Topic: A DRY AND BORING OPENING (Read 40043 times)

Matt H. · « **Reply #210 on:** January 14, 2008, 02:36:03 PM »

Quote from: George on January 14, 2008, 02:23:38 PM

This has just become my desktop wallpaper on my computer, here at work!

It is absolutely hilarious.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #211 on:** January 14, 2008, 02:37:31 PM »

And now, I'm off to meet my friend, Sean, for dinner, and then we're heading to Carnegie Hall tonight to see/hear Rada Lupu in recital. A Schubert Sonata and the second book of the Debussy preludes.

I shall have to catch up on the posts later. I hope everyone has been having a wonderful non-vibe-needed day.

Laters...

Ginny · « **Reply #212 on:** January 14, 2008, 02:39:19 PM »

The library here on campus closes at 4:30pm CST, but faculty, staff, students and spouses have 24/7 access. The assistant librarian just came through and turned off a lot of lights, but told me I could stay as long as I wanted. Now I know what the homeless stowaways in my library feel like!

Matt H. · « **Reply #213 on:** January 14, 2008, 02:39:36 PM »

Page Eight Harry Potter Dance!!!

Matt H. · « **Reply #214 on:** January 14, 2008, 02:41:55 PM »

I'm heading downstairs to begin the viewing for the evening.

Yes, I'll be starting with the sDVD version of THE GAME PLAN which came in the mail today. Hopefully, I'll be done with it tomorrow when Criterion's THIS SPORTING LIFE and FOUR FILMS OF AGNES VARDA should arrive.

WBBL

Ginny · « **Reply #215 on:** January 14, 2008, 02:45:13 PM »

I'm going to join the seminarians for Evening Prayer and see what they have planned for dinner.

Bye for now!

Edisaurus · « **Reply #216 on:** January 14, 2008, 02:45:19 PM »

Quote from: George on January 14, 2008, 02:14:07 PM

And speaking of Scrooge, the item number on the CD is BK002CD and it's released on BK Reocords! What a coinkydink!

I looked into buying that, but it seemed like it would cost a fortune to get it!

Where did you buy yours, George? And does Tommy Steele play Scrooge? He seems so...I don't know...un-Scrooge-like!

George · « **Reply #217 on:** January 14, 2008, 03:02:33 PM »

Quote from: Edisaurus on January 14, 2008, 02:45:19 PM

I looked into buying that, but it seemed like it would cost a fortune to get it!

Where did you buy yours, George? And does Tommy Steele play Scrooge? He seems so...I don't know...un-Scrooge-like!

I got it from Amazon.co.uk. It was £10.20 (or 13,63 Euros), which is about $20. And shipping for the three items I got (this plus the Dr. Who animated series and London cast Parade), was about $10. When you buy several things at once, it seems to be a slightly better deal on the shipping.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #218 on:** January 14, 2008, 03:12:27 PM »

Quote from: Edisaurus on January 14, 2008, 10:42:37 AM

And the one who is not coming back, AFAIK...

Vern left YEARS ago. He turns up on HGTV from time to time. Vern is a "hot designer" and I'm guessing "Trading Spaces" was not lucrative enough after folks saw what he could do.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #219 on:** January 14, 2008, 03:13:31 PM »

Quote from: singdaw on January 14, 2008, 10:56:52 AM

Me, in my caftan and planning a brunch:

Golly, singdaw. Even "I" know that's not a CAFtan!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #220 on:** January 14, 2008, 03:14:27 PM »

Quote from: DakotaCelt on January 14, 2008, 10:59:43 AM

I like Frank... Wish they had Edmund back. I liked some of his stuff.

I'd like to walk up to him in a public place and snip off that gosh-awful pony tail.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #221 on:** January 14, 2008, 03:18:10 PM »

It's been a crappy day at the office. Crappy, crappy day.

But I guess you'se could all tell.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #222 on:** January 14, 2008, 03:18:59 PM »

For any snappy comebacks, I have this one thing to say:

[size=8] Bite me! [/size]

And to DR Jose, I'll add:

"In the foyer!"

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #223 on:** January 14, 2008, 03:19:39 PM »

That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #224 on:** January 14, 2008, 03:20:29 PM »

Am looking forward to this evening's new "Medium."

In the early evenings, I've "Brothers and Sisters" to watch, plus one of three remaining "Maisie" films to process into the ether after playing it.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #225 on:** January 14, 2008, 03:22:08 PM »

By the way, if anyone ever gets a chance to see "Ringside Maisie", it's a totally cool HOOT.

Virginia O'Brien plays herself and sings a nifty song.

Robert Sterling is Sothern's co-star, but George Murphy is her romantic interest in the end. And Murphy has some really confrontational dialogue with Maisie whom he initially sizes up as a golddigging floozy looking to hook up with his prize fighter (Sterling...who was, or later became, Sothern's husband and father of Tisha).

MBarnum · « **Reply #226 on:** January 14, 2008, 03:32:30 PM »

RLP is catching up on his Masie movies and I am catching up on my Penrod and Sam movies.

Isn't TCM wonderful!!!

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #227 on:** January 14, 2008, 03:35:13 PM »

(((DR Ron Pulliam)))

I've had those days, too. Did they yell at you?

Cillaliz · « **Reply #228 on:** January 14, 2008, 03:45:26 PM »

I FINALLY got a library card today. Since I've lived here in Sioux City, I've always just bought books. Now that the library is just across the skywalk from my office I decided it's time to get books there. So, I'm back to being a library user. It's been years

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #229 on:** January 14, 2008, 03:49:32 PM »

Quote from: MBarnum on January 14, 2008, 03:32:30 PM

RLP is catching up on his Masie movies and I am catching up on my Penrod and Sam movies.

Isn't TCM wonderful!!!

It TRULY is!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #230 on:** January 14, 2008, 03:51:51 PM »

Quote from: DearReaderLaura on January 14, 2008, 03:35:13 PM

(((DR Ron Pulliam)))

I've had those days, too. Did they yell at you?

No, but I did have some sharp words with a co-worker who, on occasion, presumes to know what I'm thinking when she asks me a question and then throws a little hissy huff and says I'm giving her attitude.

Generally speaking, all I'm doing is sitting there turning her request over in my head so that I can give her the best possible response. She doesn't like the way I look when I do it, though, and makes up elaborate lies about never supporting her, not wanting to support her, she KNOWS that look, she never gets any help from me, etc., etc., etc.

It's all bollocks. She's a very disturbed (and needy) individual.

But nobody "yelled" at me.

bk · « **Reply #231 on:** January 14, 2008, 03:57:44 PM »

How can it be four o'clock??? I have finished seven-and-a-half pages and will probably finish the half-page at some point this evening. I had to go out for a little research field trip for some descriptive prose about a specific neighborhood here in the Valley. It's amazing how you can drive past a neighborhood 10,000 times and never really see it. I took lots of notes, and even though the descriptive prose only amounts to about a page and a half, it will be very accurate.

bk · « **Reply #232 on:** January 14, 2008, 03:58:04 PM »

I made a steak and baked potato for my meal o' the day.

bk · « **Reply #233 on:** January 14, 2008, 03:58:33 PM »

All packages have arrived - whew!

bk · « **Reply #234 on:** January 14, 2008, 03:59:18 PM »

Will we never get to page nine?

bk · « **Reply #235 on:** January 14, 2008, 03:59:56 PM »

Listening to a marvelous Mantovani two-fer I had no idea existed - two of my favorite childhood movie theme albums.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #236 on:** January 14, 2008, 04:03:26 PM »

Hey, Mikey! Is Race Gentry one of your faves?

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #237 on:** January 14, 2008, 04:04:16 PM »

Quote from: bk on January 14, 2008, 03:59:56 PM

Listening to a marvelous Mantovani two-fer I had no idea existed - two of my favorite childhood movie theme albums.

Do either of them feature the music from the Mantovani "Exodus" album, including "Mr. Wonderful"?

bk · « **Reply #238 on:** January 14, 2008, 04:08:09 PM »

Yep, the Exodus album is one of the two, the other has incredibly nice themes from Fanny, Barabbas, Advise and Consent, Goodbye Again, Four Horsemen of the Apocolypse, etc.

In great remastered sound on the Vocalion label. They've done a ton of the London Phase four recordings, and a lot of easy listening from the London label. They also did Mantovani's marvelous Stop The World/Oliver combo platter. The Exodus CD is available on amazon.

bk · « **Reply #239 on:** January 14, 2008, 04:16:19 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on January 14, 2008, 02:16:40 PM

It seems as though it was only issued in Japan and now it's OP! Damn.

Ask and ye shall receive:

http://cgi.ebay.com/JULIE-ANDREWS-Sings-JAPAN-only-CD-1958-oop-rare-RCA_W0QQitemZ170183423470QQihZ007QQcategoryZ307QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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