Topic: A CERTAIN TRANQUILITY (Read 27493 times)

Ginny · « **Reply #120 on:** January 04, 2009, 01:05:11 PM »

DR Vixmom - sorry about your discomfort. Don't hesitate to visit here when you feel down - we're all just glad to see you and are ready to send mega-vibes whenever you need them.

Glad The Vixter had fun last night - she's a peach!

Jane · « **Reply #121 on:** January 04, 2009, 01:06:21 PM »

Quote from: Druxy on January 04, 2009, 11:45:07 AM

I hate moving. The worst thing about it is clearing out and going through all the crap you've accumulated for the past 30 years.

And, my wife is a stern task master.

"Do you really need this?...How about this?"

She sounds like Keith

Jane · « **Reply #122 on:** January 04, 2009, 01:08:32 PM »

Quote from: Druxy on January 04, 2009, 11:45:07 AM

I hate moving. The worst thing about it is clearing out and going through all the crap you've accumulated for the past 30 years.

And, my wife is a stern task master.

"Do you really need this?...How about this?"

Quote from: vixmom on January 04, 2009, 01:00:54 PM

The Vixter had a wonderful time at her sleepover and came home and without being asked unloaded the dishwasher and ran three loads of laundry. This thing is sure making her self sufficient!

So I am lucky!

I'm sure none of us doubted the DR Vixter would be a great help during this time.

No need to apologize for your post this morning, and then I wasn't there all alone.

Matt H. · « **Reply #123 on:** January 04, 2009, 01:12:14 PM »

It's drizzled again, but so far no heavy rain since the early morning hours. It's really very dreary here weather-wise.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #124 on:** January 04, 2009, 01:12:16 PM »

Quote from: TCB on January 04, 2009, 10:08:56 AM

Am I the only one who read the notes and thought that BK started watching CHAPTER TWO?
Okay, it was just me.

DR WEL reads the notes. There are two of you. I think that is all. (Unless DR FJL is sticking to his New Year's resolution)

Matt H. · « **Reply #125 on:** January 04, 2009, 01:13:35 PM »

I finished watching an NCIS episode that I had started last night before my company arrived. It was about a high school student taking his homeroom class hostage with a bomb strapped to his chest. Of course, as the story developed, it was a lot more complicated than that making for a very satisfying episode.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #126 on:** January 04, 2009, 01:17:41 PM »

Quote from: TCB on January 04, 2009, 11:53:53 AM

Wow, I wouldn't mind attending the February Ray Court's show just to meet Malcolm McDowell and Paul Peterson.

So A Time machine is what you are after.
Peterson has more in common in with DR Jose - he couldn't find his keys either. (Or is that too obscure)

vixmom · « **Reply #127 on:** January 04, 2009, 01:19:53 PM »

Tom - Vixdad was just wondering how your weather was, and here you are - so how is your weather today?

Matt H. · « **Reply #128 on:** January 04, 2009, 01:20:03 PM »

Next, I watched THE PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VIII. I hadn't seen the film in decades, the last time probably on TCM, but over the intervening years, someone has done MASSIVE restoration on the film. The last time I saw it, it was horribly scratched, with contrast so high that you could see no details at all as the whites were so blown out as to make the picture almost unwatchable.

Now, it's remarkably good with only a few scratches but a much better overall picture than I've ever seen. The sound is still terribly hissy and fluttery, but for a 1933 film, it's not too awful.

Laughton's wonderful, of course, but I was most impressed with Robert Donat who I didn't even remember was in the movie. I must do some research on him later this afternoon. Where on earth did he get such a magnificent pair of legs? Was he an athlete (I thought I remember reading once that he had a weak heart or something), but he had to have done something (swimming, skating, soccer, dancing) to get calves as well developed as his were.

vixmom · « **Reply #129 on:** January 04, 2009, 01:21:54 PM »

Quote from: Matt H. on January 04, 2009, 01:20:03 PM

Laughton's wonderful, of course, but I was most impressed with Robert Donat who I didn't even remember was in the movie. I must do some research on him later this afternoon. Where on earth did he get such a magnificent pair of legs?

Props?

vixmom · « **Reply #130 on:** January 04, 2009, 01:23:15 PM »

oh! my MIL is on the phone.

LATERS

Matt H. · « **Reply #131 on:** January 04, 2009, 01:23:40 PM »

Next, I watched JUMPER from HBO-HD recorded last night. I did like the sci-fi premise, and I really enjoyed Jamie Bell's performance and some of the action scenes were very impressive. The love story didn't interest me at all, and there was Samuel L. Jackson as a bad guy once again (so tired or seeing him in everything). So, not an overall positive impression, but it did have its moments.

Matt H. · « **Reply #132 on:** January 04, 2009, 01:25:18 PM »

To finish out the afternoon, I began another NCIS episode. The first segment involved finding four dead bodies frozen in a lake. That's as far as the first segment has taken me. I'll finish it up and watch THE STARTER WIFE when I go back downstairs.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #133 on:** January 04, 2009, 01:25:52 PM »

Hello Vixmom. The weather is quite mild! It is certainly not the heat of summer that we are usually get at this time. I'm quite happy with that.

Your voicing of your concerns and traumas helps you. It also helps us realise how insignificant out little concerns are!

That we could all be so strong.

Hugs and prayers to you and the Family Vix.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #134 on:** January 04, 2009, 01:36:40 PM »

Good Afternoon!

Well, since I suddenly had the urge to do a bit of cleaning and organizing a little while ago, well... That's what I did.

The good news: I can see my desk again.
The bad news: I can see my desk again.

TCB · « **Reply #135 on:** January 04, 2009, 01:37:07 PM »

Quote from: Tomovoz on January 04, 2009, 01:17:41 PM

Quote from: TCB on January 04, 2009, 11:53:53 AM
Wow, I wouldn't mind attending the February Ray Court's show just to meet Malcolm McDowell and Paul Peterson.

So A Time machine is what you are after.
Peterson has more in common in with DR Jose - he couldn't find his keys either. (Or is that too obscure)

Not to me.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #136 on:** January 04, 2009, 01:40:02 PM »

Oh, and the real bad news...

DR FJL - Zip.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #137 on:** January 04, 2009, 01:48:28 PM »

But did you find your keys DR Uncle JoJo.

bk · « **Reply #138 on:** January 04, 2009, 01:48:56 PM »

Back from a later than usual long jog - just couldn't get motivated. Now I'm hungry, so it's off to Gelson's for some foodstuffs, which I'll then eat whilst finishing a motion picture on DVD. Then I'll settle down to write at least four or five pages. I decided exactly what to write whilst jogging and have made those notes, so I'll be ready and rarin' to go when I dig in.

Laura · « **Reply #139 on:** January 04, 2009, 01:49:38 PM »

Hurray! It is raining in Phoenix. A very light, slow, long drizzle. Perfect for wildflower germination.

Matt H. · « **Reply #140 on:** January 04, 2009, 01:49:51 PM »

Have a few computer chores to attend to, and then I'll head down to clean the master bathroom and put away the already folded laundry. Then, it's back to the viewing arena for the rest of NCIS episode, THE START WIFE, THE TALES OF HOFFMAN, and tonight's DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES. I doubt I'll be able to squeeze in tonight's BROTHERS & SISTERS, too, but we'll see.

Matt H. · « **Reply #141 on:** January 04, 2009, 01:50:30 PM »

Spoo!

WBBL.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #142 on:** January 04, 2009, 01:50:52 PM »

Quote from: Laura on January 04, 2009, 01:49:38 PM

Hurray! It is raining in Phoenix. A very light, slow, long drizzle. Perfect for wildflower germination.

DR TCB thinks of Austria as a Germin nation I think!

Druxy · « **Reply #143 on:** January 04, 2009, 01:52:26 PM »

Quote from: Matt H. on January 04, 2009, 01:20:03 PM

Next, I watched THE PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VIII. I hadn't seen the film in decades, the last time probably on TCM, but over the intervening years, someone has done MASSIVE restoration on the film. The last time I saw it, it was horribly scratched, with contrast so high that you could see no details at all as the whites were so blown out as to make the picture almost unwatchable.

Now, it's remarkably good with only a few scratches but a much better overall picture than I've ever seen. The sound is still terribly hissy and fluttery, but for a 1933 film, it's not too awful.

Laughton's wonderful, of course, but I was most impressed with Robert Donat who I didn't even remember was in the movie. I must do some research on him later this afternoon. Where on earth did he get such a magnificent pair of legs? Was he an athlete (I thought I remember reading once that he had a weak heart or something), but he had to have done something (swimming, skating, soccer, dancing) to get calves as well developed as his were.

Since the film is public domain, I've always wondered why its never been released onto DVD.

I haven't seen it for years either, but I recall that when I watched it, I wished that there was some sort of music score. It really needs one.

Druxy · « **Reply #144 on:** January 04, 2009, 01:54:08 PM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on January 04, 2009, 01:36:40 PM

Good Afternoon!

Well, since I suddenly had the urge to do a bit of cleaning and organizing a little while ago, well... That's what I did.

The good news: I can see my desk again.
The bad news: I can see my desk again.

That's nothing.

I've just discovered that I have a floor in my office. Walls, too.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #145 on:** January 04, 2009, 01:56:54 PM »

Quote from: Druxy on January 04, 2009, 01:54:08 PM

Quote from: JoseSPiano on January 04, 2009, 01:36:40 PM
Good Afternoon!

Well, since I suddenly had the urge to do a bit of cleaning and organizing a little while ago, well... That's what I did.

The good news: I can see my desk again.
The bad news: I can see my desk again.

That's nothing.

I've just discovered that I have a floor in my office. Walls, too.

Walls? What are walls?

FJL · « **Reply #146 on:** January 04, 2009, 02:03:54 PM »

Jose - that's Ok. Not worth wasting a

- we'll just get the score at Colony.

Kerry · « **Reply #147 on:** January 04, 2009, 02:06:35 PM »

Quote from: Tomovoz on January 04, 2009, 01:17:41 PM

Quote from: TCB on January 04, 2009, 11:53:53 AM
Wow, I wouldn't mind attending the February Ray Court's show just to meet Malcolm McDowell and Paul Peterson.

So A Time machine is what you are after.
Peterson has more in common in with DR Jose - he couldn't find his keys either. (Or is that too obscure)

I got it , Tom! (so obscure could that be). I never had that record. alwyas wanted it, but somehow never got it.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #148 on:** January 04, 2009, 02:06:56 PM »

Quote from: Laura on January 04, 2009, 01:49:38 PM

Perfect for wildflower germination.

Please, no sex talk, it's Sunday.

der Brucer

Kerry · « **Reply #149 on:** January 04, 2009, 02:09:58 PM »

Sending new and improved good vibes to Vixmom.

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