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Well, you've read the notes, you couldn't post, now you can post, and therefore it is time to post until the cows come home - they're trying to remember the kind of September but they still think it's August because they kept getting too many connections. Let's make up for lost time, shall we? Let's put on rouge and lipstick and eyeliner for lost time, shall we?
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And the word of the day is: TINCTORIAL!
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Okay, go! Let's see how bloody fast we can get through page one.
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Doing my part to help you get through page one.
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My hot water heater has been drained and removed. The little closet in my bathroom where it has been is quite wet on the floor :P and actually has been for quite a long time! The guy said that there's a little dent in the floor. I don't know if that means that the floor underneath is definitely damaged or just possibly damaged, but at least getting the tank out was easy.
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Oh! I nearly forgot:
CD Player: GREY GARDENS
DVD Player: ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT (Season 3)
iPOD Video: LOST, Season 2 Finale (I am hopelessly addicted to this show)
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I had literally just gotten out of the shower and was drying myself off when the doorbell rang! :o I was able to dry and dress quickly and then the hot water heater guy got started fairly quickly. The new tank is already in place.
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And now, I'm paying my bills. Just had to share. :)
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This is fast? It's been very hot here for a week now. Not quite as bad as July, but getting there. I'm going to try to jog at nine-thirty, before I head over to my ten-thirty meeting at the Farmer's Market.
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Got an e-mail this morning from someone who PREordered Simply Sondheim, asking about the status of his order made three days ago. I bit my tongue and simply responded and suggested he look at the order page where it is clearly stated that the release date is October 3rd and that preorders will ship two weeks prior to that, which, in this case, it absolutely will. In every press release or announcement, that is also stated.
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Well that may be so, but where is MINE?
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Just pretending to be a grumpy internet customer....who can't read.
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DR jhvw - I have found the best way to enjoy QAF is while doing something else. Great promise never fulfilled - and really bad acting to match the REALLY bad and illogical scripts. Can you believe Gale Harrold is starring in a new series this fall?
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I think some folks get disturbed because their credit cards are charged immediately (or money is deducted from their paypal account), but that too is explained on the site (there's no other way to do it with paypal) and it's also explained that preorders are how small companies exist.
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John Travolta.....well....you know.....
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Great news about BRAIN....and even more excited about the "unannounced" news - wonder wonder wonder what it could be?
Well TOMORROW you can tell Alice (aka Alicia) that the DePauw Tigers will be playing Wabash next weekend, if she wants to make a visit. They're playing for the Monon Bell.... Of course as a DePauw alumnus, I must root for my Tigers.
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I think some folks get disturbed because their credit cards are charged immediately (or money is deducted from their paypal account), but that too is explained on the site (there's no other way to do it with paypal) and it's also explained that preorders are how small companies exist.
LOL.....like dealing with people at the box office.....if the seat has an X, it's already sold. But this is the first day you've been opened for SEUSSICAL....but we have been selling tickets since May..... :P
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TOD:
CD - Girls Girls Girls, a compilation of Sandy Posey, Lesley Gore, Annette, Connie, Gale (NOT Harold), Doris, and others made for my friend Tim.
VCR - RAN
DVD - right now POSEIDON....but at the urging of DR MBARNUM, I purchased and received today (for watching a bit later)
THEM/BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS
LA HORRIPILANTE BESTIA HUMANA (The Horrifying Human Beast) aka NIGHT OF THE BLOODY APES/MUNECOS INFERNALES aka Curse of the Doll People....two Mexican movies WITH extras!!
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I'm still at home but at least the brand-spankin' new hot water heater is installed and filled (and heating up).
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Topic of the Day: So far, nothing, nowhere...yet. I'll wait until I get to work to report on CDs.
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New York's NBC station has not been broadcasting the dreadful STARTING OVER and broadcasting infomercials instead: this week I've had an hour of Time/Life romantic listening, and today's financial education. I can't wait to finish lunch and head to the NYPL.
I watched Wednesday's PROJECT RUNWAY; Jeffrey is to Angela as I am to Sally Mayes.
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Hiya, gang! elmo! Whassup???
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I see in the IMDB ad for THE WICKER MAN that the child Nicholas Cage is looking for is the daughter of a former lover? Doesn't that shoot down the presmise of the original film about sacrificing a virgin to the gods? Another must-miss remake!
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Quick, Watson, some postings!
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Back from a brisk jog. I'm now starting to spend all jogs thinking of directorial ideas for The Brain - fun.
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Hiya, gang! elmo! Whassup???
Your presence is missed in NYC, DR PennyO! Why don't you get back here quick and be my date for the opening of THE TRAGIC & HORRIBLE LIFE OF THE SINGING NUN on Sept 14?
Has anyone been to see THE ILLUSIONIST yet?
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Media Check:
I am geared up for another international movie weekend
DVD:
From Palestine: RANA'S WEDDING
from Japan : WELCOME BACK, MR. MCDONALD
from Mexico: MUNECOS INFERNALES (released in the US as CURSE OF THE DOLL PEOPLE)
CD: Soundtrack to the Bollywood movie WHITE NOISE
DVR: LAST OF THE BADMEN (which I need to finish watching)
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Tinctorial - isn't that a remedial class using these teaching aids:
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der Brucer
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I resent TINCTORIAL references to the blots on my escutcheon.
der Brucer
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Good. Today is today. Which must mean that tomorrow will be tomorrow - at which point it will be today. All is well at HHW.
I'm late going out for my brisk 2-mile walk, so it's going to be HOT. Oh well. I have story thinking to do, so perhaps the heat will help.
Laters!
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Elmore, thanks for the news about PRETTY POISON.
I saw THE ILLUSIONIST. It didn't really stick with me too much.
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Man, when I saw four pages yesterday, I thought, "Where did we do wrong? What on earth has happened?"
But 'twas the internet that failed us, and not the other way 'round.
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A change of mind time!
I saw the stage production of RENT in LA and was totally under-whelmed - it seemed just so much noise; consequently I had no interest in seeing the movie.
Well, Starz ran a HDTV version of the movie which I recorded on my DVR. Imagine my surprise -I really enjoyed it! Chris Columbus did a wonderful job of never forgetting that the songs were central to the experience. He opened up the action which added to the emotional impact, and the carefully-dictioned musical numbers moved the story along.
der Brucer
PS I'd like to see Columbus get the Les Miz movie gig!
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Gale Harrold is starring in a new series this fall?
Mimi Leder's "Vanished", now running - which I am enjoying.
der Brucer
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Whassup???
Fidelity is up and obedience is down on my bayonet buckle, sir!
der Brucer
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I see in the IMDB ad for THE WICKER MAN that the child Nicholas Cage is looking for is the daughter of a former lover? Doesn't that shoot down the presmise of the original film about sacrificing a virgin to the gods? Another must-miss remake!
Ok, agree about the must-miss, but even if the mother was a lover of Nicholas Cage's character, that doesn't mean the daughter can't be a virgin....am I missing something?
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New York's NBC station has not been broadcasting the dreadful STARTING OVER and broadcasting infomercials instead: this week I've had an hour of Time/Life romantic listening, and today's financial education. I can't wait to finish lunch and head to the NYPL.
I watched Wednesday's PROJECT RUNWAY; Jeffrey is to Angela as I am to Sally Mayes.
Here in FArgo, we have not had taht awful program for several years... Today's infomercial : Depression treatment and Tae-bo
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JH- HIGH ENERGY VIBES TO GET YOU THROUGH THE DAY~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Glad to see HHW back, I was unable to log on at all yesterday to the site and when I was finally able to access I got 'too many connections". Glad to see it back.
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I got a really good night's sleep last night. I have some piddly things to do at work today, but nothing taxing....of course if it involved taxing issues I'd have to call FJL
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Good day fellow DR's.....
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Tonight I'm going to Artsplash! It's an annual outdoor Art festival. New this year is the Friday night event. The artists will all be there, but the kids area isn't open. So those of us who want to look at and/or purchase art don't have to deal with the kids. I like that a lot.
I may go back tomorrow to see Ben Baron’s Klezmer & Dixieland Ensemble. I can't fathom the two styles by the same band, so I may just have to check it out.
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Well back to work....
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Friday (it is Friday, isn't it?) greetings!
LOL.....like dealing with people at the box office.....if the seat has an X, it's already sold. But this is the first day you've been opened for SEUSSICAL....but we have been selling tickets since May..... :P
Or like the people who go onto our library website, place reserves on books that are at one location to be picked up at another location, then drive to the pick-up point and expect the books to be there. They get very indignant when we tell them that, on those automated reserves, nothing happens until the start of the next business day.
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Ok, agree about the must-miss, but even if the mother was a lover of Nicholas Cage's character, that doesn't mean the daughter can't be a virgin....am I missing something?
Oh, you've never seen the original, have you? One of my favorite movies.
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...Has anyone been to see THE ILLUSIONIST yet?
DR Elmore - I'm going to suggest to DH Richard that we go see it Monday or Tuesday.
I have a glorious 4-day weekend ahead of me, because Monday is my regular day off, so I get Tuesday, too. Tonight after work I'm driving to Tiffin, OH, for a planning meeting for the April, 2007, AAUW/Ohio conference. Watch for me here online tonight, if I can get the iBook to work - I'm traveling solo with it for the first time! I'll be back home Saturday evening.
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Hey what did you BB watchers think of last night's show?
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I was disappointed that erika won pov since she is grating on my last nerve.
I was happy janelle won hoh. But what the heck was up with them letting her chat with will for so long. I wish that hadn't happened.
Anyhow the new hoh has already been named (won't name it here). BUt i think whoever wins pov will control the game. Should be interesting.
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TOD - CD(car): audiobook, Lauren Willig's The Masque of the Black Tulip, read by Kate Reading, my favorite audiobook narrator.
DVD (when I get home tomorrow) - My Brother-Nikhil, The Girl in the Cafe
VCR - ?
Book - Vanishing Acts, by Jodi Picoult
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... I have some piddly things to do
Well it's raining around here, and Fletcher has decided to do his "piddly things" inside >:(
The other four, on the other hand, sallied forth when the wind blow open the front door. By the time I gathered up car keys, leashes and bicuits to go on a round up, they had had enough of Ernesto and came trotting back on in.
The most irritating thing is that because I had to take Woody to work, I was they last one thru the door when I returned - so I can't blame it on him for leaving it unlatched.
der Brucer
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elmore, no point at all to remaking THE WICKER MAN, no point at all.
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elmore, no point at all to remaking THE WICKER MAN, no point at all.
Just like PSYCHO, isn't it?
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Speaking of THE WICKER MAN, I grabbed the 2-DVD set when it came out. It's OP, and now I see that Anchor Bay is only selling the inferior 88-minute print minus the 11 minutes of the director's cut. A lot of logic got misplaced in those 11 minutes!
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Tried over and over to frenzy yesterday, but kept getting "too many connections." So i had to frenzy offline.
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My friend Michael, who suffered a stroke almost two months ago, is scheduled to leave the hospital part of the hospital today, and move to the rehab portion. He's been improving steadily.
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Has anyone been to see THE ILLUSIONIST yet?
I did. Really enjoyed it - which was a total surprise. An old-fashioned (in the best sense) yarn, beautifully told and acted. I had such a great time! Came out of the theater smiling. And the audience - at a regular performance - applauded at the end. I think this will be a word-of-mouth sleeper hit.
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My friend Michael, who suffered a stroke almost two months ago, is scheduled to leave the hospital part of the hospital today, and move to the rehab portion. He's been improving steadily.
Continued improvement vibes to DR FJL's friend Michael!
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I did. Really enjoyed it - which was a total surprise. An old-fashioned (in the best sense) yarn, beautifully told and acted. I had such a great time! Came out of the theater smiling. And the audience - at a regular performance - applauded at the end. I think this will be a word-of-mouth sleeper hit.
Same at the soldout performance last week that I attended.
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My friend Michael, who suffered a stroke almost two months ago, is scheduled to leave the hospital part of the hospital today, and move to the rehab portion. He's been improving steadily.
~~~Recovery Vibes for FJL's Friend, Michael!!~~~
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media check...
DVD: Neverland
CD: Chieftians: Down the old plank road; Usung Sondheim, Kevin Spirtas
VHS: Story of English
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GEt well vibes for FJL's friend, Michael
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Back from a pointless meeting, which did not make me happy - I may forego doing this particular act. Have to think about it.
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I'm off to the NYPL, and then to a Nun rehearsal. More to follow . . .
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I'm off to the NYPL, and then to a Nun rehearsal. More to follow . . .
I'm at DML, spending a dreaded hour at the Computer Services Desk :P
I'd rather be going to the NYPL with you, DR Elmore!
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Hi, DR George! Any news on the condo front? I have something to send you - don't move without sending me your new address, OK?
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Hi, Ginny! Well...a decision has been made. I'm going to accept the seller's "offer" of her paying the closing costs and I'll pay the full asking price. It's in the perfect location and it has a garage and a few other things that add up to a deal that I probably can't beat. :)
So...unless my financing is a total bust, I'm going to buy a condo! But I won't be moving just yet, so go ahead and send to my current address whatever you're going to send me! ;D Thanks in advance!!
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Let me know if you need my current address.
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It may be a long, long time from May to December.
But September got here awfully fast.
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I'm off to the NYPL, and then to a Nun rehearsal. More to follow . . .
I never thought of the New York Public Library as a NYPL before.
Most curious.
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Good afternoon!
What a pleasure to run my errands with it cool and delightful outside. As I said the last time we had a cool day, fall cannot get here soon enough to suit me.
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Let me know if you need my current address.
Nope, I'm set with the return address on the last envelope you sent me!
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I didn't get around to project RUNWAY yet. I suspect I'll see it before I head off tonight, but I haven't seen it yet.
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I'm thrilled for you, DR George! I remember that mixed sense of excitement and dread when I bought my house (where I'm still living). I kept wondering if the money would be too much for me to be able to afford, but all turned out well and then some. I'm sure you made a wise decision.
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In the mail yesterday, in addition to a lovely couple of DVD-Rs...was Ken Mandelbaum's "A Chorus Line and the Musicals of Michael Bennett".
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I'm thrilled for you, DR George! I remember that mixed sense of excitement and dread when I bought my house (where I'm still living). I kept wondering if the money would be too much for me to be able to afford, but all turned out well and then some. I'm sure you made a wise decision.
Thanks for the encouragement! ;D
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Appalled.
That's what I am.
Appalled.
"All Fall Down" was not among the movies selected in the poll at amazon.com for WB to release. While "Best Foot Forward" will be among the first two...we'll get no "All Fall Down" for a while.
BUT..."Gymkata", one of the great BOMBS of all time...THAT made the cut.
Can anyone begin to guess/imagine/explain WHY?
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I started my afternoon of viewing with the Edit Head featurette on the TO CATCH A THIEF DVD. If I had watched it before, I didn't remember it at all. Supposedly it's just about her Paramount career (which amount to the greatest chunk of her professional career anyway), but it really only scratched the surface. She really deserves a lengthy documentary about her career with both positives and negatives. The doc on the DVD was mostly a puff piece. Bob Mackie admitted she wasn't the best Hollywood designer, but that was the extent of the objectivity in the piece.
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Appalled.
That's what I am.
Appalled.
"All Fall Down" was not among the movies selected in the poll at amazon.com for WB to release. While "Best Foot Forward" will be among the first two...we'll get no "All Fall Down" for a while.
BUT..."Gymkata", one of the great BOMBS of all time...THAT made the cut.
Can anyone begin to guess/imagine/explain WHY?
Yes, that really made me mad, too. While I was delighted about BEST FOOT FORWARD and PRESENTING LILY MARS, I was unhappy over ALL FALL DOWN not making the cut. Doesn't mean it won't be released. Just not right away.
As for GYMKATA, I suspect there are folks who adore it just like people adore other really rotten movies. I just don't want to know them! (Now, if Mitch Gaylord had starred instead of Kurt THomas, I might be a fan! :D )
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Since I was on TO CATCH A THIEF, I watched the other featurettes on the special features menu on the making of the film. Nice background, nice to see Hitchcock's granddaughter (very pretty lady).
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All of these voters choice DVDs will come out - the release dates are already set. The voting is a publicity gimmick and means nada.
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So watching the making of TO CATCH A THIEF made me curious to watch TO CATCH A THIEF again, so I watched the first 40 minutes or so of it. Always enjoyable, but definitely one of the lesser Hitchcocks of the 1950s.
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While I'm not quite ready to pop the surprise in my notes, I'll pop it right here on the discussion board - Mr. Kevin Spirtas will be playing one of the leading roles in The Brain From Planet X. We're very excited.
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Speaking of RENT, the friends that I'm going to dinner with asked me to bring some movies to pick from to watch after we get back to their house. RENT is one in the group I'm taking. I'll let them decide.
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While I'm not quite ready to pop the surprise in my notes, I'll pop it right here on the discussion board - Mr. Kevin Spirtas will be playing one of the leading roles in The Brain From Planet X. We're very excited.
That's just great! That'll certainly bring out a host of his fans to see it!
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OMG....Mr Kevin Spirtas in THE BRAIN FROM PLANET X....
Yes, that is indeed great news for any subsequent CD and THE BOX OFFICE!!!
DR MATTH - your typing fingers made a great OLW - the great film costume designer - Edit Head
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Congrats, DR GEORGE!!! Get ready for Condo-Mania!
DR derBRUCER.....I felt the same way RENT-wise RE:stage vs film.
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DR DAKOTACELT did you get an answer to your question about television schedules for the week of January 28, 1984? Let me know what you need, if you still need it, and I will check newspaperarchive.com to see I can help.
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I am going to see THE ILLUSIONIST once TKAM gets open.
I have been remiss in saying that the information that DR GINNY sent me has been passed around, discussed, and enjoyed by the cast and staff.
AND the copy of the book that DR CILLALIZ had autographed by Ms. Mary Badham (Scout) to Putnam County Playhouse has a prominent spot in the lobby display case.
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...I have been remiss in saying that the information that DR GINNY sent me has been passed around, discussed, and enjoyed by the cast and staff...
Glad to be of assistance, DR JRand!
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Hold your hats and hallelujah, I have just completed watching the DR MBARNUM recommended MUNECOS INFERNALES.
It is a frightening movie that is very interesting in subject and execution. it is truly the work of a demented creative staff. I have NOT watched the American K. Gordon Murray version yet.
What is really unusual is that an ACTRESS is top billed and is the protaganist in the story. She does NOT defer to her fiance - whom she is reluctant to marry at all. She is the expert in voodoo, ancient rituals, black magic, AND zombies....but I will not reveal the ending.
This role is played by an actress with my new favorite celluloid moniker:
Elvira Quintana. She is stunningly beautiful. She had been a store clerk working to pay for acting lessons, had gotten a few small parts in films....then DANCE TEN; LOOKS THREE - she got her nose fixed and silicone injections and became an ESTRELLA in her next movie.
The superstructure is indeed impressive - and I don't know HOW they painted those eyebrows on! Sadly Elvira passed away in 1968 at age 33 from complications of those silicone injections.
Oh...did I tell you that midgets play the dolls when they go on their murderous rampages....sent by the Sorcerer whose office has a disco ball. And that there is a car that has the front/headlights of a 1959 Dodge and the trunk/tail lights of a 1959 Plymouth?
BER-SERK!!! And high recommended. Thanks, DR MBARNUM. 8)
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Glad to be of assistance, DR JRand!
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DR RLP - hope you are feeling better.
I also give you belated thanks for posting the new A CHORUS LINE logo...very nice!
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PAGE FOUR Original A CHORUS LINE prance! :o
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Shortly I shall be on my way to check out a theater space for a kid's thing I'm going to direct in January.
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A Kid's Thing....sort of sounds like a Danny Kaye movie!! With special material by Sylvia Fine.
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I'm going to accept the seller's "offer" of her paying the closing costs and I'll pay the full asking price.
If it's what you want, you were wise to make the deal! Many a good deal is lost by a buyer trying to wring a few extra concessions from a seller.
der Brucer
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Congratulations on your new home, George!
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What is the projected date for the housewarming, George?
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Congrats, DR GEORGE!!! Get ready for Condo-Mania!
Thanks! Now I just have to finalize the financing!! :o
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Congratulations on your new home, George!
And thank you!
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What is the projected date for the housewarming, George?
I don't know! I guess it all depends on the financing. I've never done this before, so I don't know the rules of what order things have to happen in and how quickly they NEED to happen. :-\
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If it's what you want, you were wise to make the deal! Many a good deal is lost by a buyer trying to wring a few extra concessions from a seller.
der Brucer
That's what I was thinking...it really is a good deal for what I'm looking for. :)
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While I'm not quite ready to pop the surprise in my notes, I'll pop it right here on the discussion board - Mr. Kevin Spirtas will be playing one of the leading roles in The Brain From Planet X. We're very excited.
Great news! ;D
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JRand56, glad you ennjoyed Munecos Infernalas/Curse of the Doll People...and yes that Elvira Quintana was certainly built! Here breasts entered every scene five minutes before she did.
For some reason I got a second copy of Munecos Infernalas in the mail today...I must have somehow ordered it twice...don't know what happened!
Now t owatch BLACK PIT OF DR M!
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Oyez! Oyez!
A major exhibition of Disney art, at least 70% of it never seen before, is about to start in Paris.
IL ÉTAIT UNE FOIS WALT DISNEY, Aux sources de l'art des studios Disney will open at Galeries nationales du Grand Palais Paris on September 16, 2006 and will last until January 15, 2007. It will then travel to Museum of Modern Art Montreal where it will open on March 8, 2007 and close on June 24, 2007. There are rumors that it might then travel to other major museums around the world.
Make no mistake, this is a multi-million dollars exhibition taking place at a museum in Paris that is almost as important as Le Louvre. I do not recall that Disney art was ever exposed in such a prestigious venue in France in the past.
The basis for the concept of the exhibition is Robin Allan's book Disney and Europe that explores the European artists and European works that influenced Disney movies until The Jungle Book.
C'est magnifique, non?!
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Hi, Ginny! Well...a decision has been made. I'm going to accept the seller's "offer" of her paying the closing costs and I'll pay the full asking price. It's in the perfect location and it has a garage and a few other things that add up to a deal that I probably can't beat. :)
So...unless my financing is a total bust, I'm going to buy a condo! But I won't be moving just yet, so go ahead and send to my current address whatever you're going to send me! ;D Thanks in advance!!
DR George, that's great! Congratulations. How nice is the guest room?
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Now t owatch BLACK PIT OF DR M!
Wasn't that filmed in your bedroom?
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Ink isn't dry, but it looks like we've chosen the theater for this little kid's thing I'm directing in January. It's The Colony Theatre in Burbank, and it's absolutely perfect for us.
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And the word of the day is: TINCTORIAL!
Wendy just hated when Peter Pan's favorite pixie would decide to lecture her. The "Tink-torials" always seemed colored with fairy prejudices.
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For his fifteen-minute monologue, lighting designer Theron kept the ACTOR LIT IN an ever-mutating TINCTORIAL rainbow, changing as the mood of the piece shifted.
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CD players - the cast recording of the 1974 Candide revisal. I'm addicted. I keep threatening to burst into "Glitter and Be Gay" while at work, but I'm afraid my basso would scare the customers.
DVD player - Season One of Desperate Housewives. We just bought Season Two, but I've discovered I need to review the first season to remember where we left off. :-\
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Well that may be so, but where is MINE?
Mine is where Grumpy, Sleepy, Doc and the others are working.
(There originally was an eighth dwarf, named Hathaway, but the other seven got fed up and threw him out for constantly ruining the rhythm of their song by singing "Heigh-ho, Steverino!")
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Relaxing until I leave for Mr. Wechter's poker partay.
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And the word of the day is: TINCTORIAL!
Isn't that that damn Winslet / DiCaprio film?
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DR George, that's great! Congratulations. How nice is the guest room?
Thank you!! It'll be very nice and ready whenever someone lets me know that they're on their way! ;)
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Well it's raining around here, and Fletcher has decided to do his "piddly things" inside >:(
The other four, on the other hand, sallied forth when the wind blow open the front door. By the time I gathered up car keys, leashes and bicuits to go on a round up, they had had enough of Ernesto and came trotting back on in.
The most irritating thing is that because I had to take Woody to work, I was they last one thru the door when I returned - so I can't blame it on him for leaving it unlatched.
der Brucer
This did NOT prevent der B from teasingly trying to con me into thinking that I was the guilty party. Unfortunately for him, I remembered too quickly that it was he, not I, that had been the last one out of the house when we left for the drive to work.
Chuckles were had by all.
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Relaxing until I leave for Mr. Wechter's poker partay.
Remember, no dueling with the pokers! Not only could someone get hurt, those things are covered with soot!
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Hey what did you BB watchers think of last night's show?
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I was disappointed that erika won pov since she is grating on my last nerve.
I was happy janelle won hoh. But what the heck was up with them letting her chat with will for so long. I wish that hadn't happened.
Anyhow the new hoh has already been named (won't name it here). BUt i think whoever wins pov will control the game. Should be interesting.
I was happy Erika won POV. I was disgusted Janelle won HOH. I think the producers have clearly favored her all season and I'm really sick of it. I hope anyone but Janelle wins.
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I am going to see THE ILLUSIONIST once TKAM gets open.
I have been remiss in saying that the information that DR GINNY sent me has been passed around, discussed, and enjoyed by the cast and staff.
AND the copy of the book that DR CILLALIZ had autographed by Ms. Mary Badham (Scout) to Putnam County Playhouse has a prominent spot in the lobby display case.
Glad to be able to get it for you. Hope everyone enjoys it being there
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Oyez! Oyez!
A major exhibition of Disney art, at least 70% of it never seen before, is about to start in Paris.
IL ÉTAIT UNE FOIS WALT DISNEY, Aux sources de l'art des studios Disney will open at Galeries nationales du Grand Palais Paris on September 16, 2006 and will last until January 15, 2007. It will then travel to Museum of Modern Art Montreal where it will open on March 8, 2007 and close on June 24, 2007. There are rumors that it might then travel to other major museums around the world.
Make no mistake, this is a multi-million dollars exhibition taking place at a museum in Paris that is almost as important as Le Louvre. I do not recall that Disney art was ever exposed in such a prestigious venue in France in the past.
Is this the same museum that houses the permanent Jerry Lewis Film Festival?
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Hmmm... the Chorus Line posters...
Original Cast = tits!
Revival Cast = ass!
That'll fill up anyone's dance card.
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Speaking of which, this in the news section over at IMDB:
L. Brent Bozell's Parents Television Council, which has spearheaded the campaign against indecent language on television, has demanded that the FCC fine NBC for not censoring the comments by actresses Helen Mirren and Calista Flockhart during Sunday's Primetime Emmy Awards telecast. Both had expressed concerns about falling "tits over ass" as they came up the stairs. Calling the common British colloquialism "vulgar and obscene," Bozell said Thursday, "It is utterly irresponsible and atrocious for NBC to air this vulgar language during the safe harbor time [before 10:00 p.m.] when millions of children were in the viewing audience." The phrase was not bleeped during the live broadcast in the East and Midwest nor on the delayed broadcast in the West. While a common Britishism, it is sometimes abbreviated as TOA in polite company, as in, "I got out of the taxi and fell TOA on the slippery street."
If you ask me, PTC is a bunch of boobies! I hope their campaign goes bust!
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PAGE FIVE DANCE!
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Hmmm... the Chorus Line posters...
Original Cast = tits!
Revival Cast = ass!
That'll fill up anyone's dance card.
Very observant of you! 8)
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We have a quorum on the forum.
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Speaking of which, this in the news section over at IMDB:
If you ask me, PTC is a bunch of boobies! I hope their campaign goes bust!
I don't even think Millions of Adults were viewing the Emmy Awards show. ;D
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MR BK - when you return from the Gambling Den....did you get the chance to listen to Mr Adam Long's CD's....I forget what you said.
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GOOD NEWS!
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Congratulations, George, on your new home!
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GOOD NEWS 2!
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Congratulations, BK, on Mr. Spirtas joining the cast.
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CONGRATS George, I'm sure things will go fine. It takes a little time to get through the process, but it's worth it in the end.
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Congrats on your good news BK!
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In case I've forgotten anyone......good health vibes to everyone
congrats vibes to those with good news
and just vibes in general for no reason at all.
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Only one week from today until:
GOOD NEWS 3!
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Greetings from beautiful Tiffin, OH! Well, I think it's beautiful, but will have to wait until daylight to know for sure. It took me about an hour longer to get here from work than it should have - Friday night/Labor Day traffic, an unnecessary delay at the counter at Wendy's, etc.
I am communicating here via the wireless connection in my hotel room on the iBook that DH Richard and I purchased earlier this summer. Very cool!
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Oh travel vibes to everyone traveling.....
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Is this the same museum that houses the permanent Jerry Lewis Film Festival?
Definitely! AND the French Government even has an option to embaulm Mr Lewis corpse when he passes away and have a permanent display of it on the Place de la Concorde, which would become Place du Funny Man...
Come to think of it, I'd rather have a permanent Jerry Lewis Film Festival (Ask today's French young folks who J.L. is and no one would have a clue!) than a George Bush Film Festival! >:( ;) even though I can't say who of the two men is the funniest! :o
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Greetings from beautiful Tiffin, OH! Well, I think it's beautiful, but will have to wait until daylight to know for sure. It took me about an hour longer to get here from work than it should have - Friday night/Labor Day traffic, an unnecessary delay at the counter at Wendy's, etc.
Why, Ginny, you didn't tell us that Tiffin, OH was the home of such gourmet restaurants!
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Definitely! AND the French Government even has an option to embaulm Mr Lewis corpse when he passes away and have a permanent display of it on the Place de la Concorde, which would become Place du Funny Man...
Come to think of it, I'd rather have a permanent Jerry Lewis Film Festival (Ask today's French young folks who J.L. is and no one would have a clue!) than a George Bush Film Festival! >:( ;) even though I can't say who of the two men is the funniest! :o
That was meant as a joke, DR François!
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Gee, did you notice how much easier it is to surpass the all-time low after yesterday?
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Yes, but yesterday was a technical glitch, an accident.
I vote that yesterday's ATL be given an honorary (or "dishonorary") status, and that we keep as our "official" ATL at...
Uh, what was our previous low again?
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Why, Ginny, you didn't tell us that Tiffin, OH was the home of such gourmet restaurants!
LOL, DR TCB, the gourmet restaurant was in Lima, OH - another bustling metropolis!
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That was meant as a joke, DR François!
Gee, I'm so dull that I thought you were.... serious!!
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I have heard and read so many times that "the French are the ones who find Jerry Lewis funny" that i'm kind of irritated by it, just because one French critic, Mr Benayoun (May he rest in peace!), raved about Mr Lewis and wrote extensively about him over the years!
That's where it all started and of course it has become a cliché in the US that "the French love Jerry Lewis"... meaning... "shows you what they know about comedy!"
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Time for me to get dinner on the table.
Nothing fancy, but we've got a fantastic sale on porterhouse steaks going at work, and I couldn't resist.
Baked titters... uh, taters. And a salad of greens and leftover beets.
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But, DR Francois, we ALL know that the French all think exactly alike, never argue, keep in a lockstep with each other at all times!
Right?
You mean, it isn't true? :o
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I watched 60 people become United States citizens today. I just love watching naturalization ceremonies. It's amazing to see the look in the eyes of people who want to be citizens so bad they go through all the red tape and other bs to do it and then the day arrives. It's a room of such elation. It's so cool
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Just found this on the Lewis subject and, to me, it's quite... enlightening:
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a991001.html
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I shall now be on my way to Mr. David Wechter's home environment. Notes will probably be up late, so keep the home fries burning with loads of lovely postings.
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I watched 60 people become United States citizens today. I just love watching naturalization ceremonies. It's amazing to see the look in the eyes of people who want to be citizens so bad they go through all the red tape and other bs to do it and then the day arrives. It's a room of such elation. It's so cool
Very inspiring, DR Cillaliz.
I thought of you when I was reading Vanishing Acts today. One of the characters is an out-of-state attorney trying to make his way through the Maricopa Co, Arizona, courthouse. Been there?
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FJL-good news about your friend. :D I wish him a speedy recovery.
My friend who had the lung surgery began her first chemo treatment and had a terrible time afterwards. They will be making adjustments for the next treatment I hope will keep her from suffering so.
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Very inspiring, DR Cillaliz.
I thought of you when I was reading Vanishing Acts today. One of the characters is an out-of-state attorney trying to make his way through the Maricopa Co, Arizona, courthouse. Been there?
Yes. I worked in the Central Court Building when I clerked for Judge Martone, and I had court in both the East and Central Court buildings when I was a public defender. There is also the Old Court Building ( or do they call it the Old Courthouse?) They filmed a movie there while I was in AZ, can't remember the name of it. But I had a few cases in that building as well.
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George-Congratulations and good vibes all goes well with the financing. Is this the condo you originally wanted & was taken off the market?
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Hi Jane!
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Cool Beans.....PAGE 6!!!!! I'm too tired to dance, though
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DR Jane - Treatment adjustment vibes for your friend.
How are you? We've missed you here.
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'night
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Ginny-thanks. I just hope the treatment works & she stays cancer free.
I'm fine thanks. We decided to have dinner in Portland with Bryan-ate at a wonderful Vietnamese restaurant.
I'm off to watch a DVD, waiting for Keith to decide which one.
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May I recommend this radio show?:
The week of June 29, 2006, John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey's Radio Deluxe program was a Salute to Rosemary Clooney. They were joined by John Oddo and Deborah Grace Winer. You can listen to the entire program, by downloading it here.
http://www.johnpizzarelli.com/files/ARCHIVE%2035%20CLOONEY%20SALUTE.mp3
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Well, I must get some sleep. I'm quite tired. I did buy a really fun trio of pictures etched into slate at Art Splash. They are called groovin on life or something like that. Each slate has a stylized woman dancing or doing acrobatics and when I look at it I just have to smile. I'm going to try to figure out where to hang it tomorrow. If I get it on the wall I'll take a photo.
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Jane, it is good to see you. Looking forward to spending some time together in NYC....
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Jane, it is good to see you. Looking forward to spending some time together in NYC....
Richard and I leave one month from tomorrow!
He just sent me an email that said, "Get some sleep!" Sounds like a great idea.
'night.
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Thank you very much TCB, Cillaliz and Jane! ;D
I got the impression that the seller is getting antzy to make sure that I can actually get a loan, so it had better all work out! And Jane, yes, this was the one that the seller had actually un-listed. :P And now, they actually have to re-list it so that I can officially make an offer to buy it. Whatever. ::)
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And now, I'm going home. Later!
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Am back after a wonderful evening of food and frolic with best friend John and family. I ate WAY too much, and feel like an overstuffed pig. In fact, I had barbecue, so I guess that's appropriate.
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We watched GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK when we got back home. My friend has never used the HDMI jack in his HDTV, so I brought one of the upconverting players I have here, and we plugged it in very quickly, got it up and running, and enjoyed the movie. They had never seen it. I've seen it probably half a dozen times and never tire of it. A really first-rate film.
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So he could see some color films upconverted, we next put in THE PRODUCERS and watched about five numbers: "Along Came Bialy," "Keep it Gay," "Springtime for Hitler," "Betrayed" and the audition sequence. John and I saw the original cast on Broadway the summer after THE PRODUCERS opened, so there wasn't the surprise of its music and lyrics for him. He seemed to like it OK, but he thought it worked better on stage (I agree completely).
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And we finished up with the opening sequence of his favorite James Bond movie apart from any Connery ones - TOMORROW NEVER DIES. The surround is stunning on this sequence, but neither he nor I saw much improvement in the image upconverted with this particular DVD.
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Oh, brother has this been a long day, so I'm off to bed!
Good night!
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Hello all!! It has been a crazy week but finally I have chance to get back to the puter and see you all!!!
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I appreciate the vibes for my friend Michael.
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When last I left you, The Vixter and I were about to set off to meet DR WFO and drive to NYC.
Well the picking up of WFO went well but an accident on the LIE led to a detour that turned a 40 minute trip into a 1 hour and 40 minute trip, but the company was good and we had given ourselves several hours of free time before the show so no problem there.
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I had a coupon for $10 all day parking at a very convenient indoor parking garage and we brought the car there... dragged poor and incredibly patient DR WFO through the mandatory American Girl Place visit.... and then set off to the theatre to see the Fatasticks.
F9irst of all our seats were amazing...I had purchased them on the internet and there was no seating chart but I figured Row A center orchestra would be good... I also figured it would be located somewhere behind rows AA - ZZ... but NO!! It was dead center inthe first row, we were actually on the stage and had to keep our feet well tucked under to ensdure that no actors would be tripped up.
Everyone in the cast was absoutely wonderful. Before the show I asked the Vixter if she would like me to buy her a T shirt...
"Well, lets see how the show is first.." she replied
At intermission she asked "Please, please may I have a shirt? And are they selling the CD?!" (not yet but soon we found out)
Back in the lobby we found the well beloved DR Elmore and his friend Andy and much hugging ensued.
I concur with Elmore that this production of the Fantasticks is not to be missed.
After the show Elmnmore very kindly introduced us to the mutlit-talented Mr. Tom Jones who signed the Vixter's program for her.
and then we were off, the five of us to the apartment of the most gracious hosts DR FJL and his Skip
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A lovely apartment with a view to kill for and decorated with mirrors handmade by the multitalented Skip.
FJL, tell Skip I have been dreaming about his flank steak!!!!
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Hello all. Good strong healing and supportive vibes etc for all those in need.
It's all getting a bit rushed here in the land of OZ as we leave here in just over two weeks time. Our weekend of Sept 23/4 is still open for socialising !!
Where is Dolly? We need a woman who arranges things.
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Rodzinski, TPunk, Ben and his Anthony were already ther ahead of us. Much more hugging, chatting, eating and general merriment ensued.
All too soon it was time to wander back to the car and call it a night
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We got back tothe car park I handed the man my ticket and the coupon, he drove up in my car , we got in and then I noticed a
curious thing... although the car was running, there was no key in my ignition.
Now I still do not know how they managed to start the car, and more interestingly, unlock the steering column, without the key but manage it they did.
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Yes. I worked in the Central Court Building when I clerked for Judge Martone, and I had court in both the East and Central Court buildings when I was a public defender.
And did the sheriff make you wear pink undies just like the defendant?
der Brucer
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It took an hour of calm but inisistent talking to convince them that I did indeed have a key when I arrived and left theme the car and that I had no intention of leaving without a key. Unfortunately, my key was not to be found. Finally, after I insisted they call the manager at home, WFO began taking down everyon'es name in hois lttle notebook and we very pointedly wrote down the license number of the parking garage and the number of the NYC department in charge of such estrablishments they had a long talk with someone on the phone, and then came out with a redund of my parking charge, the new that a locksmith had been called to make a new key anfd an offer to buy us a meal while we waited.
We went over to the next block and had some little snacks (there was not room for much after the feast at the Fred and Skips!!) and when we wandered back, by now quite tired at nearly midnight the locksmith was just finishing up and putting away his tools.
We handed our diner receipt to the parking lot attendenant and he reimbursed us for our expense and we were finally off - arriving home in the early hours of the morning.
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In other news we are still waiting to hear about a settlement from our homeowners insurance for the bathroom flood fiasco so rebuilding can begin. We are down one bathroom and with sachool beginning on Tuesday this is not a good thing at all as our schedules are now such that we all three must be out of the house at the same time.
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I believe I have missed some birthdays... belated best wishes to those I have missed!
I am looking forward to the opportunity to meet and greet our dear readers from down under in a couple of weeks time.. Have any particicular plans been made for a HHW meet?
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Now I still do not know how they managed to start the car, and more interestingly, unlock the steering column, without the key but manage it they did.
C'mon, it's New York! Every self-respecting car-jockey can hot wire anything on wheels!
der Brucer
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Also the Vicxter received a wonderful suprise package from the always thoughtful and kind DR Ginny... oragami paper and instructions and all sorts of goodies from Japan.
Many many thanks!!!
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Wel the Vixdad had just arrived home so I shall be off! I will try stop by again during the weekiend to catch up with one and all!
HUGS and Vibes to all!!!
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I was very happy to be able to be in a large, beautiful theater again last night- So happy I decided to post pictures! I have several pictures to post over several days to give the Dear Readers who have not gotten a chance to see the Camino Theater at LACC (but who will certainly be coming to see "The Brain From Planet X") a view.
I certainly hope I can continue to fetch your diet Coke's for you Bruce, and if they do not allow me to assist you I shall have to Brain them!
PICTURE NUMBER ONE!!!
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OOOOOPS! GOTTEN is not a real word. Luckily I am a theater student so I am allowed to make up words, just like Shakespeare.
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Adriana:
To avoid driving the board to Cinerama, try "stealing" this smaller version of your pic - and replace your larger one: and, then I'll delete this post.
(http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL242/891350/12217421/183617185.jpg)
der Brucer
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Hello all. Good strong healing and supportive vibes etc for all those in need.
It's all getting a bit rushed here in the land of OZ as we leave here in just over two weeks time. Our weekend of Sept 23/4 is still open for socialising !!
Where is Dolly? We need a woman who arranges things.
Dolly? You mean Miss Parton?!
She's all "tits and ass", isn't she?! (Parton my French!)
She must be British then!! ;)
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She's all "tits and ass", isn't she?! (
Please - those up-and-fronters are her singer's "lungs"!
der Brucer
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DR DAKOTACELT did you get an answer to your question about television schedules for the week of January 28, 1984? Let me know what you need, if you still need it, and I will check newspaperarchive.com to see I can help.
I think we figured it out.... The show being pimped in the voiceover was Facts of Life....
From one thing we found it was a Wednesday....
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Hooray for Kevin Spirtas... He will do well!! Broken Leg vibes to all those who are involved.
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Please - those up-and-fronters are her singer's "lungs"!
der Brucer
I guess all her fans are lung-fed!! :D
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Ciongratulations on the new abode George!!
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OOOOOPS! GOTTEN is not a real word.
Sure it is - 'tis the past participle of the verb "get"
(Rememeber "ill-gotten gains"?)
der Brucer
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I guess all her fans are lung-fed!! :D
Southern hospitality - offers the milk of human kindness!
der Brucer
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yep, gotten is a word...
so is you betcha....
Local college is doing Children's hour here this fall.
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Still have not sound out what MSUM and Concordia are doing but I will be checking their performances also.
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so is you betcha....
Baretta's most famous line: you betcha Red Ryder!
der brucer
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Baretta's most famous line: you betcha Red Ryder!
der brucer
yep!!
Heard a zinger and someones else creative spin on ti...
The original zinger between two characters on a show. The woman smarted off to the man.:
"You must have a sterile cockoo in your clock... "
However I have it twisted as "that person has a dense cookoo in their clock"
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Local college is doing Children's hour here this fall.
Sort of a Dakota gals version of Brokeback Mountain?
der Brucer
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However my favorite quotes are from Shakespeare....
"tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creep by at a petty pace"
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Sort of a Dakota gals version of Brokeback Mountain?
der Brucer
Yes, but the play is based in 1930s Massachusetts. One of my student workers roomie is doing the play and I was assisting her in doing research on the Boston accent and culture of Massachusetts, namely Boston at that time.
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And did the sheriff make you wear pink undies just like the defendant?
der Brucer
Don't forget the green bologna sandwiches, chain gangs, and tent city.
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The local colleges are rebelling against the local mindset and pushing the 'local' envelipe and doing more liberal and open minded plays. I am glad they are doing plays with a message. Matter of fact, a master student last spring did "Vagina Monologues" and the local churches were in an uproar. Then it was pointed out that there was a male version called "Penis Monologues." Of course they proceeded to condemn all the creative arts and condemn them to a less than pleasant place.
Oddly these are the same ones who have kids that run wild and wreak havoc. Yet complain that there is nothing for their children to do and go on missions to ban books and movies from schools and libraries.
There is a group right now in Fargo who want to remove all Grisham novels and Harry Potter books from local libraries.
I shake my head at them with borderline amusement.
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Don't forget the green bologna sandwiches, chain gangs, and tent city.
are you sure that is not a restaurant
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"tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creep by at a petty pace"
Close:
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
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The beuaty of Shakespeare is its many complex layers and textures.
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Would love to see Romeo and Juliet performd live someday...
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The local colleges are rebelling against the local mindset and pushing the 'local' envelipe and doing more liberal and open minded plays.
Well a play about Lesbianism by a notorious Commie will do the "push the envelope" trick!
der Brucer
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..."Vagina Monologues" and the local churches were in an uproar. Then it was pointed out that there was a male version called "Penis Monologues."
Both plays done in repertoire with Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
der Brucer
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Would love to see Romeo and Juliet performd live someday...
Well...until Act V Scene 3 maybe...
der Brucer
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Would love to see Romeo and Juliet performd live someday...
Until you can, enjoy the Franco Zeffirelli 1968 movie!
der Brucer
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Well, we got the board off to a good September start; and now to bed!
der Brucer
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Well a play about Lesbianism by a notorious Commie will do the "push the envelope" trick!
der Brucer
Yep, I rather like the play actually. I am an oddity in this area. I tend to be more open minded than most.
Urinetown would not be a hit here either. I find the musical rather curious
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We have made it to page 8 and we fought for every angry inch!!
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Until you can, enjoy the Franco Zeffirelli 1968 movie!
der Brucer
I will... Need to find a DVD copy. My VHS copy of the movie is getting the telltale sign of being watched: streaks and snow!
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Back from poker and must now hurry and write the notes and get to bed.