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« Reply #90 on: December 10, 2005, 11:54:53 AM »

Jane, if you haven't seen it already, check, out the Powell/Pressburger film I Know Where I'm Going, which takes place on the Isle of Man (unless I'm completely misremembering it, in which case, never mind.  :) ).

"Powell and Pressburger's romance of the Scottish isles has Wendy Hiller as Joan Webster, seeking money and a marriage of advantage to the (unseen) Sir Robert, out on the mysterious isle of Killoran."

WAKING NED DEVINE, a wonderful funny movie, was filmed on the Isle of Man.
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« Reply #91 on: December 10, 2005, 11:55:34 AM »

JMK I saw the photo, and commented, which is why I want to see it better everytime you post. :D
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« Reply #92 on: December 10, 2005, 12:02:13 PM »

There, I deleted my father's first name and middle initial.  Anything for Jane.   ;D
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« Reply #93 on: December 10, 2005, 12:03:34 PM »

Jane, I'll have to get out my DVD, but for some reason I'm thinking that I Know Where I'm Going was filmed on the Isle of Man, even though they called it something else.  But, of course, I may be thinking of Peeping Tom (little Powell/Pressburger joke there).
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« Reply #94 on: December 10, 2005, 12:04:07 PM »


MERRY BIRTHDAY DR MBARNUM!
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« Reply #95 on: December 10, 2005, 12:06:29 PM »

I took my Mom to Vegas for her 75th birthday, and as we rode along I pointed out the beautiful sights, the pirate battle, the volcano , the dancing waters, and Mom's face suddenly brightens up and she motions with her head and goes "Mmm" - I asked, happy that Mom was fidning such joy in Vegas, "What are you looking at?"  She pointed and said "look, a McDonald's."

Another Mother-Son moment brought to you by McDonald's.  

THANKS for the laugh! (DR Tomovoz would say "the smile"!)

NO! McDonalds is no evil! WE make it evil by being too frequent a patron!
After all, no one forces anyone to go there!!
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« Reply #96 on: December 10, 2005, 12:07:00 PM »

For those of you visiting that music site linked above, make sure to view it enlarged to get all of the jokes.  It's hilarious.
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« Reply #97 on: December 10, 2005, 12:07:34 PM »

Does one need a STILETTO to eat at MacDO??

MacDo is the way we call the place here in France!
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« Reply #98 on: December 10, 2005, 12:10:34 PM »





(Yes, François, I DO read your posts...)


Gee, you sure have time to waste!! :D
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« Reply #99 on: December 10, 2005, 12:15:25 PM »

It sounds like such an interesting time to be there -  

I let you say that!

As we say in French; better read this than being blind... but...

"Pre-K" ... Oooh! Such a way with expressions!! :(

Now, I, me, moi, can't wait for Post-Dubya!! ;D 8)
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« Reply #100 on: December 10, 2005, 12:17:16 PM »

One of my favourite Cole Porter tunes:

EASY TO LOVE... that is so hard to sing!!
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« Reply #101 on: December 10, 2005, 12:18:29 PM »

Thank you JMK...very funny indeed :)


And of course, a very very happy birthday to our dear MBarnum aka Michael.  :D
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« Reply #102 on: December 10, 2005, 12:19:38 PM »

I understood this perfectly, Rodz!

Me too... and I'm French!! ;D
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« Reply #103 on: December 10, 2005, 12:20:42 PM »

Ann the photo of the park is beautiful.  

Jason I enjoyed the pictures of NY in the winter.  


You're SO easy (to love!) to please, Jane! :o :o :D
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« Reply #104 on: December 10, 2005, 12:22:22 PM »

Back and have shipped all extant packages.  
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« Reply #105 on: December 10, 2005, 12:23:24 PM »

I think that's the cure this year....just tell any sourpusses you encounter to "CHEER UP, DAMMIT" and all will be well.

I'll say that next time I get a haircut and I'm sure i'll get the odd looks! (I already do without saying anything!!) :D
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« Reply #106 on: December 10, 2005, 12:24:12 PM »

Those musically inclined will probably get a kick out of this:

http://www.harrogate.co.uk/harrogate-band/deathw.jpg

ROTFLMAO!!!!!
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« Reply #107 on: December 10, 2005, 12:44:45 PM »

By the way, some of my opinions on this subject are formed from when I attended school at Jewett Elementary School in Central Point. My teacher Mrs. DeArmond made us pray in the morning before class began. This was in 1975/76.

There was one girl in our class who had to stand out in the hallway during the prayer. The other kids were not kind to her. This was a public school...how my teacher got away with this is beyond me.

I don't have a clue who this little girl was. Evidently I was not friends with her as I don't even recall her name. But I have thought about her all of these years (she actually lived in my neighborhood, I think)

She's probably aware that today is your birthday as she sticks pins into a small doll.

Actually, I remember the furor over the late Madeleine Murray back in the 50s and 60s.  My mother hated her violently, but I in my early teens could see her point of view:  I always felt odd for my Jewish friends in grade school who had to sing holiday and other religious music.

However, I agree with DRJed about serious music:  Bach's passions, Handel's oratorios (a lot of which are Old Testament based), Britten's War Requiem and St Nicholas, Mozart's, Haydn's, and Schubert's masses are masterpieces.  The list goes on.  How can you teach music history or serious performance without them?
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« Reply #108 on: December 10, 2005, 01:34:57 PM »

And since I was the last poster about 45 minutes ago, I'll continue with my thoughts on Christmas music:  carols have been the basis for serious composition and Lutheran tunes are the source for Bach's chorales; they're a rich foundation of Western music.  One sequence of Respighi's Botticelli Tryptich is based on "Veni Immanuel," there's a carol symphony by someone like Hamilton Harty, the "Dies Irae" shows up everywhere from SWEENEY TODD to Franz Liszt, Russian carols are in Rimsky-Korsakov's Russian Easter Overture.  I don't know how you can get through a serious musical education without confronting Christianity in all its pleasant and unpleasant aspects, any more than you can get through world history.

I like Christmas music, but I'm not fond of a lot of pop arrangements of traditional melodies.  Luckily, there are a lot of great holiday pop songs.
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« Reply #109 on: December 10, 2005, 01:47:44 PM »

I'll be home
(I'll be home)
for Christmas (Christmas)

You can plan on me
(ooh ohh ohh)
Won't you please have snow and mistletoe
(mistletoe)
And presents on a tree (ohhh)
Christmas (Christmas)
Eve will find (find me) me
Where the love light gleams
(oh oh oh oh oh oh)

I'll be home
(I'll be home)
for Christmas
(for Christmas)
If only in my dreams


Christmas Eve will find me
It will find me
Where the love light gleams (ooh ho)
I'll be home for Christmas
I'm dreaming of a Christmas
If only in my oohh oh oohhh... doo ahhh
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« Reply #110 on: December 10, 2005, 01:48:08 PM »


Oh, Gentle Ben has just appeared!
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« Reply #111 on: December 10, 2005, 01:51:56 PM »

Mame:
Haul out the holly;
Put up the tree before my spirit falls again.
Fill up the stocking,
I may be rushing things, but deck the halls again now.
For we need a little Christmas
Right this very minute,
Candles in the window,
Carols at the spinet.
Yes, we need a little Christmas
Right this very minute.
It hasn't snowed a single flurry,
But Santa, dear, we're in a hurry;
So climb down the chimney;
Put up the brightest string of lights I've ever seen.
Slice up the fruitcake;
It's time we hung some tinsel on that evergreen bough.
For I've grown a little leaner,
Grown a little colder,
Grown a little sadder,
Grown a little older,
All:
And I need a little angel
Sitting on my shoulder,
Need a little Christmas now.
Mame:
Haul out the holly;
Well, once I taught you all to live each living day.
All:
Fill up the stocking,
Young Patrick:
But Auntie Man, it's one week from Thanksgiving Day now.
All:
But we need a little Christmas
Right this very minute,
Candles in the window,
Carols at the spinet.
Yes, we need a little Christmas
Right this very minute.
Agnes:
It hasn't snowed a single flurry,
But Santa, dear, we're in a hurry;
Ito:
So climb down the chimney;
Put up the brightest string of lights I've ever seen.
All:
Slice up the fruitcake;
It's time we hung some tinsel on that evergreen bough.
For we need a little music,
Need a little laughter,
Need a little singing
Ringing through the rafter,
And we need a little snappy
"Happy ever after,"
Need a little Christmas now.
Need a little Christmas now.

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« Reply #112 on: December 10, 2005, 01:52:35 PM »

Renditions of Cole Porter:
  • Anything Goes - Patti LuPone
  • Begin the Beguine - Ella Fitzgerald
  • Down In The Depths On the Ninetieth Floor - Pamela Myers
  • I Happen To Like New York - Anne Wood (from A Swell Party)
  • Love For Sale - Martin Smith (also from A Swell Party...at the end of the song, he says, "Right this way, sir." ;))
  • I Get a Kick out of You - Kim Criswell
  • Is It the Girl (Or Is It the Gown)? - Joanna Gleason
  • Thank You So much Missus Lowsborough Goodby - David Hyde Pierce
  • You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To - Cheryl Bentyne
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« Reply #113 on: December 10, 2005, 01:53:51 PM »

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow

Oh the weather outside is frightful

But the fire is so delightful

And since we've no place to go

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

It doesn't show signsof stopping

And I've bought some corn for popping

The lights are turned way down low

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

When we finally kissgoodnight

How I'll hate going out in the storm!

But if you'll really hold me tight

All the way home I'll be warm

The fire is slowly dying

And, my dear, we're still goodbying

But as long as you love me so

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
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« Reply #114 on: December 10, 2005, 01:57:30 PM »

In the still of the night
as I gaze out of my window
at the moon in its flight
My thoughts all stray to you

In the moon's yellow light
while the world is in slumber
Ah,the times without number
Darling, when I say to you

Do you love me as I love you
Are you my life to be
My dream come true
Or will this dream of mine
fade out of sight
While the Moon's growing dim
on the rim of the hill
in the chill still of the night


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« Reply #115 on: December 10, 2005, 01:57:53 PM »

I've had a busy afternoon.

A friend called and wanted some help with a new computer. Then, when that was done, we went shopping at Target, Office Max, CompUSA, Batteries Plus. It was very much stop and shops and stop and shop all the way. Fun, but tiring.

At Target, the place was crowded and I dreaded the checkout line. Wouldn't you know? I walked right up to a register with no waiting despite the crowds. Amazing.
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« Reply #116 on: December 10, 2005, 01:59:08 PM »

I've had a busy afternoon.

A friend called and wanted some help with a new computer. Then, when that was done, we went shopping at Target, Office Max, CompUSA, Batteries Plus. It was very much stop and shops and stop and shop all the way. Fun, but tiring.

At Target, the place was crowded and I dreaded the checkout line. Wouldn't you know? I walked right up to a register with no waiting despite the crowds. Amazing.

Some people have all the luck! Not fair!
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« Reply #117 on: December 10, 2005, 02:01:19 PM »

I've had a busy afternoon.


I've had a "Lazy Afternoon"!
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« Reply #118 on: December 10, 2005, 02:01:36 PM »

Before I left on the shopping trip, I was able to watch another episode of MURDER SHE WROTE. This one had guest stars Ann Blyth, Martin Milner, Esther Rolle, and the ever gorgeous Ben Murphy.
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« Reply #119 on: December 10, 2005, 02:02:15 PM »

I love Judy Garland's rendition of "I Happen to Like New York."
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