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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were old and Chinese, and now it is time for you to post until the old Chinese cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: BALANEPHAGOUS!
Smoke on your pipe and put that in.
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A Very Happy Birthday to DR Ben!! ;D
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A Very Happy Birthday to Iris!!
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I went to bed 57 and I woke up 58.
How does that happen???
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Have a happy birthday Ben and I hope you are not too impacted by the snow storm
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Have a happy birthday Iris
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I hope everyone who lives in the path of the snow storm will be safe and warm.
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Well, it didn't quite work but you get the drift.
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Other Desert Cities is quite a show. If it was on Broadway it would get Tony nominations all over the place. Linda Lavin is amazing in a small role and Stacy Keach is great. I don't think I've ever seen him on stage. He's powerful and very, very good. Stockard Channing does a great job as a really awful mother (in my humble opinion) but, we were in a small Off-Broadway theatre (the Mitzi Newhouse) sitting in the 3rd row and we could see everything very easily, including all the work she has had done. I'm sorry to say I think she looks awful. Linda Lavin is aging gracefully and looks wonderful but SC has chipmunk cheeks and her mouth barely moves and she has not a line on her face. It's great for the character but it's just kind of sad that people of such talent feel the need to disfigure (in my humble opinion) themselves like that. It's like Joan Rivers, a once attractive woman who now looks like a plastic factory.
Anyway, enough with the commentary. Other Desert Cities is great and if/when it transfers it will be an even bigger hit than it is now. It's scheduled to run through Februrary 27th.
I'm looking forward to War Horse (also at Lincoln Center) as well.
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Thanks for the birthday wishes Michael.
We have ice all over the streets of New York. If you're here and you need to go out BE CAREFUL. It took almost 10 minutes for me to walk from my apartment to my office (a 3-4 minute jaunt on any other day). The streets are coated with ice. By the mid morning it should be melting but right now it's a mess. When the ice turns to rain and the temperature goes up to 35 it will melt everything.
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Catching up on notes I see that John Barry has passed. Do you have any favorite scores?
Some of my favorites:
Born Free
Somewhere in Times
James Bond
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Tuesday morning greetings! Yes, we still have power even though the wind has picked up and there are branches down in our front and back yards. Coffee is brewing...
And the big news is that Richard took off in Rob's car for the big inspection that should enable me to have my own car back after three long, long months!
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Happiest of birthdays to DR Ben!
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Happiest of birthdays to DR Iris!
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Thank you Ginny
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Happy, Happy day, dearest Ben!!!
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And thank you all for the FABULOUS birthday wishes yestersay. I rarely use the word, "fabulous," but you all are truly FABULOUS. Thanks again!!!
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And a Happy Birthday to Elaine Stritch.
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And one for Mahler!
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been defrosting two carsicles - time to go to work
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Happy Happy Birthday, Ben!
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Good morning, all! In honor of DR Ben's birthday, I am listening to Joan Morris and Bill Bolcom, dear friends who - like DR Ben - will never age.
In another 30 minutes I will call my barber to learn if our date at 11:30 is still on. I'm not sure thar my scheduled lunch with Roberta at the Cole Porter Trust will happen either. So, I'm waiting for a reaponse to my email.
If I do not end up in midtown at 11:30, I will finish tallying my CD receipts, clean up my tax worksheets, bundle up what I need for my accountant tomorrow, and close the books on 2010. I like that.
Last night I had an interesting phone call from a young who's a grad student in film scoring and orchestration at USC. He is a huge fan of my orchestration for "Meadowlark" for Liz Callaway. He's just won a composition prize with the Buffalo(?) Symphony and coming to New York State next week for the orchestra reading. He's then coming down to the City for a couple of days, so we will have a nice get-together.
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Thanks Larry and Laura and Kerry!
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Happy Birthday DR BEN.
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My friend Deb is in NYC at some retail gathering - she represents the Indianapolis Museum of Art.....but she gets to close up at 3 p.m. today, and hopefully come home tomorrow.
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Sounds like MR BK's rehearsals for ALL of his shows are going very well.
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Many things are closed today and we expecting an inch of snow on top of the ice.....so we shall see what we shall see.
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Thanks Jack.
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I should think almost everything should be closed today, JRand.
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Happy happy birthday to dear Dr Ben!
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And there's a whole lotta scraping going on outside my window... As well as a whole lotta tire spinning too.
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Happy Birthday, DR Ben!!!!!
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Happy Birthday, Iris!!!!!
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Happy Birthday, Iris!
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Happy Birthday, Ben!
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The power was off when we woke up this morning, but it came back on a few minutes later.
Walking the dog, I froze my tuchis off.
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Thanks Fred, Jose and Druxy!
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I almost forgot
Happy Birthday to my birthday buddy, Iris!
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Yesterday, I watched THE STRANGE DOOR with Charles Laughton and Boris Karloff.
I remember when that film came out in the very early 1950s, yet this is the first time I'd ever seen it.
I can, truthfully, say that this is one of the worst written, directed and acted films I have ever seen.
But, the sets and the lighting were terrific.
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I just got an email from our record producer Judy, who's stuck in Indianapolis and hoping to get home tonight, so DR JRand60, if you'd like to slip'n'slide to the airport, you could kill time with my friend Judy.
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I just got an order from
Worlds Records (http://worldsrecords.com/)
I ordered it last week and it arrived on my Birthday. How appropriate.
I now have Barbara Cook and Michael Feinstein at Feinstein's at the Loews Regency.
I also have Gracie Fields American Farewell Concert from 1965
I also received a cast recording of an obscure British musical called
Share My Lettuce (http://www.dames-art.net/apps/photos/photo?photoid=10651497)
with Roderick Cook and the lovely and young Miss Maggie Smith
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BK,
I also watched THE SCORE again...and I still find it to be very entertaining.
Brando's performance doesn't bother me. I've never been a Brando fan, but in this one, he's fun to watch.
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I also received a cast recording of an obscure British musical called
Share My Lettuce (http://www.dames-art.net/apps/photos/photo?photoid=10651497)
with Roderick Cook and the lovely and young Miss Maggie Smith
I knew Roderick Cook rather well; he introduced me to Elizabeth Seal at a now-defunct coffee shop on 48th and Sixth Avenue. We worked on several New Amsterdam Theatre Company productions and he was the Prime Minister in the premiere of my recreation of Cole Porter's JUBILEE in March 1986. He was a charming and very talented fellow who died far too early.
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Health vibes for Kathi Goertzen!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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I just heard from Roberta at the Cole Porter Trust and she made it into the office. I guess I'm seeing the barber and having lunch with a friend today. Before I head downtown I have to stop at my bank and rasise a Major Ruckus.
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We are having a very snowy day here too. But nothing like Chicago (probably only 15 cms). It's still a lot. But I can't even imagine the 24 inches or whatever they are expecting.
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Happy Birthday to DR Ben. Hope you have a great day!
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Happy, happy, Ben.
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I don't think I know Iris, but happy, happy, too.
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I'm so glad I didn't have to try flying into Albany yesterday (I know I've said it before, but I mean it even more after seeing pictures and reading about the sleet and freezing rain today). I wonder if the residency will even go on. One of the professors lives on the other end of the state.
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It's 20 degrees here and the wind chill is strong, but no precipitation -- yet.
Rolling blackouts are happening, I guess, throughout the region, since DR Druxy also referred to them in Austin. One friend just e-mailed that she was without power for an hour, so she's staying undercovers for a while.
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Health vibes for Kathi Goertzen!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ditto!
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Thank you John and Jennifer
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Hoo and Ray, Rob's car passed the inspection! However, the next (and, I hope, final) step needs to take place at the BMV and their computers are down. Of course.
Richard is home safe and says the worst conditions he encountered were in our own driveway.
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DR ELMORE I think a total of six planes have flown out of Indianapolis International today.....hopefully Judy's will be one of the next ones.
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DR JOSE my friend Deb is going to a museum this afternoon, do you want me to see if she needs a guide? She is beautiful and a lot of fun.....a theatre person....and a regular person as well.
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I asked her which one.
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My trash can lids were FROZEN, and I couldn't lift them off to put my trash inside.
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DR GINNY - Indiana used to have annual inspections - and they were a burden on a LOT of people. AND they seemed to be totally arbitrary. My car failed inspection once - I took it to another dealer - and it passed the very same day.
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Page Three snow and ice Dance.
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DR GINNY - Indiana used to have annual inspections - and they were a burden on a LOT of people. AND they seemed to be totally arbitrary. My car failed inspection once - I took it to another dealer - and it passed the very same day.
Well, DR JRand, this inspection is part of the continuing saga that began with Rob's accident that took place 13 weeks ago today. But who's counting?
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Happiest of Birthdays to Ben and Iris and also Iris and Ben.
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I hate it when I buy CDs I already have. At least this time I got a standalone release with a different name and cover than I already had it in a two-fer.
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Thanks JMK.
I've curtailed some CD buying because there are times I don't remember if I already have the CD. I go home and look through my collection before I buy now. I need a mobile spreadsheet with everything listed so I can just buy something if I see it.
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Mom went to the doctor this morning and she's recovering on schedule. She has stopped taking the pain pills and she's moving around the house fairly well. That's good news.
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Thanks JMK.
I've curtailed some CD buying because there are times I don't remember if I already have the CD. I go home and look through my collection before I buy now. I need a mobile spreadsheet with everything listed so I can just buy something if I see it.
I'm the same. And I've stopped buying too many duplicates. Don't need three versions of Mahler's 8th or another version of "Annie Get Your Gun."
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LOL DR GINNY.
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Good news from DR JOHN G
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How many recordings of Candide does one need since most of the time I just play the original w/Barbara Cook anyway, though there are things about the 1997 Broadway revival that I like.
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Glad to hear your mother is on the mend John
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Yesterday, I watched THE STRANGE DOOR with Charles Laughton and Boris Karloff.
I remember when that film came out in the very early 1950s, yet this is the first time I'd ever seen it.
I can, truthfully, say that this is one of the worst written, directed and acted films I have ever seen.
But, the sets and the lighting were terrific.
I have the DVD of THE STRANGE DOOR sitting on my table at home, from Netflix. I saw it when I was a kid and all I recall is that I liked the leading lady, Paula Corday.
I have not yet gotten around to watching it.
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How many recordings of Candide does one need since most of the time I just play the original w/Barbara Cook anyway, though there are things about the 1997 Broadway revival that I like.
Yeah, well, I just bought my fifth and I said that before I bought it. Thankfully, it was only $5.99 for a double disc set.
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A very happy birthday to DR Ben! Have a great day my friend!
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Don't know if you can read it, but I'm featured at the bottom of the page in the latest issue of Spirit, Southwest Airline's magazine. The topic: Bean burgers, a San Antonio tradition made with a hamburger patty, refried beans, cheese and Frito's. Good eats.
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and happy birthday to DR Iris, who is missing in action!
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Nice, DR John G! I'd like one of those sandwiches for lunch...
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Thanks Mr. Barnum. You always send the best cards!
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Love the war stamps card, MBarnum. Great artifact.
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Very nice DR JOHNG
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So, Richard called the BMV and found out that their computers are working. So he skated down the driveway and is over there accomplishing the next (dare I say final?) step.
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. . .and so we say, 'hip-hip, chin-chin.'
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Watched the new BD of 1968's THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR last night and must now post my review.
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Happy Birthday DR Ben!!
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I'm up, I'm up. The sky is blue and I am groggy.
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Yesterday, I watched THE STRANGE DOOR with Charles Laughton and Boris Karloff.
I remember when that film came out in the very early 1950s, yet this is the first time I'd ever seen it.
I can, truthfully, say that this is one of the worst written, directed and acted films I have ever seen.
But, the sets and the lighting were terrific.
I have the DVD of THE STRANGE DOOR sitting on my table at home, from Netflix. I saw it when I was a kid and all I recall is that I liked the leading lady, Paula Corday.
I have not yet gotten around to watching it.
Sally Forrest is the leading lady for THE STRANGE DOOR.
Paula Corday is in THE BLACK CASTLE.
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Thank you Matthew!
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! ! ! ! ! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DR BEN ! ! ! ! !
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! ! ! ! ! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DR IRIS ! ! ! ! !
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Thank you Dan
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I, personally, had no problem getting to the train stations this morning. Ice easily slid off of the carsicle (love that word!), roads were merely wet, parking at the Speedline was quickly found. Speedline train quickly transported me across the river to Philly. But the R6 train to Conshohocken? My regular 7:40 train failed to show up at all (with no announcement.) And the 8:08 didn't decide to arrive until 8:20. But at least I did make it to the office. Which is more than I can say about a few of my team members, who live ten minutes away but decided to wait until noon to come in.
Grrrrrrrr....
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How many recordings of Candide does one need since most of the time I just play the original w/Barbara Cook anyway, though there are things about the 1997 Broadway revival that I like.
I know it's heresy to admit, but my favorite and most often played CANDIDE is the '74 revival.
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DR MBarnum's card for DR Iris reminds me--I better get those S&H green stamps cashed in.
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It's almost too sad to tell to you.
She took seven books of green stamps, too.
Oy, my Zelda -
She take my money and run with the tailor.
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I, too, have several CANDIDE recordings and I, like Dan, have a great fondness for the 74 revival.
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And speaking of millstones, DR JMK also passed the 10,000 mark! Congrats to you both!
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I like the CANDIDE original AND the revival.....a smash-up....version....
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Pikers!
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Yes, at this rate I'll reach JR's total just a few decades after my demise.
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...But at least I did make it to the office. Which is more than I can say about a few of my team members, who live ten minutes away but decided to wait until noon to come in.
Grrrrrrrr....
DR Dan (the Man) - that's how it used to be when I worked 25 miles from home. My coworkers who also lived far away and I would often open the reference desks and keep things going until our close-by colleagues managed to get themselves there.
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It's almost time for the weekly Skype staff meeting for blu-ray.com. It's quite an interesting, international assemblage. We have people in Sweden, people in Puerto Rico and, strangely, two people here in Portland. :)
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...But at least I did make it to the office. Which is more than I can say about a few of my team members, who live ten minutes away but decided to wait until noon to come in.
Grrrrrrrr....
DR Dan (the Man) - that's how it used to be when I worked 25 miles from home. My coworkers who also lived far away and I would often open the reference desks and keep things going until our close-by colleagues managed to get themselves there.
I could walk to work in bad weather. I only live a mile from my work. :D
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I hate it when I buy CDs I already have. At least this time I got a standalone release with a different name and cover than I already had it in a two-fer.
So...about a year and a half ago, I had some boxes stolen out of my garage, mostly CDs and DVDs. One of the DVD sets that I couldn't find in my garage was "Space Battleship Yamato (http://www.amazon.com/Space-Battleship-Yamato-Complete-Animation/dp/B000YE81I0/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=IGQGKIXW09COX&colid=19IQNNHCS9E5E)," the original Japanese version of "Starblazers." So, I finally found a website that sold all three seasons for a total of about $75! They arrived a couple of weeks ago, but this past weekend I went looking for something in my garage and guess what I found...my original DVDs of "Space Battleship Yamato." They weren't in a box that was stolen! Evidently, I wasn't very thorough in my original searching. ::) Now I have two sets. The packaging is slightly different between the two sets (the new one is a bit smaller and the pictures on the discs are not all the same), but the discs seem to have all the same content.
I hate it when that happens.
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I understand we had rolling blackouts here in Arizona, too.
It is almost noon, and only 36 degrees in Phoenix. Unbelievable.
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I, too, have several CANDIDE recordings and I, like Dan, have a great fondness for the 74 revival.
I like the "sound" of the 74 revival. Very 70's sounding.
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Yes, at this rate I'll reach JR's total just a few decades after my demise.
Well some people have lives....and some.....well.....I guess we don't.
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Finished my routine......it's down on paper and in my feet.....now I just have to teach it....which will of course require some refinement.
I always over-choreograph so then I can take the BEST parts and the steps my partner can do BEST, and THEN put the routine together.
That song is FAST!!
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I hate it when I buy CDs I already have. At least this time I got a standalone release with a different name and cover than I already had it in a two-fer.
So...about a year and a half ago, I had some boxes stolen out of my garage, mostly CDs and DVDs. One of the DVD sets that I couldn't find in my garage was "Space Battleship Yamato (http://www.amazon.com/Space-Battleship-Yamato-Complete-Animation/dp/B000YE81I0/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=IGQGKIXW09COX&colid=19IQNNHCS9E5E)," the original Japanese version of "Starblazers." So, I finally found a website that sold all three seasons for a total of about $75! They arrived a couple of weeks ago, but this past weekend I went looking for something in my garage and guess what I found...my original DVDs of "Space Battleship Yamato." They weren't in a box that was stolen! Evidently, I wasn't very thorough in my original searching. ::) Now I have two sets. The packaging is slightly different between the two sets (the new one is a bit smaller and the pictures on the discs are not all the same), but the discs seem to have all the same content.
I hate it when that happens.
I had to buy another CAMELOT soundtrack CD - don't know where mine went!
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Had a really funny and interesting telephonic conversation with Dave Brubeck's manager - great guy. We were trying to see about issuing a Brubeck score to a film but Brubeck owns the masters and the stories the manager told me were really amusing, but he said that issuing the score would be like having a colonoscopy for he and Brubeck.
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ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE or DO NOT FOLD, STAPLE OR MUTILATE?
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I just lost a post! What the hell?
I am back from the barber, luncheon with the Cole Porter Trust, and a visit to my bank branch manager, Hopefully, everything occurred to my satisfaction. Now it's time to tally several thousand dollars' worth of compact disc receipts, and that should take the rest of the afternoon.
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Well then perhaps your should re-think the Brubeck.
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I just lost a post! What the hell?
I am back from the barber, luncheon with the Cole Porter Trust, and a visit to my bank branch manager, Hopefully, everything occurred to my satisfaction. Now it's time to tally several thousand dollars' worth of compact disc receipts, and that should take the rest of the afternoon.
Don't forget the ones you bought for me. I use them for work.
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HAP HAP SLAP=HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEN
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Watching SOUTH LAND on Comcast On Demand.
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ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE or DO NOT FOLD, STAPLE OR MUTILATE?
The former. I have the tapes here, but we're not doing the Brubeck score. Everything in the film is by him but not written for the film at all and everything exists on other albums.
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I'm just relaxing and stuff. Also, little Melody Hollis brought me more baked goods yesterday - this time she baked a huge number of sugar cookies, some with sprinkles, some sprinkled with chocolate - they're amazing - I just ate four of them.
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Yesterday, I watched THE STRANGE DOOR with Charles Laughton and Boris Karloff.
I remember when that film came out in the very early 1950s, yet this is the first time I'd ever seen it.
I can, truthfully, say that this is one of the worst written, directed and acted films I have ever seen.
But, the sets and the lighting were terrific.
I have the DVD of THE STRANGE DOOR sitting on my table at home, from Netflix. I saw it when I was a kid and all I recall is that I liked the leading lady, Paula Corday.
I have not yet gotten around to watching it.
Sally Forrest is the leading lady for THE STRANGE DOOR.
Paula Corday is in THE BLACK CASTLE.
Oh, I have always gotten those two movies mixed up for some reason. It is THE BLACK CASTLE that I have waiting to be viewed. However, I did see THE STRANGE DOOR not long ago.
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Maybe there's a strange door leading into the black castle.
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I have no CANDIDE recordings.
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Nor I.
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Maybe there's a strange door leading into the black castle.
There's a stranger door leading to Mikey's apartment.
I've finished my 2010 taxes! Yay. Hooray.
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Yesterday, I watched THE STRANGE DOOR with Charles Laughton and Boris Karloff.
I remember when that film came out in the very early 1950s, yet this is the first time I'd ever seen it.
I can, truthfully, say that this is one of the worst written, directed and acted films I have ever seen.
But, the sets and the lighting were terrific.
I have the DVD of THE STRANGE DOOR sitting on my table at home, from Netflix. I saw it when I was a kid and all I recall is that I liked the leading lady, Paula Corday.
I have not yet gotten around to watching it.
Sally Forrest is the leading lady for THE STRANGE DOOR.
Paula Corday is in THE BLACK CASTLE.
Oh, I have always gotten those two movies mixed up for some reason. It is THE BLACK CASTLE that I have waiting to be viewed. However, I did see THE STRANGE DOOR not long ago.
I watched THE BLACK CASTLE on Sunday. It didn't have Charles Laughton, but I did like it better than THE STRANGE DOOR.
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This morning I looked outside my window, and this is what I saw:
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Maybe there's a strange door leading into the black castle.
There's a stranger door leading to Mikey's apartment.
I've finished my 2010 taxes! Yay. Hooray.
I'm working on mine. Almost done.
My accountant says that, because of the end-of-the-year changes, we can't file before mid-February anyway.
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I haven't got my stuff yet for our taxes.
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Whew!
Southland was I N T E N S E!
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Quote from: JMK on February 01, 2011, 08:35:20 PM
And if you think Tofurkey is in the shape of a turkey, you haven't seen Tofurkey.
From John G:
The last time I saw Tofurkey it was in the shape of the bottom of my garbage can.
IMHO that is exactly where it belongs ;D
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There is a local restaurant that makes two versions of Shepperd's pie, a traditional one & a veggi one. I used to made a vegetarian version using lentils that was a similar texture & flavor to the original. The first first few bites of the local one I was disappointed it didn't taste more like my favorite childhood dish. After a few more bites, and opening my mind to it, I decided it is delicious & order it whenever we go there.
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I guess I never got on the vegetarian bandwagon.....it passed me by.....or maybe I waved it on.
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DR Ben,
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I guess I never got on the vegetarian bandwagon.....it passed me by.....or maybe I waved it on.
Exactly.
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I shall shortly be on my way to the Gardenia for a soundcheck.
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Hoo and Ray, Rob's car passed the inspection! However, the next (and, I hope, final) step needs to take place at the BMV and their computers are down. Of course.
Richard is home safe and says the worst conditions he encountered were in our own driveway.
Wonderful news on your car!!!
Did you ice your driveway?
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Page Three snow and ice Dance.
Pretty. Did you take this today? I don't see much ice or snow. :)
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Mom went to the doctor this morning and she's recovering on schedule. She has stopped taking the pain pills and she's moving around the house fairly well. That's good news.
:D :D
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Don't know if you can read it, but I'm featured at the bottom of the page in the latest issue of Spirit, Southwest Airline's magazine. The topic: Bean burgers, a San Antonio tradition made with a hamburger patty, refried beans, cheese and Frito's. Good eats.
I can see your photo. The bean burgers sound yummy.
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So, Richard called the BMV and found out that their computers are working. So he skated down the driveway and is over there accomplishing the next (dare I say final?) step.
Skating in a car is always fun. :) It is obvious Richard knows how much you want your car back. :)
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I, personally, had no problem getting to the train stations this morning. Ice easily slid off of the carsicle (love that word!), roads were merely wet, parking at the Speedline was quickly found. Speedline train quickly transported me across the river to Philly. But the R6 train to Conshohocken? My regular 7:40 train failed to show up at all (with no announcement.) And the 8:08 didn't decide to arrive until 8:20. But at least I did make it to the office. Which is more than I can say about a few of my team members, who live ten minutes away but decided to wait until noon to come in.
Grrrrrrrr....
I was thinking about you. Thanks for the report. My friend with cancer who lives about 45 minutes outside the city has her pantry stocked & is ready to stay in for the duration. Her neighbor makes sure her driveway is cleared which is made me relieved to hear.
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Great pictures Jane. Thanks!
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Yes, DR Jane, they both know how much I want my car back, because I've been pouting about it since the day before Thanksgiving. Rob just pulled it into the garage for me, after scraping the ice off, and now he's cleaning out the coffee cups and other trash that's accumulated while he's been driving it.
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LOL I would expect him to return your car nice and clean. ;)
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LOL I would expect him to return your car nice and clean. ;)
Um, you have sons, right?
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Actually, my intent is to take my car to the carwash tomorrow for "the works," inside and out.
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LOL I would expect him to return your car nice and clean. ;)
Um, you have sons, right?
;D I did wink after the comment.
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Actually, my intent is to take my car to the carwash tomorrow for "the works," inside and out.
I wish we had an inside/outside car wash.
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Craig is outside doing yard work with Keith and Yogi is on the deck protesting loudly. Once in awhile Yogi becomes quiet & I check to make sure he is ok. I just checked again and couldn't see where he was. I apparently rattled the blinds looking for him and set him off to barking loudly which caused Craig to come up and check on Yogi. All is quiet again so I'm going to see if Yogi wants to come inside with me. He is very devoted to Craig and I'm not sure he will.
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DR JANE that picture was taken yesterday.
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Hi--just wanted to say that I've been E&T because there was a fire in the storage area of my building and I have no internet or phone (or cable ). So I'm writing this quickly from work before I go home. Hope to be back soon!
Kevin
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Thanks for checking in, KevinH! I hope everything is back to normal soon!
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DR JANE that picture was taken yesterday.
What is the view today ;)
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Hi--just wanted to say that I've been E&T because there was a fire in the storage area of my building and I have no internet or phone (or cable ). So I'm writing this quickly from work before I go home. Hope to be back soon!
Kevin
I hope you didn't lose anything & everyone is ok. Thanks for the report.
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DGD Yogi came in with me and ran around the house multiple times looking for Craig. Finally he settled down next to me whimpering the entire time. As I type this he has gotten up again to explore & whimper at the same time.
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Now both dogs are out on the deck.
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DR JANE that picture was taken yesterday.
What is the view today ;)
A bit of snow, but there is a layer of ICE on top of it.....in the yard and on the streets..... temperature expected to be about 2 degrees this evening......so we shall see what tomorrow brings.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEN!!!
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Important News Coming in From the HHW International Bureau
Early this morning, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak saw his shadow; so there will now be thirty more years of dictatorship! :)
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Favorite quote from a news article from today's Oregonian department:
She has not recognized anyone since the amputation of her leg.
(Re: Zsa Zsa).
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Thanks for checking in, KevinH! I hope everything is back to normal soon!
Ditto and Ditto!!
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Favorite quote from a news article from today's Oregonian department:
She has not recognized anyone since the amputation of her leg.
(Re: Zsa Zsa).
I'm not sure why this is a favorite quote, and it is kind of old news. Before they did the surgery I kept thinking it was the wrong thing to do no matter the outcome if they don't do it. :(
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Hmmmmm. One of my 1099s says they paid me $1600 more than I have a record for and I keep very good payment records. I wonder if the Institute is trying to pull one over on somebody?
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How's this for cold?? :o
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Paul Saini makes a call from inside of a Chicago Transit bus that was stranded overnight on Lake Shore Drive Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 in Chicago. A winter blizzard of historic proportions wobbled an otherwise snow-tough Chicago, stranding hundreds of drivers for up to 12 hours overnight on the city's showcase lakeshore thoroughfare and giving many city schoolchildren their first ever snow day. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
Read the full story HERE (http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/national/2011/02/02/US.Winter.Weather.Stranded.on.Lake.Shore/).
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Hmmmmm. One of my 1099s says they paid me $1600 more than I have a record for and I keep very good payment records. I wonder if the Institute is trying to pull one over on somebody?
This would not be the first time that a bookkeeping error had occurred. I'd definitely investigate.
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Had lentil soup twice in the last four days. So, tonight I just made myself a pot of it, filled with celery, carrots, onions, tomato, garlic, smoked ham hocks. Oh, yes, and lentils.
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One last word on the Candide recordings from me. I like almost all of the recordings, except for the big one that Bernstein recorded. Too pretentious and too little fun, which is what "Candide" should be.
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One last word on the Candide recordings from me. I like almost all of the recordings, except for the big one that Bernstein recorded. Too pretentious and too little fun, which is what "Candide" should be.
The DVD of the concert that prompted the Bernstein recording is far superior; Bernstein talks in depth about the piece and it's fun to see the singers hamming it up to the audience.
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How's this for cold?? :o
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Paul Saini makes a call from inside of a Chicago Transit bus that was stranded overnight on Lake Shore Drive Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 in Chicago. A winter blizzard of historic proportions wobbled an otherwise snow-tough Chicago, stranding hundreds of drivers for up to 12 hours overnight on the city's showcase lakeshore thoroughfare and giving many city schoolchildren their first ever snow day. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
Read the full story HERE (http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/national/2011/02/02/US.Winter.Weather.Stranded.on.Lake.Shore/).
That's cold! Wonder rest the rest of the stranded people are. I read some walked away from buses while other's said it was too dangerous & returned, with difficulty, to the stranded bus to wait it out.
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That photo makes me too cold just to look at it.
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My favorite neighborhood Chinese restaurant, The Silk Road Palace, folded, although I still cannot figure out why. It always had a crowd. The space has become a new Chinese joint, The West Lake Palace, and it's pathetic. Can no one there cook broccoli?
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We just got back from dinner at Lasagna. I had ground sausage lasagna and Anthony had pasta with diced sirloin. We will have cake in a while. I'm waiting for my sister to call. She called while we were out and said she would call back around 8 our time.
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Sounds like a nice Birthday dinner, Ben.
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My favorite neighborhood Chinese restaurant, The Silk Road Palace, folded, although I still cannot figure out why. It always had a crowd. The space has become a new Chinese joint, The West Lake Palace, and it's pathetic. Can no one there cook broccoli?
Often, a restaurant closes for a family reason or something other than business. Still, it's sad when it happens.
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Sounds like a nice Birthday dinner, Ben.
It does.
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We just got back from dinner at Lasagna. I had ground sausage lasagna and Anthony had pasta with diced sirloin. We will have cake in a while. I'm waiting for my sister to call. She called while we were out and said she would call back around 8 our time.
:D Don't forget the cake report after you eat it.
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I'm looking forward to War Horse (also at Lincoln Center) as well.
Is Carol Channing doing HELLO, DOLLY! again?
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I'm looking forward to War Horse (also at Lincoln Center) as well.
Is Carol Channing doing HELLO, DOLLY! again?
You should hope! They might be loking for an Ermengarde. :-*
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A very Happy Birthday to our delightful, DR Ben!
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Happy Birthday to DR Iris!
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Thanks to all of you for the good wishes for Kathi Goertzen. She si currently in hour number nine, but it was expected to be a long surgery.
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...and it's snowing - again :P
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One last word on the Candide recordings from me. I like almost all of the recordings, except for the big one that Bernstein recorded. Too pretentious and too little fun, which is what "Candide" should be.
The DVD of the concert that prompted the Bernstein recording is far superior; Bernstein talks in depth about the piece and it's fun to see the singers hamming it up to the audience.
Speaking of Candide on DVD...Larry, do you happen to know if the version with Kim Criswell as the Old Lady has been commercially released (if I haven't asked this already)? The copy that I got on eBay a few years ago looks great when I watch it, but the packaging is more like a review copy. The only listing that I found was this "Limited-pressing DVD-R (http://store.operapassion.com/dvdaa750.html)," but I don't know if it's the same performance.
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Has anybody seen the new animated movie, "The Illusionist"? It's made by the man who directed "The Triplets of Belleville." I just saw a preview of it and it looks great.
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DR TCB - thank you for the update on Kathi. Continued vibes and prayers for her!
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Warm vibes for everyone out there.
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Continued vibes for Kathi.
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You all are going to laugh at me, but it is cold for Phoenix. It us currently 38 degrees at 6:40 p.m. It is supposed to get into the 20s by morning.
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And it is windy.
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Thanks to all of you for the good wishes for Kathi Goertzen. She si currently in hour number nine, but it was expected to be a long surgery.
Wow! Thanks for the update.
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Continued vibes for Kathi.
Exactly.
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The wind chill is 27. Or 34, depending on which weather site I look at.
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You all are going to laugh at me, but it is cold for Phoenix. It us currently 38 degrees at 6:40 p.m. It is supposed to get into the 20s by morning.
I don't think it got above 25 today here with a steady, icy wind chill factor. Tomorrow it may snow, a very rare occurrence in San Antonio. I think the last time there was a substantial snowfall here was in 1985.
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One last word on the Candide recordings from me. I like almost all of the recordings, except for the big one that Bernstein recorded. Too pretentious and too little fun, which is what "Candide" should be.
The DVD of the concert that prompted the Bernstein recording is far superior; Bernstein talks in depth about the piece and it's fun to see the singers hamming it up to the audience.
Speaking of Candide on DVD...Larry, do you happen to know if the version with Kim Criswell as the Old Lady has been commercially released (if I haven't asked this already)? The copy that I got on eBay a few years ago looks great when I watch it, but the packaging is more like a review copy. The only listing that I found was this "Limited-pressing DVD-R (http://store.operapassion.com/dvdaa750.html)," but I don't know if it's the same performance.
The Paris production at the Theatre du Chatelet featured my friends Kim and Bill Burden as the Old Lady and Candide. It's never had a commercial release and my copy, too, is from eBay. The seller was Bruce Yeko who runs Footlights. The House of Opera carries the DVD of the 1989 Scottish Opera production directed by Jonathan Miller, and it's quite interesting. I think the broadcast is the opening night performance.
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I would love it if it would snow. It would be worth it. But clear skies.
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And it is windy.
What was your high today? Your temps seem close to ours or even colder.
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The last time it snowed at my house was when DR Sandra was in second grade.
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You all are going to laugh at me, but it is cold for Phoenix. It us currently 38 degrees at 6:40 p.m. It is supposed to get into the 20s by morning.
Steven LaBrie, who's singing Paris in ROMEO AND JULIET at the Dallas Opera presently, texted me and said the rehearsal had been canceled for snow.
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I think it got up to 41 or 42.
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Did she get to see it?
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I am not complaining. I am merely commenting that it is unusually cold here unusually late in the season.
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They let the kids out of class for a few minutes to see it. Most of them had never seen snow before.
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I went out and turned the water on a little, as we have an exposed copper pipe.
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I think it got up to 41 or 42.
We might have gotten up to 50. I read it currently is 43 & feels like 38.
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I went out and turned the water on a little, as we have an exposed copper pipe.
Best, if you can, is to leave it lightly dripping overnight.
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I went out and turned the water on a little, as we have an exposed copper pipe.
Best, if you can, is to leave it lightly dripping overnight.
I am.
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You all are going to laugh at me, but it is cold for Phoenix. It us currently 38 degrees at 6:40 p.m. It is supposed to get into the 20s by morning.
Steven LaBrie, who's singing Paris in ROMEO AND JULIET at the Dallas Opera presently, texted me and said the rehearsal had been canceled for snow.
Yes, but I doubt the Super Bowl will be canceled because of snow.
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I read many of the pre-festivities have been but not the Bowl.
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I went out and turned the water on a little, as we have an exposed copper pipe.
Best, if you can, is to leave it lightly dripping overnight.
When I first read this, I read it as, "Best, if you can, is to leave a light dripping overnight."
Wait...what??
;)
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;D
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I left a light dripping in the laundry room. Hopefully that will give a degree or two of heat for the feral cats that live in the backyard.
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John G., great news about your mom.
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Not that I expect the light in the laundry room to heat up the backyard. They have a cat door to get into the laundry room. Duh.
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John G., great news about your mom.
Ditto!
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You all are going to laugh at me, but it is cold for Phoenix. It us currently 38 degrees at 6:40 p.m. It is supposed to get into the 20s by morning.
And it is supposed to get down to 35 degrees here in Tacoma.
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Not that I expect the light in the laundry room to heat up the backyard. They have a cat door to get into the laundry room. Duh.
LOL! :) I stared at your post for a minute before moving on.
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I left a light dripping in the laundry room. Hopefully that will give a degree or two of heat for the feral cats that live in the backyard.
Did you only leave the warm water dripping?
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Hi all!
I've been recovering from the sinus/head thing and am almost over it. Of course, now i'm starting to get a cough from somewhere deep in my chest. Sigh.
On a lighter note, I spotted this in one of our local papers and while I feel very sorry for all of you who are covered in snow, I must say I find this pretty funny!
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Nicky has been crying since I got home that he wants to go out in the hall. I have let him go out there twice. He walks around, sniffs the walls, and then goes over to the neighbor's door. I have ended up having to finally pick him up and take him back inside. Usually he just wants to check things out, and he is done.
I don't know what is up with him. Maybe we are going to have an earthquake in the next 24 hours.
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THE ILLUSIONIST is based on an unproduced screenplay by Jacques Tati.
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John G., great news about your mom.
Ditto!
Double ditto!
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/DofB5/Prayforsnow.jpg)
:D
Feel better quickly!!!
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It appears that the greatest living comedienne since Lucille Ball will be on LAW & ORDER: SVU tonight. . .
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Nicky has been crying since I got home that he wants to go out in the hall. I have let him go out there twice. He walks around, sniffs the walls, and then goes over to the neighbor's door. I have ended up having to finally pick him up and take him back inside. Usually he just wants to check things out, and he is done.
I don't know what is up with him. Maybe we are going to have an earthquake in the next 24 hours.
Does he like to visit with your neighbor? If it were an earthquake I think he would be under your bed. At least that is what our cats would do.
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A very
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to DR's Ben and iris!
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John G., great news about your mom.
Ditto!
Double ditto!
Thank goodness, td, I was getting worried about you.
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Hi td.
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Great to see you, td.
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Thank you for all the vibes and good wishes for Mom.
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Nicky has been crying since I got home that he wants to go out in the hall. I have let him go out there twice. He walks around, sniffs the walls, and then goes over to the neighbor's door. I have ended up having to finally pick him up and take him back inside. Usually he just wants to check things out, and he is done.
I don't know what is up with him. Maybe we are going to have an earthquake in the next 24 hours.
Does he like to visit with your neighbor? If it were an earthquake I think he would be under your bed. At least that is what our cats would do.
He doesn't really know the neighbor. The only time Nicky ever saw him, he took off running into the bedroom. Ahh, Nicky, not my neighbor.
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Shawn is a big guy, so to Nicky he must have looked like a giant.
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A VERY HAPPY NATAL DAY DR BEN!
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Great to see you, td.
It's good to be seen.
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G'night!
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Thanks TD, TCB and Danise!
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Thank goodness, td, I was getting worried about you.
DR TCB, I will never leave you.
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Nicky has been crying since I got home that he wants to go out in the hall. I have let him go out there twice. He walks around, sniffs the walls, and then goes over to the neighbor's door. I have ended up having to finally pick him up and take him back inside. Usually he just wants to check things out, and he is done.
I don't know what is up with him. Maybe we are going to have an earthquake in the next 24 hours.
Maybe your neighbor's dead in his apartment. Have you seen him lately?
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Hi Danise!
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Thanks to all of you for the good wishes for Kathi Goertzen. She si currently in hour number nine, but it was expected to be a long surgery.
I hope all is going well. Vibes!!!!!
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John G., great news about your mom.
Ditto!
Double ditto!
TRIPLE DITTO!!
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I would love it if it would snow. It would be worth it. But clear skies.
I hope that your not the one who is doing the praying! LOL!!!
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It would be a miracle, Danise!
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PAGE NINE ~~~VIBES FOR KATHI GOERTZEN!!~~~ DANCE!!
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John G., great news about your mom.
Ditto!
Double ditto!
TRIPLE DITTO!!
Quad ditto!!!!
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And now, I'm off. Time to head home. Be back later!
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Hi td!!!
I have to go as well. Have a wonderful, WARM, evening all!
Vibes to any I missed!!!
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Nicky has been crying since I got home that he wants to go out in the hall. I have let him go out there twice. He walks around, sniffs the walls, and then goes over to the neighbor's door. I have ended up having to finally pick him up and take him back inside. Usually he just wants to check things out, and he is done.
I don't know what is up with him. Maybe we are going to have an earthquake in the next 24 hours.
What is the neighbor cooking? Maybe he just wants some of their food :)
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I can't seem to quit watching CNN in Egypt. It's getting pretty bad there.
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I can't seem to quit watching CNN in Egypt. It's getting pretty bad there.
Better than thinking the neighbor might be dead. ;D Of course DR elmore has personal experience with such an event. :(
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'night
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I can't seem to quit watching CNN in Egypt. It's getting pretty bad there.
Better than thinking the neighbor might be dead. ;D Of course DR elmore has personal experience with such an event. :(
I think you meant to post this with the comment about cooking not about Eqypt. ;)
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Watching a very violent Australian film called "Animal Kingdom." Good, but gruesome.
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Happy Happy Birthday to dear Ben
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Don't know if you can read it, but I'm featured at the bottom of the page in the latest issue of Spirit, Southwest Airline's magazine. The topic: Bean burgers, a San Antonio tradition made with a hamburger patty, refried beans, cheese and Frito's. Good eats.
that is so cool!!
Congratulations!!
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So, Richard called the BMV and found out that their computers are working. So he skated down the driveway and is over there accomplishing the next (dare I say final?) step.
Hoo andRAY
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John G., I was on a Southwest plane last weekend. I wish I had known you were featured in the magazine. I would have kept one.
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John G., I was on a Southwest plane last weekend. I wish I had known you were featured in the magazine. I would have kept one.
You wouldn't have seen me. This issue was just released yesterday.
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Nicky has been crying since I got home that he wants to go out in the hall. I have let him go out there twice. He walks around, sniffs the walls, and then goes over to the neighbor's door. I have ended up having to finally pick him up and take him back inside. Usually he just wants to check things out, and he is done.
I don't know what is up with him. Maybe we are going to have an earthquake in the next 24 hours.
Maybe the neighbor is cooking shrimp
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I left a light dripping in the laundry room. Hopefully that will give a degree or two of heat for the feral cats that live in the backyard.
???
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Not that I expect the light in the laundry room to heat up the backyard. They have a cat door to get into the laundry room. Duh.
AAAAAH!
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Nicky has been crying since I got home that he wants to go out in the hall. I have let him go out there twice. He walks around, sniffs the walls, and then goes over to the neighbor's door. I have ended up having to finally pick him up and take him back inside. Usually he just wants to check things out, and he is done.
I don't know what is up with him. Maybe we are going to have an earthquake in the next 24 hours.
Maybe your neighbor's dead in his apartment. Have you seen him lately?
and once again the HHW Eternal Optimist spreads his little rays of sunshine
:-* :D
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Thank goodness, td, I was getting worried about you.
DR TCB, I will never leave you.
If ever he would leave you - it wouldn't be in winter
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So nice to see TD if only briefly
I hope all is well for TD and MOM
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And CONTINUED HEALING VIBES for John G's MoM
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Tomorrow is the Vixter's premier performance of Lez Miserables (the play not the Musical)
Saturday is closing night
So sad that the kids work for months and only get 3 performances
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It better NOT snow!
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and appaently I have chased everyone away
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I wonder if I can get to page 10 before I leave
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Laura was that a hummingbird outside your window?
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It warmed up here and rained a bit which melted a lot of the snow - flooding the streets
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We got a little water in the basement but not as much as I feared and the preventative towel barrier I put down contained the water
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PAGE TEN WARMTH FOR A CHANGE DANCE
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SINUS BE CLEAR VIBES for Danise
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Night, all.
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Good Evening!
...And when I got home earlier tonight, someone - not me - had somehow locked the bathroom door. Thankfully(?), no one was inside, however, I did have to get in there to get my toiletries together for my trip - as well as go to the bathroom. We were just about to call the landlord when I managed to jimmy the lock just enough to get it open. Whew!
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In other news...
It seems that NYC was spared all of the ice that the weather-people were doom-casting. In fact, the temps did get into the lower 40s earlier this afternoon. It felt practically balmy. ;)
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DR JohnG - Congrats on the article!
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DR KevinH - Thanks for checking in. I hope you didn't lose anything in the fire.
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DR td - Hello!
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and appaently I have chased everyone away
Not I.
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I, too, love the 1974 recording of Candide. -And I still keep hoping to find a cheap(er) copy of the piano/vocal score/script/picture book on a used bookstore shelf somewhere.
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And before it gets any later, I need to finish packing.
Laters....
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travedl vibes for jose
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~~~All Kinds of Vibes to All Who Need Them!!~~~
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Tonight, I watched "I Love You Phillip Morris," with Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor. The DVD isn't being released until April 5, but I got it from Amazon.co.uk, where it was released on August 2, 2010! What's that all about?? Anyway, even with shipping, it only cost me $10.22 US! It was a delightful movie and I thoroughly enjoyed it!
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Tomorrow, I'm not going to go to work. Actually, I'll go in at about 7:15 a.m. (which is too darned early!) because I just found out today that I am going to a conference in Tacoma...actually, I have the opportunity to go to a conference. The Washington state users of our new (new to us since May of last year) library computer system meet every year and this year it's in Tacoma. So, that's where I'll be all day.
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Crap. I just remembered that I still need to get some cash for lunch. I'll just have to get up that much earlier. :P
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So, I'm going to bed NOW!
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Have a good day, tomorrow!