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Title: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: bk on February 28, 2009, 12:21:41 AM: Well, you've read the notes, the notes were fat-free, and now it is time for you to post until the fat and the lean cows come home.
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Post by: bk on February 28, 2009, 12:22:31 AM: And the word of the day is: VINACEOUS!
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Post by: bk on February 28, 2009, 12:22:47 AM: Welcome nine GUESTS!
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Post by: bk on February 28, 2009, 12:23:26 AM: In my haste to write the notes, I forgot to mention that today is the final day of February and tomorrow we usher in a new month I like to call March.
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Post by: DAW on February 28, 2009, 01:30:19 AM: bk, congratulations on your new Kritzerland acquisition!! :D
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Post by: DAW on February 28, 2009, 01:31:24 AM: DR Cillaliz - fabulous photos, and I have really enjoyed hearing about your impressions of New Orleans. Since it has dropped out of the news, people tend to forget the ongoing problems there.
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Post by: DAW on February 28, 2009, 01:31:44 AM: Congratulations, DR Ginny, on finally being out of the dark!
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Post by: DAW on February 28, 2009, 01:32:55 AM: ***CONTINUING TRAVEL VIBES***
to DR JoseSPiano!!!!

I would hate traveling overnight on a bus. :-\
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Post by: George on February 28, 2009, 01:52:23 AM: DR DAW (formerly known as Singdaw), I just noticed that you have posted your 1007th post!! Congrats on reaching four digits (again)! ;D

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Post by: DAW on February 28, 2009, 01:53:47 AM: (http://img.foodnetwork.com/FOOD/2009/02/04/BX0116-1_Goat-Cheese-Tart_s4x3_lg.jpg)

Tomato and Goat Cheese Tarts
Ina Garten

Prep Time: 30 min
Cook Time: 25 min
Serves: 4 individual tarts

Ingredients

1 package (17.3 ounces/2 sheets) puff pastry, defrosted
Good olive oil
4 cups thinly sliced yellow onions (2 large onions)
3 large garlic cloves, cut into thin slivers
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
3 tablespoons dry white wine
2 teaspoons minced fresh thyme leaves
4 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan, plus 2 ounces shaved with a vegetable peeler
4 ounces garlic-and-herb goat cheese (recommended: Montrachet)
1 large tomato, cut into 4 (1/4-inch-thick) slices
3 tablespoons julienned basil leaves

Directions

Unfold a sheet of puff pastry on a lightly floured surface and roll it lightly to an 11 by 11-inch square. Using a 6-inch wide saucer or other round object as a guide, cut 2 circles from the sheet of puff pastry, discarding the scraps. Repeat with the second pastry sheet to make 4 circles in all. Place the pastry circles on 2 sheet pans lined with parchment paper and refrigerate until ready to use.

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.

Heat 3 tablespoons of olive oil in a large skillet over medium to low heat and add the onions and garlic. Saute for 15 to 20 minutes, stirring frequently, until the onions are limp and there is almost no moisture remaining in the skillet. Add 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, the wine, and thyme and continue to cook for another 10 minutes, until the onions are lightly browned. Remove from the heat.

Using a sharp paring knife, score a 1/4-inch-wide border around each pastry circle. Prick the pastry inside the score lines with the tines of a fork and sprinkle a tablespoon of grated Parmesan on each round, staying inside the scored border.

Place 1/4 of the onion mixture on each circle, again staying within the scored edge. Crumble 1 ounce of goat cheese on top of the onions. Place a slice of tomato in the center of each tart. Brush the tomato lightly with olive oil and sprinkle with basil, salt, and pepper. Finally, scatter 4 or 5 shards of Parmesan on each tart.

Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until the pastry is golden brown. The bottom sheet pan may need an extra few minutes in the oven. Serve hot or warm.
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Post by: DAW on February 28, 2009, 01:54:26 AM: Thanks, DR George! I feel rejuvenated!! :D
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Post by: DAW on February 28, 2009, 01:56:45 AM: I'm listening to Slacker radio on my computer - the Broadway channel. I thought, "Boy, that sounds like Sondheim, but I can't place the song..." It turns out it was from Bounce, which I guess I haven't listened to enough. :-\
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Post by: DAW on February 28, 2009, 01:58:42 AM: I think I'm going to take the dog out and then get back in bed...

Because I can! :D
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Post by: George on February 28, 2009, 01:59:13 AM: Just a few titles that I can think of for the Topic of the Day:

All About Eve
A Chorus Line
Fame (the original movie)
The First Nudie Musical
Follies
Kiss Me, Kate!
Noises Off!
Opening Night (with Gena Rowlands)
The Producers (original non-musical movie and stage musical only)
Shakespeare in Love
Show Boat
Singing In the Rain
Twentieth Century

Only known by the recordings:
Applause
The Glorious Ones
On the Twentieth Century
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Post by: George on February 28, 2009, 02:00:47 AM: Quote from: DAW on February 28, 2009, 01:58:42 AM
I think I'm going to take the dog out and then get back in bed...

Because I can! :D

Fine...be that way!

;)
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Post by: George on February 28, 2009, 02:01:34 AM: Well, I'm going to bed.

Because I can. ;D
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 28, 2009, 04:12:38 AM: Good Morning!

I'm up, I'm up...

Greetings from New York City!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 28, 2009, 04:20:47 AM: Thanks for the Travel Vibes once again. *And I have two more round trips to make in the next 10 days, so keep 'em coming! In any case...

The bus ended up leaving Richmond right on time at 12:30am, and we arrived down on Allen St. in Chinatown right at 5:30am(!!!!!). I guess when the driver said he was going to drive straight thru to New York City, he meant it!

*Of course, the trip up from Grand St. to 145th on the D train took an hour, but six hours door-to-door still ain't bad at all.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 28, 2009, 04:25:07 AM: DR DAW - Overnight travel by any means is never ideal. -I took a red-eye once from LA to DC, never again. I think I did grab a few winks during the bus ride up, and I think I'm just going to stay up, maybe even head out for a proper breakfast in a bit. I can always nap this afternoon.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 28, 2009, 04:25:54 AM: DR DAW - Was that the recipe of the day? ;)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 28, 2009, 04:28:06 AM: DR Cillaliz - Thanks for the "tour" and the pictures. Was the tour you took part of the rebuildng effort? Or was it run by a private company?
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Post by: Jrand73 on February 28, 2009, 04:38:37 AM: Yes DR JOSE - I now have the file in my movie folder but when I go to iDVD and drag it to my chosen movie title box, it doesn't stay.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 28, 2009, 04:38:48 AM: As for the Topic of the Day...

Stage Works:
Noises Off!
A Chorus Line
I Hate Hamlet
Moon Over Buffalo
My Favorite Year
Two Shakespearean Actors
Compleat Female Stage Beauty
Kiss Me, Kate
The Producers
Privates On Parade
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Post by: Jrand73 on February 28, 2009, 04:39:06 AM: DR GEORGE's list is very nice!

Of course I am working today. Hopefully it won't be too crazy!
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Post by: Jrand73 on February 28, 2009, 05:11:01 AM: And so i am off to work.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 28, 2009, 05:13:55 AM: As for the Topic of the Day, Part Deux: The Movies

"Funny Girl" (maybe even "Funny Lady" ;))
"Fame"
"Waiting for Guffman"
"Sunset Boulevard"
"The Dresser"

...And a slew of others my sleep-deprived noggin' can't produce right now.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 28, 2009, 05:16:30 AM: Have a good day at work, DR JRand.

*As for iDVD - Does your iMac have a Super-Drive? Will it burn DVDs?
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Post by: Michael on February 28, 2009, 05:22:35 AM: Quote from: George on February 28, 2009, 01:59:13 AM
Just a few titles that I can think of for the Topic of the Day:

All About Eve
A Chorus Line
Fame (the original movie)
The First Nudie Musical
Follies
Kiss Me, Kate!
Noises Off!
Opening Night (with Gena Rowlands)
The Producers (original non-musical movie and stage musical only)
Shakespeare in Love
Show Boat
Singing In the Rain
Twentieth Century

Only known by the recordings:
Applause
The Glorious Ones
On the Twentieth Century

Ditto!!
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Post by: Cillaliz on February 28, 2009, 05:25:16 AM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on February 28, 2009, 04:28:06 AM
DR Cillaliz - Thanks for the "tour" and the pictures. Was the tour you took part of the rebuildng effort? Or was it run by a private company?

The tour is by a private company but they donate a portion of the proceeds they get to 4 different organizations including Habitat and the Brad Bitt 9 something organization. I don't have the brochure handy or I could tell you all of them.

We also stopped at a little restaurant/liquor store/bar in the lower 9th to use the facilities. They were the first business to re-open and it's where Bush ate when he was there (our guide said because it was the only place he could eat there). Anyway, they didn't really give us time to order food - I still got a BLT to go, I felt like I should - but they were very welcoming so I have a feeling they get paid something from the tour company for the use of their facilities by the tours.
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Post by: Cillaliz on February 28, 2009, 05:36:34 AM: The guide told us that people initially were upset by the tours going through their neighborhoods and would give a wave using less than all of their fingers, but that has changed. The tours aren't just about devastation, although realizing the area flooded was the size of Delaware is a bit shocking, they are about the spirit of the people to rebuild, the struggles they are having and how much they appreciate the help that has literally come from all over the world.

The people now get that the tours keep attention on the need for continuing support and they waved to us and smiled as we went through the neighborhoods. It's been the people who are helping the people of New Orleans not the government. Boy is THAT clear. Other than a couple houses, we were told that Bradd Pitt was the first to start building in the Lower Ninth and That changed things and others have followed suit. There were modular homes and only one trailer (we saw a FEMA trailer that was tiny).

Feb 28 ends the rent subsidies from the government. The problem is there still is a lack of jobs and a lack of housing here and the rents doubled or tripled after Katrina. So apparently there are many people who will no longer be able to afford the rent after this weekend.

The guide also told us the first year after the Hurricaine was very very depressing and difficult and there were many suicides. It's getting better.

You don't see debris too much, although you do still see many abandoned houses. We saw one that has the hole in the roof where people tried to escape - hopefully successfully.
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Post by: Cillaliz on February 28, 2009, 05:45:07 AM: We took the St Charles streetcar, that wasn't running for a while after Katrina. Anyway, along that route and in the Quarter you really don't see much because there wasn't a lot of damage here - it's the highest ground in town. But it's different than it was last time I was here. There aren't as many people here. The economy is partially to blame for that. Bourbon street seems to have more of an edge to it - more of the barely legal sex shops and louder rock music, not as light a feeling as I used to get walking down the street and hearing jazz and blues. I guess a lot of that has moved to Frenchman Street.

I'm really glad I'm here. I wish the organization had arranged for us to help work on some houses or something. I feel like I'm not really doing much. Guess that's part of the reason I want to talk about it
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 28, 2009, 05:57:17 AM: Good morning, all! I'm heading down to Toyland to drop off my final edits and to collect a few 1903 programs for the show as well as my marked up libretto. The rest of the day is Mr Loesser's, I think.

TOD is about theatre not the movie industry, if I remember correctly:

PLAYS & MUSICALS:
The Critic (Sheridan)
Noises Off (Frayn)
The Seagull (Chekhov)
Mademoiselle Colombe (Anouilh)
Light Up the Sky (Hart)
Nicholas Nickleby
The Producers
Kiss Me, Kate
On the Twentieth Century
Tonight at 8:30 (Coward)
Show Boat
Follies
MOVIES:
Being Julia
Nicholas Nickleby
All About Eve
The Producers
Enter Laughing
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Post by: Cillaliz on February 28, 2009, 05:59:07 AM: I'm off to spend my last day here...laters
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Post by: Laura on February 28, 2009, 06:05:00 AM: Good morning. Shortly I will be going hiking with a church group. I should get a chance to stop and take some photos.
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 28, 2009, 06:33:22 AM: I forgot three of my favorite Kern back-stagers:
The Cat and The Fiddle
Sweet Adeline
Music In The Air
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Post by: FJL on February 28, 2009, 07:01:37 AM: Good morning. Today is a tax office Saturday, so i may be E&T a large part of the day.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 28, 2009, 07:32:32 AM: DR elmore - Ah, yes, The Theatre!

*I blame DR George. ;)
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Post by: Matt H. on February 28, 2009, 07:38:10 AM: Good morning!

It's been raining off and on all morning and is supposed to continue throughout the day. We may even get a touch of snow tomorrow when the temperatures dive back into the freezing range. But it's mild right now; just gray from the overcast.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 28, 2009, 07:38:59 AM: DR MBarnum - I'm currently listening to this week's installment of Studio360 on NPR. They are running a segment about the residents of The Lillian Booth Home in New Jersey. It's a retirement home for retired entertainers. Quite enjoyable and heart-warming.

*They are also running segments on composer and centenarian, Elliot Carter, as well as other interviews with people who want to share the Wisdom of their years.

**And, yes, you can listen online: www.Studio360.org
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Post by: Matt H. on February 28, 2009, 07:41:21 AM: TOD:

FOLLIES
ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
CITY OF ANGELS

ALL ABOUT EVE
SUNSET BOULEVARD
THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
A STAR IS BORN (1937, 1954)
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Post by: Matt H. on February 28, 2009, 07:43:34 AM: My work project for the day is the Blu-ray of CADILLAC RECORDS. It has an interesting cast (including a favorite of some DRs here, Adrian Brody). Looks to be filled with music, so I'm actually looking forward to it. It's only 106 minutes and there appear to be about four featurettes along with the commentary, so I should have some free time later tonight to watch something for fun.
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Post by: Matt H. on February 28, 2009, 07:44:34 AM: I recorded FLASHPOINT last night, and that's what I'm going to watch while I eat lunch today. I've never seen an episode of the show (from its summer run or since it's come back as a midseason replacement), so that should be interesting as well.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 28, 2009, 08:01:41 AM: DR MattH - I'm curious to see what you think of "Cadillac Records". Alas, I think it's original release date in the theatres right before the "Oscar-worthy" onslaught caused it to get pushed out earlier than it should have.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 28, 2009, 08:17:15 AM: I LOVE this quote! (courtesy of Studio360):

"As long as there's a telephone, no actor is ever retired."

:)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 28, 2009, 08:19:30 AM: -Which is related to one of Carol Channing's (apocryphal?) responses to "Why do you keep going out on the road with HELLO, DOLLY"

-"As long as your booked, you don't die."
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Post by: Miss Karen on February 28, 2009, 08:23:05 AM: Top of the mornin', DR Enabler! I need a Levain, pronto!!
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Post by: Matt H. on February 28, 2009, 08:23:42 AM: I'm heading down now to tidy up a few things downstairs and then will start preparing some lunch.

WBBL.
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Post by: Miss Karen on February 28, 2009, 08:24:59 AM: Greetings to DR FJL, too!
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Post by: Miss Karen on February 28, 2009, 08:25:41 AM: And good mornin' to DR MattH !
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Post by: Charles Pogue on February 28, 2009, 08:26:42 AM: TOD

Movies:

Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise)
Shakespeare In Love
My Favorite Year
The Dresser
In Bleak Midwinter (aka A Midwinter's Tale)
All About Eve
Stage Beauty
Twentieth Century
The Producers (not the musical)
The Goodbye Girl
Career

Plays & Musicals:

Kean (the musical)
A Laughing Matter
Enter Laughing
The Play's The Thing
The Seagull
Amy's View
Cressida
The Royal Family
The Critic
Lend Me A Tenor
A Cry of Players
Barrymore
The Real Thing
Noises Off
Gift of the Gorgon
Present Laughter
Tonight At 8:30
Le Bete
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Post by: Miss Karen on February 28, 2009, 08:27:08 AM: TOD:

Waiting for Guffman
Shakespeare In Love
Moon Over Buffalo
The Producers
Topsy-Turvy
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Post by: Charles Pogue on February 28, 2009, 08:27:43 AM: How could I forget Sunset Blvd?
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Post by: Charles Pogue on February 28, 2009, 08:29:32 AM: Quote from: Charles Pogue on February 28, 2009, 08:27:43 AM
How could I forget Sunset Blvd?

The movie, not the musical.

Let me add Waiting For Guffman while I'm at it and...

...the film THE GREAT GARRICK, with the always admirable and underappreciated Brian Aherne.
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Post by: Miss Karen on February 28, 2009, 08:34:58 AM: oh, and I like Yankee Doodle Dandy (they always show it around July 4th)
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Post by: JMK on February 28, 2009, 08:35:45 AM: For those of you unfamiliar with what may be BK's latest OCR release:

http://www.bluegobo.com/production.php?var=10111&mode=P&vid=0
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Post by: JMK on February 28, 2009, 08:36:13 AM: No one can smoke and "sing" simultaneously like Melina! ;)
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Post by: MBarnum on February 28, 2009, 08:38:26 AM: DR Cillaliz, I have really enjoyed the photos from you New Orleans trip. Quite fascinating.
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Post by: bk on February 28, 2009, 08:40:19 AM: I think Pogue forgot his other fave - Those Lips, Those Eyes.
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Post by: bk on February 28, 2009, 08:40:37 AM: I think I'm up.
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Post by: bk on February 28, 2009, 08:41:04 AM: All the lists include favorites of mine - and I'd add Enter Laughing.
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Post by: Miss Karen on February 28, 2009, 08:45:30 AM: Oh, and last week I was at the reading for The First Nudie Musical in La-La-Land (Cason's girlfriend and I played the two lesbians, but alas we had no lines, no songs, no dance numbers, no action -- we just "sat there like so much fish" ... what's with that?! I will have to speak to the writer/producer/director about that!). It was fun, and I enjoyed seeing our Gran Pooh-Pah's house (it and his neighborhood were most charming) and seeing his "the long-jog" new self. He's looking fit as a fiddle (and you know how fit fiddles can look).
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Post by: Jane on February 28, 2009, 09:03:47 AM: I saw photos of Cason's girlfriend on Facebook. She is absolutely darling.
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Post by: Jane on February 28, 2009, 09:05:24 AM: DR Cilla I enjoyed your visual tour almost as much as your narration. Was there any explanation as to why Brad Pitt's homes are so large? I can understand the ones by themselves, but why the large one next to the church lady's home?
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Post by: Jeanne on February 28, 2009, 09:06:05 AM: Hello, everyone.

I am doing laundry.
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Post by: Jeanne on February 28, 2009, 09:07:31 AM: Thanks, Cillaliz, for the photos of New Orleans. It still breaks my heart to think of what happened there. I didn't know that Brad Pitt was involved. Glad to see it!
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Post by: JMK on February 28, 2009, 09:10:09 AM: Quote from: Jeanne on February 28, 2009, 09:07:31 AM
Thanks, Cillaliz, for the photos of New Orleans. It still breaks my heart to think of what happened there. I didn't know that Brad Pitt was involved. Glad to see it!

Brad Pitt caused Hurricane Katrina? Who knew?
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Post by: Jeanne on February 28, 2009, 09:12:17 AM: Re: the escape hatches. There are many things that can be built into a house during construction without costing much more. Friends in the construction industry tell me that customers never want to spend the extra money. I do, though. I also build in little hiding places, which make my carpenters chuckle. I just have to hope that they don't divulge my secrets!
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Post by: Jeanne on February 28, 2009, 09:13:31 AM: Quote from: JMK on February 28, 2009, 09:10:09 AM
Quote from: Jeanne on February 28, 2009, 09:07:31 AM
Thanks, Cillaliz, for the photos of New Orleans. It still breaks my heart to think of what happened there. I didn't know that Brad Pitt was involved. Glad to see it!

Brad Pitt caused Hurricane Katrina? Who knew?

No, silly!
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Post by: Jeanne on February 28, 2009, 09:15:16 AM: R&R VIBES to the overworked BK!
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Post by: Jeanne on February 28, 2009, 09:16:03 AM: I apparently missed MISS KAREN.
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Post by: Jeanne on February 28, 2009, 09:16:40 AM: TTFN, kids.
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Post by: JMK on February 28, 2009, 09:20:57 AM: I don't think anyone has posted this (sorry if they did), but LEVERAGE is moving to my little town of Portland. No doubt you will see a lot of the SAG/AFTRA locals with whom I work in musicals in supporting roles.
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Post by: JMK on February 28, 2009, 09:21:34 AM: Does anyone remember NOWHERE MAN, which I think was the last series to film in Portland? Tons of my friends were in that.
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Post by: Kerry on February 28, 2009, 09:26:29 AM: BK, I hope you enjoy "the Dressser." I remember seeing it in the theatre and was quite impressed. I have not seen it since then, but I assume it still holds up.

What are we talking about again?
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Post by: Jane on February 28, 2009, 09:36:08 AM: I've only watched a couple of episodes, where is LEVERAGE moving from?
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Post by: FJL on February 28, 2009, 09:41:17 AM: Off to the tax office.
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Post by: TCB on February 28, 2009, 09:57:42 AM: Quote from: JMK on February 28, 2009, 08:35:45 AM
For those of you unfamiliar with what may be BK's latest OCR release:

http://www.bluegobo.com/production.php?var=10111&mode=P&vid=0

I thought this was supposed to be a secret until negotiations were complete?
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 28, 2009, 09:58:46 AM: Quote from: George on February 28, 2009, 01:52:23 AM
DR DAW (formerly known as Singdaw), I just noticed that you have posted your 1007th post!! Congrats on reaching four digits (again)! ;D

(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff302/HHWgroup/DAWs1007thPost.png)

This time next year, he will reactivate the "singdaw" account and post to that and "DAW" daily . That way, he will be TWO of the top five posters here!!! :D
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 28, 2009, 10:03:36 AM: Quote from: Jeanne on February 28, 2009, 09:16:03 AM
I apparently missed MISS KAREN.

But you don't now? :)

That's sort of analogous with Chinese food, isn't it!
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Post by: TCB on February 28, 2009, 10:04:25 AM: T.O.D.

PRESENT LAUGHTER
NOISES OFF
THE DRESSER
THE ROYAL FAMILY
ENTER LAUGHING
FOLLIES
A CHORUS LINE
FAME
ALL ABOUT EVE
APPLAUSE
CURTAINS
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Post by: TCB on February 28, 2009, 10:12:01 AM: CONTINUED GOOD VIBES TO

VIXMOM, JEANNE, DANISE, AND ANYONE ELSE WHO NEEDS THEM!
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Post by: FJL on February 28, 2009, 10:14:42 AM: Well, now I'm REALLY off to the tax office!
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Post by: td on February 28, 2009, 10:20:55 AM: . . .and I'm off to Mulligan's.
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Post by: TCB on February 28, 2009, 10:24:09 AM: Has everyone seen the animated recreation (with actual audio) of how quickly the events took place on the plane that landed in the Huson?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imDFSnklB0k&eurl=http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/09/scene-systems-uses-animations-to-reconstruct-scenes-such-as-sullys-cras
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Post by: TCB on February 28, 2009, 10:24:28 AM: Quote from: td on February 28, 2009, 10:20:55 AM
. . .and I'm off to Mulligan's.

Have the stew.
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Post by: DAW on February 28, 2009, 10:32:25 AM: Thanks for sharing the link, DR TCB.
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Post by: DAW on February 28, 2009, 10:33:01 AM: We're going clothes shopping. Well, the DH is going clothes shopping. I'm going to watch.
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Post by: DAW on February 28, 2009, 10:33:56 AM: I suppose I could bring my camera, like Laura DR.

But her pictures will actually be entertaining and delightful.
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: Jane on February 28, 2009, 10:37:13 AM: Thanks TCB.
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: Jane on February 28, 2009, 10:38:31 AM: DR elmore, NetFlix does not have THE RIVALS at this time. I will watch for it at a future date.
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: DAW on February 28, 2009, 10:42:27 AM: Quote from: TCB on February 28, 2009, 09:57:42 AM
I thought this was supposed to be a secret until negotiations were complete?

It was.
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: MBarnum on February 28, 2009, 10:44:34 AM: Quote from: JMK on February 28, 2009, 09:21:34 AM
Does anyone remember NOWHERE MAN, which I think was the last series to film in Portland? Tons of my friends were in that.

My friends Tina and Jeff were in that also. That made it fun to watch. Even more fun to hear their behind the scenes stories.
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: TCB on February 28, 2009, 10:47:39 AM: Quote from: DAW on February 28, 2009, 10:33:56 AM
I suppose I could bring my camera, like Laura DR.

But her pictures will actually be entertaining and delightful.

Pictures of your husband trying on clothes could be quite delightful.
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: JMK on February 28, 2009, 10:50:19 AM: Quote from: DAW on February 28, 2009, 10:42:27 AM
Quote from: TCB on February 28, 2009, 09:57:42 AM
I thought this was supposed to be a secret until negotiations were complete?

It was.

Which is why I said "may be", not "is," and also never mentioned the show by name.
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: MBarnum on February 28, 2009, 10:55:03 AM: TOD:

FOOTLIGHT GLAMOUR (1943; Ann Savage get's Blondie and Dagwood involved in a little theatre production)

KAAGAZ KE PHOOL (1959; Guru Dutt as powerful, but disturbed director and Waheeda Rehman as the actress he takes under his wing. Quite a classic of Indian film)

KHOYA KHOYA CHAND (2007; The tumultous relationship between a film writer and an actress in 1950s Bombay)

SUMMER STOCK (1950; Judy Garland and Gene Kelly)

GOLDDIGGERS OF 1933 (933)

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1962 VERSION)

That is all that comes to mind just now.
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: Kerry on February 28, 2009, 10:57:55 AM: Quote from: Cillaliz on February 28, 2009, 05:45:07 AM
We took the St Charles streetcar, that wasn't running for a while after Katrina. Anyway, along that route and in the Quarter you really don't see much because there wasn't a lot of damage here - it's the highest ground in town. But it's different than it was last time I was here. There aren't as many people here. The economy is partially to blame for that. Bourbon street seems to have more of an edge to it - more of the barely legal sex shops and louder rock music, not as light a feeling as I used to get walking down the street and hearing jazz and blues. I guess a lot of that has moved to Frenchman Street.

I'm really glad I'm here. I wish the organization had arranged for us to help work on some houses or something. I feel like I'm not really doing much. Guess that's part of the reason I want to talk about it

You didn't take a streetcar named, "Deisre"?
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: TCB on February 28, 2009, 10:59:25 AM: Quote from: MBarnum on February 28, 2009, 10:55:03 AM
TOD:

FOOTLIGHT GLAMOUR (1943; Ann Savage get's Blondie and Dagwood involved in a little theatre production)

KAAGAZ KE PHOOL (1959; Guru Dutt as powerful, but disturbed director and Waheeda Rehman as the actress he takes under his wing. Quite a classic of Indian film)

KHOYA KHOYA CHAND (2007; The tumultous relationship between a film writer and an actress in 1950s Bombay)

SUMMER STOCK (1950; Judy Garland and Gene Kelly)

GOLDDIGGERS OF 1933 (933)

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1962 VERSION)

That is all that comes to mind just now.

It is always amazing Mike, to see what films you mention, that I obviously forgot!
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: TCB on February 28, 2009, 11:02:18 AM: The film PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1962) was the film that I saw on a double bill with THE UGLY AMERICAN the night of November 22, 1963. My mom sent me to the movies to get away from the non-stop coverage of the Kennedy assasination.
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: Kerry on February 28, 2009, 11:03:58 AM: I'm listening to the London Recording Sessions Fred Astaire did. I now have them on CD, and haven't heard some of them in years.
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on February 28, 2009, 11:10:16 AM: Quote from: bk on February 28, 2009, 12:22:31 AM
And the word of the day is: VINACEOUS!

And The Song Of THe Day Is: THE DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: Kerry on February 28, 2009, 11:13:55 AM: TOD:

I'll go with the lists people have compiled. I need to see, "My Favorite Year" again soon. It always makes me smile.
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: George on February 28, 2009, 11:31:36 AM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on February 28, 2009, 07:32:32 AM
DR elmore - Ah, yes, The Theatre!

*I blame DR George. ;)

Fine...you may remove "The First Nudie Musical" and "Singing In the Rain" from my official list.

Consider them an addendum, along with other movies about movies and actors:

My Favorite Year
A Star Is Born
Sunset Boulevard
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: George on February 28, 2009, 11:32:52 AM: And add to my list of the official Topic of the Day:

Curtains (only know from the CD)
Funny Girl
Stage Beauty
Waiting for Guffman

;D
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: George on February 28, 2009, 11:37:59 AM: And now, I must leave and go to work.

Have a good day, all!
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: Charles Pogue on February 28, 2009, 11:49:25 AM: Quote from: bk on February 28, 2009, 08:40:19 AM
I think Pogue forgot his other fave - Those Lips, Those Eyes.

AHHH! I cannot believe I left the one that would TOP my list OFF my list! Yes! Yes! Definitely, THOSE LIPS, THOSE EYES!
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: Ginny on February 28, 2009, 11:57:48 AM: Saturday afternoon greetings! Right after breakfast Richard and I took 4 boxes of books out to the AAUW book sale site and I stayed to help with the sorting and pricing. My friend Katie brought me home in time for lunch and a couple of BONES episodes with Richard on DVD. Now, we're getting ready to go to Cincinnati to see Stacy Keach in the touring production of FROST/NIXON at the Aronoff.

I have discovered that my new bifocals are useless for sustained reading and computer use. Fortunately, I have a separate pair of glasses for those tasks.
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: DERBRUCER on February 28, 2009, 12:00:28 PM: Quote from: Jeanne on February 28, 2009, 09:12:17 AM
I also build in little hiding places, which make my carpenters chuckle. I just have to hope that they don't divulge my secrets!

My father-in-law did all his own carpentry - the house was filled with abditories; I suspect there are some that have yet to be re-discovered.

der Brucer
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: DERBRUCER on February 28, 2009, 12:02:22 PM: Quote from: JMK on February 28, 2009, 09:20:57 AM
I don't think anyone has posted this (sorry if they did), but LEVERAGE is moving to my little town of Portland. No doubt you will see a lot of the SAG/AFTRA locals with whom I work in musicals in supporting roles.

I assume they want snow-bound exteriors.

der Brucer
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 28, 2009, 12:04:10 PM: Fuzzy But Fun

Pair of Chickadees
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/WINDOW/M240001.jpg)

Lonely Cardinal
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/WINDOW/M240002.jpg)

Woody contemplates the squirrel box
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/WINDOW/M240003.jpg)

Woody gets his prize
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/WINDOW/M240004.jpg)

der Brucer
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: DERBRUCER on February 28, 2009, 12:41:07 PM: More thoughts on the TOD

Movies

White Christmas
Star
The Great Caruso
Billy Elliot
Melba
The Red Shoes

Shows:

Goldilocks
The Club
Accomplice
Nine

If we expand theatre to include other performing arts, like the circus:

Annie Get Your Gun
Greatest Show On Earth
Trapeze
Barnum

der Brucer
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: DERBRUCER on February 28, 2009, 12:53:33 PM: THE GUARDIAN (http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/feb/26/toilet-roll-america)

Quote
American taste for soft toilet roll 'worse than driving Hummers'

Extra-soft, quilted and multi-ply toilet roll made from virgin forest causes more damage than gas-guzzlers, fast food or McMansions, say campaigners

Americans already consume vastly more paper than any other country — about three times more per person than the average European, and 100 times more than the average person in China.

Barely a third of the paper products sold in America are from recycled sources — most of it comes from virgin forests.

"I really do think it is overwhelmingly an American phenomenom," said Hershkowitz. "People just don't understand that softness equals ecological destruction."

So, it's down to this: My Charmin or the planet.

Goodnight, Moon; Goodnight, Earth

der Brucer

We still have 11 roles of single ply that Woody bought by mistake - I have banned them from the bathroom. And, TP from recycled paper is one step up from corn-cobs
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: DERBRUCER on February 28, 2009, 12:56:23 PM: On Oscar night some one asked about the white ribbons:

LA TIMES (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/alltherage/2009/02/lapel-watch-whi.html)

(http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/alltherage/images/2009/02/25/rage_dustin.jpg)

Quote
Lapel watch: White ribbon for equality?

At several recent high-profile events, including the Grammy, Academy and Spirit awards in Los Angeles and a Broadway concert Tuesday night, the strip of white fabric, with a knot tied in the middle, has been worn as a symbol of marriage equality, and it was created by Angeleno Frank Voci.

I tracked down Voci on Wednesday, and he told me he had been motivated by the November passage of Proposition 8, which made marriage between same-sex couples illegal in California. He said his main goal was to keep the dialogue going and awareness high after the initial rallies and protests died down.

"I was thinking about causes and ribbons and was just playing around with a piece of ribbon and tied it in a knot and had this 'eureka!' moment -- 'tie the knot' -- it's perfect!"

der Brucer
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: DAW on February 28, 2009, 01:13:35 PM: Quote from: DERBRUCER on February 28, 2009, 12:04:10 PM
Woody gets his prize

Straight from DR elmore3003's VHS collection!
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: DERBRUCER on February 28, 2009, 01:15:34 PM: Quote from: Ginny on February 28, 2009, 11:57:48 AM

I have discovered that my new bifocals are useless for sustained reading and computer use. Fortunately, I have a separate pair of glasses for those tasks.

Welcome to the land of AARP. As we age our presbyopia decreases our depth of field at near and intermediate ranges - to keep an entire computer screen, or a page of a book, in focus requires a particular lens - I have made the journey from regular glasses, to bi-focals, to tri-focals and ended up with progressive lens with a customized gradient (more bifocal). I still need a separate pair of fixed-focus glasses for the computer. By locking down the focal range to 12-24" I can use the keyboard, read most reading material, and browse the screen in comfort. Driving is still a chore with the progressives - if I keep my head level to watch where I am going, I can not glance down and see the instrument panel in focus. (Which is why pricey cars have heads-up projections on windshields).

der Brucer
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: Cillaliz on February 28, 2009, 01:27:47 PM: Quote from: Kerry on February 28, 2009, 10:57:55 AM
Quote from: Cillaliz on February 28, 2009, 05:45:07 AM
We took the St Charles streetcar, that wasn't running for a while after Katrina. Anyway, along that route and in the Quarter you really don't see much because there wasn't a lot of damage here - it's the highest ground in town. But it's different than it was last time I was here. There aren't as many people here. The economy is partially to blame for that. Bourbon street seems to have more of an edge to it - more of the barely legal sex shops and louder rock music, not as light a feeling as I used to get walking down the street and hearing jazz and blues. I guess a lot of that has moved to Frenchman Street.

I'm really glad I'm here. I wish the organization had arranged for us to help work on some houses or something. I feel like I'm not really doing much. Guess that's part of the reason I want to talk about it

You didn't take a streetcar named, "Deisre"?

Not sure there still is one. It's actually pronounced Desire' as in the woman's name, but that doesn't make as good a story as desire
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: elmore3003 on February 28, 2009, 01:32:06 PM: Quote from: Jane on February 28, 2009, 10:38:31 AM
DR elmore, NetFlix does not have THE RIVALS at this time. I will watch for it at a future date.

It's on my Netflix page ; look for it under "Rachel Kavanaugh" the director.
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: elmore3003 on February 28, 2009, 01:33:10 PM: Who the hell blew page 3 into Cinemascope?
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: elmore3003 on February 28, 2009, 01:34:32 PM: Quote from: Kerry on February 28, 2009, 11:13:55 AM
TOD:

I'll go with the lists people have compiled. I need to see, "My Favorite Year" again soon. It always makes me smile.

Isn't it about television as opposed to theatre. just as "Sunset Blvd" is about the movie industry?
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: elmore3003 on February 28, 2009, 01:37:13 PM: I'm cranky because I just had a long bus ride home which was complicated by a homeless women who smelled like 50 years of piss and gummed up the entire bus. No one was happy, especially me.
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: Matt H. on February 28, 2009, 02:03:04 PM: Quote from: bk on February 28, 2009, 08:40:19 AM
I think Pogue forgot his other fave - Those Lips, Those Eyes.

Yep, I was surprised not to see that listed, too!
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: Matt H. on February 28, 2009, 02:05:38 PM: The weather has finally done what was predicted: rained on and off all day long. We really needed this good, soaking rain.
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: Jane on February 28, 2009, 02:05:54 PM: derBrucer thank you for the lovely photos of your birds.

Ginny, I think you should return the glasses while they are still guaranteed.
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: Matt H. on February 28, 2009, 02:05:54 PM: Page Five Dance!!!
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: Matt H. on February 28, 2009, 02:10:18 PM: Well, much against my will, I now have another show to add to my viewing list. I have been eager to pare down my list to open up some more time, and now FLASHPOINT gets added to the weekly list. I watched my first-ever episode while I ate lunch today, and by the end I had tears streaming down my face. I was just expecting a police procedural. It was that but very emotional. I loved last night's episode.
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: Matt H. on February 28, 2009, 02:12:52 PM: I had time this afternoon to go ahead and watch all of the bonus features on CADILLAC RECORDS (wanted to watch the movie tonight). There was a making of documentary that was really just an EPK puff piece with everyone extolling everyone else's genius on the shoot. There was a more interesting feature on the costumes and production design for the movie (set in the 1950s). There were five deleted scenes none running more that two minutes.
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Post by: Matt H. on February 28, 2009, 02:13:37 PM: So, looks like I'm going to have some time tonight to watch something for fun. Haven't decided yet what it will be because I'll have to leave an hour at the end of the evening to use for writing.
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Post by: Matt H. on February 28, 2009, 02:33:02 PM: OK. I've completed my afternoon surf and am now heading back downstairs to watch CADILLAC RECORDS and then something else for my evening of work/play.

WBBL.
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: Jane on February 28, 2009, 02:35:31 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on February 28, 2009, 02:10:18 PM
Well, much against my will, I now have another show to add to my viewing list. I have been eager to pare down my list to open up some more time, and now FLASHPOINT gets added to the weekly list. I watched my first-ever episode while I ate lunch today, and by the end I had tears streaming down my face. I was just expecting a police procedural. It was that but very emotional. I loved last night's episode.

Did you watch the latest episode or are you beginning from the first season?
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: DERBRUCER on February 28, 2009, 02:38:02 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on February 28, 2009, 02:10:18 PM
Well, much against my will, I now have another show to add to my viewing list. I have been eager to pare down my list to open up some more time, and now FLASHPOINT gets added to the weekly list. I watched my first-ever episode while I ate lunch today, and by the end I had tears streaming down my face. I was just expecting a police procedural. It was that but very emotional. I loved last night's episode.

It had me hooked from the git-go. They spend minimal time on character back-stories for the regular cast (and even that is often tied into the drama at hand). More than most of the procedurals, the event-of-the-week usually has a compelling personal story; in fact, the "procedural" elements are often a minor player.

der Brucer

Have you tried Eleventh Hour yet?
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: Dan (the Man) on February 28, 2009, 02:48:28 PM: TOD:

I am shocked that no one has mentioned one of my favorite movies about actors, STAGEDOOR.

I am also shocked that DR Elmore did not mention SLINGS AND ARROWS (even though it's a TV series.)

And I am also fond of a Terrance McNally play that tried out in Philly and never opened on Broadway titled BROADWAY, BROADWAY. It starred Geraldine Fiztgerald and James Coco--I thought it was quite funny.
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: bk on February 28, 2009, 02:50:27 PM: Back from errands and two hours in the editing room - I got a little snippy with the editor, who'd arrived late and had done very little - he sort of wants to have me do the work, I think, but I want him to do the pickups and let me finesse them. I did a few things for the two hours and then came home - the Handy Man is here and fixing things. He doesn't expect me to do anything, unlike the editor. After he's gone, I'll go get something to eat, and then around six I have to deliver a box o' CDs to a dealer. So, "me" time is not happening today - there's always tomorrow. I do hope to get to watch a motion picture later.
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: bk on February 28, 2009, 02:50:56 PM: I do wish they'd put Those Lips, Those Eyes on DVD one of these days - I don't know that I've ever seen it all the way through.
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: bk on February 28, 2009, 02:51:10 PM: And might I just point out - page FIVE???
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: DERBRUCER on February 28, 2009, 02:56:49 PM: Quote from: Jane on February 28, 2009, 02:05:54 PM
derBrucer thank you for the lovely photos of your birds.

Thanx - you can return the favor by posting more Sherlock.

der Brucer
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: Dan (the Man) on February 28, 2009, 02:59:35 PM: I went to peck at some bones at Circuit City today. I really didn't expect to find anything, but I did come across a network adapter for my Wii and a pair of ethernet cables. The shelf price stated that they were 19.99 and 28.99 respectively, but when I took them to the register they rang up to 10.99 and 11.99 each.

Still, even though I never had much love for the Circuit City stores, it was rather sad to see it in such a state. These bigbox stores once reflected the boom economic times and the country's love affair with the very latest technical gadgets. Today it looked like a big indoor flea market with a lot of junk that no one really wants.
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: Jane on February 28, 2009, 03:06:16 PM: Quote from: DERBRUCER on February 28, 2009, 02:38:02 PM
Quote from: Matt H. on February 28, 2009, 02:10:18 PM
Well, much against my will, I now have another show to add to my viewing list. I have been eager to pare down my list to open up some more time, and now FLASHPOINT gets added to the weekly list. I watched my first-ever episode while I ate lunch today, and by the end I had tears streaming down my face. I was just expecting a police procedural. It was that but very emotional. I loved last night's episode.

It had me hooked from the git-go. They spend minimal time on character back-stories for the regular cast (and even that is often tied into the drama at hand). More than most of the procedurals, the event-of-the-week usually has a compelling personal story; in fact, the "procedural" elements are often a minor player.

der Brucer

I set it to record & see if it grabs us this late in the game. Unless I'm missing something it isn't on tonight & I'll have to wait until next week to watch.

I also programmed CASTLE to record, a new show Keith beginning March 9th.
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: Jane on February 28, 2009, 03:08:01 PM: DR DtM just this morning I was reading many of the non-returnable items from Circuit City are broken & don't work.
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: Jeanne on February 28, 2009, 03:10:44 PM: Ginny, I have the same problem with my progressive lens--I just don't get good reading vision from it. I have a pair of reading glasses that I use on the computer and when doing any desk work or while reading in bed. So much easier! My pal Dave recommended them when I first got the progressive and he was right.

Jane, Ginny's situation may be like mine, where the progressive is the best they can make it. It sounds like der Brucer is also a committed multi-eyeglass person.
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: Jeanne on February 28, 2009, 03:15:52 PM: Quote from: Dan (the Man) on February 28, 2009, 02:48:28 PM
TOD:

I am also shocked that DR Elmore did not mention SLINGS AND ARROWS (even though it's a TV series.)

Yes, or anyone else before you.
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: bk on February 28, 2009, 03:16:38 PM: And now, because I just don't think it's right to sweep this under the rug any longer. As most or all of you know, we had a contretemps a couple of weeks ago with someone who only comes here when it serves his purpose - which means he has rarely come here. He was rude, he was, in my opinion, wrong to harvest e-mail addresses and PMs from this site - very presumptuous if you ask me. I didn't make a huge deal out of it, but he thought I did, and then it escalated from there, and I refused to play that game, even though I wanted to. Privately, he e-mailed me several of the rudest e-mails I've ever received and to those, since they were private, I responded in kind, equally as rude. Fine and dandy. These sorts of people, however, always show their true colors and their true colors always speak more eloquently than I ever could. In his case, he kept telling me he'd received all sorts of e-mails supporting him and dissing me - and to prove his point, he forwarded me a PM from a dear reader, who did exactly that.

It wasn't multiple e-mails, so perhaps that was the only one he'd received because I really believe had he received others he would have sent them - that's the sort he is. I was very upset by the PM, which was very critical of me - knocking books that obviously hadn't been read (my work went downhill after the first book or first couple of books, said this person, even though as far as I know never read any of them post Writer's Block (and I'm not sure he read that). He went on to state that he never read the notes because he didn't care about my day. He said I was possessive of the people on this site (say WHAT?), and on and on, including the statement that it was MY fault that we'd lost several dear readers (say WHAT?).

I wrote him a note saying that his PM had made me sick to my stomach and that I was sorry he felt that way. As far as I know, he has never bothered to read that PM (this was confirmed to me by someone who's been in touch with him). Now, you must understand, I have never EVER been anything but supportive and kind to this person dating back to the days of The Real A. Never an unkind word from me, and total support through various travails. So, why would he have this horrible attitude towards me, and yet keep coming to the site, taking everyone's support, and getting whatever benefit he got? To me, that would be like going to a party at someone's home, and you despising the someone whose home it is, but going anyway because you like the guests. That's a little odd if you ask me. But ultimately there is a reason for all this and it all stems back, as I mentioned, to the Pogue/Panni debacle. Somehow I became the villain in that piece, and it continues to this day, I guess. In reality, I had nothing to do with it, other than trying to calm the waters. When the waters were finally calmed, one of the parties could not let that be and couldn't stop trying to roil them, and it wasn't Pogue. I banned the other party for a few hours, until I had a telephonic conversation with her, and I told her I would lift the ban if she promised to stop. She did, and I lifted the ban. But hell hath no fury like a woman banned - she basically left the site, and she began a series of "behind the scenes" e-mailing to as many people as she could - basically saying what a horrible person I was and how poorly I treated her. Now, the latter was entering personal territory and had nothing to do with this site - nor, I may add, was it true. But I'm not going into that - but her e-mail campaign worked for certain people and we lost wonderful regulars like Jay and Dan-In-Toronto.

When PennyO did her show in New York and many of us went, the people who attended the post-show dinner all saw first-hand what was really happening, and each and every one of them came to me and told me they'd been e-mailed but that they now saw what it was really about. I was, at least for those folks, somewhat vindicated, because yes, there are two sides to every tale. I mention this only because that was, apparently, when the person changed his opinion of me. In fact, he visited LA and didn't call ME but called her and saw her. It's pretty obvious to anyone with eyes. That whole period was a bit upsetting to me because everyone just seemed so willing to believe her, without even asking me if it was true. But we go on, and life goes on.

But now we've lost another dear reader thanks to all that. Hopefully he learned a little lesson - not to send PMs to people he doesn't really know and shouldn't trust. I would have thought some response from him would have been nice, but, alas, it was not to be. It was not my intention to make him leave the site, but I suppose he was embarrassed that I'd seen what he'd written. If he would have, at any point, asked me if what he'd been told was true, I could have straightened him out. But, it's just easier and more fun to believe the lies, I guess.

And so, I'm sure most of you have noticed that tomovoz has left us. What I want everyone to know, and I mean EVERYONE, including someone who I've known for forty something years, is that I am NOT the villain, I have never been the VILLAIN, and this, in fact, has nothing to do with me, as much as certain types would like to have it be. All I have ever done in terms of this here site is try to make a positive, wonderful, supportive place for people to come. Do we have friction occasionally - sure. Have some of us gotten unnecessarily snippy - sure. Do we get over it? Sure. Because the bottom line is this is a pretty wonderful place. I'm sorry tomovoz left - I'm more sorry that he feels the way he does, because a lot of that feeling, I think, stems from being told untruths. I have no doubt there is e-mailing going on behind the scenes still, which is why I felt it necessary to set the record straight.

And that's the way I see it.
Title: Re: THE FAT AND THE LEAN
Post by: Jeanne on February 28, 2009, 03:17:32 PM: Oh, Ginny did say her new glasses are bifocals, so they should be able to give her a good reading Rx.
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Post by: Jane on February 28, 2009, 03:18:02 PM: True Jeanne, and similiar to my problem I solved by removing most of the reading section. I believe the difference between Ginny & us is hers are bifocals vs progressive. Progressive might solve the computer problem.

I find tilting my head to different angles helps.
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Post by: bk on February 28, 2009, 03:18:41 PM: Wow, that was long.
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Post by: bk on February 28, 2009, 03:20:12 PM: You'd think something that long would have gotten us to page six - but nooooo.
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Post by: bk on February 28, 2009, 03:20:49 PM: What to eat - that is the question. Handy Man is still here fixing things, though, and until that's done I can't leave.
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Post by: MBarnum on February 28, 2009, 03:28:45 PM: BK, I don't think you need to explain yourself to us, but I am sure getting it off of your chest felt loads better.
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Post by: MBarnum on February 28, 2009, 03:29:42 PM: Just back from seeing MILK. Quite a good film and Sean Penn was wonderful. He certainly deserved the honors he got at the Academy Awards.
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Post by: JMK on February 28, 2009, 03:31:11 PM: I just watched and reviewed the most G-d-awful ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO. Gorgeously sung, beautifully played, and about the most atrocious "rethinking" and set design ever.
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Post by: JMK on February 28, 2009, 03:32:34 PM: You know you're in trouble when Blondchen is in a miniskirt, lying on a sectional La-Z-Boy couch.
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 28, 2009, 03:32:42 PM: Quote from: Dan (the Man) on February 28, 2009, 02:48:28 PM

I am also shocked that DR Elmore did not mention SLINGS AND ARROWS (even though it's a TV series.)

You expect me to think clearly at 8:15 am? And, while i love love love the series, it was neither a play, musical, nor movie!
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Post by: JMK on February 28, 2009, 03:33:04 PM: That, of couse, is the title of my new book of opera reviews. :)
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 28, 2009, 03:34:40 PM: Quote from: JMK on February 28, 2009, 03:32:34 PM
You know you're in trouble when Blondchen is in a miniskirt, lying on a sectional La-Z-Boy couch.

Another Eurotrash production leaves the composer in the dust. Be glad it wasn't the one in which Constanza is beaten and raped and several simulated sexual acts occur. Caused quite a rumpus about two years ago in Germany.
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Post by: bk on February 28, 2009, 03:36:29 PM: At long last page six.
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Post by: bk on February 28, 2009, 03:37:12 PM: Handy Man is still here. I think he's fixed both showers and snaked the drain. I think he still has to fix the toilet mechanism. Snaked The Drain - that's the title of my next novel.
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Post by: MBarnum on February 28, 2009, 03:46:17 PM: Here is an interesting (ok, bizarre) film review of MILK done for a Christian website.

I have to wonder if this guy actually even saw the movie, because it doesn't sound like the movie that I just saw.

http://www.christiananswers.net/spotlight/movies/2008/milk2008.html (http://www.christiananswers.net/spotlight/movies/2008/milk2008.html)
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Post by: bk on February 28, 2009, 03:48:26 PM: I have to say that our GUESTS love the topic called Snot. Having read it, I don't know what appeal that particular day holds for someone, but man do they read that one a lot.
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Post by: bk on February 28, 2009, 03:49:10 PM: Quote from: MBarnum on February 28, 2009, 03:28:45 PM
BK, I don't think you need to explain yourself to us, but I am sure getting it off of your chest felt loads better.

It does, and I really felt I had to do it, because of this behind the scenes stuff.
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Post by: MBarnum on February 28, 2009, 03:49:45 PM: And after watching MILK, I know have a new favorite actor,

Borzin Mottaghian, who played "Bodyguard # 1"

(http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo146/mbarnum/Avatars/borz.jpg?t=1235865101)
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Post by: Laura on February 28, 2009, 04:03:06 PM: I have been out hiking all day.

Ok, mostly driving to go hiking. But I have been out all day.
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Post by: Jane on February 28, 2009, 04:26:39 PM: How long was your hike once you got there?
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Post by: Laura on February 28, 2009, 04:29:54 PM: Well, the wimpy people were ready to leave after about a mile and a half. So after we all got back to the church, Barbara and I hopped in the car and took off on our own. We hiked another couple of miles in a different location.

We didn't have enough rain this year for a good wildflower year. Maybe some stuff will bloom in March.
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Post by: bk on February 28, 2009, 04:38:33 PM: I had some pizza for lunch - excellent. I watched a bit more of The Dresser. The Handy Man has to come back at six, and I have to deliver CDs soon thereafter.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on February 28, 2009, 04:45:55 PM: Quote
Jane:
DR DtM just this morning I was reading many of the non-returnable items from Circuit City are broken & don't work.

DR Jane, I was wondering about that as I saw many people looking over and contemplating purchases of such items as display modes of HD TVs, PCs and laptops. I don't recall any warning signs of no refunds, either. The buyer should really beware, in this case.
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Post by: bk on February 28, 2009, 04:46:03 PM: Welcome six GUESTS.
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Post by: Jane on February 28, 2009, 05:10:55 PM: Quote from: Laura on February 28, 2009, 04:29:54 PM
Well, the wimpy people were ready to leave after about a mile and a half. So after we all got back to the church, Barbara and I hopped in the car and took off on our own. We hiked another couple of miles in a different location.

We didn't have enough rain this year for a good wildflower year. Maybe some stuff will bloom in March.

For wildflowers come here in July and hike Mt. Ashland with me.

I find it very frustrating to drive far & then hike a short distance. I'm glad you had the option to split with Barbara.
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Post by: FJL on February 28, 2009, 05:19:31 PM: "OUR TOWN" SPOILER WARNING - NEW DRAFT OF PARODY OF THE NEW PRODUCTION'S COUP DE THEATRE, with thanks to JoseSPiano and to PlayWiz of All That Chat

From ON OUR TOWN (to the tune of NEW YORK, NEW YORK, IT'S A HELLUVA TOWN)

(verse, moderately)
This play Our Town is for teachers and for scholars
That’s what the pundits claim
Sales should be down ‘cause the folks who pay the dollars
Are turned off by the name

But our business will cook
Got a sizzling hook
So our game
Is to light a flame

(a bit livelier)
It’s pork! It’s pork!
Theater won’t be the same!

(with energy)
It's pork, it's pork
A helluva coup
The bacon fries and the people go "ooh"
The most acclaim since the concert by Stew
It's pork, you dork -
A theatrical coup

The way it goes is this feller David Cromer
Caught lightning in a cup
The critics' noses are noting the aromer
And now their thumbs are up

Yeah it's makin' 'em hot
'Cause the bacon is what
Sells this pup.
Now let's go sup

On pork, on pork
It's makin' 'em kvell
Just think of all the concessions we'll sell
They're held in thrall by that helluva smell
It's pork, it's pork
It's a helluva smell!

We’ve seen revivals put on by Greg’ry Mosher
And by James Naughton too
But bacon live, though it’s not completely kosher
Sticks to the ribs like glue

Though Miss Piggy might chafe
We’re all jiggy with traif
And so nu
Let’s cue the crew

More pork. more pork
A gimmick with chops
The ham onstage even crackles and pops
Pig-malion’s next and we’ll use the same props
It’s pork, it’s pork
Yeah, the praise never stops

(dance break)

New pork. new pork
Our biggest expense
We closed the door so it’s filling the vents
So three cheers for the olfactory sense
Real pork, real pork
Say to hell with pretense!
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Post by: bk on February 28, 2009, 05:22:00 PM: And here I was trying to sing the tune to the Kander and Ebb New York, New York.
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Post by: Laura on February 28, 2009, 05:24:55 PM: Here are some photos from today:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/whitetanks1.jpg)

(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/fiddlenect.jpg)

(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/owlclover-1.jpg)

(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/superstition.jpg)

(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/morefiddleneck.jpg)

(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/flower.jpg)
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Post by: Laura on February 28, 2009, 05:26:43 PM: Barbara was widowed about a year and a half ago and is still grieving. I try to take her out now and again. She thinks I'm lots of fun.
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Post by: bk on February 28, 2009, 05:28:44 PM: No one got their Death Of A Salesman CD? Odd.
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Post by: S. Woody White on February 28, 2009, 05:29:03 PM: Quote from: DERBRUCER on February 28, 2009, 12:04:10 PM
...Woody contemplates the squirrel box
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/WINDOW/M240003.jpg)

Woody gets his prize
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/WINDOW/M240004.jpg)

der Brucer
These are NOT pictures of moi. I do not have a crest, I have never had red hair, and my eyes are nowhere near that beady.

And I have never been caught in public wearing nothing but feathers.
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Post by: FJL on February 28, 2009, 05:29:19 PM: BK - I fixed it to read to the tune of NEW YORK, NEW YORK, IT'S A HELLUVA TOWN
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Post by: FJL on February 28, 2009, 05:31:20 PM: This OUR TOWN production by David Cromer will, I hope, move to commercial off-Broadway, so that i could justify youtube-ing this spoiler parody (with appropriate spoiler warnings, that is)
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Post by: DAW on February 28, 2009, 05:32:51 PM: DR FJL : ;D :D ;D :D ;D :D
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Post by: DAW on February 28, 2009, 05:33:26 PM: Laura DR - the photos are simply stunning. Thanks so much for sharing them! :)
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Post by: FJL on February 28, 2009, 05:33:56 PM: DAW, why are you laughing at me?

:)
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Post by: DAW on February 28, 2009, 05:34:34 PM: DR Matt H. - I was just wondering if it is ever confusing for you, for movies you have not previously seen, to see the deleted scenes before viewing the feature.
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 28, 2009, 05:35:01 PM: Quote from: MBarnum on February 28, 2009, 03:49:45 PM
And after watching MILK, I know have a new favorite actor,

Borzin Mottaghian, who played "Bodyguard # 1"

(http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo146/mbarnum/Avatars/borz.jpg?t=1235865101)

If HHW were a picture dictionary, you would be next to the word "pathetic."
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Post by: DAW on February 28, 2009, 05:35:20 PM: Quote from: FJL on February 28, 2009, 05:33:56 PM
DAW, why are you laughing at me?

WITH you, DR FJL. WITH you. :)
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Post by: Laura on February 28, 2009, 05:42:36 PM: We had a report from someone along the trail that there was a rattlesnake. Barbara didn't think I was so much fun when I said we should go find it.
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Post by: bk on February 28, 2009, 05:42:49 PM: I'm listening to Count Basie (as conducted by Quincy Jones) whilst waiting for the Handy Man to return - at which point I'll go deliver a box o' CDs.
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Post by: Jane on February 28, 2009, 05:43:03 PM: Quote from: Laura on February 28, 2009, 05:26:43 PM
Barbara was widowed about a year and a half ago and is still grieving. I try to take her out now and again. She thinks I'm lots of fun.

To make someone laugh is a true gift.

Your beautiful photos are also a gift, thank you.
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Post by: bk on February 28, 2009, 05:43:53 PM: I'm probably going to give you lovely dear readers the advance word on the soundtrack release and the chance to order it on Monday, because I must tell you that one dealer is taking eighty percent of the run, so, with my other dealers, I'd say we're close to being sold out more than a week before it's even announced.
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Post by: Jane on February 28, 2009, 05:47:17 PM: Quote from: Laura on February 28, 2009, 05:42:36 PM
We had a report from someone along the trail that there was a rattlesnake. Barbara didn't think I was so much fun when I said we should go find it.

;D ;D
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Post by: DAW on February 28, 2009, 05:49:33 PM: bk, does your contract allow you to expand the "print run" for the soundtrack?
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Post by: DAW on February 28, 2009, 05:50:35 PM: Random thought:

Do you know the Muffin Man? He lives in Drury Lane.
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Post by: Jrand73 on February 28, 2009, 05:52:13 PM: I got my new KRITZERLAND release today.....I have not opened it, I am still thinking of it as an investment....but I do think I may be tempted in a day or so to LISTEN to it.

I must say that the really like the front cover - but I LOVE THE BACK COVER ART and the way the song titles and other info is placed.

It's a lovely thing to look at.....and I am sure....lovely to hear.
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Post by: S. Woody White on February 28, 2009, 05:52:33 PM: SNOT is TONS spelled backwards.
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Post by: Jrand73 on February 28, 2009, 05:52:34 PM: MR BK - I hope you remembered to twirl your handlebar moustache when you were writing that long post up there.
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Post by: DAW on February 28, 2009, 05:52:53 PM: Tomorrow morning I am singing the solos in the Faure Requiem. We are using a reduced orchestration with eight players plus organ.
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Post by: TCB on February 28, 2009, 05:53:27 PM: I have sat here in front of my computer for over an hour trying to decide how to respond to BK's rant (for want of a better word) this afternoon. Sadly, I can think of nothing to say that wouldn't stir the fires that were better left silent two weeks ago.

So, perhaps it is best not to say anything.
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Post by: bk on February 28, 2009, 05:57:21 PM: Quote from: TCB on February 28, 2009, 05:53:27 PM
I have sat here in front of my computer for over an hour trying to decide how to respond to BK's rant (for want of a better word) this afternoon. Sadly, I can think of nothing to say that wouldn't stir the fires that were better left silent two weeks ago.

So, perhaps it is best not to say anything.

Oh, say something - I think people need to say something.
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Post by: bk on February 28, 2009, 05:58:18 PM: Quote from: DAW on February 28, 2009, 05:49:33 PM
bk, does your contract allow you to expand the "print run" for the soundtrack?

Nope, other than the usual "overs" - that is whatever print and CDs are run over the amount ordered - that can be anywhere from 0 to about 80 (I've never had more than eighty overs).
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Post by: S. Woody White on February 28, 2009, 05:59:53 PM: Our esteemed BK has never had a handlebar moustache.

He has never, ever settled for anything less than a Fu Manchu. It goes so much better with his red silk smoking jacket.
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Post by: JMK on February 28, 2009, 06:04:50 PM: Well I find it most unseemly that JR should have his CD, when he's halfway across the nation, and mine should not be here, when I am virtually next door, statewise, to BK.
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Post by: S. Woody White on February 28, 2009, 06:05:32 PM: My day has been spiffy, to say the least.

Shortly after six in the morning, I was awakedned from my drowsy state by a telephonic call from work. It was Larry (who is all of two days older than I), rather desperately trying to get someone to come in to work because one of our staff had called out.

I shambled out of bed, and after giving appropriate doggie biscuits to the pack for their breakfast, I called Larry back and told him I'd be in as soon as I could.

I got there by six-thirty, or maybe a couple of minutes after, and put in an eight hour day. Then I came home and managed to work in a nap.

It doesn't get much spiffier than that.
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Post by: S. Woody White on February 28, 2009, 06:07:43 PM: Der B is now up from his nap. I suppose getting dinner on the table would be appropriate.

(Leftover turkey, zucchini, and mushroom risotto.)
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Post by: bk on February 28, 2009, 06:08:25 PM: Actually, I've never had a moustache at all. I did have a beard once, for a play, and I've gone a couple of weeks without shaving to see if I'd like to have a beard again, but I guess I'm a smooth-faced kind of Jew.
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Post by: bk on February 28, 2009, 06:09:18 PM: I'm just glad someone got a CD - as you know, I took them to a post office I'd never been to, and left them, as requested, on the counter.
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Post by: bk on February 28, 2009, 06:09:47 PM: I did get the final two big orders out this morning and now I have no more shipping to do.
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Post by: S. Woody White on February 28, 2009, 06:11:33 PM: All right, BK, now you've sparked my curiosity:

What play was it that required you to grow a beard?
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Post by: Kerry on February 28, 2009, 06:11:40 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on February 28, 2009, 01:34:32 PM
Quote from: Kerry on February 28, 2009, 11:13:55 AM
TOD:

I'll go with the lists people have compiled. I need to see, "My Favorite Year" again soon. It always makes me smile.

Isn't it about television as opposed to theatre. just as "Sunset Blvd" is about the movie industry?

I was really thinking more generally about the entertainment industry.
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Post by: S. Woody White on February 28, 2009, 06:15:11 PM: I am now trying to imagine BK with a beard.

Imagining him with a Fu Manchu and a red silk smoking jacket was more fun.

Maybe I just need to know what kind of beard he grew...
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Post by: DAW on February 28, 2009, 06:16:00 PM: Quote from: S. Woody White on February 28, 2009, 06:15:11 PM
and a red silk smoking jacket

...or a cape.
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Post by: DAW on February 28, 2009, 06:17:50 PM: All this talk about DR Ginny's new progressive lenses and their faults has me very wary.

I am reticent. Oh yes, I am reticent.

Are "reading glasses" those cheap magnifiers that you see at the drug store, or are they actual prescription lenses with a different Rx than your normal glasses?
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Post by: S. Woody White on February 28, 2009, 06:21:01 PM: Quote from: DAW on February 28, 2009, 06:16:00 PM
Quote from: S. Woody White on February 28, 2009, 06:15:11 PM
and a red silk smoking jacket

...or a cape.

No, capes don't work with Fu Manchu moustaches. Capes either work with clean-shaven (super-hero, y'know), or with muttonchops and Van Dykes (for going to the opera, preferably with a silk top hat).
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Post by: Jane on February 28, 2009, 06:21:35 PM: Quote from: DAW on February 28, 2009, 06:17:50 PM
All this talk about DR Ginny's new progressive lenses and their faults has me very wary.

I am reticent. Oh yes, I am reticent.

Are "reading glasses" those cheap magnifiers that you see at the drug store, or are they actual prescription lenses with a different Rx than your normal glasses?

In my experience, and now Keith's, prescription reading glasses work better than the one's from the drugstore or even the pre-made ones at the doctor's office. Of course if you don't use them very often then the pre-made ones are fine.
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Post by: DAW on February 28, 2009, 06:23:25 PM: Thanks, DR Jane. That is what I was afraid of.

Oh well. It's only money, right? :)
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Post by: S. Woody White on February 28, 2009, 06:24:03 PM: Quote from: DAW on February 28, 2009, 06:17:50 PM
All this talk about DR Ginny's new progressive lenses and their faults has me very wary.

I am reticent. Oh yes, I am reticent.

Are "reading glasses" those cheap magnifiers that you see at the drug store, or are they actual prescription lenses with a different Rx than your normal glasses?

Yes, and yes.

Hey, if the cheap gizmos from the drug store work, fine and dandy. If the glasses you get from the magic shoppe with the springs attached to the fake eyeballs do it for you, then... well, then I guess you don't do much reading.

But reading glasses working from a prescrition can be a godsend for some people. The lower section of my glasses were supposed to be like that. I find it easier to simply take my glasses off and do my reading and a lot of the work in the office that way.
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Post by: DAW on February 28, 2009, 06:25:54 PM: Thanks, DR SWW.

Ah, the intrigues of growing older!! :)
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Post by: Jane on February 28, 2009, 06:44:37 PM: Are you having fun yet? ;D
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Post by: MBarnum on February 28, 2009, 06:45:47 PM: I received two very lovely packages in the mail today, one from DR JRand with some cool viewing and listening items in it (I am listening to the Rome Adventure soundtrack as I type this) and one from 1950s actress Jil Jarmyn containing a some autographed photos and a delightful thank you card for some DVDs that I sent to her.
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Post by: S. Woody White on February 28, 2009, 07:00:16 PM: I need to wussburger.

Everyone have a good time.
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Post by: bk on February 28, 2009, 07:58:30 PM: I grew the beard for the LACC production of The World Of Sholom Alecheim - I think I played an old Jew.
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Post by: bk on February 28, 2009, 08:01:43 PM: Where in tarnation IS everyone?
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Post by: bk on February 28, 2009, 08:01:56 PM: You'd think it was a Saturday night or something.
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Post by: bk on February 28, 2009, 08:02:22 PM: I guess I'll try to watch a motion picture - I'll finish The Dresser tomorrow - feel like something else tonight.
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Post by: Laura on February 28, 2009, 08:05:14 PM: I used to go out on Saturday nights. Sad.
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Post by: Matt H. on February 28, 2009, 08:10:05 PM: Quote from: Jane on February 28, 2009, 02:35:31 PM
Quote from: Matt H. on February 28, 2009, 02:10:18 PM
Well, much against my will, I now have another show to add to my viewing list. I have been eager to pare down my list to open up some more time, and now FLASHPOINT gets added to the weekly list. I watched my first-ever episode while I ate lunch today, and by the end I had tears streaming down my face. I was just expecting a police procedural. It was that but very emotional. I loved last night's episode.

Did you watch the latest episode or are you beginning from the first season?

I watched last night's episode, but I'll catch the reruns as they pop up.

And, DE der Brucer, no, I haven't sampled ELEVENTH HOUR. Something will have to be dropped for me to take on another show. So, as long as LIFE or LIFE ON MARS runs (they seem in more imminent danger), no more new shows!
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Post by: Laura on February 28, 2009, 08:10:38 PM: The neighbors next door seem to be having a party.
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Post by: Matt H. on February 28, 2009, 08:12:59 PM: Quote from: DAW on February 28, 2009, 05:34:34 PM
DR Matt H. - I was just wondering if it is ever confusing for you, for movies you have not previously seen, to see the deleted scenes before viewing the feature.

I had never done this before, so I thought I'd try it. Not confusing at all, but made a couple of climactic moments in the film rather anticlimactic seeing them in context. I won't say I'll never do this again, but as an experiment, it didn't really work other than let me use my time wisely this afternoon.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on February 28, 2009, 08:13:25 PM: Great photos Cilla...
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Post by: Matt H. on February 28, 2009, 08:17:16 PM: I began my evening watching CADILLAC RECORDS. I liked the film, but I couldn't help feeling it was too ambitious for its own good. Too many stories, all interesting, squeezed into 108 minutes. Not enough time to give each of these interesting personalities his due.

The music, of course, was a tonic. Best part of the movie.
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Post by: Matt H. on February 28, 2009, 08:18:06 PM: Enjoyed the pics, DR Laura. As always.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on February 28, 2009, 08:19:36 PM: Quote from: Jane on February 28, 2009, 05:10:55 PM
Quote from: Laura on February 28, 2009, 04:29:54 PM
Well, the wimpy people were ready to leave after about a mile and a half. So after we all got back to the church, Barbara and I hopped in the car and took off on our own. We hiked another couple of miles in a different location.

We didn't have enough rain this year for a good wildflower year. Maybe some stuff will bloom in March.

For wildflowers come here in July and hike Mt. Ashland with me.

I find it very frustrating to drive far & then hike a short distance. I'm glad you had the option to split with Barbara.

You are always welcome to come up here and hike.. I love going to Itasca
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Post by: Matt H. on February 28, 2009, 08:19:40 PM: As I was trying to enter BD-Live, my player told me it was going to do a firmware upgrade, so that took 15 minutes to accomplish. Then, there was nothing there but trailers for downloading. Argh!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on February 28, 2009, 08:20:00 PM: Quote from: Laura on February 28, 2009, 05:24:55 PM
Here are some photos from today:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/whitetanks1.jpg)

(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/fiddlenect.jpg)

(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/owlclover-1.jpg)

(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/superstition.jpg)

(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/morefiddleneck.jpg)

(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/flower.jpg)

Simply beautiful!
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Post by: Matt H. on February 28, 2009, 08:21:22 PM: I wanted to come upstairs to write at about 9:45, so I couldn't start on anything new and have hopes of finishing. Then I spied on the shelf THE BONE COLLECTOR which I had seen once a year or two ago but put back in tonight and got very caught up in the story. However, it still had a good ways to run, so I stopped at a logical place in the movie and may have a chance to watch the rest of it tomorrow.
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Post by: Matt H. on February 28, 2009, 08:22:58 PM: TOmorrow I'll watch DAMAGES as I eat lunch. I did get the regular FX broadcast, but the HD version is now on the HD Showcase channel so that's what I'll watch tomorrow.

I also still have CSI: NY on the DVR that I haven't gotten to yet.
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Post by: Matt H. on February 28, 2009, 08:24:35 PM: And I got a few more review items today: THE 400 BLOWS on a Criterion Blu-ray disc. JAG-Season 8. And the Criterion Blu-ray of THE LAST METRO also arrived. The regular DVD of THE LAST METRO came yesterday. When it comes time to watch it, I'm not sure which one I'll watch first. Decisions, decisions....
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Post by: DakotaCelt on February 28, 2009, 08:28:26 PM: Beautiful bird pics!
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Post by: Laura on February 28, 2009, 08:29:20 PM: I, too, loved the bird pix from the window, DerBrucer.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on February 28, 2009, 08:30:31 PM: Listening to the news...

A reporter with North Dakota roots was detained in Iran. Her parents live in this area. NIce people.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 28, 2009, 08:33:16 PM: Quote from: DakotaCelt on February 28, 2009, 08:30:31 PM
Listening to the news...

A reporter with North Dakota roots was detained in Iran. Her parents live in this area. NIce people.

This one had me totally puzzling over the term "North Dakota roots"....I kept trying to imagine what her hair looked like and just "what" North Dakota roots would look like.

And then the synapses completed the circuit and I went, "Ohhhh...".
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Post by: Michael on February 28, 2009, 08:35:22 PM: Sorry to hear about all that was going on behind the scenes.
I will Miss TomofOz

I just can't believe all this went on and knowing what has gone on it the pass I had hoped all of this was over.

If there are problems discuss first.
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Post by: Matt H. on February 28, 2009, 08:36:49 PM: Heading down now to bed.

Good night!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on February 28, 2009, 08:40:56 PM: Quote from: Ron Pulliam on February 28, 2009, 08:33:16 PM
Quote from: DakotaCelt on February 28, 2009, 08:30:31 PM
Listening to the news...

A reporter with North Dakota roots was detained in Iran. Her parents live in this area. NIce people.

This one had me totally puzzling over the term "North Dakota roots"....I kept trying to imagine what her hair looked like and just "what" North Dakota roots would look like.

And then the synapses completed the circuit and I went, "Ohhhh...".

Roxana Saberi filed reprots with both NPR and the BBC. AT one time she also worked on the local telly stations. Her family still lives in the area and I have actually met her brother. Nice guy..
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Post by: bk on February 28, 2009, 08:43:37 PM: I gotta tell you.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 28, 2009, 08:50:14 PM: Quote from: bk on February 28, 2009, 03:37:12 PM
Snaked The Drain - that's the title of my next novel.

And it's sequel - Draining the Snake.

der Brucer
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Post by: DakotaCelt on February 28, 2009, 08:52:54 PM: Tomovoz will be missed
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Post by: DakotaCelt on February 28, 2009, 08:57:56 PM: Paul Harvey passed away today in Arizona...

I remember listening to him for years on the radio adn on the telly
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Post by: DakotaCelt on February 28, 2009, 09:01:28 PM: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101306180 (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101306180)

above is a link to NPR with a story on her arrest
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Post by: DakotaCelt on February 28, 2009, 09:03:55 PM: DerBrucer, I really liked the bird in the window pic
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 28, 2009, 09:07:06 PM: Quote from: bk on February 28, 2009, 05:57:21 PM

Oh, say something - I think people need to say something.

Well, to belabor the obvious "SOMETHING".

der Brucer
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 28, 2009, 09:09:56 PM: Quote from: S. Woody White on February 28, 2009, 06:05:32 PM

I shambled out of bed, and after giving appropriate doggie biscuits to the pack for their breakfast, I called Larry back and told him I'd be in as soon as I could.

I got there by six-thirty, or maybe a couple of minutes after...

Hmmm...no mention of rousing me from a peaceful morning slumber to play Taxi!

der Brucer
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Post by: DakotaCelt on February 28, 2009, 09:10:48 PM: I can type something....
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 28, 2009, 09:19:13 PM: Quote from: Laura on February 28, 2009, 04:03:06 PM
But I have been out all day.

Those three-martini lunches have that effect.

der Brucer
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 28, 2009, 09:23:45 PM: Quote from: Laura on February 28, 2009, 08:29:20 PM
I, too, loved the bird pix from the window, DerBrucer.

Unfortunately, I lost some of the best (a Blue Jay came back to visit) and we had a flock of Doves. It seems I inadvertently turned on the flash, so the reflection from the window glass wiped out the pics. Some morning I'll have to get a picture of Buster and Bonnie as they gaze out the window at the wildlife.

der Brucer
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Post by: Cillaliz on February 28, 2009, 09:32:09 PM: Quote from: Laura on February 28, 2009, 08:10:38 PM
The neighbors next door seem to be having a party.

There is a wedding dance at the hotel. It seems the bass player is right below my bed
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Post by: Cillaliz on February 28, 2009, 09:35:53 PM: Great pics DRS Der Brucer and Laura.
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Post by: Cillaliz on February 28, 2009, 09:38:46 PM: I should probably be sleeping, but I'm just not tired right now. Pam is sleeping, at least I think she is. She has to go to the airport at 4:30 AM, I don't have to leave until 6:30 AM. Anyway, I took a nap this afternoon, so I'm wide awake....
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Post by: Cillaliz on February 28, 2009, 09:40:53 PM: I actually was half asleep when I realized that I hadn't gotten an email from the airline about my morning flight. So I had to log on and make sure I was still booked on the flight. I am.
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Post by: Cillaliz on February 28, 2009, 09:41:56 PM: I think I may be keeping Pam up, but since she told everyone she doesnt' care if she wakes me up at 4:30 am I'm not too concerned about it ;) I'm actually being very quiet
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Post by: Cillaliz on February 28, 2009, 09:43:02 PM: Well that's all I know and it sounds like the band is on break, so maybe I should try to sleep. Either that or go back to reading my book. Night all
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Post by: bk on February 28, 2009, 10:17:39 PM: Finished my motion picture and am now listening to a home-grown CD of Michael Small's great score to the remake of The Postman Always Rings Twice.
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Post by: bk on February 28, 2009, 10:28:01 PM: Welcome five GUESTS.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on February 28, 2009, 10:28:39 PM: I had to laugh today when I went to the mall....

There have been many times when I have been walking that I have noted a few guys who wear the baggy pants with no belts... Well today a guy lost his pants literally in the middle of the concourse. I was close enough behind him and his female freind. He had green boxers on...
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Post by: DakotaCelt on February 28, 2009, 10:29:37 PM: It looked almost like the same guy who lost his pants on a sidewalk at NDSU last December
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 28, 2009, 11:17:32 PM: Good Evening!

I had a very good day. I ended up leaving the apartment around 11:00 to head down to the Lower East Side to meet up with some friends who had flown in from L.A. for the weekend - as well as some other locals. Well, we went here, we went there. We ate this, we ate that. Then we walked to a few more other places. Then we met up with even more folks for some dining and imbibing...

And I just got about about an hour or so ago. And since I think I only got about an hour's worth of sleep last night, and about a 30 minute nap this morning, well...

Goodnight.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 28, 2009, 11:24:48 PM: Quote from: bk on February 28, 2009, 10:17:39 PM
Finished my motion picture and am now listening to a home-grown CD of Michael Small's great score to the remake of The Postman Always Rings Twice.

Question - have their ever been film remakes that used the original score and/or composer?

der Brucer
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Post by: bk on February 28, 2009, 11:36:19 PM: The remake of Cape Fear used the original Herrmann score adapted by Elmer Bernstein. The remake of Psycho used the original Herrmann score adapted by Danny Elfman. Can't think of any others.
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Post by: George on February 28, 2009, 11:39:46 PM: Quote from: Dan (the Man) on February 28, 2009, 02:48:28 PM
TOD:

I am shocked that no one has mentioned one of my favorite movies about actors, STAGEDOOR.

HOW could I forget "Stage Door"?? Just YESTERDAY I burned a DVD from a recent broadcast on TCM! Talk about forgetful. :P
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Post by: DERBRUCER on February 28, 2009, 11:52:47 PM: Quote from: George on February 28, 2009, 11:39:46 PM
Talk about forgetful. :P

We will add this to the (ever-growing) list of your confessed failings.

der Brucer

At least you still have your keys.
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Post by: George on February 28, 2009, 11:54:53 PM: Quote from: DERBRUCER on February 28, 2009, 11:52:47 PM
Quote from: George on February 28, 2009, 11:39:46 PM
Talk about forgetful. :P

We will add this to the (ever-growing) list of your confessed failings.

der Brucer

At least you still have your keys.

I feel most fortunate that I've never lost my keys.
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Post by: George on February 28, 2009, 11:56:00 PM: Quote from: Dan (the Man) on February 28, 2009, 04:45:55 PM
Quote
Jane:
DR DtM just this morning I was reading many of the non-returnable items from Circuit City are broken & don't work.

DR Jane, I was wondering about that as I saw many people looking over and contemplating purchases of such items as display modes of HD TVs, PCs and laptops. I don't recall any warning signs of no refunds, either. The buyer should really beware, in this case.

I got my TV last year at Circuit City and it was a display model (and I got the deal of a lifetime!). But so far, I've had absolutely no problem with it...except that the subtitles don't work when I watch a hi-def channel. But if I watch the hi-def channel through my DVD burner (and I lose the hi-def), then I get subtitles. Weird, huh?
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Post by: George on March 01, 2009, 12:02:12 AM: Quote from: Laura on February 28, 2009, 04:03:06 PM
I have been out hiking all day.

Ok, mostly driving to go hiking. But I have been out all day.

Today, I walked to work (first time in a long time). I had to leave about an hour and a half earlier than I really wanted because my sister asked if I could help her put up some Ikea CD shelves. I'm glad I left early because when I left, I walked to a local sub-sandwich shop that's half way between my home and work (very good and fresh), then I walked the rest of the way home. As I was driving to my sister's house, it was about the time that I would've been leaving if she hadn't called and it started raining! I hadn't brought my umbrella to work and if I'd left when I originally wanted, I've gotten soaked. I guess that that makes up for forgetting about "Stage Door." ;)
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Post by: DERBRUCER on March 01, 2009, 12:04:00 AM: Quote from: George on February 28, 2009, 11:56:00 PM
...except that the subtitles don't work when I watch a hi-def channel. But if I watch the hi-def channel through my DVD burner (and I lose the hi-def), then I get subtitles. Weird, huh?

I have, on occasion, lost CC on my set; the fix is to do a total reboot (plull the plug) of my COMCAST DVR/HD Cable receiver - an all is well again. Yup - weird!

der Brucer
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Post by: George on March 01, 2009, 12:04:26 AM: Right now, I'm watching and recording "Golden Boy" with William Holden and Barbara Stanwyck. He's only 21 years old and boy was he gorgeous.

Just had to share. :D
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Post by: George on March 01, 2009, 12:05:10 AM: Quote from: DERBRUCER on March 01, 2009, 12:04:00 AM
Quote from: George on February 28, 2009, 11:56:00 PM
...except that the subtitles don't work when I watch a hi-def channel. But if I watch the hi-def channel through my DVD burner (and I lose the hi-def), then I get subtitles. Weird, huh?

I have, on occasion, lost CC on my set; the fix is to do a total reboot (plull the plug) of my COMCAST DVR/HD Cable receiver - an all is well again. Yup - weird!

der Brucer

I'll try that...tomorrow. I'm recording right now.
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Post by: George on March 01, 2009, 12:05:53 AM: Well, since we're so close...
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Post by: George on March 01, 2009, 12:06:05 AM: PAGE 10 DANCE!!
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Post by: DERBRUCER on March 01, 2009, 12:06:39 AM: Quote from: George on March 01, 2009, 12:02:12 AM
...my sister asked if I could help her ...

Like that's a first :D

der Brucer
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Post by: George on March 01, 2009, 12:07:31 AM: Quote from: DERBRUCER on March 01, 2009, 12:06:39 AM
Quote from: George on March 01, 2009, 12:02:12 AM
...my sister asked if I could help her ...

Like that's a first :D

der Brucer

Yup...it'll never end!