Happy Pi Day!
Pssst! Is BK around? Is he happy or unhappy with me?
I liked the afternoon Indianapolis Times when I was growing up - it ceased publication in 1966.....the afternoon Indianapolis News ceased publication in 2002....we now have the Indianapolis Star a morning paper....owned and run by Gannett.....which means MOST of what is in it is nationwide CRAP with abou six pages of local news.
The movie ads are almost nil - when they used to cover two pages, especially on weekends....
Yes print newspapers are putting themselves out of business.
I also deal with the Greencastle Banner-Graphic during the summer when I am working at the theatre....a nice paper that is published Tues-Sat.
Roslyn Kind in Clearwater
Roslyn Kind IS Clearwater
Roslyn Kind if Clearwater
And the word of the day is: BATTEN!
I have a jury summons this week for the Hayward Hall of Justice. Happily, my group is not called for this morning. I have to check in at 11 a.m. to see what the future might hold.
It's a gray, coldish, miserably rainy day here in Oaktown. Something about the weather system has caused me to develop sinus pressure and it's not amusing to me one bit.
Back from Miami Valley Hospital South, where my echocardiogram was painless. Of course, they don't tell you anything, results wise. That's what my appointment with Dr. Jain 2 weeks from today is for.
What is it about 7 p.m. that makes it such a popular L.A. time for dinner (residual question that i meant to ask last night)
Master food author and chef Michael Ruhlman included Skip's own recipe for Sourdough English Muffins in his column on making Eggs Benedict from Scrtach
At the link, you can Scroll down, Skip's recipe for the Sourdough English muffins is right under Marlene Newell's recipe for the Hollandaise.
http://ruhlman.com/2011/03/eggs-benedict-from-scratch.html
What is it about 7 p.m. that makes it such a popular L.A. time for dinner (residual question that i meant to ask last night)
By family usually made 7:00 dinner reservations. When we visit them that is still the time they like to meet. Keith and I prefer an earlier dinner.
I began reading the Medford Mail Tribune when I was in about the 3rd or 4th grade. Always looked forward to the Tempo in Friday's (or was it Thursday's) newspaper (the Tempo listed what was on TV the following week, along with movies playing at the theatre) and I would scout out what monster movies were playing over the weekend.
Jrand I'm not sure that print papers are putting themselves out of business so much as the internet is putting them out of business and making them sadly obsolete. Eventually, I suspect all will be operating online and there will be no physical paper. some like The London Times and I believe the NY Times are now trying online subscriptions to access their pages. As long as I can get the news for free online elsewhere, I'll not be subscribing online to a paper. Interestingly, when recently in London, The Evening Standard was being passed out on the street for free. The vendor said they could do this because of the advertising (But even the Standard wasn't quite the size and thickness, it used to be when you paid for it).
http://poguespages.blogspot.com
TOD - We still subscribe to the 2 newspapers that DR Elmore described, but I find myself not paying much attention to them. I do leaf through each one, but don't depend on them for keeping up with the news. The Cincinnati Enquirer has 2 crossword puzzles Monday-Saturday and I keep those in a folder, along with Sunday's and the one from each issue of The Week. I work on those while others are watching TV and when we travel. Most of my news comes from the internet and NPR.
The newspaper of choice when I was growing up was the Detroit Free Press, which I still read online a bit at freep.com.
And...
I'm currently breathing a HUGE sigh of relief. I just called my storage place, and they reminded me that they include a free moving van with a driver with my move-in! So, the appointment has been made for tomorrow afternoon! -And I no longer have to worry about breaking down my friend's car with repeated trips between here and the storage unit tomorrow.
The last Salem news I read was all about the witch trials.
And...
I'm currently breathing a HUGE sigh of relief. I just called my storage place, and they reminded me that they include a free moving van with a driver with my move-in! So, the appointment has been made for tomorrow afternoon! -And I no longer have to worry about breaking down my friend's car with repeated trips between here and the sttorage unit tomorrow.
The last Salem news I read was all about the witch trials.
ʎɐqǝ uo pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ɐ ʎnq ı ǝɯıʇ ʇsɐן ǝɥʇ sı sıɥʇ
Greetings from Sarasota, Florida! I'm here to see a certain singer-you may have heard of him--yes, Mr.Barrett is performing at the "Historic Asolo Theatre." It's really quite a place--it was moved here from Italy.That is a great theater. I remember seeing a few shows there when I lived in Sarasota. A few shows such as Frank Wildhorn's "Svengali" and the recent "Tale of Two Cities" tried out there. So did a forgotten Michael John LaCuisa piece called "The Petrified Prince."
My friend from Ft Lauderdale is here. We went to see both performances yesterday. Brent was accompanied on the piano by his longtime (since 1980, he mentioned during the show!) musical director, Christopher Denny.
Brent really sounded great. He sang several songs from his CDs, including "Sometimes a Day Goes By," "Anyone Who Loves," "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face," "They Called the Wind Maria," "Come Back to Me." I was so happy he sang "Lucky to Be Me," which I've been enjoying on youtube for a while. "You've Got That Thing" was a highlight, along with "Music of the Night." He also left the Broadway-type songs for a rousing "Rhythm of the Night."
The audience for the matinee was good, but there was a really enthusiastic group at the evening performance, which made it more fun for everyone, Brent included, from the looks of things.
True DR RLP -
DR CP - my comment about out of business - mostly meant that as more and more newspapers come under NON LOCAL ownership and editorship - they lose their identities as MY newspaper......
The STAR is the only paper left in Indy.......
Here is a tidbit (at least locally) - Tuesday's newspaper is always the thinnest and carries fewer pages because that is the day that the Sunday supplements for the following weekend are also published....and the presses can only handle so much.
When I was growing up, Louisville had two daily newspapers, the Courier-Journal in the morning and the Louisville Times in the afternoon. I always preferred the Times because they had a fun tabloid on Saturdays that had all the arts information you could want in it. The TV critic was Howard Rosenberg, long before he went to LA. His writing was a big influence on mine because he was always readable, even if you weren't interested in the topic.
When I was 12, I started delivering both newspapers (they were both owned by the Bingham family). And in the afternoon I would read the paper while I delivered it. It was too dark in the morning.
I started working for a newspaper shortly after I went off to college and stayed with newspapers for almost 30 years. About four years ago, two years before I was laid off, I stopped reading the paper. I don't think it was the Internet. I think it was more the agenda of the editor of the San Antonio paper, which made his product irrelevant to my life. The slant of the paper was directed toward some conservative upper middle class white woman who spends half her life at the gym. They had also cut it down to that uncomfortable size to hold.
So, I rarely read the paper any more. I look at the Courier-Journal when I go to Louisville (the Times was killed off shortly after I went to college). But that's about it.
ʎɐqǝ uo pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ɐ ʎnq ı ǝɯıʇ ʇsɐן ǝɥʇ sı sıɥʇ
I don't think England as a whole is as connected to the Internet as America is. It will be interesting to see how all of those papers do in the long haul. I remember going to Ireland and getting music CDs with copies of the Sunday paper, as an incentive to buy.True DR RLP -
DR CP - my comment about out of business - mostly meant that as more and more newspapers come under NON LOCAL ownership and editorship - they lose their identities as MY newspaper......
The STAR is the only paper left in Indy.......
Here is a tidbit (at least locally) - Tuesday's newspaper is always the thinnest and carries fewer pages because that is the day that the Sunday supplements for the following weekend are also published....and the presses can only handle so much.
The problem with the Lex Herald-Leader is that it concentrates mostly on local news and there is no larger picture of what's going on in the world. But that may be the only thing that keeps them alive as most of the national/international news that gets the day after you've read it on the web or seen it on TV. But like others have said, I can usually whip through the paper in less than fifteen minutes...and not much longer on the Sunday rag. One of the things I love about London when I'm there is that I can buy a half dozen weekend papers and they and their supplements will entertain me for hours.
When Gannett bought the Courier, it went from being a product of excellence to being a product that was meant only to make money. It still turns a profit, but it has to bolster other Gannett papers that are not doing well. As a result, it has had several rounds of layoffs and still generates money.When I was growing up, Louisville had two daily newspapers, the Courier-Journal in the morning and the Louisville Times in the afternoon. I always preferred the Times because they had a fun tabloid on Saturdays that had all the arts information you could want in it. The TV critic was Howard Rosenberg, long before he went to LA. His writing was a big influence on mine because he was always readable, even if you weren't interested in the topic.
When I was 12, I started delivering both newspapers (they were both owned by the Bingham family). And in the afternoon I would read the paper while I delivered it. It was too dark in the morning.
I started working for a newspaper shortly after I went off to college and stayed with newspapers for almost 30 years. About four years ago, two years before I was laid off, I stopped reading the paper. I don't think it was the Internet. I think it was more the agenda of the editor of the San Antonio paper, which made his product irrelevant to my life. The slant of the paper was directed toward some conservative upper middle class white woman who spends half her life at the gym. They had also cut it down to that uncomfortable size to hold.
So, I rarely read the paper any more. I look at the Courier-Journal when I go to Louisville (the Times was killed off shortly after I went to college). But that's about it.
Courier used to have a reputation for being one of the best newspapers in the country. I don't know what it's rep is anymore. I tried to get it delivered to my house when I first moved here. They would deliver daily in Lexington, but not where I lived in Georgetown, they wanted to charge me more and it would come by mail the following day. Forget that. Had a friend who wrote for the Times up until it folded.
It's going to cost around $12,000 to copy new scores and orchestra parts for Act One of Victor Herbert's 1917 operetta EILEEN. Now where the hell are those missing scores?:o
It's going to cost around $12,000 to copy new scores and orchestra parts for Act One of Victor Herbert's 1917 operetta EILEEN. Now where the hell are those missing scores?:o
MEGA SCORE FINDING VIBES!!!
Master food author and chef Michael Ruhlman included Skip's own recipe for Sourdough English Muffins in his column on making Eggs Benedict from Scrtach
At the link, you can Scroll down, Skip's recipe for the Sourdough English muffins is right under Marlene Newell's recipe for the Hollandaise.
http://ruhlman.com/2011/03/eggs-benedict-from-scratch.html
The Fighter is coming out on DVD tomorrow. If you haven't seen it, it's a really good movie
It's going to cost around $12,000 to copy new scores and orchestra parts for Act One of Victor Herbert's 1917 operetta EILEEN. Now where the hell are those missing scores?:o
MEGA SCORE FINDING VIBES!!!
I swear they're in this apartment, but I don't understand where they've gone.
One of the nuclear experts they are using on CNN as an expert on nuclear accidents, looks and sounds like a Japanese Elmer Fudd.
The last Salem news I read was all about the witch trials.
That's great news. Now, where are our English muffins?Master food author and chef Michael Ruhlman included Skip's own recipe for Sourdough English Muffins in his column on making Eggs Benedict from Scrtach
At the link, you can Scroll down, Skip's recipe for the Sourdough English muffins is right under Marlene Newell's recipe for the Hollandaise.
http://ruhlman.com/2011/03/eggs-benedict-from-scratch.html
whoo HOO!!
It is about time Skips culinary talent was recognized!
PAYMENT VIBES FOR BRUCE!!!Ditto.
Actually, payment vibes for all with emptying wallets.
I am still getting over the shock of the bank balance - it was fine up until this month - no real worries and a reasonable cushion for any emergencies - but this month ate the cushion so fast - it's just crazy. Part of the problem has been this glut of releases from labels - I do my two a month, which I kind of have to do to stay afloat. But others are doing four or six a month and no one has enough money to get everything, and the most disheartening part of it is that they'll buy some cheeseball 1980s synth score to some film they saw as a kid rather than two classic Elmer Bernstein scores or an Alfred Newman score.
(other than what page we are on, that is);D
;D ;DThe last Salem news I read was all about the witch trials.
I hope they didn't mention Larry by name.
It's going to cost around $12,000 to copy new scores and orchestra parts for Act One of Victor Herbert's 1917 operetta EILEEN. Now where the hell are those missing scores?:o
MEGA SCORE FINDING VIBES!!!
I swear they're in this apartment, but I don't understand where they've gone.
I'm having the same problem finding my grandmother's watch. :'(
TCB stay and plaY!
TCB stay and plaY!
I wish I could, vixmom!
Good Evening!
I keep looking at all the stuff in my bedroom yet to be boxed up and it seems quite reasonable... and then it doesn't... and then it does... and then it doesn't... Ah, well...
...But then once I realize the the stand-up closet, the dresser and the shelving are staying here, then it seems reasonable again.
It's going to cost around $12,000 to copy new scores and orchestra parts for Act One of Victor Herbert's 1917 operetta EILEEN. Now where the hell are those missing scores?:o
MEGA SCORE FINDING VIBES!!!
I swear they're in this apartment, but I don't understand where they've gone.
I'm having the same problem finding my grandmother's watch. :'(
did you look inside Yogi?
When I was little my a neighbor who was probably in junior high at the time, was given a mimeograph machine. So he started The Westwood Wind. My friend Kelly and I were reporters and went door to door asking if anyone had news then we sold them for 10 cents or something like that. There was a poetry contest and other things. It was a lot of fun.
Packing vibes for DR Jose.......I hate packing
It's going to cost around $12,000 to copy new scores and orchestra parts for Act One of Victor Herbert's 1917 operetta EILEEN. Now where the hell are those missing scores?:o
MEGA SCORE FINDING VIBES!!!
I swear they're in this apartment, but I don't understand where they've gone.
I'm having the same problem finding my grandmother's watch. :'(
did you look inside Yogi?
;) He is good about not eating items he shouldn't eat, except food. :)
...But then once I realize the the stand-up closet, the dresser and the shelving are staying here, then it seems reasonable again.
was the apartment fully furnished when you moved in?
DR Jose, is this a comfort food cafe? Sounds like it
Good Evening!
I keep looking at all the stuff in my bedroom yet to be boxed up and it seems quite reasonable... and then it doesn't... and then it does... and then it doesn't... Ah, well...
packing vibes for Jose
when do you need to be out?
I got an email from our producer for the Herbert recordings. The first edit is in for the 102 songs we recorded and the 5 discs should arive in the post in the next couple of days. She's divided them by Irish-themed, occasional and jingoistic, classical art song, romantic, and low and high jinx. I can't wait to hear everything.
Good Evening!
I keep looking at all the stuff in my bedroom yet to be boxed up and it seems quite reasonable... and then it doesn't... and then it does... and then it doesn't... Ah, well...
packing vibes for Jose
when do you need to be out?
I need to be out by tomorrow night. -Although, it looks like I'll be staying here tomorrow night, and then vacating Wednesday morning. -I'll be staying with a friend for the rest of the week, and then I'm going down to Virginia this weekend, and then I'm heading to Chicago next week for a sort of mini-vacation and some chamber music playing. I move into my temp digs on April 1.
Good Evening!
I keep looking at all the stuff in my bedroom yet to be boxed up and it seems quite reasonable... and then it doesn't... and then it does... and then it doesn't... Ah, well...
packing vibes for Jose
when do you need to be out?
I need to be out by tomorrow night. -Although, it looks like I'll be staying here tomorrow night, and then vacating Wednesday morning. -I'll be staying with a friend for the rest of the week, and then I'm going down to Virginia this weekend, and then I'm heading to Chicago next week for a sort of mini-vacation and some chamber music playing. I move into my temp digs on April 1.
oh my! Not very much notice!!
Have recovered the computer from the cats....ok that was stupid, I didn't realize that I had created a sign=in for them until I logged in wrong and found my name was Callieboo...
OH!
And Yosh also brought me some homemade hamantaschen:Raspberry, Apricot and Chocolate(!).
Actually they were: Fig, Nectarine-Peach and Chocolate-Hazelnut Cream.
:)
Cillaliz, that was the day that something happened to the board and EVERYONE had to make up a new name for a while.
OH!
And Yosh also brought me some homemade hamantaschen:Raspberry, Apricot and Chocolate(!).
Actually they were: Fig, Nectarine-Peach and Chocolate-Hazelnut Cream.
:)
what is hamantaschen?
vixmom - He actually was thanked in the acknowledgments in Mr. Ruhlman's book RATIO.
Plus he had a recipe in Jane Brody's GOOD SEAFOOD BOOK.
But this was a very nice mention today!
And here's a pic: *These aren't the ones that Yosh made.(http://www.dianasdesserts.com/assets/managed/recipes/Hamantaschen%205.jpg)
Where has Monkey been lately, Jose?
But I bet I would like them filled with Fig, Nectarine-Peach and Chocolate-Hazelnut Cream.
Smiley
Where has Monkey been lately, Jose?
Where has Monkey been lately, Jose?
packing
But I bet I would like them filled with Fig, Nectarine-Peach and Chocolate-Hazelnut Cream.
Smiley
How weird! Instead of getting a smiley I got the word smiley!
OHH!! I recognize these..... I hate 'em.
Yes, Vixmom.
But I bet I would like them filled with Fig, Nectarine-Peach and Chocolate-Hazelnut Cream.
Smiley
How weird! Instead of getting a smiley I got the word smiley!
Um... That's because you typed the word "Smiley". -At least that's how it looks like in the quote. ???
OHH!! I recognize these..... I hate 'em.
Well, there are some bad hamantaschen out there. Sometimes there's too much cookie. Sometimes the cookie part is just plain bad. Sometimes the fillings are too congealed. Etc., etc., etc... But when you get a good one... YUM!
*And there are also some made with yeasted dough. They're like mini-babkas.
The hamantaschen look great. The flans came out well. People were still talking about them today. I am going to have to try Tocino de Cielo (Heavenly Bacon) next. It's even richer. I would have made them Saturday, but the recipe called for 12 egg yolks and I just didn't have that many on hand.
OHH!! I recognize these..... I hate 'em.
Well, there are some bad hamantaschen out there. Sometimes there's too much cookie. Sometimes the cookie part is just plain bad. Sometimes the fillings are too congealed. Etc., etc., etc... But when you get a good one... YUM!
*And there are also some made with yeasted dough. They're like mini-babkas.
the ones I have had in the past were just too dry and they were always prune and I am not a prune fan
Where has Monkey been lately, Jose?
packing
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