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Well, you've read the notes, the notes had both independence and fireworks, and now it is time for you to post until the independent cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: PYROTECHNICS!
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I was going to post this yesterday, but my cable modem decided to crap out on me. :P So, here it is now:
Today Yesterday, the family was at my sister's house. First, we watched a pay-per-view documentary on Chely (pronounced Shelly) Wright called Wish Me Away (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1746264/). She's is a country-western singer and the first country-western singer to come out as a lesbian! She doesn't hold back on her experiences and it was very good. My niece has been a fan of hers for many years. She actually came to Seattle late last year and sang with the Seattle Women's Chorus. I went to the concert with my niece and sister and my sister's boyfriend. It was a very good show...as was the documentary! Highly recommended by the likes of me (a BK reference).
We then played Scrabble and I lost...fifth out of five players. ::)
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I was also going to post this yesterday, since no one else has mentioned it yet:
Opera star soprano Evelyn Lear dies at 86 in Md. (http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/music/20120703/US.Obit.Evelyn.Lear/)
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And this:
Kathy Griffin Afraid for Anderson Cooper After Coming Out (http://xfinity.comcast.net/blogs/popcast/2012/07/03/kathy-griffin-afraid-for-anderson-cooper-after-coming-out/)
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Just had to share.
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Today, we're all meeting at my parents' house. Our cousin and his wife are leaving on Thursday, so this'll be the last day to visit with them. We're having a barbecue. Good eatin's. :D
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Happy 4th of July to all USA residents.
I am off to Canada later this AM.
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Canada has July 4th,
They just don't celebrate it.
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Morning all.
That is all.
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We are on Long Island as I type. I'm having the requiste oatmeal with walnuts, raisins and a banana and a cup of coffee.
It's raining right now. If it rains all day our BBQ w/Anthony's relatives will be an indoor affair.
I have work to do. Two computers to update (even though I'm not trained, I'm the default IT person in the Morelli McLaughlin household). We have a laptop and an old desktop out here and it's used but not attended to until we make a trip.
I've already begun on the desktop (it's older and slower) and will soon begin on the laptop but I had to see what all you beautiful people in the dark were up to, even though it's only 7:15am and most of you are abed.
We're having a bbq and then tomorrow we are seeing a friend for lunch and on Friday we're spending the day with our friend, Alfred, who was our witness at our wedding.
We will most likely be here until Saturday or Sunday. It already feels like the weekend even though it's just Wednesday.
Later, gators.
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Good morning all. Thank you, DR John G for the vibes for Thelma, Her friend John and myself. I think John and Thelma really need them. Thelma is so giving, she's been helping John these past months with taking him to the doctor and helping him get his affairs in order. It's so hard, especially with it being a holiday to think that while millions are celebrating someone else is going to slip away today.
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In other news, I will be staying home so I'll be here for the dogs when the fireworks go off.
I bought one of those one time use grills that already has the charcoal in it and i bought a good steak, an ear of corn and baked beans for tonights dinner. I have fresh fruit for desert, strawberries and blueberries along with frozen yogurt for dessert. Yum!
The dogs have new toys they don't know about yet and a nice bone for each to (hopefully) take their minds off of the fireworks.
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I want to wish everyone here (lurkers and posters alike) a very Happy and Safe 4th!
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Good morning, all! I slept very well. I did have a long dream about working on something in the Jiulliard theatre dept. and talking to actor Jeff Daniels about an adaptation he'd written of THE TEMPEST. He was friendly, which is not the case in real life.
It is a damp and cool July 4th, and I am reveling in the temperature although I do feel for eceryone with barbecue, family, and other outdoor plans. I hope you all have a great day today. I plan to do as little as possible: work on a few necessary emails, edit a bit of music, and watch DVDs.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vibes to John, friend of DR Danise's friend Thelma! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Happy Independence Day!
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Vibes for Thelma and John.
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It's so strange not going to work on a Wednesday!
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Good morning, all.
More vibes for those traveling, those in need and those in need of a little rest today.
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Thank you DR's Elmore and KevinH for the vibes.
I am also finding it strange that I have today off. I'm thinking about going to a movie or going to look at the fridges that are on sale today. I wish I could go ahead and get one but have no place to put it until the kitchen gets started.
I wanted to give you all an update on the bus situation. The newspaper article will be out next week. Jackie Callaway from 28 news will be out on the 9th to interview everyone on the bus so there's our written and tv press. I just hope it works. I don't fancy having to drive to work and paying for parking.
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TOD: I'm loving the notes on the "Follies" remixes. Please continue the song by song commentaries, as I am sure others are.
Are you limited on the "Follies" release to 1,000 copies? If not, how many do you plan for a first edition?
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Good morning, all.
Supposed to be thunderstorms today, but it's still going up to 90. I had my Independence Day last weekend and again yesterday, and I think that's about as Independent as I'm going to get this year. Except that in this neighborhood, we can expect to hear fireworks going off probably every night through the next weekend. I'm close to a large lake where there's always plenty of whoopin' and hollerin' going on during the summer, but just distant enough from it that the sounds are a pleasant background and do not disrupt my precious existence. And if the storms cooperate, there might still be some outdoor grilling later. So, okay, maybe just a little more Independent.
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I know it's not everyone's favorite show, but "1776" is now playing in honor of the day. It's been a few years since I've seen it.
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TOD: Another "Follies" question. Has the 16-track vs. 8-track controversy been officially put to rest? Or do you believe there's still a chance that a 16 continues to slumber patiently, in hiding, waiting to be discovered someday?
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I love "1776", and thank you for the reminder. It's a day for "The Music Man" and for giving my laserdisc of the complete "1776" a spin.
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I know it's not everyone's favorite show, but "1776" is now playing in honor of the day. It's been a few years since I've seen it.
It's one of mine!
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1776 is also on TCM later today.
Vibes for JOHN AND THELMA, friends of DR DANISE.
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Independence Day greetings! The brutal heat wave continues here in SW Ohio, so we'll probably stay in and watch the celebrations on TV. So far, I've sliced strawberries and had them on cereal for breakfast and I've made a blueberry pie. Richard and I will have a nice steak dinner this evening.
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Why has my picture disappeared? Does anyone still see my avatar? I can't....
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Vibes of strength for Thelma and comfort for her friend John.
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I see your avatar Atlas.
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But the movie is a mere shadow of the brilliant Broadway production. I remember sitting in the 46th Street Theatre in August 1969, weeping profusely at the finish. I saw all of the original company except for Miss Betty Buckley, who was off to play in the London production lf PROMISES PROMISES, as I recall. I didn't miss her; Nancy Ford was wonderful.
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I know it's not everyone's favorite show, but "1776" is now playing in honor of the day. It's been a few years since I've seen it.
It's one of mine!
Mine, too!
DR Elmore, thanks for the clarification about the casting for that fabulous OKLAHOMA! that we saw together in 1980. I've lost my Playbills from that trip, but I thought I remembered that Christine had returned to OKLAHOMA...
Oh,well, not the first time I've been wrong and it, certainly, won't be the last!
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Why has my picture disappeared? Does anyone still see my avatar? I can't....
Yep, it's right there, bright and clear.
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Okay....thanks.....must be something on my computer or SOMETHING.....
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It was there for us when that happened to you the other day, too.
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I envy DR Elmore's recollections of "1776". I have only seen it on stage at Roundabout and Goodspeed.
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Happy 4th to everybody!
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I saw 1776 on tour in Ann Arbor. Just went looking for my program from that show, which I don't have, and discovered that I do, indeed, have my OKLAHOMA! Playbill, along with those from a lot of other Broadway shows. The only ones I don't have are from the Christmas-New Year's trip that Richard and I took in 1982-83.
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Vibes of strength for Thelma and comfort for her friend John.
Thank you, DR Ginny.
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I read an article about why it's so hot but I still find it so odd that we are closer to the equator but it's hotter in Atlanta and points north then here. It's very warm here but we are not in the 100's.
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Not that I'm complaining, mind you.
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I know it's not everyone's favorite show, but "1776" is now playing in honor of the day. It's been a few years since I've seen it.
It's one of mine!
Mine, too!
DR Elmore, thanks for the clarification about the casting for that fabulous OKLAHOMA! that we saw together in 1980. I've lost my Playbills from that trip, but I thought I remembered that Christine had returned to OKLAHOMA...
Oh,well, not the first time I've been wrong and it, certainly, won't be the last!
Susan Bigelow sings "Just A Housewife" on the OBCR of WORKING, and she was a friend of my friend Michael Colby. That's the main reason I remember her.
After seeing the OBC, the national tour of 1776 and the simplified set for traveling were big disappointments. It wasn't as lousy as the touring production of MAN OF LA MANCHA; that was a mess!
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I once saw "1776" at a dinner theater in Sarasota, and it worked quite well. This was the same theater that did a production of "Greenwillow" with Walter Willison.
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The rain has stopped on Long Island but now the temperature is climbing up. It's around 80 right now, which isn't so bad but the humidity has begun to creep up as well.
We may be celebrating indoors.
We are having Beef and Bacon Tournedos, a tortellini salad and much, much more. This is an Italian family, after all and food is love.
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Have a great mini-vacation, DR Ben!
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Vibes for Thelmas's friend John!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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It's so strange not going to work on a Wednesday!
Not to me.
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Why has my picture disappeared? Does anyone still see my avatar? I can't....
I assume that is you in the picture that I see.
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I wish I had thought to get some corn on the cob to eat today. And maybe some potato salad. I thought about making some potatoe salad, but cooking on the stove is too difficult, not to mention a little too dangerous for a guy in a wheelchair. Cooking myself a hamburger for dinner is probably the extent of my cooking on the stove this afternoon.
Microwwave potato salad?
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Now I have done it! I started thinking about potato salad and that got me thinking about the heavenly Baked Potato Salad that they make at my Top Foods Store.
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Potato salad!
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Potato salad is tricky. There seem to be so many variations. I've never made it myself, and couldn't possibly advise on it, but I know when I get one that I like. My current acceptable store-bought standby is the Black Bear brand.
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Happy 4th of July!
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Vibes for Thelma's friend and neighbor, John. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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I bought one of those one time use grills that already has the charcoal in it and i bought a good steak, an ear of corn and baked beans for tonights dinner. I have fresh fruit for desert, strawberries and blueberries along with frozen yogurt for dessert. Yum!
I have never heard of a one time use grill. What exactly is it?
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Potato salad is tricky. There seem to be so many variations. I've never made it myself, and couldn't possibly advise on it, but I know when I get one that I like. My current acceptable store-bought standby is the Black Bear brand.
I don't think I have ever heard of Black Bear brand. Of c ourse it has been thirty years since I lived on the East Coast, so that might explain it.
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I bought one of those one time use grills that already has the charcoal in it and i bought a good steak, an ear of corn and baked beans for tonights dinner. I have fresh fruit for desert, strawberries and blueberries along with frozen yogurt for dessert. Yum!
I have never heard of a one time use grill. What exactly is it?
I could say that it was a grill that you use one time, but that would make me a smart ass. ;D
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My sister probably makes the best potato salad I have ever had.
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Can we make it to page three?
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Page three!
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Jennifer, do you make potato salad.
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Question-- Is Guy Haines going to be singing "She Likes Basketball" for the Burt Bacharach extravaganza?
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Black Bear might indeed be east coast. Do you have Boar's Head brand deli stuff out there? I think that's east coast, too. At any rate, I didn't know it till I moved here.
Maybe those are sold in the western US under different names. Like Hellman's mayonnaise, which is Best on the west coast.
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Chas, you mentioned having an egg on a hamburger. Do you fry the egg by itself and then put it on as a topping, or do cook the egg on top of the burger while you are cooking the meat?
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Black Bear might indeed be east coast. Do you have Boar's Head brand deli stuff out there? I think that's east coast, too. At any rate, I didn't know it till I moved here.
Maybe those are sold in the western US under different names. Like Hellman's mayonnaise, which is Best on the west coast.
Not just Best, but Best Foods.
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Question-- Is Guy Haines going to be singing "She Likes Basketball" for the Burt Bacharach extravaganza?
Kerry, how nice to see you posting!
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Black Bear might indeed be east coast. Do you have Boar's Head brand deli stuff out there? I think that's east coast, too. At any rate, I didn't know it till I moved here.
Maybe those are sold in the western US under different names. Like Hellman's mayonnaise, which is Best on the west coast.
Not just Best, but Best Foods.
I sit corrected.
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Chas, you mentioned having an egg on a hamburger. Do you fry the egg by itself and then put it on as a topping, or do cook the egg on top of the burger while you are cooking the meat?
Not something I've made myself, but it was fried separately, sunny side up (or maybe over easy, but the yolk is definitely soft), and placed on top of the burger right there along with cheese, onion, etc. And it's just as messy as it sounds. But SO delicious.
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Like the new avatar, TCB.
Peach-cherry galettes are in the oven. The recipe was so tiny, I had to make two.
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Yes, DR TCB, as far as I know, it's me.
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Good Morning.
That's all I have
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The weather in Manhattan has gone from dismal and rainy to bright and hot. I went down to Kinko's on 72nd Street to bind a full score for DEAREST ENEMY Act Two, and now I am home, happy with the AC and the telly. i've written my diffcult emails, packed what I need for tomorrow morning, and I am ready to relax for the rest of the day.
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I just ate some eggs, sausage and toast.
Which brings me back to the subject of fried eggs on hamburgers. Something I used to order for breakfast in L.A. coffee shops was, instead of bacon or sausage, a hamburger patty and eggs. If I recall, it's often on the menu out there, whereas I don't think I've ever seen it elsewhere. But it's really good, as long as the hamburger itself is good, and of course it's a simple matter to place one of your fried eggs on the patty and have at it. Very yummy.
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It has been cloudy here for a few days, but we haven't had rain yet. It's coming, though. Eventually.
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I made chicken salad out of some leftover chicken. I have never heard of an egg on a hamburger until I read it here.
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"They" have determined that the Sunflower Fire (one of the biggest fires this season -- and one of the earliest) was caused by someone shooting guns in the dry desert.
The fire that burned right up to the entrance gate of the arboretum last year was also caused by someone firing guns in the dry desert.
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I have never heard of an egg on a hamburger until I read it here.
That's nothing compared to the other surprises we have in store for you. I hope you're sitting down.
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It's so strange not going to work on a Wednesday!
Boy do I relate to this. The TV lineup really confused me for awhile...I mean what were those shows doing on saturday morning?LOL
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VIBES TO THELMA AND JOHN ~~~~~~~~
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Yes, I was cutting back stuff in the yard, and I gathered some Queen Ann's Lace to put in a vase to take to church tomorrow.
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Well, the sidewalk is damp, but it's not a real monsoon storm.
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Potato salad!
I love potato salad. Boil potatoes, boil eggs, cut up some onion and celery. Mix mayonaise, yellow mustard and a little pickle juice for dressing. I don't measure, just do it to taste...add salt and pepper of course.
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As I posted late last night, I cancelled the trip to Vegas for the flute convention. I'm really glad I did, because now I have credit on Southwest airlines and since it has been 20 years since I left Phoenix, I'm thinking about going to visit. If I go in August, I can get incredible deals at any of the really nice resorts. I'm thinking Scottsdale. I always lived farther south in the valley and would like to go to Taliesin West and of course get together with the Arizona contingent.
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Yahoo!
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I'd take you for a walk, Cillaliz, but, um, even I don't go for walks in August here.
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I'd take you for a walk, Cillaliz, but, um, even I don't go for walks in August here.
Oh, I know. I realize it's about the worst time to go to Phx, but that's why it's the cheapest, lol.
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Right now when I go is in the thinking phase. I may do it later
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Like the new avatar, TCB.
Peach-cherry galettes are in the oven. The recipe was so tiny, I had to make two.
Thank you, John. That is from my Buffalo Bill period.
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I'm up, I'm up. I slept until eleven, which was great.
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4?
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Had several e-mails this morning, including one from my close personal friend, Mr. Stephen Sondheim. He liked the notes, they were a bit too effusive for his tastes (tough), and took exception to my saying that Cabaret really was the show that pushed the form in the 1960s. He cited Anyone Can Whistle (of course) and while it's true, Cabaret had one distinction - it was a hit. And he thought I should add some examples of other shows that pushed the form from earlier decades, even though I say that every decade had shows that pushed the form - to call out specifics, which I'd done originally, seemed a little pedantic to me, but maybe I'll add a few examples.
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The partay thing has gotten too convoluted for me, so I'm just going to hang out here, I guess.
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I decided to have fried eggs for breakfast / brunch, then I will have a hamburger for dinner; and it will all get together later in my stomach.
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Boy, I even scared BK away.
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I wonder who the 1 Guest might be?
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I'm here, I'm here. Funnily, Sondheim made some grammar and syntax correction suggestions but forgot to attach the document so I have no idea what they are. Maybe he thinks it all just shows up in Word? :)
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T.O.D.
Ask BK Day
I enjoy watching the videos on YouTube. I am wondering why, with all our technical advances, in so many of the videos the voices don't match the picture? I can't imagine that they were that way on the source viideo / DVD.
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I just ate some eggs, sausage and toast.
Which brings me back to the subject of fried eggs on hamburgers. Something I used to order for breakfast in L.A. coffee shops was, instead of bacon or sausage, a hamburger patty and eggs. If I recall, it's often on the menu out there, whereas I don't think I've ever seen it elsewhere. But it's really good, as long as the hamburger itself is good, and of course it's a simple matter to place one of your fried eggs on the patty and have at it. Very yummy.
We have one place here that calls a burger with a fried egg on it a dirty burger. The egg is a dollar extra. Their slogan: Get dirty for a buck.
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I'm here, I'm here. Funnily, Sondheim made some grammar and syntax correction suggestions but forgot to attach the document so I have no idea what they are. Maybe he thinks it all just shows up in Word? :)
I hope he didn't use a red pencil.
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I just ate some eggs, sausage and toast.
Which brings me back to the subject of fried eggs on hamburgers. Something I used to order for breakfast in L.A. coffee shops was, instead of bacon or sausage, a hamburger patty and eggs. If I recall, it's often on the menu out there, whereas I don't think I've ever seen it elsewhere. But it's really good, as long as the hamburger itself is good, and of course it's a simple matter to place one of your fried eggs on the patty and have at it. Very yummy.
We have one place here that calls a burger with a fried egg on it a dirty burger. The egg is a dollar extra. Their slogan: Get dirty for a buck.
Ahh, yes, those were the days!
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Tacoma's Freedom Fair, down on the waterfront, is an all-day food, fun, music, and air show event that ends tonight with the fireworks display at around 10:15 p. m. Since it is an all-day event, I was a bit surprised when the military jets decided to do there demonstration (very loudly) at ten o'clock this morning. Unless that was their dress rehearsal, which doesn't bode well for later today.
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Back from a quick run to Barnes & Noble to make a return and pick up a copy of the Eyewitness Guide to London, which I need for 3 reasons:
1) My book group is having a London Roundabout this month, which means that we each choose our own book about or set in London,
2) I thought it would come in handy while watching the upcoming Summer Olympics, and
3) We're about 90% sure we'll be going to England in January for Richard to study for a week at Norwich Cathedral and we'll "bookend" that with stays in London!
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In the early days of our local Middfest International festival, there was an Australian food booth that sold a burger with a fried egg on it as an Aussie-burger.
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Back from a quick run to Barnes & Noble to make a return and pick up a copy of the Eyewitness Guide to London, which I need for 3 reasons:
1) My book group is having a London Roundabout this month, which means that we each choose our own book about or set in London,
2) I thought it would come in handy while watching the upcoming Summer Olympics, and
3) We're about 90% sure we'll be going to England in January for Richard to study for a week at Norwich Cathedral and we'll "bookend" that with stays in London!
How exciting! Well, that was directed at #3, but, of course, all three sound wonderful.
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In the early days of our local Middfest International festival, there was an Australian food booth that sold a burger with a fried egg on it as an Aussie-burger.
Most of the recipes I find for Aussie Burgers call for a fried egg, but also sliced beets.
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Hi all. Thank you for the good wishes for Thelma and John. I haven't heard anything since last night but Thelma said she would call when there was news.
I'm mad at photo bucket because it won't upload a couple photos I took to show you the one time use grill. It said my file was to big but I've always been able to upload photos from my camera before. I just don't understand.
Not that the one time use grill is anything great to look at. It's basically an aluminum pan with charcoal in it. I got it at Walmart for around four bucks. It says it "Lights with a single match, Ready to cook after 20 minutes and cooks for up to 1.5 hours".
I don't know if I'll get to use it or not. I hear thunder and a look at the local radar shows a bunch of storms around. Darn because I had my corn soaking in salt water and it won't be as good if I can't put it on the grill.
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I'd take you for a walk, Cillaliz, but, um, even I don't go for walks in August here.
Oh, I know. I realize it's about the worst time to go to Phx, but that's why it's the cheapest, lol.
When my Mom lived there, we always went in the summer because that's when teacher Richard and student Rob were out of school. That's why I've never been to the Desert Botanical Garden...
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Feeling peckish on my way back home after yet another drinking session (I don't really drink all that much - honest!), I stopped off for some delicious fish (cod) and chips.
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I have never heard of an egg on a hamburger until I read it here.
Me either. I've used egg in hamburger. We call that Meat loaf.
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I have never heard of an egg on a hamburger until I read it here.
Me either. I've used egg in hamburger. We call that Meat loaf.
Cute, Danise.
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Potato salad!
I love potato salad. Boil potatoes, boil eggs, cut up some onion and celery. Mix mayonaise, yellow mustard and a little pickle juice for dressing. I don't measure, just do it to taste...add salt and pepper of course.
That's almost how I make mine. I don't put yellow mustard or pickles/pickle juice in mine. Now I wish I had thought about making that instead the baked beans.
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Feeling peckish on my way back home after yet another drinking session (I don't really drink all that much - honest!), I stopped off for some delicious fish (cod) and chips.
Doug, since we celebrate Independence Day on July 4, how come you guys don't celebrate Glad To Be Rid Of Them Day?
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I think "But Mr. Adams" is one of the best musical numbers.
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Pudding is cooking for the trifle
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E&T ALERT!
I'll be driving up to Rochester NY tomorrow for a showing of ROBOT MONSTER in 3-D, to be hosted by 3-D guru Bob Furmanek. I shan't be logging in till late in the day.
http://dryden.eastmanhouse.org/films/2012/06/robot-monster/
Should be nice little trip, all told, considering I'll be passing through some scenic parts of NY state for the first time. Back home on Friday.
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Hello, everyone.
Happy 4th to all.
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It is overcast and cool here, which will make many of the beach-goers unhappy. I, however, find it pleasant.
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Here's an interesting question... Does anyone know if the Overture that is printed in the vocal score and licensed when you do Hello, Dolly! has ever been recorded in its entirety?
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I did some chores around the apartment this morning. There are more to do, which I may or may not get to. I'll watch a DVD this evening.
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3) We're about 90% sure we'll be going to England in January for Richard to study for a week at Norwich Cathedral and we'll "bookend" that with stays in London!
Ginny, I did something similar many years ago when I was in Weybridge on business. It worked out well. Weybridge is a pleasant little town, but there's not a lot to do. Plus, I wanted to spend time in London. Sounds like a nice trip!
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Trifle ingredients - angel food cake (store bought), vanilla pudding, strawberries, blueberries, whipped cream and Bluesberry schnapps to soak the cake in a little.
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Vibes to DR Danise's friend Thelma and her friend John.
I'm not caught up on the posts, so vibes to anyone I've missed, too.
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My favorite potato salad is the vegan version that Whole Foods Market makes.
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3) We're about 90% sure we'll be going to England in January for Richard to study for a week at Norwich Cathedral and we'll "bookend" that with stays in London!
Ginny, I did something similar many years ago when I was in Weybridge on business. It worked out well. Weybridge is a pleasant little town, but there's not a lot to do. Plus, I wanted to spend time in London. Sounds like a nice trip!
The week in Norwich and the days in London beforehand are being arranged by one of his favorite professors at Nashotah House, the seminary in Wisconsin where Richard is embarking on a distance learning doctoral program. The London stay afterwards would be on our own and will put us there for our 32nd wedding anniversary.
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My favorite potato salad is the vegan version that Whole Foods Market makes.
We don't have any Whole Foods Markets in Tacoma. We don't even have any Half Foods.
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My favorite potato salad is the vegan version that Whole Foods Market makes.
We don't have any Whole Foods Markets in Tacoma. We don't even have any Half Foods.
Good one, TCB!
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I see that "1776" is about to start on TCM. I'm recording it but think I'll watch some of it, at least, now.
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Chas, you mentioned having an egg on a hamburger. Do you fry the egg by itself and then put it on as a topping, or do cook the egg on top of the burger while you are cooking the meat?
Not something I've made myself, but it was fried separately, sunny side up (or maybe over easy, but the yolk is definitely soft), and placed on top of the burger right there along with cheese, onion, etc. And it's just as messy as it sounds. But SO delicious.
I've never understood the appeal of an egg on a hamburger. It just seems too weird to me. :-\
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I think "But Mr. Adams" is one of the best musical numbers.
He's obnoxious and disliked did you not that...
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I see that "1776" is about to start on TCM. I'm recording it but think I'll watch some of it, at least, now.
thanks for posting this. I got the DVR set just in time
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(http://tuffnuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/HappyIndependenceDay3_slide1x_365_y_273.jpg)
;D
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Here's an interesting question... Does anyone know if the Overture that is printed in the vocal score and licensed when you do Hello, Dolly! has ever been recorded in its entirety?
No, it has not. It doesn't match the overture used on any recordngs, either.The original show had no overture, and I believe that was thrown together by Tams-Witmark if you wanted to use one. Both revivals I've seen used something new.
The same is true of "Ribbons Down My Back." I think the only recording of the arrangement in the vocal score may be the London cast with Mary Martin.
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I see that "1776" is about to start on TCM. I'm recording it but think I'll watch some of it, at least, now.
thanks for posting this. I got the DVR set just in time
I have the DVD. I prefer the extended laserdisc version, but no one in my family will watch it...it's too long. I don't care. I like it. :D
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I see that "1776" is about to start on TCM. I'm recording it but think I'll watch some of it, at least, now.
thanks for posting this. I got the DVR set just in time
You're welcome, Cillaliz!
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I've been searching the web. I found all sorts of good deals during the time I would have gone to Vegas. I'm not going to book anything until I have a chance to really look at the calendar and to figure out my fall travel plans.
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Interesting--Robert Osborne said that Jack Warner showed a cut of the movie (1776) to then-President Nixon. Nixon didn't like one of the songs and some other scenes so Warner cut the film by 35 minutes ! It's been restored now.
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I'm watching the sixth season of BONES. I loved the Jersey Shore episode.
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Here's an interesting question... Does anyone know if the Overture that is printed in the vocal score and licensed when you do Hello, Dolly! has ever been recorded in its entirety?
No, it has not. It doesn't match the overture used on any recordngs, either.The original show had no overture, and I believe that was thrown together by Tams-Witmark if you wanted to use one. Both revivals I've seen used something new.
The same is true of "Ribbons Down My Back." I think the only recording of the arrangement in the vocal score may be the London cast with Mary Martin.
Yes, that's right about "Ribbons" When we did the show back in 1997, we were able to obtain the revival (recorded by bk) version of "Ribbons" from Jerry himself. (along with Love, Look in My Window) - as we know, he was very happy with that arrangement as it's always what he wanted it to be.
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Interesting--Robert Osborne said that Jack Warner showed a cut of the movie (1776) to then-President Nixon. Nixon didn't like one of the songs and some other scenes so Warner cut the film by 35 minutes ! It's been restored now.
Not all of it's been restored. The "director's cut" DVD is still 11 minutes shorter than the laserdisc.
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My favorite potato salad is the vegan version that Whole Foods Market makes.
We don't have any Whole Foods Markets in Tacoma. We don't even have any Half Foods.
Good one, TCB!
Hello, Kevin! Don't be such a stranger. Besides you couldn't be stranger than me.
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I see that "1776" is about to start on TCM. I'm recording it but think I'll watch some of it, at least, now.
thanks for posting this. I got the DVR set just in time
I have the DVD. I prefer the extended laserdisc version, but no one in my family will watch it...it's too long. I don't care. I like it. :D
DR George, is there any way to transfer the LD to DVD (hint, hint)?
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Here's an interesting question... Does anyone know if the Overture that is printed in the vocal score and licensed when you do Hello, Dolly! has ever been recorded in its entirety?
No, it has not. It doesn't match the overture used on any recordngs, either.The original show had no overture, and I believe that was thrown together by Tams-Witmark if you wanted to use one. Both revivals I've seen used something new.
The same is true of "Ribbons Down My Back." I think the only recording of the arrangement in the vocal score may be the London cast with Mary Martin.
Yes, that's right about "Ribbons" When we did the show back in 1997, we were able to obtain the revival (recorded by bk) version of "Ribbons" from Jerry himself. (along with Love, Look in My Window) - as we know, he was very happy with that arrangement as it's always what he wanted it to be.
What is "Love, Look in My Window?"
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I think "But Mr. Adams" is one of the best musical numbers.
He's obnoxious and disliked did you not that...
So I've heard.
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The courier has the best song in the show.
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Here's an interesting question... Does anyone know if the Overture that is printed in the vocal score and licensed when you do Hello, Dolly! has ever been recorded in its entirety?
No, it has not. It doesn't match the overture used on any recordngs, either.The original show had no overture, and I believe that was thrown together by Tams-Witmark if you wanted to use one. Both revivals I've seen used something new.
The same is true of "Ribbons Down My Back." I think the only recording of the arrangement in the vocal score may be the London cast with Mary Martin.
Yes, that's right about "Ribbons" When we did the show back in 1997, we were able to obtain the revival (recorded by bk) version of "Ribbons" from Jerry himself. (along with Love, Look in My Window) - as we know, he was very happy with that arrangement as it's always what he wanted it to be.
What is "Love, Look in My Window?"
One of the two songs added for Merman.
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I see that "1776" is about to start on TCM. I'm recording it but think I'll watch some of it, at least, now.
thanks for posting this. I got the DVR set just in time
I have the DVD. I prefer the extended laserdisc version, but no one in my family will watch it...it's too long. I don't care. I like it. :D
DR George, is there any way to transfer the LD to DVD (hint, hint)?
Possible...very possible. ;)
Depending, of course, on the condition of the laserdisc. It's very old and I have another laserdisc that is already compromised. But if it's good, it'll work. I already have my laserdisc player hooked up to my DVD burner.
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Here's an interesting question... Does anyone know if the Overture that is printed in the vocal score and licensed when you do Hello, Dolly! has ever been recorded in its entirety?
No, it has not. It doesn't match the overture used on any recordngs, either.The original show had no overture, and I believe that was thrown together by Tams-Witmark if you wanted to use one. Both revivals I've seen used something new.
The same is true of "Ribbons Down My Back." I think the only recording of the arrangement in the vocal score may be the London cast with Mary Martin.
Yes, that's right about "Ribbons" When we did the show back in 1997, we were able to obtain the revival (recorded by bk) version of "Ribbons" from Jerry himself. (along with Love, Look in My Window) - as we know, he was very happy with that arrangement as it's always what he wanted it to be.
What is "Love, Look in My Window?"
One of the two songs added for Merman.
Oh, I see.
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Well, I must be going. I'll work on the "1776" laserdisc this evening.
Be back later...and have a safe day, everyone!!
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PAGE SIX FREEDOM DANCE!!
(http://bosguydotcom.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/4th-of-july-image.jpg)
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Here's an interesting question... Does anyone know if the Overture that is printed in the vocal score and licensed when you do Hello, Dolly! has ever been recorded in its entirety?
No, it has not. It doesn't match the overture used on any recordngs, either.The original show had no overture, and I believe that was thrown together by Tams-Witmark if you wanted to use one. Both revivals I've seen used something new.
The same is true of "Ribbons Down My Back." I think the only recording of the arrangement in the vocal score may be the London cast with Mary Martin.
Yes, that's right about "Ribbons" When we did the show back in 1997, we were able to obtain the revival (recorded by bk) version of "Ribbons" from Jerry himself. (along with Love, Look in My Window) - as we know, he was very happy with that arrangement as it's always what he wanted it to be.
What is "Love, Look in My Window?"
One of the two songs added for Merman.
Oh, I see.
That and World Take Me Back were written at the beginning of the process when Jerry Herman tried to woo Ethel into playing the role. She was asked before Carol Channing was. Since both of their voices are very different, when Ethel declined and Carol took the roll, the two songs were put on a shelf as they did not fit Carol's voice. I think the quote was "Carol simply could not sell a ballad" or something like that.
When Ethel FINALLY took over the roll in 1970, both songs were reinstated in the score. I'm not sure where "World Take Me Back" was added because it is much like "Before The Parade Passes By" but I know "Love Look in My Window" goes right before the monologue before "Before the Parade Passes By"
That all said, Jerry's autobiography is a great read. If you haven't read it, you should make tracks to do so.
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Surprise! Surprise! The early morning airshow was, indeed, only the rehearsal.
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T.O.D.
Ask BK Day
I enjoy watching the videos on YouTube. I am wondering why, with all our technical advances, in so many of the videos the voices don't match the picture? I can't imagine that they were that way on the source viideo / DVD.
There shouldn't be a problem in the upload process, so if there are synch problems it's probably happened before that.
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Oy. Those planes are SO LOUD. I love to see them, but, dang, they can scare you if you don't know what they are.
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One day I heard, the planes, and I looked out and saw two military jets escorting another larger jet right over my house. They weren't heading toward the airport, so I didn't know what was going on. It looked like a plane was being forced to land somewhere. (It turned out to be a military funeral.)
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Made the Sondheim fixes - he caught stuff my eye never would have caught, so that's good. Had a couple of tuna sandwiches, heard some more mixes (three more), and am now watching a motion picture.
Chas, re the sixteen vs. eight track - I now think this is how they recorded it and there is nothing else.
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A theater friend just reminded me that the U.S. Bicentennial Celebration was 36 years ago!
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I see that "1776" is about to start on TCM. I'm recording it but think I'll watch some of it, at least, now.
thanks for posting this. I got the DVR set just in time
I have the DVD. I prefer the extended laserdisc version, but no one in my family will watch it...it's too long. I don't care. I like it. :D
DR George, is there any way to transfer the LD to DVD (hint, hint)?
Possible...very possible. ;)
Depending, of course, on the condition of the laserdisc. It's very old and I have another laserdisc that is already compromised. But if it's good, it'll work. I already have my laserdisc player hooked up to my DVD burner.
While I'm asking for the moon, do you have the complete SHOW BOAT set with 1929, 1936 and 1952 films?
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I watched Blythe Danner sing "He Plays the Violin" with William Daniels and Howard da Silva. I have now done my patriotic duty.
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Apparently, the U.S. Air Force has painted a big red X on the roof of our apartment building. All of the jets seem to be using us as a staging area for firing their afterburners.
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Jennifer, do you make potato salad.
Not very often. But have made it a few times.
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I too have never heard of fried eggs on a hamburger. It sounds extremely odd.
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A theater friend just reminded me that the U.S. Bicentennial Celebration was 36 years ago!
And DR Elmore dressed me for the occasion:
(https://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/260234_10150314412090049_695415_n.jpg)
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We are watching 1776 on TCM - ate our steak dinner on our laps in front of the TV.
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I have not put corn on the cob on the grill in a long time. Do you still boil it first?
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It was thundering quite loudly here a couple hours ago. But now it is nice and sort of sunny.
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I love that photo, Ginny.
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Thank you, DR Laura - I loved that dress!
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The courier has the best song in the show.
I totally agree
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I agree about the photo too.
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Guess I'm just agreeable today
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I made potato salad and am trying to decide what I'm going to make for dinner. the last load of clothes is in the dryer. I'm not really celebrating today. My Joplin nephews and family minus my sister and bro in law are all going to the lake for about 5-6 days. I'm going up tomorrow to help mom get ready and will stay until Sunday.
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there are at least three fireworks displays here tonight. One at the country club a couple blocks from my house, one at the baseball game and one by the river. There is a spot fairly near to my house where you are on the top of a big hill and can see the fireworks from all directions. If I can find my bug spray, I may go up there after sunset. Or, if it's still as hot as it is now, I may just walk out into the street behind my house and watch the country club display....or, i may just sit here
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I love that photo, Ginny.
Me too!
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I have the house/cat sitter all lined up. I even bought a swim suit for the first time in at least 10 years
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E&T ALERT!
I'll be driving up to Rochester NY tomorrow for a showing of ROBOT MONSTER in 3-D, to be hosted by 3-D guru Bob Furmanek. I shan't be logging in till late in the day.
http://dryden.eastmanhouse.org/films/2012/06/robot-monster/
Should be nice little trip, all told, considering I'll be passing through some scenic parts of NY state for the first time. Back home on Friday.
Hey, what fun! I wish I could go! The little boy who stars in ROBOT MONSTER is a dear friend of mine. I interviewed him for Classic Images a few years back and I have had the good fortune to visit with he and his wife. In fact, they stopped in my town 2 years back while they were driving from Washington back to California, and we all had a wonderful lunch together. I chat with his wife quite a lot on Facebook. they are both swell people!
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Thank you, DRs Cillaliz and Danise!
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Chas, you mentioned having an egg on a hamburger. Do you fry the egg by itself and then put it on as a topping, or do cook the egg on top of the burger while you are cooking the meat?
Not something I've made myself, but it was fried separately, sunny side up (or maybe over easy, but the yolk is definitely soft), and placed on top of the burger right there along with cheese, onion, etc. And it's just as messy as it sounds. But SO delicious.
I've never understood the appeal of an egg on a hamburger. It just seems too weird to me. :-\
It is very yummy!
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A theater friend just reminded me that the U.S. Bicentennial Celebration was 36 years ago!
And DR Elmore dressed me for the occasion:
(https://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/260234_10150314412090049_695415_n.jpg)
I thought that was how all the girls in Ohio dressed?
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I am becoming addicted to plain Greek yogurt...but not the non-fat variety :-\
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Oh, page 7 Greek Yogurt dance!
(http://gothamist.com/attachments/arts_jamie/aug24stamos.jpg)
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For no particular reason, other than it is a holiday, here is a photograph my favorite lamp which sits in the NE corner of my living room next to my couch.
(http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo146/mbarnum/Blog%20photos/IMG_0166.jpg)
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Either the lamp, the Greek yogurt, or John Stamos has scared everyone away.
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Oh, page 7 Greek Yogurt dance!
(http://gothamist.com/attachments/arts_jamie/aug24stamos.jpg)
Will he come to my house if I buy the yogurt?
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I guess I will be going to that Sondheim chat and song thing - he arranged for me to come back afterwards and then to attend some little private soiree. Now, who to take.
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I seriously have a lamp shade that is almost the same as that one. I'll have to take a photo of it for you
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It's a great lamp MBarnum....well, yours and mine
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I am becoming addicted to plain Greek yogurt...but not the non-fat variety :-\
We will soon be having some of that on top of the blueberry pie I made this morning. The original recipe calls for sour cream, but that's no longer on my diet.
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Great photo (and stunning model), Ginny!
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I don't care for the Greek Yogurt.
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Well, I didn't get to use my single use grill. It got dark and we had lots of thunder so I didn't think there would be enough time to get everything cooked before there would be a total storm. Of course, having made the decision to just broil the steak and boil the corn on the cob, it brightened and I could have went ahead with my plans.
You know what? I don't care. It was just as good.
I'm just grateful that I had good food and I am with my dogs. I'm grateful that I have people who love me and I love them. I am grateful to the men and women who risk their lives or have given them so that I can enjoy my meal in peace and freedom. I don't care what their sexual orientation is. I just want to thank them for their service.
I'm grateful to Bruce for creating this wonderful website--I don't say thank you often enough for that.
I'm grateful for the friendships I have.
I'm grateful for my home and all the wonderful people who are going to help me with it.
I'm grateful I have a job (wish I had a better boss though).
I don't say any of these things often or loud enough and I should because I always think "They know", forgetting that someday they may be gone and I will regret never having the chance to say these thing to them again.
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80,000,000 Americans are suffering with near or above triple digit temperatures today
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Well, I didn't get to use my single use grill. It got dark and we had lots of thunder so I didn't think there would be enough time to get everything cooked before there would be a total storm. Of course, having made the decision to just broil the steak and boil the corn on the cob, it brightened and I could have went ahead with my plans.
You know what? I don't care. It was just as good.
I'm just grateful that I had good food and I am with my dogs. I'm grateful that I have people who love me and I love them. I am grateful to the men and women who risk their lives or have given them so that I can enjoy my meal in peace and freedom. I don't care what their sexual orientation is. I just want to thank them for their service.
I'm grateful to Bruce for creating this wonderful website--I don't say thank you often enough for that.
I'm grateful for the friendships I have.
I'm grateful for my home and all the wonderful people who are going to help me with it.
I'm grateful I have a job (wish I had a better boss though).
I don't say any of these things often or loud enough and I should because I always think "They know", forgetting that someday they may be gone and I will regret never having the chance to say these thing to them again.
What a lovely post, Danise. I second that.
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Thanks, DRs MBarnum & TCB - I wish I still had that waistline!
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80,000,000 Americans are suffering with near or above triple digit temperatures today
And amazingly, Phoenicians were not among them. It was very cool and cloudy today.
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When I pulled into the garage after my bookstore errand, the outside temp readout on my dashboard was 100o :P
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I'll bet that, somewhere, it's 110 in the shade.
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I love those 1950s double-shaded lamps. I have a nice little rectangular one of that shade style (but NOT a double), found at a yard sale here for $5 over ten years ago, and I still love it. Should take a picture of it sometime.
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Well the fireworks have started and i have 2 scared dogs cowering at my feet.
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When I pulled into the garage after my bookstore errand, the outside temp readout on my dashboard was 100o :P
Well....well, my Weather Bug says that it is currently 67 degrees. That is the highest temp today.
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When I pulled into the garage after my bookstore errand, the outside temp readout on my dashboard was 100o :P
Well....well, my Weather Bug says that it is currently 67 degrees. That is the highest temp today.
Our predicted overnight low is 5 degrees above that!
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When I pulled into the garage after my bookstore errand, the outside temp readout on my dashboard was 100o :P
Well....well, my Weather Bug says that it is currently 67 degrees. That is the highest temp today.
Our predicted overnight low is 5 degrees above that!
I shouldn't be so smug. They say that by Sunday, our temperatures will be in the mid to upper 80s. That doesn't sound terrible to most of you, but most people out here don't have air conditioning.
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Been there with no AC. Not fun. I would say I got spoiled having it fairly quickly and can't imagine not having it now.
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G'night!
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Finished two motion pictures and shortly I'll go for a 4th of July swim, then probably mosey on outside and watch some fireworks in the sky.
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Good night all. It's ten and I have to go to work in the morning. I'm just amazed by how scared the dogs are. I'll let them on the bed and hope things quite down soon.
Enjoy your evening, where ever you are!
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My former client, producer Norman Felton (The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Dr. Kildare), has died.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118056255
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It is supposed to get quite humid here the next few days.
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DR Cillaliz, does that mean that you have not gone swimming in 10 years?
I keep wearing out my bathing suits! In the summer, with the outdoor pool I can sometimes go 5-6 times a week.
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Great photo, Ginny.
Wonderful expression of gratitude, Danise.
Wonderful lamp and shade, MBarnum.
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Eight!
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Night, all.
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I guess fireworks will be starting in about ten minutes or so. It really doesn't get dark here until eight-thirty.
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In the late 70s, early 80s, when I was somewhat actively enjoying my private pilot license, I would take off from Van Nuys with a couple of friends to watch the multitude of fireworks displays from above. It's incredible how many there are over areas like the S.F. Valley and L.A. Basin. From a few thousand feet up they look like they're exploding right on the ground, but those colorful little explosions are beautiful, popping up here and there all over the damned place.
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This is the loudest fireworks I can ever remember in this neighborhood. Normally, I can see everything that's happening at CBS Studio on Radford, but not this year - it seems they've moved it to the right and doing so almost the entirety of it is blocked by trees, whereas in previous years it's been totally in the open. But it also seems like there are fireworks other places nearby, although none are visible from here.
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DR Cillaliz, does that mean that you have not gone swimming in 10 years?
I keep wearing out my bathing suits! In the summer, with the outdoor pool I can sometimes go 5-6 times a week.
Only a couple times. I have an old suit. I probably go in the lake once a summer and have been in a pool maybe 4-6 times in that amount of time
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I was going to go outside to watch the fireworks from the country club which is only a couple blocks away, but Callie came running down the stairs and seemed a bit upset, so I stayed in the house with them
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It's 11:17 and I can still hear fireworks ...they'll probably go all night
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It's quiet now.
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Now it is quiet.
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Quiet it is. Now.
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I wish it was quiet here.... I'm watching Hemingway and Gelhorn
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Fireworks have been going off for the last hour or so (since I got home) and so far, my cat isn't having a bad time with it. She's under my desk near my feet. If I get my feet too close to her, however, she bites me...gently, but she bites my feet. I don't know why.
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Today, we spent the day at my parents' house. We had a barbecue and chatted for several hours. I went to my sister's house after that and lit some sparklers. My cousin John and his wife are leaving to go back home to Oregon in the morning. We said our goodbyes and I left and came home...and here I am....with a working modem (knock wood!).
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Listening to Miss Yvonne De Carlo singing I'm Still Here.
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Now Too Many Mornings. So beautiful. And I can hear every instrument so clearly.
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I gotta tell you.
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And how I love Miss Dorothy Collins
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I see that "1776" is about to start on TCM. I'm recording it but think I'll watch some of it, at least, now.
thanks for posting this. I got the DVR set just in time
I have the DVD. I prefer the extended laserdisc version, but no one in my family will watch it...it's too long. I don't care. I like it. :D
DR George, is there any way to transfer the LD to DVD (hint, hint)?
Possible...very possible. ;)
Depending, of course, on the condition of the laserdisc. It's very old and I have another laserdisc that is already compromised. But if it's good, it'll work. I already have my laserdisc player hooked up to my DVD burner.
While I'm asking for the moon, do you have the complete SHOW BOAT set with 1929, 1936 and 1952 films?
I recorded the 1929 and 1951 Show Boats that were broadcast on TCM. Do you want these? I don't have the 1936 Show Boat, though.
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Cillaliz and ChasSmith, I want to see your lampshades!
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Something in my office doesn't smell right. I wonder if I dropped some greek yogurt in here at some point?
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The fireworks, and the police/ambulance sirens seem to have stopped for the evening. I am guessing that many people in the area were not being very cautious this tonight.