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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were very February like, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're MOOving rather slowly because they had to much MOOtzah Brei at Nate 'n Cows.
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And the word of the day is: SUPPURATE! Find a song for THAT one!
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Welcome five GUESTS.
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I gotta tell you.
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Let's get February off to a grand start, shall we?
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Will we never get to page two?
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First post-BK Post!
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-That hasn't happened in a while.
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And we've even got us some late night denizens for a change.
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I wouldn't mind seeing A Chorus Line again, but alas, I am here and it is there.
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Listening to George Duning's wonderful score to Salome, which I transferred off a Japanese import of the 10 inch LP.
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I wouldn't mind seeing A Chorus Line again, but alas, I am here and it is there.
But it's due "there" sometime later this year, I believe. Or at least in 2009.
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And just in case anyone missed Post 436 from last night...
"Friends" - Complete Series (opened, but not viewed)
"M*A*S*H" - Complete Series (opened, but not viewed)
"Arrested Development" - Complete Series (still in shrinkwrap)
"Queer As Folk" - Seasons One and Two (still in shrinkwrap)
"Lord of the Rings" Trilogy Boxed Set - Widescreen, the theatrical release versions not the director's cuts (still in shrinkwrap)
Two Disney Tins - "The Mickey Mouse Club" and "Mickey Mouse in Black & White - Vol. 2" (both are still sealed)
;D
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As for the Friday Media Check...
Radio: WQXR
CD: Lots of stuff on stand-by. With UPTAs coming up next week, I need to get the "feels" for some of the songs I'll most likely be playing at the auditions back in my head. So, I have Wicked, The Last Five Years, Parade, Songs for A New World, The Wild Party (Lippa), Hairspray, Once On This Island, Ragtime, Seussical, My Favorite Year, The Drowsy Chaperone, Little Women, Footloose, Spamalot, etc., etc., etc... stacked up by my CD player.
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The Internet connection got all wonky - couldn't get anywhere via Safari or AOL - restarted, which usually fixes the prob, but it still wouldn't load Safari correctly and for whatever reason I could only get to ONE website and no other. Then I loaded AOL, which took about two minutes but finally worked and now everything is working. It's so weird. I mean, the wireless isn't losing signal that I can tell.
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I gotta tell you.
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I'm very sleepy.
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I've backed up Ye Olde Computer and I shall now toddle off to the bedroom environment.
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Me too.
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Me three.
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Me too.
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Me four?
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And...
Goodnight.
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TOTD:
DVD (TA Transfer from Video): "Experience Preferred But Not Essential. (UK 1982). I had a video of the movie years ago but lent it to a colleague who changed employment situation suddenly and kept the tape. I've just managed to replace - from Wisconsin! It's a delightful movie set in a Welsh Hotel in 1962.
CDs: Soundtrack "Once'
Annette - "A Musical Reunion With America's Girl Next Door"
Leon Russell - Retrospective.
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Topic of the Day:
On my DVR: several TV shows over the last several days. Last night, I watched "Lost" and the recap show before it at my sister's house with her and my niece on their 42" hi-def widescreen TV. It was cool...and the shows were good, too. :)
In my CD player at work: several CDs, including a very special Christmas CD through very kind courtesy of Singdaw. :-*
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DearReaderLaura DR - the mud patterns really ARE art! :)
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***INDUSTRIAL-STRENGTH VIBES***
for DR MBarnum, his friend, the foundation, and the good work they are doing!
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WOD: Ewwwwww! :P
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A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY[/size][/color]
to HHW DJ extraordinaire Donald Feltham!!![/size][/color]
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A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY[/size][/color]
to DR Kerry!!![/size][/color]
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR KERRY
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Happy Birthday to DR KERRY!!!
Gale and Dorothy say Hi!
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Happy Birthday to MR DONALD FELTHAM!
and congrats to Aunt TPUNK!
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After all that hoopla yesterday, I forgot to wear red today! ::)
Well, unless you count... :-X
Nope, I forgot to wear red today!
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I liked Eli Stone - the story was predictable, but I like Jonny Lee Miller. And who should show up as his mother but Miss Pamela Reed (without the baseball bat she carried in KINDERGARTEN COP).
We shall see what happens. The sassy, snappy, quippy black secretary played by Loretta Devine was an annoying cliche, but perhaps her character will be more defined as the show goes on.
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Happy Birthday to Kerry!
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Happy Birthday to Donald!
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Whew, it's been a busy week. Who knows what will happen tomorrow?!? ;)
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Brithday-wise that is
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Friday morning greetings! The winter storm we were expecting last night/this morning tracked north of us, so it's just rainy here. We might have a little snow later, but nothing to get excited about.
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Happiest of birthdays to DR Kerry and DJ Donald!
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Happy Happy Birthday to DR Kerry!
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Happy Happy Birthday to DR Donald Feltham!!
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Happy Birthday to the magnificent, loyal and very kind Mr. Feltham!
Thank you to the rest of you for your kind wishes! You are dear people.
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computer said no before, trying again=Car CD the re-issue(twofer) of Jack Cassidy and Shirley Jones; I am enjoying the heck out of it.Yesterday tod, I'd like,please, CDs of the off Bway House of Flowers, A Time for Singing, Anya(which I've never heard) the '58 ny city opera Regina, and the varioes RCA recordings of Anthony Pekins, Pat Suzuki and Florence Henderson, not to mention the Julie Andrews concert in Japan-that should be enough to satisfy greedy little me...Happy Super Bowl Sunday
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Happy Super Bowl Sunday
I'm rooting for the Orioles.
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And the word of the day is: SUPPURATE! Find a song for THAT one!
Elsie was so covered with boils, pimples, and other ailments that SUPPURATE that the other cows insisted she stay UP PASTURE.
(As for a song, may I suggest the Theme from The Addams Family?)
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Too Many
Mornings Connections...
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Too Many Mornings Connections...
Which brings us to my TOD list:
CDs - running through some 70s Sondheim OCRs.
Books - Still working my way through Shapiro's Something From the Oven and Rulhman's Elements of Cooking, but I have finished Bobby Flay Cooks American.
DVDs - Alton Brown's Good Eats - Souped Up, for the episode "True Brew IV: Take Stock," since I'm going to be brewing up some chicken stock today.
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Good morning!
It rained a good portion of the night, and it's rained all morning since I've been up. I can't complain. We really need the rain (We were another 3" shy of normal in January), but it does make for miserable conditions when on it out and about. It's just cold enough to be uncomfortable with the damp conditions.
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DR JRand, I'm sure you meant ELI STONE (in reference to last night's new drama series).
Victor Garber is his boss on the show, and I always enjoy seeing him. (I forgot to mention this last night).
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I agree with bk completely about Rachel Roberts deserving the Best Actress Oscar in 1963. And if not her, I would have given it to Natalie Wood in LOVE WITH A PROPER STRANGER.
I honestly think Patricia Neal was in the wrong category. He role may have been the leading female role in the movie, but it's a decidedly featured role in my eyes. And if she had been put in that category, I STILL would have given the Oscar to Margaret Rutherford.
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After all that hoopla yesterday, I forgot to wear red today! ::)
Well, unless you count... :-X
Nope, I forgot to wear red today!
Shame on you!
(Just tell everyone that you had trouble ironing all that taffeta.)
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Friday Media Check:
CD - FOLLIES (Original London Cast)
DVD - BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, Season Three, disc 2
I'LL CRY TOMORROW
NCIS, Season 3, disc 5
DVR - last night's SUPERNATURAL
THE GREAT CARUSO
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[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Happy Birthday to DR Kerry!!![/move]
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[move=right,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Happy Birthday to Donald Feltham![/move]
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It is raining here in Rehoboth Beach, DE, as well, but not heavily, just enough to make everything soggy and boggy.
All in all, a good day for doing kitchen stuff.
Assuming I don't get called in to work. :-\
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TV Reminder:
New episodes of PSYCH and MONK tonight
New episodes of FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS and LAS VEGAS (for those who watch).
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Friday Media Check:
CD - FOLLIES (Original London Cast)
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A nice enough recording. The staging was a bit too "one-set"-ish -- the Loveland sequences didn't have nearly enough of the glamour they should have had.
(Of course, since der B and I had just come from the matinee of Pacific Overtures at the BNO, anything that followed was bound to pale in comparison.)
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BOYS! DR Kerry and DJ Don, may you have wonderful natal days!
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[shadow=color,glow width,#characters wide][size=8] Have a Merry Birthday, Kerry![/size][/shadow] [/glow]
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[shadow=color,glow width,#characters wide][size=8] Best Birthday Wishes, Donald[/size][/shadow] [/glow]
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Good morning, all! When all this nonsense is over, I need to see my doctor for an IV or something to remove all the toxins and poisons from the crap I've been using to exterminate the vermin. Oy! I've been Steri-Fabbing myself into a stupor.
Well, I did laugh at MEET THE SPARTANS but it's a pretty dreadful movie by the makers of DATE MOVIE, a film that I'd forgotten was god-awful until I saw it again last November in Ohio. SPARTANS has several dance numbers, and I suppose if it were translated into Hindu, DR MBarnum would consider it an art film since it combines undressed men, sword & sandal and Bollywood elements. The cast was game, but it was really pathetic. It was strange for a comedy that it ends with all the Spartans dying, and at the end of the credit there were about 15 minutes of out-takes.
I would swear that I've seen several of the Spartans on my VCR, and that leads to today's TOD:
Nada on everything
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TOD:
CDs:
WICKED German Cast
Janis Ian - self-titled 1978
BROADWAY MUSICALS OF 1960- WMHM Mr. Barrett is on this one. . .
BROADWAY MUSICALS OF 1964
BROADWAY UNPLUGGED VOLUME ONE
DVD:
SUPERNATURAL SEASON TWO - Disc Six - Finished the season, now the Features.
DIL MAANGE MORE featuring:
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A nice enough recording. The staging was a bit too "one-set"-ish -- the Loveland sequences didn't have nearly enough of the glamour they should have had.
(Of course, since der B and I had just come from the matinee of Pacific Overtures at the BNO, anything that followed was bound to pale in comparison.)
Certainly not my favorite rendition of the score, but I hadn't listened to it in years and thought I'd give it a spin. None of the new songs are patches on the ones they replaced or fit especially well, but I never saw this incarnation, and I understand script changes made it very different from the Broadway version which I did see (and love).
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On the positive side, my new bed frame has shipped.
Several of my third floor neighbors, led by the demented Jaymie, are causing trouble: Steve, who had cartons of books in the hall for many months, started showing signs of anxiety about the Miami University cartons yesterday. He's also no longer taking the elevator, I notice, since Jaymie threw her fit earlier in the week about its being infested with bedbugs from my piano. To add insult to the injury and libel, the moron's information came from the drama queen Judy who's never seen a bed bug but swore they were all over the elevator when the piano was removed. I saw no sign of vermin at all when I vacuumed the damed elevator and sprayed it with pesticide immediately after the piano was removed, I can only think I've got three neurotic asses on a witch hunt.
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Ah, Shahid! TD have picked up JAB WE MET yet?
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It's Carnaval! Department (AKA Possibly Rethinking My Love of Brasilian Music Department):
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080131/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/brazil_holocaust_float (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080131/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/brazil_holocaust_float)
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Happy Birthday to DRs Donald Feltham and Kerry!
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I can only think I've got three neurotic asses on a witch hunt.
Perhaps better than three neurotic witches on an ass hunt.
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And the word of the day is: SUPPURATE! Find a song for THAT one!
Sing for Your Suppur?
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Well, I guess I need to head down now and clean up a bit so I can run my usual Friday errands.
WBBL.
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TOD:
DVD:
The Dolly Sisters (I will be meeting one of the actresses from the film when I go to L.A.)
DVR:
I have so many episodes of WHAT'S MY LINE to watch!!!
VCR:
Courtesy of DR JRand, I will be enjoying Mamie and Martin in THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ADAM AND EVE!
CD:
Soundtrack to the 1960s Italian spy film MISSION SPECIALE:LADY CHAPLIN.
And if luck holds I will have a whole slew of Mamie Van Doren DVDrs in the mail today or tomorrow! Whew!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DON & KERRY, OR ALTERNATIVELY, KON AND DERRY.
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I had a LOST marathon last night (no spoilers).
First i watched the 2 hour finale from last season again (with the explanation blurbs at the bottom).
Then i watched the recap show.
I must say of all 3 events (finale, recap, new show) i liked the recap show the least.
I think it would have been better if i had not just watched the finale from the previous season. Because a lot of it was the same. Plus it was so fresh in my mind.
Then i watched the premiere a bit later.
My mind is still trying to grasp everything that happened. I loved it!
Here is the recap:
http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/Shows/Lost/Stories/The-Beginning-Of-The-End
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Tomovoz--we listened to Once for the first time yesterday. Boy does that guy sound like the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens!
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Well, Shahid is certainly wearing red[/color] today!
And looking might fine in it, too! :)
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I am very excited to watch the Superbowl this Sunday.
And also to see the ads (which is actually quite a feat here since everything but certain satellites only gives the canadian commercials).
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DR elmore3003 - Here is a message for your nasty neighbors:
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Curious what you other Lost-ophiles thought about last night's episode. It didn't immediately "wow" me, but there were certainly some interesting new threads that may weave into something exciting.
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A big 'ole happy birth day to DR Kerry (and thanks for the wonderful book!!! It made me laugh!) :D
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Also, was I imagining things, or was Harold Perrineau listed in the credits? I sure didn't see him--did anyone else?
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DR elmore3003 - Here is a message for your nasty neighbors:
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Euphemism?
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Was Vixmom standing next to me when my head exploded the other day?
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Certainly not my favorite rendition of the score, but I hadn't listened to it in years and thought I'd give it a spin. None of the new songs are patches on the ones they replaced or fit especially well, but I never saw this incarnation, and I understand script changes made it very different from the Broadway version which I did see (and love).
Those script changes were radical - the older Ben/Buddy/Sally/Phyllis had actual conversations with their younger selves. And so on. No wonder Sondheim and company have put the kabosh on it being repeated.
Here's something that's occurred to me: why is it I never see pictures of the original Broadway production in color anywhere? I've seen lots of black and white photos, and I know color pics were taken because I remember seeing them in Time magazine back when I was in college (he unafraidedly dates himself). So, where are the color pics?
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And a birthday wish to DJ Donald Feltham!
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TOD:
DVD:
The Dolly Sisters (I will be meeting one of the actresses from the film when I go to L.A.)
Donna Jo Gribble? Vivian Mason? Or...?????
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The makings for the chicken stock is in the oven.
I've split the makings into two pots, which will be easier to handle later and gives me a total of six quarts water to three pounds chicken wings. They are sitting in a nice warm 200 degree oven, using the lower oven because it will be easier for me to reach in and skim any skum off the top of the pots.
And so far I haven't been asked to come in to work.
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Donna Jo Gribble? Vivian Mason? Or...?????
Mildred Kornman, of course! :D
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LOST MINOR FUTURE SPOILER
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Also, was I imagining things, or was Harold Perrineau listed in the credits? I sure didn't see him--did anyone else?
No, he was not on last night. I can't remember where i heard it, but i think we will see him this season.
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Vibes to DR TCB. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hope you are feeling a bit better!
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If Jose Can, I Can-Can Can, Too Department:
I also have a stack of DVDs, all new and mint (not in shrink, though), none of which are probably of interest to anyone, but, if so $5 each including shipping (for you U.S. folk) makes them yours:
Peter's Friends (Branagh, et al)
Steve Martin 3-fer (LA Story, All of Me, Novocaine)
Camp
History Channel: Sherman's March
Prevention Magazine Drop it With Dance
Bill Gottleib Riffs (legendary jazz photographer)
Dizzy Gillespie in Jivin' in Be-Bop (great vintage 46 film)
The Story of Islam
Happy Feet
Ken Russell In Search of the English Folksong (weirdest documentary you have EVER seen)
Visions of Ireland
Kaspar Hauser (Peter Sehr, not Herzog, but incredible)
Dear Mr. Fantasy (Traffic concert for Jim Capaldi)
And because it's bigger and heavier $7.50 for 3 DVD David Grubin PBS doc The Mysterious Human Heart.
Bid now, bid often, take these DVDs. Please.
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How about a TGIF Jeff Richards dance!!
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Mildred Kornman, of course! :D
Ohhhhh....(AKA Ricki Van Dusen) -- Mademoiselle Pollaire!
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If Jose Can, I Can-Can Can, Too Department:
I also have a stack of DVDs, all new and mint (not in shrink, though), none of which are probably of interest to anyone, but, if so $5 each including shipping (for you U.S. folk) makes them yours:
Peter's Friends (Branagh, et al)
Steve Martin 3-fer (LA Story, All of Me, Novocaine)
Camp
History Channel: Sherman's March
Prevention Magazine Drop it With Dance
Bill Gottleib Riffs (legendary jazz photographer)
Dizzy Gillespie in Jivin' in Be-Bop (great vintage 46 film)
The Story of Islam
Happy Feet
Ken Russell In Search of the English Folksong (weirdest documentary you have EVER seen)
Visions of Ireland
Kaspar Hauser (Peter Sehr, not Herzog, but incredible)
Dear Mr. Fantasy (Traffic concert for Jim Capaldi)
And because it's bigger and heavier $7.50 for 3 DVD David Grubin PBS doc The Mysterious Human Heart.
Bid now, bid often, take these DVDs. Please.
You can send them all to me, along with your check for $35 (processing fee).
;)
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SPOILERS re: last night's LOST premiere:
Curious what you other Lost-ophiles thought about last night's episode. It didn't immediately "wow" me, but there were certainly some interesting new threads that may weave into something exciting.
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I really liked it. But it's a lot to process.
What i liked:
1. The flashforward with hurley was very interesting.
2. The idea of Oceanic 6. Does that mean only 6 got off?
3. Hurley meeting jack. And then hurley meeting "charlie". Hurley in the mental institution (and that mystery black man who went there).
4.naomi disappearing.
5. kate stealing the phone from jack during their hug.
6.Hurley telling claire about charlie (broke my heart).
7.Everyone going with locke.
8. hurley hearing stuff at jacob's cabin.
9. Jack shooting locke (but no bullets).
10. And i liked the end too with the guy parachuting to jack and kate.
It was just very overwhelming. So much happened.
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Ah, Shahid! TD have picked up JAB WE MET yet?
It's on the top of my Netflix queue!
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I just realized a few minutes ago that I had forgotten to call my father on his birthday... which was two days ago... :-\
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So...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR KERRY!!!!!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DJ DONALD FELTHAM!!!!!
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I just realized a few minutes ago that I had forgotten to call my father on his birthday... which was two days ago... :-\
Just tell him you're early for next year.
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According to
Michael Riedel (http://www.nypost.com/seven/02012008/entertainment/theater/to_hal_and_back_857847.htm)
Hal Prince has had a minor stroke
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And as for "Lost" last night...
Did anyone watch "The View" yesterday? Whoopi Goldberg announced that she was giving away a spoiler, but that it really wouldn't spoil anything for devoted viewers. Well, from what I could tell, the spoiler she gave away didn't really apply until they started showing the previews for next week's episode. ?!?!?!?
We shall see.
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And now I'm off to play for Mssr. Morrison for a bit, and then I might be heading in for the brush-up rehearsal for A Chorus Line. I need my Baayork fix for the week.
Laters...
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...And I will be calling my Dad shortly too.
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During this past week, I've been fighting off various weather-related (lots of cold, rain, etc.) malaises, and one of the key ingredients in my "success" of same has been "teas". For general malaise including upset stomach, peppermint tea works wonders for me. I prefer Trader Joe's peppermint tea to any I've tried (only two other brands, but there it is). And for stuffy sinuses, nothing beats Yogi Teas "Breathe Deeply". It's all herbal and it's wonderful.
Today, I stumbled across this brand of tea, and I have to wonder if this tea is BODACIOUS:
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I had an interesting/disturbing exchange at the store yesterday.
I was assigned for most of the evening to self-scan, but was spelling Larry at the express lane while he broke for his lunch. The woman who was first to come up for my turn at the register was well over the fifteen-item express limit, and Larry had started to remind her that she was over, but I had said "Oh, no, it's OK," since she had already loaded about half her purchases onto the belt.
The woman had a defeated look to her. "He sure seemed grumpy."
"Well, he lost his partner last August, and still isn't over it," I explained. Larry and David had been together for twenty-two years.
"Oh. Yes. Well. I've just had a death in the family. Yesterday."
I gulped.
"I'm amazed I didn't start crying while I was here in the store."
"You have every right to cry. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise."
She nodded. "That, and because of it, I've had to move real fast."
I chanced to ask "Just how close a relative...?"
"Immediate family," she replied. Ooops. And thud. It was code for her lover died, and she's been forced from the home they shared by her lover's family. "I guess I should've seen the express lane sign, but my eyes have been real bleary."
"That, and it isn't very well lit. A lot of people don't see it." Truth to tell, a lot of people don't bother to look, but I wasn't about to say that under these circumstances.
We finished up with the scanning, bagging, and paying for her purchases. "Just remember, you have every right to cry. And you have every right to be angry."
She looked up at me, a bit startled. "You're right, I am angry. I'm a bit of everything right now. Thank-you, you've been very kind. And tell that other fellow that I appologize for being judgemental. I didn't mean to be."
Fortunately, the rest of the evening was uneventful.
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I have already put on a full suit of body armor, steel-toed work boots, a hockey mask on my face, and a football helmet........ all of this is in preparation for hurled eggs, slings and arrows, and justifiably delivered bitch-slaps from the fearless Poobah. :-[
Let's just say that the past seven months or so have given traumatic, sad, and unimaginable a whole new meaning. Selah.
I can't possibly make up for all of the missed birthdays and celebrations, but I can at least send a belated kiss (with tongue) to dearest Dear BK for his glorious birthday in December.
And the very best and sincerest Happy Birthday wishes to DR Kerry on his special day............. may cake appear from every corner of the land.
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I also will admit that there is no way that I can go back and catch up on daily columns, and related notes ............
So, I have absolutely no idea of what is going on, births, deaths, major events, BK's new book in the works, etc.
But at least I'm trying to move forward. And many thanks to those who wished me well on my own recent birthday -- thank you most sincerely.
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According to
Michael Riedel (http://www.nypost.com/seven/02012008/entertainment/theater/to_hal_and_back_857847.htm)
Hal Prince has had a minor stroke
To paraphrase Mr. Sondheim: "There's no such thing as a minor heart attack stroke."
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And as for "Lost" last night...
Did anyone watch "The View" yesterday? ...
Does anyone...
...Still watch...
...The View?
(Sorry, couldn't resist.)
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DR MusicGuy!!!!!!! So glad to see you here again!!!!
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Hello, DR MusicGuy! Good to see you in the Living Room.
You haven't missed too much. DR Tomovoz summarized pretty well just the other day:
Jose ate
SingDaw posted pics
Laura went to meetings
Sherlock froliced
Matt watched DVDs and cleaned house
Larry bitched
JMK parked his car
Assorted books have been read
Ben has a new PC
Debbie still can't type
Jack is Footloose
FJL was -- oh well you'll know that ;)
You don't need to bother with much else.
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Speaking of books being read, I'm working my way through WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, a highly original novel set in the circus world of the 1930s.
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Back from a morning of
information waitressing social work. It's just amazing how many people stare at all the tax forms available for pick up and ask, "Which one's for the state?"
Um, the one that says:
[size=8]OHIO[/size]
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Welcome back, DR MusicGuy - you've been missed around here!
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Good News: I have read that Paramount will be releasing a DVD of Season 1 (17 episodes) of "The Invaders" with Roy Thinnes sometime in May.
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Hello, DR MusicGuy! Good to see you in the Living Room.
You haven't missed too much. DR Tomovoz summarized pretty well just the other day:
Exactly.
The rest of us are pretty much "de trop", as it were.
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And the word of the day is: SUPPURATE! Find a song for THAT one!
From ye olde summer camp days: Great Green Gobs... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Green_Gobs_of_Greasy,_Grimy_Gopher_Guts)
Happiest of days to Kerry & Donald!
TOD:
On the iPod: "Jewish History in Modern Times," lecture series by Rabbi Rakeffet-Rothkoff
On the DVD drive @ home: "Back to the Future III," soon to be followed by "Tootsie"
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I'm catching up on yesterday's posts.
There seems to be some confusion. I never said that hicks were the only people who "like" football.
What I said was "Is anyone out there enough of a hick to explain the appeal of football?" The referral (from DR Ginny, our expert information waitress) to Andy Griffith's routine helped greatly.
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And while I'm referring to yesterday's posts:
There are a few women who come to the store who wear burkas. They are, to a woman, very kind, polite, well spoken, and (judging from their shopping carts) interested in feeding their families well, with lots of fresh veggies and fruits and little pre-processed foods.
OK, on that last, yeah, I'm a snob. But I like these customers. I really do.
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I'm catching up on yesterday's posts.
There seems to be some confusion. I never said that hicks were the only people who "like" football.
What I said was "Is anyone out there enough of a hick to explain the appeal of football?" The referral (from DR Ginny, our expert information waitress) to Andy Griffith's routine helped greatly.
Okay. If that's your story, then you stick to it!
;)
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For the first day in what seems like "weeks", we are having some pure, unadulterated sunshine in Oakland this morning.
And for some reason....ohhh, I don't know why....it makes me a bit cheery. I just want to sing:
Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy
Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely
Sunshine almost always makes me high
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I am SO happy to have come of age during the 1970s!
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I am SO happy to have come of age during the 1970s!
And we are so happy FOR you, DR Ron Pulliam! :D
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For your entertainment, this is available on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKSo7QO7ceo).
All it takes is a little Google. ::)
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Sunshine on my shoulders makes me blister
Sunshine in my eyes can make me blind....
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I have reduced my work email storage "footprint" from 100% full to 74% full.
That is all.
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And I'm off for today. first a meeting with Karen Mason about some work and then back to the apartment to continue the cleanup.
See you tomorrow!
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TOO Funny! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORm4jhitPxM)
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And I'm off for today. first a meeting with Karen Mason about some work and then back to the apartment to continue the cleanup.
See you tomorrow!
Carry some matches with you for the flying broomsticks....and a bucket of water for overheated bwitches...
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Did someone leave their cake out in the rain?
(http://static.flickr.com/55/141934744_47a796cd60.jpg)
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(http://bp3.blogger.com/_ASooKung0o8/R4ZMWpPdtgI/AAAAAAAAAWg/zcUxBDsPOGc/s320/DD.bmp)
Ah, DR NAOMI without the red dress.
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Hello, everyone.
It's pouring buckets here.
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Ah, DR NAOMI without the red dress.
IF ONLY I were that thin! ;D
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Happy Birthday to our HHW DJ Donald Feltham!
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Happy Birthday to DR KERRY!
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Tomorrow is Groundhog Day. Are we doing it up big here at HHW? :)
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What a morning. I got up at nine, had to answer some e-mails including one response that took fifteen minutes to write (about the musical) and then I had to have a thirty minute phone conversation about same. I'm almost ready to start writing, but not quite.
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MusicGuy was here and all is well with the world.
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Tomorrow is Groundhog Day. Are we doing it up big here at HHW? :)
What are your neighbors doing?
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Oh, a little bit of this:
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%](http://www.mountainplay.org/mtplay_images/8951/hannigan_rooster_lily_kicking_cwjpg)[/move]
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WELCOME BACK to DR MUSIC GUY! Nice to see ya!
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And a little bit of that:
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Oh, a little bit of this:
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%](http://www.mountainplay.org/mtplay_images/8951/hannigan_rooster_lily_kicking_cwjpg)[/move]
Oh, REALLY?? You must live in an interesting neighborhood indeed!
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You know. Just the normal stuff. 8)
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What are your neighbors doing?
Staying in their boroughs, probably.
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Hello, everyone.
It's pouring buckets here.
I hope you have a sturdy umbrella and a high-impact helmet.
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Staying in their boroughs, probably.
Well yes - if they see me out and about, they might do that.
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"Fie on the fates," say I.
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Do they know who they're dealing with?
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Forsooth, I laugh.
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I hope you have a sturdy umbrella and a high-impact helmet.
Well, I have a ton of desk work to do, so I planned to stay in today and do it.
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Well yes - if they see me out and about...
Doing high kicks?
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Doing high kicks?
That's our boy....no false subtlety about him!
;D
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;D
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Well yes - if they see me out and about, they might do that.
The question is: If they stay in their boroughs, however will we know whether they'll see their shadows or not?
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Der B and I have caught up on last night's Lost.
The chicken stock is stocking, slowly and surely.
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The chicken stock is stocking
That's good.
Just so long as it's not stalking.
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TOD:
DVD: THE STREET
PAJAMA GAME
A PERFECT HERO
VCR: DEATH ON THE NILE
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That's good.
Just so long as it's not stalking.
Well, two stalks of celery in each pot.
Plus two carrots.
And an onion, quartered, two quarters per pot.
And don't forget the parsley.
And the thyme.
And peppercorns. And a clove of garlic in each.
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Well, two stalks of celery in each pot.
Plus two carrots.
And an onion, quartered, two quarters per pot.
And don't forget the parsley.
And the thyme.
And peppercorns. And a clove of garlic in each.
Always important to take stock of the stock.
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TOD:
CDs:
WICKED German Cast
Janis Ian - self-titled 1978
BROADWAY MUSICALS OF 1960- WMHM Mr. Barrett is on this one. . .
BROADWAY MUSICALS OF 1964
BROADWAY UNPLUGGED VOLUME ONE
DVD:
SUPERNATURAL SEASON TWO - Disc Six - Finished the season, now the Features.
DIL MAANGE MORE featuring:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/minx_the_dog/shahid-kapoor.jpg)
Well, at least HE's wearing red!
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An open love-letter to DR Jose:
I've added your blog (http://josespiano.wordpress.com/) to my top blog list. That puts you right up there with Frank Bruni and Michael Ruhlman.
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I accidently came across the website for a singer/pianist named Diana McIntosh, who hails from Canada... and I wonder if anyone here has ever heard of her? Her career has spanned decades...
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Happy Birthday, DR Kerry!!
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/Kerrybirthday1958.jpg)
Little Birthday Boy Kerry is all smiles, but he doesn't see that those other kids have their eyes on his cake.
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Welcome home, DR MusicGuy. I've missed you. I still owe you pancakes.
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The dogs are on alert.
Earlier today, a very nice young woman knocked on our door. She's working on the house next door, the McGulag where a pipe burst and flooded the lower two floors. They've turned off the water in the house, of course, but this makes for a complication any time anyone wants to flush the toilet.
Well, of course we're letting her fill a large bucket with water from our hose. Not to do so would be unneighborly (not to mention stinky).
So, every time she shows up with the bucket, Mikey, Buster and Bonnie have to let us know that she's back.
It's going to be a noisy day. :-\
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Now I must plant some passion vines.
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You know DRDRLaura ;D, I used to think my family's conversations were strange until I started reading yours in your signature line. ;D
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Now I must plant some passion vines.
I believe that was one of the cut lines from the expurgated version of Streetcar.
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When it rains it pours, home media-wise--went to Border's today and used a 40%, 30% and 20% coupon and got the Kurosawa Post-WWII box plus "Once" (and a book for the kids), then came home to find that El Cid had finally arrived (took a LOOOONG time--unusual for Amazon) along with a huge box of review DVDs, including another Criterion Eclipse set, this one the Lubitsch musicals. So I will be a happy and busy viewer for the next several days.
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I can't believe I didn't do this before I went to bed, so here it is:
A Very Happy Birthday to DR Kerry!!
and:
A Very Happy Birthday to HHW's DJ Donald Feltham!!
;D
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They all make perfect sense in context. Usually.
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I hate digging holes.
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Good Afternoon!
Back from playin' some music... Hmm... I kind of really like what I've heard and played so far from Catch Me If You Can. :)
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TOD -
computer - an Ahrens and Flaherty mix
iPod - shuffling everything
DVD - Are You Being Served movie (that was GOD-awful)
nice to see everyone.
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DR SWW - Thank You.
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Haven't been able to catch up, lots of stuff to do, but
Happy birthday, Donald
and
Happy birthday, Kerry
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DR MusicGuy - <MWAH!>
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Well yes - if they see me out and about, they might do that.
Especially if you are wearing that red dress from the other day!
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An open love-letter to DR Jose:
I've added your blog (http://josespiano.wordpress.com/) to my top blog list.
It really is great! :)
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Especially if you are wearing that red dress from the other day!
My dear, you can't wear a getup like that before cocktail hour with any sense of decorum. 8)
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My dear, you can't wear a getup like that before cocktail hour with any sense of decorum. 8)
A funny thing happened on the way to decorum
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My dear, you can't wear a getup like that before cocktail hour with any sense of decorum. 8)
Honey - Just because it's not cocktail hour, doesn't mean you can't have a cocktail.
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Thank you, DR singdaw.
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Honey - Just because it's not cocktail hour, doesn't mean you can't have a cocktail.
Just remember that it's always cocktail hour somewhere!
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And, remember, Rum and/or Tequila looks just like Pedia-Lite.
;D
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Curious what you other Lost-ophiles thought about last night's episode. It didn't immediately "wow" me, but there were certainly some interesting new threads that may weave into something exciting.
I found it a WOW from beginning to end. I can't believe you weren't immediately caught up with Hurley's "frontstory" and the information that brought forth. And all of the events back on the island were emotionally powerful, gripping, etc. . . . .
I couldn't have been more WOWED. Sorry you weren't.
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Those script changes were radical - the older Ben/Buddy/Sally/Phyllis had actual conversations with their younger selves. And so on. No wonder Sondheim and company have put the kabosh on it being repeated.
Here's something that's occurred to me: why is it I never see pictures of the original Broadway production in color anywhere? I've seen lots of black and white photos, and I know color pics were taken because I remember seeing them in Time magazine back when I was in college (he unafraidedly dates himself). So, where are the color pics?
There are some great color pics in Ted Chapin's EVERYTHING WAS POSSIBLE.
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From an ugly, rainy winter morning, we now have a splendid early spring afternoon. Not a cloud in the sky, and the most brilliant sunshine and mild temperatures. Such an amazing shift from this morning when it couldn't have been more miserable.
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And the word of the day is: SUPPURATE! Find a song for THAT one!
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED BK
The Song Of The Day Is : DESTINED TO FESTER
(sung by a Group Called AUTOPSY)
It Ain't Pretty-But The Lyrics are as follows:
knee deep in sewage
maggotts burrowing thru my face
blinded by disease
waiting for my living death to end
slicing teeth
infectious chewing at my skin
my blood is clotted with pus
the maddening shrill cries
of rabid vermin never stop
I pick away
at my mouldering flesh
insanity has left my mind
a tortured mess
face chewed to bits
on my body they feast
swimming in the rancid sewage
spreading their disease
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Have written almost six pages - they went quickly once I started, because it's an interesting sequence and has some good action in it, which I enjoyed writing very much. I'll do another page and a half later, but for now I think I'll take a break and do a couple of errands and get them out of the way. I may take a field trip later this afternoon to get some details for the book, and I think I will go back to Nate 'n Al later for a pastrami sandwich and a walk on Beverly Dr.
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While I cooked and ate lunch, I finished the NCIS episode I had started last night. This was the one where someone was burying bodies in military crypts. A BIG surprise for an ending.
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Since I was still eating, I put in another NCIS episode, this one with a serial killer using events from McGee's new book to execute murders. I did remember how this turned out, but it was still an OK episode.
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I watched three episodes of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST this afternoon. Since Catherine has been dead since the end of episode 2, the series has been drifting a bit, but now that a new female has entered Vincent's life (a detective still on the trail of Catherine's murderer and baby abductor), the show is wanting to restart itself with this new "partner" for Vincent. Obviously it didn't take with audiences since the show was canceled after this season.
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My, that was a lovely sentiment, DR ArnoldMBrockman.
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One of the episodes was really entertaining: a hit man/brother of the man who killed Catherine was on the hunt for Vincent, so the episode became a cat and mouse stalking episode, and it was better than the other two I've watched today.
The hit man was played effectively by Lance Henderickson.
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I skimmed quickly through today's AS THE WORLD TURNS. No Luke and/or Noah, nor were they featured in next week's previews.
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I ended my afternoon of viewing by watching the first quarter of last night's SUPERNATURAL. The show started late, so I'm going to miss the end of the episode. I may have to ask DR Ron Pulliam to fill me in on the ending since I know he watches SUPERNATURAL.
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Happy Birthday Donald
Happy Birthday Kerry
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TOD -
computer - an Ahrens and Flaherty mix
iPod - shuffling everything
DVD - Are You Being Served movie (that was GOD-awful)
nice to see everyone.
Nice to see you, Matthew! Nice new avatar. :)
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According to
Michael Riedel (http://www.nypost.com/seven/02012008/entertainment/theater/to_hal_and_back_857847.htm)
Hal Prince has had a minor stroke
And in the "What Were They Thinking" department: at the end of this article, there is mention of a revival of Brigadoon...and yet another book that's being rewritten:
John Guare has rewritten Lerner's book, turning Brigadoon into a pacifist town that "disappeared" in 1939 because its inhabitants didn't want to live in a world torn apart by war.
???
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I saw that mention of the updated book for a Brigadoon revival. Talk about not fixin' somethin' that ain't broke!
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And in the "What Were They Thinking" department: at the end of this article, there is mention of a revival of Brigadoon...and yet another book that's being rewritten:
John Guare has rewritten Lerner's book, turning Brigadoon into a pacifist town that "disappeared" in 1939 because its inhabitants didn't want to live in a world torn apart by war.
???
What a boneheaded decision! It enrages me when classics like this are tampered with so unnecessarily.
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Guess I'll write for a bit and then head back down to finish what's left on the DVR of SUPERNATURAL and then back to BEAUTY AND THE BEAST until MONK comes on.
WBBL.
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Brigadoon is one CD I don't have in my collection. Must fix that.....
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Just popping in from the Computer Services Desk :P, where I'm spending the last half-hour of my workday - 23 minutes to go.
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I am very excited to watch the Superbowl this Sunday.
And also to see the ads (which is actually quite a feat here since everything but certain satellites only gives the canadian commercials).
Some whack-job on the TV is ranting and raving about how women are ruining the Superbowl. He says no women really care about it - it should be for men only. He then railed about all the commercials because they were geared to women's products like underwear and shampoo. It was curious to hear him declaim how men don't want to watch women's dumb undie commercials like Victoria Secret. (Just where is this line of of all-American men objecting to Victoria Secret commercials - the closest thing to soft-porn on Network TV)
der Brucer
Even tho I'm not a big football fan, I usually watch the superbowl because it is a national news event - now I need a reason to favor one team over the other!
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Brigadoon is one CD I don't have in my collection. Must fix that.....
Yes, you must...and get several (http://www.castalbumdb.com/titltitl.cfm?TNumber=75)!!
:)
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Spooky! Looks like two of us just deleted a post at the same time.
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OK - Well, I need to get to the bank before the close, and then it's off to dinner.
Laters...
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Spooky! Looks like two of us just deleted a post at the same time.
Yup...and we originally posted them within a second of each other, too. ;)
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Yes, you must!!
:)
Ok, so which version should should I look for? iTunes has the JAY recording and the movie.
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Ok, so which version should should I look for? iTunes has the JAY recording and the movie.
I modified my post above...check out the new link. :D
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I modified my post above...check out the new link. :D
I'll settle for one. But which one?
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Of course, my philosophy is that one should always start with the original...because it's the first. I love the Brent Barrett/Rebecca Luker version (with Judy Kaye as Meg) and the Shirley Jones/Jack Cassidy (with Susan Johnson as Meg). ;D
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Back from errands and shall now try to finish another page and a half before being on my way to a possible field trip and pastrami sandwich.
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Will we never get to page nine?
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Well, two stalks of celery in each pot.
Plus two carrots.
And an onion, quartered, two quarters per pot.
And don't forget the parsley.
And the thyme.
And peppercorns. And a clove of garlic in each.
Just hope he doesn't find the recipe that calls for puppy-dog's tails :-X
der Brucer
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Of course, my philosophy is that one should always start with the original...because it's the first. I love the Brent Barrett/Rebecca Luker version (with Judy Kaye as Meg) and the Shirley Jones/Jack Cassidy (with Susan Johnson as Meg). ;D
Broadway it is. (for now)
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Ooo Ooo.... Broadway cast recording of Brigadoon available as a DIGITAL DOWNLOAD on amazon.com Gotta love this technology.
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Nice new avatar, DR Matthew! :)
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It is cold. It is windy. It is rainy.
Not very gratifying dog-walking weather.
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Ooo Ooo.... Broadway cast recording of Brigadoon available as a DIGITAL DOWNLOAD on amazon.com Gotta love this technology.
For the most part. ;)
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Broadway it is.
But if it were the London Original Undergraduate Internet E-download, you could say, "LOUIE it is!"
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Since I was still eating...
Even after reading ArnoldMBrockman's lyric post?
der Brucer
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Some whack-job on the TV is ranting and raving about how women are ruining the Superbowl.
Let me guess....
FOX NETWORK? ::)
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Even after reading ArnoldMBrockman's lyric post?
I must admit, that made me lose my lunch! :P
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Let me guess....
FOX NETWORK? ::)
Yes - the same one with folks bemoaning that John McCain is not conservative enough (as if any one "conservative enough" to suit them could ever hope to win a national election!)
der Brucer
O course, now that Ann Coulter has proclaimed she will support Clinton if McCain is nominated, anything can happen.
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When he was here, DR JoseSPiano didn't comment upon the news reported earlier today about the revamped agreement for the original participants whose interviews helped to create A Chorus Line. I presume there was talk about it today at the auditions.
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I'll have an order of Pampla-moose, with floop on the side, please.
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Feeling a bit Scottish at the moment. What a joyous score - I'm SO behind the times!
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And now for something completely different...exactly five years ago today, the Space Shuttle Columbia (http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/shuttle-columbia-memorial-dedicated-020304.htm) exploded.
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Finally caught up.
Busy day, but I still only got two small returns done.
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And just in case anyone missed Post 436 from last night...
"Friends" - Complete Series (opened, but not viewed)
"M*A*S*H" - Complete Series (opened, but not viewed)
"Arrested Development" - Complete Series (still in shrinkwrap)
"Queer As Folk" - Seasons One and Two (still in shrinkwrap)
"Lord of the Rings" Trilogy Boxed Set - Widescreen, the theatrical release versions not the director's cuts (still in shrinkwrap)
Two Disney Tins - "The Mickey Mouse Club" and "Mickey Mouse in Black & White - Vol. 2" (both are still sealed)
;D
And what are the prices and the shipping costs?
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And what are the prices and the shipping costs?
Go ahead...make him an offer he can't refuse!
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two small returns
Now now, DR FJL...size doesn't matter.
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DR Sandra says that Turk said pampla-moose on an episode of Scrubs.
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Yes, Kerry, Sax is very good on your birthday!
(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u271/actr2000/Saxandthesingleguy.jpg)
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WHAT DID THE STRIPPER GIVE YOU FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY?
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Happy Birthday to DR KERRY!!!
Gale and Dorothy say Hi!
Shouldn't that read "Dorothy Gale says Hi!"
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WHAT DID THE STRIPPER GIVE YOU FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY?
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A headache?
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I liked Eli Hunter - the story was predictable, but I like Jonny Lee Miller. And who should show up as his mother but Miss Pamela Reed (without the baseball bat she carried in KINDERGARTEN COP).
We shall see what happens. The sassy, snappy, quippy black secretary played by Loretta Devine was an annoying cliche, but perhaps her character will be more defined as the show goes on.
I missed Pamela in a new show! I can't believe it. But isn't the character named Eli Stone?
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Ah, Shahid! TD have picked up JAB WE MET yet?
I have no idea what you just said, Mike, but if it has something to do with the guy in the picture count me in!
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Director Nunn Finds His Rhett for London Gone With the Wind (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/114757.html)
(http://www.playbill.com/images/photos/danesh.jpg)
Darius Danesh
:)
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Phoenix is currently crawling with celebrities, I understand. But then I wouldn't know a celebrity if one walked up to me and said, "Hello. I am a celebrity."
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For instance, this celebrity is here in town, only a couple miles from my house:
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Does anyone else think that the rapper with little girl pig tails is hysterical?
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Wow, a double birthday at HHW!
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Mildred Kornman, of course! :D
Are we talking about Mary Kornman's sister?
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR KERRY!
MAY YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL YEAR!
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Good Evening!
Hmm... Fish & Chips from the Fry Shoppe down the street. YUM!!!!!!!!!
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I'm with you Laura. I would not know Britney, Nicole, Paris etc even we were sharing a taxi. I don't even recognise Sharon Stone or Angelina unless they're wearing name tags. I just do not understand "celebrity" watching. I'd only recognise MBarnum if I went to a celebrity fair.
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And what are the prices and the shipping costs?
I basically set the prices at or slightly below what the lowest price I saw from Amazon.com resellers, so...
Make me an offer. Seriously.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR VERY OWN DJ DONALD FELTHAM!!
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When he was here, DR JoseSPiano didn't comment upon the news reported earlier today about the revamped agreement for the original participants whose interviews helped to create A Chorus Line. I presume there was talk about it today at the auditions.
Well, I knew that the negotiations have been going on for a while, but didn't realize that they were going public with the announcement - even if the exact terms are not being revealed. In any case, I'm glad something was worked out. I guess I should check over at achorusline.org for any other commentary.
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I'm with you Laura. I would not know Britney, Nicole, Paris etc even we were sharing a taxi.
I heard on the news that Paris is in town.
Slow news day, I guess.
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I'm catching up on yesterday's posts.
There seems to be some confusion. I never said that hicks were the only people who "like" football.
What I said was "Is anyone out there enough of a hick to explain the appeal of football?" The referral (from DR Ginny, our expert information waitress) to Andy Griffith's routine helped greatly.
No, there was no confusion.
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And one of the football players was arrested for DUI.
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I believe that was one of the cut lines from the expurgated version of Streetcar.
LOL It does, actually!
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Speaking of books being read, I'm working my way through WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, a highly original novel set in the circus world of the 1930s.
WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL BOOK!
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Did you have CAKE today, DR Kerry?????
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A headache?
You got it right, Bub!
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SWW- THAT POOR WOMAN! Are you saying in one day she lost her lover & in the same day had to move?
Jose, HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY to your DF.
DRMusicGuy-BIG VIBES! It’ nice to have you back.
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Did someone leave their cake out in the rain?
(http://static.flickr.com/55/141934744_47a796cd60.jpg)
Coleslaw, do you stay up nights finding these photos online? We really must get you some help!
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No cake yet. I bought a mixer and will bake a pineapple upside down down cake since my mother is not alive to do it anymore (it was her thing). And since the place with the Oreo Cake closed, that is out of the question. But there WILL be cake.
I've had a great day so far--- Laura took me to breakfast and a long walk through a lovely old neighborhood. I took MusicGuy to lunch for fish and chips (at at a dive i've been frequenting since 1959), and I took Sugar for a walk on this nice sunny day. :)
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The quote of the day was, "Look, a lava ball!"
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Thank you Singdaw.
TPunk, enjoy your very special niece. Your others seems more like cousins, this one an honest to goodness niece.
Vixmom, I enjoyed the Simon & Garfunkel link. It is a shame they don’t sing together more often.
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Does anyone else think that the rapper with little girl pig tails is hysterical?
;D ;D
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DR Megan:
The skeptic that I am, I verified this with Urban Legends, and it is true. So Dear Readers, click away. :D
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com
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Matthew-Nice to see you & your nice new avatar.
DR Kerry, glad you are having a nice birthdayday. :D
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(http://network.bestfriends.org/data/news/7595310801301223.jpg)
End Georgia Dog Fighting (http://network.bestfriends.org/georgiadogfightingbill/news/22479.html)
Dog Fighting Bill Passes House Overwhelmingly
January 30, 2008
Changes may still need to be made to the language once bill moves over to the Senate, but passage through the House is another big hurdle cleared
By Jon Dunn, Best Friends Animal Society
In a 165-6 vote, Georgia’s House of Representatives agreed that dog fighting does not have safe harbor in their state. H.B. 301 has moved swiftly since the session began, first passing the house committee, then through the rules committee, and then almost before anyone noticed the bill hit the floor and was voted on and passed!
…
So who voted against the bill? Rep. David Lucas (D-Macon) was one of the six who decided that stronger dog fighting laws were not necessary. He claimed that the activity of dog fighting is so deep rooted in many black communities that the proposed penalties would just be excessive. "We've got over 60,000 people in the corrections system now," Lucas said. "I think we take things too far sometimes."
der Brucer
GA residents can go to the site and sign a petition
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We got the draft of our agreement with the Village Theatre regarding the Last Starfighter Workshop. The public presentations, according to the contract, would be May 23-25, which is on Memorial Day weekend. This sounds to me like a good idea in terms of trying to get full audiences.
I'm a little concerned about having to travel back home on the Monday of Memorial Day weekend, so maybe we'll try for a red-eye flight on the Sunday night rather than flying back on Memorial Day itself???
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We got the draft of our agreement with the Village Theatre regarding the Last Starfighter Workshop. The public presentations, according to the contract, would be May 23-25, which is on Memorial Day weekend. This sounds to me like a good idea in terms of trying to get full audiences.
Great news!! Unless something completely unexpected comes up, I plan to be there!! ;D
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Now, I'm off to my parents' house for dinner. Have a good evening, all. :D
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We got the draft of our agreement with the Village Theatre regarding the Last Starfighter Workshop. The public presentations, according to the contract, would be May 23-25, which is on Memorial Day weekend. This sounds to me like a good idea in terms of trying to get full audiences.
I'm a little concerned about having to travel back home on the Monday of Memorial Day weekend, so maybe we'll try for a red-eye flight on the Sunday night rather than flying back on Memorial Day itself???
Well, be sure to book your flights sooner than later. Airfares start getting their "summer mark-up" that weekend, and with the airlines threateing to raise the fuel surcharge again, well... In any case...
Congrats!
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Goodness, I'm sitting here and forgot to share our good news. Bryan has been accepted into an excellent medical school. It looks like he will be a doctor. :D
There are more interviews & more schools still to hear from before a final decision will be made. From now on we can be more relaxed during the process. This is really a good school, & a good match for him.
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CONGRATULATIONS, AUNTIE TPUNK!!!!
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CONGRATULATIONS, DS (not my DS, but DR Jane's DS) BRYAN!
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Hurray for Bryan!!!!!!
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Greetings from my new part-time job - I'm doing a favor for a friend - working at a little beer shop, Brewski's. I'm selling cases oof beer two nights a week, and i'm training tonight. . .laters.
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CONGRATULATIONS, DS (not my DS, but DR Jane's DS) BRYAN!
You have a DS named Bryan? I have been away a while!
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Congrats to Bryan!!!!
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We got the draft of our agreement with the Village Theatre regarding the Last Starfighter Workshop. The public presentations, according to the contract, would be May 23-25, which is on Memorial Day weekend. This sounds to me like a good idea in terms of trying to get full audiences.
I'm a little concerned about having to travel back home on the Monday of Memorial Day weekend, so maybe we'll try for a red-eye flight on the Sunday night rather than flying back on Memorial Day itself???
Do you have any idea how long you will be out West prior to the performances? Although George and I will hopefully be able to see the show, we both would like to spend a little time with you outside the theater. George may have to roll me there in a plastic bubble, but I do want to finally get a chance to meet you in person.
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Glad you'll try to come see the show again, George.
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Congratulations to Bryan and congratulations to the doctor's mother and father!
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Are we talking about Mary Kornman's sister?
Yessiree! That is right.
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Greetings from my new part-time job - I'm doing a favor for a friend - working at a little beer shop, Brewski's. I'm selling cases oof beer two nights a week, and i'm training tonight. . .laters.
Is this on Carson Street? I found a photo on city guide, but the link won't work when I post it.nice link to Brewski’s? Sorry, the usual insert won't connect-have no idea why. You will have to highlight the entire link. ???
You can try it anyway. LOL, I just tried it again & it worked.
http://search.cityguide.aol.com/pittsburgh/bars/brewskis/v-107680510
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... now I need a reason to favor one team over the other!
Former Michigan quarterback, Tom Brady, now New England's QB.
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Congratulations to Bryan, DS of DR Jane and her DH Keith!
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Greetings from my new part-time job - I'm doing a favor for a friend - working at a little beer shop, Brewski's. I'm selling cases oof beer two nights a week, and i'm training tonight. . .laters.
Is oof beer more expensive than regular beer?
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Thank you DR’s Jose, Laura, FJL, TCB & Ginny.
New Yorkers, Bryan called while walking in the rain to meet up with his cousin. He said his feet were soaked.
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Congratulations on your new job, td.
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Richard and I were watching Jeopardy, when they broke in with
THIS STORY (http://www.wcpo.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=1bab0cbd-a4f0-4155-9a26-37da36e99c5e)
We watched live as the 2 steeples collapsed and the fire was brought under control. The church is about one block north and 2 blocks east of Rob's girlfriend's apartment. She and Rob are on their way to Michigan, though.
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TCB - Just sent you a message. Not sure what's expected of Skip and me in terms of churning out rewrites while out there.
But I'm expecting that we'll be "frozen" in terms of rewrites by the weekend of the presentations, and should have plenty of time to get together on that weekend.
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FJL, good news all is settled. Memorial Day might be the easiest of the surrounding days, definitely book as soon as possible. Good luck.
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Ginny, loosing any of the old church is sad, at least no one was hurt. I hope the damage can be repaired.
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Jose, Jane and other regular travelers - Would we likely run into fewer crowds on Memorial Day itself or on the overnight flight that Sunday night (which is 10:30 from Seattle getting in very early (6:30 on Monday morning)? We're also thinking about traffic on both ends of the trip.
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Ginny, loosing any of the old church is sad, at least no one was hurt. I hope the damage can be repaired.
Well, of course, they'll know more when there's daylight, but it looked like the slate roof protected the building from the falling steeples. It's no longer used for worship, but as a community meeting and event venue. They were in the midst of a $350,000 renovation.
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DR TCB - Well, I'll get by with a little help from my friends. :)
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FJL, I'm not sure which would be better for flying...as for street traffic the Sunday night flight would be best either way. Plus you can rest up on Monday before returning to work on Tuesday.
If you can get a Monday morning flight, I don't expect much traffic on either end, & you can sleep the night before.
If you call the airline they can tell you which times have the most bookings.
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CONGRATULATIONS to DR Jane's DS Bryan!!! :D
What fantastic news...and even better that from here on in, the options only keep expanding.
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CONTRATULATIONS to DR FJL and Skip on final terms for the next presentation of Starfighter!!! :) :) :)
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DR td - you work WAY too much! :(
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Just watched the Lost pre-special. They did a nice job of tying together many [though not all] of the strands from the past seasons.
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Thank you Singdaw. I'm more excited by the minute, and so very relieved to have the pressure off.
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Congrats to DS BRYAN!
Which school is it, Jane?
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Thank you Jeanne.
I prefer to wait until I know where he is going, however I'll give you a hint.... it is in Chicago.
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Yes DR MATTH and DR TCB....it IS Eli Stone.....I don't know what I was thinking this morning .... but I did like the show.
Congrats to Bryan on his School Acceptance.
And now: Lucille Cannonball Magillicuddy and Her Western Bell Ringers!
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Tonight is "lose a consonant night" -
There's no business like sow business.
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You do have to watch out for those loose consonants.
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Still reading that John Barrowman autobiography.
Hmm...
DR JoseSPiano, did you know that not only does JB cut cakes with his..."knife"...
But he also uses it to play the piano?!?
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Is oof beer more expensive than regular beer?
Not for you. . . ;)
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Still reading that John Barrowman autobiography.
Hmm...
DR JoseSPiano, did you know that not only does JB cut cakes with his..."knife"...
But he also uses it to play the piano?!?
The first week of rehearsal...
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OH! As for "Lost" and "Eli Stone"...
Since we did not DVR "Eli Stone", what exactly was the big Oceanic "secret" being shown during "Eli Stone"?
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Different, way different Brewski's, DR Jane! I'm at a small distributor in the wilds of Russellton, PA; if necessary, it's within walking distance from home. At my Brewski's, we sell beer, lottery tickets, junk food and smokes. . .
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Thanks DRJrand.
We have Eli Stone still to be watched. If we don't care for it I've told Keith he can't turn it off until we see Pamela Reed.
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Different, way different Brewski's, DR Jane! I'm at a small distributor in the wilds of Russellton, PA; if necessary, it's within walking distance from home. At my Brewski's, we sell beer, lottery tickets, junk food and smokes. . .
;D Are you located in a garage? Craig & I went to a distributer near our hotel that sold cases of beer from a hole in a garage door. It was strange. The people were very nice though, & very busy.
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There was a commercial for Oceanic Airways with some subliminal messages from LOST cast members.
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;D Are you located in a garage? Craig & I went to a distributer near our hotel that sold cases of beer from a hole in a garage door. It was strange. The people were very nice though, & very busy.
Nope, the store I'm working in (only 10 hours a week, DR SingDaw) is owned by a grocer who owns the Shop N Save store next to Brewski's - it's him I'm doing the favor for. . . he has three children, two still in school, one who works daylight at Brewski's (but is NOT A GOOD WORKER) and he, himself, was in a life-threatening car accident several years ago, so when he asked if I could pick up a couple nights a week, I said, "yes."
Honestly, I thought he was talking about picking up knights. . . .
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That is nice of you td. I hope you enjoy the work & meet interesting people, meaning interesting in a nice way.
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Still reading that John Barrowman autobiography.
Read, post, read, post.
Or is ir work, post, read, post?
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DR td - you work WAY too much! :(
It keeps me out of mischief. 8)
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That is nice of you td. I hope you enjoy the work & meet interesting people, meaning interesting in a nice way.
Interesting is an interesting choice of word. . . various and sundry types of folk is more apt.
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Time for The Soup on E!
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Interesting is an interesting choice of word. . . various and sundry types of folk is more apt.
;D I should have said "interesting"
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'night
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It keeps me out of mischief. 8)
>:( >:( Damn! >:( >:(
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Back from a field trip, which I'm very glad I took the time to make because my descriptions, based on someone else's memories, were completely wrong. I now have many notes and can describe things accurately and more colorfully. I'll try to do those little revisions this evening after a motion picture.
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My sister said that now that I'm 52, I'm finally playing with a full deck. ;D Of course, she does live at a higher altitude, and I'm sure she's not getting enough oxygen to the brain!
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I then went back to Nate 'n Al to have the pastrami sandwich that fellow Yelpers were raving about. Well, it was hands down the best pastrami sandwich I've ever had - lean, hot, succulent and wonderful-tasting. I had the New York, pastrami, cole slaw (on the sandwich) and Russian dressing. Spectacular. Had a side of kishka, and that, too, was brilliant. And their pickles were the best ever.
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Since tomorrow is Groundhog's Day, I'm thinking of crawling in a hole and then seeing if i cast a shadow...... As you can see, I'm indeed playing with a full deck!!! ::)
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Now to watch a motion picture I know I'm goint to loathe.
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Since tomorrow is Groundhog's Day, I'm thinking of crawling in a hole and then seeing if i cast a shadow...... As you can see, I'm indeed playing with a full deck!!! ::)
TCB--- that's "deck" with an "E"
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BK, don't watch a movie you are going to loath!
Watch one of those little 1930s Crime Club movies that I sent you, instead.
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DR TD, I got this in the mail today:
(http://www.shemaroo.com/online/images/dvd_blow/emraanshahidhits_sdvd_246x250.jpg)
For just $3.99 a dvd of music videos featuring either Emraan Hashmi or your very own Shahid Kapoor. Just watched one from FIDA, which I quite liked.
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And if anyone would care to see a music video featuring TD's little red shirted Bollywood hunk (and his muscles)from earlier today...just click here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jnn-iLghc6M (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jnn-iLghc6M)
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DR Matthew, I'm sorry you chose the Broadway version of BRIGADOON. It's OK, and it IS the original cast, but stuff is missing.
I MUCH prefer the Shirley Jones-Jack Cassidy version due to the fabulous Susan Johnson playing Meg. Her two songs, especially "The Love of My Life" is the best version I've ever heard.
The Barrett-Lucker-Kaye complete recording is wonderful, too, but the Jones-Cassidy on LP was always my favorite version growing up with it as I did, and when it finally came out on CD a year or two ago, I couldn't have been happier.
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Oh, DR MBarnum! It's so nice to have you back where you belong!
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I concur with DR Matt in regards to BRIGADOON; the Jones/Cassidy version is my favorite, but. . .as much as I love me some Susan Johnson, I also love Judy Kaye (a personal friend of BK) on the Barrett/Luker recording.
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I watched three more episodes of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. The drug lord was killed and the child retrieved at the end of the last episode I watched. I cannot imagine what the last two episodes of the series are going to be about.
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DR TD, I got this in the mail today:
(http://www.shemaroo.com/online/images/dvd_blow/emraanshahidhits_sdvd_246x250.jpg)
For just $3.99 a dvd of music videos featuring either Emraan Hashmi or your very own Shahid Kapoor. Just watched one from FIDA, which I quite liked.
From where was it mailed? I need to get myself one! Or two, to share with friends!
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Thanks to bk for suggesting I check on Ebay for the PORGY AND BESS soundtrack on CD and many big thanks to DR Elmore for finding it for me and sending me the link.
I won the CD tonight and hopefully will have it soon!
Thanks, guys, so much!
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And if anyone would care to see a music video featuring TD's little red shirted Bollywood hunk (and his muscles)from earlier today...
rent DIL MAANGE MORE, wherein you get to see said hunk take a shower. . .
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MONK had a poor episode tonight. In fact, I figured out what was going on very early (part of it stolen from an old SUPERMAN episode). Monk never did actually figure out what was happening. The others did. This may be a first for the show.
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PSYCH was entertaining, however, and I burst out laughing when Shawn entered into a lodge meeting with the members in purple hooded robes while on the soundtrack, music was playing from EYES WIDE SHUT. Hilarious.
Later Shawn and his dad engaged in a shouting match straight out of A FEW GOOD MEN. Also hysterical.
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Speaking of winning cds, tonight when I came in from work, a kind gentleman in Madrid had emailed me saying that he saw that I "wished" for the Doris Day/Robert Goulet ANNIE GET YOUR GUN over at www.castalbums.org (http://www.castalbums.org) and that he had sent it to me via sendspace! Officially now, I have seven recordings of Irving Berlin's masterpiece, including one with BK's personal friend Judy Kaye and another with BK and my personal friend Jason Graae!
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I also finished watching as much of SUPERNATURAL as my DVR recorded - 15 minutes shy of the whole show. I did see the bad girl eliminated, but that's where the DVR cut off. I have no idea what happened next with Dean and Sam.
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Speaking of winning cds, tonight when I came in from work, a kind gentleman in Madrid had emailed me saying that he saw that I "wished" for the Doris Day/Robert Goulet ANNIE GET YOUR GUN over at www.castalbums.org (http://www.castalbums.org) and that he had sent it to me via sendspace! Officially now, I have seven recordings of Irving Berlin's masterpiece, including one with BK's personal friend Judy Kaye and another with BK and my personal friend Jason Graae!
I loved that Day/Goulet ANNIE GET YOUR GUN when I was growing up, but I put the LP on the turntables for a spin a few months ago, and I wasn't as enthralled with it this time. Perhaps I need to listen to the whole thing. I remember listening only to the first side.
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The arrangements are the problem with Day's ANNIE; both she and Goulet are ideally suited for the material and are quite finely matched, but the orchestrations. . .
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The arrangements are the problem with Day's ANNIE; both she and Goulet are ideally suited for the material and are quite finely matched, but the orchestrations. . .
They're in great voice, but I think Day wasn't much into character in the early part of the singing. She sings the songs sweetly and correctly but sounded too cultured too early on with nothing left to learn later in the show.
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Well, I think I'm going to head downstairs to bed now.
Good night!
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OH!
I keep meaning to ask...
Does anyone know if CBS was planning on broadcasting "Dexter" (from Showtime) before the WGA strike?
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Happy Birthday DR Donald Feltham...
Have a great Day!
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Happy birthday DR Kerry... Have a wonderful day!
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It looks like he will be a doctor. :D
M.D. or O.D.
der Brucer, BA, BS, BSEE
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Nice avvie Matthew!
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Congrats to Bryan, DS of DR Jane!
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OH!
I keep meaning to ask...
Does anyone know if CBS was planning on broadcasting "Dexter" (from Showtime) before the WGA strike?
REUTERS (http://www.reuters.com/article/industryNews/idUSN0455576020071205)
CBS eyes "Dexter" for edited broadcastWed Dec 5, 2007
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - As the Hollywood writers strike enters its second month with no end in sight, recycling cable series on broadcast networks is becoming a reality.
CBS Corp. president and CEO Leslie Moonves said that CBS is planning to run some series that air on its Showtime cable unit, including the breakout hit "Dexter."
"'Dexter' is probably the first one to go on -- with some edits," Moonves told reporters at UBS' Global Media & Communications Conference in New York. "It fits with our crime shows."
der Brucer
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Former Michigan quarterback, Tom Brady, now New England's QB.
Tom Brady is a Bay Area (northern California) native.
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I accidently came across the website for a singer/pianist named Diana McIntosh, who hails from Canada... and I wonder if anyone here has ever heard of her? Her career has spanned decades...
No I haven't.
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Especially if you are wearing that red dress from the other day!
I don't believe DR singdaw could ever "wear" that dress. Oh, he could get his arm or legs into the bodice, but that would be "it", I fear. He's better off having a snood made out of it....or wearing it as a cape.
That said, he could wave it at a bull in Mexico or Spain.
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Some whack-job on the TV is ranting and raving about how women are ruining the Superbowl. He says no women really care about it - it should be for men only. He then railed about all the commercials because they were geared to women's products like underwear and shampoo. It was curious to hear him declaim how men don't want to watch women's dumb undie commercials like Victoria Secret. (Just where is this line of of all-American men objecting to Victoria Secret commercials - the closest thing to soft-porn on Network TV)
der Brucer
Even tho I'm not a big football fan, I usually watch the superbowl because it is a national news event - now I need a reason to favor one team over the other!
Hmmmm....the Patriots represent all of New England EXCEPT New York. Does that work for you?
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I ended my afternoon of viewing by watching the first quarter of last night's SUPERNATURAL. The show started late, so I'm going to miss the end of the episode. I may have to ask DR Ron Pulliam to fill me in on the ending since I know he watches SUPERNATURAL.
Well, either Dean saves his brother or his brother saves Dean, and both survive for another new episode the next week! ;D
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You have a DS named Bryan? I have been away a while!
Well, she didn't "just" have him. ;D
He's all growed up now and ready to be a responsible adult.
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DR TCB - Well, I'll get by with a little help from my friends. :)
I'm sorry slingstraw, but there's NO WAY I can help you fit into that dress. I wouldn't even know how to stary trying.
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Thank you Singdaw. I'm more excited by the minute, and so very relieved to have the pressure off.
Mothers!
;D
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Well, I think my work here is done for the night!
Time now to turn my eye toward a little bit of TV and then off to dreamland (ooh! ooh! A Sondheim reference, lame though it be).
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Have finished the motion picture, about which more later (I did indeed loathe it).
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Will we never get to page fourteen?
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I think I shall now at least begin revising descriptions in the stuff I wrote today.
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Are see-through envelopes a new thing by non-profit organizations when trying to invite people to charity events and such? I wonder whether, since you can see what's inside the envelope, most people are more likely to open them or even less likely to open them. I was sort of intrigued the first two times I got them - but I wonder if they'll become old hat pretty quickly.
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Are see-through envelopes a new thing by non-profit organizations when trying to invite people to charity events and such? I wonder whether, since you can see what's inside the envelope, most people are more likely to open them or even less likely to open them. I was sort of intrigued the first two times I got them - but I wonder if they'll become old hat pretty quickly.
I think the vellum envelopes are being to used to suggest a hint of "class" and "luxury". And most likely cheaper than having a 4-color insert/flyer printed up.
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*Vellum envelopes are also stronger, and can make it through mail sorting machines with less wear and tear than normal paper envelopes.
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Vellum. I gotta tell you. I've never been a fan of Vellum Dafoe.
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I guess we're not getting to page fourteen.
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Anything can happen if you let it.
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Or at least have enough money to make it happen.
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Well, as much as I would like to be here for the turning of the day, as well as a possible Page 14, I really am sleepy, and need to get to bed...
Goodnight.