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Title: WHEN IN ROME
Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 12:37:34 AM
Well, you've read the notes, you've done as the Romans do no matter where you are, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - when in Cowlafornia do as the Cowlafornians do.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 12:38:14 AM
And the word of the day is: SPACKLE!
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 12:41:06 AM
You know, I was going to post some lovely photgraphs tonight, but given the incredible ATTACK OF THE WUSSBURGERS we've been having around here (I must say the wussified behavior is rather alarming for a once-lively group of denizens - you'd think we were running an old-age home here), I think I'll  post them when the mood strikes me.  Frankly, I don't feel like doing the work it takes to post them only to have no late-night denizens to even view them.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Tomovoz on January 05, 2006, 12:58:53 AM
I do not do "rough". I almost did the backpack thing in Europe in the early 70's but decided that the Youth Hostel circuit was not for me either.  I stayed  at pensions instead. I thus avoided masses of fellow travellers from North America and Australia. I liked it very much. (Sort of a Noel Coward reference).
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 12:59:20 AM
Oh, the HELL with it - why should I let the WUSSBURGERS get me down.  I'M not a WUSSBURGER.  Photographs coming.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 01:00:19 AM
Here is our very own Miss Tammy Minoff.  Note the bath towel she's holding.  She makes her entrance in that bath towel and nothing else.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 01:01:22 AM
Here is Miss Tammy Minoff along with Mr. Matthew Ashford.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 01:02:20 AM
Here is Tammy, Matt, and Greg Albanese, our third cast member.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Tomovoz on January 05, 2006, 01:02:20 AM
I shall not even spackulate on the derivation of the word spackle (or even speckle).  
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 01:03:36 AM
Here is our poster in the forecourt of the El Portal
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Tomovoz on January 05, 2006, 01:03:57 AM
Thank you for the pics BK. It's as close as I'll get to seeing the show.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 01:04:59 AM
Finally, here is the marquee of the El Portal.  I loved seeing this for the first time as I drove up Lankershim - as you might imagine.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 01:05:32 AM
SPACKLE, NEELY, SPACKLE!
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: elmore3003 on January 05, 2006, 03:06:37 AM
Good morning, all!  I've decided my inner clock is still on Daylight Savings Time:  yesterday, the alarm was set for 6:30 am and I was wide awake at 5:30, this morning I was awake st 4:30 and the alarm went off at 5:30,  It's a curse.  I had the mist bizarre dream about Karen Ziemba, and I cannot wait to call her and tell her, but it's only 6:05 am.  It involved the new SWEENEY TOOD production, and our hanging out at some dairyqueen-doughnut shop where all these pretentious poetry readers ran in and out.  It waqs like a bad French farce with not enough doors.

So, last night DR Rodzinski came over and helped me with my new DVD player.  No matter how clearly they're worded, the manuals for electronic merchandise are like esperanto to me and I'm never able to assemble the damned thing correctly.  Thanks to DR Rodzinski, my new player works excellently.  So, I took him to dinner to thank him, and it's always a good time hanging out with such an erudite raconteur.

TOD:  Forget it!

And so, to work.

Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Tomovoz on January 05, 2006, 03:20:48 AM
Good morning DR Elmore. I'm about to go off to dreamland myself. I doubt that my dreams shall be similar.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Danise on January 05, 2006, 03:56:08 AM
A very quick Good Morning to all!

As for the TOD--that's easy.  I go to NYC and get a hotel room.  Without a bathtub!  :D ;D

I hope everyone is feeling better today.

Laters!  
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Ben on January 05, 2006, 04:50:34 AM
I, like many others methinks, do not rough it. We did go camping with the parental units as children and one of my sisters still loves to do that and my two nieces actually seem to enjoy it also. I've grown too old to enjoy sleeping in a bag on the polyester floor of a tent. I love the countryside and being outdoors with clean air and beautiful streams. Just don't ask me to live out there for a weekend or more. Roughing it would be a two week vacation in a one room hotel room :-) That's why I rented an apartment for our Dublin (and London) trips. The Thistle Hotel in Cardiff was quite nice and we had breakfast each morning but our room at the Thistle was just that, a room with a bathroom. As much as I love my dear partner Anthony, I don't think we could have spent two weeks in one small hotel room without driving each other crazy.

On that note (B Flat) I will begin my work day. P.S. I'm all alone at 7:53am on Thursday, January 5, 2006
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Ben on January 05, 2006, 04:51:06 AM
Oops, as the note posted I see that Michael Shayne has joined as I'm about to leave.

Hi and Bye Michael.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Michael on January 05, 2006, 04:53:26 AM
Is there a male version of A Jewish American Princess. I do not rough it.

As I said the other day I need my flush toliet among other things.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Michael on January 05, 2006, 04:54:04 AM
I see Ben is still here.

Hi and Bye too
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 05, 2006, 05:33:04 AM
Orange Roughy is as "rough" as I get these days.

I did the backpacking thing in the 70s throughout Italy.  Of course, the backpack was a means to an end -- when you're traveling the railways, you don't want a suitcase to tote around,  so the well-chosen backpack solves that problem.  Just don't lose your balance while standing on the edge of anything.

And the backpack is the perfect display piece for patches representing all the cities/countries you visit.

Oh...when in Rome...avoid the restaurants in the touristy areas...you will usually find good eateries a couple of streets away from the main strips...with food equal to or better than what they offer...and at significantly LOWER prices.

And take some really good walking shoes.  You can walk historical Rome much more easily than you'd think...and there are plenty of cafes and gelaterias and trattorias and ristorantes everywhere to sit and rest and refresh yourself.

When in Rome, BE ITALIAN!
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: S. Woody White on January 05, 2006, 05:37:41 AM
Here is our very own Miss Tammy Minoff.  Note the bath towel she's holding.  She makes her entrance in that bath towel and nothing else.
I hope you've installed a space heater in her dressing room.  I'd not at all care for having to step on stage covered with a towel and goose bumps because of the chill, if I were her.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 05, 2006, 05:38:27 AM
The Roman sight you don't want to miss, but many often do, is the Bocca Della Verita.

Outside the church of S. Maria in Cosmedin is a small 18th Century porch which houses one of the most unusual sights in Rome. The Bocca Della Verita, or "Mouth of Truth" is a 4th Century manhole cover that depicts a river god. A popular legend claims that anyone who tells a lie while their hand is inside its mouth will have their hand bitten off.

It was, of course, featured famously in "Roman Holiday".
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 05, 2006, 05:39:37 AM
And to think, a little spackle would just RUIN the Bocca Della Verita....but it might plug any leaks.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: S. Woody White on January 05, 2006, 05:47:30 AM
As for the TOD--that's easy.  I go to NYC and get a hotel room.  Without a bathtub!  :D ;D
But, Danise, you should be able to find a hotel room in NYC that already has a bathtub!  You shouldn't have to pack one of your own!!!

 8)
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: S. Woody White on January 05, 2006, 05:51:52 AM
Too little time to write.  Hopefully tonight...
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: MBarnum on January 05, 2006, 06:42:28 AM
I am not into roughing it either. I love the outdoors, but wish to stay where there is indoor plumbing!
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: MBarnum on January 05, 2006, 06:43:11 AM
Wonderful photos BK! I love the poster!!

Perhaps you should bring the play to Portland!!
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: JoseSPiano on January 05, 2006, 06:46:34 AM
Good Morning!

Lo and behold, I actually got out of bed before 9:00!  In fact I was out of bed before 8:00 - well.. just before 8:00, but the cross-trainers were on my feet shortly after that, and my workout started at 8:15.  And then an hour later... Whew!

:)

Good Morning!
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: JoseSPiano on January 05, 2006, 06:49:11 AM
BK - Thanks for the photos!  Please give my best to Tammy.

*And, by chance, is Mr. Albanese any relation, however distant, to opera singer Licia Albanese?
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: JoseSPiano on January 05, 2006, 06:58:03 AM
As for the Topic of the Day...

I think the closest I've come to roughing it is walking the streets of New York without a guide book, and very little money in my wallet.

;)

However...

My parents used to take us camping quite regularly when we were in grade school.  We would head out to Harper's Ferry, and stay on the side of the mountain.  -I do have to admit that there was usually a motor-home nearby - friends of the family.  But, still, we were outside.  -And there were a few times when we see shadows of bears lurking outside the tent.  Scary!

We also used to go to Solomon's Island for the weekend.  My Dad and his friends would go crabbing, so a bunch of families would caravan there, and set up tents on the campgrounds for the weekend.  We would usually head down there Friday afternoon, and get everything thing set up.  Then the fathers - and sometimes the sons - would go right to the docks to stake out a good spot, and start crabbing.  It was a very nocturnal activity.  Thankfully, since we usually stayed on the grounds of the Coast Guard Base there, there were public bathrooms and showers to use, so it was never that rough.  But we did sleep in sleeping bags and/or in cots.

*And, strangely enough, even though we would sometimes come back with bushels of crabs, I never really did develop a liking for eating them.  -Well, for cracking them open.  I prefer to have my crab pre-cracked and/or in crabcakes.  No fuss, no muss.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: JoseSPiano on January 05, 2006, 07:00:29 AM
Oohhh... I started Page Two!

:)

And instead of a Page Two Dance, I think everyone should do a set of Alternating Oblique Crunches...

Left, Right
Left, Right
Left, Right
Left, Right
Left, Right
Left, Right
-Watch your form, keep those abs in..
Left, Right
Left, Right
-And eight more...

Work it!

;D
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: JoseSPiano on January 05, 2006, 07:01:43 AM
...And occasionally, if I'm driving through some scenic area, and if I have the time, I'll go ahead and pull over, and walk around for a bit.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: JoseSPiano on January 05, 2006, 07:02:44 AM
And as for "rouging" it...

Well, there was that one Halloween a couple of years ago...

 :-*

 ;D
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: JoseSPiano on January 05, 2006, 07:06:52 AM
And now I need to wash my cereal bowl...

*For anyone looking for a new cereal to try out, I highly recommend the new-ish Nature's Path "Rebound".  Very good stuff.  And very good for you.

...And then take care of some stuff before heading into rehearsal.  I'll be bringing my laptop with me, so I'll check in during the dinner break.  Until then, I hope everyone is having a good day, and/or is feeling better.

Laters...
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 07:09:01 AM
I'm roughing it right now - up at seven for some reason unbeknownst to me, other than I didn't want to sleep past eight-thirty.  
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 07:09:35 AM
Unless I'm completely off my feed, we should achieve our new New Year plateau this very day.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: FJL on January 05, 2006, 07:16:21 AM
Does staying in a hotel that doesn't have room service or a restaurant count as roughing it?  On one visit to Orlando, we stayed in a Comfort Inn and had to go to a nearby 7-11 for anything to nosh on, and we found that kind of rough.  The last few times we went to Orlando, it was strictly on Disney territory for us.

I did go camping when I was a teenager, with tents and a campfire and all the guys putting out the campfire the natural way (i.e., bodily function number 1 - is that too much info?) and other jock stuff like that.  It was fun for one night, but not something I particularly want to do these days.

Of course, there was being on the 16th floor during the blackout a couple of years ago, but that was no vacation - it was roughing it, though, and our neighbors all banded together in the best way possible.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 07:18:58 AM
I suppose we'll have to have dear reader Jane or dear reader Laura to hear about roughing it.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Charles Pogue on January 05, 2006, 07:19:13 AM
NICE BILLING, BK! NAME ABOVE THE TITLE!  Eat your heart out, Frank Capra!

My idea of roughing it is staying anyplace that doesn't have that sanitary strip of paper around the toilet seat or a mint on my pillow.

Actually I stayed in one place in Slovakia during Dragonheart that was pretty scary.  A bathroom you didn't want to walk across in your bare feet and little flying insects that came in the room because if you didn't open the window, you'd died of heat prostration.

I stayed in a pub inn in Yorkshire, England, once (build in the 1500's) that had crooked floors and you had to go down the hall to a public loo in the middle of the night which was somewhat roughing it, but was sort of romantic too and they served the best traditional English Breakfast I've ever had.  They had an old sheepdog who was the mascot of the place.  It was rumoured to be haunted.  I think it was called The Golden Fleece.

My biggest roughing it experiences are those like I just had...crossing the country in a car, driving sixteen hours a day, stopping for gas, food, and bathroom breaks all at the same time.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: FJL on January 05, 2006, 07:22:56 AM
Thanks, Bruce, for the info on waiver theater yesterday.  It does seem similar to showcase rules, although the showcase rules have certain limits on how much can be spent on the production.  
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Jason on January 05, 2006, 07:27:35 AM
I don't do rough. Or rouge.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 07:36:52 AM
It's going to be a nice sunny day here in the City of Studio, at least that's what it looks like now.
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 07:38:16 AM
FJL: We had yet another new amazon order for The Last Starfighter (and Stages), so it plugs along consistently.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: vixmom on January 05, 2006, 07:54:00 AM
Good Morning HHW!


Last night shortly after I arrived home I received a phone call from my Dad... "You left transmission fluid all over our driveway when you picked up (the Vixter)"


Dang and Balst!  I just had a new transmission put in
the car  in July!   >:(

So I called my boss to say I would be late in , and went to the transmission place first thing this morning.

He looked at it right away and said "Yep, you got a loose connector on this hose", fixed it up, filled up my transmission fluid and sent me on my way.... gratis!





So a happy ending for me!  :D
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: vixmom on January 05, 2006, 07:54:30 AM
I am also feeling much better today.  Thanks for all the vibes!
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Post by: FJL on January 05, 2006, 07:55:27 AM
Bruce - That sounds great.  I just looked at the Last Starfighter amazon page and they said they only had 3 left with more on the way.   And they're offering some sort of deal again (like they did before Christmas) to get people to order Starfighter together with Spamalot.  Anything that allows Starfighter to glom on to something like Spamalot sounds good to me!  
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Ben on January 05, 2006, 07:55:39 AM
I will be seeing The Woman in White next week. It's on TDF so I took the plunge. I didn't want to spend half-price or discount and my wait has paid off. I know I'll be in the boonies of the Marquis, but maybe not, when I saw the revival of La Cage I had an orchestra seat.

I'm having dinner tonight with a friend in from out-of-town. He's staying at the Mildew (oops, that's Milford) Plaza so we will be eating at a Greek establishment on 46th and 8th Avenue.

That's all for now. I'm slowly catching up. I have read all the notes, now I just have to finish the postings. It's only a little less than two weeks so it won't be long before I'm back up to speed.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 08:01:28 AM
All right, Ye Olde Butt Cheeks, just who IS coming in to see Deceit and when are we having our get-together.  
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Rodzinski on January 05, 2006, 08:02:27 AM
Well TPunk and I have been camping two or three times. By camping, I really mean staying in a tent.

Our friends family has a 4th of July gathering in their huge backyard up in Elmira. One is never far from the house to use good ol' indoor plumbing. We stayed a weekend at a Pennsylvania campsite a couple years back. Again, it was many campsites in close proximity and there were modern bathroom facilities. We brought coolers full of everything we needed, so it wasn't true camping. Still not something TPunk was crazy about.

And when a skunk came nosing around the sites, I wasn't too happy either.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: vixmom on January 05, 2006, 08:03:42 AM
I spent last night watching oneof my Christmas presents... a DVD of Strangers on a Train.

This particular disc had two versions of the movie, the US release on the A side and the British "Re-release" on the B side.  The box said that the British version was slightly longer and left in scenes that had been shortened or removed from the US version because Bruno's "flamboyent" behavior might prove too distressing for the puritanical US audiences.. so I opted to watch the British version.

I never realized before last night that I had never actually seen this movie all the way through.  I was certainly familiar with the storyline and I knew certain scenes quite well...but I never sat and watched the entire movie before.

I cannot speak to definition, sound etc. with the authorithy of some, but I saw it and heard it just fine in all  its black and white spelndor and quite enjoyed it.

Another of my Christmas gifts was  North by Northwest so I may have to watch that tonight.

Then there is the Shogun miniseries, the Rumpole of the Bailey Series, the second disc of the Muppet show, the second disc of the Wind in the Willows series... oh we had a plethora of DVD's this Christmas!!
   :D
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Rodzinski on January 05, 2006, 08:03:58 AM
For some reason my parents bought one of those fold out RV things you pull behind your car. They had great ideas of family camping trips, I guess, but we did not use the thing ONE time outside of us kids occasionally having sleepovers in our driveway!
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Matt H. on January 05, 2006, 08:11:14 AM
Good morning!

Beautiful day with temperatures already in the mid 50s. Stunning weather, but not for long.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Matt H. on January 05, 2006, 08:13:35 AM
Loved the backstage photos of DECEIT. I wish I could see the show. Sounds right up my alley. But there are NO cheap tickets to the West Coast at this time of year. Even NYC on e-savers is $200.
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Post by: Jennifer on January 05, 2006, 08:16:33 AM
BK nice pictures and poster!

You talk a lot about the actors having trouble with their lines. I'm curious if Matt Ashford's soap experience makes memorizing a lot easier for him than for the others (they have to do like 30-40 pages a day!).
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Post by: vixmom on January 05, 2006, 08:19:19 AM
When I was 19 -25 I used to go camping every August with some friends ina place called Big Indian in upstate New York.  It was state property and we just plunked our tents down , slept in sleeping bags on the ground, cooked our hotdogs and chicken & noodle stew over a campfire and kept our cooler with food  in the nearby mountain stream to keep the food cool.

There were no modern plumbing facilities.

When I was about 25 my then boyfriend and I found a campground where we put our tent on a grassy hill overlooking the Olympic sized built in pool, brought a coleman stove to cook our steaks over and kept our champagne in the cooler.  The camp owners' son came by with wood for our campfire every morning and it was a short walk to the rec center and  the hot showers and other indoor plumbing niceties


I never looked back!

Sine then it was hotel room and then when Vixdad and I married  we bought a timeshare with "trading" options... so now its a 2 bedrooms coop with whirlpool tubs and full kitchens and washers and dryers and TVs and DVD players!

Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Matt H. on January 05, 2006, 08:21:17 AM
DR Vixmom, I much prefer the British cut of STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, and that's the only way I ever watch it now. It's really just a few lines on the train meeting between Bruno and the Farley Granger character (can't think of his name), but it makes a BIG difference in the reading of Bruno's character.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 08:21:21 AM
Matt is never off the stage in Deceit and he speaks from the moment he enters right through to the end of the play.  Every other line in the show is his, and on top of that he has a really difficult four-page monolog in act one.  So, it's been an ordeal to learn it - he's got most of it down, but there are still word mistakes and minor stuff - we note those at every rehearsal - he should be fine by Monday.  

The other actor, who has a total of twelve pages of dialogue, is baffling.  I said that last night - twelve pages, how hard is it to learn twelve pages perfectly?
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 08:22:08 AM
I think I shall now shower, and then get ready to go to the El Portal for an hour or two, to discuss the final set details.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 05, 2006, 08:22:09 AM
I have to go jump in the shower now but will be back later to talk about my one and only camping trip (no, not that kind of camping, DR TCB!)
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Ann on January 05, 2006, 08:28:11 AM
BK nice pictures and poster!

You talk a lot about the actors having trouble with their lines. I'm curious if Matt Ashford's soap experience makes memorizing a lot easier for him than for the others (they have to do like 30-40 pages a day!).

Funny, I would have thought it'd be the other way around.  I'd imagine that he would be used to having the teleprompter right there with his lines on it when he needed it.  That'd be a hard crutch to have taken away.  
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: vixmom on January 05, 2006, 08:40:51 AM
the Farley Granger character (can't think of his name)

I presume you are joking... surely you couldn't have forgotten Guy Haines!

Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: JoseSPiano on January 05, 2006, 08:42:14 AM
Good Almost Afternoon!

Got the phone calls done, and now I need to run to the post office and Trader Joe's before heading into rehearsal.

OH!  And I also got a call from Signature Theatre...  They need a pianist tomorrow for some auditions, so...  That'll kill a few hours.

Laters...
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: JoseSPiano on January 05, 2006, 08:45:06 AM
As for learning lines... Most actors I've worked with have a harder time with a less amount of material.  Because they have fewer lines, there is actually more pressure to get them all right - if that makes sense.  And it's even harder if all of their material is not "all in a row" and spread out over a couple of scenes with "skips" in between.

Well... Yes... I'm babbling, so...
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: JoseSPiano on January 05, 2006, 08:45:25 AM
Oh... And again...

Laters...
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Dan (the Man) on January 05, 2006, 08:46:46 AM
Thus far, it sounds like I'm the only one who likes roughing it out in the wilderness.  I love to go out hiking and camping, though it's been over a year since I've done any.  My favorite place to hike is the Jersey Pine Barrens, which is actually a national park in South Jersey.  The simple trails tend to be a mite well-travelled during the summer, but there are many more secluded treks one can take, too.  Just remember to bring along your deet, wear wool socks and steer clear of the Pineys who live out there.

Camping-wise, I prefer Lake Wawayanda up along the NJ/NY border.  The area is just beautiful and the surrounding hills make for a challenging hike (the Appalachian Trail makes its way along the lake.)  One would think that with its closeness with NYC that it would be like a resort, but I'm always surprised by how it never seems to be crowded with campers.

I've roughed it out in the woods a number of different ways, from staying in a nicely furnished cabin (with satellite TV) to laying on lumpy ground in a sleeping bag in a tent.  I hate the RV types of campgrounds--it makes me feel like I'm vacationing in a trailer park.  My best experience was a true deep woods trip to Mill's Pond in North Carolina about ten years ago.  It was a real "roughin' it" trip--about an hour's hike to the site, light food supplies that had to be stored hanging in the trees, fishing for some of our meals (fresh trout and baked potatoes--Yum!), and crowding ourselves with our sleeping bags into our "sleeps two" pup tents.  And, of course, we had to do our pooping in the woods.  It was a very spartan trip, but also a very fulfilling and spiritual one.  I would love to do something like that again someday.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 08:50:40 AM
FJL: We've just had our first-ever reorder from Dress Circle for both Starfighter and Stages.  Not huge, but a good sign.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: MBarnum on January 05, 2006, 08:53:11 AM
When I was growing up our family went camping quite often...my memories are of falling into the fire pit while the fire was going...those horrible outhouses that you would be afraid to sit in for fear of falling in....my little brother and I crammed into the front seat of the truck with my mom and dad, pulling a 5th wheeler, my dad driving (a stick shift) with a cigarette in one hand and a beer in the other...and a steep cliff on one side of the road the entire way up to the campground.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Matt H. on January 05, 2006, 09:05:55 AM
Yes, DR Vixmom, I was joking about Guy Haines, but I readily admit it was lame, lame, lame.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: vixmom on January 05, 2006, 09:08:30 AM
, my dad driving (a stick shift) with a cigarette in one hand and a beer in the other...and a steep cliff on one side of the road the entire way up to the campground.

 :o

I got chills up my spine when I read this bit....I am scared of those mountain cliff roads... I always think we're going off the edge
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Post by: Matt H. on January 05, 2006, 09:09:40 AM
I think I've talked about this before, but my one and only camping trip was one of the most miserable experiences of my life. We hiked up a mountain. That was OK. I was younger, and I've always enjoyed walking even with a backpack.

We got to the camp and pitched our tents. I was told to dig a trench around the tent. I couldn't understand why we were doing that. Later that night, it started raining, and it rained all night. The tent was waterproof, but I'd roll over in the night, my side or back would hit the tent and I'd get wet.

Ever needed to go to the bathroom in the woods when it's pouring down rain? Again, I held it as long as I could, but eventually, I just had to tramp out into the wet (it was only drizzling by then) and take care of business. Horrible, awful, miserable. I'll bet I didn't sleep half an hour. When I got back home, I slept most of that day.
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Post by: vixmom on January 05, 2006, 09:09:50 AM
BK I just caught up on last nights posts... nice pictures thank you for sharing!


~~~~VIBES~~~~

for a better rehearsal and all props and sets in thier proper places

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Post by: Matt H. on January 05, 2006, 09:10:35 AM
And now I'm off to lunch.

WBBL.
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Post by: vixmom on January 05, 2006, 09:10:56 AM
and actors knowing all their lines
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Post by: vixmom on January 05, 2006, 09:13:06 AM
FJL , Skip and bk congrats on the cd news!!
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 09:14:30 AM
I shall now be on my way to the El Portal, after which I shall return.  I'm hoping not to be there too long.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2006, 09:14:37 AM
What GREAT photos from Bruce Kimmel's New Thriller DECEIT!!

I love seeing photos of the performers - and we got the poster & the marquee!  The El Portal will be the place to be!  And opening on Friday, January 13, is PERFECT!!!

DR JOSE - I was thinking the same question about Mr Albanese....
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on January 05, 2006, 09:17:25 AM
As for learning lines... Most actors I've worked with have a harder time with a less amount of material.  Because they have fewer lines, there is actually more pressure to get them all right - if that makes sense.  And it's even harder if all of their material is not "all in a row" and spread out over a couple of scenes with "skips" in between.

Well... Yes... I'm babbling, so...

We did WE BOMED IN NEW HAVEN in college.  Before the read-through, I went through my normal practice of highlighting all my lines.  Except one that I missed.  It was my only line in a brief scene and was something simple like "Hell, no!"  Well, of course, I wound up not only missing that line in the read-through, but in just about every single rehearsal up to tech week.  The actor with the subsequent line would not utter a word so the scene always came to a dead halt.  The director began to applaud sarcastically when I did remember it.  At every performance, it felt as though everyone in the scene would turn anxiously my way when the line came up and then release a collective sigh of relief after I said it.  

Eh!--it was a lousy production, anyway.
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Post by: FJL on January 05, 2006, 09:17:49 AM
Bruce - The Dress Circle news really brightened Skip's morning (or early afternoon, actually) - even if it's not a huge reorder.

We'd been getting a few theaters and producers asking for scripts based on the CD or the CD publicity, but requests for scripts are now starting to come in from some high schools and colleges and that's clearly because of the CD.  Not sure how to handle those, but it feels nice that the show is being asked about, and that's thanks to the Cd and Kritzerland.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2006, 09:17:56 AM
Uppity set designers?  Whew!

As Betty Hutton said to John Lund in THE PERILS OF PAULINE:

"If y'ar so great why ain't cha on Broadway instead barnstorming around the country from one whistlestop ta the next one jump ahead of the sheriff?  You're nothin' but a cheap, four-bit, two-timing four flusher.  I'm goin' back to the dress factory.  There's a heel runs that place, too.  But in between bein' a heel, now and then he has a kind word for ya!"

Betty is terrific!!!  I love Betty.  And if Betty Hutton or Carroll Baker or Allison Hayes can't be in EVERY movie, at least Annette Funicello should be in it!
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2006, 09:18:43 AM
yes, DR RODZINSKI, friend Matthew got an excellent example of volcanic crystal.  I had never seen one that color until we got that one in stock.  
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2006, 09:20:41 AM
Camping & fishing a couple of times for me.  And that was enough.  I have totally blacked in out of my conscience.
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Post by: Ginny on January 05, 2006, 09:22:23 AM
Thursday greetings.  Last night I had a headache when I got home from work, so took Tylenol and went to bed.  The good news was waking up at 2:30am with NO headache; the bad news was being unable to go back to sleep.  I might have been dozing when the alarm went off at 5:30 - gonna be a long afternoon.

TOD - I used to say that my idea of roughing it was a hotel without a swimming pool.  Nowadays, I'd say roughing it is a hotel without an Internet computer for guests to use!

Actually, when I was a kid, my family went camping several times in rented pop-up tent campers.  As an adult I realized it would just be housework and cooking without all the modern conveniences we have at home.  No thanks.
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Post by: JMK on January 05, 2006, 09:23:54 AM
Never met a typo I didn't like department:  Well Jose and Jason already beat me to the punch in the "rouging it" line (must be a J-name thing, eh?), so I guess I can't talk about dressing up in a smoling jacket (does anyone still wear a smoling jacket?), fishnet stockings and heels.  Or, maybe I can.  ;)

Betsy and I are getting divorced department:  and we're happy about it!!  Yes, folks, we're getting divorced from AO-Hell ASAP.  We took our first baby steps yesterday, when I registered:

www.jeffreykauffman.net  (Some of the buttons on the homepage are still pointing to placebos, including some funny ones with Latin).

It is nascent at the moment, but I have already started transferring over my AO-Hell site information.  And, you know what?  The Register.com Customer Service people SPEAK ENGLISH AND ARE ACTUALLY HELPFUL!!!  I'm in shock.

Rodzinski, if you like the Pagels book, I can recommend several others.  Obscure Biblical texts are a speciality of mine.  
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Post by: Jennifer on January 05, 2006, 09:27:09 AM
Matt is never off the stage in Deceit and he speaks from the moment he enters right through to the end of the play.  Every other line in the show is his, and on top of that he has a really difficult four-page monolog in act one.  So, it's been an ordeal to learn it - he's got most of it down, but there are still word mistakes and minor stuff - we note those at every rehearsal - he should be fine by Monday.  

The other actor, who has a total of twelve pages of dialogue, is baffling.  I said that last night - twelve pages, how hard is it to learn twelve pages perfectly?

Well not everyone is good at memorizing!

The reason I asked about Matt is because I heard that soap actors are a pleasure to work with. Their work ethic is so much crazier than other mediums that they often find it ridiculously easy to memorize stuff.
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Post by: Jennifer on January 05, 2006, 09:32:52 AM
Funny, I would have thought it'd be the other way around.  I'd imagine that he would be used to having the teleprompter right there with his lines on it when he needed it.  That'd be a hard crutch to have taken away.  

Granted I've never worked on a soap (maybe DR Elmore would know more), but I don't believe they use teleprompters. I believe the actors have to learn all their lines.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2006, 09:33:00 AM
Nice new website, DR JMK.

Veni, Vidi....
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2006, 09:33:38 AM
Oh, dRSANDRA - to answer your question from yesterday.

Dr S. Freud suffered venus envy.
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Post by: Rodzinski on January 05, 2006, 09:59:12 AM
My favorite thing about PAULINE is Billy De Wolfe, hilarious as Mr. Timmy Timmins.

"RoWWnd. Like an ORRR-ange."

There should be an Oscar category for people who aren't really even supporting roles, but just micro-roles that add something to a picture. Although I know some people have taken home Oscars for mere minutes of screen time.
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Post by: vixmom on January 05, 2006, 10:03:34 AM
JMK I loved your story!!! Lovely ending.  I highly recommend that everyoinbe hightail it over there and have a quick read  it is indeed a short short story and well worth the read!!

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Post by: vixmom on January 05, 2006, 10:06:34 AM
JMK I checked out your new site.. I was interested in checking out your "Products" but it was all Latin to me......
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2006, 10:07:43 AM
The new Critics Choice DVD catalog lists a Toshiro Mifune movie called THE BAD SLEEP WELL on a new Criterion Release, Jan 10.

Anyone know anything about this film from 1960?  Sounds like something I would like, but it is, of course, a bit pricey.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2006, 10:09:26 AM
Ah Yes, DR RODZINSKI.....Mr Billy DeWolfe is wonderful in PERILS OF PAULINE....  "I quit!"  He and William Demarest are both hilarious.  
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Post by: vixmom on January 05, 2006, 10:27:42 AM
DR FJL are you and Skip licensing  "Starfighter"  for local groups now?

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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2006, 10:29:31 AM
DR RLP - that face was featured in ROME ADVENTURE, too - but Troy Donahue didn't put his hand in there and say that he was an actor.
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Post by: MBarnum on January 05, 2006, 10:37:13 AM
:o

I got chills up my spine when I read this bit....I am scared of those mountain cliff roads... I always think we're going off the edge

Yes, that was exactly what I was thinking at the time, as well...it used to terrify me!

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Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 10:47:48 AM
Jrand, I believe if you do a little handy-dandy search of this here site you will find that I wrote a quite long paragraph about The Bad Sleep Well, sometime within the last four months I should think.  A wonderful film, not quite the masterpiece that High and Low is, but terrific nonetheless.  As I've stated, I'm in the minority who find that Mr. Kurosawa's "modern" films more pleasing.
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 10:49:42 AM
Back from the El Portal - I think we're all on the same page now - we should have mostly everything on the set by this evening, even though a couple of pieces of furniture will need sanding and painting.  And there are two flats (for outside of door backing) that won't arrive until Monday.

I've also now asked my stage manager to have a pointed conversation with the actor who's having line problems - it's good if he starts hearing it from the stage manager as well as me.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2006, 10:50:04 AM
I thought I had read something here, but wasn't sure, I will do a search.  Thanks, MR BK.  It looked very interesting.
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Post by: MBarnum on January 05, 2006, 10:51:58 AM
The new Critics Choice DVD catalog lists a Toshiro Mifune movie called THE BAD SLEEP WELL on a new Criterion Release, Jan 10.

Anyone know anything about this film from 1960?  Sounds like something I would like, but it is, of course, a bit pricey.

I don't know about that one, but I have ordered the region 2 Toshiro Mifune film from 1950 called SCANDAL, which co-stars Ms. Shirley Yamaguchi.

I had purchased a Chinese disc of this Japanese film early last year, but half-way through the movie the sound went completely out of sync....I was not happy...and it was a wonderful film that I wanted to finish watching! I never realized how handsome Toshiro was when he was in his 20s...wow! And Shirley was very good too, even without Marie Windsor there to torment her.

The plot is about an actress who briefly meets a Marlon Brando-like artist. The meeting is completely innocent, brief, and then they go their seperate ways...but the news rags get hold of a picture of the two of them together and when they are later spotted staying at the same hotel, pow...headlines!

I can't wait to see the whole movie!!

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Post by: MBarnum on January 05, 2006, 10:55:02 AM
BK, have you seen this one??

(http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000A3OOPY.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg)
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Post by: MBarnum on January 05, 2006, 10:56:15 AM
I'd forgotten it was a Kurosawa film. I am surprised it hasn't been released on DVD in the U.S. yet...but it is available at Amazon.com.uk.
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Post by: Ben on January 05, 2006, 10:58:17 AM
I've been catching up and came across a reference to this show now playing on American TV

"the new show with Howie Mandel, To Deal Or Not To Deal?"

We ran across it on BBC also (Irish television has RTE 1 and RTE 2 but they also get BBC transmissions). In England it's called "Deal or No Deal"

I must say I found it somewhat confusing at first but after watching  for a while I began to understand. That's not to say I thought it was a particularly good game show. And knowing that Mr. Mandel is the host of the American version ensures that I would never watch it over here. I don't "get" Mr. Mandel. I find him tasteless, crude, mean, rude and most of all, unfunny.

Anyway, I must now get back to work and stop posting and catching up.
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Post by: MBarnum on January 05, 2006, 10:58:40 AM
Of course you can also get the Australian release.


But the extras on the British release are more plentiful, I think.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2006, 10:59:38 AM
Mr Mifune was indeed a strikingly handsome man.
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Post by: MBarnum on January 05, 2006, 11:05:06 AM
Hmmm...couldn't get the photo to post correctly, but now it works.
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Post by: MBarnum on January 05, 2006, 11:05:58 AM
And JRand55, I also have two more Roy Chiao films coming to me very soon...you will, or course reap the benefits of my good fortune (and purchasing skills!).

I love movies!!
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Post by: Cillaliz on January 05, 2006, 11:13:58 AM
Wouldn't you feel stupid if you were painting a water tower and fell into a big opening in the tower and then it was telecast across the country?  I mean please...if you're on top of a water tower, wouldn't you be watching where you stepped every time you moved your feet?
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2006, 11:23:16 AM
Wouldn't you feel stupid if you were painting a water tower and fell into a big opening in the tower and then it was telecast across the country?  I mean please...if you're on top of a water tower, wouldn't you be watching where you stepped every time you moved your feet?

Yes and yes.  ;D
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2006, 11:23:34 AM
Roy Chaio! Wow!
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Post by: JMK on January 05, 2006, 11:45:32 AM
Vixmom, stay tuned for Products.  :)  And thanks for the review on Gather.  I've had a lot of people email me about the story, but so far only two reviews.  At least they're good ones, LOL.

And because I know you are all waiting with baited (and or bated) breath, I am pleased announce that:

http://jeffreykauffman.net/francesfarmer

should now be active (not all the buttons yet, I'm working on it).
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Post by: vixmom on January 05, 2006, 11:45:51 AM
Wouldn't you feel stupid if you were painting a water tower and fell into a big opening in the tower and then it was telecast across the country?  I mean please...if you're on top of a water tower, wouldn't you be watching where you stepped every time you moved your feet?

Well possibly, but slips and falls happen.  I  wouldn't feel as stupid as this man ......

 BAKER, Calif. - An artist who chained his legs together so that he could accurately render a picture of his legs wrapped in chains hopped 12 hours through the desert after realizing he lost the key and couldn’t unlock the restraints, authorities said.

Trevor Corneliusien, 26, wrapped and locked a chain around his bare ankles Tuesday while camping in an abandoned mine shaft about 5 miles north of Baker, San Bernardino County sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Ford said.

Corneliusien often sketches inside mines in the Southwest.

When he finished his chain drawing, he realized he had lost the key to his shackles and would have to seek help in Baker, the deputy said Wednesday.

“It took him over 12 hours because he had to hop through boulders and sand,” Ford said. “He did put on his shoes before hopping.”

Corneliusien finally made it to a gas station on the edge of Baker. He called the sheriff’s department, which sent paramedics and deputies with bolt cutters.

Corneliusien’s legs were bruised, but he was otherwise in good health, Ford said. The artist did not have a listed phone number and could not be reached for comment.

And the drawing?

“He brought it down with him,” Ford said. “It was a pretty good depiction of how a chain would look wrapped around your legs.”   ::)

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Post by: vixmom on January 05, 2006, 11:47:05 AM
Vixmom, stay tuned for Products.  :)  And thanks for the review on Gather.  I've had a lot of people email me about the story, but so far only two reviews.  

well you have to register first and then wait for the confirmation email and then go back and sign on.....
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Post by: Ben on January 05, 2006, 11:48:33 AM
Only 62 more and we hit 170,000
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Post by: vixmom on January 05, 2006, 11:52:28 AM
PUUUUUUUUUUUSH!
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Post by: Rodzinski on January 05, 2006, 11:52:56 AM
Here's one.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2006, 11:57:37 AM
Frances Farmer.  Didn't she write a cookbook?
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2006, 12:02:27 PM
Old friends pass away, new friends appear.  it is just like the days.  An old day passes, a new day arrives.  The important thing is to make it meaningful; a meaningful friend -- or a meaningful day.  Dalai Lama
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Post by: JMK on January 05, 2006, 12:05:53 PM
Old friends pass away, new friends appear.  it is just like the days.  An old day passes, a new day arrives.  The important thing is to make it meaningful; a meaningful friend -- or a meaningful day.  Dalai Lama

Ayn would not approve of your quoting some third-world selfless person like the Dalai Lama.   :)  Have you heard about the idiot entertainment reporter who was doing an IV with him and kept calling him Mr. Lama?   ;D
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Post by: vixmom on January 05, 2006, 12:08:49 PM
Frances Farmer.  Didn't she write a cookbook?

I always liked her chocolate assortment


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Post by: vixmom on January 05, 2006, 12:10:54 PM
Ayn would not approve of your quoting some third-world selfless person like the Dalai Lama.   :)  Have you heard about the idiot entertainment reporter who was doing an IV with him and kept calling him Mr. Lama?   ;D

People do IV's together?   :o

Is that what's meant by sharing needles?



 :D

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Post by: vixmom on January 05, 2006, 12:12:32 PM
Where is Mr. Pulliam today?  I hope he hasn't been overcome by anymore of those severe asthma/allergy attacks....

Has anybody heard from him?
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2006, 12:14:34 PM
Don't put your feet on Deceit.
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Post by: vixmom on January 05, 2006, 12:16:32 PM
Speaking of Deceit I am afraid it is not within my ability or pocketbook to make it to the other coast for a viewing... however when it makes its New York debut......
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2006, 12:18:19 PM
Ayn Rand vs The Dalai Lama.

Best Two Out of Three.

No Holds Barred.

Cage-Lumberjack Match!

On Spike Network - rerun later the same night on AT THE ACTORS STUDIO!
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2006, 12:26:01 PM
Oh!  I bought a Pro Form Air Walker - for a no impact full body workout!  This will replace my broken Kathy Smith Air Walker!

Whew!!  I could only do about ten minutes on the Pro Form which works the upper body and the legs - Kathy didn't do anything for the upper body!

Whew.  Eleven dollars at the Goodwill store!  
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Post by: vixmom on January 05, 2006, 12:30:02 PM
47 more posts to our new plateau.....can we get there before bk gets back?
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2006, 12:30:46 PM
(http://i1.ebayimg.com/04/i/05/d7/0b/c4_1.JPG)

Looks like this....only for some reason the guy selling this one has his white exercise bike setting on top of the Air Walker.  Mine is the gray Z shaped thing.  ;D
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Post by: vixmom on January 05, 2006, 12:30:46 PM
I wonder how many calories one burns whilst posting?

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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2006, 12:31:36 PM
My guess would be NONE, drVixmom....or some of us would REALLY be skinni-fied!
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2006, 12:31:55 PM
yes, we can do it before Mr BK gets back.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2006, 12:32:28 PM
Taping a Willie Nelson concert?
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Post by: vixmom on January 05, 2006, 12:32:42 PM
(http://i1.ebayimg.com/04/i/05/d7/0b/c4_1.JPG)

Looks like this....only for some reason the guy selling this one has his white exercise bike setting on top of the Air Walker.  Mine is the gray Z shaped thing.  ;D

You got that huge machine for eleven dollars?!

Next time I go to the Goodwill to drop off I'm going in for some SHOPPING!


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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2006, 12:36:27 PM
LOL....well that included my Wednesday 30% Senior Discount.  I got the Kathy Smith for about $15 almost 8 years ago - so I kept looking for something to replace it.  

Best thing about it almost - it fit into the back of the PT!!
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2006, 12:40:35 PM
It's getting colder here, but nothing like a real January!
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: vixmom on January 05, 2006, 12:42:40 PM
The sun just came out here, finally! We've had rain grey skies and  drizzle since Saturday!!



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Post by: vixmom on January 05, 2006, 12:43:08 PM
Of course it came out just in time to set again......
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Post by: FJL on January 05, 2006, 12:50:06 PM
Vixmom - All that's happened on the high school and college front is that a few schools have asked for a copy of the script, since they heard the CD already.  We gave an email address for our agent in the CD booklet, so it's gotten some response directly from the CD or the CD publicity, since that email address was only referred to in CD-related materials.  I'd guess that since more than half the cast is made up of teenagers, it might have some appeal in that market.  But I guess we have to be careful how we word anything we write back to them, so we're not committing to anything we could be sorry for later on.  (Short question, long answer!)
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Post by: Jennifer on January 05, 2006, 12:53:21 PM
I've been catching up and came across a reference to this show now playing on American TV

"the new show with Howie Mandel, To Deal Or Not To Deal?"

We ran across it on BBC also (Irish television has RTE 1 and RTE 2 but they also get BBC transmissions). In England it's called "Deal or No Deal"

I must say I found it somewhat confusing at first but after watching  for a while I began to understand. That's not to say I thought it was a particularly good game show. And knowing that Mr. Mandel is the host of the American version ensures that I would never watch it over here. I don't "get" Mr. Mandel. I find him tasteless, crude, mean, rude and most of all, unfunny.


The show was on here while you were gone. I believe it will be on again in March.  Mr. Mandel was not really allowed to do much comedy. So even if you don't love him, I don't think you would find him to be crude or mean or rude here.

I thought it was an interesting concept.  Particularly near the end of the game.

Basically there are 26 cases of money (from 1 cent to 1 million (and the contestant picks one case at the beginning that is theirs, and then eliminates amounts from the list).  After every so many cases, a banker offers them money for "their" case.

It can become quite interesting at the end.  Say you have 100K, 500K and then 100$, $300, $500.  The person ends up having to play the odds to decide whether to quit.
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Post by: Jennifer on January 05, 2006, 12:59:40 PM
Speaking of tv, tonight is all new shows.

Is anybody else going to watch the premiere of Dancing With The Stars?  They replaced the female host (it will now be Samantha Harris from Joe Millionaire).  I think it's on from 8-10pm.

I didn't enjoy this show when it first started. But it grew on me. I will definitely try it tonight since none of the other shows I watch are back.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 05, 2006, 01:13:58 PM
Good afternoon!

It's starting to cloud up here now, but we had a brilliant early afternoon. I had on just a sweater and jeans, and I had to roll the slvves of the sweater up. But I can feel a chill coming into the air. This will more than likely be our last "spring" days for awhile.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 05, 2006, 01:19:14 PM
When I got in, I started the afternoon with an episode of DRAGNET 1967 which I reocrded last night off the new Sleuth cable channel. This episode involved the "new" drug of LSD that was sweeping the country. Hadn't seen one of these DRAGNETs in a long time, and it was enjoyable. Quick, too, since they were only 30 minute shows (less when you zip past commercials).
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2006, 01:22:42 PM
I keep seeing the promos for DANCING WITH THE STARS, DRJENNIFER.  But this is also the first night for NBC's NEW Must See comedy block.

WILL & GRACE (not so MUST), FOUR KINGS (new, maybe....), MY NAME IS EARL & THE OFFICE (two very funny and clever comedies).....so I will probably be on NBC tonight, since TCM is Anime Thursday!!
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2006, 01:23:20 PM
Was that the episode with Michael Burns, DR MATTH?
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Post by: MBarnum on January 05, 2006, 01:24:33 PM
JRand55...John Bromfield and Mickey Spillane are on in a few!

Of course now that I think about it, I forgot to set my VCR.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 05, 2006, 01:25:06 PM
Then I watched and burned a DVD of MURDER IN THREE ACTS, another of those CBS-produced Agatha Christie adaptations starring Peter Ustinov with Tony Curtis as the top billed actor besides Ustinov.

Picture was very sharp but just a trifle dark. The sound had some audio problems, too, but it's better than the taped-off-TV copy I previously had.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2006, 01:28:55 PM
I am watching TCM now....is that the movie you're talking about?
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2006, 01:30:55 PM
Some Pat O'Brien - George Murphy movie is on.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2006, 01:37:58 PM
Check your schedule MBARNUM....something isn't right.
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 01:38:41 PM
Back from errands.  Was craving pizza for lunch, so I had some.  Yummilicious.

I didn't remember that Scandal came out - I have to pick it and the other early Kurosawa that just came out from the same company.
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Post by: vixmom on January 05, 2006, 01:38:49 PM
25 more posts.....
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Post by: vixmom on January 05, 2006, 01:39:11 PM
Still no RLP?  I am getting concerned....
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Post by: vixmom on January 05, 2006, 01:41:56 PM
FJL I was wondering abou the feasibilty of doing  Starfighter for the summer show for the Theatre Group we have out here in Babylon Village....

If you are seroiusly thinking about licensing it out let me know  and I will approach the powers that be at the group....
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Post by: vixmom on January 05, 2006, 01:47:31 PM
Just keep posting...

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Post by: vixmom on January 05, 2006, 01:48:00 PM
Almost to our new plateau....
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 01:49:36 PM
Countdown to 170,000 posts!
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 01:50:18 PM
If those lovelier than lovely people just sitting there like so much fish would get off their butt cheeks and post we'd be there already.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 01:51:31 PM
Sooner or later we'll reach a plateau
Sooner or later we're gonna, you know
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Post by: Jason on January 05, 2006, 01:51:40 PM
I wonder how many calories one burns whilst posting?



DR Vixmom: According to http://www.calorie-count.com/calories/activity/604.html, typing burns 102 calories per hour!
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 01:52:12 PM
Have I mentioned that The Last Starfighter is on the talkinbroadway.com ten best cast albums of the year list?
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 01:52:57 PM
If typing burned 102 calories an hour, I would weigh 135 pounds.  I do not weight 135 pounds.
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Post by: FJL on January 05, 2006, 01:53:58 PM
Well, that certainly caught MY interest!  
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 01:54:03 PM
A mere twelve more posts...
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 01:54:58 PM
Skip Kennon and Fred Landau beat out NOEL COWARD!!!!
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 01:56:34 PM
Soon, I promise,
Soon, a brand new plateau
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 01:56:58 PM
A mere ten posts...
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 01:57:17 PM
Mere, mere, on the wall,
Who's the best plateau of all
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Post by: FJL on January 05, 2006, 01:57:22 PM
Almost makes up for that Castrecl thing the other day.  Kidding, really!
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: FJL on January 05, 2006, 01:58:33 PM
This is exciting.  I've never been at anyone's plateau before.
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 01:59:04 PM
And they sit there like so much scrod, scratching their bottoms like gazelles eating peanuts.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2006, 01:59:30 PM
Congrats to the STARFIGHTER team and Kritzerland Records!
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Post by: FJL on January 05, 2006, 01:59:37 PM
Not even Plateau's Retreat
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 05, 2006, 01:59:48 PM
I've finished breakfast and am now about to visit the Post Office. You needed to kow that - at tleast it's a post.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2006, 02:00:11 PM
I went to Radio Shack to get an optical audio cable, but decided I didn't want to spend $29.95 for it!
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 02:00:28 PM
Attend the tale of our plateau
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 05, 2006, 02:00:29 PM
I want to the same proofreading school as DR Vixmom.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2006, 02:00:37 PM
DR TOMovOZ - thanks so much to you and Colin for the calendar!
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 02:00:53 PM
Has that done it?
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 02:01:08 PM
Or is that too personal a question?
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2006, 02:01:30 PM
We should be THERE!!!  The view is lovely!!
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Tomovoz on January 05, 2006, 02:01:54 PM
We could be eating gazelles and scratching peanuts for a change.
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 05, 2006, 02:02:47 PM
"Gazelle" is one of my favourite Ballets. The songs are wonderful.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2006, 02:02:52 PM
On to 200.000!
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 02:03:13 PM
Congratulations one and all and also all and one on our new plateau of 170,000 postings.  Quite a feat, and also quite a feet.  Now, onto 180,000!
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Tomovoz on January 05, 2006, 02:03:14 PM
Where is Gazelle McKenzie?
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2006, 02:03:23 PM
Gazelle MacKenzie is one of my favorite singers of ALL time!!
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Tomovoz on January 05, 2006, 02:03:47 PM
Good - I can now leave for the Post Office.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2006, 02:04:06 PM
Where is Gazelle McKenzie?

Great minds,  DR  TOMovOZ....great minds.....

Unfortunately she is busy being dead.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2006, 02:04:42 PM
Wonder if Willie Nelson will be at El Portal tonight?  Do you think he bought tickets for DECEIT?
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Matt H. on January 05, 2006, 02:06:07 PM
I popped off the site for a few minutes and look what happened! Two additional pages of posts to get to the new plateau.

Congratulations!
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Post by: Matt H. on January 05, 2006, 02:07:35 PM
I got a package in the mail today, but not a DVD.

This is an item I won off Ebay almost 8 weeks ago! Anyway, I finally got it today. And no mail mix-up. The seller was lazy as all get out and tried to make me think it had already been mailed. I knew better!
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Post by: vixmom on January 05, 2006, 02:09:13 PM
Congratulations all and one and also one and all on 170,000..
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Post by: vixmom on January 05, 2006, 02:09:57 PM
Fred and Skip... WHO HOO!!!!!!!

Try not to forget we little people......
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Post by: vixmom on January 05, 2006, 02:10:23 PM
Ok gotta go get the Vixter freom choir rehearsal....laters!
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2006, 02:11:49 PM
I got a package in the mail today, but not a DVD.

This is an item I won off Ebay almost 8 weeks ago! Anyway, I finally got it today. And no mail mix-up. The seller was lazy as all get out and tried to make me think it had already been mailed. I knew better!

Stuff like that just makes me so angry!!!

He sure wouldn't wait 8 weeks to be paid!  8)
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 02:15:59 PM
I don't know if Willie has da seat for Deceit.  He's a little bit country, you know.
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Post by: MBarnum on January 05, 2006, 02:31:33 PM
I must be losing my brain JRand55...on my TCM schedule at home I had RING OF FEAR circled for today...but looking at the on-line schedule it doesnt' show it. I am completely befuddled.
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Post by: MBarnum on January 05, 2006, 02:32:43 PM
BK, have you dabbled in any further vintage Hong Kong movies? And when was the last time you watched an old Bollywood movie, anyhow?
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 02:45:46 PM
Haven't seen any HK or Bollywood movies in some time.
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Post by: FJL on January 05, 2006, 02:47:48 PM
vixmom - We're not sure what to do about these script requests from schools, small theater groups, etc.  There's only been a trickle of those kinds of script inquiries at this point, so it may not be worth the effort that would have to be put into doing that kind of sort-of-self-licensing.  But it IS really nice that some people are even asking about it, so we'll have to work up a game plan with our agent.
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Post by: Rodzinski on January 05, 2006, 02:49:57 PM
I went to a taping of Willie Nelson set once for the show "Sessions at West 57th". The dude would NOT stop playing. It was for an hour-long show, and the producers eventually had to just walk up and stop the thing as it approached a second hour.

I was relieved because I was in standing room and it had reached the point of physical torture. To say nothing of the fact that he was promoting an all-instrumental album at the time and it wasn't that dadgum interesting to me.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: MBarnum on January 05, 2006, 02:52:23 PM
I now have a movie starring Rodzinski in my Netflix queue. (actually he is co-starring, but I thought I would give him higher billing on this here sight).

Sort of like GONE WITH THE WIND starring George Reeves.

Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: MBarnum on January 05, 2006, 02:53:24 PM
You should make Rodzinski your official screen name, Rodzinski.....Sort of like Mahipal or Dharmendra or Helen.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Tomovoz on January 05, 2006, 02:55:27 PM
Hello DR Rodzinzki.  No doubt you've read "Kess Of The D'Urbervilles".  It would explain your flighty posts.
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Post by: TPunk on January 05, 2006, 03:31:24 PM
Well TPunk and I have been camping two or three times. By camping, I really mean staying in a tent.

Our friends family has a 4th of July gathering in their huge backyard up in Elmira. One is never far from the house to use good ol' indoor plumbing. We stayed a weekend at a Pennsylvania campsite a couple years back. Again, it was many campsites in close proximity and there were modern bathroom facilities. We brought coolers full of everything we needed, so it wasn't true camping. Still not something TPunk was crazy about.

And when a skunk came nosing around the sites, I wasn't too happy either.

You shouldn't have to put your coat on to go to the bathroom for crying out loud!!
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: bk on January 05, 2006, 04:05:31 PM
Let us not rest on our laurels nor our hardys.  Let us not sit back and become complacent and lazy butt cheeks.  Let us get some postin' goin' on, shall we?

I suppose I shall be on my way back to the El Portal Theater now, to prepare for our five o'clock video shoot.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Ginny on January 05, 2006, 04:27:21 PM
Sorry I missed contributing to the milestone earlier today.  I was at my desk for 4 hours teaching myself to use Microsoft Publisher.  Finally had a breakthrough about half an hour before the end of my work day.
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Post by: George on January 05, 2006, 04:31:44 PM
Great site, JMK!!  Can't wait until it's all finished! ;D
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Post by: S. Woody White on January 05, 2006, 04:48:13 PM
I'm too pooped to catch up.  Eight hours on my feet does that to me.

And I've still got dinner to start: goose breasts, red cabbage, and oatmeal.  Yes, oatmeal.  I cook it on the dry side, then lace it with craisins, nuts, and butter.  Hey, the geese eat grains, why shouldn't we eat grains when we're eating the geese?
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: S. Woody White on January 05, 2006, 04:54:38 PM
My dad loved to go camping for his yearly vacation.  It was just about the only way he could totally break away from his job (aircraft engineer, working on the top-secret stuff with those hunky test pilots... sorry, my own judgement there, not his).

So, yes, we would pack up and find a campground, where we would all live out of a tent for a couple of weeks.

Interesting, how every year he would take us to campgrounds not too far from Beale Air Force Base.  And he would find some excuse to drop by the AFB at some point during his vacation.  And Beale just happened to be one of the AFBs that he would spend much of his working time at, working with those hunky test pilots...

                                                                                   :-\
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: S. Woody White on January 05, 2006, 05:02:30 PM
The last time I went camping was the first summer Der B and I were together.  At the time, he was a member of the Lobocs, a gay motorcycle club.  (Think "bears," before there really were any bears.)  I joined him on a couple of their "runs," camping excursions that included motorcycle games and a special drag show the final night.

Oh, and lots of drinking.

After that summer, der B basically dropped out of that social circle.  His liver thanked him.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Michael on January 05, 2006, 05:16:12 PM
Well it doesn't look like any of the west coast HHWers are planning a theater get together. Too bad. Love to see some of you. I will have to book a ticket this weekend and hope over to the coast for a weekend.
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Post by: TCB on January 05, 2006, 05:27:59 PM
Here is Miss Tammy Minoff along with Mr. Matthew Ashford.


BK, If I fly down to LA to see the show, do you think you could convince Mr. Ashford to make his first entrance in that towel?
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: TCB on January 05, 2006, 06:00:29 PM
Topic of the Day:


Roughing it???
 



............... Flying coach!
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: George on January 05, 2006, 06:19:21 PM
When I was growing up, we went camping, but it was tent camping and always close to bathrooms.  The worst part was the sleeping in sleeping bags on the ground with no air matress or anything else underneath to have a soft bed. :P It's been a long time since we went camping at all...well, me.  My parents now have an RV and now "roughing it" is when they don't have an electrical hook up. :)
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on January 05, 2006, 06:27:51 PM
Many years ago, my DH did not believe in getting motel rooms. He believed in driving until the wee hours and then pulling into a rest stop or other vacated space and sleeping in the car.

Once, we camped under a tree at a rest stop. In the morning we discovered it was "the bushes" everyone used.

Once we were on the way to visit his parents. Our one-year-old baby was screaming in the backseat, I had morning sickness, and we pulled over and tried to sleep parked outside a Circle K. In the morning, he went in and got breakfast: Twinkies and chocolate milk. I was violently ill.

I told him that thereafter if we could not afford a Motel 6, then we could not afford to visit his parents.

He bought a series of mini-motorhomes, in which we traveled the country. Lots of work for Mom, but better than camping in the toilet.

Now we stay at Motel 6, which is fine with me.  I don't have to cook, wash dishes, roll out sleeping bags, wash clothes in a dishpan, etc., so it's an improvement!

And that is my roughing it post.

Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: TCB on January 05, 2006, 06:39:01 PM
The last time I went camping was probably 15 years ago.  I knew then that as wonderful as it could be (and I am serious), sleeping out in the woods or walking near a stream, my body just would not allow me to do it any longer.  Since that time, I have had the first of my hip replacements, two back surgeries, and a neck fusion.  I really did enjoy camping (watch it, TCB) when I was younger, but there is no way I can even sleep on a carpeted floor any longer, without lots of pillows to soften the surface.

So elmore, I guess your fire escape is out for my visit.
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Post by: Jane on January 05, 2006, 06:40:49 PM
From Cillaliz:

Quote
Did you read A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANEY?  SIMON BIRCH was "inspired" by it (or something like that) it's the whole story and much better than the movie

No and I had heard the movie wasn’t as good as the book it was based on.  What did John Irving think of the movie?

TPunk I liked SIMON BIRCH, just not as much as THE MIGHTY.

From Rodzinsky:
Quote
I did not read continuously through the year, mind you. The book is like 600 pages, and has many rewards. For TPunk's birthday in a couple weeks, I will complete this line of gifting by giving her a 5-page book report on the book.

 ;D
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Jane on January 05, 2006, 06:54:35 PM
I suppose we'll have to have dear reader Jane or dear reader Laura to hear about roughing it.

In my heart I love camping, my body however likes a nice warm bed and a private bathroom.  The nicer the hotel the better, unfortunately you can’t always choose where you stay and it is simply a matter of getting the most decent hotel possible.

In my younger years my parents sent us away to camp-that was always fun.  I have always enjoyed the few camping trips Keith and I went on, always with friends.  We haven’t gone since before Bryan was born, when friends borrowed the tent and thought it was cute to feed the little wildlife, that is until the cute wildlife ate holes in the tent during the night.  

We did rent an RV and travel with the boys, kind of semi-roughing it, those RV’s are nice.

Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Cillaliz on January 05, 2006, 07:10:44 PM
Hi - roughing it would be the canoe/overnights in a sleeping bag and no tent from the summer camp I used to go to as a kid.  The camp had cabins - you had to go to a common bathroom, but the cabins were fine. The overnights were rare, but it really was quite fun.  Once there was a tornado warning so they had to rush and get us in vans and take us back to camp.   Since then I haven't been much for roughing it.   My brother's family loves to camp. I have driven to their camp sight and eaten with them then driven back home to a warm bed.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Cillaliz on January 05, 2006, 07:12:38 PM
I must admit it was great to lay in a sleeping bag on the ground and look up at the stars. Of course I was probably about 12 years old and sleeping on the ground didn't bother me at all.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Jane on January 05, 2006, 07:16:52 PM

Sorry Bruce, we can’t even get to LA for a funeral.  Have a great show.  Maybe we can see it in Portland.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Jane on January 05, 2006, 07:19:38 PM
You shouldn't have to put your coat on to go to the bathroom for crying out loud!!

 ;D
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Jennifer on January 05, 2006, 07:26:50 PM
We used to go camping when we were little, but I don't remember it.

The last time I went camping was when I was about 21 or 22. My boyfriend at the time was an outdoorsy person who thought hiking was great fun.  I won't say I loved it. But it wasn't too bad.  It was a campsite that had a bathroom you could walk to.

In the morning we went hiking.  But because I have a very delicate stomach I did not eat before we went.  The hike was supposed to be 45 minutes. But it turned out to be like 3 hours and I got very sick.  I forget how we got down the mountain (it was a ski resort with a chair lift and you could drive your car up as well).  I believe some kind souls drove us down.  Not too fun. :)
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Jane on January 05, 2006, 07:31:28 PM
DRLaura you really did rough it.

MBarnum which movie did you order from Netflix?

‘night

Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Cillaliz on January 05, 2006, 07:31:43 PM
I have gotten very used to nice hotels through the meetings I go to every year.  I like the ones with a tv in the bathroom and the separate shower and bath.  I also like the government rate!
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: MBarnum on January 05, 2006, 07:38:07 PM

MBarnum which movie did you order from Netflix?



Set to arrive in my mailbox tomorrow is the semi-Bollywood gay themed movie TOUCH OF PINK starring that hilarious guy who was in semi-Bollywood movie THE GURU....and Saturday should deliver the Japanese Toho spy film KILL OR BE KILLED which I had NO idea was even out on DVD! In fact I was rather shocked.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: François de Paris on January 05, 2006, 07:46:25 PM
You shouldn't have to put your coat on to go to the bathroom for crying out loud!!

In a nudist camp this is NOT necessary! ;)
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Cillaliz on January 05, 2006, 07:46:26 PM
Whew!!!!  I just heard we have the final details worked out on the fixing of things in the new house. It was getting pretty testy and the whole deal almost blew up.  I decided to demand a faulty circuit panel be fixed and the seller didn't want to do it.  So, he's giving me the money to do it, that is a huge load off my shoulders.  

Unfortunately that means I'm not going to make it to Deceit.  I still have to fix the plumbing and put in a new furnace and air conditioner. I also had to back out of moderating a panel at a seminar in Charleston SC. (I was paying my own expenses).  
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: François de Paris on January 05, 2006, 07:48:26 PM
I have gotten very used to nice hotels through the meetings I go to every year.  I like the ones with a tv in the bathroom and the separate shower and bath.  I also like the government rate!

Hmmmm.... a TV in the bathroom?!?

Are Tv programs that trashy nowadays in the US of A?!? :D
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Rodzinski on January 05, 2006, 07:52:13 PM
Hello DR Rodzinzki.  No doubt you've read "Kess Of The D'Urbervilles".  It would explain your flighty posts.

Thanks Tomovoz. Once again, you're there for me!
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Rodzinski on January 05, 2006, 07:58:00 PM
I spent a decent portion of my day reading JMK's Frances Farmer info. That sent me into an internet researching frenzy. Ever just get sucked into some topic like that, then it becomes like quicksand, and you are flying all over the internet learning everything you can?

Well, I detoured and ended up reading about an actress named Barbara Payton who apparently, if I had been alive in the 50s and crossed her path, I could have had sex with.

Fascinating damaged characters of old Hollywood.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Rodzinski on January 05, 2006, 08:01:56 PM
Watched Dancing With the Stars tonight. There's two hours I can't get back. But there is something kind of old fashioned about the show. People haven't been interested in dance in a major way in a long time. It's a bit too drawn out though.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Matt H. on January 05, 2006, 08:06:18 PM
Had a variable evening of enjoyment with the NBC comedies.

First up was WILL & GRACE with a Sing-Along SOUND OF MUSIC plot line. I actually laughed some during the show; there were some very clever lines and situations in homage to the film and folks' fascination with it. For those who don't know the film of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, I suspect this episode would have been baffling.

And Taye Diggs was one of the more delectable guest star almost- boy friends for Will.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: JMK on January 05, 2006, 08:06:22 PM
I spent a decent portion of my day reading JMK's Frances Farmer info. That sent me into an internet researching frenzy. Ever just get sucked into some topic like that, then it becomes like quicksand

That has absolutely never happened to me.  Never.   ;D
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: JMK on January 05, 2006, 08:07:39 PM
Had a variable evening of enjoyment with the NBC comedies.
 For those who don't know the film of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, I suspect this episode would have been baffling.

Are there such people?  Oh, wait, yes there are.  They advertise on eBay--"RARE!!!! SOUND OF MUSIC SOUNDTRACK LP WITH JULIE ANDREWS!!!"   ;)
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: JMK on January 05, 2006, 08:09:59 PM
Rodzinski, hopefully if you were reading the FF article on the new site, you read it when the pictures were working.  I had a bit of tsuris today getting everything ported over to the new site.  Two out of the three Register.com CS reps I've dealt with so far have been absolutely incredible, but unfortunately the third guy (we'll call him Scott because that's his friggin' name  ;D), who I sadly got twice, didn't know what the f*** he was talking about and gave me wrong instructions (twice).
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: JMK on January 05, 2006, 08:11:09 PM
However I've learned a hell of a lot about file transfer protocol and HTML today.  I wasn't a complete idiot before, but I'm considerably more erudite about it now.  Or maybe I should say a-boot it now, because all of the CS reps are from Canada, eh?
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Rodzinski on January 05, 2006, 08:11:37 PM
I want to see the film EBB TIDE.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Matt H. on January 05, 2006, 08:12:29 PM
FOUR KINGS, the new NBC sitcom that come on after WILL & GRACE, was barrel-bottom scrapings poor, I thought. For four guys that are supposed to be lifelong friends, I didn't get any sense of chemistry between them AT ALL, and the lines for the most part just weren't funny. The four guys have some appeal apart, but it looks like it's going to be a frat boy/jock comedy of the type that usually doesn't rank high on my list of must-see shows.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Matt H. on January 05, 2006, 08:13:58 PM
MY NAME IS EARL had an OK episode having to do with a brat camp that Earl and brother Randy had been sent to where they had been responsible for burning down the barn. Not the best of the EARLs, but the time passed reasonably enough.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Tomovoz on January 05, 2006, 08:15:34 PM
Thanks Tomovoz. Once again, you're there for me!
OzDerek would have been right with you too Rodzinski.
I'll be away for 10 days from Tuesday next. I hope you can find a temporary replacement.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Matt H. on January 05, 2006, 08:18:11 PM
Page 9 Ricky-Lucy Wet Dance!!!


Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Rodzinski on January 05, 2006, 08:19:55 PM
OzDerek would have been right with you too Rodzinski.
I'll be away for 10 days from Tuesday next. I hope you can find a temporary replacement.

I'll muddle through, I guess.  :-\
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Rodzinski on January 05, 2006, 08:20:29 PM
Anyone here know the great Roy Acuff song "The Great SPACKLE Bird"?
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Cillaliz on January 05, 2006, 08:21:34 PM
Don't know the tune, but I'm going to need spackle and paint to spruce this place up before I sell it
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Matt H. on January 05, 2006, 08:22:09 PM
THE OFFICE had the night's best half hour of laughs and sentiment as boss Michael took his staff on a river outing where hijinks and silliness occurred.






spoiler - - - -














Also a wedding date was set that had a devastating effect on one of the office workers who carries a torch for the receptionist.

Actor John Krasinski's lovesick Jim on the show is my favorite character, and my heart really went out to him during the episode tonight.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Matt H. on January 05, 2006, 08:22:21 PM
WITHOUT A TRACE had a moving episode concerning a missing paramedic who was trying his best to fight gangs in Harlem through setting an example. Very bittersweet story and ending.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Matt H. on January 05, 2006, 08:24:35 PM
Our spring-like weather has officially ended. We had a very cold, biting rain earlier tonight, and now it's very cold and windy outside - exactly the way January is SUPPOSED to be.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Rodzinski on January 05, 2006, 08:25:22 PM
Paint a little spackle little
Paint a little spackle little
chip chip chip
Paint a lot spackle little more
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Dan (the Man) on January 05, 2006, 08:33:00 PM
Do I smell 170,000 posts?

Why, yes!  Yes, I do!

Congrats to HainesHisWay.com!
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Cillaliz on January 05, 2006, 08:35:36 PM
Oh yes, Congrats on the 170,000 posts. Sorry I wasn't here when it happened
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Cillaliz on January 05, 2006, 08:36:19 PM
Paint a little spackle little
Paint a little spackle little
chip chip chip
Paint a lot spackle little more

 ;D
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Tomovoz on January 05, 2006, 08:37:25 PM
Anyone here know the great Roy Acuff song "The Great SPACKLE Bird"?
A biblical reference from Jeremiah - or perhaps that is Jaremiah!
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: JMK on January 05, 2006, 08:38:59 PM
I want to see the film EBB TIDE.

I think that's do-able.  Check your PMs.  (Not your PMS, that's something entirely different).
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: François de Paris on January 05, 2006, 08:40:46 PM
Do I smell 170,000 posts?

Why, yes!  Yes, I do!

Congrats to HainesHisWay.com!

that fascination you all seem to have over numbers in North America will always elude me!
 ;)
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Matt H. on January 05, 2006, 08:44:41 PM
Guess it's time for me to head towards bed.

I hope everyone enjoys the rest of the evening.

Good night!
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: MBarnum on January 05, 2006, 08:45:39 PM

Well, I detoured and ended up reading about an actress named Barbara Payton who apparently, if I had been alive in the 50s and crossed her path, I could have had sex with.


Ah yes, the beautiful and refined Barbara Payton! LOL! You must see her in BRIDE OF THE GORILLA!  ;D

Actually, she was a pretty darn good actress for the most part and quite a looker.

(http://i10.ebayimg.com/01/i/04/ef/9f/04_12_sb.JPG)
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: MBarnum on January 05, 2006, 08:49:56 PM
The called me BAD -- spelled M-E-N...

That doesn't make any sense?
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Cillaliz on January 05, 2006, 08:53:40 PM
That reminds me of:

There was a little girl
who had a little curl
Right in the middle of her forehead
When she was good
she was very very good
and when she was bad,
she was popular
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Cillaliz on January 05, 2006, 08:55:20 PM
My new appointment calendar's saying for the week

"it's always fun until someone puts and eye out"
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: MBarnum on January 05, 2006, 08:59:47 PM
 :-\  Barry Cowsill of the band THE COWSILLS was just identified as one of the victims of hurricane Katrina. His body was found December 28 and identified with dental records.  He was 51.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Dan (the Man) on January 05, 2006, 09:03:31 PM
Ah yes, the beautiful and refined Barbara Payton! LOL! You must see her in BRIDE OF THE GORILLA!  ;D

Actually, she was a pretty darn good actress for the most part and quite a looker.

(http://i10.ebayimg.com/01/i/04/ef/9f/04_12_sb.JPG)


Watch out, Tony--she's out to steal your watch!
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Cillaliz on January 05, 2006, 09:07:41 PM
Pretty sad to think they are still discovering bodies this many months after the hurricaine
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Cillaliz on January 05, 2006, 09:08:29 PM
Well I'm off to get some sleep and hopefully go to work in the morning
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: TCB on January 05, 2006, 09:15:55 PM
Come back safely, Tomovoz, you will be missed.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Tomovoz on January 05, 2006, 09:17:17 PM
Thank you DR TCB. Another 3 days before I head to even warmer places.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: DERBRUCER on January 05, 2006, 09:29:37 PM
Another 3 days before I head to even warmer places.

Booked on one of those River Styx cruises?

der Brucer
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Tomovoz on January 05, 2006, 09:47:54 PM
HMAS Cerberus is our local Naval training station.  Styx is one of my favourite 70's bands. Now if I can just find someone willing to pay the ferryman I'll be OK.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Charles Pogue on January 05, 2006, 10:05:06 PM
Rodzinski, I think it's THE GREAT SPECKLED BIRD...but I could be wrong...
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: JoseSPiano on January 05, 2006, 10:12:48 PM
Good Evening!

Well... I meant to post from the theatre, but time just got away from me.  -But we had a very good rehearsal.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: JoseSPiano on January 05, 2006, 10:13:22 PM
Congrats to All DRs for reaching 170,000+ Posts!
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: JoseSPiano on January 05, 2006, 10:13:55 PM
DR SWW - As for those pilots...

Don't Ask, Don't Tell

...But if you have pics....

;D
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: JoseSPiano on January 05, 2006, 10:15:56 PM
Well, I'm afraid that's all I can muster for now...  Today was a long day, and I'm very tired.  -I was very sleepy during the first act of the show tonight.  I had to make sure to walk around during the book scenes to keep from nodding off.  So...

Goodnight.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Cillaliz on January 05, 2006, 11:12:22 PM
Wow, all alone in the middle of the night, what do you know about that
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Cillaliz on January 05, 2006, 11:13:45 PM
Well, guess I'll drink my Chamomile tea and try to get to sleep.  
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: George on January 06, 2006, 12:25:11 AM
Congratulations, all, on 170,000+ Posts!  I was logged in, but wasn't paying attention (I was at work, you know ::)) and missed the moment.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: George on January 06, 2006, 12:31:13 AM
Today after work, I went to Fred Meyer and was looking around in their DVD section and saw the complete first season to the TV show FAME (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000B5IP2O/qid=1136536020/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-0605132-8786225?s=dvd&v=glance&n=130)!  I didn't know that it was even going to be released!  I loved this show!  I have two or three of the "Kids From Fame" albums.  I was reading the synopsis with Gwen Verdon as guest and it says that "This episode has been musically edited."  I would assume that they couldn't get the rights to a song.  I hope it wasn't a performance by Gwen.  Anyone know?  Anyone care? ;)
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: George on January 06, 2006, 12:34:54 AM
The best part was that I had a $4 coupon, but the tax was $3.36, so it wasn't that much of a savings.  But it's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. ;)
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: bk on January 06, 2006, 12:39:42 AM
Finally back - we grabbed a bite to eat after rehearsal.  Must write the notes now.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: George on January 06, 2006, 12:53:24 AM
I hope everything went well, BK.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: Jed on January 06, 2006, 12:55:01 AM
George - A number of DVD sets for TV series are missing some of the original music these days.  It's not that they couldn't get the rights, they simply chose not to pay for them.  I know all the season sets for Quantum Leap, other than the first 8-episode season, have this same problem.  Many shows that used a lot of non-original music are sadly likely to share this fate.
Title: Re:WHEN IN ROME
Post by: George on January 06, 2006, 01:01:29 AM
George - A number of DVD sets for TV series are missing some of the original music these days.  It's not that they couldn't get the rights, they simply chose not to pay for them.  I know all the season sets for Quantum Leap, other than the first 8-episode season, have this same problem.  Many shows that used a lot of non-original music are sadly likely to share this fate.

DAMN THEM!!!! >:(


 ::)