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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were apt, and now it is time for you to post until the apt cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: CELERITY!
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I'm on my new computer and updating iTunes to the newest version, 8.2.1. My old computer, which I'm still keeping, can only handle version 7.4, or something like that.
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BK, I've really been enjoying all the Kritzerland soundtrack releases, but I'm always excited for a new cast album reissue! :D
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I'm on my new computer and updating iTunes to the newest version, 8.2.1. My old computer, which I'm still keeping, can only handle version 7.4, or something like that.
And now I have to restart my computer, then I can import all my iTunes songs from my old computer...it took four, count 'em FOUR blank discs. That's probably not a lot, compared to others here.
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So, good night, all!
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CONTINUED HEALTH VIBES TO ALL THAT NEED THEM
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TOD
TWO CDs by Daniel Nihmod whose concert I saw on Wednesday night. They are: One Power and Serenity which is a cd of instrumentals.
He writes a wide variety of songs.
Looking forward to his new cd coming out in three weeks Time For Fire
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Not listening to anything right now but I will plug into the Beeb soon.
We may start watching Lost Empires this weekend, a Masterpiece Theatre/Granada Television series from the mid-80s. We began watching it and for various reasons (wonky discs and then a wonky DVD player) we never were able to finish. Now that we have our new player we will begin watching from the beginning.
Last night we watched the bonus features from Sleeping Beauty (thanks Larry) and finished the bonus features from Pinocchio (Anthony gave me the DVD for our anniversary).
We also have The Good Companions which Ant's mother recorded from Turner a few weeks ago.
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I have been moved to my temporary space. It will be perhaps two weeks of time. I won't be around much (it's still early which is why I'm posting) since I'm now in an open space with 4 other people. As much as people make jokes about cubicles they do offer a modicum of privacy. It was easy to take a two minute break and hang out here but now in the open with 4 (or more) people surrounding you the focus is on work.
Ah, well. Perhaps in the next two weeks I will be more productive.
Bye for now.
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TOD:
CD:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51r04G6XIRL._SS500_.jpg)
DVD:
(http://turnerclassic.moviesunlimited.com/boxcovers/250_Wide/D37525.jpg)
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Good morning!
Kind of gray here this morning, not especially warm (yet), and we might have some rain this afternoon.
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I wish I could say I passed a better night last night, but I'd be lying if I did. Still only got about three or four hours of sleep. Still, the pain did seem about 1/4 less severe than it had been the last few mornings. I hope that level of ache can continue to improve as I work my way through the six days of steroid dosing.
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I've already taken my shower and cleaned up for the day, but naturally won't head out on Friday errands until closer to noon. I'm going to head down in a little way and recommence with NCIS.
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Interesting that NCIS was so popular last year that CBS ordered 25 episodes rather than the usual 22 that most series get for a full season order. I am enjoying the shows and really think adding Rocky Carroll as the new NCIS director (after they killed off - deservedly - the poor Lauren Holly) improved the season considerably.
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On TV Tonight!™
ABC - 20/20
CBS - NEIL DIAMOND special
FOX - MENTAL (season finale)
NBC - DATELINE
FOOD - CHEFS VS. CITY
H&G - BANG FOR THE BUCK
SYFY - EUREKA
USA - MONK, PSYCH
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Famous quote using "apt":
Scottie: "I'll bet you very a very apt pupil, weren't you, Judy? A very apt pupil."
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Heading down now to rejoin Leroy Jethro Gibbs and company on NCIS.
WBBL.
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I have been moved to my temporary space. It will be perhaps two weeks of time. I won't be around much (it's still early which is why I'm posting) since I'm now in an open space with 4 other people. As much as people make jokes about cubicles they do offer a modicum of privacy. It was easy to take a two minute break and hang out here but now in the open with 4 (or more) people surrounding you the focus is on work.
Ah, well. Perhaps in the next two weeks I will be more productive.
Bye for now.
I hate it when there is no space to rest your face.
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The thing I have watched most recently is the HBO movie,"Grey Gardens" with Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lang and "When Harry Met Sally."
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This weekend, I'll probably watch SUNSHINE CLEANING and, if they arrive as they should, ADVENTURELAND and AMERICAN SON.
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Last night, I watched JULIA with Tilda Swinton.
If she doesn't get an Oscar nomination for this film, then the producers & distributor should be taken out and stoned.
She delivers an amazing performance.
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Good morning, all! I slept soundly from 11 to around 1:30, and then i was up and down to the bathroom or wide awake most of the night. Around 6 or so I slept very heavily until 8:45. I absolutely hate it. I did have one weird dream combining a Jiulliard student concert, a lost number from PORGY & BESS, the great coloratura soprano Reri Grist, and a frightening murder; it was bizarre.
Today, I'm going nowhere; I have things to do at home: MOST HAPPY FELLA, checking the LIFE BEGINS AT 8:40 scores, Brent's Christmas album. I've also been going over the new full score to Kern's OH BOY! with a fine-toothed comb; we have decisions to make in the PHI office about it. This is my life for the weekend.
TOD:
DVD: A BBC 2-disc murder mystery and a ghost story anthology from Netflix, several operettas
CD: Roger Quilter's "Children's Overture," Guy Haines, Liz Callaway, Victorian concert overtures, Jacques Offenbach
VCR: cheap porn
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And the word of the day is: CELERITY!
And The Song Of The Day Is: ALLEGRO
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Lovely countertops, DR CILLA LIZ.
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TOD:
DVD - Aventurera so that Molly could see it
CD - Man of La Mancha OBC
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Continuing yesterday's TOD....I could find only one song from this couple on You Tube....it is not my favorite, but it is typical.
The inimitable piano and vocal stylings of Jonathan & Darlene Edwards
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alWBCVHGPnY
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Completely forgot the Friday Media Check:
CD - THE BOY FROM OZ (OBC)
DVD - NCIS, Season 6, discs 4 & 5
DOLLHOUSE, Season 1, disc 2 (Blu-ray)
DVR - last night's ROYAL PAINS
last night's THE MENTALIST rerun
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I got two more NCIS episodes watched.
The first was the very memorable Christmas episode that had me bawling my eyes out by the end of it.
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The second found McGee trapped in a wpomen's prison which is locked down when a riot occurs and a murder is committed. He basically has to solve the crime to save his life. Good showcase for Sean Murray.
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Does this take us to Page Two?
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Yes!
Page Two Dance!!!
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OK, hopping off-line now to do some computer tinkering.
WBBL.
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Thanks for the link. I love Jonathan and Darlene.
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Before Wing! Before Mrs. Miller! But after Florence Foster Jenkins! There was Jonathan and Darlene!
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Been E&T and must catch up at some point.
Mini-tax-season is in effect, which is really a good thing, in that it provides assurance that the work flow continues despite the economy.
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Stephen King's "Apt Pupil" was one of his more disturbing short stories. Lousy movie, though...
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Last night, I watched JULIA with Tilda Swinton.
If she doesn't get an Oscar nomination for this film, then the producers & distributor should be taken out and stoned.
She delivers an amazing performance.
Hmmm...seems that movies with "Julia" in the title often have a lot of good luck for the actresses within.
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Good Friday morning.
TOD:
DVD: MIRACLE KID (1942) starring Tom Neal and Carol Hughes.
CD: Sound track to a new Bollywood movie, the name of which escapes me.
DVR: Maverick episodes..I think there is one with Kathleen Crowley and one with William Reynolds.
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I'm up, I'm up, and must start the jog in about twenty minutes.
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Friday morning greetings! As long as things remain quiet there, Richard and I are taking a day off from hospital visiting. He has some Honor Guard duties today and I have a lot of puttering and errands to do.
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So, I recorded my first hi-def movie last night on MGM-HD - but on the machine it said 480p or i or whatever. Does the machine not record in hi-def at 1080? Is that only a watch it now thing? Or is there a setting I need to futz with?
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I wonder how apt it is that the abbreviaton for the word "apartment" is "apt".
What would have happened, I wonder, if Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond had been in an abbreviated mood and had penned/directed/released "The Apt" instead of "The Apartment"?
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A word of caution to Mr. Bruce Kimmel regarding his DVR and setting recordings:
Some channels (some, mind you) don't necessarily start a program exactly when the channel guide says they will. And some programs (mind you) don't necessarily end exactly when the channel guide shows them to be ending.
What you may get is a few minutes of pre-programming, followed by the program, and then you might find you may not get the last few minutes of the program, This can be VERY annoying.
Not all channels -- NAY! Not even "most" channels -- do this thing. Most are ultra-reliable. But...you need to be aware of possibilities.
If there is something you absolutely do not want to miss one minute of -- something that might turn you into some unseemly raving individual if you missed a minute of it -- I recommend you go into the "set recording" mode and add a few minutes on the front and at the end...just to be CERTAIN.
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So, I recorded my first hi-def movie last night on MGM-HD - but on the machine it said 480p or i or whatever. Does the machine not record in hi-def at 1080? Is that only a watch it now thing? Or is there a setting I need to futz with?
This I do not know. There must be a manual of some sort that may give insight into whether you can adjust the settings for the sort of signal you wish to record.
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And if it weren't for the cops pulling people over almost every 15 minutes last night, I probably would have gotten a more decent night's sleep. -My bedroom is on the street-side of the apartment, so the briefs bouts of sirens and the "christmas lights" were a bit distracting. Sadly, I believe the reason for the extra police presence last night was due to the fact that an 8-year old boy was accidentally killed by a taxi just a couple of blocks from my 'hood yesterday. And there was also some sort of police investigation going on in the 125th Street subway station yesterday afternoon, that ended up "express-ing" the trains for a couple of hours.
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In any case....
Good morning.
I needz coffee.
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Continuing yesterday's TOD....I could find only one song from this couple on You Tube....it is not my favorite, but it is typical.
The inimitable piano and vocal stylings of Jonathan & Darlene Edwards
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alWBCVHGPnY
Thanks for this! I have both their albums. Love it!!!! :D
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Continuing yesterday's TOD....I could find only one song from this couple on You Tube....it is not my favorite, but it is typical.
The inimitable piano and vocal stylings of Jonathan & Darlene Edwards
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alWBCVHGPnY
Thanks for this! I have both their albums. Love it!!!! :D
Are their albums currently available on CD? I check every now and then, but can't seem to find them. ???
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If there is something you absolutely do not want to miss one minute of -- something that might turn you into some unseemly raving individual if you missed a minute of it -- I recommend you go into the "set recording" mode and add a few minutes on the front and at the end...just to be CERTAIN.
This does drive me crazy. And unfortunately, if you want to use the "express pass" setting to record a show's whole season, my box doesn't allow you to add the extra minutes before and after. So you have to manually set it up each week to record each new episode. :(
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And I think there's something quite funny - and almost ironic - about the fact that the person who introduced me to John and Darlene Edwards was my college piano teacher/professor. :)
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Check Amazon.com
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Are their albums currently available on CD?
Yes!! HERE (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_2_16?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=jonathan+and+darlene&sprefix=Jonathan+and+Dar&sprefix=Jonathan+and+Dar&sprefix=Jonathan+and+Dar)
[results #s 1 & 2]
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Jonathan & Darlene "performing" the BeeGee's Staying Alive (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8do_Vsc4Frw&NR=1) :)
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Yes....some but not all are available. I have two CD's, and couple of albums. But I have yet to find a copy of my near favorite.....The Carioca.
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You're Blase' and I Love Paris will probably all be my favorites.
I was reminded of Jonathan and Darlene when DR CP mentioned Spike Jones yesterday.
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I Love Paris
A true classic!
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The Carioca.
This was used as the backing track to the opening credits of some move. Sorry; can't remember now which one.
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TOD -
CDs: At home, OBC Next to Normal, without a booklet; in my car, audiobook Commodore: The Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by Edward Renehan; in Richard's car, audiobook A New Song by Jan Karon. Both audiobooks are narrated by John McDonough, who has a wonderful voice.
DVDs: Gilmore Girls, season 2; and whatever Richard has from Netflix.
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This cracked me up from DR MBarnum yesterday:
I took a bit of a nap this evening, so I hope I can get to sleep tonight. I did not intend to nap, but I was watching an old Tom Neal movie where he goes around shirtless a lot. Unfortunately, there was a scene in which he was fully clothed and that is when I dozed off.
:D
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Beware the cheeky crasher squirrel (http://www.canada.com/technology/Banff%20squirrel%20photo%20gets%20huge%20attention/1889605/story.html)!!!!!
(http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465/1d/www.canada.com/technology/banff%20squirrel%20photo%20gets%20huge%20attention/1889605/1890374.bin?size=620x400)
I suppose it won't be long before we see him wearing Aretha's inaugural hat!
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Are their albums currently available on CD?
Yes!! HERE (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_2_16?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=jonathan+and+darlene&sprefix=Jonathan+and+Dar&sprefix=Jonathan+and+Dar&sprefix=Jonathan+and+Dar)
[results #s 1 & 2]
That's really weird. I mean, I've checked Amazon before... And those are from 1993... Hmmm....
Guess I should add them to my Wish List. ;)
*DR DAW - You do know that you can "gift" MP3s too. ;D
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PAGE THREE VOGUE DANCE!!!!!!!
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Continuing yesterday's TOD....I could find only one song from this couple on You Tube....it is not my favorite, but it is typical.
The inimitable piano and vocal stylings of Jonathan & Darlene Edwards
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alWBCVHGPnY
I have all their records but have not transferred them to another medium yet. I loved Ms. Stafford's recording as Cinderella Humpmuster doing "Tim-Tay-Shun" too!
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you can "gift" MP3s too.
I'll keep that in mind. :)
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Continuing yesterday's TOD....I could find only one song from this couple on You Tube....it is not my favorite, but it is typical.
The inimitable piano and vocal stylings of Jonathan & Darlene Edwards
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alWBCVHGPnY
Thanks for this! I have both their albums. Love it!!!! :D
I think they had 5 albums--"The Song Stylings of..." ...In Paris" The 20's album, the Sing-a-long album and the tribute to Fats Waller
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I think they had 5 albums
I should have added "that are currently available on CD." :)
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What did zero say to eight?
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Nice belt!
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Hello, my name is Jeff, and I am a Percoset addict. :)
My, but THE PRODUCERS floated by last night in a pale pink haze.
BK, you should be able to record in 1080p. (BK will wait until MattH answers him, LOL).
I am hoping that due to BK's mention of finally "cracking a hard nut" we will finally be getting A TIME FOR SINGING.
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Jonathan & Darlene "performing" the BeeGee's Staying Alive (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8do_Vsc4Frw&NR=1) :)
Well I guess if Ethel Merman can do a disco album, Darlene can too!
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A word of caution to Mr. Bruce Kimmel regarding his DVR and setting recordings:
Some channels (some, mind you) don't necessarily start a program exactly when the channel guide says they will. And some programs (mind you) don't necessarily end exactly when the channel guide shows them to be ending.
What you may get is a few minutes of pre-programming, followed by the program, and then you might find you may not get the last few minutes of the program, This can be VERY annoying.
Not all channels -- NAY! Not even "most" channels -- do this thing. Most are ultra-reliable. But...you need to be aware of possibilities.
If there is something you absolutely do not want to miss one minute of -- something that might turn you into some unseemly raving individual if you missed a minute of it -- I recommend you go into the "set recording" mode and add a few minutes on the front and at the end...just to be CERTAIN.
When I used to record movies, I would start the recording manually in order to avoid this problem...even if I had to stay up until 3 am to do it.
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I believe I have told my own little Jonathan and Darlene story. I knew there were two CDs available, but had never been able to find them. This was years and years ago before the internets were such a daily part of life. Well Betsy had a business meeting in the tiny town of Port Townsend, Washington. Gabe was still a baby. On her meeting day I put Gabe in his stroller and took a walk through the small but lovely downtown block or two and found a tiny (like maybe 15 feet by 40 feet) record/CD store. I walked in and there in the "cheapie" box on the front counter were the two J&D CD's. I couldn't believe it. I asked the owner how he got them and he said someone had special ordered them thinking it was the "Sunshine" Jonathan Edwards, LOL.
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The Carioca.
This was used as the backing track to the opening credits of some move. Sorry; can't remember now which one.
I think her recording of "Moonlight on the Ganges" was used over the opening credits of something like "Kentucky FriedMovie" too.
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I see that I've passed the 1000 postings mark.
;D
Now, I have to shoot for 2000.
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1002
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1003
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::)
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Various musicians I knew used to play these records as background music at parties and wait and see how long it took for people to say something. Often people thought it was a friend's recording and didn't want to say anything nasty.
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Continuing yesterday's TOD....I could find only one song from this couple on You Tube....it is not my favorite, but it is typical.
The inimitable piano and vocal stylings of Jonathan & Darlene Edwards
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alWBCVHGPnY
Thanks for this! I have both their albums. Love it!!!! :D
Are their albums currently available on CD? I check every now and then, but can't seem to find them. ???
Check your email!
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Congratulations on your lofty new perch in the HHW firmament, DR Druxy!!! :)
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I see that I've passed the 1000 postings mark.
;D
Now, I have to shoot for 2000.
Congratulations!
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People can email me if they'd like MP3s of J&D, though I can't get to it until next week.
DAW, I promise I'll get Judy to you next week, too.
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For Pogue when he checks in:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztA0AJxHqQ8&NR=1
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Continuing yesterday's TOD....I could find only one song from this couple on You Tube....it is not my favorite, but it is typical.
The inimitable piano and vocal stylings of Jonathan & Darlene Edwards
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alWBCVHGPnY
Thanks for this! I have both their albums. Love it!!!! :D
Are their albums currently available on CD? I check every now and then, but can't seem to find them. ???
Check your email!
I see I arrived late to the party. I played Jonathan and Darlene Edwards' recordings throughout the late 1960s just to drive college roommates insane. I loved the Mitch Miller parody. The first album was so understated that people bought it (a la Eddy Duchin albums( thinking it was another lounge classic and returned it because the pianist stank. The second recording, "I Love Paris," was much broader, and still my fave.
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The Carioca.
This was used as the backing track to the opening credits of some move. Sorry; can't remember now which one.
I think her recording of "Moonlight on the Ganges" was used over the opening credits of something like "Kentucky FriedMovie" too.
I read that "The Carioca" was used over the opening credits to "The Kentucky Fried Movie". Of course, the source was YouTube...but the write up was very thorough and seemed to have been written by a die-hard Jo Stafford fan.
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I've been receiving John McGlinn performances from various sources, and this morning I downloaded his 2003 BBC Radio-3 concert, New York NY, with Kim Criswell who does a fantastic "Another Hundred People" and Brent Barrett, who does a wonderful song by my friend Barry Kleinbort.
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DAW, I promise I'll get Judy to you next week, too.
DR JMK - no rush. I do understand that you're a bit pre-occupied this week. :)
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DAW, I promise I'll get Judy to you next week, too.
DR JMK - no rush. I do understand that you're a bit pre-occupied this week. :)
Not to mention heavily drugged. ;D
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I see that I've passed the 1000 postings mark.
;D
Now, I have to shoot for 2000.
CONGRATS ON YOUR MILLSTONE
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re: last night's BIG BROTHER DR MBarnum wrote:
BB11 was extra good tonight!!!
Hmm, for some reason i thought you might be unhappy. I thought the departed was one of your favorites. I have to say i could not be happier. He and Gnat were so obnoxious. I hope she is not far behind! Also since Chima did not go crazy as she promised, I wonder if they did not do the show live for nothing.
I'm interested to see who the hoh nominates. Hopefully not jeff and jordan.
Btw, it is funny that everyone knew jeff was the wizard but jordan. oy, she could not take a hint!
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Oh! Is that what"BB11" stands for? I was afraid to ask.
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Oh! Is that what"BB11" stands for? I was afraid to ask.
:o ::) :P ;D :-*
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In other news...
It looks like today is going to be a good day to spend some time outside. No rain, blue skies and lower temps and humidity. Hmmm...
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Some of our church music sounds rather like Jonathan and Darlene.
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Congrats to Texan reader DR DRUXY on 1000 posts!
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Back from a three mile jog - very nice out. Something on a hi-def channel is recording now, but the light on the machine says 480
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Hello, my name is Jeff, and I am a Percoset addict. :)
My, but THE PRODUCERS floated by last night in a pale pink haze.
BK, you should be able to record in 1080p. (BK will wait until MattH answers him, LOL).
I am hoping that due to BK's mention of finally "cracking a hard nut" we will finally be getting A TIME FOR SINGING.
If we are placing bets, I'm laying my money on DONNYBROOK!
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Well, one learns something new every day around these parts. While I'm sure that I've heard their music, I've never heard of Jonathan and Darlene before. Something new to discover and devour!
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Some of our church music sounds rather like Jonathan and Darlene.
I hope you are not referring to certain arrangers' work? :)
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Hello, everyone.
Not feeling well again today, but have a few errands and such which must be done.
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TOD:
DVD: SECRET AGENT AKA DANGER MAN (Great fun!)
THE SAINT
CAMBRIDGE SPIES
MONSIEUR HIRE
CD: ROBSON & JEROME
TOM JONES
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JOSE!!!! Your new avatar!! LOL.
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It isn't Donnybrook and it isn't A Time For Singing.
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TTFN, folks.
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Some of our church music sounds rather like Jonathan and Darlene.
I hope you are not referring to certain arrangers' work? :)
No, no! Not the arranger. The singers and a couple of the sub pianists.
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DR DtM - The origin of Jonathan & Darlene Edwards, their history, and the interviews they gave are great discoveries!
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JOSE!!!! Your new avatar!! LOL.
Thank You! Just gearing up for this Sunday's season premiere of "Mad Men". :)
Mad Men Yourself (http://www.amctv.com/originals/madmen/madmenyourself/)
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Some of our church music sounds rather like Jonathan and Darlene.
DR LAURA....everyone can have a bad day.
http://www.billandellie.com/sounds/Messiah.mp3
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And here's my complete Mad Men'd self - with "accoutrements". ;)
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Has it been mentioned here before and does it need to be mentioned again that Jonathan and Darlene are indeed Paul Weston and Jo Stafford.
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And does everyone realize that what Jonathan& Darlene do is Very Very Difficult
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Has it been mentioned here before and does it need to be mentioned again that Jonathan and Darlene are indeed Paul Weston and Jo Stafford.
Arnold, Arnold, Arnold, how many times do we have to tell you to post SPOILER WARNINGS?
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And does everyone realize that what Jonathan& Darlene do is Very Very Difficult
I dunno. We find it pretty easy to sound bad.
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DR LAURA....everyone can have a bad day.
http://www.billandellie.com/sounds/Messiah.mp3
This is one of my favorite Christmas pieces.
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My memory is that Ruth Hossack of Hossack's Jewelry and Records had turned me on to Jonathan and Darlene because I had bought every Anna Russell recording she had in stock - I'm still missing one and the CDs are incomplete - and I was raving about Mrs Miller to her.
I liked Ruth Hossack a lot, even though we were poles apart politically. She was crazy, a John Birch Society member, ultra-conservative, hater of anti-war protestors and blacks, yet we talked records, releases, and repertoire, and she clearly liked me because she was very generous in her discounts to meand even hired me the summer of 1970 to work the store. She had gotten so enormous that she spent her days in the apartment above the shop drinking gin and spending a lot of time in the tub because the water relieved the pressures her avoirdupois subjected her skeletal frame to. We had few customers during the day and an enormous stock that collectors from all over the country purchased, so she wopuld call me on the phone and tell me stories about record salesmen, artists she'd met, how she lost 100 lbs on a diet of shrimp and gin, and other matters.
Her husband was a wonderful jeweler and a very kind and patient man.
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Has it been mentioned here before and does it need to be mentioned again that Jonathan and Darlene are indeed Paul Weston and Jo Stafford.
Arnold, Arnold, Arnold, how many times do we have to tell you to post SPOILER WARNINGS?
JMK et ALL ---I'M SORRY-I"M SORRY-I"M SORRY-I'M SORRY
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DR DtM - The origin of Jonathan & Darlene Edwards, their history, and the interviews they gave are great discoveries!
I think I missed this, can't find it now (don't tell RLP)--can someone re-post it please?
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OK... I've dawdled too long at the fair.
Laters...
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I just ordered a Jonathan and Darlene CD as well as a Florence Foster Jenkins CD. They will amuse me while I am having my broken tooth fixed next week.
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OK... I've dawdled too long at the fair.
Laters...
Very nice site DR JOSE
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My MAD MEN icon Dance.
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Kerry,
God bless you! I have been looking for that for years!
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An interview with Jonathan and Darlene for DR JMK.
http://www.counterpoint-music.com/specialties/interview.html
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Sometimes I like to party.
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DR JOSE do you know a pianist named Matthew Gianforte?
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I guess people are stunned by my transformation.
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DR JOSE do you know a pianist named Matthew Gianforte?
I believe you mean Matthew Pianoforte.
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DR JMK don't you have a show to do?
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DR JMK don't you have a show to do?
I'm off for the next two days, baby--a little thing called a Bar Mitzvah is on my agenda. :)
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Oh so now the dancers have to deal with those huge gaps of silence.
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Have you set up an online photo album for the event?
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Oh so now the dancers have to deal with those huge gaps of silence.
Yes. :) My assistant keyboard player, who's conducting tonight, made me LOL yesterday when I emailed to tell everyone I had injured my leg and was on Percoset. She told me to take lots before last night's show so that tonight and tomorrow would sound good by comparison. :)
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Some of our church music sounds rather like Jonathan and Darlene.
LOL!!! No comment!
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Well, one learns something new every day around these parts. While I'm sure that I've heard their music, I've never heard of Jonathan and Darlene before. Something new to discover and devour!
You'll love it, Dan!
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DR DtM - The origin of Jonathan & Darlene Edwards, their history, and the interviews they gave are great discoveries!
The liner notes alone!
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Sometimes I like to party.
Nice. Good colors too!
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Thanks DR KERRY....I am always in the fashion rearguard.
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Kerry,
God bless you! I have been looking for that for years!
I remembered you mentioning it a long time ago, and I thought you'd prefer someone other than me singing it!
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Thanks DR KERRY....I am always in the fashion rearguard.
:)
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I am ready for my 5 episode guest shot on Mad Men. I play the Mike, the bachelor male personel assistant.
(http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo146/mbarnum/madmen_standard-1.jpg?t=1250277079)
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Very nice DR MBARNUM.
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BK, I've really been enjoying all the Kritzerland soundtrack releases, but I'm always excited for a new cast album reissue! :D
And in my CD player right now is the new release of "The Apartment" and "The Fortune Cookie" (plus the bonus track of "Irma La Douce"). :D
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A word of caution to Mr. Bruce Kimmel regarding his DVR and setting recordings:
Some channels (some, mind you) don't necessarily start a program exactly when the channel guide says they will. And some programs (mind you) don't necessarily end exactly when the channel guide shows them to be ending.
What you may get is a few minutes of pre-programming, followed by the program, and then you might find you may not get the last few minutes of the program, This can be VERY annoying.
Not all channels -- NAY! Not even "most" channels -- do this thing. Most are ultra-reliable. But...you need to be aware of possibilities.
If there is something you absolutely do not want to miss one minute of -- something that might turn you into some unseemly raving individual if you missed a minute of it -- I recommend you go into the "set recording" mode and add a few minutes on the front and at the end...just to be CERTAIN.
I have always set an extra minute before and after a program that I record on my DVR...ESPECIALLY if it's something that I'm going to keep and burn onto a DVD. I'd always done that with my VCRs (I never used the VCR+ system) and continue to do that with my DVRs.
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Getting ready to go to the show!
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I see that I've passed the 1000 postings mark.
;D
Now, I have to shoot for 2000.
Congrats, Druxy!! You now are posting in the four digits! :)
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I am ready for my 5 episode guest shot on Mad Men. I play the Mike, the bachelor male personel assistant.
(http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo146/mbarnum/madmen_standard-1.jpg?t=1250277079)
You'll definitely fit right in!
;)
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I thought I'd jump on the madmen bandwagon!
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Some of our church music sounds rather like Jonathan and Darlene.
LOL!!! No comment!
LOL!
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So, I recorded my first hi-def movie last night on MGM-HD - but on the machine it said 480p or i or whatever. Does the machine not record in hi-def at 1080? Is that only a watch it now thing? Or is there a setting I need to futz with?
My digital cable box allows me to choose the resolutions I want the shows to be recorded in. I think the setting is called "Resolution" but I'm not sure about that. It's also located in the setup section of the main menu
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TOD:
DVD(S):
SHE FELL AMONG THIEVES (Thanks, DR elmore for the suggestion).
PUSHING DAISIES (season one)
KISMAT KONNECTION (Rashid Kapoor doesn't age, though his leading ladies do) Quite a nice piece of fluff.
PSYCHO (from the Masterpiece Collection box); I once had a roommate who couldn't make it through PSYCHO; it made him 'nervous,' and he didn't even make it to the scenes at The Bates Motel. . .I'm hoping for this one to be remastered for a Blu-Ray release.
CD:
I'm still hooked on SISTER ACT, the London Cast Recording.
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Hello, my name is Jeff, and I am a Percoset addict. :)
My, but THE PRODUCERS floated by last night in a pale pink haze.
BK, you should be able to record in 1080p. (BK will wait until MattH answers him, LOL).
I am hoping that due to BK's mention of finally "cracking a hard nut" we will finally be getting A TIME FOR SINGING.
Actually, TV only broadcasts up to 1080i. 1080p is exclusive to disc media.
I'm sure bk's TV will then scale that 1080i telecast into 1080p for visual delivery (once he gets those settings correct).
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It isn't Donnybrook and it isn't A Time For Singing.
Oh, how I wish they were! I would buy both in a skinny minute.
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I have now gotten through 16 NCIS episodes and I watched two of those over again to check out the commentaries (by David McCallum and James Whitmore, Jr. on one and Michael Weatherly on the second).
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I just ordered a Jonathan and Darlene CD as well as a Florence Foster Jenkins CD.
I have quite a few of the former, I just got a cd of the latter earlier this week. When I appeared in McNally's AND THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT we used many Florence Foster Jenkins recordings most notable her Queen of the Night aria. . .
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Of the four episodes I watched this afternoon, the one that was a showcase for David McCallum was probably the best one. Showed lots of different sides of Ducky and allowed him more range than the episodes generally give him.
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I also watched last night's ROYAL PAINS while I ate lunch. Good episode with Andrew McCarthy doing a fine job as the drug-addicted dad. The Evan character was less obnoxious than usual, too.
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Well, I'm going to head back down in a few minutes after doing some writing to continue with NCIS. Unless I completely conk out tonight (like I did last night), I hope to get at least four more done today.
WBBL.
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Had a very productive and good work session, and then had lunch over at the Studio Cafe.
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I'm going to relax now, then start the liner notes for our next release.
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Does "something amusing to eat" mean something that tickles your fancy?
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I thought I'd jump on the madmen bandwagon!
I'd like to, too...but I can't do it here at work. :P
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It isn't Donnybrook and it isn't A Time For Singing.
I'm guessing Philemon.
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Does "something amusing to eat" mean something that tickles your fancy?
(http://www.dirtybutton.com/media/db2672-good-humor-ice-cream-kid.jpg)
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Before Wing! Before Mrs. Miller! But after Florence Foster Jenkins! There was Jonathan and Darlene!
Oh Laura, you did my heart proud mentioning Florence Foster Jenkins.
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Does "something amusing to eat" mean something that tickles your fancy?
(http://www.dirtybutton.com/media/db2672-good-humor-ice-cream-kid.jpg)
And a lifetime of misery lay out in front of her (him???), poised with dark purpose...
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And if it weren't for the cops pulling people over almost every 15 minutes last night, I probably would have gotten a more decent night's sleep. -My bedroom is on the street-side of the apartment, so the briefs bouts of sirens and the "christmas lights" were a bit distracting. Sadly, I believe the reason for the extra police presence last night was due to the fact that an 8-year old boy was accidentally killed by a taxi just a couple of blocks from my 'hood yesterday. And there was also some sort of police investigation going on in the 125th Street subway station yesterday afternoon, that ended up "express-ing" the trains for a couple of hours.
Oh, it is Jose! I thought that Sidney Poitier had joined HHW.
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I thought I'd jump on the madmen bandwagon!
I'd like to, too...but I can't do it here at work. :P
Since the show takes place in the pre-Xerox days, I figure I'd be playing the nerdy guy who fixes the mimeograph machines and typewriters.
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This cracked me up from DR MBarnum yesterday:
I took a bit of a nap this evening, so I hope I can get to sleep tonight. I did not intend to nap, but I was watching an old Tom Neal movie where he goes around shirtless a lot. Unfortunately, there was a scene in which he was fully clothed and that is when I dozed off.
:D
It made me laugh too :)
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Hello, my name is Jeff, and I am a Percoset addict. :)
My, but THE PRODUCERS floated by last night in a pale pink haze.
BK, you should be able to record in 1080p. (BK will wait until MattH answers him, LOL).
I am hoping that due to BK's mention of finally "cracking a hard nut" we will finally be getting A TIME FOR SINGING.
I envy people who can stake pain meds without getting ill.
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Has it been mentioned here before and does it need to be mentioned again that Jonathan and Darlene are indeed Paul Weston and Jo Stafford.
Arnold, Arnold, Arnold, how many times do we have to tell you to post SPOILER WARNINGS?
JMK et ALL ---I'M SORRY-I"M SORRY-I"M SORRY-I'M SORRY
;D
I am a big Jo Stafford fan & would never have known it was her. For her to sing that bad must have been very, very difficult.
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DR Matt H, may you continue to improve & sleep even better tonight.
DR elmore-Continued vibes.
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I am ready for my 5 episode guest shot on Mad Men. I play the Mike, the bachelor male personel assistant.
(http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo146/mbarnum/madmen_standard-1.jpg?t=1250277079)
Good grief! Even the Mad Men MBarnum is cute!
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Just one more, TCB...
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Hello, my name is Jeff, and I am a Percoset addict. :)
My, but THE PRODUCERS floated by last night in a pale pink haze.
BK, you should be able to record in 1080p. (BK will wait until MattH answers him, LOL).
I am hoping that due to BK's mention of finally "cracking a hard nut" we will finally be getting A TIME FOR SINGING.
I envy people who can stake pain meds without getting ill.
I take two Vicodin 750s every single day.
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And here it is!! TCB's 17,000th!! ;D
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DR George, does your library offer an online link to previous books checked out? I would like to find my personal history & can't.
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CONGRATULATIONS to DR TCB on his milestone posting!!!!! :D
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And here it is!! TCB's 17,000th!! ;D
Congratulations TCB!!!
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DR Ginny I was glad to see you felt comfortable taking a day off from the hospital. I hope all continued to stay quiet, unless any excitement was related to improvement.
CONTINUED VIBES FOR JOHN!!
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Sordid Lives, the television series, coming to DVD (http://www.sordidlivestheseries.com/Save_Sordid_Lives_The_Series/Welcome.html) soon!
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DR George, does your library offer an online link to previous books checked out? I would like to find my personal history & can't.
Well, we have a link on our home page for "My Account." From there you can see what items you currently have checked out; what items have holds; what fines, overdues or notices you have...but not what previous books you have checked out. For the most part, once a book (or CD, DVD, etc.) is checked in, that information is deleted. If the library kept that information, the guv'ment could subpoena that information and use it for nefarious reasons. Libraries are all for freedom of information, but an individual's privacy is just as important.
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Continued prayers and vibes to DR Ginny's BIL, John.
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Sordid Lives, the television series, coming to DVD (http://www.sordidlivestheseries.com/Save_Sordid_Lives_The_Series/Welcome.html) soon!
Cool! I missed it when it was on Logo.
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DR George, does your library offer an online link to previous books checked out? I would like to find my personal history & can't.
Well, we have a link on our home page for "My Account." From there you can see what items you currently have checked out; what items have holds; what fines, overdues or notices you have...but not what previous books you have checked out. For the most part, once a book (or CD, DVD, etc.) is checked in, that information is deleted. If the library kept that information, the guv'ment could subpoena that information and use it for nefarious reasons. Libraries are all for freedom of information, but an individual's privacy is just as important.
Thanks George. I guess I won't be researching my book reading history. From now on I should indicate, in my "books I have read" list which came from the library. If I like a book I keep it, and of course can't do that if I checked it out from the library & don't always remember how I got the book I read.
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Congrats DR TCB on hitting a millstone!
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Sordid Lives, the television series, coming to DVD (http://www.sordidlivestheseries.com/Save_Sordid_Lives_The_Series/Welcome.html) soon!
And I will be one of the happy purchasers!
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Congrats DR TCB on hitting a millstone!
Thanks. It was a lot easier than the last kidney stone.
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Sordid Lives, the television series, coming to DVD (http://www.sordidlivestheseries.com/Save_Sordid_Lives_The_Series/Welcome.html) soon!
Cool! I missed it when it was on Logo.
George, aren't you supposed to be on your way to Seattle for your date with Mr. Wopat?
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My memory is that Ruth Hossack of Hossack's Jewelry and Records had turned me on to Jonathan and Darlene because I had bought every Anna Russell recording she had in stock - I'm still missing one and the CDs are incomplete - and I was raving about Mrs Miller to her.
I liked Ruth Hossack a lot, even though we were poles apart politically. She was crazy, a John Birch Society member, ultra-conservative, hater of anti-war protestors and blacks, yet we talked records, releases, and repertoire, and she clearly liked me because she was very generous in her discounts to meand even hired me the summer of 1970 to work the store. She had gotten so enormous that she spent her days in the apartment above the shop drinking gin and spending a lot of time in the tub because the water relieved the pressures her avoirdupois subjected her skeletal frame to. We had few customers during the day and an enormous stock that collectors from all over the country purchased, so she wopuld call me on the phone and tell me stories about record salesmen, artists she'd met, how she lost 100 lbs on a diet of shrimp and gin, and other matters.
Her husband was a wonderful jeweler and a very kind and patient man.
Now, Larry, how can you tell us stories like this without your memoirs being closely behind?
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G'night!
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And I think that Larry has more drama in one night's dreams than many people have in a year in real life.
(That could be a good thing or a bad thing.)
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Hi DR Jeanne. How are you doing today? Where are you living these days, with a friend or on your own?
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***CONTINUED VIBES OF HEALTH & RECOVERY***
for DR Jeanne!!!!!
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Interesting that NCIS was so popular last year that CBS ordered 25 episodes rather than the usual 22 that most series get for a full season order. I am enjoying the shows and really think adding Rocky Carroll as the new NCIS director (after they killed off - deservedly - the poor Lauren Holly) improved the season considerably.
They kill off Lauren Holly? Oh no! I just starting watching the reruns
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Sordid Lives, the television series, coming to DVD (http://www.sordidlivestheseries.com/Save_Sordid_Lives_The_Series/Welcome.html) soon!
Cool! I missed it when it was on Logo.
George, aren't you supposed to be on your way to Seattle for your date with Mr. Wopat?
I can't believe that I forgot to post about it, but we went Wednesday! Rob just called me up and said, "How about tonight?" He didn't get tickets on-line and the discount code that he got from his friend who was in the show expired last week, so we had to pay full price. :-\ We got tickets in the upper balcony for $46, but we were able to move a little closer, so we were right behind the aisle that separated the lower and upper sections...there no one in front of us.
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Hi DR Jeanne. How are you doing today? Where are you living these days, with a friend or on your own?
Hi, Jane. I'm doing better, thanks. I'm currently renting a room from a friend. It's cheaper than renting an apartment, and I have use of a WASHER AND DRYER! Yay! That was a big factor. Also, it's a win-win, as my friend was glad to have a bit of extra income. You could say that said friend is DF&H#4, although I am paying rent. The house is down near the Marina, so it's cool.
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Thank you, David, for the vibes.
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I hope that MATTH, ELMORE, and JMK had a better day today.
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Congrats to TCB on his milestone. (Oh, we can't say "milestone" here, can we?) OK, millstone if you prefer.
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Sordid Lives is very popular with my friends and we even have Sordid Lives parties.
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Time for din-din. TTFN.
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I guess the meds have made me a little queasy tonight. Pain has been less severe to be sure (finally), but I hate having this upset stomach.
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Ruth Ford who appeared as Verena opposite Barbara Cook and Karen Morrow in the musical version passed away at the age of 98! this past WednesdY.
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I hope that MATTH, ELMORE, and JMK had a better day today.
I did, thanks! Still have a lot of soreness but no sharp, devastating pain like the last few days.
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Logo was just added to my cable service in the last couple of weeks. Hopefully, I can catch it in reruns.
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Hi DR Jeanne. How are you doing today? Where are you living these days, with a friend or on your own?
Hi, Jane. I'm doing better, thanks. I'm currently renting a room from a friend. It's cheaper than renting an apartment, and I have use of a WASHER AND DRYER! Yay! That was a big factor. Also, it's a win-win, as my friend was glad to have a bit of extra income. You could say that said friend is DF&H#4, although I am paying rent. The house is down near the Marina, so it's cool.
Sounds very good :) I'm glad you are feeling better.
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Good Evening!
So... Where are the Mad Women? ;)
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I scanned through all my soaps today, and all three had moments of interest.
On Y&R, Rafe and Adam had it out, and maybe Rafe will now start investigating what Adam has been up to. Should be good.
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I guess the meds have made me a little queasy tonight. Pain has been less severe to be sure (finally), but I hate having this upset stomach.
It is very important to eat before taking pain meds. You can also ask your doctor for anti-nausea meds. I find it helps to take them with the food, prior to the pain meds.
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I hope that MATTH, ELMORE, and JMK had a better day today.
I did, thanks! Still have a lot of soreness but no sharp, devastating pain like the last few days.
:D May you continue to improve!!!
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On ATWT, Luke and Lily got devastating news, and I had tears in my eyes for much of the show. Very good acting today from Van.
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Sordid Lives, the television series, coming to DVD (http://www.sordidlivestheseries.com/Save_Sordid_Lives_The_Series/Welcome.html) soon!
Cool! I missed it when it was on Logo.
George, aren't you supposed to be on your way to Seattle for your date with Mr. Wopat?
I can't believe that I forgot to post about it, but we went Wednesday! Rob just called me up and said, "How about tonight?" He didn't get tickets on-line and the discount code that he got from his friend who was in the show expired last week, so we had to pay full price. :-\ We got tickets in the upper balcony for $46, but we were able to move a little closer, so we were right behind the aisle that separated the lower and upper sections...there no one in front of us.
DR George - You went last Wednesday?!?! And... ???
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On OLTL, Fish and Layla had a "successful" evening, and Cristian in a cut off t-shirt was about the best looking man I've seen in some time.
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And if it weren't for the cops pulling people over almost every 15 minutes last night, I probably would have gotten a more decent night's sleep. -My bedroom is on the street-side of the apartment, so the briefs bouts of sirens and the "christmas lights" were a bit distracting. Sadly, I believe the reason for the extra police presence last night was due to the fact that an 8-year old boy was accidentally killed by a taxi just a couple of blocks from my 'hood yesterday. And there was also some sort of police investigation going on in the 125th Street subway station yesterday afternoon, that ended up "express-ing" the trains for a couple of hours.
Oh, it is Jose! I thought that Sidney Poitier had joined HHW.
Well.. Guess who's coming to dinner?
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Then I watched four more NCIS episodes. There was one more on disc five (and it contains a commentary so I'll have to go through it twice), but I just couldn't watch anything more tonight.
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Well, that's not entirely true. I did watch the bonus featurette on disc five which detailed the location shooting on an episode that involved several of the regulars riding horses in rugged terrain.
I have five more episodes plus a commentary and two more bonus featurettes. I should be able to be finished with the set by this time tomorrow night.
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Very difficult early evening. I am truly done with BS, and I don't mean Barbara Stanwyck.
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I don't know if I can concentrate enough to finish The Ninth Gate, but I shall try, oh, yes, I shall try. And I shall try to take the high road even though I don't want to.
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I am ready for my 5 episode guest shot on Mad Men. I play the Mike, the bachelor male personel assistant.
DR MBarnum - Actually, I just received this from wardrobe...
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My memory is that Ruth Hossack of Hossack's Jewelry and Records had turned me on to Jonathan and Darlene because I had bought every Anna Russell recording she had in stock - I'm still missing one and the CDs are incomplete - and I was raving about Mrs Miller to her.
I liked Ruth Hossack a lot, even though we were poles apart politically. She was crazy, a John Birch Society member, ultra-conservative, hater of anti-war protestors and blacks, yet we talked records, releases, and repertoire, and she clearly liked me because she was very generous in her discounts to meand even hired me the summer of 1970 to work the store. She had gotten so enormous that she spent her days in the apartment above the shop drinking gin and spending a lot of time in the tub because the water relieved the pressures her avoirdupois subjected her skeletal frame to. We had few customers during the day and an enormous stock that collectors from all over the country purchased, so she wopuld call me on the phone and tell me stories about record salesmen, artists she'd met, how she lost 100 lbs on a diet of shrimp and gin, and other matters.
Her husband was a wonderful jeweler and a very kind and patient man.
Now, Larry, how can you tell us stories like this without your memoirs being closely behind?
Maybe I'm getting myself warmed up!
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DR JOSE do you know a pianist named Matthew Gianforte?
DR Jrand - I don't believe I do. Should I?
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Feel better wishes to all who've been down these past days and weeks.
I'm heading down now to get ready for bed.
Good night!
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Glad to read that various and sundried DRs have been having better, less-painful days today.
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Sordid Lives, the television series, coming to DVD (http://www.sordidlivestheseries.com/Save_Sordid_Lives_The_Series/Welcome.html) soon!
Cool! I missed it when it was on Logo.
George, aren't you supposed to be on your way to Seattle for your date with Mr. Wopat?
I can't believe that I forgot to post about it, but we went Wednesday! Rob just called me up and said, "How about tonight?" He didn't get tickets on-line and the discount code that he got from his friend who was in the show expired last week, so we had to pay full price. :-\ We got tickets in the upper balcony for $46, but we were able to move a little closer, so we were right behind the aisle that separated the lower and upper sections...there no one in front of us.
DR George - You went last Wednesday?!?! And... ???
Well, it was pretty good. For the most part, the performers were very good. The woman playing Frank's mother has a great voice, but her French accent leaves a little to be desired. Aaron Tveit was great and really carried the show well. Norbert Leo Butz was great as Hanratty (especially after what happened to his sister (http://winwab.com/2009/07/norbert-leo-butz-sister-teresa-butz-stabbed-to-death/) :'(). He has a lot of patter songs and can spit out the words like anything. Tom Wopat sounded great and sings the only song that I had heard before seeing the show, "Fifty Checks," (which is on his new solo CD that was being sold in the lobby, as was Kerry Butler's CD). I really enjoyed the music. It all seemed very much in the 1960s style and very catchy. Some songs were better than others. My friend Rob thought that there were about six or seven really good songs and the rest were okay, but I really enjoyed the whole score.
I neither saw the movie nor read the book, so I don't know what was missing, but the book seemed to be a little disjointed...but just a little. And at the top of the show, it starts with the NBC peacock on the giant screens (like the recent Sunday in the Park With George) like it's going to be a TV special on the life of Frank Abagnale, Jr., but then abandons the concept. Nothing else about it is mentioned for the rest of the show.
Overall, I'm certainly glad I went, but the concensus of what I was hearing during intermission and after the show was that it was good, but not great...yet. It still needs a little work, but could definitely be worth it. :)
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Just my 2¢.
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I watched a part of the BBC series FALLEN ANGEL and decided I would rather read the books by andrew Taylor, which I will order from Amazon. Then I watched a ghost story from the SHADES OF DARKNESS anthology, "The Lady's Maid's Bell" based on one of Edith Wharton's ghost stories. I thought the tv version made more sense thatn Miss Wharton's tale, which I read about two weeks ago. There were some creepy moments, but the creepiest BBC ghost story I've ever seen is THE WOMAN IN BLACK, and that's really frightening.
So, i think I will have some tea and a little snack before I go to bed.
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Sordid Lives, the television series, coming to DVD (http://www.sordidlivestheseries.com/Save_Sordid_Lives_The_Series/Welcome.html) soon!
Cool! I missed it when it was on Logo.
George, aren't you supposed to be on your way to Seattle for your date with Mr. Wopat?
I can't believe that I forgot to post about it, but we went Wednesday! Rob just called me up and said, "How about tonight?" He didn't get tickets on-line and the discount code that he got from his friend who was in the show expired last week, so we had to pay full price. :-\ We got tickets in the upper balcony for $46, but we were able to move a little closer, so we were right behind the aisle that separated the lower and upper sections...there no one in front of us.
DR George - You went last Wednesday?!?! And... ???
Well, it was pretty good. For the most part, the performers were very good. The woman playing Frank's mother has a great voice, but her French accent leaves a little to be desired. Aaron Tveit was great and really carried the show well. Norbert Leo Butz was great as Hanratty. He has a lot of patter songs and can spit out the words like anything. Tom Wopat sounded great and sings the only song that I had heard before seeing the show, "Fifty Checks," (which is on his new solo CD that was being sold in the lobby, as was Kerry Butler's CD). I really enjoyed the music. It all seemed very much in the 1960s style and very catchy. Some songs were better than others. My friend Rob thought that there were about six or seven really good songs and the rest were okay, but I really enjoyed the whole score.
I neither saw the movie nor read the book, so I don't know what was missing, but the book seemed to be a little disjointed...but just a little. And at the top of the show, it starts with the NBC peacock on the giant screens (like the recent Sunday in the Park With George) like it's going to be a TV special on the life of Frank Abagnale, Jr., but then abandons the concept. Nothing else about it is mentioned for the rest of the show.
Overall, I'm certainly glad I went, but the concensus of what I was hearing during intermission and after the show was that it was good, but not great...yet. It still needs a little work, but could definitely be worth it. :)
Is that horrible bitch Margo Lion producing it?
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DR George, I enjoyed reading your 2¢.
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Thank you to DRs Jane and TCB for your wishes for my brother-in-law John. I'd hoped that the quietness of the day was a good sign, but it was just the opposite and we've just come from the hospital. Without going into a lot of detail, I'd like to ask for vibes and prayers for strength for his family and comfort for him. This weekend is not going to be easy.
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Is that horrible bitch Margo Lion producing it?
According to the program:
"PRODUCED BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH MARGO LION AND HAL LUFTIG"
::)
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DR George, I enjoyed reading your 2¢.
Thanks. :)
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And now...it's time to go home (homes) try and figure out how I'm going to handle seven cats. :P
Until later!
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DR Ginny, sigh.
Vibes and prayers for strength for his/your family and comfort for him!
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Well... These are just too too fun. ;)
Guess who? (I hope)
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And... :)
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And now...it's time to go home (homes) try and figure out how I'm going to handle seven cats. :P
Didn't Hercules have to do that too?
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When did Haagen Dazs reduce its pint size to 14 ounces (charging the same price as the old pint. of course)
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Milestone congrats to Druxy and to TCB
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When did Haagen Dazs reduce its pint size to 14 ounces (charging the same price as the old pint. of course)
And have you noticed how much smaller a "half gallon" of Breyer's and Edy's have become?
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I just ordered a Jonathan and Darlene CD as well as a Florence Foster Jenkins CD. They will amuse me while I am having my broken tooth fixed next week.
don't tell me you were in another bar fight!!
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Beware the cheeky crasher squirrel (http://www.canada.com/technology/Banff%20squirrel%20photo%20gets%20huge%20attention/1889605/story.html)!!!!!
(http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465/1d/www.canada.com/technology/banff%20squirrel%20photo%20gets%20huge%20attention/1889605/1890374.bin?size=620x400)
I suppose it won't be long before we see him wearing Aretha's inaugural hat!
That's so funny! Ten years ago we vacationed in Banff and took a boat ride on Lake Minnetonka
we kept trying to get shots of the ground squirrels and they kept hiding intheir holes
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Good Evening!
So... Where are the Mad Women? ;)
here I am
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or if you prefer
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I'm going out for a while - need some air and some company, both of which I shall get.
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Ginny prayers are being said that comfort and peace may be granted to John and all who love him
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I am ready for my 5 episode guest shot on Mad Men. I play the Mike, the bachelor male personel assistant.
DR MBarnum - Actually, I just received this from wardrobe...
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=2228.0;attach=1149)
Hey, where did you get that shot of me in the producer's bedroom. Give me those negatives, now!
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VIBES for painfree nights for Elmore, MattH, JMK and TCB
and may your days be painfree too
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Vixmom, I LOVE your Mad Men look!!!
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Vibes all around
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I shall now settle into bed with a book and a dog.
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DR Ginny you and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.
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Thank you to DRs Jane and TCB for your wishes for my brother-in-law John. I'd hoped that the quietness of the day was a good sign, but it was just the opposite and we've just come from the hospital. Without going into a lot of detail, I'd like to ask for vibes and prayers for strength for his family and comfort for him. This weekend is not going to be easy.
Will do. You've got 'em Ginny!
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I'm going out for a while - need some air and some company, both of which I shall get.
Vibes to you too, Bruce!
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Vixmom, I LOVE your Mad Men look!!!
and I yours!!
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Good Evening!
So... Where are the Mad Women? ;)
Here I am!
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well tomorrow is a busy busy day - the Vixter has the battle of the books at 8 AM and then we have my brother's fiancee's shower at noon and then I have to go shopping fopr our Barbeque on Sunday -- yesterday was my parent's 54th wedding anniversary so we are having a celebration along with celebrating my bd
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Or if you prefer
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Not much to say. I went to Des Moines went to a good meeting and came back home.
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Prayers and vibes of comfort to John and all of his family~~~~~~~~~
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Ginny, I am so sorry to hear your sad news.
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I just came from a long teleconference meeting. And I have to get up very early for another meeting tomorrow.
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Back from company, a late-night snack - I had a good time and it was very helpful, actually.
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~~~Vibes of All Kinds for Ginny's B-I-L John and His Family!!~~~
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I'm at my sister's house on her computer. I was going to do laundry here, but I started watching TV and didn't get it started early enough, so now at almost midnight, it's too late. Not that I have to worry about being too loud for apartment neighbors (like at my place), but because I don't want to stay up that late. So, I'll do laundry tomorrow.
Otherwise, feeding all the cats wasn't too much of a hassle...an inconvenience, but not a hassle. I went home and got my laundry to do and said good night to my cat, then I came to my sister's house. Fortunately, her oldest cat Casper (he's probably 13 years old) hadn't peed in the house! I let him out and unpacked my car and read my niece's instructions again. I let Casper in when I left to go to my friend's house to feed her two cats and her bird. Oh, I forgot that I'm also feeding a bird along with the seven cats. Anyway, they were all fine and dandy. I then went to my sister's boyfriend's house to feed his cat and he was fine. I came back to my sister's house and Casper had pooped(!) in the hall...just about 20 feet from the downstair bathroom and his litter box. :P Fortunately, my sister's downstairs is all concrete (with in-floor heating) so it was VERY easy to clean up. I watched a bit of TV and am now upstairs in the bedroom with the computer.