yuck!
I'm not fond of peanut butter but I DO like peanuts out of the shell! Odd, huh?
Matt - What made Jane Powell cry? Have you read her autobiography? It's quite a read.
Re: Beatrice Straight - I remember Beatrice Straight's performance in "Network" very well. It may be the shortest performance on camera but it was jam packed with great acting. Have you ever been told something and spontaneously break out in tears that you can't control? That's what she did in the film after Bill Holden tells her he's seeing another woman. It was heartbreaking. And then when she says she is going to fight for him, that just about did it for me. Wow. I think her Oscar was very well deserved. And speaking of the Oscars, she looked beautiful with her flowing, red hair in (I believe) a lilac gown.
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DR Cillaliz - do you have a photo of the chocolate pie? My crusts turned out real poufy, so I'm guessing that, after adding the ice cream, the pie will be real tall?
No, actually it's more like pie crust. Maybe after it cools and the softened ice cream is added it sinks. I've never made it, just eaten it ;D
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Thank you, Jane. Are you doing genealogy research?
Keith does that.
Currently we are researching dog food, since most are just junk, and which vaccinations we want & don’t want & by which manufacturers. Basically we are reading about the needs of Bernese Mountain Dogs in general.
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Congrats Ginny.
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No, actually it's more like pie crust. Maybe after it cools and the softened ice cream is added it sinks. I've never made it, just eaten it ;D
Oh, dear, I'm not seeing anything like pie crust, more like cake or brownies (Rob said it smelled pretty good from up in his room). We'll taste-test one pie here at home tomorrow evening and that still leaves me time to stop at the bakery on my way to work Friday, if need be :-\
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Thanks, DRs TCB and Cillaliz. This was really no biggie, just a formality. And, since my 9th anniversary at the library is in about a month, I'll have to have my annual evaluation then. How badly can I screw up in the next month?
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Ginny - just made a food emergency call to my mom. She said "Don't worry, it will fall"
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Michael S-It wasn’t a restaurant. We only had a couple of hours in Amsterdam so we just walked through the big outdoor shopping area. It had a big sign that said to watch out for pickpockets. Somewhere near the end (we entered from the train station side) there was an indoor area with all sorts of goodies. To the left (if memory serves me correctly) the aroma of fresh waffles called us. We purchased them to go and later regretted getting only one each. We ate them plain, no need for any toppings.
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My boss was here today to talk about my secretary problem. I've been doing all my own work since I came back. It's going to get a little better but not much. The interesting part is he's going to get me a digital recorder and Dragon Naturally Speaking 9 (the new one) so I can do my own dictation and have the computer type it up.
He did irritate me when he said I'm not being friendly enough with people in the office....hello, I'm doing the work of at least 2 people, I don't have lots of time to chat
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Well, I have to go shopping for foodstuffs. I haven't decided if I'll make the chocolate or the peanut butter pie. I think I'd like the chocolate pie better, but in a pot-luck setting, the ice cream aspect may not be the best choice. And I could just make something complete different, also. I'll decide when I get to the store. Until later! :)
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With large breed dogs it is important to find a food the slows the growth of the dog & prevents orthopedic problems.
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'night
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LOL! I'm watching America's Got Talent. One of the girls just said "Last time Brandy said we looked like we were trying to look 30 and we were just crushed" Ok they're young, but that one really cracked me up
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Part of the $$$ I asked for was to pay for 30 copies of Jewish Thighs to give to participants of the workshop!
Cool idea, DR PennyO. People love walking away with something like that!
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Ginny - just made a food emergency call to my mom. She said "Don't worry, it will fall"
Cillaliz - thanks. The crusts have been filled with vanilla ice cream and are now in the freezer. I'm going to bed and try to dream of fallen pies.
'night!
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Congrats to our Ginny!!!
Can't wait to see the new puppy, Jane and Keith. When do you think it will be ready for adoption? Glad it's another Mountain Dawg - saves having to change all those signs...
Hey, George - no, I didn't go to see Dirty Rotten Scoundrels last night - too tired after packing with my nephew, then sitting in traffic to the airport to send him off. I just turned around and sat in traffic back to the mountain.
Dinner tonight was a fabulous soup - I had some buffalo steak, which I cut into stew size, with carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, green beans, mushrooms, tomatoes, yellow squash, some bay leaves, oregano, pepper, and curry powder! Yummmmm! Now, maybe for some frozen blueberries blended up with some nonfat plain yogurt, for my version of ice cream...
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Good night, Cil!
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Dinner tonight was a fabulous soup - I had some buffalo steak, which I cut into stew size, with carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, green beans, mushrooms, tomatoes, yellow squash, some bay leaves, oregano, pepper, and curry powder! Yummmmm! Now, maybe for some frozen blueberries blended up with some nonfat plain yogurt, for my version of ice cream...
Whew! I was beginning to think that you had spent too much time at the cabin. I thought you were going to add the blueberries to your wonderful soup!
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Night Penny, but I'm on and off and all over the net tonight playing. Have I ever told you how nice it is to see your smiling face whenever you post? It always makes me smile
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Wasn't Emma Thompson's screen time in "In the Name of the Father" very short, also? I remember hearing something about only five minutes or so and still getting a supporting actress nomination, but I don't recall the details. Anyone else know anything about it?
I don't think this is correct. She's the defense attorney in the film and has quite a bit of screen time in court as I recall.
Judi Dench's Oscar-winning role as Elizabeth I in SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE is about 8 minutes in length.
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A nice evening of movie watching. I started with SMALL TOWN GIRL. It looked about a hundred times better (sharper, more focused, better Technicolor) than the videotape, so I burned a DVD-R as I watched from the DVR.
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Then came V FOR VENDETTA. This is a movie adapted from a graphic novel and filled with ideas "borrowed" from the past and slyly commenting on our present and possible future. Natalie Portman gives a sensational performance (and Hugo Weaving does some great things with body language and his voice since his face is masked throughout), and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I got drawn in totally and quite enjoyed piecing together the revenge scenario as the plot is quite splintered.
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I think I forgot to mention that this afternoon I also watched last night's BOSTON LEGAL. Good episode with some real caring work from James Spader; he's not just a jerk with a smirk always but has tenderness and compassion aplenty.
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DR Jane, I will be curious to know what dog food you decide upon. I hope I am feeding Bosco the type that is appropriate for him...and healthy, too.
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Off to bed now.
Good night!
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Happy to see Toby Bluth and Ellen Davis up there with your favorites, BK. I certainly enjoyed their work!
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La da DAH dee dah dah.
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Nice pic of DR ELMORE's pater familias.
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"Cost is no object as long as I'm not paying." Mr BK.
Hmmm....I like it.
That's my new philosophy!
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Yes, the DR CILLA LIZ sure isn't very friendly, is she?
Maybe you should knit some warm fuzzies for everyone in the office, we had to carry them at the School for the Deaf......well.....I didn't carry mine.....it was in my drawer for a long time, then accidentally fell into the wastebasket.
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Well....I ALMOST switched my vote tonight on SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE....and went with Benji....but I couldn't do it....I have been a Travis Voter for many weeks....and stayed with him.
We will find out one week from tonight.
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Good elimination from Pwoject Wunway this evening....although I might have gone with the first of the three losers who left the stage.....
It was a close one for one of my favorites!
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I think I might have switched the top two as well....
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We will hear about a new musical .... soon.....
Hmmmm......I understand the dilemma about the 50's song.....hmmmmm....
you will find the tone....you need....seems to me a Bacharach-David type song....
A guy who started out as something but ended up as something else....well that's not as rare a happening as one might think.
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Nice picture of your dad Larry!
Tonight I took a page out of MattH's itinerary - and I don't plan on putting it back - and watched a dvd (THE INNOCENTS) while making two, two I say, dvd-rs. . .AT LONG LAST LOVE (I doubt that FOX will find a way to take this one to dvd) and THE SINGING NUN (which would fit nicely into a WB boxed set featuring Debbie Reynolds).
My cousin took some nice picture of myself and the dog - nice, since I'm usually the one taking pictures of Dixie Bell - which I shall share when I upload them to Photobucket. . .
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Thank you, Jane. Are you doing genealogy research?
I have done some genealogy research also Ginny.. However my lines are in the upper Midwest and Canada...
German, Irish, Scots-Irish
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Congratulations Ginny!!
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My boss was here today to talk about my secretary problem. I've been doing all my own work since I came back. It's going to get a little better but not much. The interesting part is he's going to get me a digital recorder and Dragon Naturally Speaking 9 (the new one) so I can do my own dictation and have the computer type it up.
I should try that program, it might help with writing....
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DR Laura, do you get a lot of rain during the 'monsoon' season in AZ?
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Had a nice evening on my end. Wrote some letters including an op-ed to a local newspaper concering the upcoming trial here in Fargo of an alledged kidnapper and killer of a college student in Grand Forks. IMHO, this guy should have never been released in the first place for he had brutally raped and sodomized women in the past.
Even creepier, there is a person being tried for murder in Idaho and he used to come into the library I work at. He always made me feel uncomfortable.
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I don't think this is correct. She's the defense attorney in the film and has quite a bit of screen time in court as I recall.
Judi Dench's Oscar-winning role as Elizabeth I in SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE is about 8 minutes in length.
Ahh...I remember that I watched "In the Name of the Father," but I don't remember much about the movie. Thanks.
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Even creepier, there is a person being tried for murder in Idaho and he used to come into the library I work at. He always made me feel uncomfortable.
Not that I've ever heard of it happening in an Olympia area library, but this is one reason that I'm very glad that I don't have to work with the public. :o
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Well, I didn't make either pie for the pot-luck at work tomorrow. I went to Costco and bought some bite sized caramel macaroons with white chocolate. It was a good thing that I didn't try to make something. As soon as I got home from Costco (literally...I hadn't been in my house for more than five minutes!), my sister called me from her friend's new house, asking if I would help put up some blinds (meaning "put up some blinds"). I was just starting to watch "Last Comic Standing," so I set my VCR to tape the rest of that and "America's Got Talent."
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After we all got back (it took almost an hour), I had to take apart my sister's gas barbecue and put it in the back of my niece's truck, because I stupidly said that I'd bring an actual barbecue for the barbecue pot-luck at work. Dopey me. :P But, I'm not the only one bringing one and FORTUNATELY, I'm not the one who signed up to cook. ;) I can just enjoy the whole experience. Actually, I made up the sign-up sheet! And I'm bringing the barbecue, so I've done plenty. ;D
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But then, as I was taking apart the barbecue, I lifted the gas tank and I don't know if there is enough propane in the tank for a whole lot of cooking. So, early tomorrow morning, I'm going to get some. Fred Meyer has filled tanks where all you do is put down a deposit and pay for the gas, then when the tank is empty, you bring it back and swap it for another full tank! You don't buy the tank, you just rent it. That's a pretty cool idea. And I would assume that if you ever just bring back the tank, you can get your deposit back...maybe. It's just a guess. I'll find out in the morning.
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So, I really hate to do this (no...I REALLY DO!) but I must officially Wussburger so that I can MAKE myself get up early enough to go to Fred Meyer for a propane tank, so that in case they don't have them, I have enough time to go somewhere to get my sister's filled.
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Get my sister's propane tank filled, that is.
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Good night, all (meaning, at this moment, Cillaliz)! 8)
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Goodnight George. I woke up and couldn't get back to sleep so I thought I'd drop by
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Back from the show and the party and must now write the notes.