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Well, you've read the notes, the notes had rhyme and reason, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home, with a capital C and that rhymes with P and that stands for Posts.
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And the word of the day is: PRITHEE!
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Nobody here but us chickens.
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Welcome eight GUESTS.
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Is this the first time EVER where Wednesday's Topic of the Day wasn't Ask BK Day?? Has the world gone awry...or a-rye...or even a-pumpernickel??
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That's what happens when I'm tired. It's happened before, though - so, we'll also make it an Ask BK Day, too.
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Will we never get to page two?
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Question of Ask BK Day: If you're so damn tired why don't you go to bed.
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Whew! I can only take so much change at a time and this was just a bit too much for me...well, almost.
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Question of Ask BK Day: If you're so damn tired why don't you go to bed.
Yeah, why don't I? By gum and by golly and buy bonds, I think I will.
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Question of Ask BK Day: If you're so damn tired why don't you go to bed.
Because I'm a procrastinator...and this is another way that I procrastinate. I can't help it. ::)
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Good night and sleep well, BK. 8)
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I'm off to bed, also.
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And good night, Der Brucer, too. :)
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...and however many guests there are right now.
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TOD
OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE
Wallaby Darned (Peach Bellini)
Coconut Shrimp
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Creamy Onion Soup
Outback Rack of Lamb - baked potato
Bottle of Black Opal Shiraz
der Brucer
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Maybe Cillaliz can bring Paul out to LA to protest:
ASSOCIATED PRESS (http://www2.presstelegram.com/news/ci_8776855)
PUBLIC ART DRAWS L.A. COUNTY IRE
LOS ANGELES - It was a graffiti artist's dream come true: 10,000 square feet of concrete and a permit to paint.
Families brought their kids to watch as hundreds of muralists, using their own materials and working for free, sprayed technicolor shades on the steep banks of an ugly, manmade riverbed.
Not everyone was pleased, however, with the results of the civic-minded effort, which had the city's blessing but has rekindled debates over whether Los Angeles County should condone a practice it pays millions to combat.
Some politicians protested that parts of the mural are obscene and have attracted gang-related tags in a city where graffiti already mars homes, sidewalks and buildings. The county has given organizers until today to whitewash the mural, and neither side is backing down.
"It would be beautiful if the river went back to its natural state and was actually a river and a park," said Alex Poli, a graffiti artist and gallery owner known as "Man One." "But right now we have concrete walls, so the next best thing is to beautify it with art."
der Brucer
PS Bring your own litter :D
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Isn't it time for a Zack attack?
der Brucer
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Go West young men, they said.
And it seems they did!
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der Brucer
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Go West young men, they said.
And it seems they did!
(http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/images/2008/03/31/dating_3.gif)
der Brucer
You notice where I live there apparently aren't enough singles to count...lol...I could have told them that
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Good morning Ben!
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Good morning, DR TCB.
Holding you in my thoughts. Have a good day today.
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Am I to understand that this is not Wednesday and therefore this is not Ask BK Day?
Oh wait, I guess I can't ask that.
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Thank you, Coleslaw.
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Isn't it time for a Zack attack?
Oh, he pounced, all right! :D
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Am I to understand
Ours is not to question why...
We have other fish to fry! ;)
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That data is very interesting, DR dB! Gives a new meaning to red states/blue states!
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(http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/images/2008/03/31/dating_3.gif)
You notice where I live there apparently aren't enough singles to count...lol...I could have told them that
Well, it looks like DakotaCelt doesn't exactly live in an eligible male mecca, either
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Had a lovelier than lovely day yesterday with my DH, my mother, and my aunt. We ate, shopped, giggled, and generally made spectacles of ourselves. I was a pair of designer frames.
And the Chanticleer concert last night was, as always, simply divoon. If you want to hear choral perfection, I highly recommend that you attend the next time they're performing in your area.
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WOD, used in a sentence:
We used to have a prithee out back, but then we finally got indoor plumbing.
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My, oh my...
Today's notes were full of toe nails and ear holes and other bodily parts, weren't they?
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A late good morning to Cil
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Did we already do "You can walk to prithee in the rain and never wet your feet?"
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More and continuous health vibes to TCB
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I had a "too many connections" after saying hello to Ben, so I got ready for work.
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HEALTHY AND PAIN FREE VIBES TO DR TCB~
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Good morning, all! I was up too late reading the Julie andrews bio, and I am stuck here today waiting for two shipments.
I will continue to lay out the orchestra parts and write that piano part I mentioned yesterday.
When I was a kid, I loved the Frisch Big Boy chain, but I haven't been in one of those for years. When I return to Ohio, I see a lot of Applebee's,
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Oh, and I washed my oatmeal bowl... Now that I have to try to lower my cholesterol I'm going for the morning oatmeal or Cheerios. At least we're just doing the diet and exercise thing for now.
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I like Chilis. When I was a kid I loved The Happy Chef. I loved going to Minneapolis and stopping at the Happy Chef in Mankato and pressing the button on the huge Happy Chef so he would talk to me. (It's a sculpture about 2 stories tall)
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Time to go to work. Much to do and it won't get done until I go do it!
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When I was a kid I loved The Happy Chef. I loved going to Minneapolis and stopping at the Happy Chef in Mankato
I've been to that very one! :D Also known as The Gay Gourmet.
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How embarrassing! Didn't anyone tell Victoria that she had a horn sticking out of her a#@?
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Well, she was playing a soon to be gramma, and that is a grammaphone, right?
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I like Chilis. When I was a kid I loved The Happy Chef. I loved going to Minneapolis and stopping at the Happy Chef in Mankato and pressing the button on the huge Happy Chef so he would talk to me. (It's a sculpture about 2 stories tall)
And where exactly was the button? :o
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How embarrassing! Didn't anyone tell Victoria that she had a horn sticking out of her a#@?
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You think she'd listen?
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I saw Cry-Baby last night. I liked it. I wasn't blown away. There are some good performances and Rob Ashford does a great job with choreography. I especially liked the "tap dance" number. It's colorful (lots of pastels and bright colors). The request to turn off your cell phone and unwrap candies is funny and the exit music is also a lot of fun.
It's one of those (for me anyway) hard to categorize shows. I liked it (as I just said) but nothing really stands out as WONDERFUL. I'm a big fan of Harriet Harris and she's fine as the "conflicted" grandmother. Christopher J. Hanke who plays the "good boy" and Elizabeth Stanley who plays the "good girl gone bad" are both fun to watch but Hanke looks (to me) like Mark-Paul Gosselaar (the blond kid from Saved by the Bell). His first Broadway show was the jaw-dropping In My Life. Stanley reminds me of Sherie Rene Scott. James Snyder works his butt off as Cry-Baby and has lots of fun on stage. Alli Mauzey is VERY funny as a crazy girl in love with Cry-Baby and/or whoever her inner voices tell her to be in love with. The music is cute (if formulaic) and toe-tapping for the time it's being played but it doesn't stick around in your head (that's probably a good thing). There isn't a song I strongly remember. At about 2 and a quarter hours it's still a bit too long. There are, IIRC, something like 18 or 19 songs in the show. Some could be cut or trimmed without losing any flow or understanding. The humor isn't especially crass, although it is even more adult than Hairspray (many of the people involved in that show are part of this one). It is based on a John Waters film after all so you have to expect some crude moments. I don't know the film at all so I can't compare the two pieces. It's just missing a spark that the original production of Hairspray had (the current Hairspray does NOT hold up well, IMHO, it's tired and not very funny). I went in with no preconceptions, no agendas or biases. I just wish I liked it more. I like it enough, but not enough to see it again. As far as recommending it, I don't know. If you know and like the movie you will probably enjoy the show. If you don't know anything about it you may leave the theatre, like me, wondering what all the fuss was about in California. I don't have a clue how this will play out with the critics. There are definitely good moments in the show and if/when it goes to TDF (right now all seats for previews are $54 dollars based on the fact that the show takes place in 1954) it would be a good buy but $115...I don't think so. There will be $35 rear mezz seats when the show officially opens and those will be snapped up by the theatre rats (like me) but, based on audience reaction last night, I don't think it will do overwhelming business. As most theatregoers know, a standing ovation is almost de rigeur nowadays but there were not a lot of standees last night (the theatre was also not full). It's not a strong season for new musicals so CB will definitely be in the list of Tony noms for Best Musical but I don't know that it will win anything.
Anyway, as I ramble on for paragraph after paragraph, those are my thoughts on Cry-Baby. Take 'em or leave 'em.
Later, gaters.
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Wednesday morning greetings! Today is the first of 3 workdays when I have no meetings, no programs, no appointments scheduled. Maybe I can get some work done!
DR Elmore - Your friend's name caught my eye when I was reading the same alumni magazine (I used to know someone with the same last name). Thank you for sharing the story about him last night.
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Take 'em or leave 'em.
I'll take 'em! :D Thanks for the detailed report, DR Ben!
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"...so this baby with a knapsack walks into a bar..."
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photo: Silver Bullet Trailer
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Ben - I figure CRY BABY will get a Tony nomination for its score, mainly on the strength of David Javerbaum's lyrics, but only four of the (I believe) eight possibilities can be Best Musical nominees:
A Catered Affair
Cry Baby
Glory Days
In the Heights
Little Mermaid
Passing Strange
Xanadu
Young Frankenstein
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Does the lady in red always get the hunk?
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photo: The American Dream/The Sandbox
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TOD - There used to be a chain called Bill Knapp's that we liked a lot. My first meal in Middletown was lunch there during my job interview in 1973 and it was always the favorite place of DH Richard's parents. The chain went out of business several years ago and I still miss it - as recently as this past Saturday when Richard picked me up at the airport and we wanted to stop to eat. I wanted a Bill Knapp's cheeseburger!
For current chains, I'll take Panera, Bravo Cucina Italiana, Outback, Cheesecake Factory.
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Thanks to DR BEN for the CRY BABY report, and for the Buckingham Palace News yesterday!
DR CILLA LIZ - what a treasure! Here's hoping it's worth a lot of $$$ for you and the kitties!
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Wasn't Prithee a character in Gone With the Wind?
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My question for ASK BK day:
What is the single most useful advice a director ever gave you?
What is the single most useful advice you, as a director, have given to an actor?
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I can't hear you there's a moth in my ear!
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Perhaps we should all take photos of our bookshelves today to help encourage DR JANE in her chore. I am sure all of our bookshelves are neat and tidy and in perfect order.
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Ben - I figure CRY BABY will get a Tony nomination for its score, mainly on the strength of David Javerbaum's lyrics, but only four of the (I believe) eight possibilities can be Best Musical nominees:
A Catered Affair
Cry Baby
Glory Days
In the Heights
Little Mermaid
Passing Strange
Xanadu
Young Frankenstein
I see Catered Affair tonight and, thought I shouldn't, I'm going in with high hopes. I've heard very good things about the fixed up In the Heights (seeing it next Tuesday, April 8). I wrote about Passing Strange after I saw it. I don't know nuttin' about Glory Days (other than the press I've read). I'm not one of the fans of Xanadu so I'm hoping it's not one of the 4 in the Tony race. Of the shows listed I'm hoping for Catered Affair, In the Heights, and the other two are up for grabs, perhaps Little Mermaid and Cry Baby or LM and Young Frankenstein.
If some news I received yesterday from a friend pans out the Helen Hayes may be open in the fall anyway. I can say no more (a Help reference)
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There is a 35 acre tract of land in Marietta near Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield, which is a national park. The owners decided the property was too prime to hang on to, so they decided to sell it. Developers were salivating over it, but in the end, the family decided to sell it to the park so they could expand.
The family is the Hensleys, as in Shuler Hensley.
I had known about the land and the potential sale for awhile but never knew who owned it until reading about it in the paper today. Apparently, Shuler's father didn't go to the ceremony yesterday (he'd had heart surgery). I didn't know that he was a former state representative.
Anyway, something nice in the news today!
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Wasn't Prithee a character in Gone With the Wind?
;D
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I can't hear you there's a moth in my ear!
Shhhh!
Soon every DR will want one.
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I've already been up for a few hours... Whew!
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And the word of the day is: PRITHEE!
And The Song Of The Day Is: PRITHEE, PRETTY MAIDEN
(From Gilbert and Sullivan's PATIENCE)
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So... My parents made it into New York City safe and sound this morning. By the time I had called them, they were about to walk into the morning Mass at the church down on 42nd Street, and then by the time I made it down to 42nd Street, I was able to meet them at the now-traditional meeting place: Burger King.
When I walked through the door, they had just finished their breakfast, and were about to leave, so... Good timing. I talked them through their itinerary for the day, and then walked them over to Times Square. -Pointing out where the Al Hirschfeld Theatre is along the way. Once we reached the base of Times Square, I went this-a-way way, and they went that-a-way.
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*And for a particularly vicious bit of reading this morning, be sure to check out Riedel's column in the The New York Post. ::)
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Shhhh!
Soon every DR will want one.
A trend! ;D
Very good news, DR EDISAURUS. The only news we got was that the sales tax went up one penny on each dollar for a grand total of seven!
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Well, Mssrs. Bowdan and Fisher are here, so I should get ready to tickle and tinkle the ivories....
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A great way to start the day, DR JOSE.
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BK - Impatient? Really? Say it isn't so?!?!?? ;D
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Interesting Reidel column, DR JOSE.
My guess is he didn't like GREASE. Or the horse it rode in on.
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When I walked through the door, they had just finished their breakfast, and were about to leave, so...
If one didn't know better, one might almost think that they were trying to avoid you. ;)
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If one didn't know better, one might almost think that they were trying to avoid you. ;)
8) LOL
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Good morning!
Nice day today. It's partly cloudy, but the rain shouldn't move in until tomorrow. I'll be doing the first mowing job of the year later today.
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If nothing comes in the mail today in terms of review copies, I'll be tackling SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, one of the leftovers I inherited from my Paramount reviewer predecessor. I haven't seen the movie in at least a decade, so just like DIRTY HARRY last night, I'm sure I've forgotten quite a lot about it.
This disc was released in September last year in a new transfer, so I'm hoping it will look decent. I don't remember ever liking the way the movie looked on TV in previous incarnations.
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TOD:
Chain restaurant favorites: Outback and Olive Garden
Chain fast food favorites: Burger King and Taco Bell.
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TV Reminder:
CSI: NY is back with new episodes tonight (as is CRIMINAL MINDS)
IDOL results show (and MOMENT OF TRUTH has its season finale)
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Wednesday morning greetings! Today is the first of 3 workdays when I have no meetings, no programs, no appointments scheduled. Maybe I can get some work done!
DR Elmore - Your friend's name caught my eye when I was reading the same alumni magazine (I used to know someone with the same last name). Thank you for sharing the story about him last night.
I shpuld have added the story of Aue's screwed-up relationship in college with someone who's now a prominent theatre manager in the City, but since I may be involved in a project with his management company, I'll not mention it. This is for the memoirs.
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Does the lady in red always get the hunk?
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photo: The American Dream/The Sandbox
She doesn't. Grandma does in THE SANDBOX. I want to see this production. I played Daddy in both of them when I was acting. For some reason, I was always cast in theatre of the absurd. My specialties were Albee, Pinter, and Ionesco.
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She doesn't. Grandma does in THE SANDBOX. I want to see this production. I played Daddy in both of them when I was acting. For some reason, I was always cast in theatre of the absurd. My specialties were Albee, Pinter, and Ionesco.
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;)
You can say so much with a smiley!
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I've already been up for a few hours... Whew!
Had to walk home, huh? At least ask for taxi fare.
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DR Jose, if that's Mr Rob Fisher, tell him I said he never writes, never calls and that I said hey!
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On tv tonight for me:
AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL, BIG BROTHER, IDOL results and MEN IN TREES!
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TOD:
Red Robin
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Oh and SHOWCASE in canada (the channel that airs DAMAGES) is re-running the first 11 episodes of LIFE (the NBC show that some like DR RonP loved).
I never saw it. So i am going to record the first episode tonight.
The paper here said that NBC is announcing their Fall line-up today. So we will know if the show get picked up or not.
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Oh and SHOWCASE in canada (the channel that airs DAMAGES) is re-running the first 11 episodes of LIFE (the NBC show that some like DR RonP loved).
I never saw it. So i am going to record the first episode tonight.
LIFE is a wonderful show. I'm happy to know it's returning.
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Good morning, everyone.
I see that DR Sing is in good form today.
I'm pleased that DR Edisaurus has some good news. It does seem few and far between at times. And I share her views about development.
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Hugs to TCB.
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Taco Bell.
Wendy's.
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TOD:
I like THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY and PANERA, though the service at the PANERA near me is quite uneven. They have a new manager, which definitely helps. They get extremely busy--a GOOD problem--and just can't handle it. Unfortunately, customers get unhappy.
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Oh and SHOWCASE in canada (the channel that airs DAMAGES) is re-running the first 11 episodes of LIFE (the NBC show that some like DR RonP loved).
I never saw it. So i am going to record the first episode tonight.
The paper here said that NBC is announcing their Fall line-up today. So we will know if the show get picked up or not.
NBC has already announced that LIFE is coming back next season. So is CHUCK of their fall freshmen series.
What we're waiting on with their announcement is whether MEDIUM and LAW & ORDER are being renewed.
I read that if MEDIUM isn't picked up by NBC, CBS is primed to scoop it up. (They actually produce the show through their Paramount TV production arm.)
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Can we pre order DR ELMORE's Memoirs at Amazon.com yet?
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I am elated and dismayed at the Big Brother happenings - so tonight should be interesting.
I am wondering if any of the Bozos involved realize that the show gets its name from a George Orwell novel?
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Page Four Dorothy Dance!!!
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Can we pre order DR ELMORE's Memoirs at Amazon.com yet?
I've been wondering the same thing. I have Visa card in hand ready to spring for a copy.
;D
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Pizzeria Uno
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No deeper dish than Uno, unless it's right here at HHW
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TOD: Hmmmmm....favorite restaurant that's a chain.....all my current favorites are "local" establishments. I like "Kincaids", of course, but I only go there once a year or so.
Growing up, we didn't know from "chains". But the first "restaurant" (of a sort) that opened in Greenville SC that was part of a chain was Dobbs House. My dad was very partial to Dobbs House, and I enjoyed eating there, too. They had a wonderful filet with bacon wrapped around it. First time I'd ever seen that.
As for fast-food chains, the first in Greenville, to my recollection, was called "Burger Chef". It was later taken over by "MacDonald's" (as in, absorbed by) and our first "MacDonald's" opened on the same site (and, as it happens, was next door to Dobbs House).
I'm fond of "Red Snapper", although the ones nearest the "coasts" are best as they get the freshest seafood, IMO.
And I would kill, kill, kill (that's THREE kills, mind you) to have a local "White Castle." I don't care what anybody thinks of "White Castle"...I LOVE IT! It helps, of course, that I can buy a box of frozen burgers (or cheeseburgers) in my local supermarkets, but I can't get the fried onion chips or chocolate shakes!
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Heading down now to check the mail and decide if the front yard is dry enough yet to mow. Then, I'll be fixing some lunch.
WBBL.
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DR JANE - it could be worse for you. Here is one section of my library...and the shelves are three books deep.
I have two sections of shelves, 5 feet wide by 8 feet high by 48 inches deep. This is part of one section....and there are two other walls of books, records, etc.
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TOD: Panera (Fuji Apple Chicken Salad!)
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That's the title of my next memoir - Dry Enough to Mow. ;)
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Panera!!
I have a gift certificate from Chili's which I may use in May when my sister Molly visits from Seattle.
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My goodness, DR JRand57 - those shelves are simple groaning! [and that's not even allowed at HHW!]
Be careful...you know what happened to DR elmore3003!
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BREAKING NEWS STOP THE PRESSES INTERRUPT REGULAR PROGRAMMING
Indiana University has a new basketball coach.
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My goodness, DR JRand57 - those shelves are simple groaning! [and that's not even allowed at HHW!]
Be careful...you know what happened to DR elmore3003!
Yes....yes, I know. but if you look carefully you will notice the board braces in the middle of each shelf that run from top to bottom, resting on the slab floor. The shelves are bent permanently of course, but they will stay where they are, at least until the end of the Mayan calendar in 2012. 8)
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I'm so very glad I don't have a yard to mow.
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I've been wondering the same thing. I have Visa card in hand ready to spring for a copy.
;D
Your only other option, DRs MattH and JRand57, is to come to New York and hear the stories over dinner. The New York group would love to meet you face to face, as I'm sure many of our other Hainsie/Kimlets would as well!
The other day DR Ron Pulliam mentioned he'd never been to Manhattan and I meant to post back that he should do it. I wish I had a reason to visit San Francisco, Norht Carolina, or Indiana. Perhaps, DR JRand57, when I'm next in Ohio, you, perhaps DR Ginny, and I can meet somewhere between Middletown and Indianapolis?
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Also, I'm so very tired still. Today, I am feeling aches/pains. The weekend's activities (and I'm totally stoked/thrilled with my results) might have been a bit more aggressive, physically, than I was ready for. Still....it's done!
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No deeper dish than Uno, unless it's right here at HHW
How would DEEP DISH PIZZA be as the title for my memoirs? I think I still prefer SLOUCHING TOWARDS IMMORALITY.
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That's the title of my next memoir - Dry Enough to Mow. ;)
And when the cows come home, DRY ENOUGH TO MOO.
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The other day DR Ron Pulliam mentioned he'd never been to Manhattan and I meant to post back that he should do it.
Yes, he should. And he should also be sure to give me plenty of advance notice, so I can be sure to be out of town. ;)
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On a short break...
DR elmore - Rob says he wants an update on your bed-bug situation. ;)
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SLOUCHING TOWARDS IMMORALITY.
;D
That one would be pretty hard to beat!
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Thems a lot of books, JRAnd!
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Your only other option, DRs MattH and JRand57, is to come to New York and hear the stories over dinner. The New York group would love to meet you face to face, as I'm sure many of our other Hainsie/Kimlets would as well!
The other day DR Ron Pulliam mentioned he'd never been to Manhattan and I meant to post back that he should do it. I wish I had a reason to visit San Francisco, Norht Carolina, or Indiana. Perhaps, DR JRand57, when I'm next in Ohio, you, perhaps DR Ginny, and I can meet somewhere between Middletown and Indianapolis?
Options to consider. ;D
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Thems a lot of books, JRAnd!
Yup...and the internet has made most of them redundant. :P But I am loathe to throw them away.
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Tonight my mom and I will go to dinner and then to the movies...The Elsinore Theatre is showing the 1933 (pre-code) comedy DESIGN FOR LIVING which stars Miriam Hopkins, Gary Cooper, and Frederic March. Should be a lot of fun!
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How tired was I last night? After leaving work at 6:30 p.m. (BUSY, BUSY day) I stopped at a grocery and bought a few things to cook. When I got home, changed into comfy clothes and put away groceries, I discovered I wasn't remotely interested in cooking.
It was nearly time for "Biggest Loser", and I settled in to watch.
[SIZE=8] 'BIGGEST LOSER' SPOILER [/SIZE]
Umptysquat gizzplotz singdawmarjoriedaw singdawcoleslaw stringclawstrontzjaw slingjaw snorklecraw We were down to the final five in last night's show with brothers Mark and Jay, former Bama football player Roger and ladies Ali and Kelly, both of whom were the top weight losers last week. We lost Dan (the kid) in last week's show.
Last night, the show treated the fivesome to a trip to Sydney, Australia, home of "Big Brother Australia", a show that is a hit "down under" and one in which Bob and Jillian are trainers, as well. The facility there is called the White House and it's a gorgeous estate/mansion.
The show was more of a travelogue for Sydney, but it had its moments as the competitors had a couple of workouts plus a challenge that really put them through their paces: First, they had to climb to the top, and center, of the Sydney Harbor Bridge. There, Allison told them about their challenge. They were all to be taken into the harbor on a speed boat, from which they would jump and swim 300 meters to a point on shore where they would put on running shoes and run a short course to a steep flight of stairs, at the top of which they would find bicycles. They then biked a good distance until they got to a botanical garden, through which they had a good run until they arrived at a 44-story building, the stairs of which they would climb to the top. Mark and Ali arrived "together", each supporting the other and were granted co-winner status. Their reward was a plane ride over Sydney and a breakfast at a fancy hotel overlooking the ocean. Each also got to call home.
The final workout saw Jillian really busting Kelly's and Ali's behinds. Bob, on the other hand, was proselytizing his theory that yoga is a damned strenuous exercise. He had the three guys in lotus positions and other contortions. They sweated and groaned...but they didn't seem to be burning any calories.
At weigh-in, the results of the trip across the world, and other training irregularities induced by the trip, told on all of them.
For the second time in three weeks, Ali was the biggest loser. She lost 3 pounds. Next was Roger who lost 2 pounds. And believe it or not, Kelly remained above the yellow line having lost only 1 pound. No one expected that both Jay and Mark would have a lousy weigh-in. No one except Mark. Both brothers registered a gain of 1 pound each. Both were below the yellow line. Because Mark had taken the fall for his "blue teammates" (Jay, Roger and Dan) weeks earlier when teams were voting off their own, this time his brother Jay stepped up and asked everyone to vote for him.
Ali and Roger both voted Jay out. We don't know how Kelly voted, but Kelly has long considered Mark the biggest threat in the game, and I'm sure she pondered whether voting Jay out was a better game play than voting out Mark.
Allison got a huge dig in at Jillian, pointing out that a woman had again won the weigh-in and that the competition was now down to two men and two women. Last season, the show sent the final four home to complete their competition after all previous shows had only a final three.
This season, we're expecting a final three, but the previews last night indicated something different is to be expected. It looks like the "public" will be choosing who the "third" member of the final three will be. Next week's weigh-in will have a bottom two...so it looks like "we" will get to pick which of the bottom two will be allowed to compete for the final prize.
It's really a crap shoot at this point because all four are more than worthy of moving on. I'm rooting for both the ladies, but I cannot say which of the men I'd prefer to see bow out. Both have done incredible things and I look forward to the finale to see how much weight all of them have managed to lose by the end of the competitive arc. spunstraw snottycraw singdaw'satmardigras.
END SPOIILER
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Yes, he should. And he should also be sure to give me plenty of advance notice, so I can be sure to be out of town. ;)
I assure you...you'll never know I was there until I post the pictures of me and other wonderful Hainsie/Kimlets having wonderful times at various locales throughout the city!
Harrumph!
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Hi, Ben!
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And the word of the day is: PRITHEE!
PRITHEE is much easier to pronounce than EEHTIRP.
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PRITHEE, can you tell me which way is THE PIER?
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April Showers Bring May Flowers...
...but it helps if you plant some seeds.
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Is this the first time EVER where Wednesday's Topic of the Day wasn't Ask BK Day?? Has the world gone awry...or a-rye...or even a-pumpernickel??
SEE!!! I was right!
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TOD
OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE
Wallaby Darned (Peach Bellini)
Coconut Shrimp
(http://www.outbacksteakhouse.com.au/menu/starters_CoconutPrawns.gif)
Creamy Onion Soup
Outback Rack of Lamb - baked potato
Bottle of Black Opal Shiraz
der Brucer
But the last time we went to Outback, they no longer had the Creamy Onion Soup, and you were pissed as all get out not a happy camper.
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Tonight my mom and I will go to dinner and then to the movies...The Elsinore Theatre is showing the 1933 (pre-code) comedy DESIGN FOR LIVING which stars Miriam Hopkins, Gary Cooper, and Frederic March. Should be a lot of fun!
It's based on Noel Coward, Mikey, so take a dictionary.
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...Perhaps, DR JRand57, when I'm next in Ohio, you, perhaps DR Ginny, and I can meet somewhere between Middletown and Indianapolis?
Sounds like fun - I'll drive!
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How embarrassing! Didn't anyone tell Victoria that she had a horn sticking out of her a#@?
(http://bp2.blogger.com/_kMk_ZsQIoOA/R_KOqbaFA7I/AAAAAAAAAVs/Im0yAt9ookA/s400/junospan.jpg)
A horn with a crank, no less!
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singdaw'satmardigras.
Am not, am not!!!
But if I were, I assure you I'd be amassing HUGE stockpiles of beads. 8)
Thanks, DR Ron Pulliam, for the detailed summary. I haven't seen the show, but I enjoy reading about it.
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Sounds like fun - I'll drive!
HHW ROAD TRIP!!! :) [/size]
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until I post the pictures of me and other wonderful Hainsie/Kimlets having wonderful times at various locales throughout the city!
I want a framed photo on my wall...
...of DR Ron Pulliam at the head of the line at Levain's! 8)
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Wasn't Prithee a character in Gone With the Wind?
Show Boat. Married to Capt'n Antsy.
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A horn with a crank, no less!
That photo was taken just before she snuggled up to her cash register.
[ah, another Dolly reference!]
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(http://www.funforever.net/wp-content/emergencychocolate_LRG.jpg)
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...I was able to meet them at the now-traditional meeting place: Burger King....
A TOD reference.
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I wonder what the longest ever title of the day is/was? Today's is pretty long.
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Oh, I forgot to post about Lester Lanin's Theatre Party CD.
bk was right, of course. The arrangements are witty and fun. And the sound is simply out of this world!! Somehow it was closely enough miked that you can hear every note, every line, every instrument, and yet the overall sound is not cramped, boxy, or congested. It's a real accomplishment and a great listen. :)
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I don't know from witty and fun today. Today, I'm cranky and sore.
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Good Afternoon!
I'm almost done here at Ripley-Grier. The Women's Equity Chorus Call finished up about 15 minutes ago, and now we just have one other woman coming in to audition for the "people behind the table" for another project. So, I should be out of here by 1:30, and then I can walk up to the Hirschfeld to meet my parents before they go into the theatre for this afternoon's matinee of Curtains. I may try to see if I can walk in, but I also may just camp out somewhere and have a nice leisurely lunch, and then meet them after the show. We shall see...
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Today, I'm cranky and sore.
As opposed to most other days, when you're a veritable soufflé of giddy giggles. ;)
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Am not, am not!!!
But if I were, I assure you I'd be amassing HUGE stockpiles of beads. 8)
Which you would, undoubtedly, "read" to me!
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As opposed to most other days, when you're a veritable soufflé of giddy giggles. ;)
WhyIoughta.....soufflé YOU!
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*When I checked my voicemail, there were five messages waiting for me. -One of them of was even marked "Urgent". Of course, all five messages were from my Mom. They found the theatre, but they said there were no tickets for them at the box office. Thankfully, the fifth message was from my father - he said that once he told the woman at the box office that "my son is a musician", well, she figured out it was a house seat request. Of course, I had already told them that the tickets would be held under my Dad's name, and that they were a staff ticket request, so... In any case... I hope they enjoy the show. ;)
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WhyIoughta.....soufflé YOU!
Please make it dark chocolate.
Thanks! :D
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I I may try to see if I can walk in, but I also may just camp out somewhere and have a nice leisurely lunch, and then meet them after the show. We shall see...
Which is a euphemism for "just camp out somewhere", no doubt!
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TOD:
Well, I'm not that terribly fond of chain restaurants. IMO, any place where the guy running the kitchen isn't even learning directly from the chef who devised the dishes, but is instead following instructions from a book where the first rule is to never ever ever deviate from the book, the end result is going to be something that is bland and uninteresting. The manager will be spinning his wheels, trying to keep from being ground into powder by the corporate management, all the while grinding the workers in the shop down into even finer powder, and I don't mean fine as in wonderful. The inspiration and motivation will be gone, and the odds will be a meal that will just sit in my stomach like so much tofu and surimi. Bleh.
That being said, der Brucer and I do enjoy ourselves at the local La Tonalteca (http://lastoltecas.com/de/index.php). It's part of a small chain, where the employees take pride in what they're doing: presenting authentic Mexican dishes in a friendly setting. We were afraid that, in moving to Delaware, we wouldn't find anything to satisfy my Mex cravings - La Tonalteca proved us wrong.
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DR JoseSPiano - your parents don't listen very well, do they? ;)
Hope they enjoy the show.
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I don't know from witty and fun today. Today, I'm cranky and sore.
Oh, business as usual, then. Sorry to hear it.
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Which is a euphemism for "just camp out somewhere", no doubt!
No doubt! This is its own kind of show, but they don't sell tickets for it.
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As for the Topic of the Day...
When I was on the road, Perkin's and Applebee's were always my stand-bys. -And even though I should be over "it", I still won't eat at Cracker Barrel.
Fast-food-wise, if I see an Arby's, that's where I'll usually end up, even if it is a little more pricey than the other options out there.
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No...he won't.
Don't ask him.
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Der B and I ate at the local Cracker Barrel once. We decided it was not a place for people who enjoy food, and have never been back.
His daughter and her family would probably like it, however.
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OK... I should pack up my computer and get for the final audition and head out for the rest of my day...
Laters...
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DR elmore - And Rob also does say, "Hi!" :)
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My question for ASK BK day:
What is the single most useful advice a director ever gave you?
What is the single most useful advice you, as a director, have given to an actor?
1. Take the stage
2. Take the stage
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Good advice to give and get!
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I've been teaching Wiggles bad tricks.
Yesterday, I pulled him up onto my bed, for a very nice rubbing/scritching/loving sessions. He really liked it, and we went on for several minutes until we were discovered first by Bonnie and then by Buster, who got a little jealous and wanted their fair share of the same.
This morning, I was wakened by a jolting of the bed, and when I looked up there was a large black face looking down at me. Wiggles had decided it was time for him to go outside, and also decided that I was the one who should let him out.
I can't wait until his mistress finds out about these new habits of his.
::)
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Take the stage to where?
And, these days, isn't it easier to take a train or a bus?
Or a plane?
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The drama that happens at ANY Box Office is equal to or greater than ANY drama that happens on ANY stage, don't you know.
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No doubt! This is its own kind of show, but they don't sell tickets for it.
More's the pity
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The drama that happens at ANY Box Office is equal to or greater than ANY drama that happens on ANY stage, don't you know.
As one who's tangled with Martha Graham and Geoffrey Holder on different occasions in 1973, I'll drink to that! Also for the memoirs.
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Can dear reader Jose help me with house seats to the Ahmanson A Chorus Line - I hate to call in favors twice in two weeks.
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Said house seats begin for my friends the Wechters.
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I slept till ten, which I really needed. I did wake up in the middle of the night, but got back to sleep pretty quickly.
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We can blame Edi for the fun I'm having, exploring the Uncyclopedia.
For example, I was chortleing earlier today over their list of 100 worst chidren's books of all time (http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Worst_100_Childrens_Books_of_All_Time).
Be forwarned - reading this at work could result in sudden vocal outbursts. :o
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Another section of bookcases on another wall.
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff80/Jaynrand/book2.jpg)
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Introducing: The Mansy
(http://bp3.blogger.com/_UTUQ8Hvr4yw/R-5afyccLlI/AAAAAAAAAHE/5uRwsejmJs4/s400/LULU_MANSY.jpg)
I thought this was one of the better April Fool’s Day jokes on the web yesterday… :D
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I am elated and dismayed at the Big Brother happenings - so tonight should be interesting.
I'm curious what you're referring to.
What has you elated and what has you dismayed?
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DR JRand57: does that signed, framed photo in the middle of your bookcase say:
Jack - Thanks for last night! xxoo -Steve
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DR JRand57: does that signed, framed photo in the middle of your bookcase say:
Jack - Thanks for last night! xxoo -Steve
Not quite....something about thanks for all the inspiration...you are in everything I write... something like that. ;)
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RE: last night's BIG BROTHER
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RE: the veto comp.
I just couldn't believe how dumb ryan was during last night's veto comp. This should have been an easy competition for them (to make sure james did not win veto).
Any comp where you can help each other is not really fair for the one lone person.
I just couldn't believe how dumb some of them were.
Okay sharon/josh got screwed in the first question (they really did nothing wrong).
But that one question where james folded and nat and ryan both had similar answers. Ryan should have folded so nat could get her second point. Insteand he knew if he got it right she would be eliminated. And he still did it!
That and him folding on two questions he would have won make me wonder if he is an idiot!
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DR JENNIFER - I am elated because of who won POV, and am dismayed because of the betrayal that one of the nominated people is setting up....it will work unless someone messes it up..... My guess is Joshuah is somehow still going leave tonight....I don't want to see Sharon's face if the vote is 2/2....and then Natalie says bye to her.
I hope James gets HOH again and that Natalie and Sheila go up on the block and we get rid of at least one of them.
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Jose, Anthony wanted me to mention how nice it was to audition for Rob Fisher. He had no idea who Mr. Fisher was or that he would be auditioning for him. When I saw the name I said "You auditioned for Rob Fisher! He's a big (and good) name" He said both people behind the table (I forget the second man's name) were friendly, attentive and actually listening. He said even if nothing comes of it, he know that he auditioned well and he felt good leaving the room because of the way he was treated by Fisher and Friend.
He said that it's better he didn't know who Fisher is/was. He might have been a bit nervous had he known.
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I did not know that they had origami in the BIG house.
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Oh, and the man playing the piano was good too! ;D
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Whence DR BrettySpaghetti?
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Oh, and the man playing the piano was good too! ;D
Did that man play the piano, or did that piano play the man?
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Introducing: The Mansy
(http://bp3.blogger.com/_UTUQ8Hvr4yw/R-5afyccLlI/AAAAAAAAAHE/5uRwsejmJs4/s400/LULU_MANSY.jpg)
I thought this was one of the better April Fool’s Day jokes on the web yesterday… :D
I'm wearing that for my Singin in the Rain audition in June. 8)
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BIG BROTHER
DR JENNIFER - I am elated because of who won POV, and am dismayed because of the betrayal that one of the nominated people is setting up....it will work unless someone messes it up..... My guess is Joshuah is somehow still going leave tonight....I don't want to see Sharon's face if the vote is 2/2....and then Natalie says bye to her.
I hope James gets HOH again and that Natalie and Sheila go up on the block and we get rid of at least one of them.
Oh i dislike james. So i was unhappy he won POV.
So you are upset that joshuah is betraying sharon?
Natalie is my favorite so i don't want james to get hoh.
Btw, what you see on the show is not exactly what happens sometimes. For instance that hide and seek they showed on sunday happened weeks ago when matt was still in the house.
Anyhow i am going to write a separate post saying what is going on in the house now. In case you want to know what will probably happen tonight.
I'm not sure if you want live feed spoilers or just prefer to watch it play out on the show.
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Not quite....something about thanks for all the inspiration...you are in everything I write... something like that. ;)
Any mention of handcuffs or straightjackets?
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Whence DR BrettySpaghetti?
Maybe this year's frenzy is over and he'll come back with the swallows in 2009.
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Any mention of handcuffs or straightjackets?
Not on the front of the photo. 8)
DRJENNIFER I read a couple of other boards, and since tonight is live - who knows.
I know that editing on the show is wacky and that a lot of things are out of sequence, clothing and hairstyles betray that sometimes...
Yes Joshuah's betrayal of Sharon is what made me upset - I wish Natalie had used her head and put up Ryan or Sheila - either of whom would throw her under bus in a moment....then the vote would be interesting....
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Maybe this year's frenzy is over and he'll come back with the swallows in 2009.
I think his work is cyclical and he gets swamped with it at various times of the month/year. :D
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Apropos the lamb puppet in the current Broadway revival of Gypsy:
As one wag has written on the Internet:
...[the production] leaves poor Laura Benanti singing "Little Lamb" to a Muppet wrapped in a shmata. Come now! People spend good money in the theatre; they want to see LIVE farm animals!
;D
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BIG BROTHER LIVE FEED SPOILERS
what is happening in the house today not what they showed on tv last night
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Okay on last night's show we saw james take himself off the block. And nat nominated sharon. Joshuah decided to try to save himself.
Now i don't really have anything against this (why shouldn't he try to save himself?). But sharon has been really nice to him.
Anyhow at the end of last night's show nat said she would save josh and break the tie (if it was 2-2). and ryan and james said they would keep joshuah.
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These things did happen. But remember this was days ago. And natalie says things but we don't really know her true intent until we see what she says in diary.
But i don't think that joshuah is going to stay. Right now natalie might break the tie. but it doesn't look like there will be a tie. James and josh don't have a clue. And they are acting cocky. It is really ryan who has flipped. He wants josh out (i think he made a secret alliance with sharon now). So most likely it will be 3-1. Although if james finds out everyone is voting out josh he may just make it 4-0.
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Apropos the lamb puppet in the current Broadway revival of Gypsy:
As one wag has written on the Internet:
...[the production] leaves poor Laura Benanti singing "Little Lamb" to a Muppet wrapped in a shmata. Come now! People spend good money in the theatre; they want to see LIVE farm animals!
;D
Julie Andrews in her biography talks about Pellinore's dog in CAMELOT occasionally leaving puddles around the "Lusty Month of May" scene. Her bio needed a good editor to correct her occasional memory lapses, although the overall book is quite charming and delightful.
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Okay i think i just realized why ryan flipped on josh. A couple of days ago when ryan/nat/josh were making their deal josh outed the ryan/josh secret alliance to nat (while ryan was in the room).
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Julie Andrews in her biography talks about Pellinore's dog in CAMELOT occasionally leaving puddles around the "Lusty Month of May" scene. Her bio needed a good editor to correct her occasional memory lapses, although the overall book is quite charming and delightful.
One of the things I remember reading way back in the late 1960s was Julie talking about "Camelot" and saying that the dog once pooped on stage. She said it was during "The Lusty Month of May" right before the lyrics:
Whence this fragrance wafting through the air?
What sweet feelings does its scent transmute?
Whence this perfume floating ev'rywhere?
Don't you know it's that dear forbidden fruit!
Tra la la la la! That dear forbidden fruit!
Tra la la la la!
I recall her saying it drew a huge roar from the audience. It's sad when things like that go astray....
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Bunches of my relatives are here again - talking and talking and talking....
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For the past couple of weeks the electricity in the guest bathroom as well as the little area outside of it as well as one switch in the den has been out. Not the breaker. I've just been lazy about calling the handyman, but when I awoke this morning, the electricity is now out in the entire den, and we cannot have that! So, he's coming over, sometime before one to scope it out. I have no idea what it could be. All the other rooms have full electricity. I do hope it's not a difficult fix. He actually didn't want to come because the business manager who handles the house took two months to pay him for the last problem he fixed. I told him that I'd pay him and then deal with them, which just seems much easier.
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Electricity vibes for the handyman of MR BK.
Maybe a moth got in the cyclotron.
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I can't imagine what's causing the problem, I just hope it's easy to fix. Last time we had this (in the living room, one wall) he just pushed a reset button on an outlet and that was that. But there are no reset buttons on any outlet I can find in the affected rooms.
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Oh! I spy DR Jane! The bookshelves are calling you:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/minx_the_dog/IMG_0257.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/minx_the_dog/IMG_0258.jpg)
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You notice where I live there apparently aren't enough singles to count...lol...I could have told them that
LOL-It's about the same here. I know the single women are always complaining there are too few single men here. Some of the single men had complained the single women here are too darn independent.
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TOD - There used to be a chain called Bill Knapp's that we liked a lot. My first meal in Middletown was lunch there during my job interview in 1973 and it was always the favorite place of DH Richard's parents. The chain went out of business several years ago and I still miss it - as recently as this past Saturday when Richard picked me up at the airport and we wanted to stop to eat. I wanted a Bill Knapp's cheeseburger!
For current chains, I'll take Panera, Bravo Cucina Italiana, Outback, Cheesecake Factory.
When we first moved to Michigan we ate at Bill Knapp's. I recall they had good birthday cake.
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Will we never get to page eight?
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Well, it looks like DakotaCelt doesn't exactly live in an eligible male mecca, either
And yet she has a great DBF :)
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iPod is on and playing Angel by Philippe Rombi, my favorite score of the last decade.
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Oh! I spy DR Jane! The bookshelves are calling you:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/minx_the_dog/IMG_0257.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/minx_the_dog/IMG_0258.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/minx_the_dog/IMG_0259.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/minx_the_dog/IMG_0260.jpg)
Oh my ;D
Keith keeps our books neat and attractive looking. I'm just trying to catalogue them.
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I'm working on Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and I'm listening to BK's Stephen Schwartz album. Marin Mazzie is singing With You/Gifts of Love. Alice Ripley singing West End Avenue is WONDERFUL!!!
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Good day one and alll
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Not sure if this was posted but it is from Why am I not surprised files...
http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/04/wga_east_files_arbitration_cas.php (http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/04/wga_east_files_arbitration_cas.php)
The Writers Guild of America, East, has filed separate arbitration cases against ABC and Corday Productions for allegedly violating the guild’s strike termination agreement by retaining writers hired during the writers strike earlier this year.
The WGAE alleges that Corday Productions, which produces “Days of Our Lives” and ABC, which produces “All My Children,” hired replacement writers during the 100-day WGA strike and has not terminated these employees. Instead, the replacement writers are preventing striking guild writers from returning to their positions, the WGAE said.
“The strike termination agreement does not allow the retention of replacement writers in lieu of allowing striking writers to return to their jobs. ABC and Corday Productions are clearly violating this agreement,” said Ira Cure, senior counsel for the Writers Guild of America, East. “They have left us no other option but to file arbitrations to ensure our members will be afforded their rights outlined under this agreement.”
The companies have 10 days to respond to the cases.
The Writers Guild of America went on strike Nov. 5 over issues including residual payments for online distribution of content. A lack of writers forced numerous shows out of production and cost the Los Angeles economy an estimated $2.1 billion. The strike was resolved in mid-February.
Representatives of Corday were not available for immediate comment.
NBC, which airs “Days of Our Lives,” had no comment.
"We are in full compliance with our contract and the allegation is untrue," ABC said.
A network source familiar with the situation said the WGAE was grandstanding because it subverted direct discussion in favor of announcing arbitration straight to the pres
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I can't hear you there's a moth in my ear!
Shhhh!
Soon every DR will want one.
My father pulled a moth out of a woman's ear once. ;D Her husband didn't believe her insistent complaints there was a moth in her ear. My father didn't expect to find one either-boy was he surprised ;D
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Well, it looks like DakotaCelt doesn't exactly live in an eligible male mecca, either
Ain't that the truth....
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I see some people have very impressive book collections...:)
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My favorite restaurants are Applebees and Grizzlys (REgional chain) I like to try different pasta dishes or chicken. I like the grilled chicken at Applebees.
Fast food would be subway or Burger King
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My father pulled a moth out of a woman's ear once.
Is that like pulling a rabbit out of a hat? ???
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I shall be E&T tonight, as I shall be dining out with friends who are here from out of town.
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When I was in Utah, I ate at Outback STeakhouse for the first time and I thought the food was quite good.
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Have fun singdaw with your friends at dinner.
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DR Jennifer, we also purchased the Paisley Farm four bean salad from Costco. Is this the one you are talking about? I think it’s great.
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My goodness, DR JRand57 - those shelves are simple groaning! [and that's not even allowed at HHW!]
Be careful...you know what happened to DR elmore3003!
They look scary. Prior to my cleaning project some shelves were two rows deep, now there are only a few paperbacks behind other paperbacks.
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we also purchased the Paisley Farm four bean salad
That's what I'm talking about!
LIVE farm animals!!!!
;D
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Handyman is here - no solutions yet. Everything at the breaker box seems to be fine. He may have to go up to the attic to see if something's wrong up there - it's all very odd.
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DR Laura:
April Fools!
Oh but the joke is on you for missing out. ;)
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He may have to go up to the attic to see if something's wrong up there.
Perhaps there are rats in the cellar.
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Problem one solved - the bathroom and attendant circuits are fixed. Now if he can just do the same for the den, we're in business. There's a whole second set of breakers outside, and he replaced one to fix the bathroom and he's back out there trying to find the one for the den.
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Julie Andrews in her biography talks about Pellinore's dog in CAMELOT occasionally leaving puddles around the "Lusty Month of May" scene. Her bio needed a good editor to correct her occasional memory lapses, although the overall book is quite charming and delightful.
Do her occasional memory lapses have anything to do with her recollections about the dog?
I read an excerpt from the early years in Good Housekeeping. Charming describes it well.
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Is that like pulling a rabbit out of a hat? ???
;)
No. A closer parallel would be extracting a gerbil from an anus, though.
;D
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He's still out there - I really hope he can fix the den - the bathroom had been out for over a week - the den for less than twelve hours, so I'd think it would be easier to fix.
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Apparently, the bathroom breaker was corroded, and he fixed that. But he's saying the den is a different problem, although I don't really see how it can be.
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Do her occasional memory lapses have anything to do with her recollections about the dog?
I have no idea.
The memory lapses have to do with crediting someone for something they didn't do, not necessarily having the correct chronology, and that sort of thing.
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No. A closer parallel would be extracting a gerbil from an anus, though.
;D
I hope this is not personal information you're sharing with us.
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As for the Topic of the Day...
When I was on the road, Perkin's and Applebee's were always my stand-bys. -And even though I should be over "it", I still won't eat at Cracker Barrel.
Neither will I, DR Jose.
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I did get the front yard mowed. Because we've had a good amount of rain and the temps have been warm for the last month, the grass was actually quite high in spots, so it took longer to get it done than usual. Thankfully, there was a steady breeze blowing so I didn't get too hot doing the work.
Not one of my favorite things to do, of course.
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I gotta tell you.
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When I came back inside, I watched BIG NIGHT recorded off the Universal-HD channel.
I have never seen this movie despite wanting to see it for a very long time. It's charming, light, and bittersweet with Stanley Tucci and Tony Shalhoub playing Italian brothers trying to keep a restaurant afloat in NYC of the 1950s. Wonderful cast along with them: Isabella Rossalini, Minnie Driver, Campbell Scott, Ian Holm, Marc Anthony. I really enjoyed it, and seeing it in HD was a treat.
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Next came the last of the Lubitsch musicals from the box set: ONE HOUR WITH YOU. Enjoyed the score. The plot is so silly, and I was surprised how wasted Roland Young was in the movie.
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Next, I skimmed through today's AS THE WORLD TURNS. No gay boys nor were they in the previews for tomorrow.
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I got SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER cued up in the player, so I'll be watching that tonight before I skim through the IDOL results show and watch CSI: NY "live."
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When I came back inside, I watched BIG NIGHT recorded off the Universal-HD channel.
I have never seen this movie despite wanting to see it for a very long time. It's charming, light, and bittersweet with Stanley Tucci and Tony Shalhoub playing Italian brothers trying to keep a restaurant afloat in NYC of the 1950s. Wonderful cast along with them: Isabella Rossalini, Minnie Driver, Campbell Scott, Ian Holm, Marc Anthony. I really enjoyed it, and seeing it in HD was a treat.
We have watched THE BIG NIGHT more than once. Next time I'll make sure it is in HD.
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Just read NBC's new schedules for next season.
MEDIUM, LAW & ORDER, LIPSTICK JUNGLE, and FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS were all renewed but will not all be premiering in the fall.
LIPSTICK JUNGLE moves to WEdnesdays at 10 until midseason when LAW & ORDER takes over the timeslot.
LIFE will be on Fridays at 10 next season.
MEDIUM is once again being held until midseason where it will debut after NFL football season is over on Sunday nights at 9.
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I also just read the list of Peabody Award winners for 2007. (This is the highest honor a TV show can receive.)
Among the winners which are discussed here:
30 ROCK
DEXTER
PROJECT RUNWAY (first reality series winner ever)
MAD MEN
THE COLBERT REPORT
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Re: BIG NIGHT.
I have seen the recipe for the climactic entree somewhere online.
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try taking a whole grain type crisp cracker (like a Triscuit or a bit of Rye Crisp, add a dollop of sour cream and top with a marinated artichoke heart - dress with fresh cracked pepper if you'd like.
der Brucer
It was interesting. ;D
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He's been in the attic, under the house - still nothing. I really wish he'd go back to the outside breaker box and recheck that particular breaker for corrosion since that's what fixed the other thing.
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I'm praying he'll stay and just figure it out - I would hate to be without Ye Olde TV, DVD, and lights in the CD and DVD closet for too long.
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At long last page nine. And that's fine.
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Will we never get to page ten? Again?
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Re: BIG NIGHT.
I have seen the recipe for the climactic entree somewhere online.
The entire "Louis Prima meal" was so mouthwatering that I almost paused the movie just to gape at those delicious-looking dishes.
Reminded me, obviously, of BABETTE'S FEAST.
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I have some computer stuff to deal with and then I'll be heading down to get started on SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER.
WBBL.
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MEDIUM SPOILER:
Matt H:
I have to admit, however, that when Allison had the dream of Cynthia and her daughter talking at the lake, I was sure that meant that Cynthia was going to be dead soon, too, at the hands of that psychopath. Thus, the ending was a surprise. And, of course, Cynthia will get off. Killing that girl while in the throes of grief will most likely let her plead temporary insanity
Interesting, I thought she was just saying goodbye. I didn’t realize until they were at the lake it was a clue.
I was expecting Cynthia to kill the psychopath & was surprised when it seemed she was leaving without doing so.
Jennifer, I agree, with time they may have gotten the goods on the killer & doing so would have made a continuing story. I’m wondering if the ex District Attorney will be her lawyer & if Allison will still be able to prove the killer did it, just in time to get Cynthia off. I found it moving Cynthia called Allison, & really who else did she have to call.
Jennifer:
I especially loved little bridget having the visions of a white haired man.
Yes, that was cute, yet………I’m having problems believing the white haired man, or evenn some flunky attorney, would simply offer $15,000 to an idiot who ran through the wet floor signs & managed a mild break of his wrist. We were laughing at that last night.
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No luck yet - he just can't find the problem - which is a problem.
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Does the lady in red always get the hunk?
(http://bp1.blogger.com/_HtSvr0DEcpc/R_MdAu2yqHI/AAAAAAAAAu0/rfV4_8wqwzA/s320/albeeamerican.jpg)
photo: The American Dream/The Sandbox
I saw this when it premiered at the Cherry Lane in 1961.
der Brucer
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FINDING PROBLEM VIBES FOR BRUCE!
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Unless we have a miracle, he has to come back and that won't be until Saturday.
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Miracle vibes for BK!
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What we need is a miracle.
bk, can't the guy TRY replacing the Den fuse, just to SEE if that does the trick?
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I played Daddy in both of them when I was acting.
I'll bet you just blushed and giggled and went sticky wet.
der Brucer
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Does the lady in red always get the hunk?
(http://bp1.blogger.com/_HtSvr0DEcpc/R_MdAu2yqHI/AAAAAAAAAu0/rfV4_8wqwzA/s320/albeeamerican.jpg)
photo: The American Dream/The Sandbox
No I was wearing red the other night....no hunk
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Growing up, we didn't know from "chains". But the first "restaurant" (of a sort) that opened in Greenville SC that was part of a chain was Dobbs House.
What? No Stuckey's out on the highway?
der Brucer
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I want a framed photo on my wall...
...of DR Ron Pulliam at the head of the line at Levain's! 8)
I"m still waiting to go to Levains. But, I did get a cookie personally delivered by DR Jose when I was in NYC last fall with DR Sam, so I can wait :)
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What? No Stuckey's out on the highway?
der Brucer
OUr Stuckey's all closed years ago, but my Grandpa used to take me there whenever I visited him
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(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/diamonds.jpg)
??? ???
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I like Chilis. When I was a kid I loved The Happy Chef. I loved going to Minneapolis and stopping at the Happy Chef in Mankato and pressing the button on the huge Happy Chef so he would talk to me. (It's a sculpture about 2 stories tall)
A sculpture......................... that talks.................... yes!
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Well it's buyer beware. And they aren't selling any fake counterfeit diamonds there.
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I've been to that very one! :D Also known as The Gay Gourmet.
Woody owns a restaurant?
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There aren't any fuses, just the breakers. He fixed the corroded one so that the bathroom works, but hasn't been able to figure out the den problem. He's coming back on Saturday, which creates its own set of problems, since a) I have to figure out how the cleaning lady is getting in, and b) how the handyman will then get in, since I'll be gone to rehearsal until the early evening. I'll figure it out somehow.
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Until then, it's the bedroom for any DVD viewing, but given how late I get home, I wouldn't have watched anything in the den until Saturday anyway.
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LOL-It's about the same here. I know the single women are always complaining there are too few single men here. Some of the single men had complained the single women here are too darn independent.
Truth be told... the single men are with each other... and so are the single women.
Ain't life grand! ;D
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The Happy Chef
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Shortly, I shall be on my way to the Heim of Ana. From what I understand, our usual new route of the 134 to the 210 is screwed up with lots of traffic. Why? Because they're doing bush trimming - at friggin' RUSH HOUR they're trimming bushes. Someone ought to put the brainiac who scheduled this out of his misery and I'd be more than happy to volunteer for the job.
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We can blame Edi for the fun I'm having, exploring the Uncyclopedia.
For example, I was chortleing earlier today over their list of 100 worst chidren's books of all time (http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Worst_100_Childrens_Books_of_All_Time).
Be forwarned - reading this at work could result in sudden vocal outbursts. :o
I've fixed the link. Sorry about that.
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I'm told the 134 is okay to the 5, so we'll brave the 5 today, which will probably add forty minutes to today's drive, and all because of bush trimming.
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I hope this is not personal information you're sharing with us.
No....tsk....it was a "ferinstance"...
I've heard stories alleging a celebrity once was admitted to an NYC hospital where a gerbil was extracted from said orifice.
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The Happy Chef
Hey! That doesn't look like DR SWW. Except that this guy is also tall. ;)
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MEDIUM SPOILER: I found it moving Cynthia called Allison, & really who else did she have to call.
Exactly....especially with HER personality and mood swings!
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Ooh! Ooh!
I went and started
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Is that like pulling a rabbit out of a hat? ???
;)
Does anyone still wear a rabbit?
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So for any of our DRs who know about genealogy - or who know anyway -
How many years are considered a "generation"?
If someone says "this has been in our family for 7 generations." how many years is that?
Thanks!
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Ooh! Ooh!
I went and started
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Well by gosh and by golly - you're right! :D
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If some news I received yesterday from a friend pans out the Helen Hayes may be open in the fall anyway. I can say no more (a Help reference)
Oh my God, I thought she was dead!
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When I say I'm the 12th generation in my family to be in what is now the U.S. I mean my great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather came here from Midlothian Scotland in 1654. (I count me as 12, my dad as 11, my grandfather as 10 and 9 greats)
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DR Edi-Great news you will have a park and not more development.
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There is a 35 acre tract of land in Marietta near Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield, which is a national park. The owners decided the property was too prime to hang on to, so they decided to sell it. Developers were salivating over it, but in the end, the family decided to sell it to the park so they could expand.
The family is the Hensleys, as in Shuler Hensley.
I had known about the land and the potential sale for awhile but never knew who owned it until reading about it in the paper today. Apparently, Shuler's father didn't go to the ceremony yesterday (he'd had heart surgery). I didn't know that he was a former state representative.
Anyway, something nice in the news today!
Shuler Hensley is always nice in the news.
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Quote from: singdaw on Today at 05:56:27am
I've been to that very one! Also known as The Gay Gourmet.
Woody owns a restaurant?
Oh, like I'm the only Gay Gourmet. I'm not even the only one here in Rehoboth!
And I doubt anyone could get away with a Woody statue in front of the joint on the highway side.
;)
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Or you can just read this http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=11152
It tells you all you need to know
using this formula, the average generation in my family is 29.5 years
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I'm bummed out at the moment. I cracked a tooth/crown this afternoon. We are in the process of switching dentist because ours is so very expensive & we haven’t found he is worth the expense. My appointment with the new dentist isn’t until May so I have to return to the old dentist, at twice the cost.
I did coax an appointment for tomorrow instead of Tuesday & was old it could be a long wait for my turn. Since he put in this crown maybe I will get lucky & it will be repaired free-I’m not counting on it.
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When I say I'm the 12th generation in my family to be in what is now the U.S. I mean my great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather came here from Midlothian Scotland in 1654. (I count me as 12, my dad as 11, my grandfather as 10 and 9 greats)
I'm 13th generation.
Which either means you're older than I (and we both know that isn't true), or my family has been on these shores a bit longer.
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Shuler Hensley is always nice in the news.
But onstage and backstage...look out!
No, I'm sure he's a lovely gentleman.
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Thanks much, DR Cillaliz! :)
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Or you can just read this http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=11152
It tells you all you need to know
Now I don't have to ask Keith :)
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I'm 13th generation.
Which either means you're older than I (and we both know that isn't true), or my family has been on these shores a bit longer.
Or that your ancestors had children at a younger age than my ancestors
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And the Chanticleer concert last night was, as always, simply divoon. If you want to hear choral perfection, I highly recommend that you attend the next time they're performing in your area.
Will they also be doing a concert?
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Hugs to TCB.
Thanks, Jeanne. And also more thanks to Cilla, and to Fred, and to anyone else that I might have forgotten to mention.
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Good Evening!
Well, about a half hour ago I saw my parents and my cousin/aunt/some-female-relative-of-indeterminate-relation off at Port Authority where they boarded the bus back to Atlantic City. All in all, a good visit.
On their own, they:
-walked through Times Square.
-Walked by the "Good Morning America" window.
-Walked to and around Rockefeller Center.
-Stood in front of "The Today Show" windows.
-Did the whole "Top of the Rock" experience - They loved it!
-Walked around St. Patrick's Cathedral.
-Walked back through Times Square to the Al Hirschfeld Theatre.
-Saw Curtains - They loved that too!
Then once I caught up with them after the show:
-I took them on the on the subway up to Columbus Circle. It was their first subway ride in years(!!!).
-We walked around the Time-Warner Center.
-We walked around the Whole Foods in the T-WC. -My aunt is in the food service business back home in the Philippines, so she took pictures of the various hot foot bars, and salad stations.
-We went up to the Restaurant Level, where we took a few more pictures, and where they also picked up a few souvenirs - the previous day's menus from Per Se.
And then it was back on the subway to Port Authority.
*I still can't believe I actually got to see them for more than 20 minutes this time round! ;)
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Thems a lot of books, JRAnd!
Especially without crayons!
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Tonight my mom and I will go to dinner and then to the movies...The Elsinore Theatre is showing the 1933 (pre-code) comedy DESIGN FOR LIVING which stars Miriam Hopkins, Gary Cooper, and Frederic March. Should be a lot of fun!
I don't want you to get too excited, Mike; so I will tell you right now -- Gary Cooper is already dead.
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I'm fond of "Red Snapper", although the ones nearest the "coasts" are best as they get the freshest seafood, IMO.
Is Red Snapper anything like Red Lobster?
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Alas, this visit left my Mom with a scar. Well, more like a scratch. While she was waiting on the sidewalk sometime this morning, she had a run-in with a street vendor pushing his hot-dog-falafel-kebab cart. Well, he actually ran into her. He ran into her with enough force that she was pushed to the ground and her glasses and shoes(!) fell off. Thankfully, her glasses did not fall into the subway grates, but her lenses did get a bit scratched up. The man who was pushing the cart, apparently, did stop to see how she was doing and made sure she was all right before he headed on his way. So, when I saw my Mom after the show, I noticed she had a scratch and scrape below her left eye... And that's when she told me what had happened.
I'm just glad she really was all right, although, if I had been there, I would have made sure to get the vendor's license number or some other contact number just in case. If anything, I would have asked for some free food. ;)
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For the past couple of weeks the electricity in the guest bathroom as well as the little area outside of it as well as one switch in the den has been out. Not the breaker. I've just been lazy about calling the handyman, but when I awoke this morning, the electricity is now out in the entire den, and we cannot have that! So, he's coming over, sometime before one to scope it out. I have no idea what it could be. All the other rooms have full electricity.
It's probably just a furry friend stripping the wires for nest material and then the urine trails create short circuits - be patient and soon all will be dark.
der Brucer
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Can dear reader Jose help me with house seats to the Ahmanson A Chorus Line - I hate to call in favors twice in two weeks.
I'm not sure I can help you out here. The management company is still getting things in place for the tour in general, and I'm sure asking for tickets for L.A. portion of the tour right now would probably be met with a look of mild disbelief ("You want what?"). If the tickets are already on sale, I'd say just check with the box office first. -If it's like any of the other tours, the "local" comps probably won't be able to be requested until they're four to six weeks out - or, if it was like Mamma Mia/i] in some cities - they can be requested now, but won't be processed until they company is in they city in question. But I'm stopping by rehearsal tomorrow, and I can see what's up.
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No. A closer parallel would be extracting a gerbil from an anus, though.
;D
He's just a gigolo...
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When I came back inside, I watched BIG NIGHT recorded off the Universal-HD channel.
I have never seen this movie despite wanting to see it for a very long time. It's charming, light, and bittersweet with Stanley Tucci and Tony Shalhoub playing Italian brothers trying to keep a restaurant afloat in NYC of the 1950s. Wonderful cast along with them: Isabella Rossalini, Minnie Driver, Campbell Scott, Ian Holm, Marc Anthony. I really enjoyed it, and seeing it in HD was a treat.
I LOVE that movie! And....
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LOL-It's about the same here. I know the single women are always complaining there are too few single men here.
There are lots of single men in your area - they're just not interested in single women. :)
der Brucer
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Re: BIG NIGHT.
I have seen the recipe for the climactic entree somewhere online.
There was a restaurant in DC that would routinely feature menus and food items that were featured in currently running movies. They did dinners that went along with "Babette's Feast", "Like Water for Chocolate", and, of course, "Big Night".
I think "Babette's Feast" was their first "Movie Dinner". -They actually would make an evening out of it. You would have the dinner, then see the movie. However, they soon switched that order to seeing the movie first and then having the dinner. This way, nothing was "spoiled" when the customers went to see the movie. -And, more importantly, it prevented people from falling asleep in the movie theatres due to their full stomachs. ;)
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He's been in the attic, under the house - still nothing. I really wish he'd go back to the outside breaker box and recheck that particular breaker for corrosion since that's what fixed the other thing.
A simple instrument reading at the breaker box would eliminate the breaker as the cause.
der Brucer
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Apropos the lamb puppet in the current Broadway revival of Gypsy:
As one wag has written on the Internet:
...[the production] leaves poor Laura Benanti singing "Little Lamb" to a Muppet wrapped in a shmata. Come now! People spend good money in the theatre; they want to see LIVE farm animals!
;D
Yeah, those shows they used to have over on 8th Avenue with the live animals cost a lot more than GYPSY's ticket price.
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There are lots of single men in your area - they're just not interested in single women. :)
der Brucer
In reality the number of women not interested in men is far greater here.
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But onstage and backstage...look out!
No, I'm sure he's a lovely gentleman.
Having worked with the gentleman in question, I can assure you that Shuler is "lovely". ;)
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For the past couple of weeks the electricity in the guest bathroom as well as the little area outside of it as well as one switch in the den has been out. Not the breaker. I've just been lazy about calling the handyman, but when I awoke this morning, the electricity is now out in the entire den, and we cannot have that! So, he's coming over, sometime before one to scope it out. I have no idea what it could be. All the other rooms have full electricity. I do hope it's not a difficult fix. He actually didn't want to come because the business manager who handles the house took two months to pay him for the last problem he fixed. I told him that I'd pay him and then deal with them, which just seems much easier.
Well, if he can't fix it, I understand that Earl Holliman is good with his hands.
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Well... Time for me to head down to Lincoln Center to see South Pacific! -I'm actually very much looking forward to seeing this production for a number of reasons. Besides being able to hear the score being played by a 30-piece orchestra, I have two former students making their Broadway debuts in this production! :)
Laters...
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I did get the front yard mowed. Because we've had a good amount of rain and the temps have been warm for the last month, the grass was actually quite high in spots, so it took longer to get it done than usual. Thankfully, there was a steady breeze blowing so I didn't get too hot doing the work.
Not one of my favorite things to do, of course.
Does that mean you had to mow the lawn and do a daily cleaning project, Matt? Or was this in place of mopping the friggen kitchen?
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... the various hot foot bars...
Damned pranksters!
der Brucer
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Jose-I hope your former students make you proud!
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Cilla:
Does Paul have friends in Seattle?
(http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/images/2008/03/28/seattlewa230pm.jpg)
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I'm told the 134 is okay to the 5, so we'll brave the 5 today, which will probably add forty minutes to today's drive, and all because of bush trimming.
They should have started bush trimming about eight years ago.
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Tacoma used to have The Frugal Gourmet, who turned out to be The Gay Gourmet, as well.
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Woody owns a restaurant?Oh, like I'm the only Gay Gourmet. I'm not even the only one here in Rehoboth!
And I doubt anyone could get away with a Woody statue in front of the joint on the highway side.
A Woody statue? :o :o
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But onstage and backstage...look out!
No, I'm sure he's a lovely gentleman.
Oh, he is lovely.
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A simple instrument reading at the breaker box would eliminate the breaker as the cause.
Oh, DR dB -
I love it when you do "butch"! 8)
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Oh, he is lovely.
And nice, to boot! ;)
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A Woody statue? :o :o
Yeah. You can't touch it with a....
Oh, never mind. :P
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There are lots of single men in your area - they're just not interested in single women. :)
der Brucer
Well, there is the Shakespeare Festival in Ashland; and like Shakespeare himself, a lot of them prefer to it with all men.
Act, of course.
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There was a restaurant in DC that would routinely feature menus and food items that were featured in currently running movies. They did dinners that went along with "Babette's Feast", "Like Water for Chocolate", and, of course, "Big Night".
I think "Babette's Feast" was their first "Movie Dinner". -They actually would make an evening out of it. You would have the dinner, then see the movie. However, they soon switched that order to seeing the movie first and then having the dinner. This way, nothing was "spoiled" when the customers went to see the movie. -And, more importantly, it prevented people from falling asleep in the movie theatres due to their full stomachs. ;)
Did I ever mention (of course I did, I repeat everything), that I attended a Babette's Feast that was served in a haunted 11th century castle in Denmark? We never did see the ghost, but there were plenty of other spirits that evening.
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Cilla:
Does Paul have friends in Seattle?
(http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/images/2008/03/28/seattlewa230pm.jpg)
:) I wouldn't be surprised
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DR JANE - the shelves are look scarier than they are. But they are much more unorganized than I would like them to be....they are shelved by subject and author, though.
Hurray, DR JOSE will have a SOUTH PACIFIC report tomorrow!
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MAD MEN Season One on DVD on July 1.
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Interesting Reidel column, DR JOSE.
My guess is he didn't like GREASE. Or the horse it rode in on.
"_______ is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values.
I can see, historically:
A. Hair
B. Oh Calcutta!
C. Godspell
D. Jesus Christ Superstar
E. Rent
But Grease?
der Brucer
Or my favorite "Let My People Come"
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Oy.
That is all.
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Oh, DR dB -
I love it when you do "butch"! 8)
Plaid flannel shirt, tool belt, 501s, leather boots, wallet on a chain...
wait....
isn't that gay cross dressing?
der Brucer
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Oy.
That is all.
But OY spelled backwards is "YO!".
:)
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Did I ever mention that I attended a Babette's Feast that was served in a haunted 11th century castle in Denmark? We never did see the ghost, but there were plenty of other spirits that evening.
DR TCB - that sounds WAY cool! :)
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DR TCB - that sounds WAY cool! :)
It was great. It was part of an all-expense paid weekend in Denmark, put on by SAS for some of their top travel agencies on the West Coast.
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No. A closer parallel would be extracting a gerbil from an anus, though.
;D
Is Richard Gere reading this? :o
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I found this to be funny and scary at the same time. . .and better than his performance in COMPANY:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnryROEX-VA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnryROEX-VA)
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Well, if he can't fix it, I understand that Earl Holliman is good with his hands.
Well, thinking of that should put DR MBarnum into a coma.
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But they are much more unorganized than I would like them to be....they are shelved by subject and author, though.
Ours our shelved for appearance which makes them look nice, but it can take forever, if ever, for me to find a book. ::)
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Tacoma used to have The Frugal Gourmet, who turned out to be The Gay Gourmet, as well.
Wasn't that the Harassing Gay Gourmet?
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Oh! DR elmore! I have JUNO with your buddy Victoria Clark. . . :-X
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One of my favorite lesser-known shows:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG6LA9UsJQ4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG6LA9UsJQ4)
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Yes, DR Jane, and you can still find Bill Knapp's Celebration Cakes in the grocery stores. Richard and Rob bought me one for the birthday I celebrated in Indianapolis a couple of years ago:
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And now the truth can be told:
THAT FLY ON THE WALL COULD BE AN AMERICAN CYBORG SPY (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,345192,00.html)
If you thought "Robocop" was a little far-fetched, think again. Cyborgs — especially cyborg insects — are making the spy technology scene.
The newest recruits in the War on Terror are high-tech "flies on the wall." Scientists in the U.S. are fitting insects — and rats, moths, pigeons, bulls and even sharks — with special implants so they can be remote-controlled and deployed for surveillance.
The creatures are installed with special electrodes, batteries and even video cameras. The goal is to create the ultimate cyborgs to serve the U.S. as undetectable super spies.
Larry's bedbugs...
BK's moth...
Laura's Quail
And surely one of Cilla's cats
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Ours our shelved for appearance which makes them look nice, but it can take forever, if ever, for me to find a book. ::)
Maybe Keith can give Ginny some tips on how to make her stacks more pleasing!
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Who cares is a patron can find anything, as long as the browsing is a sensory pleasure.
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Wasn't that the Harassing Gay Gourmet?
And a Methodist preacher....
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One of my favorite lesser-known shows:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG6LA9UsJQ4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG6LA9UsJQ4)
And a show that I would love to let you keep!
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And a show that I would love to let you keep!
Oh, DR TCB, I'd let you sing Debra Monk's part. ;)
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And a Methodist preacher....
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Yes indeed. When I first met Jeff we were preparing for an Easter Sunrise Service presented by the combined Methodist Ministries of Tacoma.
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Oh, DR TCB, I'd let you sing Debra Monk's part. ;)
Over your dead body! ;)
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Over your dead body! ;)
Fine. I thought that we could work in a chorus or tow of "Everybody's Girl." ;D
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Mirror, Mirror on the Donald's wall...
(http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/images/2008/04/02/inventorfabricecoffrini.jpg)
French Denis Thevenin shows his invention, a unique system for viewing ones head and hair, set with light and portable mirrors to use for comb, coloring, make-up, shaving, during the opening day of the 36th International Exhibition of Invention, on April 2, 2008 in Geneva. More than 700 exhibitors from 45 countries are present at the World's largest exhibition devoted to innovation in the world. By Fabrice Coffrini/Getty.
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My friend Betzy, she of the Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein (that's three Gerts) last weekend; came up with an idea about last week's photo shoot that hadn't occurred to me. She said that she asumed that they would be using those photos for billboards and ads on the sides of buses.....
Wouldn't that be a hoot!
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Oh! DR TCB! Here's a part for you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6giQUInFovo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6giQUInFovo)
:o
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My friend Betzy, she of the Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein (that's three Gerts) last weekend; came up with an idea about last week's photo shoot that hadn't occurred to me. She said that she asumed that they would be using those photos for billboards and ads on the sides of buses.....
Wouldn't that be a hoot!
I, for one, can't wait to see DR TCB plastered on the side of a bus. . . . ;)
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Oh! DR TCB! Here's a part for you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6giQUInFovo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6giQUInFovo)
:o
I would never try to top the incredible Miss Kitt.
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I, for one, can't wait to see DR TCB plastered on the side of a bus. . . . ;)
Gee, that is so sweet................ ??? ??? ??? ???
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I, for one, can't wait to see DR TCB plastered on the side of a bus. . . . ;)
Shouldn't you wait until your name is on the insurance policy?
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I'm bummed out at the moment. I cracked a tooth/crown this afternoon. We are in the process of switching dentist because ours is so very expensive & we haven’t found he is worth the expense. My appointment with the new dentist isn’t until May so I have to return to the old dentist, at twice the cost.
I did coax an appointment for tomorrow instead of Tuesday & was old it could be a long wait for my turn. Since he put in this crown maybe I will get lucky & it will be repaired free-I’m not counting on it.
~~~Feel Better (and Free Repair) Vibes for DR Jane!!~~~
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DR Jane - sorry to hear about your dental mishap.
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Shouldn't you wait until your name is on the insurance policy?
I was thinking of the other kind of "plastered". . . :-[
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One of my favorite lesser-known shows:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG6LA9UsJQ4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG6LA9UsJQ4)
thank you.
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DR Jane, so sorry about the tooth. . . :'(
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DR Jane, so sorry about the tooth. . . :'(
Yes, Jane, I hope you get a quick and inexpensive repair.
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Another YouTube before I walk the dog and descend the steps. . .
Much better this way than just listening the soundboard taping, or was it an audience member who taped?. . .
Idina Menzel sings "Cornet Man."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmU3qsVCym8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmU3qsVCym8)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6giQUInFovo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6giQUInFovo)
:)
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Today was a long and hard day at work. I would like to add that it would have been considerably less long and hard were my boss not a total boob.
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Another YouTube before I walk the dog and descend the steps. . .
Much better this way than just listening the soundboard taping, or was it an audience member who taped?. . .
Idina Menzel sings "Cornet Man."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmU3qsVCym8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmU3qsVCym8)
Talent, personality & beauty :)
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If I were writing a progress note about myself it would say "Antonia has demonstrating extremely low frustration tolerance."
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Thank you Dear Readers George, Ginny, td, & TCB. At least it is more annoying than anything.
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Jane, sorry to hear about your tooth. I hope your trip to the dentist is a painless and inexpensive one!
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TPunk, frustration tolerance vibes!
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Thank you DR Laura.
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If I were writing a progress note about myself it would say "Antonia has demonstrating extremely low frustration tolerance."
You would have to add "and it appears with good reason!"
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Ginny, I’m sure the cake and Haagen-Dazs were yummy.
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DR TPunk - today's Dilbert would resonate for you.
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Ginny, I’m sure the cake and Haagen-Dazs were yummy.
Yes, they were!
'night!
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'night
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(((((TPunk)))))
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I'm leaving work now. Have a good (rest of the) evening, all. :)
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Having worked with the gentleman in question, I can assure you that Shuler is "lovely". ;)
Now that looks like a real Marietta boy!
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Vibes to TCB, Jane, T-Punk and all what needs 'em!
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There was a restaurant in DC that would routinely feature menus and food items that were featured in currently running movies. They did dinners that went along with "Babette's Feast", "Like Water for Chocolate", and, of course, "Big Night".
I think "Babette's Feast" was their first "Movie Dinner". -They actually would make an evening out of it. You would have the dinner, then see the movie. However, they soon switched that order to seeing the movie first and then having the dinner. This way, nothing was "spoiled" when the customers went to see the movie. -And, more importantly, it prevented people from falling asleep in the movie theatres due to their full stomachs. ;)
The dishes in BIG NIGHT looked absolutely scrumptious.
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Cilla, I finally found the story about your squirrel, Twinkletoes. I'm so sorry to hear that.
I look forward to seeing the wildlife that inhabits my yard when I come home from work. One of the owls that lives around here sounds just like a monkey. He's a barred owl, but we call him the monkey owl.
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The dishes in BIG NIGHT looked absolutely scrumptious.
As did Tony Shalhoub. This is the film that made me think of him for the voice of Sacco.
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Does that mean you had to mow the lawn and do a daily cleaning project, Matt? Or was this in place of mopping the friggen kitchen?
No, I cleaned the den early this morning, and mowed the front lawn around 12:30. Good thing I did, too, as it's been raining off and on all evening long.
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Time for beddy-bye. Boy, this was a tough day at work, an almost impossible deadline, which makes me insane because I always screw something up when I'm under pressure, time-wise, but all of our spots passed with flying colors for the network head. And the original shoot we did with Kyra in NY (I made 10 spots out of it) is a big hit. They are going to do a story about it and air one of the spots on ACCESS HOLLYWOOD, probably Friday.
So my DH and I went out for dinner and a margarita. (I could have demolished a pitcher, but I'm glad I didn't!)
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I spent a good portion of the evening with the 30th anniversary edition of SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER. Definitely the best this movie has EVER looked on home video. Paramount actually struck a new master for this DVD release. There's no dirt, reel change markers, or other artifacts to ruin the image. The 5.1 sound is fine.
Once again, I had forgotten chunks of the movie, so it was nice revisiting it.
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My Charles Trenet and Nino Rota CD's are back-ordered at DeepDiscount. :'(
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There were a bunch of bonus features on the disc (only a single disc edition), and luckily I had time to watch everything since my TV didn't start until 10. Most of them were puff pieces shouting hossanahs to the film and the personnel, but they covered things pretty thoroughly. Nice to see the hunky Joe Cali taking us for a tour of present day Brooklyn showing filming locations that were the same and those that were now either different or gone.
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CSI: NY had an OK case about a hit woman who's a master of disguise and a master of electronics. Pretty far-fetched, and the show ended in a gunfight, not very CSI-like at all.
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As for the IDOL results show, the one eliminated was pretty predictable and well deserved.
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I'm going to write for awhile and then head down to bed.
Good night!
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Cilla, I finally found the story about your squirrel, Twinkletoes. I'm so sorry to hear that.
I look forward to seeing the wildlife that inhabits my yard when I come home from work. One of the owls that lives around here sounds just like a monkey. He's a barred owl, but we call him the monkey owl.
There was another squirrel who tried to do the Twinkletoes upside down thing. He came close. It was clearly a different squirrel - very white fur on his chest.
Monday night we had a little snow and Tuesday morning my yard was covered with all sorts of animal tracks. My mother was amazed at the tracks left my my outdoor friends
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Talent, personality & beauty :)
Thank you for saying that, DR Jane - I know a lot of people who think otherwise. . . :-[
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Monday night we had a little snow and Tuesday morning my yard was covered with all sorts of animal tracks. My mother was amazed at the tracks left my my outdoor friends
Cyborg spies - I'm tellin' ya!
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Cyborg spies - I'm tellin' ya!
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8)
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That's a smiley in cyborg spy glasses
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Oh good heavens Page 14...and just as I was about to say good night
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Good night, Cilla. :)
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Good Evening!
I'm back from South Pacific...
I'll keep this "review" short. For now at least. All in all, a very enjoyable evening. However, I wasn't as blown away by the production as much as I had expected to be - at least from the reactions of some of my friends and colleagues. I know South Pacific very well after working on two major regional productions of the show, and through my own study of the show - including all the cut and interpolated material, so...
The whole show is there, however... This production does include "My Girl Back Home", but it's been placed where I don't recall it every being placed before. The book scene setting up the song actually seemed a bit "suspect" to me. -I'll have to go back through my script library. There were also a few small dance breaks I don't ever recall seeing or hearing. Again, I'll have to check my scores.
I appreciated the director's choice to make everything seem "real", however, I felt at times that it felt almost "too real". The show is very realistically, deliberately paced. Nothing is rushed, nothing is forced. Unfortunately, at least for me, there was no constant "crackle" or "tension" in the air. South Pacific has never been an "exciting", edge of your seat show, but the juxtaposition of the War and the beauty of the setting should provide some sort of tension throughout. The score is also presented in a very "easy" manner which, to me, made everything sound a metronome tick to slow.
All of the above is truly nit-picking due to my familiarity with the material. I really did like the production. There is a TON of good stuff in the production. The 30-piece orchestra! - which actually gets revealed - literally - at various points in the show. The leads are uniformly well cast, and really inhabit their parts - and sing like dreams! And if Danny Burstein doesn't get a Tony nomination for his portrayal of Billis, then I'd have to seriously consider boycotting the Tony Awards this year! -Well, maybe not a boycott, but his Billis is truly the best one I've ever seen.
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As for the IDOL results show, the one eliminated was pretty predictable and well deserved.
Kristy Lee looked absolutely stunning this evening! She is prettier than Cybill Shepherd was, but they are very similar in appearance.
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"_______ is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values.
I can see, historically:
A. Hair
B. Oh Calcutta!
C. Godspell
D. Jesus Christ Superstar
E. Rent
But Grease?
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Or my favorite "Let My People Come"
He's talking about the current revival of Grease, not Grease in general.
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And, yes, I was very proud of my former students. -And I'm glad I was able to make my way through the veritable maze of hallways backstage without getting lost. ;)
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Well... It's been a long(!) day, and I'm definitely ready to get some sleep, so...
Goodnight.
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Back from a good rehearsal and a good dinner and a surprisingly easy drive - no bush trimming and not much slowing on the 134 to the 210 so I don't know what all that drama was about.
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I don't think it's furry things stripping wiring - there is no exposed wiring, it's all inside pipes and stuff. And the problem with the bathroom certainly was easy - corrosion on the breaker.
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Nobody here but us chickens.