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Well, you've read the notes, even though the notes had no title, and now it is time for you to post until the untitled cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: MONANDROUS!
Smoke on your pipe and put that in.
And may I just say that the WUSSBURGERING of last evening was truly nauseating? Not one post after 10:20 and that post was made by the likes of me.
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Rather than narrow it down to individual stories, my favourite collections are:
"The Turning" - Tim Winton
"Scission" - Tim Winton
"Minimum of Two" - Tim Winton
"Flights Of Love" - Bernhard Schlink
"Tales Of The Night" - Peter Hoeg
"The Books Of Blood" - Clive Barker.
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Note for DR Jose.
Musical "Here Lies Love" opens in Adelaide soon.. Written by David Byrne.. "Imelda - The Musical"
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[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]~~~~~~~HEALTH VIBES TO DR ANN~~~~~~~~~~[/size][/move]
[move=right,scroll,6,transparent,100%]~~~~~~~HEALTH VIBES TO DR Ronald L. Pulliam~~~~~~~~~~[/size][/move]
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Congratulations on your new Home Dr's Ann & Jed!!!!!
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DR TCB is your back feeling any better?
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TOD: The Mouth Is For Eating by a certain William F. Orr
is the first thing that comes to mind.... I must think on the rest I keep thinking of novels instead of short stories.... I must have my tea and wake up....
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Lovely pictures from DRANN - congrats to her and DRJED on their new home!
Didn't MONANDROUS run for many years on Sunday night on NBC? I never liked it as well once Pernell Roberts left the cast.
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They didn't bring a copy of the score to auditions?!!! DRJOSE I am still in shock. Even at the Putnam County Playhouse, in a barn, in the middle of a field, in Greencastle, Indiana - I bring a copy of the score, the vocal selections books, AND a couple of other "songbooks" of various shows and composers - "just in case."
Whew!
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Short stories. And we are talking MY FAVORITES here - and since I LOVE short stories...it's hard to choose, but....narrowing them down:
Lime Vanilla Ice Cream & The Strangler from DANDELION WINE by Ray Bradbury
The Cisco Kid by O. Henry
Everything in GIBBSVILLE by John O'Hara
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DRJANE - Miss Frances Farmer lived in Santa Monica on Kingman Avenue...and if you drive down that street you can see the Art Deco mansion next door that Cedric Gibbons built for wife Delores Del Rio - with a beautiful JADE inset in the gate!
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Work today and the AMAZING RACE tonight!
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Good morning, all! I slept a bit later than I would have liked, and it's nearly 8 am! ohmigod!
I'm not sure I've got much in the way today for plans, mostly cleaning the apartment and working on Toyland reports for Act Two. Tomorrow, when I go into the office, I will begin co-ordinating the detective work of our DRs Jose and Jason with the critical notes. I've also got two numbers to finish scoring for the Men's Chorus concert. I'm holding off on the huge one till the end of the month in case of cuts or needed rewrites.
TOD:
"The Lottery" Shirley Jackson
"The Wendigo" Algernon Blackwood
"Carmilla" Sheridan LeFanu
"A Christmas Memory" Truman Capote
"The Night The Bed Fell" James Thurber
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TOD:
"The Love Letter" by Jack Finney
"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
"The Night They Tore Down Riley's Bar" from a NIGHT GALLERY novelization
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Oh...add Jackson's THE LOTTERY and Capote's A CHRISTMAS MEMORY to my list.
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Off to work.
Good Cabaret Singer vibes for MR BK....
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Oh....did you sell LOTS of cd's at the show the other night?
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Tuesday morning greetings! I'm putting the finishing touches on my resume and cover letter so I can apply for the job I'm already doing. Want to turn it in today, or tomorrow at the latest, because the deadline is next Tuesday and I will be off starting this Thursday and not go back until noon that day.
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Ah, yes! A Christmas Memory and The Night the Bed Fell. I remember them as favorite short stories and also because they were very popular in the yearly High School Speech and Drama competitions as oral performances or as I used to call it, Oral Interpolation of Friction (ya hadda be there). High school students frantically cutting short stories to read in front of judges who would rate based on your ability to edit and still keep the sense of the story and your performance ability. Humorous stories were always more popular than dramatic stories, although The Lottery was a perennial favorite.
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Good Morning!
I, too, slept in a bit later than I would have liked to, but I blame that on DR elmore. ;)
-Or maybe I'll just blame it on the rain that's currently falling. However, it's a very light rain. In any case...
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As for Short Stories...
My head is still a bit cloudy right now, and the only one that come to mind are the various short story collections of David Leavitt:
"Family Dancing"
"A Place I've Never Been"
"The Marble Quilt"
I guess I would also include the collection of three novellas, "Arkansas".
"Family Dancing" was one of the first pieces of Gay Fiction* I had read. A wonderful collection of short stories filled with both ordinary and extraordinary characters. I do like some of Leavitt's novels ("The Lost Language of Cranes", "While England Sleeps", "The Page Turner"), but I prefer his shorter works. In some sense, they seem more filled out and complete than his longer novels.
*It was until a few months after I had read "Family Dancing" that the term "GLBT Fiction" was coined. ;)
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DR Ginny - I can't remember if I replied to you yet...
I'm so glad you and your niece enjoyed the show.
:)
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Good morning!
It rained briefly but very hard this morning (in fact, that's what woke me up), but the skies have cleared and it looks as if we're in for another beautiful (albeit a bit cooler) day. I have some errands I will have to take care of in a little while, and it will be great walking around in the fresh air.
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They didn't bring a copy of the score to auditions?!!! DRJOSE I am still in shock. Even at the Putnam County Playhouse, in a barn, in the middle of a field, in Greencastle, Indiana - I bring a copy of the score, the vocal selections books, AND a couple of other "songbooks" of various shows and composers - "just in case."
Whew!
Well... To sort of give the casting director the benefit of the doubt... He had two folders marked, "Sides and Music", and one large binder marked "Script and Score". Alas, the "Script and Score" was actually the "Script and Vocal Book". And when the CD looked through the binder and saw music notes, he just didn't realize at the time that there was no piano part present. So...
I've never had an issue with this agency, so... But I did say to the agent as I was leaving, "You owe me one. Big time."
;)
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Last night, DR MBarnum wrote:
"My VCR was is on the blink tonight so I watched a DVD of THREE GUYS NAMED MIKE....what a cute movie! I think someone here mentioned it the other week...MattH maybe?...I only had time to watch half of it, and will finish it tomorrow....my but that Howard Keel certainly gives me a tingle! "
Yes, it was I who talked about this cute romantic comedy. Completely unpretentious and entertaining. It didn't do very well at the box-office when it was first released, but I've always liked it. In fact, it and GROUNDS FOR MARRIAGE are among my favorite MGM romantic comedies of the 1950s that didn't feature Tracy and Hepburn.
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Hmm...I don't think I know from short stories.
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The Dead Rabbit
A man is driving along a highway and sees a rabbit jump out across the middle of the road. He swerves to avoid hitting it, but unfortunately the rabbit jumps right in front of the car. The driver, a sensitive man,as well as an animal lover, pulls over and gets out to see what has become of the rabbit. Much to his dismay, the rabbit is dead.
The driver feels so awful that he begins to cry. A beautiful blonde woman driving down the highway
sees a man crying on the side of the road and pulls overto see if she could help. She steps out of the car and asks the man what's wrong.
"I feel terrible," he explains,"I accidentally hit this rabbit and killed it!"
The blonde says, "Don't worry."
She runs to her car and pulls out a spray can. She walks over ! to the limp, dead rabbit, bends down, and sprays the contents onto the rabbit The rabbit jumps up, waves its paw at the two of them and hops off down the road.
Ten feet away the rabbit stops, turns around and waves again, he hops down the road another 10 feet,
turns and waves, hops another ten feet, turns and waves, and repeats this again and again and again,
until he hops out of sight.
The man is astonished. He runs over to the woman and demands, "What is in that can? What did you spray on that rabbit?"
The woman turns the can around so that the man can read the label.
It says...
(Are you ready for this?)
(Are you sure?)
(This is bad or good..depends on your mood when reading this!)
(It's definitely a bad joke, I assure you!)
(You know you could just click off and not read the punch line....since you know every single joke I post)
(You can still skip it...not too late but you know you're curious!!)
(You know you're gonna be sorry if you don't)
(Last chance)
OK, here it is..you asked for it....
don't blame me for reading the punch line if it appalls you
It says,
"Hair Spray -
Restores life to dead hair, and adds permanent wave."
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Last night, DR MBarnum wrote:
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Yes, it was I who talked about this cute romantic comedy. Completely unpretentious and entertaining. It didn't do very well at the box-office when it was first released, but I've always liked it. In fact, it and GROUNDS FOR MARRIAGE are among my favorite MGM romantic comedies of the 1950s that didn't feature Tracy and Hepburn.
What really surprises me about the film is Jane Wyman...I always think of her as she is in those Universal soapers of the 1950s, and when I see her in a comdey like this I am just amazed at how varied an actress she was. I am looking forward to seeing the rest of the film tonight.
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Oh, Vixmom!
....I keep telling myself that I must not groan, I must not groan.
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Oh, Vixmom!
....I keep telling myself that I must not groan, I must not groan.
;D :-*
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pAGE tWO rABBIT dANCE!!!
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Oh, Vixmom!
....I keep telling myself that I must not groan, I must not groan.
I'm still groaning over your short story knowledge, teflon mind!
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TOD: A collection of short stories I do love is "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
particularly the story "The Martian"
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Marriage Counseling Department:
MEXICO CITY - A Mexican husband and wife were recovering separately after a marital spat got out of control and saw them firing guns, throwing knives and hurling homemade bombs, Mexican daily Milenio said Monday.
Juan Espinosa and Irma Contreras fought until their house blew up in a homemade gasoline bomb explosion, Milenio said.
Police called to the home in the indigenous Mayan Indian town of Oxkutzcab in the southeastern state of Yucatan arrested Espinosa. Contreras was taken to hospital with third-degree burns.
A local police official confirmed the report but declined to provide further information.
Espinosa told reporters he was glad his wife had suffered burns, while Contreras said she was only sorry she had not “hacked off his manhood” during the fight.
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Drink Your Milk Kids!
MOSCOW - Russia’s long winter will just fly by for a herd of Russian cows which, a newspaper reported on Tuesday, will be fed confiscated marijuana over the cold months.
Drug workers said they adopted the unusual form of animal husbandry after they were forced to destroy the sunflowers and maize crops that the 40 ton of marijuana had been planted among, Novye Izvestia daily reported.
“There is simply no other way out. You see, the fields are planted with feed crops and if we remove it all the cows will have nothing to eat,” a Federal Drugs Control Service spokeswoman for the Urals region of Sverdlovsk told the paper. “I don’t know what the milk will be like after this.”
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What really surprises me about the film is Jane Wyman...I always think of her as she is in those Universal soapers of the 1950s, and when I see her in a comdey like this I am just amazed at how varied an actress she was. I am looking forward to seeing the rest of the film tonight.
And if you want to see her skills in musical comedy, pick up JUST FOR YOU. She's simply delightful in it and the musical she did prior to it: HERE COMES THE GROOM. They're together on a single DVD from Paramount.
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Favorite short stories:
"The Most Dangerous Game"
"The Cask of Amontillado"
"The Landlady"
"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"
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Oh dear... I wonder if this is the plane accident Jane was talking about yesterday
Calif. Plane Crash Kills Ex-TV Host, Wife
Mar 14, 1:15 AM EST
A former TV game show host and his wife were killed Monday morning when their small plane crashed into Santa Monica Bay shortly after takeoff on a volunteer flight for a medical charity, authorities said.
Divers called off a search for a third person late Monday after authorities concluded only two people were on board.
The bodies of Peter Tomarken, 63, host of the hit 1980s game show "Press Your Luck," and his wife, Kathleen Abigail Tomarken, 41, were identified by the Los Angeles County coroner's office.
The plane was on its way to San Diego to ferry a medical patient to the UCLA Medical Center, said Doug Griffith, a spokesman for Angel Flight West, a nonprofit which provides free air transportation for needy patients.
Tomarken, the pilot, was a volunteer for the group. The FAA said the plane was registered to him.
The third person authorities initially believed was on board may have been the patient, said Coast Guard spokesman Tony Migliorini.
"We believe the third person was the person they were going to pick up," he said. "When they filed the flight plan, they said three persons were to be on board. That's why we had to presume they had three and did the search."
The plane apparently had engine trouble and was headed back to Santa Monica Airport, located about two miles inland, but went down in about 19 feet of water about a half-mile southwest of the Santa Monica pier, authorities said.
Luis Garr said he didn't hear the engine but heard the splash as the plane "kind of landed into the water."
"It's a big splash, a huge splash. ... Then it started going down," Garr said. "The wings were still floating so I was, `Get out! Get out!' because the door was still available to get out and nobody came out. So the plane kept going down, down, down."
Tomarken's death was first reported by "Entertainment Tonight."
"Press Your Luck" was known for contestants shouting the slogan "Big bucks! No whammies!"
Tomarken's agent, Fred Wostbrock, said his client's first game show was "Hit Man!," which ran 13 weeks on NBC, followed by the four-year hit "Press Your Luck" on CBS. He also was on "Bargain Hunters," "Wipe-Out" and "Paranoia."
"He was always a fun guy to be around, and he just loved the genre of game shows," Wostbrock said.
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I see that yesterday was Commonwealth Day in Canada. I'm assuming it was a national holiday. What does it commemorate? (I assuming it has something to do with the British commonwealth of countries, but that's just an assumption.)
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I saw that article about the former host of the 80s gameshow PRESS YOUR LUCK. Very sad.
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"The Cask of Amontillado"
"The Premature Burial"
both by Edgar Allen Poe
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And if you want to see her skills in musical comedy, pick up JUST FOR YOU. She's simply delightful in it and the musical she did prior to it: HERE COMES THE GROOM. They're together on a single DVD from Paramount.
I have that set. I have but have not watched JUST FOR YOU yet.
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Two hours of IDOL finals tonight (and next week as well). That means HOUSE is preempted. Also makes for a busy DVR during the 9 p.m. hour.
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I have that set. I have but have not watched JUST FOR YOU yet.
I prefer it to HERE COMES THE GROOM, but that's strictly a personal preference.
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TOD (part 4)
The Lady or the Tiger by Frank Stockton
you can read it here http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/LadyTige.shtml
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Well, I'd have to mention a Sherlock Holmes mystery or two:
"The Red Headed League"
"The Speckled Band"
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When I was teaching, I loved teaching short stories, and I think my favorite one to teach was "The Necklace."
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And how could we possibly leave out such American classics as "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" or "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calavaras County."
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My work here is done. Off to turn in my application and continue doing the job I've just applied for.
Bye for now.
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Favorite short stories - Evening Primrose, The Swimmer, The Jar, and anything by James Thurber, especially The Unicorn In The Garden.
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I am heading down now to get cleaned up so I can run my errands and get home in time for lunch.
WBBL.
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ASlo by Frank Stockton , although it may be too long to called a "short story" Captain Eli's Best Ear
also available for reading here http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/CaptEli.shtml
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Does The Color Kittens count as a short story? ::)
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I am so over VCRs!! Last night I tried to watch Desp. Housewives, which I had taped on Sunday, and my VCR went all screwy...it have been acting up ever since I popped in a video movie that DR Elmoore sent me last week...but still I will blame it on Jose...so now I will go and pick up a head cleaner and see if that will help.
In the meantime I am finally going to call the cable company and ask of one of those tivo-like boxes that they have, so that I won't have to use video tapes anymore!
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TOD:
Of all the reading I do do, I can't, at the mo', remember any short stories beyond what I read in high school and college:
The Lottery
The Yellow Wallpaper
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
I'll need to think more on this.
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I am so over VCRs!! Last night I tried to watch Desp. Housewives, which I had taped on Sunday, and my VCR went all screwy...it have been acting up ever since I popped in a video movie that DR Elmoore sent me last week...but still I will blame it on Jose...so now I will go and pick up a head cleaner and see if that will help.
In the meantime I am finally going to call the cable company and ask of one of those tivo-like boxes that they have, so that I won't have to use video tapes anymore!
DR MB, you will love it! I dragged my feet forever before I jumped on the Tivo bandwagon, but I finally did and haven't looked back since. Hopefully, your cable company provides the same kind of Tivo service that allows you to set up favorite shows to automatically record each week, along with searching through the coming weeks to find shows that you would be interested in.
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I forgot two favorite short stories:
"Why I Live at the PO" Eudora Welty
"A Good Man Is Hard to Find" Flannery O'Connor
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I am so over VCRs!! Last night I tried to watch Desp. Housewives, which I had taped on Sunday, and my VCR went all screwy...it have been acting up ever since I popped in a video movie that DR Elmoore sent me last week...but still I will blame it on Jose...so now I will go and pick up a head cleaner and see if that will help.
I can't imagine you'd let all your good videos rot. You can get a VCR these days for less than $100. You know how I depend on mine!
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I shall now be on my way to LACC, after which I shall return.
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Well, time for me to head out too.
Laters...
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When I was teaching, I loved teaching short stories, and I think my favorite one to teach was "The Necklace."
OH!! I remember this one!! It was good and awful at the same time that story.....
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With those Tivo type things from the cable company you can set it to tape, say anything with June Kenney in it, can't you? Or every time that Desp. Housewives is on, can't you?
I just get tired of always having to set the time each week.
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I see that yesterday was Commonwealth Day in Canada. I'm assuming it was a national holiday. What does it commemorate? (I assuming it has something to do with the British commonwealth of countries, but that's just an assumption.)
I don't know if any other parts of the country celebrate this day, but i have never even heard of it. :(
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DR Vixmom: The joke....not now...I have a headache.
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DR Vixmom: The joke....not now....I'm not in the mood.
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DR Vixmom:
:D
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There are strange things afoot....yessirree bob...strange things.
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I'm up.
I'm dressed.
I'm at work!
Why isn't it time for lunch?
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Thanks for the feel better vibes...I do appreciate them.
I'm not 100%, but I cannot stay cooped up in that apartment...I just CAN'T!
It's one thing if I'm going to sleep. And it's another thing if I'm going to putter around and do things.
But if I'm just going to sit and go "Blah!" all day long, I'd rather do it at work.
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Yesterday afternoon, I watched the special DVD edition (with DTS sound) of "Meet Joe Black"...a movie I never tire of, actually.
It's flawed...it's overlong...and it's wonderful.
And that Thomas Newman score is glorious...heartbreaking...wondrous!
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I don't know if any other parts of the country celebrate this day, but i have never even heard of it. :(
Here's a link to its "history":
http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/jfa-ha/commonwealth_e.cfm (http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/jfa-ha/commonwealth_e.cfm)
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The Dead Rabbit
Thanks vixmom!!! That was the best I've read all day!!!! Keep 'em coming!
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Thanks vixmom!!! That was the best I've read all day!!!! Keep 'em coming!
Oh! No! Was that "The Dead Rabbit" quote the punchline?
Aughghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghgh!
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With those Tivo type things from the cable company you can set it to tape, say anything with June Kenney in it, can't you? Or every time that Desp. Housewives is on, can't you?
I just get tired of always having to set the time each week.
Yep. In Tivo, it's called a Season Pass, where you set it to record any reoccurring TV series (you can even have it ignore reruns.) Tivo also has Wishlists that let you set up to record everything with a credited name.
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Oh! No! Was that "The Dead Rabbit" quote the punchline?
Aughghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghgh!
That was not the punch line... just the title :)
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With those Tivo type things from the cable company you can set it to tape, say anything with June Kenney in it, can't you? Or every time that Desp. Housewives is on, can't you?
I just get tired of always having to set the time each week.
We have a DVR here, and, yes, you can set it up to record a weekly series. And if you happen to need to catch up on re-runs, it will also search out whenever "Law & Order" is showing on any of the channels it is showing. I'm sure if you check your cable system's website, there should be some sort of FAQ since not all Cable Providers are created equal.
;)
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Nice to see you up and about, DR Ron Pulliam.
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Well... Now I'm heading out...
Laters...
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Quote from: S. Woody White on Yesterday at 19:41:33
And I just remembered, Russel Paxton (originally played by Danny Kaye) in Lady in the Dark is often referred to as "flamboyant."
After memorizing the Risë Stevens/Adolph Green album in college, I read the libretto in the library.
When the Randy Curtis (originally played by Victor Mature) arrives at the magazine, Russel rushes in and announces to the female staff, "Girls, he's gorgeous!" That sort of made it clear what "flamboyant" meant.
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Nice to see you up and about, DR Ron Pulliam.
Many, many thanks, Herr Piano!
I'm up...I'm up....
...but I'm not certain I'm about....no....not certain at all I'm about.
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Just spent 15 minutes in various telephone trees and never got to talk to a single "live" being...but left a voice mail (oh, boy, you betcha I left a voice mail) about having received a statement of purchase for some fabric from a vendor we deal with all the time.
Only trouble is, the sale wasn't to us...it's to the Water and Sewer company in Myrtle Beach, SC. That's right....only they've "applied" the sale to us on behalf of the water and sewer plant.
I've left copious instructions for whoever gets my voice mail....either correct the problem or tell me how they are going to relocate the Grand Strand Water & Sewer to Oakland CA...cause we ain't payin' any bills for any agency not in Alameda CA.
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There's a bunch of folks online here....but where's all the posts, y'all?
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I'm hyper enough to post a kajillion little tell-me-nothin' posts if y'all don't ante up soon....
Y'hear?
:D
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Ah, yes! A Christmas Memory and The Night the Bed Fell. I remember them as favorite short stories and also because they were very popular in the yearly High School Speech and Drama competitions as oral performances or as I used to call it, Oral Interpolation of Friction (ya hadda be there). High school students frantically cutting short stories to read in front of judges who would rate based on your ability to edit and still keep the sense of the story and your performance ability. Humorous stories were always more popular than dramatic stories, although The Lottery was a perennial favorite.
I used The Night The Bed Fell at one of those competitions in high school. I received much higher marks with People of the Third Planet - can't remember who wrote it, it was about martians coming down and talking to an earthling. You didn't discover until the end that it was a parking meter. Lots of fun voice changes between the Martians and the cops that show up to investigate the missing parking meter.
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Where the heck did vixmom get to?
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And is DR MattH in "wibble" mode?? As in "WBBL"?
I always picture him "wibbling" along on a "Wibbler".
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I used The Night The Bed Fell at one of those competitions in high school. I received much higher marks with People of the Third Planet - can't remember who wrote it, it was about martians coming down and talking to an earthling. You didn't discover until the end that it was a parking meter. Lots of fun voice changes between the Martians and the cops that show up to investigate the missing parking meter.
I had some fun...and a bit of success...adapting the president's phone conversation with the soviet premier in the war room in "Dr. Strangelove"...when the president has to inform the premier that some planes carrying nuclear weapons have been launched...but that it's all a silly little misunderstanding and that we're doing our best to get them back before they drop them.
It was never a competition piece, but it was a fun classroom indulgence.
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Feel better vibes to DRs RLP and Ann! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Re: the new show The New Adventures of Old Christine.
I thought the pilot was sort of funny. But the second episode was a bit much. I'm not really sure if i will keep watching.
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Feel better vibes to DRs RLP and Ann! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ta!
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Last night's "Medium":
SPOILER
Not one of my favorite episodes, although it was more gratifying at the end than at the beginning.
At first, I simply could not care less about Allison's brother and his meeting up with the strange woman called Leah. I knew she had been in the bank robbery. The two of them talking on their date were boring. Couldn't get into them at all.
When I figured out Glenn Gordon Caron pulled a nice little "Sixth Sense" twist, the proceedings became more interesting to me.
Still...not one of the better episodes. It reminded me of episodes he'd do in "Moonlighting" with characters less intriguing (to me) than Shepherd and Willis taking on the primary scenes.
Still, it's nice to see that Allison's brother has some of the mojo she has...and that her daughters have.
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Well, I'm having major heel and foot pain. It's been hurting for a few weeks now so I'm going to the doctor today. I'm also feeling a little blah today. I went into the office got about 10 calls in the first hour I was there. Then I packed up a bunch of work and brought it home. I'll head to the doctor soon then come home and work
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Well I just read something very exciting on All That Chat. It seems like Live From the Lincoln Center (PBS) will be airing LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA on june 15th. I cannot wait to see this!
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Re: last night's MEDIUM.
spoilers.
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I agree last night's episode was not initially as interesting as most, since Alison's brother is not really someone we can easily warm up to.
I liked how they left little clues (the bartender did not answer leah). But I never really had a clue about leah (since alison looked out the window and saw her). It was obvious right away that leah was the one from the bank robbery. But the twist did sort of make the show work.
I still find the whole seeing dead people thing to be interesting. I mean I guess i thought it was obvious to her by now which people were dead.
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TOD - I haven't read short stories for so long. I loved them in school, but haven't read them much since college. I'll have to think abou it
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Well, I'm having major heel and foot pain. It's been hurting for a few weeks now so I'm going to the doctor today. I'm also feeling a little blah today. I went into the office got about 10 calls in the first hour I was there. Then I packed up a bunch of work and brought it home. I'll head to the doctor soon then come home and work
OOOOhhhh...I can RELATE. I have a bone spur in one heel...and for a while, it was excruciatingly painful. Some orthotic inserts for my shoes made all the difference...now I don't feel pain, even without the inserts.
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Re: last night's MEDIUM.
I still find the whole seeing dead people thing to be interesting. I mean I guess i thought it was obvious to her by now which people were dead.
Thinking back on it, I'm fairly certain Allison's awareness of the dead is based on her visions of seeing someone die...and later recognizing them...or having personal knowledge of the deceased (i.e., her brother-in-law, her father-in-law). I think she needs to either be told, by the ghost or circumstances, that someone she sees is dead. In other words, I don't think it's been established that she "knows" a ghost at first sight.
In "Ghost Whisperer", Melinda generally senses that someone is out of place...and the ghosts usually react to her eye contact with them because they aren't used to being seen by anyone.
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Tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of MY FAIR LADY opening on Broadway.
Just so ya know.
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Tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of MY FAIR LADY opening on Broadway.
Just so ya know.
Most of us weren't born then....and only a few were fully grown and in attendance at the premiere.
Perhaps someone could share the excitement that was generated that first night?
Anyone?
:D
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Oh My Gosh! No posts in the past 25 minutes?
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Is everyone napping?
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Are folks out strolling?
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Did everyone decide to take in a matinee?
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I know...everyone is in a conference.
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Where have the people gone?
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Is everyone on earth out of town?
:o
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Hmm...I'm having foot pain today too. I'm hoping I can just sit at my desk and have the work come to me.
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Hmm...I'm having foot pain today too. I'm hoping I can just sit at my desk and have the work come to me.
You, too?
You and Cillaliz!
You, TWO!
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Where the heck did vixmom get to?
I went out to certify a check and do some errands for work and pick up lunch and I never logged out.... ::)
i am now eating some scrumptious baked chicken breast and carrots and string beans almondine from the Pathmark hot buffet across the street.... only $4.69 and there's plenty for tomorrow's lunch as well !! :D
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And I am off to get my car inspected--three months late--after finally replacing the cracked windshield.
Such an exciting life.
TTFN all.
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DR Ron what cold medicine are you taking today?
I want some!!
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TOD - I loved To Build a Fire - was it Steinbeck? - when I first read it in 9th grade. I was quite taken with it. I have a whole book of short stories by Mark Twain, which I have read from cover to cover many times since i got it while I was in Junior High. I have maybe fifteen favorites from that book, which is up at the cabin right now, therefore unavailable for consultation.
Had some perfectly lovely emails from DR Ginny over the weekend, and George since yesterday. Ah, the Family of Choice, our friends - even a virtual F of C, over the 'net... how full and rich life is, when one is blessed with friends and interesting acquaintances!!
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There is a Canadian author - jeez, Penny - what's his NAME??? - famous guy... wrote Fifth Business, lotsa good Jungian novels... anyhow, he has a great book of short stories called... oh, forget it.
Robertson Davies!!!! oy.
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Are folks out strolling?
This morning I went for a walk, and this is what I saw at the top of a tall tree:
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AND a wonderful whole book of stories by Hermann Hesse... what the heck is the name of that book??? oy. (Think it has anything to do with the do-it-yourself lobotomy, back in the '60's???)
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Ooooohhhh!!! love the herons! Back at the house in Redmond WA, we had a great blue heron down in the pond out back all day every day in summer. Thanks for such a nice pic, DR Laura..
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Back for but a moment, but shall return shortly.
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I've been in meetings almost all day long. That's what I do on Tuesdays. Meetings.
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DR Ron what cold medicine are you taking today?
I want some!!
I'm not taking any cold medicine.
Who said I had a cold.
I don't have a cold.
:D
I don't THINK I have a cold.
I mean, I've BEEN cold.
And I've FELT cold.
But...whatever's been ailing me, I don't believe it WAS a cold.
At any rate, I'm taking nothing.
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Wowzer! Started ANOTHER page.
Page 5!
HAIL! HAIL!
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We had a nice sun-filled interlude over lunch...roughly 11:20 to 12:30.
Now it's clouding up again...and we are supposed to have some squalls or something.
Yep...squalls...
..or something.
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Busy, busy.
That's what I've been
I've been racing with the clock.
Yes, I'm racing with the clock.
But I'm not wearing my PJs...so I'm okay.
I got dressed. I washed my face and combed my hair, I did.
And here I sit.
And something strange is afoot...oh, yes!...something...strange...afoot.
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Re: the new show The New Adventures of Old Christine.
I thought the pilot was sort of funny. But the second episode was a bit much. I'm not really sure if i will keep watching.
Isn't that funny. I had just the opposite reaction. I didn't crack a smile during the pilot, and I thought the second episode at 9:30 was flat out funny. Andy Richter usually makes me laugh when he has good material, and the writing in this second episode built jokes to wonderful payoffs. That's the kind of sitcom writing I really love, and this was the first evidence of it that I saw.
I have to say that I DO despise the soccer mom characters who stand on the sidelines and look down on everything Christine tries. I loathe people like that in real life and putting them in a sitcom doesn't make it any funnier to me.
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"To Build a Fire" was written by Jack London. Taught it many times over my 30 years in the business.
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I watched a wonderful Fox film noir over the weekend -- "The House on Telegraph Hill" is its title.
Quite a nifty little picture...atmospheric as all get-out with its location photography and splendid set piece of a house.
And Valentina Cortese...such a wonderful actress!
Very good photography and an evocative Sol Kaplan music score.
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MEDIUM spoiler - - - - -
Yes, I think it was pretty clear that by not showing us the face of the red head in the bank, it was clearly Leah, and I was disappointed at the time thinking it was a pretty lame surprise for a show that's been so smart with surprises and revelations. Again, I was pleased that the writers hookwinked me despite having seen THE SIXTH SENSE and THE OTHERS and JACOB'S LADDER, etc.
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I also watched last night's CSI: MIAMI episode. The ever gorgeous Brad Rowe was the guest star, but the episode as a whole was fairly predictable and not up to the usual quality of the series.
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One of my errands this afternoon was to stop by Circuit City to pick up GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK. They had it cheaper than any other retailer that I could find. I had time this afternoon to watch it and throughly love it all over again (I did see it at the theater).
We're talking about events from more than 50 years ago, and yet tears still well in my eyes as I watched the CBS brass bite the bullet and decide to take a stand against McCarthy. It is a wonderful movie.
The transfer is aces, too. The enhanced for widescreen transfer is so sharp I could count the pores in David Strathairn's face (and might have had I not been so mesmerized by the wonderful compositions of the shots and the terrific performances). I think Frank Langella got robbed of a much deserved Oscar nomination as William S. Paley.
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I also watched the one mini-documentary on the disc which features Fred Friendly's wife and son talking about Friendly and Murrow's contribution to TV journalism.
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I almost bought A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE while at Circuit City, but I wasn't sure it would get many repeat viewings, so I held off on it. I can always buy a used copy of it later.
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Did I comment on THE SOPRANOS? Wow! Double-wow!! Triple-wow!!!
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As a rule, I don't read a lot of short stories, but on my list would be stories by
1)Fredric Brown
2)Harlan Ellison
3) Conan Doyle (Sherlock)
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Well, I'm having major heel and foot pain. It's been hurting for a few weeks now so I'm going to the doctor today. I'm also feeling a little blah today. I went into the office got about 10 calls in the first hour I was there. Then I packed up a bunch of work and brought it home. I'll head to the doctor soon then come home and work
~~~Foot Vibes for DR Cillaliz!!~~~
You, too?
You and Cillaliz!
You, TWO!
Us, three! Yesterday, I went for a walk on my break (first time in a long time), but I was wearing my Birkenstocks and, well, I got some blisters. :P One is a big one the size of my thumb, right under my little toes on my right foot. Not pleasant...not as bad as Cillaliz's heel and foot pain, I'll admit, but still darned inconvenient.
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I love Fredric Brown short stories, all of them...well, all that I've read. :) I also really like Stephen King's short stories.
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Headed down now for some household chores and then to some DVDs until network TV approaches.
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What the world needs now is more short stories.
I have a few in mind.
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BTW, there is an AMERICAN IDOL preshow on the TV GUIDE Channel tonight that I may watch at least for awhile to see what it's like. I'll have a report about it later tonight.
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BTW, there is an AMERICAN IDOL preshow on the TV GUIDE Channel tonight
Just what the world needs...
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...short stories AND pre-shows...
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I got some new BVDs in the mail today -- "Jarhead," "Orchestra Wives", "House of Bamboo", "The Harvey Girls" and "Broadways Lost Treasures: III."
On Laser, I've received my recently won copy of "The Gang's All Here."
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OOOOhhhh...I can RELATE. I have a bone spur in one heel...and for a while, it was excruciatingly painful. Some orthotic inserts for my shoes made all the difference...now I don't feel pain, even without the inserts.
Orthotic inserts, Aleve and physical therapy. Not sure what the PT will be, I'll find out next week.
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Actually what helps the most are my earth shoes
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DR Ron Pulliam, did I tell you I'll be in San Francisco from Memorial Day until the Saturday after (June 3, I think). I'm flying in and out of Oakland but staying in SF. Will you be around that week?
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As for Short Stories.
"Family Dancing" was one of the first pieces of Gay Fiction* I had read. A wonderful collection of short stories filled with both ordinary and extraordinary characters. I do like some of Leavitt's novels ("The Lost Language of Cranes", "While England Sleeps", "The Page Turner"), but I prefer his shorter works. In some sense, they seem more filled out and complete than his longer novels.
*It was until a few months after I had read "Family Dancing" that the term "GLBT Fiction" was coined. ;)
Therefore, Jose, are you taking full-credit for coining that term?
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T.O.D.
I would say anything short by Longfellow.
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My first thought was WAR AND PEACE, but since we are talking short stories HERE, I will just say PEACE.
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Where in tarnation has this day gone? I've been going since early this morning - first class, then a quick bite to eat, then getting the Kevin Spirtas master to the pressing plant lady (she'll be dropping by the STAGE CDs later), then doing a multitude of errands, then reading PennyO's four person version of Jewish Thighs, then proofing the Spirtas booklet and tray card (a beautiful package, I must say), and now writing on the musical.
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But I would say that my very favorite short stories would have to be in that new collection by Bruce Kimmel (available at your favorite bookstore sometime this fall)
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As a rule, I don't read a lot of short stories, but on my list would be stories by
1)Fredric Brown
2)Harlan Ellison
3) Conan Doyle (Sherlock)
TOD - I've been having trouble thinking of specific titles, but if I may answer in the style of DR Charles Pogue, I'd say those by:
Gail Godwin
Barbara Kingsolver
Alice Munro
Susan Vreeland
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GOOD NEWS: The painkillers have now taken effect.
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DR Ron Pulliam, did I tell you I'll be in San Francisco from Memorial Day until the Saturday after (June 3, I think). I'm flying in and out of Oakland but staying in SF. Will you be around that week?
I'm certain of it.
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But I would say that my very favorite short stories would have to be in that new collection by Bruce Kimmel (available at your favorite bookstore sometime this fall)
Can't wait for this!! ;D
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DR Ginny - I can't remember if I replied to you yet...
I'm so glad you and your niece enjoyed the show.
:)
Yes, DR Jose, Lauren and I loved the show. Richard and Rob, for whom I was afraid there'd be too much "girl power," enjoyed it, too.
Yesterday, a teenage girl asked at our reference desk for the sheet music to "The Wizard and I." We had a nice conversation about the show.
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And is DR MattH in "wibble" mode?? As in "WBBL"?
I always picture him "wibbling" along on a "Wibbler".
.....but he won't fall down!
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.....but he won't fall down!
...that's because he doesn't have any painkillers.
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Yesterday, Jrand was mentioning the late actor, Kevin Coughlin. Many years ago, I read a rather disturbing story in some magazine regarding Hollywood homophobia in the Sixties and Seventies. Part of the article talked about the making of the film THE GAY DECEIVERS, which when this article came out was not even available on video. There was supposedly, at the time, a meeting between Kevin Coughlin and some "un-named" Hollywood honcho; where Mr. Coughlin was basically told, that if he appered in that movie that he would "never work in this town again."
Although not completely true, THE GAY DECEIVERS did basically spell the end of Kevin Coughlin's rising star in Hollywood. Also, his death seven years later, by a hit-and-run driver was supposedly cloaked in mystery
Interesting!
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I'm certain of it.
Cool! My meetings will be Wednesday and Thursday all day and Friday Morning. So that leaves Monday late afternoon (Memorial Day) , all day Tuesday, Friday afternoon and pretty much all of the evenings. Let's plan to get together sometime during that time, ok?
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I'm trying to decide if I want to go to THE WILL ROGERS FOLLIES tonight. I have a ticket, but am not feeling up to par and am thinking it would be better for me to stay home and rest
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"Let's go flying, Will!"
Looks like we may have Susan Egan for our cabaret series. Cool beans. I'm just waiting for her confirmation of date.
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Got a call this morning from Harvey Schmidt's assistant, the lovely John Schak. Harvey has been having some real health issues the last two months (I spoke to him last week and he sent me a signed musical quote for the STAGE silent auction) - Friday he had an angiogram and they found several blocked arteries - yesterday he went into the hospital (with Texas' finest doctor) and had a triple bypass. Patient came through just fine and will be released from the hospital end of week. He's doing well, and healing well, and this will hopefully keep him healthy and happy for years to come. So, let's send all our excellent vibes and xylophones to my darling Harvey Schmidt - I'll be speaking to him early next week and will tell him.
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Holy moley on rye - did I even realize that I'd passed 18,000 posts, my new plateau? I'm so senile I can't remember.
I'm glad some of you are looking forward to the short stories. I must say they were thoroughly fun to write. Does seven sound like a good number, or should I write three more to make it ten (I wouldn't do eight or nine, don't like those numbers) - I don't know that I feel like writing three more, though, and I'm happy with the ones I've got, so, I think maybe it will be seven.
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I got some new BVDs in the mail today -- "Jarhead," "Orchestra Wives", "House of Bamboo", "The Harvey Girls" and "Broadways Lost Treasures: III."
Myself, I'm waiting for the BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN BVDs. I'll pass on the CAPOTE ones, though.
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Myself, I'm waiting for the BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN BVDs. I'll pass on the CAPOTE ones, though.
ew
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Should I or shouldn't I.....I have about 10 minutes to decide...
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hmm, I'm catching a cold, it's cold outside and my foot hurts....think I'll stay home where it's warm and cozy.
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I've been good on my diet today. I made a trip to the grocery store and stocked up on fruits, veges and healthy stuff. Plus when I went to the doctor I had to step on the scale....I am definitely on a diet.
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ew
Entertainment Weekly?
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In honor of Cillaliz and Will-a-mania, let's have a chorus of CILLA-MANIA.
The joke no one could get enough of when WILL ROGERS FOLLIES was on Bway was whether Will-a-mania was about Will Rogers or Willa Kim, the costume designer. If I had a dollar for every time I heard that joke the month after the show opened, I'd have about fifty dollars.
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The March 15th corporate tax rush is officially over for this tax season. Only did two returns today, but one of them was a lollapalooza (sp?).
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Good evening! I'm back from my monthly music librarians' dinner to which I invited both DRs Jose and Jason but neither showed. Again. Much dish and many goodies in the form of CD and DVD were passed around. Next month the orchestra tracks for a cast album of WHITE CHRISTMAS will be laid down in London, the 50th anniversary of MY FAIR LADY will have a new edition of score and orchestra parts soon, as will OLIVER! which is not celebrating a 50th anything yet, and I learned other things I cannot repeat. Yet.
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I'm thinkin' tonight might be a good night for a Jacuzzi.
I'm also debating whether to go out and buy Good Night and Good Luck or to order it from amazon.
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Tonight is a SWELL night for a jacuzzi...
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Hi all. I had a great day today- Rodzinski and I were on spring break. My university spring break is all this week- I am supposed to take the week off from both classes and my internship. But rather than miss a week with my kids, I am going to take my time off when the NYC public school are on spring break in April. So today was my one day off.
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Rodzinski called out to work and we slept in until 10:30. We had a late breakfast at a neighborhood diner and then took a scenic ride on the bus down to the Metropolitan Museum of Art- I had never been before.
After the museum, we went across town to the upper west side where we shopped around a bit and then had a drink. We ended the evening at Homer's Donut Lounge were we noshed on turkey burgers and turkey dogs topped with chili, french fries and onion rings. We played air hockey and video games and were told by the waiter on our way out to please take as many donuts home with us as we liked- they were complimentary.
I do believe I have found heaven.
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A lovely and relaxing day.
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MattH, regarding one of your posts yesterday. I had absolutely no idea that Anita Morris had passed away. My sister and I grew up loving her in the movie Ruthless People.
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MattH, regarding one of your posts yesterday. I had absolutely no idea that Anita Morris had passed away. My sister and I grew up loving her in the movie Ruthless People.
Anita was the best friend of the mother of my goddaughter, Dona D Vaughn. She was a beautiful lady.
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J'ACCUZZI - that's the title of my next short story, about the wild secret life of Emile Zola
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The highlight of the musical version is called "Whatever Zola Vaunts, Zola Gets."
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Page 7 dance to "Whatever Zola Vaunts."
The show will be financed with muni bonds.
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Those posts certainly seemed to cast a paul over the board.
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MattH, regarding one of your posts yesterday. I had absolutely no idea that Anita Morris had passed away. My sister and I grew up loving her in the movie Ruthless People.
I always thought that she was fabulous. According to the Trivia (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110939/trivia) section of "Radioland Murders," she died shortly after filming was finished. But I wonder if she died during the filming because when her character is arrested and taken away, you never see her face. Does anyone know for sure?
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My favorite short stories are by Robert Sheckley, who only recently passed away. My fave of his is called "Redfern's Labyrinth."
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Sad about Peter Tomarkin and his wife. Just recently, The Game Show Network had aired that 2-hour special about the guy who figured out a way to beat PRESS YOUR LUCK. It was fascinating, and Tomarkin had a great attitude about the whole thing.
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Home and health vibes to Ann!!
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How 'bout an LP cover?
This is from Steve Allen, "Tonight at Midnight." E-Z listening.
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b52/Maclord/stevo.jpg)
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Speaking of album covers, an LP is winging it's way to you as we write DR Rodzinski!
And it sounds like you and the TPunk had a very nice "we" day! :D
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I finished THREE GUYS NAMED MIKE and am now in love with Howard Keel and, to a lesser extent, Van Johnson.
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I must now look at Ebay.
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Please send get well wishes to Harvey Schmidt. Love his music which has meant so much to me through most of my life. He is MUCH loved.
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I lasted about ten minutes into that AMERICAN IDOL pre-show on the TV GUIDE Channel. Hosted by Kimberly Caldwell (from Season 2) and some other no-name person, it was completely and utterly dreadful.
They did bring Jon Peter Lewis on as a "guest star," but it really was a terrible, terrible show.
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So I watched a MURDER SHE WROTE rerun on the Biography Channel to lead into IDOL at 8. I had seen the episode before, but it was from season 4 or 5, so it was entertaining. The mysteries were still interesting and surprising in the show.
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Very curious about the LP, Mr. Barnum. Yes, a fun day was had, like a couple of tourists in the city!
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I think I've been around this site long enough for folks to know that I know very little about modern pop music, so an IDOL show devoted to the finalists singing Stevie Wonder songs was pretty torturous for me. Most of the tunes to my ear went to strange, eccentric places in the melody, and not just because of the singers' performances. There were only two or three of the twelve songs that I would ever want to hear again with ANYONE singing them.
That said, the singers who most entertained me tonight were Ace, Mandisa, Bucky, Katharine (the best of the night for me), and Taylor.
I still think Elliott has the best tone in his voice of the men. Ace is the most comfortable in front of an audience. Chris and Taylor are also very assured and are a pleasure to watch.
Paris and Lisa, both in their mid-teens were made up to look like they were 35 years old. I didn't think either one picked songs that could show vocally what they could do. Paris in particular irritated me by singing along with the accompaniment and not actually singing the song. (Fantasia used to do this also).
In terms of calling in votes, at the 40 minute mark into the voting, I tried every single person's number. Only one person's line was busy at that point: Taylor.
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THE SHIELD had another of those episodes that was so exciting and so harrowing that I couldn't sit still in my chair. I was up pacing around the room at times because it was SO intense.
Between this show and '24,' I'm aging UNgracefully more and more every week.
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I am really looking forward to receiving a couple of Amazon packages tomorrow including the MISS MARPLE set with Margaret Rutherford. I picked up the box at Circuit City today, but there was no information about the films or special features on the back of the box. Will have to crack open the cellophane tomorrow and see what is contained on the DVDs, if anything.
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DR MBarnum, if you really like Howard Keel, I recommend KISS ME KATE. For his on-stage scenes, he's in tights that complement his physique to perfection, and he's wearing a wavy haired wig and a goatee that look stupendous on him. He's also vocally and histrionically at his very best in this movie, I think his best performance.
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And since I have only a half hour SCRUBS episode and THE CLOSER from tonight to watch, I might be able to squeeze in HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE if it comes tomorrow as I'm hoping.
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Now, I'm heading for bed myself.
Good night!
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Went and used up some credit at Amoeba - got the Miss Marple set (promo copy, very good price), Good Night and Good Luck (which I'm watching now), Five Weeks In A Balloon (didn't know it was out), and the new SE of Midnight Cowboy, which has gotten bad marks for its picture quality, but it's got to be better than the original non-anamorphic disc.
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I was at the store earlier and saw a DVD of the Producers and realized that the director and his assistant would have to be the actual true answer to yesterday's TOD for me.
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The Vixter brought home her English Lieterature textbook and as I was browsing through I found Thurbers The Night the Bed fell on Father mentioned here earlier. i had never heard of it before today, so of course I had to read it all. very funny. I would love to hear it read out loud by Garrison Keillor or David Sedaris (How's that for a mixed bag?)
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Good Evening!
DR elmore - I am sooooo sorry. I meant to call you to send my regrets, but the time just got away from me this afternoon. However, it sounded like you had a wonderful time even though DR Jason and myself weren't there. I really am sorry for not calling you.
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Well I have beenup since 5:30 this Am and since it is fast approaching 12:30 Am time for me to toddle off to dreamland.... night all
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DR MBarnum, if you really like Howard Keel, I recommend KISS ME KATE. For his on-stage scenes, he's in tights that complement his physique to perfection, and he's wearing a wavy haired wig and a goatee that look stupendous on him. He's also vocally and histrionically at his very best in this movie, I think his best performance.
I actually tried to watch KISS ME KATE about a year ago but just could not get into it for some reason. Will have to give it another try sometime.
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And for heaven's sake DR MattH, certainly you must realize that my interest in Howard Keel was only for his talent rather then his physical stature... 8)
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Done with Good Night and Good Luck, about which more later. I'm going to check out the transfer of Five Weeks In A Balloon, and then maybe watch Murder, She Said.
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So...
After finishing my errands earlier this afternoon, I went over to The Palace Theatre to check in on all things Lestat.
:D
I saw my dressing room - well, the orchestra dressing room. Then I headed up to the seventh(!) floor to the "auxiliary pit" which is where I'll be during the run of the show. There are 18 pieces/players in the pit, but there's only room for 15 people in the actual orchestra pit, so three of us will be up on the seventh floor: the Key 2 player and the Percussionist (which includes the timpani!). It's cozy, but we do have our own bathroom. -We're actually in a dressing room space.
After touring the backstage area, I ended up hanging out in the theatre watching the tech and help proof orchestra scores. -Which also allowed me to get a sneak peek at my keyboard part.
It really felt great to be in that theatre. Knowing that my dream is still in process, still coming true. And then it hit me, our First Preview is a week from this Saturday! And then thinking back to when I got "the call" back in August... Something that seemed so far away is now here!
:)
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At a library book sale, I saw a cast LP for a Kander-Ebb show Goulet was in called THE HAPPY TIME.
Can anyone tell me if this is any good?
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Wonderful tuneful show - on disc! It's also on Cd.
Sweet, nostalgic and romantic. I love the score.
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Well... I need to get to bed - I'm playing auditions starting at 10:00 tomorrow morning...
But as a teaser.... For dinner tonight, I had a "Deep Fried Chip Butty". My tablemate ordered it "just because". Well...
Details to come tomorrow. ;)
Goodnight.
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Sounds like DR Jose is having a meal in Lancashire UK.
Perhaps along the road to Wigan Pier.
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Another WUSSBURGER night. There was a time this month when we could have shattered all records here at haineshisway.com, but that's difficult to do when such WUSSBURGERING is occurring.
Many interesting things in the wind.