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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were written, and now it is time for you to post until the staring cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: PASQUINADE!
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HAPPY STARTING OF THE WEEKEND EVERYONE. ;D
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Fell asleep when I got home from work yesterday while trying to watch a movie in German.
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Happy Friday, happy Saturday, happy Sunday. Peace and happy vibes. :) ;) ;D 8) :-*
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Happy Friday, happy Saturday, happy Sunday. Peace and happy vibes. :) ;) ;D 8) :-*
~~~DITTO!!~~~
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Oops, almost forgot to say;
Good morning.
(and for me goodnight).
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Hi nightowl George.
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Topic of the Day:
On my DVR: the latest episodes of "Glee" and "Fringe," the last four(!) episodes of "The Bonnie Hunt Show" and the last two hours of "The Prisoner"
In my DVD player: the movie, "Catch Me If You Can" with Leo and Tom
In my CD player at work: "Inspector Clouseau" and several other CDs
That's all I can think of right now.
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Hi, Sam...and good night.
I'm off to bed now.
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~~~strong & continued excellent vibes and xylophones~~~
to bk for crossing the finish line with the Holy Grail release!!!!!
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Ciao!
I just got back from a long walk in Genoa. I need to rest before I write my postcard. My stomach is still marching to the sounds of Mussolini!
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DR TCB - so happy to hear that you are out and about again!
Well - I don't think that you ever weren't out, but you know what I mean. :)
~~~VIBES~~~ that your tummy settles down!
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Good morning, Ben! I guess I missed DUH.
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And I missed you. I left before I saw your greeting. You are probably out and about now.
Your blogcards are a wonderful way to take a virtual tour of Italy. Thanks for sharing them with us!!!
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Oh dear I shall have to wait until I get home from work to take my Italian walk today.
House vibes for DR JMK. Holy Grail wrap it up vibes for MR BK.
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TOD:
DVD - The Gorgon - a Hammer Film from 1964
CD - I went back to SCENT OF MYSTERY which is most excellent
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A television soundtrack (Liza with a Z), a movie soundtrack (Hair) and 4 OBCs (Roar of the Greasepaint, The Rothschilds, Shenandoah and Sweet Charity w/Gwen Verdon).
Don't know what we will look at this weekend.
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TOD:
DVDs:
JAG, Season 9
NOTHING LIKE THE HOLIDAYS
AWAY WE GO
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More Holy Grail vibes
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Tummy vibes to TCB
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TOD:
I am rather enjoying this CD:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41c0ygteaaL._SS500_.jpg)
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Since the whole family cannot get together on Thanksgiving Day, we are celebrating the holiday tomorrow.
I was assigned to bring rolls, but I have decided to make hazelnut herbed popovers.
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I purchased but have not yet received
Fritz Lang's silent Die Nibelungen and his last film The Indian Cycle The Tiger of Eschnapur/The Indian Tomb
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(http://craphound.com/images/lrg_0_deformscape.jpg)
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Vertigo.
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Off to work. oh well.
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And the word of the day is: PASQUINADE!
And The Song Of The Day Is: CHARADE
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Good morning!
Beautiful morning here today. It rained again during the night, but it has cleared up this morning and we have that beautiful blue sky with not a cloud in it.
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My work project today is the Blu-ray version of GOMORRAH. I watched and reviewed the DVD version last week, so today's work should be easy: just rewatch the film in high definition and check on the resolution status of the bonus features (which I've already watched and written up). The film is over two hours so I won't get a huge amount of time this afternoon to watch things for fun, but I will have this evening to play before primetime TV starts.
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Friday Media Check:
CD - GLEE soundtrack, volume 1
DVD - GOMORRAH (Blu-ray)
VERTIGO (last year's DVD release)
STAR TREK (Blu-ray)
DVR - last night's THE MENTALIST
last night's FLASHFORWARD
last night's SUPERNATURAL
last night's THE OFFICE/30 ROCK
last night's PROJECT RUNWAY
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Page Two Dance!!!
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I began watching VERTIGO last night upconverted, and I must say it looks just beautiful upconverted. Sure, the Blu-ray version (if it ever comes out) will be great, but this is the next best thing and something I can easily live with until Universal decides it's time to put out some of their Hitchcock inventory on Blu-ray.
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I was assigned to bring rolls, but I have decided to make hazelnut herbed popovers.
That's you-- always a rebel. Always marching to your own drummer. :D
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Good morning, all! I have to run down to Toyland this morning, which wouldn't be so alarming if I hadn't had a rather frightening nightmare last night about a huge subway explosion and a villain carrying bombs. I'd take the bus but I don't have the liesure this morning. On the health front, the cold is over, I think.
After that, a trip to the NYPL at Lincoln Center, then back here for more edits. Around 5:30 I have to head into midtown to meet a friend for dinner and then attend the NY Pops Johnny Mercer concert. I still haven't decided if I will try to get a ticket for GIRL CRAZY for tomorrow night.
TOD:
DVD: the three Netflix items, ELEKTRA
CD: Sondheim: A Musical Tribute, Franz Lizst piano music
VCR: cheap porn
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MEdia Check
iPod: I think I'll start listening to some holiday music, so I'll start with Brent Barrett's CHRISTMAS MORNINGS, Mr. Dylan's CHRISTMAS IN THE HEART and Tori Amos's new holiday CD.
Tivo: This week's COUGAR TOWN, last night's FLASHFORWARD
DVD: J.J. Abrahms' STAR TREK and maybe I'll crack open my newly arrived ALLY MCBEAL Complete Series set.
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I'm heading down now to get cleaned up for my errands later this morning. Then I'll start watching some fun things from the DVR (probably PROJECT RUNWAY; I'll save THE MENTALIST for lunchtime).
WBBL.
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Genoa. I Think!
Well, yesterday was a very strange vacation day. I went in to have a little lunch. The soup was some strange concoction with shrimp and tofu, so I passed on that item. Instead I had a slice of pork loin and some mashed potatoes. I decided to skip the pasta and the salads.
After lunch, I decided to lay by the pool for a while. I stayed out there for about a half hour. I really wanted to go change into my bathing suit and sit in the Jacuzzi; but the idea of going down to my cabin, changing clothes, and then coming back up on deck sounded like too much work. So, I grabbed some cranberry juice and returned to my cabin. I fell asleep for about two hours and when I woke up, I knew that I was done for the day. So I closed the drapes, put the DO NOT DISTURB sign on the door and climbed into bed. I had strange dreams that were very complicated and exhausting.
I finally got out of bed this morning at 9:00 a.m. I feel a little shaky, but better than I did yesterday. So, I had some breakfast, and I am now off to hopefully explore Chris Columbus’ home town.
Well, I returned after a two hour climb through the streets of Genoa. It is a lovely city, but as so many of these Italian cities are, it is built on the side of a hill. Not really sure where I was going, I decided to walk. After several hours of hiking, I made it out of the Terminal. Seriously they tell you it is a nice relaxing twenty minute walk to the business district, but they fail to mention that you first have to hike down all the docks, into the terminal, out into the square out front, and then finally to the street before you can begin your twenty minute walk. So, I walked and walked and still never seemed to get anywhere important. I did find a fast-food Chinese take out, several small grocery stores, and lots of souvenir shops.
Apparently, the anti-smoking campaign has not reached the City of Genoa. It seemed like every single shop that I thought of entering had a proprietor standing in the open doorway puffing on a cigarette. So I kept walking and walking. There were a great many little alleys that wandered off up into the hills. I tried going up several of them, but I didn’t seem to find anything incredible. I saw lots of churches, lot of police officers, and a lot of military people on the street. Finally I found myself back at the Terminal again, and since I was still feeling queasy, I decided to stop for the day.
Once I had settled in for the afternoon, I ran into some good friends that I had met (either John and Carol, or Connie and Jim; I can’t remember which). They told me all about this incredible tram that ran to the top of the city for a breathtaking view of everything. (Why don’t I ever ask questions before I leave the ship???) I considered going back out, but it is already heading towards four o’clock and my good friends (J and C or C and J) could not really remember how to get to this tram. I went back down to the main shore excursion desk, but the lady had already departed with her stack of maps of the city. I checked with the young lady at the Reception Desk, who hadn’t the slightest idea what I was talking about. Damn, damn, damn.
Tonight I believe I will be retiring early to avoid the drunks. They are having a La Dolce Vita party on Deck 5 beginning at 9:30 that is complete with a champagne tasting bar, a single malt tasting bar, and an assorted martini tasting bar. I hope none of these people decide to try all three tasting rooms.
Sadly, I realized while typing this postcard, that this is my last stop in Italy. Tomorrow we dock for two days in Monaco and then head to France and then Spain. Wow, these first five days at sea have really flown by – especially when I slept through one of them.
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Friday morning greetings! My book group had a delightful get-together last night at which the hostess served some yummy bread pudding with rum sauce.
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...I'll save THE MENTALIST for lunchtime...
Oh, DR MattH, it was pretty gruesome - not sure I'd watch it while eating.
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Media check - DVDs: Star Trek (the prequel) and Mad Men, season 2, disc 2.
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I'm heading down now to get cleaned up for my errands later this morning. Then I'll start watching some fun things from the DVR (probably PROJECT RUNWAY; I'll save THE MENTALIST for lunchtime).
WBBL.
I thought it was a great episode. I love it that they wreak the havoc right up front and then you can watch as the pieces are put together. The perpetrator was a neat twist I didn't guess at until it was made perfectly obvious when the person was described by a man in Sacramento in response to Jane's questioning. Very very creepy from then on.
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DR TCB, I sure hope you begin to feel better soon...if not do check out the ship's doctor...even if you are feeling better, check out the ships doctor, just for fun.
Looking forward to your adventures in Spain and France!
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TOD:
DVR:
Last nights THE OFFICE and SURVIVOR (a show I just don't seem to enjoy as much as I used to)
DVD:
Don't know if I will have much time to watch anything on DVD other then my weekend Bollywood movies.
CD:
Have been listening to Kritzerland's TWO FOR A SEE SAW quite a lot, lately. It is purty.
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It is purty.
As opposed to your reputation? ;)
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Fun TV quote of the week (from Modern Family):
Mitchell, talking to Cam about SAL, their wacky gal-pal:
She has such a black sense of humor - on Halloween she came dressed as "Siegfried and Parts of Roy".
der Brucer
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either John and Carol, or Connie and Jim; I can't remember which
I thought it was Prudence and Spotiswoode?
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"Siegfried and Parts of Roy"
;D
Sounds like it belongs in that Zombie Carol book!
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I have had the most exciting morning of banking and grocery errands.
I shall now begin a mountain of laundry.
Do try to contain yourselves. :)
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"Siegfried and Parts of Roy"
;D
Sounds like it belongs in that Zombie Carol book!
;D
I saw Mommy chewing Santa Claus
Underneath the Christmas tree last night.
I snuck up without a peep
Behind Mommy, that Zombie creep,
Now she’s biting off Santa Claus’s cheek.
When I saw Mommy chewing Santa Claus
Underneath his beard now turning red,
Oh what a laugh we would have said
If Daddy weren’t already dead
While Mommy chewed on Santa Claus last night.
der Brucer
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I just took care of a slew of "I'm sorry I didn't get back to you sooner, but..." emails. A good chunk of my frustration this past week has been caused by some very slow response times from various people and organizations. A bunch of people who said they would call "right back" never did; and another bunch of people who said they would respond to my emails right away, did not. Or so I thought.
Since I hadn't checked it earlier, I decided to see what was in my Gmail Spam folder, and lo and behold, there were about 20 emails in there that were NOT spam. -The really weird part was/is that some of those emails were "replies" that were part of "conversations" I was having. In any case...
All done.
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DR DAW - It sounds like we've both had exciting mornings.
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Does anyone by chance have a copy of the film NORMAN, IS THAT YOU? that I could either borrow or get a copy of?
As much as it has played on TV you would think I would have recorded it at one time, but no, and now I need to see it.
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DR TCB - I hope that "Mussolini's Parade" is not as bad as "Montezuma's Revenge".
Are there hand sanitizer stations set up all over your ship? Are the staff handing out anti-bacterial wipes when you enter the dining rooms?
*On a related note, I would also suggest seeing the onboard doctor, however, if you happen to get diagnosed with "something", you could end up getting quarantined in your room. It sounds like you're already being responsible in regards to your own health as well as the health of your fellow passengers, so... Unless you start feeling really sick, well...
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Too Many Mornings...
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TOD:
DVR:
Last nights THE OFFICE and SURVIVOR (a show I just don't seem to enjoy as much as I used to)
Yeah, this season of "Survivor" is just not "fun". It's interesting, but a bit aggravating to watch. At least for me.
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I shall now begin a mountain of laundry.
Gonna wash a mountain,
Then I'm gonna dry...
der Brucer
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Some writers out there are calling this season's "Survivor" the best ever. I wholly and totally disagree. It seems contrived and rigged.
And if you don't believe that concept, look at last night's vote count...how could the votes possibly have been evenly split (i.e. one for her, and one for you, one for her and one for you..) until the second vote which went exactly the same except for the last two votes. And did anyone notice in the first round that the first three votes for "Nat" seemed to be in exactly the same handwriting?????
SO VERY CONTRIVED. I may never watch the show again.
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As for the Friday Media Check...
CD - Mihaela Ursuleasa, "Piano & Forte" (http://www.amazon.com/Piano-Forte-Ludwig-van-Beethoven/dp/B002JJE0GU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1258737568&sr=8-1) - This is her debut recital disc, and it's quickly become one of my favorite listens. It's quite a varied program: Beethoven, Brahms, Ravel, Ginastera and Constantinescu. Some very beautiful and fluid playing. Her version of Ravel's "Gaspard de la Nuit" may lack a bit of "terror", but it's certainly one of the most musical out there.
Swingle Singers, "Anthology" - Which is a 4-disc collection I found down at Academy Records - brand new and still wrapped - for only $8. ba ba ba boo da dee doo ba ba ba... :)
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Some writers out there are calling this season's "Survivor" the best ever. I wholly and totally disagree. It seems contrived and rigged.
And if you don't believe that concept, look at last night's vote count...how could the votes possibly have been evenly split (i.e. one for her, and one for you, one for her and one for you..) until the second vote which went exactly the same except for the last two votes. And did anyone notice in the first round that the first three votes for "Nat" seemed to be in exactly the same handwriting?????
SO VERY CONTRIVED. I may never watch the show again.
I'm wondering just how much of Russell's "plan" the producers knew ahead of time... -Or if they had to start scrambling once the game kicked into gear. ???
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Well... Since the sun is out, and since I'm planning to attend Handel at the Gershwin (http://newyork.timeout.com/events/opera-classical/314114/handel-at-the-gershwin) later tonight, I think I'm gonna head out for a nice walk. -Then come back here and take care of some cleaning around and of the apartment. -Sounds like a plan, huh?
Laters...
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PAGE THREE!
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PAGE THREE!
I blame, Jose!
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DR TCB, I sure hope you begin to feel better soon...if not do check out the ship's doctor...even if you are feeling better, check out the ships doctor, just for fun.
Looking forward to your adventures in Spain and France!
I will, Mr. Barnum, if I don't feel better soon. At the moment, I am trying to check out the Cruise Director. ;D
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I didn't know you were on the LOVE BOAT, DR TCB. Maybe Ruta Lee and Charo are passengers.
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I'm up and got a good night's sleep. It's looking like Langer's for luncheon with Mr. Pearl.
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DR TCB - I hope that "Mussolini's Parade" is not as bad as "Montezuma's Revenge".
Are there hand sanitizer stations set up all over your ship? Are the staff handing out anti-bacterial wipes when you enter the dining rooms?
Actually, there are hand santizer stations everywhere you look (including my bedroom).
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Let's just see how many of my eighty-three e-mails are spam, shall we? And the answer is: 42.
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I didn't know you were on the LOVE BOAT, DR TCB. Maybe Ruta Lee and Charo are passengers.
Yes, I am, Mike.
By the way, Gopher said to tell you that he wants to play gladiator with you again!
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Actually over fifty were spam.
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Good morning, everyone.
HOLY GRAIL VIBES to BK!
STAY-ON-THE-MEND VIBES to DR TCB!
VIBES TO HEALTH to all DRs!
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Media check:
DVD: MURDER MOST ENGLISH (yawn, couldn't keep my eyes open)
WYCLIFFE
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Ah, yes, the Gmail spam folder. Many of us forget to check it. Gmail is known to have an "excellent" spam checker, but it can be overly sensitive. I've had the same problem as Jose, but not as dramatically.
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Thick As a Brick is here and driving me batty as usual. I've worked with many people over the years who have a reputation for being difficult and I always get along with them. But this cleaning lady finds the limit to my patience in no time. Sigh.
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TTFN.
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I don't know that I've ever had an e-mail that shouldn't go into the gmail spam folder go in there. I routinely trash everything in the spam folder once a month and I usually glance through and I've never once found anything that got in there by mistake.
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Good morning. My son and I had pancakes for breakfast today. That is all.
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I just received a lovely e-mail from Former President George W. Bush and Mrs. Bush asking if I would like to receive updates on the new President Bush Presidential Center.
Apparently, he doesn't know how to spell Ly-berry.
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I just received a lovely e-mail from Former President George W. Bush and Mrs. Bush asking if I would like to receive updates on the new President Bush Presidential Center.
Apparently, he doesn't know how to spell Ly-berry.
Bush the Elder was President when my parents celebrated their 50th anniversary. I don't remember whom exactly I called--maybe Orrin Hatch, but I want to say it was Jake Garn--and asked if I could get a card signed by the Bushes congratulating my parents. In a couple of weeks, lo and behold a beautiful little note and signed card came congratulating them. I saved it for their big dinner celebration and brought the house down when I announced that because Bush was very busy, he had had to choose whether to teach Dan Quayle how to spell 'potato' or send a card to my folks. I then pulled out the card and gave it to them. :)
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Back from a bunch of final edits on Victor Herbert and a trip to the NYPL. I will have a tuna melt for lunch and work until around 4:30, at which time I will get ready for my evening out.
That is all.
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Just waiting for Mr. Pearl to arrive. He's a little later than expected so I'm hoping we can get down to Langer's before the lunch crush.
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That post just took thirty seconds to go through.
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the lunch crush.
I like Grape Crush and Orange Crush.
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the lunch crush.
I like Grape Crush and Orange Crush.
And wear crushed velvet.
der Brucer
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Jose's post reminded me to check my spam folder. I found one email from my bank, one from my accountant, two from a website I subscribe to, one from Amazon, and a Halloween ecard from a friend. I would say that the Amazon email could be considered spam by some, but the others...no.
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Before a gig, the bandleader calls the girl singer over to him and tells her, "Tonight, when we do 'Night and Day,' I want you to sing the second verse first, and then break into the bridge one bar earlier than usual. Transpose the bridge up a minor third, but then back down again for the last three bars of it. Then add a 5/4 bar going back into the FIRST chorus, singing on only off-beats. During the sax solo, go to the bridge a bar-and-a-HALF too early, interrupting the solo, finish the first verse, go to the coda a bar late, and then keep singing for a full 3 beats after the band has ended."
Her eyes widen and she says, "That's way too hard, I can't do all that."
He says, "Why not? You did it last night!!"
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Before I left on my errands, I watched the finale of PROJECT RUNWAY.
After seeing the collections, there was no doubt in my mind who would win. I didn't want this person to win, but the collection was clearly superior to the others in terms of complexity, workmanship, and style (despite its monotone quality).
The person who finished third actually had more pieces I liked than the other two finalists (including the 13th look which I thought was exquisite, one of the best designs of the entire three months of the season). But the judges were right; it wasn't a collection in the truest sense of the word.
The second place finisher I just didn't like much at all though I could see the judges' points about the clothes. Just not my cup of tea.
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When I got in from my errands, I fixed lunch and watched THE MENTALIST. It was a much darker episode (as had been foretold in reviews and previews), and like DR Ron Pulliam, I didn't guess the murderer until it was given away (fairly early in the show actually). But knowing that did ratchet up the suspense quite nicely and made one of the more memorable episodes of the season.
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Then I watched GOMORRAH on Blu-ray. An excellent transfer, and seeing this complex film again so soon helped make the five running plots much clearer and easier to keep straight in my head.
All of the bonus features were in either 1080i or 1080p, something Criterion has been doing very consistently of late.
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Next I skimmed through today's soaps: neither OLTL or ATWT had anything of interest for me, and nothing of the boys in the ATWT previews either (though Lily and Holden were certainly there).
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I then started VERTIGO back up and continued watching. I stopped when Scottie and Elster compared notes on Madelaine and Scottie grabbed his drink and said, "I NEED this!"
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Page Four Dance!!!
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Best friend John has hit some button on his receiver and now no longer has surround sound from his cable box, so I'll be heading over there at some point tonight to troubleshoot that for him. So, I won't have a complete evening of leisure viewing as I thought.
I'm still planning to take tomorrow off. Nothing review-wise has arrived in the mail today, so I only have three Criterions here, all due on December 1st.
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Just wanted to remind folks that UGLY BETTY is not on tonight.
ABC is showing SHREK THE THIRD.
CBS' slate of GHOST WHISPERER, MEDIUM, and NUMB3RS are on at their regular times. LAW & ORDER is also on with a new episode.
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Only 2 and a half more days of work (Monday, Tuesday and a half day Wednesday) and then I'm done for a month. No work until January 4th!
Almost everything is done. I just have small things to finish up and I actually have an entire week of no volunteering as well. We don't start until December 4th and my last day at work is November 25th. Hoo and Ray!!!
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Good Afternoon!
Getting out into the sunlight for a bit was just what I needed. What another glorious Fall Day it was here in NYC!
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And while I was walking around, I ended up taking care of various emails and phone calls... All of which were the result of finding all those non-spam emails in my Gmail spam folder. It was nice to touch base with a couple of people I haven't spoken to in a while.
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bk - I meant to mention that the new print of "Sundays and Cybele" was being screened here in NYC last week. It was a very limited engagement.
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Langer's was yummilicious, as always, and Barry and I had a good time.
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I'd love to see Cybele in 35mm again - I'm thrilled its finally having the resurgence it so deserves.
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Langer's was yummilicious, as always, and Barry and I had a good time.
You had the pastrami, I presume?
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And now, time to get ready to hear some Handel excerpts.
Laters...
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Time to head to midtown for dinner and the NY Pops!
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I got the review finished and posted, so that task is done, and now I'm off from work until Sunday! Yay!
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Guess I'll head back down and continue with VERTIGO until Im asked to make a house call on an ailing audio/video receiver.
WBBL.
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Finally three days late GWTW arrived so I spent the day with the special features I hadn't seen before and got my review up. I agree with BK it's just ever so slightly yellow at times, but I doubt very many people are going to complain. All in all a stupendous job by Warner, IMHO.
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I had the pastrami with cole slaw and Russian dressing and two latkes. The latter are indescribably delicious.
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Finally three days late GWTW arrived so I spent the day with the special features I hadn't seen before and got my review up. I agree with BK it's just ever so slightly yellow at times, but I doubt very many people are going to complain. All in all a stupendous job by Warner, IMHO.
Not only are they not complaining, it's the BEST transfer and restoration EVER. Hate to tell them, it's not as good as The Wizard Of Oz and if they can explain to me how that one, from the same year, has perfect Technicolor hues, why this one is pushed to yellow in a much stronger way. Maybe that's the way it was for this particular film back then, but then, using that argument, why isn't Wizard the same? I'm going to start watching this beast today as my eyes were way too tired when I gave it a look-see earlier in the week.
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Well, the soundtrack to Nine (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002VXECD0/ref=s9_simz_gw_s0_p15_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=09MMPSSC6NQAGYX1MRD5&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846) will have a digital release on December 15, and the actual CD will be released on December 22. Here's the cover:
(http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/46690000/46696815.JPG)
So...who's leg is that? Any guesses?
;)
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Just a stock(ing) photo??
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Well, the soundtrack to Nine (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002VXECD0/ref=s9_simz_gw_s0_p15_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=09MMPSSC6NQAGYX1MRD5&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846) will have a digital release on December 15, and the actual CD will be released on December 22. Here's the cover:
(http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/46690000/46696815.JPG)
So...who's leg is that? Any guesses?
;)
Looks like Penelope's, from other pics from the film: at least, same shoe!
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Looks like Penelope's
I guess I must have been away from the set when the photographer showed up.
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Looks like Penelope's
I guess I must have been away from the set when the photographer showed up.
Don't you hate it when that happens?
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I had to put flannel sheets on today, snow expected tomorrow. I used to love flannel sheets, now I think of them as a magnet for Sherlock's fur. Speaking of Sherlock......
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Time to finish our almost daily walk before the leaves are gone.
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Sherlock is waiting for me. This is near the end of the walk. He knows I'm only going a short distance before doubling back & leaving on the trail to our right. I have a nice flat stretch there I like to jog. We walked out from along the creek on our left.
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A close up. Sherlock is sitting in the classic Berner pose.
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Love the pictures, Jane! And those leaves...very nice.
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flannel sheets
One of my favorite luxuries in the whole world! :)
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Always love it when you share photos, DR Jane.
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That is a horrible CD cover.
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At long last page five.
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Watching Gone With The Wind - it already feels like I've been watching for four hours and I'm only ninety minutes in. I'm enjoying aspects of it more than I have in the past, but its mostly a movie whose universal charms elude me for the most part.
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Thank you DRs George & DAW.
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flannel sheets
One of my favorite luxuries in the whole world! :)
Mine too, until Sherlock came snuggling. ;D Maybe my tolerance is lower than it used to be. I find it hard to imagine one dog leaves more hair than 1 dog & 4 cats did, and Bogie, the long haired cat, slept under the covers with me all night.
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Thanks for the photos, Jane. Beautiful!
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Looks like Penelope's
I guess I must have been away from the set when the photographer showed up.
You won't admit it but you were away ... with the photographer's assistant! ;)
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Thanks DR Laura.
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Well, the soundtrack to Nine (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002VXECD0/ref=s9_simz_gw_s0_p15_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=09MMPSSC6NQAGYX1MRD5&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846) will have a digital release on December 15, and the actual CD will be released on December 22. Here's the cover:
(http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/46690000/46696815.JPG)
So...who's leg is that? Any guesses?
;)
That's Daniel Day-Lewis' leg after a shave! ;D
And "I" gets a kick out of it!!
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I haven't seen the GONE WITH THE WIND Blu-ray, but I do know that by the time GWTW started filming, Technicolor had developed a film that didn't need the heavy arc lamps that were used with OZ. Supposedly that's why the color has always been less bright but richer and deeper.
I read this in one of the making of GWTW books around here.
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I finished VERTIGO when I went downstairs. My friend John timed it perfectly because the film had no sooner wound up and I started searching for a bonus feature to watch than the phone rang with John telling me he was ready for me to come over.
I got home about 9:15
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Got his receiver problems solved and we watched excerpts from a DVD a videotape, and the cable box to make sure everything was running through the system just right. We were watching TOBRUK on tape (I've never seen it; looks like I might like it), TOMORROW NEVER DIES on DVD, and HAIRSPRAY was showing on HBO-HD.
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My goodness whata week this was - we were cranking out closings like no body's business - I have been gettinginto work at 7 and leaving between 7 and 10...
the hours are long but at least the pay sucks
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When I got home, I started watching MEDIUM. A good episode tonight, very unusual even though the mystery didn't really allow us to guess ahead of time.
How they keep thinking of these variations on Allison's psychic powers, I just don't know.
Also, did you notice the kids weren't around much at all this week. I think they must have been in fewer minutes of the show this week than ever before, and Ariel wasn't there at all.
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Tonight the Vixter and I went shopping for sdome hair ornaments... tomorrow is the Junior Prom..
fair warning - photos will be posted
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MATTH - do you ever find when yoiure review movies that your opinion of the overall movie changed? Something you once loved you now hate or vice versa?
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VIBES for TCB ! I must go back and ketchup,,,, I am very sad to have beeen missing all the shipboard stories
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Has anybody heard from Danise? I miss her and worry about her abut have no idea how to find her these days
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It would be hard for color to be richer and deeper than in the Technicolor portions of the Wizard of Oz Blu-Ray transfer. Also, I'm not really talking about richer and deeper color, I'm talking about too much yellow. However, now that I'm more than halfway through, other than a few sections when the yellow is pumped so hard that people look like they have jaundice, the transfer is really very nice - sharp, textured, and for a good portion of it the color palette is fine. There are certain scenes where it's perfect, and that includes the Selznick logo at the top. My worry basically came from the opening scene, which is not that indicative of what follows.
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Has anybody heard from Danise? I miss her and worry about her abut have no idea how to find her these days
Vixmom,
News about Danise are not that good!
Check the TV report on the upper right corner of this site!
http://www.abcactionnews.com/content/taking_action_for_you/jc/story/Seffner-woman-still-homeless/1tiWEaASBEeKNt2HEBx3yQ.cspx
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MATTH - do you ever find when yoiure review movies that your opinion of the overall movie changed? Something you once loved you now hate or vice versa?
It doesn't happen often, but it does happen. I think the movie I did the most drastic reverse on was NASHVILLE which I was not a fan of when I first reviewed it for the news syndicate where I was free-lancing. Years later, I watched it again (on cable, I believe), and I finally got it. Now I think it's really wonderful.
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It would be hard for color to be richer and deeper than in the Technicolor portions of the Wizard of Oz Blu-Ray transfer. Also, I'm not really talking about richer and deeper color, I'm talking about too much yellow. However, now that I'm more than halfway through, other than a few sections when the yellow is pumped so hard that people look like they have jaundice, the transfer is really very nice - sharp, textured, and for a good portion of it the color palette is fine. There are certain scenes where it's perfect, and that includes the Selznick logo at the top. My worry basically came from the opening scene, which is not that indicative of what follows.
I know nothing about color timing, film stock, etc. I'm just relating what I read about the differences in the types of lighting that were used in the two productions and that the result was a less bright but more sensual feel to the color. Again, not my idea; just what I read.
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Now I must take myself downstairs and put myself to bed.
Good night!
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I found the yellow-ness rather transitory and limited almost entirely to skintones, which I mentioned in my review. Over all I think this was a splendid transfer.
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thank you Francois for that link - I feel so terrible - about what has happedned to our sweet Danise - I wish tehre were something we could do to help her
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Been catching up a bit - any house news JMK?
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The NY Pops Johnny Mercer concert was quite good with many wonderful moments. After a while, I started to feel there were too many charts aiming to give each singer a raise-the-crowd-to-their-feet-screaming moment that became aurally exhausting but each singer had wonderful moments: Ann Hampton Callaway sang the most beautiful rendition of "Skylark" I've ever heard, with a wonderful unnamed pianist, Kevin Kuhn on guitar, bass, drums, and sax solo. The most beautiful orchestral playing was the orchestra performing Johnny Mandel's arrangement of "Emily," and the other singers each had at least one fantastic moment:
James Lane on "Hooray for Hollywood" and :One for My Baby"
Michael Feinstein on "I Remember You" and a Revenge Medley of "I Want to be Around to Pick Up the Pieces and Gody Goody"
N'Kenge (pronounced "Nuhkengee," I believe} on "Autmn Leaves" and "Come rain or Come Shine"
There was also a group of kids, Camp Broadway Kids, who went on too long and amused the noisy parents around me. They closed the program, and I think they should have performed early and cleared out for the adults.
After a while, though, I kept thinking, Give me a band of 30 at the maximum so it doesn't all sound so soupy.
This was the first Pops concert I'd been to since a Christmas one conducted by that scumbag Skitch Henderson around 1996, which was under-rehearsed, sloppy, and poorly prepared. This was slick and very well prepared and performed. I had a good time
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thanks for the review- I am glad you are feeling better and had a good time!
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thank you Francois for that link - I feel so terrible - about what has happedned to our sweet Danise - I wish tehre were something we could do to help her
I've sent a number of emails and tried to contact her through her Facebook page but no response.
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I guess she may not have any access to the computer considering that she is still homless
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Wonderful pics, Jane! Great travelogues, TCB!!!
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Page 6 jig!
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Been catching up a bit - any house news JMK?
It doesn't look like we got La Manse, but we won't know for sure until tomorrow. So I am looking elsewhere. :)
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Oh I am sorry to hear that
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In better news (at least I'm taking it as better, LOL), I received a screener today for what I'm sure is a charming motion picture entitled JESUS CHRIST, VAMPIRE HUNTER. :)
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In better news (at least I'm taking it as better, LOL), I received a screener today for what I'm sure is a charming motion picture entitled JESUS CHRIST, VAMPIRE HUNTER. :)
I found it very difficult to type with my jaw dropped on thr keyboard --- did I read that DVD title correctly?
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Is anyone familar witha rock band called Skillet?
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anyone here I mean - I assume that somewhere some one is familar with the band
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Finished with Gone With The Wind, which I've retitled Gone With My Evening. I enjoyed it more than I have in the past, but boy is it long.
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I guess she may not have any access to the computer considering that she is still homless
That's what I thought, but the news story referred to an email that was sent to Danise, so I thought it was worth a try
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Topic of Discussion response:
Since today was "Kit Lo's music collection" day, I played GWAR's "This Toilet Earth" and Frank Sinatra's Reprise Collection.