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Title: MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
Post by: bk on May 12, 2010, 12:06:00 AM: Well, you've read the notes, the notes rolled along merrily, and now it is time for you to post until the merry cows come home.
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2010, 12:07:32 AM: And the word of the day is: RAX!
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Post by: Ben on May 12, 2010, 02:34:21 AM: Morning all.
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Post by: Ben on May 12, 2010, 02:34:32 AM: That is all.
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Post by: Ben on May 12, 2010, 02:37:24 AM: Happy Sam Day!
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Post by: John G. on May 12, 2010, 03:54:26 AM: Happy, happy, DR Sam.
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Post by: John G. on May 12, 2010, 03:57:23 AM: Up too early once again and a fuller than full day ahead. Juggling the census and deadlines for the second issue of San Antonio Taste magazine. Plus, the New World Wine and Food Festival is starting tonight, and I'm on the board, so I'll have to put in a few appearances at events this week. Sunday's is the best, because it involves judging a barbecue contest. And all I want to do is sleep.
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Post by: Michael on May 12, 2010, 04:13:07 AM: A very 'appy birtday to Sam. (In Cockney)
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 12, 2010, 05:15:10 AM: Happy Birthday Sam.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 12, 2010, 05:15:46 AM: LEGEND OF THE LOST is on the THIS channel this month.....I wonder if I tuned in, they would really be showing THE LAST MAN ON EARTH?
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 12, 2010, 05:17:06 AM: I have LOTL on DVD - Sophia Loren and John Wayne actually have some chemistry....and Rosanno Brazzi is the same as always - incomprehensible.

Kurt Kazsner is annoying, but I guess he is supposed to be.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 12, 2010, 05:19:51 AM: I liked GLEE for the most part....like Kurt's scenes more than his songs....the actor does weird things with his mouth when he's singing.....highlight for me was Finn's JESSE'S GIRL.....so far he has had my two favorite songs since the show came back....HELLO, I LOVE YOU was so well staged.

And just how many characters on this show are going to have challenged friends/family to trot out for musical numbers.....and of course they reverted to the soap opera climax.....an hour of drama and carrying on vanishes in a sentence....."Oh the honey and herbal tea fixed me right up....."
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 12, 2010, 05:20:38 AM: I will soon be on my way to see a matinee of TITANIC the MUSICAL.....and then to visit HELLO DOLLY...so I will be gone all day.

I shall report when I return home....whenever that may be.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 12, 2010, 05:21:27 AM: Looks like rain and thunder right now, so we shall see.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 12, 2010, 05:28:23 AM: Good morning, all! I was awakened by a lot of noise between 6 and 6:30 from the apartment above me. I don't know if he was taking the dog for a walk, just coming home, or what, but we had several moments of heavy activity before things quieted down again. The alarm went off at 7 and i stayed in bed until 7:30 or so. The McGlinnventory was canceled this morning due to maintenance work in the lobby, mostly moving cartons and setting up the book shelves so we can unpack all of the music and books. I have to be at Toyland around noon for an editing session with Skip Kennon, so I'll head down there around 11 or 11:30.

Last night I began BK's new book, and then I had strange dreams of bicycling with my brother Macbeth as boys. I remember in the dream biking up First Avenue and having a fight with him about whether to turn another direction to go home because I didn't want to takethe really steep hill in the direction he was riding. Then I woke up. I had more dreams, but that one is all I remember now. I blame BK for all of it.
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Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on May 12, 2010, 05:29:24 AM: Quote from: bk on May 12, 2010, 12:07:32 AM
And the word of the day is: RAX!

And The Song Of The Day Is: REACH OUT AND TOUCH SOMEBODY'S HAND
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Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on May 12, 2010, 05:30:37 AM: HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAM
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Post by: vixmom on May 12, 2010, 05:34:27 AM: Happy Birthday to DR SAM!!!

I hope you have a wonderful day!!
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Post by: vixmom on May 12, 2010, 05:35:36 AM: Nasty, cold and drizzling out - of course now I am worried about the baby bunnies - are they warm enough? Are they dry?
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Post by: vixmom on May 12, 2010, 05:36:04 AM: Well I have got to get to work - have a lovely day everyone
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Post by: vixmom on May 12, 2010, 05:38:23 AM: BK I have been enjoying your book very much - I have been reading slowly to try and make it last but I just completed chapter 15....I am sad there is so little book yet to go.. I want to keep reading and reading!
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Post by: vixmom on May 12, 2010, 05:39:09 AM: Warm and dry vibes for baby bunnies everywhere
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Post by: vixmom on May 12, 2010, 05:39:46 AM: and for all of you too!
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 12, 2010, 05:51:24 AM: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy Birthday to DR Sam !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: Druxy on May 12, 2010, 05:53:30 AM: Happy Birthday, Sam!
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Post by: Kerry on May 12, 2010, 06:06:30 AM: Happy Birthday, Sam!!! Everybody mambo!!!
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Post by: Ginny on May 12, 2010, 06:10:35 AM: Wednesday morning greetings! Richard and I will soon be off to my former workplace for the brownbag lunch event that I used to organize. Today's topic is "Funding for Faith-Based Organizations," so I thought it would be a good one to attend. From the looks of the weather forecast, we may need an ark to get home.
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Post by: Ginny on May 12, 2010, 06:11:23 AM: Happiest of birthdays to DR Sam!
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on May 12, 2010, 06:17:20 AM: ! ! ! ! ! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR SAM ! ! ! ! !
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on May 12, 2010, 06:17:42 AM: Kurt Kazsner was on GLEE last night?
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on May 12, 2010, 06:34:58 AM: Last evening, DR td said:
Quote
I do hope you're following this up with Anansi Boys. . .

Tell me, have you read Neil Gaiman's SANDMAN series?
Have you read Good Omens?
Do you read Terry Pratchett as well?

I also really liked Gaiman's The Graveyard Book. . .

I will most probably read ANANSI BOYS in the next month or so. I don't want to rush into it so soon after AMERICAN GODS.

Even though I first became aware of Neil Gaiman with his BLACK ORCHARD mini-series, I didn't become a real fan until SANDMAN. I lived for that book every month during the initial run. And during the past few years I loved being able to relive it through the beautiful ABSOLUTE SANDMAN anthologies.

I read GOOD OMENS, but I found it a bit too twee. I might revisit it sometime, though. (Consequently, I never picked up any other Terry Pratchett book.

And I absolutely loved THE GRAVEYARD BOOK, though I completely missed the Kipling connection. I might reread that one, too, now that I understand it's literary ancestry...
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Post by: Laura on May 12, 2010, 06:36:20 AM: Happy Happy Birthday to Sam!
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Post by: Laura on May 12, 2010, 06:37:24 AM: Luckily I was already awake, but I'm sure the neighbors were jarred awake by the big metal dumpster beings dropped off across the street at The Rental House Undergoing Restoration. Before 6 a.m.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on May 12, 2010, 06:43:27 AM: Page Two Delirium Dance:

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Post by: Dan (the Man) on May 12, 2010, 06:47:33 AM: Quote from: bk on May 12, 2010, 12:07:32 AM
And the word of the day is: RAX!

Brek, ek, awek, awex, rax!
Brek, ek, awek, awex, rax!
Brek, ek, awek, awek, awek, awek, arax!
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Post by: Matthew on May 12, 2010, 06:54:59 AM: Happy Birthday to DR Sam!
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Post by: Matt H. on May 12, 2010, 07:06:28 AM: Good Morning!

Warmer this morning but still very pleasant and the walk went well. It was very cloudy during the walk, but the clouds appear to be leaving us and there is a good deal of sun.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 12, 2010, 07:07:29 AM: Glad to hear that the Blu-ray of THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN was good. Maybe *I'LL* get the review copy one of these days. Oh, well.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 12, 2010, 07:08:11 AM: As for myself, I'll be working on the Blu-ray of HIGH ANXIETY this afternoon and HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 1 tonight which will leave ROBIN HOOD MEN IN TIGHTS for tomorrow.

I have to say that when I was watching/reviewing these discs for THE MEL BROOKS COLLECTION last December, I was really starting to tire of his shtick by the time I got to HIGH ANXIETY (of course, I had already seen all of these films in the theater). After several months away from them, maybe I'll be in a more receptive mood for them now.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 12, 2010, 07:10:33 AM: Today I'll start watching last night's LOST when I go down. I'll probably watch the whole thing before I start to think about what's for lunch.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 12, 2010, 07:11:02 AM: Happy Birthday to DR Sam!!!
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Post by: Jennifer on May 12, 2010, 07:19:36 AM: Happy Birthday to DR Sam!
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Post by: Jennifer on May 12, 2010, 07:22:18 AM: I wonder who shall get voted off of IDOL tonight. Hopefully either mike or casey (my least favorites).

Alas i will not get to watch the season finale of AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL, since the station that shows it here is not available in Quebec. But they have a sister station that replays it on saturdays. So hopefully i will try not to find out who wins.
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Post by: Jennifer on May 12, 2010, 07:23:02 AM: I really liked the duets last night on IDOL, especially the one with lee and crystal.
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Post by: JMK on May 12, 2010, 07:28:29 AM: Re: last night's LOST.

Doesn't your family seem positively functional now?
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Post by: JMK on May 12, 2010, 07:28:59 AM: And if anyone claims that's a spoiler, I will personally bitch slap them to the island and back. ;)
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Post by: JMK on May 12, 2010, 07:30:12 AM: Well, folks, we are down to the wire: tomorrow is the official moving day. I am shlepping all the stuff that's on other stuff today--tops of desks, file cabinets, little stuff in the kitchen, etc. Then the movers arrive tomorrow morning and the die is cast. I may be without internets for a day or two--they claim my new Fiber Optic modem is plug and play, but a wag at Blu-ray.com told me that usually means plug and pray. :)
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Post by: Matt H. on May 12, 2010, 07:30:31 AM: Well, I'll head down now and SEE what you're talking about DR JMK. Will also watch other recorded programming.

WBBL.
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Post by: JMK on May 12, 2010, 07:32:07 AM: Today's words of wisdom from DS Gabe: I've been listening to Incognito again, which features a lot of (quite fine) scat singing. Gabe came in and said, "Have you noticed how these songs are mostly drunken slurs punctuated by occasional words in actual English?" :)
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 12, 2010, 07:42:45 AM: Time to depart. I did some vacuuming and dusting, and I will gather my things and head downtown.
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Post by: JMK on May 12, 2010, 08:46:19 AM: Today's incredibly hilarious, unintentionally ironic quote from DW Wife Betsy: we're at the point (as mentioned above) where I'm moving mostly knick-knacks. I asked Betsy to make me a list of places that needed moving (this after by her own admission she's done next to nothing to help with this move). Her response: "Oh, you don't need me to tell you what to do." Even she couldn't help but burst out laughing after she said it. :)
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2010, 08:53:46 AM: I'm up, I'm up - after being told three previous times that they were going to put some sort of stuff (slurry seal?) on our street and then not doing it, they finally did it this morning.
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Post by: MBarnum on May 12, 2010, 08:54:17 AM: Good luck with moving, DR JMK. I hate moving.
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2010, 08:54:30 AM: So, no parking until after six tonight. For only the second time, I left the new car out overnight (the last time I did so was the last time they told us this would happen and then didn't).
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Post by: MBarnum on May 12, 2010, 09:00:56 AM: DR Sam, have a most wonderful birthday!!!

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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 12, 2010, 09:06:10 AM: Quote from: JMK on May 12, 2010, 07:28:59 AM
And if anyone claims that's a spoiler, I will personally bitch slap them to the island and back. ;)

Just TRY!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 12, 2010, 09:09:04 AM: Happy Birthday, ~~Good Neighbor~~ DR Sam!
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 12, 2010, 09:26:43 AM: Greetings from Toyland. I shall have my lunch and wait for Skip.
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2010, 09:29:18 AM: Did I do the Writer's Block signing at the Drama Bookshop? Can't remember. I'd like to book a signing for the new tome at the same place (unless there's a better sort of place to do it). Someone here helped me book it the last time - do we remember who?
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on May 12, 2010, 09:44:01 AM: Question for BK: When a movie company blocks off a street like that for filming, can they prevent someone from sitting out on their lawn in a beach chair and umbrella or from standing up and dancing around? How much jurisdiction do these people have over the folk who live on the street?
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2010, 09:46:29 AM: They think they own the world is what they think. I'm sure one of the set cops would try to stop it from happening - don't know how much legality they'd have in making an arrest, though, as the person is on their own property. If someone were really being inconvenienced, I should think a good production manager would go and make peace and probably offer a little cash.
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2010, 11:27:34 AM: Um, no posts in ninety minutes - are you KIDDING ME? I've finished addressing, postage is being done, and I'm going out to do some stuff, but when I return we'd better be off this page, ya mugs.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 12, 2010, 11:46:11 AM: Re: last night's "Lost":

The SPOILAGE Beginneth

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The SPOILAGE Endeth.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 12, 2010, 11:48:15 AM: I need to get some lunch.
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Post by: Jennifer on May 12, 2010, 11:53:34 AM: re: LOST SPOILERS

spoiler space

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blah blah spoiler space one two and then merrily we roll along the and one two and then they went to the street
blah blah spoiler space one two and then merrily we roll along the and one two and then they went to the street
I think i feel the opposite to DR RonP. I thought the episode was just okay. It was interesting to get
some backstory on jacob and the man in black. Their history was relevant. And Allison Janney was
interesting. But that said, I just can't believe that with only 2 new episodes left that they would have
an episode with none of the regular characters. To me this is ridiculous. Those are the people that
i am invested in. And yet they did not spend even one minute on any of these stories or the alternate stories.
blah blah spoiler space one two and then merrily we roll along the and one two and then they went to the street
blah blah spoiler space one two and then merrily we roll along the and one two and then they went to the street
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Post by: Ginny on May 12, 2010, 12:34:14 PM: Sorry I left so abruptly without so much as a good and bye earlier. We were having a doozy of a thunderstorm, so I quickly disconnected and then it was time to leave for the program. We're back now and the stormy weather seems to have subsided for the time being.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 12, 2010, 12:58:57 PM: BK, yes, the reading was at The Drama Book Shop, but I have no memory of who booked it. I met you all at Joe allen's after the reading.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 12, 2010, 12:59:13 PM: Quote from: Ginny on May 12, 2010, 12:34:14 PM
Sorry I left so abruptly without so much as a good and bye earlier. We were having a doozy of a thunderstorm, so I quickly disconnected and then it was time to leave for the program. We're back now and the stormy weather seems to have subsided for the time being.

How rude!
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Post by: Ginny on May 12, 2010, 01:00:18 PM: When we left the program at the library, Richard and I turned on our cell phones and found text messages telling us that DN Lauren had been released from the hospital. Now, I just hope she has the sense to take it easy the rest of the week.
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Post by: Ginny on May 12, 2010, 01:00:54 PM: LOL, DR Elmore!
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2010, 01:34:56 PM: Where the HELL is everyone?
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2010, 01:35:51 PM: I had some lunch, all packages are ready for CDs, and all the Legend repressed CDs are being shipped from the plant in the morning.
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Post by: George on May 12, 2010, 01:38:50 PM: A Very Happy Birthday to DR Sam!! ;D
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Post by: George on May 12, 2010, 01:46:49 PM: Quote from: JMK on May 12, 2010, 07:30:12 AM
Well, folks, we are down to the wire: tomorrow is the official moving day. I am shlepping all the stuff that's on other stuff today--tops of desks, file cabinets, little stuff in the kitchen, etc. Then the movers arrive tomorrow morning and the die is cast. I may be without internets for a day or two--they claim my new Fiber Optic modem is plug and play, but a wag at Blu-ray.com told me that usually means plug and pray. :)

~~Successful Moving and Fiber Optic Modem Plug-and-Play Vibes for DR JMK!!~~~

:D
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Post by: Laura on May 12, 2010, 02:04:05 PM: Quote from: bk on May 12, 2010, 01:34:56 PM
Where the HELL is everyone?

I've been outside enjoying this beautiful day. Probably our last cool spell until November.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 12, 2010, 02:23:52 PM: Had a very nice lunch of shrimp rolls and Vietnamese clay pot.

Yum.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 12, 2010, 02:25:54 PM: We are supposed to have warmer days tomorrow through the weekend, but odds are we will cool down and have more rain next week.

It's very nearly practically unprecedented for us at this time of year. We have had rainfaill for the past seven weeks (in varying amounts, of course).

All the local weatherman for Fox network could say this morning was "Climatology tells us this is not possible, but it's happening". If he said it once, he said it three times before I left the house this morning.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 12, 2010, 02:28:10 PM: When I was in the Bay area 1984-1987, it rarely got above 80 degrees in the Oakland area in the summertime. Since I've lived here (1993 to present), we have had progressively warmer summers until the last two which were markedly cooler than those several years before.

I'm thinking it will be another cool summer. We might even see more rainfall during the summer months. That WOULD be unprecedented!
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2010, 02:39:11 PM: I gotta tell you.
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2010, 02:40:01 PM: All errands are done, cover for new release is approved by the likes of me (great 70s art), and now I will, I suppose, begin writing the liner notes, and then start the Andrea questions. Too much to do, but do it I shall.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 12, 2010, 02:46:06 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on May 12, 2010, 12:58:57 PM
BK, yes, the reading was at The Drama Book Shop, but I have no memory of who booked it. I met you all at Joe allen's after the reading.

Was it former DR Iris?
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Post by: Druxy on May 12, 2010, 03:03:44 PM: Quote from: bk on May 12, 2010, 09:46:29 AM
They think they own the world is what they think. I'm sure one of the set cops would try to stop it from happening - don't know how much legality they'd have in making an arrest, though, as the person is on their own property. If someone were really being inconvenienced, I should think a good production manager would go and make peace and probably offer a little cash.

I recall that, many years ago, there were some gardeners who would find out where movie companies were shooting on a particular day, then go there, turn on their noisy equipment and refuse to go away until they were paid off.
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2010, 04:04:17 PM: Great news DR Ginny. Vibes your DR niece continues to improve & away from the hospital.
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2010, 04:04:47 PM: MOVING DAY VIBES FOR DR JMK & FAMILY!
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2010, 04:06:24 PM: Almost finished with the liner notes. That will be a big load off.
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2010, 04:31:21 PM: DR Jennifer your honey cake with raisins sounds good. Do you bake it in a loaf pan?
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2010, 04:37:18 PM: DR'S ANN & JED!
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2010, 04:49:29 PM: Yes, happy anniversary to out two lovebirds.
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2010, 04:49:51 PM: Now, I'm just going to keep my mouth shut about how many posts we've had today.
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2010, 04:50:21 PM: Other than to say that it's slightly more nauseating than the nausea I felt during my bout of food poisoning.
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2010, 04:51:24 PM: I shall now take a well-deserved break, after which I have to prepare a couple more orders, print a few invoices for tomorrow's shipments, and begin writing questions for Andrea. Liner notes are done and sent.
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Post by: George on May 12, 2010, 04:59:12 PM: I'm at work and our Internet has been exceedingly slow...it can take anywhere from 30-45 seconds to load EVERY page! :P
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 12, 2010, 05:08:44 PM: I have a Sibelius/Finale inquiry. How does one do a 7-note run of 16ths as the second half of a 6/8 bar?
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Post by: Ann on May 12, 2010, 05:16:42 PM: Hello all
Thank you for the anniversary wishes! We shall not really have time to celebrate today, but hopefully soon.
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Post by: Ginny on May 12, 2010, 05:18:57 PM: Quote from: Jane on May 12, 2010, 04:04:17 PM
Great news DR Ginny. Vibes your DR niece continues to improve & away from the hospital.

Thank you, DR Jane, and thanks to DR Vixmom for last night's vibes for Lauren. I think she should have stayed with her mom to take it easy through the weekend, but she's gone back to her college apartment and will probably go into work tomorrow.

In other matters, I'm about 70 pages into A Mother and Two Daughters...
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Post by: JMK on May 12, 2010, 05:19:34 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on May 12, 2010, 05:08:44 PM
I have a Sibelius/Finale inquiry. How does one do a 7-note run of 16ths as the second half of a 6/8 bar?

Well, though I have Finale, I refuse to use it unless absolutely necessary for reasons just like that. In Encore, all you do is click "Tuplet" and enter your how many notes and the entire note value for the run, everything else is automatic.
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Post by: Ann on May 12, 2010, 05:20:51 PM: I am very very very (that's three verys) excited. I just this minute recieved my own personal copy of our own BK's new book. I cannot wait to begin! I wish I could put Toby to bed at 5:30 so I could curl up on the couch and begin devouring it right away. However, motherly and wifely duties call first. Perhaps tonight I shall sneak a few chapters in bed before I go to sleep.
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Post by: Ann on May 12, 2010, 05:23:37 PM: How close are we to page five?
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Post by: Ann on May 12, 2010, 05:24:02 PM: Not that close, I see
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Post by: Ann on May 12, 2010, 05:25:12 PM: I am making orange chicken with veggies and rice for dinner.

That's the most exciting update I can come up with, sorry...
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Post by: JMK on May 12, 2010, 05:26:33 PM: Oy, vey, what a day. So far I have shlepped two loads to the new house. I also listed two armoires and a chest of drawers, as well as our basketball hoop on CL, and have just sold the last of them. I also have been IVing yard people for the house once the renters move in. Those of you who have been here know we have a humongous back yard and most of these slimebuckets have come over, taken one look at the backyard, and said "No way, man." Do people want to work or don't they? Don't answer that. I finally found a couple who will do it in my budget. They're a bit on the goth, heavily tatooed side, but they were articulate and very nice. Was Charles Manson articulate? :o
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Post by: Cillaliz on May 12, 2010, 05:26:35 PM: This is a horribly badly edited music video for Sioux City, but it cracks me up. It's intended as a promo for RAGBRAI the Registers Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa. I know a lot of these people http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj7_E5Tpdhs
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Post by: JMK on May 12, 2010, 05:27:49 PM: I have also received confirmation calls from the movers and Qwest that everything is on track for tomorrow. The new phone should actually be up and running as of 8. The internet by 5. We shall see.
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Post by: Ginny on May 12, 2010, 05:33:13 PM: Here is our friend Alivya with the sticker books that we sent her for today's 5th birthday - I think she likes them!
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2010, 05:34:12 PM: Quote from: Ginny on May 12, 2010, 05:18:57 PM
Quote from: Jane on May 12, 2010, 04:04:17 PM
Great news DR Ginny. Vibes your DR niece continues to improve & away from the hospital.

In other matters, I'm about 70 pages into A Mother and Two Daughters...

I have some catching up to do. I was waiting for you to catch up with me before I read more ;D
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Post by: George on May 12, 2010, 05:43:40 PM: Well, it's time for me to head to the theater! Tonight is our pay-what-you-can performance. We should have a very good crowd. :D

Until later!
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2010, 05:48:27 PM: We're trying to close a deal for three scores - I'm praying it happens in the next week - one of those scores is an all-time Holy Grail and, for me, one of the greatest scores ever written. And this would be its first CD release - there was an LP, but we'll not only have the LP presentation, but the entire score from great sources. And this is not a short score - this would undoubtedly be a 2 CD set.
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Post by: Cillaliz on May 12, 2010, 05:49:55 PM: BK, just sent you a personal message....loving the book so far
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Post by: Cillaliz on May 12, 2010, 05:50:42 PM: HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAM!!!!!!
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Post by: KevinH on May 12, 2010, 06:01:51 PM: Happy Birthday, DR Sam!
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Post by: JMK on May 12, 2010, 06:01:52 PM: Happy Birthday, Sam.
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Post by: JMK on May 12, 2010, 06:02:09 PM: BK, can you give us some clues so that we might speculate?
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Post by: KevinH on May 12, 2010, 06:03:14 PM: Modern Family starting!
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Post by: Ann on May 12, 2010, 06:04:16 PM: I read the introduction and prologue while Toby ate his dinner. I can't wait for more....
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Post by: KevinH on May 12, 2010, 06:07:45 PM: I read some of BK's book on the way home on the Metro. I got so engrossed that I almost missed my transfer station!
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 12, 2010, 06:33:29 PM: The Titanic sank....that is all.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 12, 2010, 06:59:06 PM: Quote from: JMK on May 12, 2010, 05:19:34 PM
Quote from: elmore3003 on May 12, 2010, 05:08:44 PM
I have a Sibelius/Finale inquiry. How does one do a 7-note run of 16ths as the second half of a 6/8 bar?

Well, though I have Finale, I refuse to use it unless absolutely necessary for reasons just like that. In Encore, all you do is click "Tuplet" and enter your how many notes and the entire note value for the run, everything else is automatic.

Thanks for the info, DR JMK! I will pass it on. As to Finale, it's the Broadway copyists program so we all bow to it.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 12, 2010, 07:02:38 PM: I just watched Episode 4 of THE TUDORS, which is the best so far: ghosts, rebellion, an odious drunk, a stupid queen, oral sex, a sick prince. Everything but the kitchen sink.
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2010, 07:15:20 PM: Ginny, I'm about to leave Margaret contemplating her melancholy father in order to see how the sisters are managing. ;)
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Post by: Jane on May 12, 2010, 07:18:36 PM: 'night
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Post by: JMK on May 12, 2010, 07:19:21 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on May 12, 2010, 06:59:06 PM
Quote from: JMK on May 12, 2010, 05:19:34 PM
Quote from: elmore3003 on May 12, 2010, 05:08:44 PM
I have a Sibelius/Finale inquiry. How does one do a 7-note run of 16ths as the second half of a 6/8 bar?

Well, though I have Finale, I refuse to use it unless absolutely necessary for reasons just like that. In Encore, all you do is click "Tuplet" and enter your how many notes and the entire note value for the run, everything else is automatic.

Thanks for the info, DR JMK! I will pass it on. As to Finale, it's the Broadway copyists program so we all bow to it.

Well, that was for Encore, and I find Encore a MUCH simpler program to use. Finale drives me crazy (a short drive, as you're already aware). But for that example above, in Encore you'd click Tuplet, enter "7" in the first field and "3/8" (3 eighth notes) in the second, and it comes out perfectly.
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Post by: John G. on May 12, 2010, 07:22:27 PM: Well, just back from another 12-hour shift. On day one, we were told there would be no overtime. Today, we were told we were 29 percent behind our goal for the week, so there will be overtime showered on us like there was last week. Great, except for the magazine work, which is a disorganized mess, and the wine festival, which I must attend a few events. Sleep will have to wait.
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2010, 07:22:41 PM: I will give some clews once the ink is dry on the contract, which I'm hoping will be in the next week or so.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 12, 2010, 07:33:21 PM: I can tell you where the HELL I've been today: here at home without DSL. AGAIN!

This is getting really old. I had my plans all mapped out today: watch HIGH ANXIETY in the afternoon, get that review written and posted, and then go back down and do HISTORY OF THE WORLD tonight, get that review written and posted later in the evening. Now becuase DSL was out for many hours, I got all the watching and writing done, but the reviews tumble back-to-back onto the site now, not the way I wanted to present them.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 12, 2010, 07:35:29 PM: Let's see what else I've watched today.

I began with LOST which I felt was a great episode

with a riveting story of origin and a tie-in to a season one event that was haunting.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 12, 2010, 07:37:28 PM: Then I watched AMERICAN IDOL's top four sing their movie songs. A forgettable hour of music if there ever was one. I wasn't blown away with anyone, and at this point I don't care who goes home or who wins. I'm only watching because my little Thursday lunch group wants to continue watching to the bitter end.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 12, 2010, 07:38:45 PM: Watched both HIGH ANXIETY in the afternoon and HISTORY OF THE WORLD in the evening, both on Blu-ray. The latter looks and sounds far better than the former, but it always has on home video.

These, of course, are identical to the Blu-rays in THE MEL BROOKS COLLECTIOn released late last year.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 12, 2010, 07:40:09 PM: Then I skimmed through today's AS THE WORLD TURNS. Noah woke from his operation with his sight partially restored, and Reid's heart looked to be breaking as Luke and Noah began to bond again (though Luke is obviously feeling a bit torn with his feelings for both guys).

naturally, they bring up this interesting turn in the relationships and they're not in the previews for tomorrow. Smart move! NOT!!!
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Post by: Matt H. on May 12, 2010, 07:41:51 PM: I watched two more BONES episodes from season two because I had skipped over them a couple of weeks ago when I was revisiting the series.

Of course, I'm talking about the best show of the season: the one with Brennen and Hodgins trapped in the car buried by the Gravedigger.

And the second best episode: the death of the kid in the forest in a CLAIR WITCH style story that had a heartbreaking ending for Tempe.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 12, 2010, 07:42:33 PM: Then I watched LAW & ORDER from Monday night. Very complex fraud plot that I thoroughly enjoyed.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 12, 2010, 07:43:04 PM: And tonight's MODERN FAMILY was really a hoot. I had lots of big laughs from the various storylines.
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Post by: John G. on May 12, 2010, 08:00:54 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on May 12, 2010, 07:38:45 PM
Watched both HIGH ANXIETY in the afternoon and HISTORY OF THE WORLD in the evening, both on Blu-ray. The latter looks and sounds far better than the former, but it always has on home video.

These, of course, are identical to the Blu-rays in THE MEL BROOKS COLLECTIOn released late last year.
I think I enjoy both of those movies far more than I should. But Madeleine Kahn as Empress Nympho is a hoot.
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Post by: Ginny on May 12, 2010, 08:11:38 PM: Quote from: Jane on May 12, 2010, 07:15:20 PM
Ginny, I'm about to leave Margaret contemplating her melancholy father in order to see how the sisters are managing. ;)

Got it!
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Post by: Matt H. on May 12, 2010, 08:32:52 PM: Quote from: John G. on May 12, 2010, 08:00:54 PM
Quote from: Matt H. on May 12, 2010, 07:38:45 PM
Watched both HIGH ANXIETY in the afternoon and HISTORY OF THE WORLD in the evening, both on Blu-ray. The latter looks and sounds far better than the former, but it always has on home video.

These, of course, are identical to the Blu-rays in THE MEL BROOKS COLLECTIOn released late last year.
I think I enjoy both of those movies far more than I should. But Madeleine Kahn as Empress Nympho is a hoot.

Madeline makes all of the lame material she's given in those films sparkle. I love seeing her work. She's also saddled with mediocre leading men who aren't worthy of her: Mel Brooks and Dom DeLuise.
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Post by: MBarnum on May 12, 2010, 08:34:11 PM: DR Druxy, I think Roger Corman tells a story of filming TEENAGE DOLL on location. The owners of one of the houses in the shot turned on their sprinkler just as the crew was to begin shooting, which of course was going to foul op the shot. The owners of course figured that this movie company would pay them to turn off the sprinkler.

Instead, Roger, or a crew member sent by Roger, went over to the owners and told them that the water from the sprinkler was making a beautiful sparkle, just perfect for the scene. The owners then turned the sprinkler off. LOL!
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Post by: Matt H. on May 12, 2010, 08:34:30 PM: Finally got everything posted, but it took a while since I keyed in some fonts and sizes incorrecetly that had to be manually changed. Usually they go from Word to the webpage flawlessly, but, of course, tonight they didn't. Oy!
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Post by: MBarnum on May 12, 2010, 08:34:51 PM: Facebook does not seem to be working correctly this evening, so I guess I will go and look at TV.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 12, 2010, 08:36:21 PM: But the DVR is clear of anything from this week's TV schedules unwatched. I still have two weeks of GLEE still on there which I haven't erased so I can enjoy some of those musical performances over again.

I did record VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA off HBO-HD since I was supposed to have reviewed it over a year ago, and Lionsgate never sent the disc. Finally I'll get to see it. Maybe tomorrow night after I finish my work project in the afternoon.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 12, 2010, 08:36:59 PM: I have ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS to finish up tomorrow afternoon. That will be tomorrow's fairly easy work project.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 12, 2010, 08:37:35 PM: Now I'm closing up shop here and heading downstairs. I hope DSL will be working tomorrow morning!

Good night!
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Post by: Sam on May 12, 2010, 08:37:42 PM: THANK YOU :-* THANK YOU :-* THANK YOU :-* THANK YOU :-* THANK YOU :-* THANK YOU :-* THANK YOU :-* THANK YOU :-* THANK YOU :-* THANK YOU :-* THANK YOU :-* THANK YOU :-*

FOR THE BIRTHDAY WISHES
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Post by: Sam on May 12, 2010, 08:44:09 PM: Went to the block party on Main St., good music, good vendors, good food booths. Then went for dinner at the new hangout (their other location is in Malibu) and had a great meal with my friend Candace.

Point of observation, if you are young and beautiful it's extremely easy to get picked up in Ventura. Lots of men and women on the prowl.

Now at home, the kid is on a cruise with her dad's family, but she did leave a happy birthday message from the ship.
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Post by: Sam on May 12, 2010, 08:48:37 PM: Think I will treat myself to stay in town Friday night at the Sportsman's Lodge again, so I can go to bk's event on Saturday. I always do learn something. And enjoy myself. ;D

Well that's all. I'm really sleepy from dinner and must get ready for work.

Night all.
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Post by: Sam on May 12, 2010, 08:50:58 PM: THANK YOU AGAIN :) ;) ;D 8) :-* :-[
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Post by: Laura on May 12, 2010, 09:22:07 PM: Glad you had a nice birthday, Sam. You deserve it.
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2010, 09:55:58 PM: Finished with my viewing, which included last night's episode of Lost and I must say my opinion is the polar opposite of MattH's. I could not believe with just three shows to go they spent an ENTIRE episode away from the main characters. That is just so ridiculous - maybe the episode would have worked earlier in the season, but here, for me, it was a major irritant. My feeling is that, for the people who LOVE LOVE LOVE every episode and plot point of this show, the show can simply do no wrong. For me, it's not that easy, I'm afraid, and this show has now gone off on so many wrong-headed tangents that it's almost in Alias territory. But, that's just me, and I'm glad others are loving it so.
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2010, 09:59:37 PM: Ah, just went back and read the other accounts of Lost and see we're two for two - MattH and Ron loved it, Jennifer and I found it ridiculous that with only two shows left they would spend an entire episode away from the main cast and stories and alternate timeline - not to mention having yet another brand new character.
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2010, 10:00:35 PM: And that's what makes the racing of horses.
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Post by: JMK on May 12, 2010, 10:08:18 PM: What I found odd about LOST is that Alison Janney should have beat that poor woman's head in with a rock when she did the same thing to Kristen Chenoweth on WEST WING.

(That's a joke, ladies and germs).
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2010, 10:20:43 PM: I've been reading posts about the episode on various boards - the majority of posts that I read were not happy with the episode, some citing it as the worst of the series, and several being very annoyed with it. Here is a rather typical post from one of those boards:

Lost: the story of a series gone wrong. Lost: the creative ability of the writers. I thought some of the last episodes were bad,......but if this is what we get in the last two episodes. ....Dreck! What a rip off. I've waited 6 years for this. Had I known.......As Freddy the Pig said...as the days were getting torrider and torrider, the plot was getting horrider and horrider. The worst New Outer Limits exceeded the creativity of the ill-begotten Lost by far. Oh well.....Let's see how they tie the garbage together before it goes to the dump.
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2010, 10:21:09 PM: Welcome twelve GUESTS. Who knew?
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2010, 10:21:37 PM: Listening to the Holy Grail tracks - incredibly beautiful. I only pray that it all works out smoothly and swiftly.
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Post by: Ann on May 12, 2010, 10:35:38 PM: My curiosity is piqued...i wonder what this Holy Grail is.
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Post by: Ann on May 12, 2010, 10:39:20 PM: I have never seen Lost, so I could not presume to say much. However, I find in general that I quickly lose interest when writers try to be too clever, too complicated, and play too much on their viewer's emotions. I value a simple scene that has been well written far more than the scene crammed with cliff hangers and plot twists.
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2010, 11:25:00 PM: Amen, sister.
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Post by: bk on May 12, 2010, 11:27:25 PM: Still, Lost obviously works for a huge number of people - in fact, the people who find it problematic are in the minority. It's all horse racing, of course. I said I'd stick with the show to the bitter end and I obviously will (although with Alias, I got so annoyed at the last two shows before the season finale that I didn't even watch the final episode) - I hope that doesn't happen here, but I've been pretty disappointed with this final season. And I did enjoy some shows in previous seasons, even when I felt the writers were clearly flailing (which they have admitted).