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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were written and posted without AOL, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're still trying to get on the Internet via AOL.
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And the word of the day is: SIDEREAL!
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And now - Dino at the piano.
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Will we never get to page two?
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With our new board, I can see what the GUESTS are up to - and see what old threads they're looking at - so I go to those old topics and read and I have to say this here site is a veritable time capsule of this decade.
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CONGRATULATIONS to our very own Craig Brockman and papa DR ArnoldMBrockman!!!!!! :D
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DR Ann's cookies look scrumptious!!
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VHS - R.I.P
LATIMES (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-vhs-tapes22-2008dec22,0,5852342.story)
VHS era is winding down
The last big supplier of the tapes is ditching the format, ending the long fade-out of a product that ushered in the home theater.
By Geoff Boucher
December 22, 2008
Pop culture is finally hitting the eject button on the VHS tape, the once ubiquitous home video format that will finish this month as a creaky ghost of Christmas past.
After three decades of steady if unspectacular service, the spinning wheels of the home entertainment stalwart are slowing to a halt at retail outlets. On a crisp Friday morning in October, the final truckload of VHS tapes rolled out of a Palm Harbor, Fla., warehouse run by Ryan J. Kugler, the last major supplier of the tapes.
"It's dead, this is it, this is the last Christmas, without a doubt," said Kugler, 34, a Burbank businessman. "I was the last one buying VHS and the last one selling it, and I'm done. Anything left in warehouse we'll just give away or throw away."
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With some things, though, even Kugler the great salvager can't find a buyer no matter how low he goes. He took a loss on 50,000 copies of "Yo-Yo Man," a Smothers Brothers instructional video for the stringed toy. ("I'm not sure what I was thinking on that one," Kugler said.) And then there is that stash of VHS tapes that couldn't even earn a spot on the last shipment out of his warehouse: a few thousand copies of "The Man With the Screaming Brain," a 2005 horror movie about a mad scientist, a Bulgarian tycoon, a cab driver and some cranial misadventures. ("That one," Kugler said, "will be buried with us.")
The majority of his firm's business today is with big box retailers including Target, Wal-Mart, K-Mart and Sears, where the company sets up displays of its discounted DVDs, such as "Superman Returns" and "Proof of Life," which are often priced at $10 or less. Plenty of customers see that price as an invitation to build up their DVD collections.
But Kugler, with a sly smile, offered a warning to consumers thinking of putting up shelving to handle their burgeoning libraries.
"The DVD will be obsolete in three or four years, no doubt about it. Everything will be Blu-ray," Kugler said, anticipating the next resident at his pop culture retirement home. "The days of the DVD are numbered. And that is good news for me."
der Brucer
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SCARIER THAN SNAKES OR SPIDERS (http://sports.aol.com/photos/wacky-fans?icid=200100397x1215534403x1200989691)
der Brucer
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(http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/images/2008/12/20/bigthree.jpg)
der Brucer
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For your morning coffee:
LARNIN' THE BEAGLE TO HOWL (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeYnX9NwB1k&eurl=http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/&feature=player_embedded)
der Brucer
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OZ GOES TO THE DARKSIDE
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD (http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/biztech/lawyers-to-serve-notices-on-facebook/2008/12/16/1229189579001.html)
LAWYERS TO SERVE NOTICES ON FACEBOOK
Noel Towell
Canberra lawyers have won the right to serve legally binding court documents by posting them on defendants' Facebook sites.
In a ruling that could make legal and internet history, a Supreme Court judge ruled last week lawyers could use the social networking site to serve court notices.
der Brucer
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And the word of the day is: SIDEREAL!
And The Song Of The Day Is: LOST IN THE STARS
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Congratulations to CRAIG BROCKMAN and his lovely Heather and the DR ARNOLD BROCKMAN.
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I only saw one movie in the theater this year....MAMMA MIA!
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Oh no wait....two....MILK.....both of which I enjoyed.
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It is very cold, but I was drive about in the vehicle to to some things. If I don't make it back, I will be a human popsicle.
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A mansicle!!!! :D
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"Does the beaded seam put it too far over the top?"
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HtSvr0DEcpc/SUy1GVIgIwI/AAAAAAAABRI/bdV0njEojlw/s320/hairsprayhfmjw.jpg)
photo: Hairspray
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Jrand - If you saw only one movie in the theater this year - make it...
oh, you already did that
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What the frell does that mean?
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Can I make it to 13000 on page 1, I wonder
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Maybe if I act quickly
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13000 - it's like my bar mitzvah, only 1000 times better!
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Tonight on tv (and internet) the finale of THE HILLS!
And PRISON BREAK is new too.
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CONGRATULATIONS, DR FJL!
You are my HHW God!!! :)
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DR George wrote this last night in response to my question about the tv stations going digital:
Jennifer, essentially if you have cable, satellite or Dish TV, then it won't affect you at all. It will only affect you if you get your TV only from an antenna
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Okay i thought it had to do with what kind of tv you had, not if you simply had cable.
I don't have an antenna. But the tv in my bedroom is older. And i do have digital service. But there are some channels that i don't get on digital that i watch through my VCR on cable. But i have no cable box. That is what was confusing me.
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I agree that sometimes traffic laws do not always make sense.
Here we have no fault. But once my mom was driving (it was a 3 way stop). She stopped and was turning left. Another car was going straight. But came to the stop sign and went right through it. My mom had stopped and was there before the other car.
Well guess what, my mom was deemed at fault because the person going straight has the right of way. Well no sane person would assume that that person would fail to stop at their stop sign and plow into my mom's car.
That's illogical. So the same theory could apply to BK's case. Like DR cillaliz said, it's possible that the person turning left (BK) is always responsible even if the other person does something so stupid.
However i agree that something should be done. People who drive unsafely should not be rewarded. And i think it's a good thing to make these people think about it even if ultimately they probably won't lose in court.
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I have a lot of presents to wrap. I told my mom i would wrap all her presents.
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Crap! Somedays my unfamiliarity with a PCdrives me mad.
Good morning, all! I am officially sick so keep them vibes coming! Last night I went to bed around 6:30, with chills, runny nose, horrible sinus pains, and general discomfort. I slept fitfully, got up around 8, showered, ate, and now I doubt I'll wander far from Randy's sofa or my bed.
I hate this!
More to follow.
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And basically she has a ton, including a lot for my niece!
I also want to make fudge (i'm going to attempt maple and white chocolate). Although i need to check with my niece first and find out if it's okay if i make them without her and just bring her the fudge (she wanted to make it).
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I got the most beautiful new menorah, which i used last night! My niece got a new dreidel menorah too!
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We also have Chanukah cookies to make (new cookie cutters). But we ran out of time. And my niece is going out of town. So i'm not sure if we will make them this wed. Or maybe if she comes back on sunday. Or she won't know the difference if we make them a few days late!
They spent a week studying Chaukah at her daycare. So half the kids think they are Jewish. My niece came up to me the other day and declared "auntie you're jewish and me i'm half jewish". So cute!
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Vibes for DR Elmore. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Congrats to DR Craig and DF ArnoldBrockman!
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DR Jane have you ever thought of getting a snow blower! I mean if Keith has to shovel the road it could really help!
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***VIBES OF COMFORT & RECOVERY***
to DR elmore3003!!!!
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My niece got a Strawberry Shortcake cookbook for Chanukah. And i was amazed. IT was like a real cookbook. It had like a hundred amazing recipes in it. I wanted to make some!
I got a Martha Stewart how to clean your house book. Is that a hint? :)
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Aww. Feel better soon, DR Elmore!
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I got a Martha Stewart how to clean your house book. Is that a hint? :)
LOL!
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Congratulations to the Brockmans!
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Hope you feel better soon vibes to DR Elmore!
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Feel better vibes to DR Vixmom!!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Electricity went out about 4:30 pm here yesterday. My mom had called to tell me she was in the dark, and then about 15 minutes later mine went out.
I braved the snow and ice and drove over to the old folks home and picked up mom and we went to IHOPS (as they still had electricity). When I drove mom back home her lights were back on.
Upon my arrival to my home my electricity was still off. I grabbed the flashlight, crawled into bed, read a bit, and then went to sleep around 8:30.
Now all is back to normal.
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Mega vibes to DR Vixmom!
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BK, re: your car accident. I don't think anyone here is trying to be offensive. It's just that the laws often protect the guilty. I'm sure most of us feel like it was not your fault. But that doesn't always matter. Anyhow good luck. And thank goodness nobody was hurt.
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My aunt emailed a recipe for meatballs she wants me to make for Xmas eve. So i printed it last night. aND now today she's changed to a different recipe!
The only good part is that they are very similar (on allrecipes.com). The first one was waikiki meatballs and now it's lana's sweet and sour meatballs>
The other good part is the only ingredient that is different is one i was not at all thrilled about. The first one had saltine crackers. This one has bread crumbs!
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TOD
BEST Films
The Dark Knight
Mama Mia
Rachel Getting Married
Wall E
Iron Man
Mongol (from 2007 but I just saw it)
Not the best or the worst
Leatherheads
The Mummy 3
Get Smart
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Quantum of Solace
Bad
Indiana Jones etc
Prince Caspian
Worst
Speed Racer(Tried to watch on DVD)
Love Guru (Tried to watch on DVD)
Beverly Hills Chihuahua (Saw this one in the theaters)
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...I got a Martha Stewart how to clean your house book. Is that a hint? :)
More of an indictment.
::)
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Maybe there will be a miracle, and the AOL will burn for 8 days and give us light!
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The only two films I can remember seeing on the big screen this year have been Indiana Jones and the Crystal Anti-Aging Cream Jar (*yawn*) and Wall*E (there is hope for us yet!).
Der Brucer is sure to claim that I saw a lot more films this year, but he saw a bunch of 'em with the grandlads and I did not go, either because I was working or because I was worn out from working (or because I was sick and tired of the self-centeredness of the older grandlad, which is extreme).
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When BK finally asks us what books we've read over the past year, I'll have more to say.
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Crap! Somedays my unfamiliarity with a PCdrives me mad.
Good morning, all! I am officially sick so keep them vibes coming! Last night I went to bed around 6:30, with chills, runny nose, horrible sinus pains, and general discomfort. I slept fitfully, got up around 8, showered, ate, and now I doubt I'll wander far from Randy's sofa or my bed.
I hate this!
More to follow.
This is is your time (along with Vixmom's and a few others) for things to get better. I has spoken!
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I remember when AOL regularly used to send start up discs to people to get them to sign up. I got several before I even got a computer.
My first ISP was a dial up called FreeWeb.
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Congratulations to the Brockmans on the engagement of DS Craig.
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I saw a few of the movies on DR MS's list.....but on DVD.
I liked WALL-E and THE DARK KNIGHT.
I also just bought READ THEN BURN because I liked to preview I saw last summer when I saw MAMMA MIA!
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HEALTH VIBES TO DR VIXMOM!
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Monday morning greetings! Yesterday was a busy day, with 2 church services, lunch and Christmas errands in between, and present-wrapping until almost 11pm. Rob and Mary Linda will be so surprised to find presents under the tree and the stockings filled. There was nothing when they left for Cincinnati Friday afternoon. They're due back here sometime today - she danced her final 2 Nutcracker performances of the season yesterday with the Kentucky Ballet Theatre in Lexington.
Congratulations to the Brockman family on their Craig's engagement!
Congratulations to the Lassner family on their Craig's marriage!
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Feel better vibes to DR Elmore - sorry you have the Ohio crud.
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VHS - R.I.P
LATIMES (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-vhs-tapes22-2008dec22,0,5852342.story)
VHS era is winding down
The last big supplier of the tapes is ditching the format, ending the long fade-out of a product that ushered in the home theater.
By Geoff Boucher
December 22, 2008
Pop culture is finally hitting the eject button on the VHS tape, the once ubiquitous home video format that will finish this month as a creaky ghost of Christmas past.
After three decades of steady if unspectacular service, the spinning wheels of the home entertainment stalwart are slowing to a halt at retail outlets. On a crisp Friday morning in October, the final truckload of VHS tapes rolled out of a Palm Harbor, Fla., warehouse run by Ryan J. Kugler, the last major supplier of the tapes.
"It's dead, this is it, this is the last Christmas, without a doubt," said Kugler, 34, a Burbank businessman. "I was the last one buying VHS and the last one selling it, and I'm done. Anything left in warehouse we'll just give away or throw away."
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With some things, though, even Kugler the great salvager can't find a buyer no matter how low he goes. He took a loss on 50,000 copies of "Yo-Yo Man," a Smothers Brothers instructional video for the stringed toy. ("I'm not sure what I was thinking on that one," Kugler said.) And then there is that stash of VHS tapes that couldn't even earn a spot on the last shipment out of his warehouse: a few thousand copies of "The Man With the Screaming Brain," a 2005 horror movie about a mad scientist, a Bulgarian tycoon, a cab driver and some cranial misadventures. ("That one," Kugler said, "will be buried with us.")
The majority of his firm's business today is with big box retailers including Target, Wal-Mart, K-Mart and Sears, where the company sets up displays of its discounted DVDs, such as "Superman Returns" and "Proof of Life," which are often priced at $10 or less. Plenty of customers see that price as an invitation to build up their DVD collections.
But Kugler, with a sly smile, offered a warning to consumers thinking of putting up shelving to handle their burgeoning libraries.
"The DVD will be obsolete in three or four years, no doubt about it. Everything will be Blu-ray," Kugler said, anticipating the next resident at his pop culture retirement home. "The days of the DVD are numbered. And that is good news for me."
der Brucer
The Days of DVD are numbered?
I doubt that.
At the very least it will co-exist alongside of Blu-Ray.
If the studios are stupid enough to stop supporting DVD, they are liable to find the biggest public revolt since the Boston Tea Party.
People are tired of having to constantly upgrade their perfectly good copies of STAR WARS, THE GODFATHER, CASABLANCA and all the other 1000s of catalog titles.
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I really haven't seen that many films this year that are worth remembering. Among the ones I liked are:
FROST/NIXON
THE READER
IN BRUGES
BURN AFTER READING
GHOST TOWN
MAMMA MIA!
KUNG FU PANDA
CHANGLING
The only one (that I remember) that I didn't like was:
THE DARK KNIGHT
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Good morning!
What a shock to the system to wake up to 18 degrees after a week of balmy spring-like weather! Only warming into the 30s today, but then we start a warming trend and will be back in the 50s in a couple of days. Rain should arrive Thursday.
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Page Three Dance!!!
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Get well wishes to DR Elmore!!!
I despise to get sick at any time, but for me, I somehow feel worse when I get sick in the winter.
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I guess the actual title is BURN AFTER READING
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I agree with DR Druxy. DVD is it for me. All technology must stop until after I'm dead. I'm tired of constantly upgrading...When I moved, I had a garage with a turntable that still played 78 records, old VCRs, radios, computers. Enough is enough. When DVDs go, Blu-ray (which I ain't getting into) will go too...then everything will be downloaded off a computer.
Fav movies so far from this year:
FROST/NIXON
MILK
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
APALOOSA (a nifty little western)
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I saw no movies at a theater either, but I did see one on dvd at my sister's house: Stardust.
There was a Harry Potter marathon on television while I was there, also. However, I didn't have the attention span to watch more than a couple of minutes at a time.
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I have close to twelve inches of snow at my house (hmm, how can I measure that?) and the sky is threatening to dump some more at any time. I called and left a message for my boss that I would be (at least) late this morning. It is absolutely beautiful here this morning. It looks like a Currier & Ives painting outside.
Again, I am sorry that I don't have any batteries for my camera.
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I saw no movies at the theater this year. I spent my year inside watching old and new releases in my home theater, and I see nothing wrong with selecting the best films from the ones I saw this year on DVD and Blu-ray. Some were released in 2007, but I didn't see them until this year.
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
WALL-E
THE DARK KNIGHT
3:10 TO YUMA
INTO THE WILD
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On TV Tonight!™
NBC - TODAY LOOKS BACK 2008, MOMMA'S BOYS
FOX - PRISON BREAK
ESPN - MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
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good morning! Since TCB's camera does not work at the moment, I give you "Western Washington, like you've never seen it before"
(http://i39.tinypic.com/1zxqmgp.jpg)
(http://i40.tinypic.com/2hrlvzo.jpg)
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good morning! Since TCB's camera does not work at the moment, I give you "Western Washington, like you've never seen it before"
(http://i39.tinypic.com/1zxqmgp.jpg)
Thank you, Ann, those photos are lovely. I bet hubby is glad that he has Monday off.
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TCB - I'm glad I have the day off too. They decided to close both branches of Pierce College. Not sure about tomorrow, but it looks like we might have an early start to the Christmas holiday!
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TCB - Oh, and if you do decide to venture in later, be careful!!
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I agree with DR Druxy. DVD is it for me. All technology must stop until after I'm dead. I'm tired of constantly upgrading...When I moved, I had a garage with a turntable that still played 78 records, old VCRs, radios, computers. Enough is enough. When DVDs go, Blu-ray (which I ain't getting into) will go too...then everything will be downloaded off a computer.
Give me BETA and 45's anyday! ;D :-\
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TCB - Oh, and if you do decide to venture in later, be careful!!
Thanks, Ann, I am more concerned about falling and breaking my hip, than I am about driving. Of course, I am not even sure I can get out of my parking space.
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Beautiful snow pics from Western Washington. It's clear and very cold here in SW Ohio, but no snow.
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TCB - Oh, and if you do decide to venture in later, be careful!!
Thanks, Ann, I am more concerned about falling and breaking my hip, than I am about driving. Of course, I am not even sure I can get out of my parking space.
If I were you, I wouldn't try. It's treacherous out there. The only way to get out would be to go down the alley, I think, and you might easily get stuck.
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Breaking News: It's snowing.
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Keep talking Annie, you almost have me convinved not to try.
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I've had very few, if any, problems with AOL. We signed up for MSN, part of a Qwest bundle, about 10 seconds before AOL went fee-free. MSN has problems now and then. The weird thing it's been doing lately is, after you read a new email, it then comes back as new again until you read it a second time. Guess it's just making sure, LOL.
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What great pictures, DR ANN! Wow!
My weather is the same as DR GINNY's - very cold (3 degrees) but no snow or ice - YET!
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DR JMK - those earrings and that ring would make a lovely gift for DS BETSY.
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What great pictures, DR ANN! Wow!
My weather is the same as DR GINNY's - very cold (3 degrees) but no snow or ice - YET!
What is wrong with this picture? You guys are supposed to have all the snow, and we are only supposed to have cold temperatures.
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Seeing those beautiful snow pictures made me look outside at the glorious blue sky without a single cloud anywhere to be seen. I'm not complaining about not having a white Christmas. This is the kind of December I'm quite used to.
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And now I'm going to head down to clean up for my dinner tonight. I want to go ahead and get that done because I still have (shamefully) some more gifts to wrap for tonight. Should have already done it but got interested in watching movies all weekend and never got around to it.
WBBL.
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What great pictures, DR ANN! Wow!
My weather is the same as DR GINNY's - very cold (3 degrees) but no snow or ice - YET!
What is wrong with this picture? You guys are supposed to have all the snow, and we are only supposed to have cold temperatures.
Must be the androids, who are also responsible for the drop in oil prices (according to one of the phone regulars at the library).
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Crap! Somedays my unfamiliarity with a PCdrives me mad.
Good morning, all! I am officially sick so keep them vibes coming! Last night I went to bed around 6:30, with chills, runny nose, horrible sinus pains, and general discomfort. I slept fitfully, got up around 8, showered, ate, and now I doubt I'll wander far from Randy's sofa or my bed.
I hate this!
More to follow.
Elmo my poor dear! Vibeage for your return to health, honey.
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BK, hope I didn't offend you yesterday, that wasn't my intent. Nothing irritates me more than people who pass on the right when there isn't a lane there to pass in. I see it all the time. It's illegal in most places and hopefully that will change the scenario for you.
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Continued vibes for Vixmom!
Congrats to Brockmans!
Oh, Jane - at last, a daughter!!! My heart is with you.
Oy, pix of Western WA - my house is under snow... glad to be in LA, but worried about my little haven there by the stream...
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Bruce, it's a car... not an arm or an eye... I'm just grateful you're okay. All you DR's - be careful out there, and come home safe and in one piece.
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AOL: The day after our free month trial on AOL back in the late '90s, I was banned from AOL for life. Something my teenage son did. He moved out and got his own account; I could not.
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Lovely snow photos. I should take a photo of our sunshine.
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My offensive comment was about certain posts that seemed to take delight in the fact that no matter what I said that it was somehow going to be MY fault. Cilla, yours wasn't one of them.
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I woke up to the sound of rain, looked out the window, and by gum and by golly and buy bonds, I'll be hornswoggled if it isn't raining.
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Guess the long jog is out today, unless I find a sweatshirt with a hood and don't mind getting soaking wet.
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I agree with DR Druxy. DVD is it for me. All technology must stop until after I'm dead. I'm tired of constantly upgrading...When I moved, I had a garage with a turntable that still played 78 records, old VCRs, radios, computers. Enough is enough. When DVDs go, Blu-ray (which I ain't getting into) will go too...then everything will be downloaded off a computer.
Give me BETA and 45's anyday! ;D :-\
I still have 8 tracks and a portable 8 track player!
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And yes, I'm up.
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TCB - Oh, and if you do decide to venture in later, be careful!!
Thanks, Ann, I am more concerned about falling and breaking my hip, than I am about driving. Of course, I am not even sure I can get out of my parking space.
Sounds like you should stay home :)
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DR Ginny, did I ever tell you that my office is on the skywalk just across the street from the main library here? So all the denizens of the library walk by and sometimes stop in to ask questions, I think of you and your now former life of information waitressing whenever they do
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Ann thanks for sharing the photos, they are beautiful!
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I've some shopping to do. Seems the crowd at the Christmas table grew a little, so I need to get some more onions for creaming.
And some cream. ::)
And stuff for dinner tonight.
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DR Laura, I was once banned from AOL because I used CoastDa's real name of Josh Marquis when he was being an idiot on one of the boards during the OJ Trial (the first one). I just used a different credit card and was back on in an hour.
I started on AOL in about 1992, it was before the World Wide Web. I also had to connect via long distance so it got to be quite expensive. I quit a couple times - that was like pulling teeth, had to make phone calls all sorts of crap. I went back a couple times, I can't remember why, and haven't been back in years.
The thought went through my mind that a free account may be worth it, but do I really need another email address?
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There are so many better alternatives for free e-mail addresses, the best of which is gmail. I ONLY kept the AOL addresses because I was worried about losing e-mails. I'm about to switch the Kritzerland address to gmail at some point soon, and I already have a haineshisway gmail account, and I'm also opened two other gmails with my other AOL names.
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Thank you all for the vibes. I'm actually feeling a bit better although I keep sneezing and my nose still runs like mad. Jo's made a huge pot of potato soup that smells fantastic and I do look forward to lunch.
Randy's home from work since there was little to do and it's too damned cold, and he's caught up in MANHUNT, the book about the search for John Wilkes Booth. His next book is a history of the Andersonville prison.
Jo's waiting for my niece Corby, Jayden's mother, to bring Riley over for her to watch while Corby takes Jayden, our own Tiny Tim, to Dayton for his doctor's appointment; as a premie, his health has been precarious since his birth, and his lymph nodes are currrently swollen. My biggest concern is that whatever I am currently suffering from does not get passed on to him since we played all day Saturday.
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DR Arnold Brockman, congratulations onCraig's engagement!
How are things at the Nursie Lassner Wedding Chapel today? Did her DIL-to-be arrive safely? I may have missed that part of the saga.
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up.... And I guess I have some work today to attend to... or something like that..
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My offensive comment was about certain posts that seemed to take delight in the fact that no matter what I said that it was somehow going to be MY fault. Cilla, yours wasn't one of them.
I'm innocent there! I said to FRY THE BASTARD!
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Thank you all for the vibes. I'm actually feeling a bit better although I keep sneezing and my nose still runs like mad. Jo's made a huge pot of potato soup that smells fantastic and I do look forward to lunch.
Randy's home from work since there was little to do and it's too damned cold, and he's caught up in MANHUNT...
Good thing I kept reading that sentence... ;D
~~~~~CONTINUE TO FEEL BETTER VIBES TO YOU TOO, DR ELMORE~~~~~
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So...
Who's getting engaged and/or married today?
:)
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bk - Technically, you're still "living with AOL", but... ;)
Glad to know I could be - was? - of assistance.
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DR Vixmon, VIBES YOU CAN EAT YOUR CHRISTMAS DINNER!!
AND CONTINUED VIBES ALL AROUND AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS!!!
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As for the Topic of the Day...
I shall have to ponder my Bests and Worsts over the course of the next couple of hours while I do this and that and attend all sort of things. ;)
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Good thing I kept reading that sentence... ;D
Perhaps you're thinking of The Manhole? Or the Mineshaft? ;)
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DR Vixmon, VIBES YOU CAN EAT YOUR CHRISTMAS DINNER!!
AND CONTINUED VIBES ALL AROUND AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS!!!
DITTO!!!! :)
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OK... Time for me to get ready for my unexpectedly busy Monday before Christmas.
Laters...
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Please stay safe, DR TCB!!!!
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Lovely pictures, DR Ann - thanks for sharing! :)
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We are allowed to carry over up to 15 vacation days into the new year. I will be carrying over 11.
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So which DRs want me to come visit? ;D
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Cillaliz, they told me very sternly that if I tried to get an account with another card, they would cancel it because the phone number would be the same.
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So which DRs want me to come visit? ;D
Is it a good thing I'm out of town?
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Yes, technically I still could log on to AOL as it's still on the computer - for reasons I stated - so I can get to my filing cabinet - which I don't need to log on to do. In all other ways, AOL is sleeping with the what is it fishes. And I miss it not one whit.
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Oh, DR FJL...
Poly-dorsal?
;D
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And I miss it not one whit.
How about a dot? Or an iota?
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I wonder where all our GUESTS have gone - there used to be eight to fifteen of them here most hours of the day. I guess maybe some of them weren't real and couldn't make the transition to the new board because of it. Or if they were away from the drama maybe they didn't figure out that we'd switched over, although if they were reading the notes it would have been obvious.
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And I miss it not one whit.
How about a dot? Or an iota?
Not even a jot.
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Craig Brockman's wifelet to be is very cute. He apparently proposed to her during dessert - yet neglects to say what the dessert was.
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No work for me today as our office is closed due to inclement weather.....meaning tons of snow.
To my recollection this is the first time that we have ever closed because of weather.
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I am currently watching a 1934 film titled ROAD TO RUIN.
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Not even a jot.
That's what I meant to say!!! Boy, the mind just isn't snappy like it used to be!
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I am currently watching a 1934 film titled ROAD TO RUIN.
Then let us hope that life does not imitate art.
Or is it too late? ;)
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Well, I gave up. It took me twenty minutes to break thru all the ice and snow that was on the car, just to get in and start it up.
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The rain seems to have stopped for the time being and I may just go out there and chance the long jog.
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I wonder how far (in feet) I would get if I went jogging this morning?
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Well, here is the shocking aftermath of the bailout program and in one little article you will understand how ridiculous it was for everyone to bow to the pressure to approve spending taxpayer's money to a group of people who caused the problem in the first place. If this doesn't nauseate you nothing will. It's sadly typical and how could anyone not have seen it coming. I think the government under its new leadership needs to have these banks show accountability, and the ones who used this money for anything other than helping the economic problem should have to return every cent of what was misspent. Who didn't know this would happen? I'm sorry, but Mr. Bush is going to go down as the worst President in the history of this country - and that's saying something.
http://www.roadrunner.com/view/content/story.cfm?storyid=6443783&newsgroup=9009&view=NEWS&page=1
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We only had 15 cms of snow here yesterday (6 inches). The good part about living in the suburbs here at least is that the next day everything is back to normal.
Living in the city they don't plow the streets where people park their cars. and it can take a week for it not to look like a complete wreck.
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>>I'm sorry, but Mr. Bush is going to go down as the worst President in the history of this country - and that's saying something.
Let us not forget that it was Barney Franks and the Democrats who demanded this bailout, not to mention the failed stimulus plan of a few months ago, happen, and that Bush simply caved in to their pressure.
Let's not forget that Obama has the guy responsible for the Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae debacles as a financial advisor! (And that 2 years ago Bush tried to get more oversight for those 2 companies and it was the Democrats who blocked that attempt, with Barney Franks himself saying both entities were working just fine.
Wonder what woudl happen if the American taxpayers, in aggregate, got together and refused to pay their taxes on April 15. If the entire population said, "Go ask the banks and get *our* money from them," they couldn't all be arrested!
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It is still cold. That is all.
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3D's been drinking that ol' Fox News Kool-Aid again. :) It was Henry Paulson who demanded the bailout and went to congress to ask for it.
Moving on to other, more pleasant, news: it's snowing.
BK, I pored over yesterday's notes and didn't see anyone blaming you for anything, just stating the sad facts about the insurance biz. Betsy got broadsided years ago by a high school kid who ran a red light. Nonetheless, our insurance company brokered a "shared fault" deal since Betsy had our two (then very young) kids in the car and the other party's insurance company was therefore claiming she was distracted. Yes, distracted by an idiot running a red light!
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...Wonder what woudl happen if the American taxpayers, in aggregate, got together and refused to pay their taxes on April 15. If the entire population said, "Go ask the banks and get *our* money from them," they couldn't all be arrested!
Oh, they could get arrested, all right.
Prosecuted is a different issue.
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Don't mess
With
The IRS.
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I am just about fed up!
I'm back from the store, where once again I had to deal with a very uppity customer.
Not all customers, just a very few.
Why, pray tell, are these customers uppity?
They are getting angry with the cashiers when the cashier uses the word "Holiday" instead of "Christmas" when they say "Have a nice (fill in the blank)".
"I celebrate Christmas!" the customer will bark. The intention is clear - we are all to celebrate Christmas, and to celebrate it their way, and no other is to be allowed.
"Holiday" is supposed to be inclusive, not only of Christmas and Hannukah, but also of New Years and Thanksgiving and all the other year-end celebrations. What the heck are these people up to, trying to force exclusiveness upon the rest of us?
The next customer who barks at me that way, I'm just going to look her in the eye and tell her "I'm Jewish."
I think I can be excused a little White Christmas/Hannukah/Kwanza lie in this case. (Although White Kwanza has an odd sound to it.)
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Have I mentioned it's snowing?
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I am just about fed up!
I'm back from the store, where once again I had to deal with a very uppity customer.
Not all customers, just a very few.
Why, pray tell, are these customers uppity?
They are getting angry with the cashiers when the cashier uses the word "Holiday" instead of "Christmas" when they say "Have a nice (fill in the blank)".
"I celebrate Christmas!" the customer will bark. The intention is clear - we are all to celebrate Christmas, and to celebrate it their way, and no other is to be allowed.
"Holiday" is supposed to be inclusive, not only of Christmas and Hannukah, but also of New Years and Thanksgiving and all the other year-end celebrations. What the heck are these people up to, trying to force exclusiveness upon the rest of us?
The next customer who barks at me that way, I'm just going to look her in the eye and tell her "I'm Jewish."
I think I can be excused a little White Christmas/Hannukah/Kwanza lie in this case. (Although White Kwanza has an odd sound to it.)
I think you should say, "I'm African American." ;)
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Actually, I could get away with wishing everyone a Happy Yuletide.
The Yuletide has nothing to do with Christmas, and dates to the pagan festivities.
Sounds good to me!
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LOL DR SWW.....at World of Wisdom we always say Solstice....
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Later today I shall watch my FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE 3-disc set purchased from Oldies.com (but now sold out) for the grand price of $4.98.
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13000 - it's like my bar mitzvah, only 1000 times better!
Congrats on the 13000 Posts, FJL!! ;D
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Later today I shall watch my FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE 3-disc set purchased from Oldies.com (but now sold out) for the grand price of $4.98.
Samuel Bronston's son wrote me several extremely nice emails after I reviewed this, telling me I was one of the few who seemed to "get" what his father was trying to do in the film. He has a little e-group of people associated with this film and other Bronston productions, including Rozsa's daughter, which he invited me into, but I was uncharacteristically reticent. :)
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And now, I must leave my house. :o
Actually, my mom just called and said that snow is melting, which is good. I said that I'd get her some birdseed, so I'll need to do that.
Driving vibes for me! ;)
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Have a good day, all!
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OK, Christmas shortbread cut-outs are cooling, ready to be iced and decorated tonight. I'm about to go grocery shopping for almost everything we'll need through Christmas Day.
Bye for now!
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Yikes....I was remiss in congratulating DR FJL on his 13000 post accomplishment.
DR JMK - I am waiting for a DVD release of Bronston's John Wayne epic - CIRCUS WORLD....my video is getting awfully old!
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Hi everyone. Today is literally the first day since mid-October that I can log in and say hi and attempt to keep up.
I see the board has a new look, very cool
We are enjoying our house. We recently had our annual Christmas Cocktail party, which was well attended. I had a good time decorating inside and out and was sure that we had a red front door, a roaring fire and a Christmas tree.
Everything else is going fine. Shows have come and go, more are in the future including back to back The King and I's - one at the podium and one at the keyboard (for rehearsals and then I'm DONE!)
I'll do my best to keep up now, I hope everyone has been well :)
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I guess Mr Esparza expressed himself at the curtain call of Speed the Plow yesterday:
"I’m sure you’ve read the headlines about the silliness in our show. Today was the first time I really enjoyed playing this show. I hope you weren’t expecting a big TV star.”
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DR MATTHEW is here!
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Yikes....I was remiss in congratulating DR FJL on his 13000 post accomplishment.
DR JMK - I am waiting for a DVD release of Bronston's John Wayne epic - CIRCUS WORLD....my video is getting awfully old!
It's coming, as is 55 Days at Peking.
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Thanks for the plateau congrats!
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I agree with your disgust SWW. I don't understand why some people think the season is for them and them only. What is the harm in wishing "everyone" a happy holiday....which includes all and everyone. Some people like to take the "Merry" out of everything.
And like you are supposed to know which holiday they celebrate.
And I know some people consider it recent "P.C.", but I hear "happy holidays" in a lot of the old movies and TV shows.
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>>I'm sorry, but Mr. Bush is going to go down as the worst President in the history of this country - and that's saying something.
Let us not forget that it was Barney Franks and the Democrats who demanded this bailout, not to mention the failed stimulus plan of a few months ago, happen, and that Bush simply caved in to their pressure.
Let's not forget that Obama has the guy responsible for the Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae debacles as a financial advisor! (And that 2 years ago Bush tried to get more oversight for those 2 companies and it was the Democrats who blocked that attempt, with Barney Franks himself saying both entities were working just fine.
Wonder what woudl happen if the American taxpayers, in aggregate, got together and refused to pay their taxes on April 15. If the entire population said, "Go ask the banks and get *our* money from them," they couldn't all be arrested!
The thing we agree on is your final paragraph - that is what should happen.
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Welcome back DR Matthew!
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Yikes....I was remiss in congratulating DR FJL on his 13000 post accomplishment.
DR JMK - I am waiting for a DVD release of Bronston's John Wayne epic - CIRCUS WORLD....my video is getting awfully old!
It's coming, as is 55 Days at Peking.
Merry Christmas to me!!
Er....I mean Happy Holidays to me!!!
Uh...I mean...uh....oh heck....hurray!!!
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Well, I missed the last few minutes of THE ROAD TO RUIN (1934) as my DVR did not pick all of it up...however, I am pretty sure that Helen, who went from sweet innocent high school girl to hanging out with boys, then drinking, then smoking, then using Maryjane, then having elicit sex, getting pregnant and having an abortion, and finally running a very high fever...well, I suspect that Helen did not make it to the final credits.
If only the parents had paid heed to the counselors wish for sex education for the students.
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The lead actor in ROAD TO RUIN, I have discovered, is alive and well at age 90 something in NYC. Glen Boles, expect an inteview request from me!
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I did end up taking a chance and doing the long jog - I lucked out - even though it was completely gray out it didn't rain, although it looks like it's starting to drizzle now. So, that's out of the way, and now I shall shower and then go try to get my front license plate attached.
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Breaking news: The Brockmans were having gooey chocolate cake at the time of the proposal.
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Well, off to watch another DVRd movie, something about teenage gangsters starring Ronald Foster and Luana Patten.
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I watched part of that movie....it ain't so hot....
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It is nice to see DR Matthew posting again.
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If the DVD player were on fire, the movie wouldn't be hot
(almost a Neil Simon reference)
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Well, I missed the last few minutes of THE ROAD TO RUIN (1934) as my DVR did not pick all of it up...however, I am pretty sure that Helen, who went from sweet innocent high school girl to hanging out with boys, then drinking, then smoking, then using Maryjane, then having elicit sex, getting pregnant and having an abortion, and finally running a very high fever...well, I suspect that Helen did not make it to the final credits.
If only the parents had paid heed to the counselors wish for sex education for the students.
If she had been introduced to some nice lesbians, she'd have never hung out with those nasty boys, and the rest would have been neatly avoided as well!
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I watched part of that movie....it ain't so hot....
That wasn't a movie, JRand, that's a distant memory...
;)
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***SAFE TRAVEL VIBES***
for DR George!!!!!
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Just had a nice visit from my friend Richard Jones, and now I shall go see about getting the license plate reattached.
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Probably so, DR SWW.
Boy oh boy - the makeup and hair people at General Hospital sure have a different idea than I do about what looks good on the performers.
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You are right DR JRand, that movie was not so hot...I will burn it to DVDr in the event that I someday locate Ron Foster for an interview (he is listed with SAG, but has not contact listing...meaning he has no agent and they won't give me his phone number).
DR Druxy or BK, do you have any pull at SAG!!!
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So now I am watching INTERLUDE, a soapy melodrama from Universal-International, and wishing I was June Allyson...she is dating both Rosanno Brazzi and Keith Andes...youza! Lots of nice faces in this movie.
I tend to forget how sexy Rossano Brazzi was, until I see him on screen.
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I think Dr Beverly Hills 90210 had the MOST pull at SAG.
DRMBARNUM thanks for the lovely card with artwork by Claudia Barrett (maybe DR DRUXY can let everyone know who she is) and the movie!
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Where did you find INTERLUDE? Frances Bergen is also in that movie....showing us exactly where Candace got her pretty face.
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Where did you find INTERLUDE? Frances Bergen is also in that movie....showing us exactly where Candace got her pretty face.
It is a region 2 set from Germany which also contains ALL I DESIRE and THERE'S ALWAYS TOMORROW.
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And now for my snow pictures....
from my house looking south.
(http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo146/mbarnum/IMG_0091.jpg?t=1229979678)
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Boy, it's still very cold outside. I'll be bundling up a great deal to drive to the Christmas dinner party and will need it even more when I come home later in the evening.
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Looking north, towards my house
(http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo146/mbarnum/IMG_0099.jpg?t=1229979777)
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Hello, everyone.
A very busy day here, much to do. A very COLD day, too--BRRRR!!!! Not as bad as the midwest, though.
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Directly across the street from my house
(http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo146/mbarnum/IMG_0101.jpg?t=1229979875)
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My house
(http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo146/mbarnum/IMG_0093.jpg?t=1229979938)
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I spent most of the afternoon watching (in its entirety finally) P.S. I LOVE YOU. OK, I admit it: I'm a sentimental old fool. This is the kind of romantic comedy-drama I'm a total sucker for, and despite Ms. Hillary Swank (whom I usually only moderately like), I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. Has lots of fabulous people in it: Lisa Kudrow, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kathy Bates, Gina Gershon, James Marsters, Dean Winters, and, as the romantic lead, Gerard Butler at his sexiest.
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Bruce, Gmail has a feature where it will pick up another one of your email addresses. I've never used it, but I assume that the messages go right into Gmail. Anyone here used this?
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My car
(http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo146/mbarnum/IMG_0100.jpg?t=1229979997)
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My dog
(http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo146/mbarnum/IMG_0092.jpg?t=1229980062)
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I did have time to skim through today's AS THE WORLD TURNS. Lots of Luke, Noah, and Brian, and more tomorrow.
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Later today I shall watch my FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE 3-disc set purchased from Oldies.com (but now sold out) for the grand price of $4.98.
Samuel Bronston's son wrote me several extremely nice emails after I reviewed this, telling me I was one of the few who seemed to "get" what his father was trying to do in the film. He has a little e-group of people associated with this film and other Bronston productions, including Rozsa's daughter, which he invited me into, but I was uncharacteristically reticent. :)
Any idea when they're going to release the other 2 Bronson films, 55 DAYS AT PEKING and CIRCUS WORLD?
My problem with ROMAN EMPIRE was that it's too slow.
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My car
(http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo146/mbarnum/IMG_0100.jpg?t=1229979997)
DR MBarnum, I see you have a garage back there. Why isn't your car in it?
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Here is the alley that runs behind my neighborhood, and where Dog Bosco and I usually begin our walks.
(http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo146/mbarnum/IMG_0094.jpg?t=1229980113)
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DR Matth, I don't have an an electric garage door and it is a pain in the neck to unlock it then get the car our then get out again and lock the door. Some day I will have an automatic garage door installed.
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Walking through the alley we can see the back yard of my house.
(http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo146/mbarnum/IMG_0095.jpg?t=1229980289)
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You are right DR JRand, that movie was not so hot...I will burn it to DVDr in the event that I someday locate Ron Foster for an interview (he is listed with SAG, but has not contact listing...meaning he has no agent and they won't give me his phone number).
DR Druxy or BK, do you have any pull at SAG!!!
If SAG won't give it to you via "Agency/Contact," the only way you can get it is to break into the building late at night and go through their files.
:-)
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more shots of the neighborhood
(http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo146/mbarnum/IMG_0098.jpg?t=1229980399)
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I think Dr Beverly Hills 90210 had the MOST pull at SAG.
DRMBARNUM thanks for the lovely card with artwork by Claudia Barrett (maybe DR DRUXY can let everyone know who she is) and the movie!
How would I know who she is?
???
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You are right DR JRand, that movie was not so hot...I will burn it to DVDr in the event that I someday locate Ron Foster for an interview (he is listed with SAG, but has not contact listing...meaning he has no agent and they won't give me his phone number).
DR Druxy or BK, do you have any pull at SAG!!!
If SAG won't give it to you via "Agency/Contact," the only way you can get it is to break into the building late at night and go through their files.
:-)
You live nearby, could you that for me? Ronald R. Foster aka Ronald Foster, aka Ron Foster.
LOL!
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Claudia Barrett is from ROBOT MONSTER...I think JRAnd might be confusing that film with THE ASTRO ZOMBIES.
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(http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo146/mbarnum/IMG_0097.jpg?t=1229980569)
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You are right DR JRand, that movie was not so hot...I will burn it to DVDr in the event that I someday locate Ron Foster for an interview (he is listed with SAG, but has not contact listing...meaning he has no agent and they won't give me his phone number).
DR Druxy or BK, do you have any pull at SAG!!!
If SAG won't give it to you via "Agency/Contact," the only way you can get it is to break into the building late at night and go through their files.
:-)
You live nearby, could you that for me? Ronald R. Foster aka Ronald Foster, aka Ron Foster.
LOL!
Only if you promise to send me a cake with a file in it.
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(http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo146/mbarnum/IMG_0096.jpg?t=1229980617)
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If Ron Foster weren't such a common name I could likely find him at Peopledata.com or one of those other sights...but there seem to be hundreds of Southern Californians by that name :P
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Claudia Barrett is from ROBOT MONSTER...I think JRAnd might be confusing that film with THE ASTRO ZOMBIES.
ROBOT MONSTER!?!?
What is it with you guys and these shlocky movies?
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Hey! What do you mean "YOU GUYS"?! LOL.
I think DR JMK said that both PEKING and CIRCUS were forthcoming in a comment a couple of pages back. I asked the same thing.
I thought maybe Claudia was a client.....although after ROBOT MONSTER I would guess a publicist wouldn't have been necessary.
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Great pics, DRMBARNUM....Region 2....it figures.
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Claudia Barrett.....the one being carried. 8)
(http://www.austinchronicle.com/binary/303875fe/screens_feature-30907.jpeg)
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Yes I found FOTRE a bit slow, too.....but there's almost always something or someone to look at....and NO CGI.
For me - CGI makes everything look like a big video/computer game - and it is very distracting.
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Page Eight Gene Tierney Dance.
(http://cinemaetmoi.canalblog.com/albums/acteurs/m-genetierney009.jpg)
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Hmmmm....her bosom seems to be....uh....smiling.
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In case no one else mentioned it, director Robert Mulligan (TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE) died. He did some wonderful films.
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Boy, I would save up for an electric garage door. I don't remember them being horrifically expensive. $150 maybe? I could be wrong. I had mine installed almost 30 years ago and only had to replace the spring on it once.
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Well, I've surfed enough for this afternoon, so I'm going to head down now and get the presents into the car and then be on my way to the dinner. (Early because there are kids in the house.)
WBBL.
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Claudia Barrett is from ROBOT MONSTER...I think JRAnd might be confusing that film with THE ASTRO ZOMBIES.
ROBOT MONSTER!?!?
What is it with you guys and these shlocky movies?
I am the king of kulture, DR DRuxy.
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My garage would require not only a garage door opener, but a new garage door, and that will run a bit more then $150.00, unfortunately.
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I think I would enjoy Interlude better if someone other then June Allyson was in the lead.
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Bruce, Gmail has a feature where it will pick up another one of your email addresses. I've never used it, but I assume that the messages go right into Gmail. Anyone here used this?
DR Jeanne - our DS Rob was just telling us yesterday that a lot of students at his university have their school email picked up by their Gmail accounts. He chooses not to do that, because the U system provides some "fail-safes" that are useful when instructors claim not to have received take-home exams that were, indeed, sent on time.
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That's some snowscape, DR MBarnum!
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...and, as the romantic lead, Gerard Butler at his sexiest.
You mean he was still wearing that costume from The 300? ? ?
:o :o :o :o :o
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DR Jane have you ever thought of getting a snow blower! I mean if Keith has to shovel the road it could really help!
Shoveling is still required in areas the snow blower doesn't work. Keith uses the snow blower & then shovels.
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Oh, Jane - at last, a daughter!!! My heart is with you.
Thank you :)
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Claudia Barrett.....the one being carried. 8)
(http://www.austinchronicle.com/binary/303875fe/screens_feature-30907.jpeg)
"How strange... I don't think I've ever been kidnapped by a gorilla wearing a hair dryer before!"
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How are things at the Nursie Lassner Wedding Chapel today? Did her DIL-to-be arrive safely? I may have missed that part of the saga.
Future DIL arrived without any problems, just late at night.
I'm glad you are beginning to feel better. DS Craig is coming down with a cold & my sinus problem, or whatever it is, is worst.
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DR Ann, lovely photos.
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Boy, that Vixter has grown into one attractive young lady!
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Just in case anyone was wondering: it's snowing.
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Hmmmmmm......maybe Esther Williams or Jane Wyman could have done it....
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I am out to do another round of driveway shoveling. It's over three feet in places. This is truly astounding for Portland.
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Just in case anyone was wondering: it's snowing.
That must have come as a surprise.
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Back from getting licensed reattached - I had to go to the car dealer's to buy the holder, which they make specially because when I bought my car in 1998 it was not a law that you had to have the front plate on your car and the cars of that era were not designed to have the plate. That cost seventy bucks (!) and then I had a local station attach it, which took five minutes and cost ten bucks.
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Picked up a couple of packages, did some pre-shopping at Gelson's and shall now eat some lunch.
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Great pictures, DR MBarnum!! :)
Bosco looks so angelic in that close-up. It would make a great Christmas card!
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DR Matthew, WELCOME BACK! It is nice to hear you are enjoying your new house. :)
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I'd post snow pictures, but we haven't had any.
It's cold enough, but we haven't had any precipitation.
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I'm browning a roast... there will be pot roast tonight. Probably with some red wine in the braising liquid.
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DR MBarnum-Wonderful photos of your neighborhood, the alley & DD Bosco!!
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Yes, CONGRATULATIONS to DR Matthew and his DP on closing on their new home!!! And welcome back!! :)
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I wonder if it is snowing in Portland...
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singdaw - Poly-dorsal isn't a word?
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DR FJL - it may be, or it may not be. I care not! I love it! :D
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I heard it was snowing in Portland.
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Great photos of snow, MBarnum.
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Claudia Barrett is from ROBOT MONSTER...I think JRAnd might be confusing that film with THE ASTRO ZOMBIES.
ROBOT MONSTER!?!?
What is it with you guys and these shlocky movies?
DR Druxy, this is the first time since you've joined HHW that you've questioned DR MBarnum's taste in movies? Seriously?
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singdaw - Poly-dorsal isn't a word?
Well I went down south
For to see my gal
Singing polydorsal-doodle all the day...
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Great photos of snow, MBarnum.
Which they apparently also have. In Portland.
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;D
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My mailbox was stuffed full of interesting things from HHW-ers today. Thank you, all! :)
That was not a euphemism!
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My mailbox was stuffed full of interesting things from HHW-ers today. Thank you, all! :)
That was not a euphemism!
Now let's not be too hasty in our judgements. Did any of them vibrate?
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I wonder if mail is being delivered today in the snow.
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If any vibeage can be spared, perhaps a few could be sent this way as Dear Cat Freddy has been gone since yesterday morning. I had the neighbors check their garage today, but nada.
I hope he wasn't mistaken for a snow drift.
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Yes, DR Jrand, Esther Williams would have been good.
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I wonder if mail is being delivered today in the snow.
Normally, mail is delivered in the mail box.
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Freddy AGAIN?!?!?!
Oh, all right...
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singdaw - Poly-dorsal isn't a word?
Wasn't she Miss America 1957?
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I wonder if mail is being delivered today in the snow.
Usually we don't get mail on days half this bad, but lo and behold, we got it today.
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Earlier today, while I was checking out Michael Ruhlman's blog for his gift suggestions, he reminded everyone that a thermos is a great way to keep sauces warm when they have to be held for a while.
So, I just asked der B if we have a thermos. I thought it would be a great way to transport the white sauce for the creamed onions on Christmas.
No, he replied. But we have a jug he got from the hospital, that has an inner liner and is intended to hold ice.
Uh, no. Not the same thing.
We'll probably be heading over to K-Mart or WalMart tomorrow to make a quick purchase.
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I really am hoping Freddy has found someplace warm and dry.
He's a good cat. He just likes to wander at the strangest times, that's all.
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that you find Freddy.
Or maybe some nice lady who will take him into the house.
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DEAR CAT Freddy PLEASE BE SAFE & HURRY HOME!!!!!
How long has he been missing? :(
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***VIBES OF THE HIGHEST ORDER***
for the safe return of Dear Cat Freddy...
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Since yesterday morning, DR Jane. As you know he does this now and then, usually due to going into someones garage and getting trapped.
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I swear that next time I am getting an indoor only cat!
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Bundle up as you walk around the neighborhood knocking on doors.
CONTINUED VIBES FOR HIS SAFE RETURN! I know how worried you are.
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Good Evening!
It's cold in NYC.
Oh... And it's snowing in Portland, OR, from what I understand too.
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I think I would enjoy Interlude better if someone other then June Allyson was in the lead.
I thought you were imagining that you were June Allyson.
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~~~~~FREDDY COME HOME VIBES~~~~~
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Earlier today, while I was checking out Michael Ruhlman's blog for his gift suggestions, he reminded everyone that a thermos is a great way to keep sauces warm when they have to be held for a while.
So, I just asked der B if we have a thermos. I thought it would be a great way to transport the white sauce for the creamed onions on Christmas.
No, he replied. But we have a jug he got from the hospital, that has an inner liner and is intended to hold ice.
Uh, no. Not the same thing.
We'll probably be heading over to K-Mart or WalMart tomorrow to make a quick purchase.
DR SWW - Couldn't you purchase a thermos at your place of employment? -And possibly get a discount on said purchase?
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Thanks for the shout outs. It's good to be back. The house has been treating us well. We did have some roof repairs to deal with as well as a visit by Roto-Rooter, but all that is behind us and we are enjoying our place. I'm now off to my final choir rehearsal before Christmas Eve. We are doing 3 John Rutter pieces, "Nativity Carol", "Shepherd's Pipe Carol" and "Christmas Lullaby", all of which are sounding great. We are also doing a piece by Contemporary composer, Tom Conry called "Born of Peace", which is just fantastic. More later...
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Page 10 dance... something that goes with the Shepherd's Pipe Carol. Perhaps something with actual shepherd on top?
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So...
I walk into the casting director's office, and the big table that is usually covered in stacks of headshots and resumés is, instead, covered in boxes of chocolates, cakes, cookies, etc. Christmas/Hannukah/Holiday/Thank-You gifts! -Of course, I was dropping off a box of cookies of my own making to add to the spread.
What was cool to find out was that since they are closing down the office over the next two weeks, they will be delivering any of the "leftover" goodies to Harvest House, a homeless shelter program. -And from the looks of some of the packages, it looks like the recipients will be enjoying some pretty haute goodies.
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Claudia Barrett.....the one being carried. 8)
(http://www.austinchronicle.com/binary/303875fe/screens_feature-30907.jpeg)
"How strange... I don't think I've ever been kidnapped by a gorilla wearing a hair dryer before!"
I don't think you ever looked that good in that dress, either.
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I got a notice from the DMV saying I have to update my driver's license picture-- and pay them for it) and somehow accomplish this in the next week. Sure, the one on my license was taken in my 30's, but I look happy (and just a trifle cute). I do not look like that anymore, but i will at least smile and look happy.
It as drizzled today, and I still have chores to do.
DR Laura is happy though because I promised her frosting.
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I wonder if it is snowing in Portland...
Maine?
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Welcome back DR Matthew.
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HI! DR Matthew!
Bye, DR Matthew!
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If any vibeage can be spared, perhaps a few could be sent this way as Dear Cat Freddy has been gone since yesterday morning. I had the neighbors check their garage today, but nada.
I hope he wasn't mistaken for a snow drift.
Come home safe, Freddy, vibes!
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How are things at the Nursie Lassner Wedding Chapel today? Did her DIL-to-be arrive safely? I may have missed that part of the saga.
Future DIL arrived without any problems, just late at night.
I'm glad you are beginning to feel better. DS Craig is coming down with a cold & my sinus problem, or whatever it is, is worst.
~~~~~GET HEALTHY VIBES TO DR JANE'S DR SON, CRAIG~~~~~
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Just in case anyone was wondering: it's snowing.
I wasn't wondering. But thanks.
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Claudia Barrett is from ROBOT MONSTER...I think JRAnd might be confusing that film with THE ASTRO ZOMBIES.
ROBOT MONSTER!?!?
What is it with you guys and these shlocky movies?
I am the king of kulture, DR DRuxy.
Yep, "Kulture" with a "K". Like "Kitsch" with a "K".
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Claudia Barrett is from ROBOT MONSTER...I think JRAnd might be confusing that film with THE ASTRO ZOMBIES.
ROBOT MONSTER!?!?
What is it with you guys and these shlocky movies?
DR Druxy, this is the first time since you've joined HHW that you've questioned DR MBarnum's taste in movies? Seriously?
Who am I to talk?
I make movies for Roger Corman.
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I wonder if mail is being delivered today in the snow.
Usually we don't get mail on days half this bad, but lo and behold, we got it today.
I got mail, but I have not gotten packages, which means several late Christmas presents. Damn!
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Directly across the street from my house
Was that where he used to live?
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Thanks for the shout outs. It's good to be back. The house has been treating us well. We did have some roof repairs to deal with as well as a visit by Roto-Rooter, but all that is behind us and we are enjoying our place. I'm now off to my final choir rehearsal before Christmas Eve. We are doing 3 John Rutter pieces, "Nativity Carol", "Shepherd's Pipe Carol" and "Christmas Lullaby", all of which are sounding great.
I loved him on THREE'S COMPANY
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DR Laura is happy though because I promised her frosting.
Are you gonna give her a spoon, too? ;)
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Was that where he used to live?
Good point, DR JoseSPiano!!! :)
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Claudia Barrett is from ROBOT MONSTER...I think JRAnd might be confusing that film with THE ASTRO ZOMBIES.
ROBOT MONSTER!?!?
What is it with you guys and these shlocky movies?
I am the king of kulture, DR DRuxy.
Yep, "Kulture" with a "K". Like "Kitsch" with a "K".
Yes, but he is Kute.
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Earlier today, while I was checking out Michael Ruhlman's blog for his gift suggestions, he reminded everyone that a thermos is a great way to keep sauces warm when they have to be held for a while.
So, I just asked der B if we have a thermos. I thought it would be a great way to transport the white sauce for the creamed onions on Christmas.
No, he replied. But we have a jug he got from the hospital, that has an inner liner and is intended to hold ice.
Uh, no. Not the same thing.
We'll probably be heading over to K-Mart or WalMart tomorrow to make a quick purchase.
DR SWW - Couldn't you purchase a thermos at your place of employment? -And possibly get a discount on said purchase?
We don't have 'em.
Trust me, I know what Jamie has in General Merchandise - we dish about his department often enough (and you wouldn't believe the deal I was able to get on some Corningware dishes about a month ago, seventy-five percent off and then the employee discount, let me tell you!).
(Yes, Jamie is one of the "club-members" at work. We talk about how his long-distance relationship with Mike is going on a regular basis.)
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>>I'm sorry, but Mr. Bush is going to go down as the worst President in the history of this country - and that's saying something.
Let us not forget that it was Barney Franks and the Democrats who demanded this bailout, not to mention the failed stimulus plan of a few months ago, happen, and that Bush simply caved in to their pressure.
Let's not forget that Obama has the guy responsible for the Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae debacles as a financial advisor! (And that 2 years ago Bush tried to get more oversight for those 2 companies and it was the Democrats who blocked that attempt, with Barney Franks himself saying both entities were working just fine.
Wonder what woudl happen if the American taxpayers, in aggregate, got together and refused to pay their taxes on April 15. If the entire population said, "Go ask the banks and get *our* money from them," they couldn't all be arrested!
So...
Did you ever make it New York City?
Did you see The 39 Steps?
If you did see the show, were you able to see it from your seat?
Did you feel safe where you were staying?
Did you feel safe in Times Square?
*Btw, the representative from Massachusetts is named, "Barney Frank," not "Barney Franks". And let's not forget the financial advisors and financial leaders that have been and still are associated with the current administration. And by saying the President Bush "caved in" to the pressure - which had proponents on both sides of the aisle - well, that doesn't speak well of his leadership either.
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Earlier today, while I was checking out Michael Ruhlman's blog for his gift suggestions, he reminded everyone that a thermos is a great way to keep sauces warm when they have to be held for a while.
So, I just asked der B if we have a thermos. I thought it would be a great way to transport the white sauce for the creamed onions on Christmas.
No, he replied. But we have a jug he got from the hospital, that has an inner liner and is intended to hold ice.
Uh, no. Not the same thing.
We'll probably be heading over to K-Mart or WalMart tomorrow to make a quick purchase.
DR SWW - Couldn't you purchase a thermos at your place of employment? -And possibly get a discount on said purchase?
We don't have 'em.
Trust me, I know what Jamie has in General Merchandise - we dish about his department often enough (and you wouldn't believe the deal I was able to get on some Corningware dishes about a month ago, seventy-five percent off and then the employee discount, let me tell you!).
(Yes, Jamie is one of the "club-members" at work. We talk about how his long-distance relationship with Mike is going on a regular basis.)
Not even a "Dora, the Explorer" lunch box?
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Matthew, have you ever sung Rutter's setting of the 23rd Psalm? Lovely, but insanely difficult--basses (which would be me, BTW) start on a high E on a long "E" vowel sound. Not easy, for me at least. I just did two nice Rutter pieces with my church choir, For the Beauty of the Earth and All Things Bright and Beautiful, neither of which are the traditional melodies.
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Just watched the forecast. They're predicting snow.
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There's a new Rutter CD out, BTW, whose name escapes me at the moment.
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Not even Go Diego Go training pants! :o
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Vibes for Freddy. ~~~~~~~~~~~
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Thank you DR Jose.
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There are folks at the church where I sing who would be happy if we did all Rutter, all the time.
He's certainly nice, but I am glad we have more variety. :)
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There's a new Rutter CD out, BTW, whose name escapes me at the moment.
A Christmas Festival (http://www.amazon.com/A-Christmas-Festival/dp/B001E442OG/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1229994208&sr=8-2)
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I am struggling to understand, in all sincerity, what is to be gained from popping in here for 5 minutes every three or four months, making a purposely provocative statement, and then disappearing again. ???
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So...
I think I'm just gonna stay in New York City over the next couple of days, for Christmas. Frankly, even though I know I "should" head down to Virginia to spend the day with my family, I'm just not in the mood right now for any sort of traveling. And since I'll be seeing my parents here in NYC in less than a week... Along with my brother, Mike, and his kids as well as my other niece, Alexandra, well...
Of course, my schedule and my mind are subject to change. And probably will. ;)
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I am struggling to understand, in all sincerity, what is to be gained from popping in here for 5 minutes every three or four months, making a purposely provocative statement, and then disappearing again. ???
Oh, I am in here more often than that!
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I am struggling to understand, in all sincerity, what is to be gained from popping in here for 5 minutes every three or four months, making a purposely provocative statement, and then disappearing again. ???
Which is why I had no issue with requiring everyone to register in order to read the board. Yes, "Guests" may be fun, but they add nothing to the conversation. -Just sayin'.
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I'm sure I'm here more often than that.
Does it ever snow in Portland OR?
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Maybe it is not us DR VCR?
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my schedule and my mind are subject to change.
I have never known such a thing to happen.
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Maybe it is not us DR VCR?
Never! :)
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Now in the rarely played Christmas collection (along with efforts by Babs and Neil), Carly Slmon and Barbara Cook!
For me the only track on the the Barbara Cook album that "works" is "May You Always".
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Trader Joe's no longer seems to sell the freshly squeezed orange juice.
So to have it on hand for Christmas mornng, I purchased bags of oranges. And boy, will my wrists be sore! :P
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I'm listening to a deelightful CD and just sitting here like so much fish. I've already watched two episodes of Mannix and am trying to figure out this evening's viewing. I may head over to Amoeba this evening - hard to know how busy it will be, but if I don't do it this evening it may have to wait until after Christmas.
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Trader Joe's no longer seems to sell the freshly squeezed orange juice.
So to have it on hand for Christmas mornng, I purchased bags of oranges. And boy, will my wrists be sore! :P
Do they still sell the flash-frozen fresh-squeezed orange juice? -It's actually quite good.
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Trader Joe's no longer seems to sell the freshly squeezed orange juice.
So to have it on hand for Christmas mornng, I purchased bags of oranges. And boy, will my wrists be sore! :P
This Austrian guy squeezes fresh orange juice every morning. Of course I refuse to use tea bags too. Standards!
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DR MBarnum - You should be sure to tune into tonight's episode of "The Big Bang Theory". :)
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Trader Joe's no longer seems to sell the freshly squeezed orange juice.
So to have it on hand for Christmas mornng, I purchased bags of oranges. And boy, will my wrists be sore! :P
This Austrian guy squeezes fresh orange juice every morning. Of course I refuse to use tea bags too. Standards!
And you do it upside-down too!
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So... I came across this during my travels today...
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3261/3128948521_c5e6b4c259.jpg)
-Isn't water a liquid?
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Well
Trader Joe's no longer seems to sell the freshly squeezed orange juice.
So to have it on hand for Christmas mornng, I purchased bags of oranges. And boy, will my wrists be sore! :P
This Austrian guy squeezes fresh orange juice every morning. Of course I refuse to use tea bags too. Standards!
And you do it upside-down too!
Well you are the only one one here to have seen it!
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I'm waiting for a train! (DtM)
(Not a Highwaymen reference)
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Do they still sell the flash-frozen fresh-squeezed orange juice? -It's actually quite good.
I did not know to look for such a thing!!
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I am struggling to understand, in all sincerity, what is to be gained from popping in here for 5 minutes every three or four months, making a purposely provocative statement, and then disappearing again. ???
At least you don't always end up with the posts BEFORE and AFTER said posts....again. Whew.
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Do they still sell the flash-frozen fresh-squeezed orange juice? -It's actually quite good.
I did not know to look for such a thing!!
My piano teacher in college turned me onto the stuff. Soooo good, and worth the extra pennies - well, dollar(s).
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Freddy The Cat come home vibes.......
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Has anyone heard anything about how the weather is in Portland Oregon?
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And, DR JoseSPiano, I would be looking for this in the frozen section, in...what type of a container? Do they freeze it in blocks? ;)
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I am liking the SECOND half of THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE more than I liked the first half. We finally got to ROME!
And in the extras there were two friends of Mr BK - Jon Burlingame and John Mauceri.
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And, DR JoseSPiano, I would be looking for this in the frozen section, in...what type of a container? Do they freeze it in blocks? ;)
Yes, in blocks - well plastic cartons. Usually comes in quarts.
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I vill zay nussing....nussing.....
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It is raining in Phoenix, Arizona.
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I haven't had a chance to take photos of all the neighborhood light displays this year for posting. :(
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I, too, believe Bush, George W., will be considered, possibly, the worst "president" in history...and relatively soon, too.
As for the "bailout", I have to interject that before 1932, when Franklin D. Roosevelt ran for his first term as president, big business was on its own. There were no "bailouts". That's why the stock market crash of 1929 ruined so many people, why the depression lasted so many years and why unemployment was at approximatley 33% countrywide.
I do not relish bailing out banks whose management made idiotic decisions any more than I relish bailing out automakers who have resolutely REFUSED to make any progress on energy-efficiency development or alternative fuel vehicles. I don't know where the finger truly ought to be pointed, but I do know we have never been in as much debt as we are now, we have never had the scorn/disappointment that we've received from our allies, and we have never faced an economic crisis as serious as the one we have now in the "modern era." Bush did all that with his Republican congress. All the wheels were in motion before the Democrats came "into" power two years ago.
Shortly after his 1933 inauguration, Roosevelt came to grips with the realities of the depression and set in motion a plan that still exists today -- this plan involves the federal government stepping in to preserve institutions and/or corporations upon which rest the financial viability of these United States.
I don't like that billions we don't have are being offered up to correct "mistakes" the people in charge have made, but the alternative is unthinkable.
As for the stimulus package being a "Democrat" device...IMAGINE IT! The Democratic party giving money BACK to the taxpayers. Whatever will they think of next?
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I vill zay nussing....nussing.....
That's never stopped me!
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I am struggling to understand, in all sincerity, what is to be gained from popping in here for 5 minutes every three or four months, making a purposely provocative statement, and then disappearing again. ???
Cluck?
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I am, obviously, back from my trip to Greenville with my mom, my aunt and my cousin. Another cousin joined us for lunch while we were there. We did a bunch of shopping (I did myself proud), and we had some fussing (families and car trips, dontchaknow) and it was cold. Not as cold as some of you guys have experienced. Temp got up to F 39 degrees today. It's supposed to be F 23 tonight. Over the next two days, the warmup begins gradually. On Christmas Day, we expect we'll be back in the F 70s.
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DS Betsy gave me a wonderful Dr. Scholl's massaging unit that DS Gabe is currently using on me. Aaaaaaahhhhh.
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I am struggling to understand, in all sincerity, what is to be gained from popping in here for 5 minutes every three or four months, making a purposely provocative statement, and then disappearing again. ???
Cluck?
Buttermilk.
Bisquick.
Canola Oil.
YUM!
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I am struggling to understand, in all sincerity, what is to be gained from popping in here for 5 minutes every three or four months, making a purposely provocative statement, and then disappearing again. ???
Personally, I enjoy the disappearing part. ;)
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I gave the family APPLES TO APPLES, which we just played and had a lot of fun with.
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Maybe it is not us DR VCR?
Is it snowing in Austria?
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Maybe it is not us DR VCR?
Is it snowing in Austria?
No, but someone said it might be snowing in Portland (OR)
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'Twas cold here in NYC today. The temperature hovered in the 20s with a morning low of 13. I've had worse but for many New Yorkers that is cold.
We went to see the tree in Rock Center this afternoon. It's bee-yooo-tee-full. When the pictures are taken off the memory card I will post one.
We then ambled (more like walked quickly) over to F.A.O. Schwartz and viewed very expensive toys for well off children.
We then walked over to 6th Avenue and 57th Street and took the F train home to 16th Street.
We spent the rest of the day indoors. I spoke to my Uncle and my Aunt both of whom reside in Michigan and I will call the brothers and sisters on Thursday (when I am on Long Island).
That's all the news from my neck of the woods.
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I was speaking to said relatives so I missed The Big Bang Theory. Oh, well. I will try to catch it in reruns (unless this episode was a rerun).
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Two plus hours to dig my car out of the parking lot. Tomorrow I will be very sore.
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Congratulations and vibes to everyone and their brothers (or sisters or cousins or aunts) who need and/or want them!!!
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That Darn Cat!!!
Hey, that might make a good title for something. Oh. Never Mind...
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Someone stop me before I post again.
Anthony is listening to Walter Brennan in the bedroom as he prepares for the trip to LI
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Cillaliz, they told me very sternly that if I tried to get an account with another card, they would cancel it because the phone number would be the same.
Hmm, maybe they have changed their policies that was a long time ago. I didn't ask just typed in a new number
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Someone stop me before I post again.
Anthony is listening to Walter Brennan in the bedroom as he prepares for the trip to LI
Are you leaving for LI tonight?
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I am struggling to understand, in all sincerity, what is to be gained from popping in here for 5 minutes every three or four months, making a purposely provocative statement, and then disappearing again. ???
Personally, I enjoy the disappearing part. ;)
Me, too. Would that it were permanent.
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Freddy has returned...thank you for the vibeage!
I don't know where he has been, but I am glad he is back
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Two plus hours to dig my car out of the parking lot. Tomorrow I will be very sore.
A little more digging and you may have reached Austria.
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Great Freddy news.
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Freddy has returned...thank you for the vibeage!
I don't know where he has been, but I am glad he is back
I think your cat is a 'ho.
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Directly across the street from my house
Was that where he used to live?
Yes' m
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Someone stop me before I post again.
Anthony is listening to Walter Brennan in the bedroom as he prepares for the trip to LI
Are you leaving for LI tonight?
An opportunity for JMK and Old Rivers to chime in!
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Two plus hours to dig my car out of the parking lot. Tomorrow I will be very sore.
A little more digging and you may have reached Austria.
Probably, I had already passed China.
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The problem is not the idea of the bailout, but that the banks are refusing to account for how the billions of dollars they've received is being spent. I feel their refusal to do should be met with stern action by the government, threats even, because it's not THEIR money, it's the taxpayers' money and no one has any idea of how they're allocating these funds - for all anyone knows, it's going to the executives who CAUSED the problems in the first place. All these banks have to do is provide information on how they've spent money that was GIVEN to them by the government. Since they are refusing to do so, I think the government needs to say, "no more refusing - account or return the money immediately. It's the height of chutzpah and shows that no one should have bailed anyone out without some form of accountability.
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And the banks are still giving out millions in year-end bonuses. That's Chutzpah!
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I am informed that our office will be open tomorrow...despite that fact that the weather is much worse today then it was yesterday...so I will put on my snow shoes and walk, I think. I just am afraid to drive the car when the snow is deeper then the roof.
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Freddy has returned...thank you for the vibeage!
I don't know where he has been, but I am glad he is back
I had just asked Boo to send kitty vibes to Freddy to tell him to go home and I read this. SOOO happy Freddy is home. I'm sure he wants a warm place to curl up and relax
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SOOO happy Freddy is home.
DOUBLE DITTO!!!!!!!
It really upsets me when anything is amiss with the HHW menagerie!!
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I must be figuring this point stuff out. I thought I went way overboard today and it turns out I still have .5 points to eat without getting into any of the bonus points. Cool.
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SOOO happy Freddy is home.
DOUBLE DITTO!!!!!!!
It really upsets me when anything is amiss with the HHW menagerie!!
Especially the lemon menagerie.
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I agree with you completely.
In fact, I'll drink to that!
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I'm having problems updating/writing comments on Facebook.
Anybody else?
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I'm having problems updating/writing comments on Facebook.
Anybody else?
Working fine for me
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I'm having problems updating/writing comments on Facebook.
Anybody else?
How much are you writing? There is a limit in some comment fields.
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I'm having problems updating/writing comments on Facebook.
Anybody else?
I just wrote on your wall, so I guess not.
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G'night!
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Bears at Xmas
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My close up
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I, too, believe Bush, George W., will be considered, possibly, the worst "president" in history...and relatively soon, too.
Relatively soon? Didn't he already reach that designation four years ago?
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It is still raining in Phoenix.
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I love the bear photos, Tomovoz.
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I, too, believe Bush, George W., will be considered, possibly, the worst "president" in history...and relatively soon, too.
Relatively soon? Didn't he already reach that designation four years ago?
It was further ago than that, wasn't it?
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singdaw - Poly-dorsal isn't a word?
Wasn't she Miss America 1957?
Nope. Any red-blooded South Carolinian knows that Marian McKnight was Miss America 1957.
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singdaw - Poly-dorsal isn't a word?
Wasn't she Miss America 1957?
Nope. Any red-blooded South Carolinian knows that Marian McKnight was Miss America 1957.
So, is "red-blooded" a euphemism in South Carolina?
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I am struggling to understand, in all sincerity, what is to be gained from popping in here for 5 minutes every three or four months, making a purposely provocative statement, and then disappearing again. ???
Personally, I enjoy the disappearing part. ;)
LOL! Gave me my best laugh of the day. Thank you, DR JMK.
And I certainly concur.
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singdaw - Poly-dorsal isn't a word?
Wasn't she Miss America 1957?
Nope. Any red-blooded South Carolinian knows that Marian McKnight was Miss America 1957.
So, is "red-blooded" a euphemism in South Carolina?
For what?
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Oh..
bk - Walter Willison sends his best!
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singdaw - Poly-dorsal isn't a word?
Wasn't she Miss America 1957?
Nope. Any red-blooded South Carolinian knows that Marian McKnight was Miss America 1957.
So, is "red-blooded" a euphemism in South Carolina?
For what?
Um... Let me put it this way: Do you remember what her gown looked like too?
;)
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Back from a a wonderful Christmas dinner and party. These are among my dearest friends, and I always look forward to this celebration.
And I came away with a couple of Blu-rays I had wanted: BONNIE AND CLYDE and BODY HEAT. So several other things too, but my senses were inspired by these Blu-ray titles.
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singdaw - Poly-dorsal isn't a word?
Wasn't she Miss America 1957?
Nope. Any red-blooded South Carolinian knows that Marian McKnight was Miss America 1957.
So, is "red-blooded" a euphemism in South Carolina?
For what?
Um... Let me put it this way: Do you remember what her gown looked like too?
;)
Yes, but only because I saw pictures. I was too young in 1957 to stay up to see the pageant back then. You're too young to understand most likely, but the Miss America Pageant was one of the BIG events of the year back in those days. As big as the Super Bowl is now, and I'm not kidding.
And, for your information, Marian McKnight was the first Miss America from South Carolina, so she was a very special lady in our state and was as famous as a local lass could become back in those days.
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Later, we retired to the home theater and watched the Patrick Stewart version of A CHRISTMAS CAROL (not the solo version; the one made for TNT). I had never seen it before, and I did not care for it very much. I found it dour, choppy, and uninspiring. Not a version I'll ever want to see again.
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When I got home, I had a review disc set awaiting me: the Criterion Eclipse box set of three Rossalini history films. I've never seen any of these, so I know what I'll be watching over the next few days.
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bk - As for your new mailbox set-up...
1) It's always good to check your "Saved" folder from time to time just to make sure your emails are being saved to/on your computer. I'm guessing you were walked through setting up a "rule" to automatically save your emails to your computer after reading them - instead of them just being saved on the server. -I usually have to manually drap and drop the emails to my Saved folder.
2) Not that you're "off" of AOL, it's probably easiest to keep your .aol email address instead of eventually "migrating" over to gmail.
3) There is one trick you can utilize to "transfer" some of the contents of your Filing Cabinet over to your (Mac)Mail-box. You launch AOL, then go into your Filing Cabinet. Select a block of messages, then select "Keep As New". They will then appear in your "new" mailbox too. Then just navigate to those messages to save them to your new mailbox - and while you're at it, you go through each message and then select "Add Contact to Address Book". -Of course, this will only the name and email address, not any other contact info you may have added to the AOL Address Book.
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Freddy has returned...thank you for the vibeage!
I don't know where he has been, but I am glad he is back
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Freddy needs one of these b] (http://ezinearticles.com/?GPS-Collars-Can-Help-You-Track-YOur-Pet-and-Keep-Him-Out-Of-Danger&id=712220)
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Later, we retired to the home theater and watched the Patrick Stewart version of A CHRISTMAS CAROL (not the solo version; the one made for TNT). I had never seen it before, and I did not care for it very much. I found it dour, choppy, and uninspiring. Not a version I'll ever want to see again.
And his solo show was/is soooo good.
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I must be figuring this point stuff out. I thought I went way overboard today and it turns out I still have .5 points to eat without getting into any of the bonus points. Cool.
Cool :)
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I love the bear photos, Tomovoz.
ME TOO! :)
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singdaw - Poly-dorsal isn't a word?
Wasn't she Miss America 1957?
Nope. Any red-blooded South Carolinian knows that Marian McKnight was Miss America 1957.
So, is "red-blooded" a euphemism in South Carolina?
For what?
Um... Let me put it this way: Do you remember what her gown looked like too?
;)
Yes, but only because I saw pictures. I was too young in 1957 to stay up to see the pageant back then. You're too young to understand most likely, but the Miss America Pageant was one of the BIG events of the year back in those days. As big as the Super Bowl is now, and I'm not kidding.
And, for your information, Marian McKnight was the first Miss America from South Carolina, so she was a very special lady in our state and was as famous as a local lass could become back in those days.
DR MattH - I apologize for my non-intentional snarkiness. I guess that was the Yankee in me coming out. -I was born in Boston. -Which would actually make a Red Sox.. Sock... ::)
I just know that for some male members of my generation, if you happened to watch the Miss America Pageant, and remember the Names and Years, well... You probably had a gown of your own somewhere in your closet. At the very least, the matching set of pumps.
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So glad Freddie is back safe and sound!!
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There she is...
(http://www.digitalforsyth.org/imgm2/uzz/prh/uzz_prh_01090.jpg)
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singdaw - Poly-dorsal isn't a word?
Wasn't she Miss America 1957?
Nope. Any red-blooded South Carolinian knows that Marian McKnight was Miss America 1957.
So, is "red-blooded" a euphemism in South Carolina?
For what?
Um... Let me put it this way: Do you remember what her gown looked like too?
;)
Yes, but only because I saw pictures. I was too young in 1957 to stay up to see the pageant back then. You're too young to understand most likely, but the Miss America Pageant was one of the BIG events of the year back in those days. As big as the Super Bowl is now, and I'm not kidding.
And, for your information, Marian McKnight was the first Miss America from South Carolina, so she was a very special lady in our state and was as famous as a local lass could become back in those days.
DR MattH - I apologize for my non-intentional snarkiness. I guess that was the Yankee in me coming out. -I was born in Boston. -Which would actually make a Red Sox.. Sock... ::)
I just know that for some male members of my generation, if you happened to watch the Miss America Pageant, and remember the Names and Years, well... You probably had a gown of your own somewhere in your closet. At the very least, the matching set of pumps.
Well, I didn't hang around such guys, but we are a couple of generations removed from one another.
What I can tell you is that Marian McKnight in South Carolina was a "star" in the late 1950s and 1960s. Everybody knew who she was.
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I'm heading downstairs now and going to bed.
Good night!
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So glad Freddie is back safe and sound!!
Freddie was missing again? DR MBarnum, I think it's time for a trip to the people who inject the microchips.
(..and I mean for Freddie.)
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I'm reading the posts backwards again.
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A microchip is good but a GPS finder would help DR Marnum locate Freddy wherever he is hiding in the neighborhood.
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'night
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For those DRs on Facebook, I highly recommend looking up Harvey Fierstein's profile, and checking out his latest "Note". -Or just click the link on my Wall.
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DR Elmore, thank you so much for Mother Goose and the lovely Christmas card! I'm listening to it now (Mother Goose, not the card.)
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A microchip is good but a GPS finder would help DR Marnum locate Freddy wherever he is hiding in the neighborhood.
Yep, GPS is the latest tech.
People are also installing GPS's into their Baby Jesuses so that they are quickly recovered if stolen.
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Jose - You know you're always welcome here when you're in NYC on a foodie holiday. Since we're going out Christmas Eve, we're keeping Christmas Day fairly simple, a mid-afternoon feast-like meal, relatively (for us) tiny group, and it would be great to have you, if you can let us know by Tues. night.
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Jose - You know you're always welcome here when you're in NYC on a foodie holiday. Since we're going out Christmas Eve, we're keeping Christmas Day fairly simple, a mid-afternoon feast-like meal, relatively (for us) tiny group, and it would be great to have you, if you can let us know by Tues. night.
Aw, Thank You, DR FJL. -And I'm sure I'll be letting you know. :)
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I'm having problems updating/writing comments on Facebook.
Anybody else?
I just wrote on your wall, so I guess not.
Now it's working. It wasn't before.
Thanks.
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Further tp Jose - You'll know at least Skip and me and Julie who confirmed that she'll be here, so that's at least 3 people and 2 dogs that you'll know. (At the very most it would be 6-7 people, so not the normal tumult :) )
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Back from Amoeba - didn't get one of the good folks so trade wasn't as much as I'd hoped - still, got some CDs and one DVD.
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Further tp Jose - You'll know at least Skip and me and Julie who confirmed that she'll be here, so that's at least 3 people and 2 dogs that you'll know. (At the very most it would be 6-7 people, so not the normal tumult :) )
DR FJL - What time? -And should I bring cookies? ;)
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Jose, I haven't set up the Mail program to automatically save to my folder - how do I do that? I've been right clicking and manually saving them to the folder.
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Too late to start watching anything now.
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Jose - 3 p.m.
Cookies sound great!
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Jose, I haven't set up the Mail program to automatically save to my folder - how do I do that? I've been right clicking and manually saving them to the folder.
Umm... It's a little hard to explain, but...
Open Mail
Mail -> Preferences -> Rules -> Add Rule
You'll see a bunch of options and drop-down menus. -It's probably just easiest to keep right-clicking or dragging them right to your Saved folder, but if you take it one step at a time and logically, it's "easy" to set up.
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Jose - 3 p.m.
Cookies sound great!
:)
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Yep... This guy has definitely been sampling some coffee!!
PUSH PLAY BUTTON (http://www.coffeecupnews.org/2008/12/that-scone-was-dry.html)
:)
*It's actually quite an informative blog. And caffeinated too!
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I'm still waiting for the train!
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Since the talk has turned to bailouts and I guess the moratorium on political matters seems over -
I was going to wait until we finalized this latest parody video, which is going to happen after Jose's roommate Jim (whose company created and assembled the visual part of this) gets back from his Christmas trip, but with the discussion it just seems sort-of timely on HHW today in a way it might not be next week.
It runs about 8 or 9 minutes, and Jim recommended (which seems right!) that it's best viewed in the High Quality mode at the bottom right of the youtube screen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRsLSFne_KA
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Since the talk has turned to bailouts and I guess the moratorium on political matters seems over -
I was going to wait until we finalized this latest parody video, which is going to happen after Jose's roommate Jim (whose company created and assembled the visual part of this) gets back from his Christmas trip, but with the discussion it just seems sort-of timely on HHW today in a way it might not be next week.
It runs about 8 or 9 minutes, and Jim recommended (which seems right!) that it's best viewed in the High Quality mode at the bottom right of the youtube screen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRsLSFne_KA
DR FJL - Be sure to correct Georgia's name in the title.
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Jose - It is actually spelled Georga!!!!!
http://georgaosborne.com/
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Jose - It is actually spelled Georga!!!!!
http://georgaosborne.com/
OH! OK. Nevermind then. :-X
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And...
Goodnight.
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While on the subject of parodies, and since I saw Pal Joey again tonight, here was my response on All That Chat to someone who asked the burning question: What about Jeremy Piven for Pal Joey?
singdaw seemed to like it, so i wanted to share it (and by putting it on HHW, have it permanently on the innernet)
(to the tune of Zip)
Fish!
The sashimi wasn't brilliant today
Fish!
Does McDonald's have to cook its filet?
Fish!
I was eating Arthur Treacher's last night
Fish!
And I think that Arthur Treacher's not right
I have eaten at Kodama
That's what started all this drama
Fish -
I ate just a morsel
Anything that's in the ocean
If they sell it at Petrossian
Fish -
I am poly-dorsal
Fish!
I had more than any doctors allow
Fish!
What the hell is Speed the Plow?
Fish!
Why does seafood come in so many brands?
Fish!
David Mamet shouldn't talk with his hands
Fish!
I could go for lobster stuffed with some shrimp
Fish!
Donnie Wahlberg shouldn't be such a wimp
I don't want a Nathan's weenie
Get beluga on a blini
Fish!
I am so dramatic
I don't need to call a gal up
Just get me a giant scallop
Fish!
I am so aquatic
Fish!
It took mercury to make me get meek
Fish!
I can't do the show this week.
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Good work, FJL!
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Thanks, Bruce
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Well, no one can say we didn't get to page fifteen.
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Here we go again - nothing but WUSSBURGERS. But at least we got to page fifteen - haven't done that in quite some time.
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DR JMK, we have done All Things Bright and Beautiful before, and I love For the Beauty of the Earth, I may pull that out this spring. However, after this evening's rehearsal, we may not be doing anything more than unison singing after the new year. They tanked on Shepherd's Pipe Carol even after two months of drilling. I was NOT happy. Anyhow, I'll need to check out the new Rutter CD.
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Here we go again - nothing but WUSSBURGERS. But at least we got to page fifteen - haven't done that in quite some time.
I'm not Wussburgering tonight. :)
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I'm close to wussburgering....
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Topic of the Day...Except for "The Fall" and "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day," these are all the movies that I've seen in theaters (that I can remember). And I really like most of them:
The Fall (only saw on DVD, but I LOVE!)
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Indiana Jones (not my favorite, by a long shot)
Journey to the Center of the Earth in 3-D
Mamma Mia!
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (only saw on DVD. It's delightful)
Rent: Filmed on Broadway
Wall-E
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Welcome back, Matthew!
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We are allowed to carry over up to 15 vacation days into the new year. I will be carrying over 11.
Where I work, we can accrue up to 240 hours (prorated to one's FTP) of vacation time and I'm down to probably 20 hours or so. ::) I'd better start building it up. If I remember correctly, only once have I ever had more than 100 hours of vacation time, and that was a year and a half ago.
I do have over 1,200 hours of sick leave, though. And there's NO limit to how many hours of sick leave that we can accrue. ;)
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Well, I missed the last few minutes of THE ROAD TO RUIN (1934) as my DVR did not pick all of it up...however, I am pretty sure that Helen, who went from sweet innocent high school girl to hanging out with boys, then drinking, then smoking, then using Maryjane, then having elicit sex, getting pregnant and having an abortion, and finally running a very high fever...well, I suspect that Helen did not make it to the final credits.
If only the parents had paid heed to the counselors wish for sex education for the students.
Sounds a bit like "Reefer Madness." ;D
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***SAFE TRAVEL VIBES***
for DR George!!!!!
Thanks! Today was a day filled with driving. There was one hill that, because of traffic, took a long time, but other than that, the actual driving today was no problem. :)
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Boy, I would save up for an electric garage door. I don't remember them being horrifically expensive. $150 maybe? I could be wrong. I had mine installed almost 30 years ago and only had to replace the spring on it once.
I have a garage door opener. It was already installed when I bough my condo and the only thing that I had to do was to reset the code on the remote. But then the power outlet where I plug it in crapped out on me and I'm pretty sure that I'll need to get an electrician to fix that. :P However, that's irrelevant right now because my garage is filled with stuff and there is no room in there for my car, even if the outlet did work. :-\
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Just in case anyone was wondering: it's snowing.
I hadn't heard! (a 1776 reference ;))
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Does Matthew know about the new Kritzerland release?
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So... I came across this during my travels today...
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3261/3128948521_c5e6b4c259.jpg)
-Isn't water a liquid?
This reminds me of a picture that I took: