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Well, you've read the notes, the notes used The Think System, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're using The Think System but it clearly isn't working.
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And the word of the day is: ACCINGE!
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Topic of the Day: probably the best high school performance that I have ever seen (and it certainly was one of the best overall theatrical experiences that I've had) was a high school production of Quilters about 10 years ago. I didn't know anything about the show, but it was just wonderful. The I knew the director and a couple of the girls from community shows that I'd been in and it all just came together to be one very special show.
That's all that I can think of right now. :)
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Did anyone know that if you click on the "Report to moderator" link at the bottom of each post, that it takes you to a page that says this:
Use this function to inform the moderators and administrators of an abusive or wrongly posted message.
Please note that your email address will be revealed to the moderators if you use this.
And then there's a box to add a message. However, if you click on the "Report to moderator" link at the bottom of your own post, you get this message:
An Error Has Occurred!
You can't report your own post to the moderator, that doesn't make sense!
I accidentally clicked on it and found that out. Who knew? ;D
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Well, I need to get to bed early (earlier than usual ::)) so that I can wake up early, so that I can get to work early, so that I can leave work early, so that I can be on time to the first rehearsal for Romeo & Juliet!
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***SAFE & EASY TRAVEL VIBES***
for DR JoseSPiano!!!!!!!!
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***FIRST REHEARSAL VIBES***
for DR George!!!!!!
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Morning all. It's the first post since 4:26:21AM!
I am ready for my meeting at the Ford Foundation.
Today I must enter a boatload of Program-Related Investments!!!
We also have an upgraded version of our database.
It will be a busy day.
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A friend saw Next to Normal over the weekend and loved it.
I don't see it until next week but I can wait.
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I must listen to my weekend BBC programs and Donald has a program with music from shows that played at the Booth. Will he have selections from Next to Normal? I'll have to listen and find out.
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No one is here.
Deb, I waved when the train went through Deer Park last night.
Post No. 10. That's all I can muster right now.
Gotta go and key those PRIs.
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Thank you all for the compliments on my new headshot. This afternoon or tomorrow afternoon it will go to my agency for their web directory. I could use a few days of film work or commericals this year. There must be some work available for a Martin Landau doing Bela Lugosi look-alike.
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TOD
Off the top of my head
1) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (Original production)
2) Elaine Stritch
3) Sunday In The Park With George
4) American Buffalo (Al Pacino Off-Broadway Production)
5) Lisbon Traviata (Nathan Lane Off-Broadway Revised Revival)
6) Sweeney Todd (Original Production)
7) Lena Horne: A Lady & Her Music
8) Sight Unseen (original off-broadway)
9) Lion King (LA Production)
10) Little Shop of Horrors
11) Torch Song Trilogy (Firestein & Gettys)
12) Noises Off
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DD Dixie Bell and I are off to her vet's office for her spring check-up and shots.
White Siberian Husky in a red Pontiac Sunfire is cruising the highway!
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Bon Voyage and travel vibes for Birthday Twin DR JOSE. I have enjoyed reading about your adventures in Charlotte - North Carolina, that is.
First rehearsal vibes for DR GEORGE.
My friend Marika lives in North Carolina, but I do not know if she is a member of that theatre, DR JOSE. Are these names listed in the donor section of your program:
Marika Blades & Brian Martin.
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DD Dixie Bell and I are off to her vet's office for her spring check-up and shots.
White Siberian Husky in a red Pontiac Sunfire is cruising the highway!
I like this image.
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TOD:
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm........
Certainly Faye Dunaway's performance in MASTER CLASS was one of the best evenings in theatre I have ever seen.
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Once it finally started!
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I just had a Big Nasty Biscuit at Hominy Grill. :)
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Catching up from Saturday and Sunday (Still have to read the notes and all the postings for sunday)
But to answer the question about if any watch the TV special that starred Jason Gould's mother
I didn't after I found out that it was only 1 hr. I thought it was going to be the whole evening to reduce the a 2hr plus concert to 40 minutes including credits and "El Diablo" that didn't leave much for Jason's mom.
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DR JRand - I've been in Charleston, South Carolina for the past seven weeks...
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Thanks for all the Travel Vibes!!!
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You ask a difficult question, BK.
There have been so many memorable stage productions that I've seen.
As a straight play, I would pick HUGHIE, not because I'm in love with the play, but because it gave me the opportunity to see Jason Robards perform O'Neill.
For essentially the same reason, my musical would be I DO! I DO!. How can one resist Mary Martin and Robert Preston?
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I got my "man cave" yesterday.
52" flat screen TV, surround sound & Blu-Ray player. All Samsung.
:)
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And now it's time to head to the rehearsal studio. I need to drop off some things, say some goodbye's, and then the stage manager is taking me to the airport. My flight doesn't leave until 11:00, so I'm sure I'll post a post or two from the airport.
Laters...
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DR JRand - I've been in Charleston, South Carolina for the past seven weeks...
Well then ignore my post. I don't know what I was thinking.
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And I am off to do some Maunday things.
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Monday morning greetings! I crashed pretty early last night and missed thanking DRs TCB, FJL, and JRand for their congrats to DH Richard. Also, complimenting DR TCB on the very distinguished portrait!
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ZACH USES THE THINK SYSTEM, TOO.
(http://www.stonecreekkitchen.com/TRAVEL/2006/Italy/Photos/DSC01414.jpg)
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TOD:
Hmmm...trying to decide between two shows, both Broadway musicals, both with the original casts:
PIPPIN -- because it opened my eyes to what is possible on stage through craft and ingenuity
A CHORUS LINE -- because it opened my eyes to what is possible on stage by simply revealing what's in one's heart.
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Good morning, all! I've been reading the new Vincente Minelli biography, and I stayed up too late reading it. I'm on the section involving the Broadway show HOORAY FOR WHAT? and the author of the new bio clearly missed Agnes deMille's great account of what a mess it was out of town.
I just dragged out my summer shorts and changed the socks in my sock drawer, so I'm ready for the next several months of clothes. I'm listening as well to the new CD release of "The Last Sweet Days Of Isaac," which I saw in 1971 with Austin Pendleton and Alice Playten and I'm having a real 1970s nostalgia blitz. I have a memory that Alice Playten sang "I Know That I'm Alive" on the Ruth Lyons show before I saw the production, but it could be a false memory.
I need to think about the TOD.
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! ! ! ! ! BELATED HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES TO DR JENNIFER ! ! ! ! !
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Last Night's THE AMAZIN' RACE:
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I hated it! I hated it! I hated it! After all that drama and yadda, yadda, yadda, it all turned out to be just a big tease. I'm already getting weary of all of the teams and now the season has just gotten longer. Hopefully, there's only two more episodes to sit though.
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Thanks DR Ben.
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Btw, DR Cillaliz what did you think of the ending of THE APPRENTICE last night.
I thought it was the funniest thing i've ever seen. I can't wait for next week.
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Thanks DR Dan the man.
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re: last night's THE AMAZING RACE
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I actually really liked last night's show. In a way i'm glad it will be continued. There were not enough
challenges for them to do. I mean come on sit there for a 10 minute massage (takes everyone same
amount of time). And swim. Took everyone nearly the same amount if they started and finished. So at the
end it would have basically come down to taxis. That said it was interesting what is happening between
the teams. I was a bit sad my favorite team (the red heads) did not get to finish first. I am liking them
more and more every week. They are very generous towards the other teams. And they keep working
hard. IT was interesting how they portrayed the other teams (none of them very well IMO). We have
victor and tammy who are now coming across as slightly spoiled (lawyers who travel the world). And they
have them making comments like how gross it is to touch other people's feet. Then we have them knowing
the language and clearly having an advantage. But then they also show them being mean, telling the
reps to put the other teams in the back. I thought that was so out of line. The other team asked if they
could be put as far to the front as possible. BUt not to penalize the other teams. Then we have the deaf
kid who keeps telling off the sisters. And to me he's coming across as rude. Then we have the sisters
who are having break downs at the pool. I get that the one sister was afraid of the water. But she was
doing fine at the diving/jumping. I don't get why she was screaming. She was able to doggie paddle to
the side. And why were victor and tammy having so much trouble doing that. I'm not saying it was
totally simple. but why didn't they count. "1, 2, 3 jump". At least if they counted it out they would have
had a much easier time. I am liking them less and less. So right now i'm really only the red heads who i like.
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Last evening, DR Jennifer said:
And yes DR Jrand, it was a good TAR tonight! I"ll be curious to see who people are rooting for now. There are some interesting dynamics and i could see some people disliking certain teams now.
Well, I guess I'm still pulling for Margie and Luke, but after last week's bitch-fest, it's more like they are my least disliked of the remaining teams. I don't like Kisha and Jen for their part of the bitch-fest and because I don't think they are Final Three worthy. I don't like Tammy and Victor because I find them smug and condescending. While I sort of like Jaime and Cara, I am really turned off by Jamie's ugly American attitude towards the people of the countries in which she is a guest. And while I had been a huge fan of Margie and Luke, I am not so much now since seeing how immature Luke is and how much of an enabler his mother is. At this point, I could stop watching and it would be no big loss for me.
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DR JRand - I've been in Charleston, South Carolina for the past seven weeks...
Which is a many, many hours drive from Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Good morning!
Another cool-enough-for-attic fan morning as I'm airing out the house so I can close it up later in preparation for our high in the upper 80s day. Argh! No relief until Thursday.
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On TV TOnight!™
NBC - CHUCK (season finale), HEROES (season finale), MEDIUM
CBS - comedies, CSI: MIAMI
ABC - DANCING WITH THE STARS, SURVIVING SUBURBIA, CASTLE
FOX - HOUSE, '24'
CW - GOSSIP GIRL, ONE TREE HILL
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I am really hoping those Fox Blu-rays get here today so I can have my work projects laid out for the week. If, for some reason, they don't arrive today, I must start with DEXTER - Season 2 on Blu-ray which comes out on May 5th.
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TOD:
unquestionably, without hesitation: FOLLIES
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TAR
SPOILER WARNING? SPOILER WARNING? SPOILER WARNING? SPOILER WARNING?
DR Jen, I have to agree with you about the lack of any real challenges last night. If fact, I feel that's been going on for a few weeks now. The fishing and calligraphy challenges last week really didn't require any skills and neither did the foot massage one of last night. The pool challenges were interesting to me but they were primarily physical challenges (Jen being the exception.) I miss the mental puzzle challenges they used to have on past seasons. But when you have a group like this where only one person knew who Chekov was, maybe that's for the best...
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And the word of the day is: ACCINGE!
And The Song Of The Day Is: WAR IS A SCIENCE
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DR MattH - we are also airing our house. Richard is swapping the storm windows for screens (yes, we have old-fashioned windows) and you can feel the house breathe as he goes.
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TOD:
unquestionably, without hesitation: FOLLIES
That's high on my list, too: never has any show used its title and the title's connotations so fully and accomplished so much
I have to add, as well,
THE FANTASTICKS (commedia dell'arte, presentational, non-realistic)
COMPANY (without this one there would have been no FOLLIES)
BIRDS OF PARADISE (Chekhov's THE SEA GULL but only if you know THE SEA GULL)
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC (the closest to a Chekhovian musical not based on Chekhov)
PROMENADE (Bernstein's CANDIDE moves to Ionesco territory)
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (take a bad movie, push the Faust references and make a masterpiece)
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (NY Shakespeare Festival, 1972) (the best production of Shakespeare's comedy I've ever seen)
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Greetings from the Charleston Airport!
About to board...
Laters...
*DR MattH - I'll wave as I fly over Charlotte.
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Travel vibes to DR Jose!
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Last night DR JRand said:
Nancy Carroll's charm escapes me....but these might not be her best movies.
I hope not! I found most of THE BROKEN LULLABY to be outrageously funny. The scene with the French soldier sitting with the dead German soldier's family while trying to tell them about his "murder" but having to lie instead had me roaring with laughter. I think Lubitsch used this same set-up in his later films to purposely induce laughter.
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And I add my vote to the "YES" column on DR TCB's new mugshot! Handsome and distinguished! It should definitely earn you a few rounds on the casting couch!
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~TRAVEL VIBES TO DR JOSE!!!!~~~~~~~~~~~
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TCB I like the new avatar!!
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Belated birthday wishes to DR Jennifer
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Yesterday was absolutely beautiful - warm and sunny.
We went to church, where the Vixter sand with her contemporary choir group and then Vixdad took me out to breakfast while the Vixter sang again at the second service
Eggs Benedict - I could not manage the English Muffins or the hashbrowns but those eggies and sauce were wonderful!
The we collected the Vixter and went home.
The Vixter set up my "anti-gravity" lounge chair inthe backyard. I started out reading but ended up dozing. I spent the whole afternoon out there and I have the sunburned arms to prove it
(I am not sure it will be a good idea to return to work after sick leave with a nice tan)
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Dixie Bell has a clean bill of health! And she's had her distemper and rabies shots. She is now fast asleep at my feet by the computer.
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I forgot! Dammit.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Super Mega Travel Vibes for Our DR Jose! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Late afternoon the Vixter had a softball game with her church youth group, followed by a regular youth grpoup meeting so Vixdad and I went out to dinner at a local cafe.
They have asandwich there that consists od grilled chicken on a freshed baked hero topped with portobello mushrooms and grilled red pepper in a balsalmic vinegar sauce served with sweet potato fries
I cannot manage the bread o the chicken theses days so they made up a dish for me of just the mushrooms and red pepper and fries
It was very nice!
The home again to have a telephonic chat with the inlaws in Canada and finally to fall asleep in the recliner while reading
What a lazy Sunday!
What a lazy me!
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DR Jose, of course you stayed longer than expected at the party. I expected you to anyway ;)
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Good News td!
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~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~IN FLIGHT VIBES FOR DR JOSE~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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Good News td!
And you, Miss Deb a/k/a DR Vixmom, it sure is nice to see your smiling face and read your wonderful accounts of your activities.
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Film work or commercials vibes DR TCB!! Extra vibes they aren’t physically challenging!
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DR Vixmom I'm sure your co-workers would be pleased to see you return with a tan. :)
Don't forget to use sunscreen next time, I wouldn't want you to get skin cancer now.
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I'm thinking about putting on my IPod and going outside to lay out on the roof.
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DR MattH - we are also airing our house. Richard is swapping the storm windows for screens (yes, we have old-fashioned windows) and you can feel the house breathe as he goes.
I love this time in the spring and fall when I can do this, but I WISH it didn't get so BLAME hot during the afternoons. Well, at least the mornings are very pleasant.
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Please wave, DR Jose, and maybe if you look hard enough, you'll be able to see what I'm watching for my work project. At this stage of the morning, even *I* don't know what it's going to be yet!
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I guess I need to head downstairs now and get ready for my lunch outing with best friend John.
WBBL.
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TOD: What is the single best stage show you’ve ever seen – whether play or musical or one-person show – the one you couldn’t ever forget – the one that took you places no other show has.
Since the request is for "single best" that we've seen, I have to say it's "A Chorus Line" for musical.
For one-person show, it's definitely Barbara Cook's "Mostly Sondheim".
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OTD: What is the single best stage show you’ve ever seen – whether play or musical or one-person show – the one you couldn’t ever forget – the one that took you places no other show has.
Since the request is for "single best" that we've seen, I have to say it's "A Chorus Line."
I know I'm in the minority on this one! While I enjoyed A CHORUS LINE, I was more moved by the story telling and images in GODSPELL! I never, ever understood the frenzy over the show.
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WITHOUT DOUBT------FOLLIES
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I'm with DtM, but probably because it was the first Broadway show I saw on Broadway (as opposed to a touring company)--PIPPIN. I had already fallen in love with the OCR, but, wow, when that scrim lit up with all the blacklit hands, I was bowled over, and continued to be for the next two hours. I saw the original cast, too. It was amazing. (I think I've mentioned John Rubinstein went on to a more illustrious role as my nephews' soccer coach in L.A.). ;)
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Not seeing FOLLIES was one of the biggest disappointments of my NYC travels when younger. It had closed by the first time I went back there. I did see ALNM *right* after it opened--one of my Uncles had to pull some strings to get me tickets, I remember quite clearly--because he bitched so loudly about it. ;)
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TOD - Cabaret original cast, because it was my first NYC show and because it was so unlike anything I'd seen before.
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I'm up and looking at a very overcast day. The LA weather simply will not make up its mind.
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TOD
1776 was my very first experience with a Broadway show. I was about 11 or 12 and signed up for the theatre trip at my local library.
When the day came I found that it was a trip for the blue haired ladies and I wa the only child (an unaccompanied at that - I suspect my parents assumed as I had that this was going to be similar to a "class trip")
I digress
I had a front row center mezzanine seat and I was SURE that Benjamin Franklin was talking directly to ME the entire show
This show hooked me on live theatre - I was part of several other of the library theatre trrips after that, although alas never again to Broadway. But I did see several shows at the Stratford Shakespeare festival in Stratford, CT
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No interesting e-mails - actually almost all of them spam.
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Well I guess I should start being productive
LATERS!!
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DR Vixmom did all those blue haired ladies take good care of you? ;)
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Actually no one knew who I belonged to and all assumed I belonged to someone else so I was left alone to wander as I pleased
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BK, I still mulling over the TOD. I've been very lucky to have seen a lot of magnificent theatre and to have to pick just one single show is well-night impossible.
http://poguespages.blogspot.com
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Good Morning. Sugar and I saw many birds, cats, dogs and trees so far. It's a lovely 61 degrees, so the heat hasn't made the pollen too annoying yet.
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Good morning, everyone.
Oh, I like the new headshots from both TCB and TD.
Jane, I'm glad your rash is clearing up. DF&H#2 is doing better, too.
Vibes to Danise for a satisfactory resolution--and soon.
Belated birthday wishes to Jennifer.
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More commercials and other work to TCB. I could use another commercial myself. ;)
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Continued get well and be healthy vibes to Vixmom.
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I spent much of yesterday looking at houses. I'm shopping for a neighborhood more than a house at this point. Despite the significant decline in housing prices, houses are still not cheap. I'm wondering how many body parts I'll need to sell to buy a house here.
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TOD:
In terms of which show had the most impact on me I guess it'd have to be ONCE UPON A MATTRESS. Bruce called me one day long, long ago and said, "You MUST see it." I went--it was the first musical I'd seen live--and fell in love with Bluth Bros and musical theatre.
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Gotta scoot. Errands and personal business to take care of.
TTFN.
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Thank you DR Jeanne, if only my arms would stop itching now. I'm glad DF & H#2 is improving.
The news is always stating how poor the California market is & we keep hearing from friends & family the "good" areas are still somewhat high. You have to be very fast to get a good deal. Best of luck & good vibes you find the perfect place at the perfect price.
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I gotta scoot also. Time to leave for my meeting at Ford. Oh, if only they would give a sweet, non-threatening "special interest" couple a grant to allow them to live the rest of their lives tax free so one could pursue his interest in theatre and the the other could travel to see the first one and then they could travel together when the first one is not pursing his interest in theatre ;)
But that is not what this meeting is about so that ain't gonna happen!
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Tonight we will watch the last episode from season 1 of Cheyenne. We are very sorry there aren't anymore seasons on DVD :(
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I found this article (http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090427/hl_time/08599189402900) on the possible swine flu epidemic & why WHO has not called it a pandemic, yet.
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Oh, I like the new headshots from both TCB and TD.
Aw, shucks. . .
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Tonight we will watch the last episode from season 1 of Cheyenne. We are very sorry there aren't anymore seasons on DVD :(
Did you watch LITTLE DORRIT?
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Here's the larger version:
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BK, I still mulling over the TOD. I've been very lucky to have seen a lot of magnificent theatre and to have to pick just one single show is well-night impossible.
http://poguespages.blogspot.com
Perhaps it needn't be the best show but the one that sparked something within you for the first time.
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Here's the larger version:
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Goodness...looking at your "plate wall", I'm thinking you'd better hope you don't have a sizable earthquake! :D
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Tonight we will watch the last episode from season 1 of Cheyenne. We are very sorry there aren't anymore seasons on DVD :(
Did you watch LITTLE DORRIT?
I saw in the Best Buy flyer that there is a LITTLE DORRIT on sale this week--I wonder if it's the Masterpiece Theatre version you've been watching, DR Elmore? If it is, I'll order it from Amazon based on your raves.
I have no idea why I didn't start watching this myself...
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I've been trying to think of a play that would fit the TOD and I keep coming back to FIFTH OF JULY. I enjoyed that one in every aspect. It's also one of those plays that I've always hoped to act in, but now I'm too old to play any of the characters except Sally (so I guess my dream is not completely out of reach.)
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Back from the long jog and must now have a long telephonic conversation with the author of the long musical to give the rest of my notes. And then I'll be telling him that I cannot look at changes or give more notes until after the Nudie Musical reading. I'll continue to work with the composer/lyricist for an hour or two every few weeks as they finish new material.
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Interesting flu article - lots of words in there like "potential" and "could be" and like that - still only twenty cases here and every single one of them involving people who'd visited Mexico. I'd be all for shutting down all travel to and from that country.
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I gotta scoot also. Time to leave for my meeting at Ford. Oh, if only they would give a sweet, non-threatening "special interest" couple a grant to allow them to live the rest of their lives tax free so one could pursue his interest in theatre and the the other could travel to see the first one and then they could travel together when the first one is not pursing his interest in theatre ;)
But that is not what this meeting is about so that ain't gonna happen!
You know and I know that you're kidding, DR Ben, but that's not too far from the kinds of questions I got frequently as a CC supervisor!
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Tonight we will watch the last episode from season 1 of Cheyenne. We are very sorry there aren't anymore seasons on DVD :(
Did you watch LITTLE DORRIT?
I saw in the Best Buy flyer that there is a LITTLE DORRIT on sale this week--I wonder if it's the Masterpiece Theatre version you've been watching, DR Elmore? If it is, I'll order it from Amazon based on your raves.
I have no idea why I didn't start watching this myself...
Yes, it is the Masterpiece Theatre production. It goes on sale tomorrow. I have to order it this week. After I order HOUSE OF FLOWERS.
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I've been trying to think of a play that would fit the TOD and I keep coming back to FIFTH OF JULY. I enjoyed that one in every aspect. It's also one of those plays that I've always hoped to act in, but now I'm too old to play any of the characters except Sally (so I guess my dream is not completely out of reach.)
You as my friend Helen Stenborg? It boggles my mind!
The idiocy on AS THE WORLD TURNS today is really hitting major highs as the repitition ONE MORE TIME! continues.
When Lucinda asked Holden why he wasn't relying on the police (on this show?) I thought I had gone to nirvana on the idiocy scale!
How these perverted demented twins gallop through the hospital with no security and offices with no police guards boggles my mind. In New York, after 9/11, you need a security pass to go anywhere in an office/hospital.
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***FIRST REHEARSAL VIBES***
for DR George!!!!!!
Thanks DAW and JRand for the vibes!
However, it turns out that there is no rehearsal tonight. ::) It all starts tomorrow. But, your vibes should still be good for then. :D
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I love TCB's new headshot and TD's new pictures!
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Addition to the Topic of the Day: "Robeson" with Avery Brooks. I saw this on a whim the one time I went to NYC in 1995. I was just walking around mid-town Manhattan and someone was standing in front of the theater with a ticket to sell, so I bought it for $40 cash (it was in the fourth row, center and that was the actual price, too). I didn't know what to expect, except that I liked Avery Brooks from "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine." IT WAS FANTASTIC! It was just Avery and his piano player telling and singing the life story of Paul Robeson. That was truely one of the best theatrical experiences of my life! ;D
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Good morning. I was naughty today; I left the house early and went birding for the first time in months. Then I ate food I shouldn't eat. It's been fun so far, but now I must get to work.
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Wow, nice new avatars!
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Had the telephonic conversation which was, in fact, fairly short, so that's good.
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Now I have forty whole minutes all to myself, and then I shall head over to rehearsal, after which I shall pick up tapes.
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I woke up to the sad news that one of my favorite Bollywood stars is no more. Feroz Khan, who started out in 1960s B movies and went on to become a major star in the 1970s died of cancer.
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Good Afternoon!
Greeting from Hamilton Heights!
I'm HOME!!!!!!
:) :) :)
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And after a brief "Did they lose my other bag scare?" at the airport... There were two planes that came in one right after the other. Some bags were put on the other planes "truck" which didn't arrive at the baggage claim terminal until a few minutes later after most of my flight's luggage had been put onto the carousel. They also seemed to randomly put some bags over in the "special handling" section where golf clubs, strollers, and ski equipment usually are. Even the Delta associate who was keeping watch over that section was wondering why so many "regular" bags were coming his way. But I digress...
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So, I head to the taxi stand at LGA, and get into cab. Less(!) than 20 minutes later I'm back in front of my apartment unloading my bags from the taxi. No traffic on the bridge, and my cab driver knew that there was some construction down on 125th Street today, so he cut up a few streets to avoid all of that mess. Needless to say, he got a great tip.
Then when I stepped into my apartment, I noticed that the four boxes I shipped up from Charleston on Saturday morning, were "waiting" for me in the living room.
And Rachmaninov's "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini" was playing on WQXR when I turned on the radio. I happened to tune in right before the famous - and gorgeous - 18th Variation (the one featured in "Somewhere In Time".
Now that's a great Welcome Home!!
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Welcome home DR Jose!
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I did do a little double-take when I walked in. Two of my roommates are in the process of moving out, and there's a subletter upstairs - who's not in right now.
I also had to set up our wireless network again, which I managed to successfully do after only one or two "trial" setups.
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Thanks again for the all the Travel Vibes!!!!
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Thanks again for the all the Travel Vibes!!!!
You're welcome! Glad to have you back with us.
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Welcome home, DR Jose.
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Thanks again for the all the Travel Vibes!!!!
You're welcome! Glad to have you back with us.
It's great to be back!
*And no tears when I left Charleston... And no tears when I looked out the window of the airplane and saw the New York Skyline for the first time in almost two months... Beautiful!
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I gotta scoot also. Time to leave for my meeting at Ford. Oh, if only they would give a sweet, non-threatening "special interest" couple a grant to allow them to live the rest of their lives tax free so one could pursue his interest in theatre and the the other could travel to see the first one and then they could travel together when the first one is not pursing his interest in theatre ;)
But that is not what this meeting is about so that ain't gonna happen!
Someday, DR Ben. Someday.
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DR Jose, please check to see if you have a good email address for Hugh Panaro. I haven't been able to send him any updates on McGlinn.
I heard today that the toxology report is in: no suicide. He died of cardiovascular disease, with one of his arteries being 90% blocked.
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Welcome home, DR Jose - give my regards to Broadway!
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As for the Topic of the Day...
The one show that came right to my mind was The Who's Tommy. Even though the second act flagged a little bit by design, everything else from the staged overture to the simply staged finale with the company singing directly at the audience was simply magic to me. One of the few shows that I saw more than once.
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DR td - Good to hear that DD Dixie Bell is all paws and pointed ears. -Whatever that means. ;)
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DR Jose, of course you stayed longer than expected at the party. I expected you to anyway ;)
:)
Of course, right now, I'm contemplating a nap. But since it's a nice afternoon here in NYC, I'm also thinking a trip to Central Park might be in order. -And I guess I could take a nap in Central Park... Hmm...
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And, of course, the big question of the afternoon is: Where and what do I want eat first? ;D
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Oh... And it does look like I'll be heading to Chicago for a "long weekend" visit this weekend. Details to follow...
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Please wave, DR Jose, and maybe if you look hard enough, you'll be able to see what I'm watching for my work project. At this stage of the morning, even *I* don't know what it's going to be yet!
DR MattH - I waved, but I couldn't see your TV. Ah, well. ;)
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~~~~~HAPPY HOUSE AND HOME HUNTING VIBES TO DR JEANNE~~~~~
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DR vixmom - There's nothing wrong with having a lazy Sunday - or a lazy Monday for that matter. You deserve it! (them!). :)
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Welcome home, Jose. Glad you had such a great trip.
Thanks, too, for the house-hunting vibes. I think I could afford a vacant lot. Maybe I could pitch a tent or buy one of the storage sheds they sell at Home Depot. I don't expect to do anything for a couple months yet.
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I took my new cell phone back to AT&T. They fixed the voice mail problem--wouldn't tell me if it was something I did or something that was wrong with the phone. Now I can pick up my voice mail. However, they weren't helpful about fixing the other problem. Sigh.
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And since we have been talking about the swine flu, here's an entry from the Biosurveillance blog:
Swine Flu in Mexico - Timeline of Events (http://biosurveillance.typepad.com/biosurveillance/2009/04/swine-flu-in-mexico-timeline-of-events.html)
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I took my new cell phone back to AT&T. They fixed the voice mail problem--wouldn't tell me if it was something I did or something that was wrong with the phone. Now I can pick up my voice mail. However, they weren't helpful about fixing the other problem. Sigh.
What's the other problem?
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Tonight we will watch the last episode from season 1 of Cheyenne. We are very sorry there aren't anymore seasons on DVD :(
Did you watch LITTLE DORRIT?
We will watch it tonight. :)
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Several calls have been cut off. I suspect I'm pressing some button my mistake, but don't know which one. I don't think I'm hitting the hang-up button (whatever they call it). One day I was reaching for the phone and pressed the volume control, which is on the side of the phone. Apparently if you press that while the phone is ringing it thinks you don't want the call. Oy! The phone not that big; you have to touch it to pick it up!
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I may not have the gene for cell phones. I've always preferred land lines.
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Here's the larger version:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/minx_the_dog/th_profile1.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v305/minx_the_dog/?action=view¤t=profile1.jpg)
This is a switch, it is easier to see your face in the avatar. :)
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Several calls have been cut off. I suspect I'm pressing some button my mistake, but don't know which one. I don't think I'm hitting the hang-up button (whatever they call it). One day I was reaching for the phone and pressed the volume control, which is on the side of the phone. Apparently if you press that while the phone is ringing it thinks you don't want the call. Oy! The phone not that big; you have to touch it to pick it up!
Is it possible that where you're staying you may be "between" towers, or in a fringe area of AT&T's network? Or do the dropped calls happen anywhere and everywhere? -Is there a "sensitivity" setting on the phone? ;)
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I think I need to eat some lunch.
WBBL.
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I wore shorts and a short sleeved shirt for lunch out today - summer clothes in April. There ought to be a law!
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OK - And I need to get off this couch and out into the SIT-TAY!
Laters....
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Please wave, DR Jose, and maybe if you look hard enough, you'll be able to see what I'm watching for my work project. At this stage of the morning, even *I* don't know what it's going to be yet!
DR MattH - I waved, but I couldn't see your TV. Ah, well. ;)
Well, if you had been able to see it, it wouldn't have been X-MEN or either of its sequels. More about that later!
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When I left for lunch, the mail hadn't come and neither had UPS, so I didn't know what I'd be working on this afternoon.
When I got back, the mail had come bringing me the IMAX film AMAZON on Blu-ray. And UPS arrived bringing me some new Criterion releases. But no X-MEN!
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Interesting flu article - lots of words in there like "potential" and "could be" and like that - still only twenty cases here and every single one of them involving people who'd visited Mexico. I'd be all for shutting down all travel to and from that country.
Especially through San Diego.
Check out this map (http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=106484775090296685271.0004681a37b713f6b5950&ll=47.100045,9.316406&spn=34.792294,79.101563&t=h&z=4) to see all the locations around the world. Pink is only suspect, purple is the confirmed cases. I don’t know if the site will update as new cases appear.
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So, I chose the Blu-ray of AMAZON to watch this afternoon. Very enjoyable 40-minute film, but the shots of nature in the region were just too brief. One longed for the intensity and depth of a PLANET EARTH episode.
The Blu-ray was, of course, spectacular, and unlike PLANET EARTH, the AMAZON disc had a DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround track which was mesmerizing.
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There were a few bonus features on the disc, too, so I watched and noted those. The disc was BD-Live enabled also, so I took the time to download the desktop for that website and poke around it. Basically just a sales site for others of their Blu-rays.
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Oh... And it does look like I'll be heading to Chicago for a "long weekend" visit this weekend. Details to follow...
If you eat someplace that would be perfect for a wedding with about 40 guests, please let me know.
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After that I watched/skimmed today's AS THE WORLD TURNS. It was SO stupid (as DR ELmore has already reported) that I just got really angry at the inanity of the characters and the writers who concoct them.
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Next, I watched last week's KROD MANDOON which was finally found in the correct time slot by my DVR. Silly but fairly funny episode this week. Some really good lines.
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To end the afternoon, for some reason I put in CASABLANCA and watched about 35 minutes of it. Hadn't watched it in awhile and I just wanted to see it again.
I still haven't upgraded to the HD version. The SD is certainly a gorgeous, pristine transfer.
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Goodness...looking at your "plate wall", I'm thinking you'd better hope you don't have a sizable earthquake! :D
Three more walls are covered with plates, THAT wall is the shortest ones! You can't hang plates on a window. :D
Gawd! I hope there's not an earthquake! We had a tremor ONCE, but it only threw thing off of the basement walls.
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I wore shorts and a short sleeved shirt for lunch out today - summer clothes in April. There ought to be a law!
I've been wearing shorts to work all month. . .both jobs. :D
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And since we have been talking about the swine flu, here's an entry from the Biosurveillance blog:
Swine Flu in Mexico - Timeline of Events (http://biosurveillance.typepad.com/biosurveillance/2009/04/swine-flu-in-mexico-timeline-of-events.html)
It seems to be rising in Manhattan, and we have a large illegal Mexican population, I suspect. I'm upping my vitamin dosage and thanking God I had a flu shot. I hope this doesn't do in my favorite Mexican restaurant, but i think I would be loathe to go to one at the present time, given the large number of Mexican employees.
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Sorry DR elmore, your flu shot won't protect you from the swine flu.
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Good Afternoon!
Greeting from Hamilton Heights!
I'm HOME!!!!!!
:) :) :)
Welcome home, Jose!!
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Has anyone seen Britain’s latest talent. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOeWz2k4tTI)
Don't judge her dancing, wait until she begins singing.
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Several calls have been cut off. I suspect I'm pressing some button my mistake, but don't know which one. I don't think I'm hitting the hang-up button (whatever they call it). One day I was reaching for the phone and pressed the volume control, which is on the side of the phone. Apparently if you press that while the phone is ringing it thinks you don't want the call. Oy! The phone not that big; you have to touch it to pick it up!
Is it possible that where you're staying you may be "between" towers, or in a fringe area of AT&T's network? Or do the dropped calls happen anywhere and everywhere? -Is there a "sensitivity" setting on the phone? ;)
Don't know about my location within the AT&T network. When I stayed here before I had a difficult time with cell connections, but I was on Virgin Mobile then. So far I haven't had those problems. But we are in a VERY hilly area. The dropped calls have always been from my guest room. I didn't know there was such a thing as a sensitivity setting. I'll look. Thx.
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I guess I'll hop off-line now and get to the writing part of my work project for the day. Then, I'll head down to finish CASABLANCA and possibly watch some shows from last night I haven't seen yet (THE TUDORS, L&O: CI).
WBBL.
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It seems to be rising in Manhattan, and we have a large illegal Mexican population.......i think I would be loathe to go to one at the present time, given the large number of Mexican employees.
Elmore, Did you really just write that??!!
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Progress report on the big furniture switcheroo here at our house:
Step 1: Clean out the china cabinet - CHECK!
I found a lot of stuff that hasn't been used (or dusted :P) since we moved the cabinet from one end of the dining room to the other. We figured that was when we rearranged to accommodate the piano from my mother-in-law's house, 10 years ago when she moved to the retirement community. A lot of that went into a box for the AAUW garage sale (after I dusted it...)
So, the cabinet is now empty, with our china and glassware stacked all over the living room and it will be moved back to its original place at the other end of the dining room. This is to make it easier to get some big pieces of furniture around the corner without breaking a lot of dishes.
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It seems to be rising in Manhattan, and we have a large illegal Mexican population.......i think I would be loathe to go to one at the present time, given the large number of Mexican employees.
Elmore, Did you really just write that??!!
Well, I wrote something similar before you edited out my meaning! I know I sound a bit pathetic like the folk in the early 1980s who were afraid Haitians carried AIDS, and I know that I could have worded it better, but in essence, I am a but concerned about going to a Mexican restaurant with a large Mexican staff, who may or may not be traveling to and from Mexico while the country appears to be the source of the this flu strain. I have enough worries in other restaurants about employees washing their hands!
And, yes, DR MBarnum, I do believe this city has a very large population of illegal Mexican immigrants. We've got 4 or 5 Mexican men who hang out for day jobs at the corner of 82nd and Broadway. Who do you think carried my piano out of the basement last year?
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I don't think that this has been mentioned yet, but:
Drama Desk Nominees Announced; 9 to 5 Garners Record-Breaking 15 Noms (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/128654.html)
Discuss.
;)
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I don't think that this has been mentioned yet, but:
Drama Desk Nominees Announced; 9 to 5 Garners Record-Breaking 15 Noms (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/128654.html)
Discuss.
;)
From what I've heard about the show, I suspect none of the nominators have seen it!
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We have a few illegal Latino immigrants here, too.
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I don't think that this has been mentioned yet, but:
Drama Desk Nominees Announced; 9 to 5 Garners Record-Breaking 15 Noms (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/128654.html)
Discuss.
;)
From what I've heard about the show, I suspect none of the nominators have seen it!
I was wondering.
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Sorry DR elmore, your flu shot won't protect you from the swine flu.
According to the news, it may make it leasier. I just heard it on Channel 2.
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It's funny how your expectations of a show can wildly influence your enjoyment of it. I once watched about the first 10 minutes of the movie version of "Thoroughly Modern Milly" on television and was thoroughly bored. So when we ended up with season tickets that included the musical at the Ahmanson, I wasn't expecting much and thoroughly loved it! It's probably one of the best musicals I've seen, but maybe I just feel that way because my expectations were so low.
Conversely, I had been playing the CD of "Wicked" in my car and singing along (badly) and knew all the words for so many months, and had the musical so built up in my mind, that when I finally saw it at the Pantages, I was actually disappointed. I mean it was very enjoyable, but it didn't exactly rock my world like the CD did.
By far, the best one-man play I ever saw was "Fully Committed" with Jason Graae. He was his usual incredible self. It was one of those shows that was so funny that my face hurt when I left the theater from smiling and laughing so much. I really wanted to see it again, but we saw it on the last night. If nothing else, even if you didn't like the show, you had to be in awe of someone that can memorize ALL the lines of a 90-minute show.
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By far, the best one-man play I ever saw was "Fully Committed" with Jason Graae. He was his usual incredible self. It was one of those shows that was so funny that my face hurt when I left the theater from smiling and laughing so much.
What she said.
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Time to sign off for dinner - lemon roasted chicken, wild rice, steamed broccoli.
Bye for now!
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I have thunk on the TOD all day long, and the one play that really got to me more then any other was BRAIN FROM PLANET X....I have to admit that it was a very magical night of theater for me and I am not just saying that because the creator runs this here website.
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We have a few illegal Latino immigrants here, too.
Sorry DR elmore, your flu shot won't protect you from the swine flu.
According to the news, it may make it leasier. I just heard it on Channel 2.
I hope that is true & it is updated info from the previous reports I have read.
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Two shows come to mind.
I saw an absof***inglutely amazing production of For Colored Girls... in Minneapolis at the Mixed Blood Theatre in 1979. From beginning to end I (and the audience) were swept away with the show. I clapped and yelled at the curtain call and the audience wouldn't let the cast off stage for maybe 10 minutes. It was one of the most amazing theatrical experiences I ever, ever had.
I also saw Johnny Got His Gun at Circle Rep in 1981. It was amazing in a different way. I was shell shocked and unable to move for about 5 minutes. As the Brits say, I was gobsmacked.
The Normal Heart (1985 at the Public Theatre) was painful and funny and astonishing. It came a few years after AIDS started and the Gay community was not sure from one day to the next what was happening. To see this cri de coeur at that time made it all even more real. It took me quite a while to get over that performance/production.
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And I add my vote to the "YES" column on DR TCB's new mugshot! Handsome and distinguished! It should definitely earn you a few rounds on the casting couch!
I should live so long!
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I'd be more than happy to cast you on my couch, DR TCB! ;)
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Thanks again to everyone for the compliments on the new photo. And thanks for the commerical / film work vibes.
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Oy! Sudden jobs. Like find a mover to cart things from the McGlinn apartment. Of course, the call came after business hours. The super of the building at 200 East 72nd Street, when McGlinn lived, has been difficult because he wants his palm oiled so he's been difficult about letting the movers use the service elevator and he so screwed up the works that the movers doing the job have no time this week to finish. So I got the request to find a mover who could finish the move between tomorrow and Thursday. I found a gay moving company called Divine Movers, spoke to the sales rep and I think we're set for Wednesday. I hope the super is hanged by his balls: the landlord of the building has been foaming at the mouth to get the McGlinnventory out of the building sicne February and they shpould know the super's been the problem.
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Sorry DR elmore, your flu shot won't protect you from the swine flu.
I had a swine flu shot in 1976 (courtesy of the U.S. Navy before the vaccine was withdrawn). If I have any associated antibodies still in my systeml, will any of them help me?
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Back from a rehearsal - better today, but still a ways to go. I was starving so I got a Subway foot-long Eyetalian sandwich and just gobbled the whole thing up.
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Sorry DR elmore, your flu shot won't protect you from the swine flu.
I had a swine flu shot in 1976 (courtesy of the U.S. Navy before the vaccine was withdrawn). If I have any associated antibodies still in my systeml, will any of them help me?
I was curious:
"In early 1976, the CDC detected the circulation of a flu virus, known as swine flu, which was similar to the Spanish flu virus that killed many people in 1918. The government, out of fear of a devastating flu epidemic like the one in 1918, began a mass swine flu vaccination campaign. However, in December of 1976 the campaign was stopped because of reports of Guillain-Barré syndrome or GBS (a rare disorder that causes weakness and oftentimes temporary paralysis, usually in the arms, legs or face) in some people who received the swine flu vaccine (Schonberger et al. 1979). The swine flu vaccination campaign did not continue and the swine flu vaccine is no longer used. A study that looked at the 1992-1993 and 1993-1994 flu vaccines found a possible very slight increase in the risk of GBS (Lasky et al. 1998). However, no flu vaccine has been associated with a similar increased risk of GBS as the swine flu vaccine."
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I wore shorts and a short sleeved shirt for lunch out today - summer clothes in April. There ought to be a law!
I've been wearing shorts to work all month. . .both jobs. :D
I'm at the laundromat and the guy next to me is wearing a skirt. Looks good on him.
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Thanks DR vixmom.
If i didn't say so i also like DR TCB's photo.
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Thanks DR Jeanne!
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RE: the TOD.
I know the show that first got me crazy about musicals. That was the tour of Kiss Of the Spiderwoman with chita Rivera. I know i had seen other shows before that. But seeing Chita Rivera on stage mesmerized me.
On Broadway one that i will never forget was the OBC of RENT.
For french musicals i was blown away by NOTRE DAME DE PARIS. I saw that a few times here.
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I think I will go watch DWTS now. I would probably watch Gossip Girl. But i don't get the CW. ANd the Canadian station that shows it does it air in Quebec. So i have the option of watching it online. Or waiting till saturday and watching it on MuchMusic (which i will do).
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House Of Flowers is now officially up for preorder at Kritzerland - you can see the art and hear some song samples.
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Today I went for a walk, and this is what I saw:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3MywlS2FPI
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Today I went for a walk, and this is what I saw:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3MywlS2FPI
:D :D
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Very sweet video, DR Laura!
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Today I went for a walk, and this is what I saw:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3MywlS2FPI
Nice!
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Well, I'm now leaving work to go to my parents' house and hook up their new digital converter boxes. They have three and all three need to be hooked up at the same time so that they can all be activated at the same time. Okay. It shouldn't take too long, so I should be home in time to watch the NBC line-up. I'm recording it, just in case. :)
Until later!
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I gotta tell you.
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Orders are coming in.
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Btw, DR Cillaliz what did you think of the ending of THE APPRENTICE last night.
I thought it was the funniest thing i've ever seen. I can't wait for next week.
I loved it. I will definitely tune in next week. I will say one thing...I do not want Annie to win.
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I thought about posting the clip of the cormorants, but they kept disappearing underwater. Hard to film something that keeps moving.
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Breaking News in the Phoenix newspaper online:
Bin Laden may or may not be dead.
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Last evening, DR Jennifer said:
And yes DR Jrand, it was a good TAR tonight! I"ll be curious to see who people are rooting for now. There are some interesting dynamics and i could see some people disliking certain teams now.
Well, I guess I'm still pulling for Margie and Luke, but after last week's bitch-fest, it's more like they are my least disliked of the remaining teams. I don't like Kisha and Jen for their part of the bitch-fest and because I don't think they are Final Three worthy. I don't like Tammy and Victor because I find them smug and condescending. While I sort of like Jaime and Cara, I am really turned off by Jamie's ugly American attitude towards the people of the countries in which she is a guest. And while I had been a huge fan of Margie and Luke, I am not so much now since seeing how immature Luke is and how much of an enabler his mother is. At this point, I could stop watching and it would be no big loss for me.
I feel this way, but a little less strongly than you DR Dan. If you want REAL entertainment, you should be watching Celebrity Apprentice...no wait, that's temper tantrums, acting immature and being smug and condescending....But it's a lot funnier....
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I'm falling asleep and it's not even 10 p.m.
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Since it's a slow news night, here's the latest version of "I'm Still Queer," which I believe was "inspired' by Jose saying he had a burger and beer, or some such thing.
(draft parody of "I'm Still Here")
Football and hockey
I've played them all and my dear
I'm still queer
Rooted for Rocky
Clutching a burger and beer
But I'm queer
I've let my eyebrows
Grow unchecked
Snoozed when the highbrows
Spoke of Brecht
Missed Lincoln Center’s “King Lear”
But I'm queer
Loved “Oh Calcutta”
I thought “Applause” was too long
But I’m queer
Dissed Ethel Shut-tah
I always said her name wrong
But I’m queer
I was a youthful loudmouthed punk
I got too truthful, called shows junk
When I said Fosse’s “Chicago” stunk friends would sneer
Found Chita much too sincere
But I’m queer
Won’t talk about Audrey or Katharine Hepburn
Please, no one ask me again
When you don’t love Audrey or Katharine Hepburn
No one believes you love men
Skipped Loudon’s “Sweeney”
Heard that score too many times
But I’m queer
Alessandrini
That guy used too many rhymes
But I’m queer
I thought the “Phantom” songs were great
Started to chant 'em on a date
He got irate that I can't relate to “Steel Pier”
I passed on Claudia Shear
But I’m queer
Loved Tarantino
His stage debut gave me thrills
But I’m queer
I need a Beano
When the kids praise Peter Mills
But I’m queer
When “Mamma Mia” gave me cramps
My friend Maria called me Gramps
Got shook up clear from my ear to my rear
I’d rather hear some Enya
But I’m queer
I cheered at both Andrew and Michael’s “Wild Parties”
How could they both have been panned?
When you loved both Andrew and Michael’s “Wild Parties”
Boyfriends just don’t understand
Dramas to rock shows
I must keep up ‘cause my dear
I’m still queer
Praise shows or knock shows
Sometimes I have to make clear
I’m still queer
Some folk prefer a gay cliche
I can’t defer, that’s not my way
I couldn’t bear “Over Here”
And I’m quee-eer
Lord knows, I loved “Martin Guerre”
And I’m queer
Look who’s queer
I’m still queer
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:) FJL
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Laura - Is "a clip of ducks" similar to "a flock of seagulls" or "a gaggle of geese?"
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Thanks, Laura.
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Something like that, yes.
Wasn't that simply fascinating? Aren't all my youtube videos fascinating?
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For those of us who don't get such sights in our day-to-day lives, they're quite a lovely thing.
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For those of us who don't get such sights in our day-to-day lives, they're quite a lovely thing.
LOL. You are such a nice guy, FJL.
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Perhaps I will amuse you all tomorrow with a video of a caterpillar eating a leaf.
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Really? Actually if you can get a video of a caterpiller eating a leaf, that would be pretty cool
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I love the ducks too
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LOL DR FJL.
DR GEORGE thanks for the nominations link.
Thanks to DR JANE for the talent clip and DR LAURA for taking us along on her walk.
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And now I shall eat some ham and watch television.
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Jrand - What's his name?
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:)
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ooh, missed that LOL - thanks, Jrand!
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JRand did you see this?
'Atlas Shrugged' author sees resurgence
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/books/04/27/ayn.rand.atlas.shrugged/index.html
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Good Evening!
I LOVE NEW YORK CITY!!!!
:)
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It really is sooooo nice to be Home!
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Last evening, DR Jennifer said:
And yes DR Jrand, it was a good TAR tonight! I"ll be curious to see who people are rooting for now. There are some interesting dynamics and i could see some people disliking certain teams now.
Well, I guess I'm still pulling for Margie and Luke, but after last week's bitch-fest, it's more like they are my least disliked of the remaining teams. I don't like Kisha and Jen for their part of the bitch-fest and because I don't think they are Final Three worthy. I don't like Tammy and Victor because I find them smug and condescending. While I sort of like Jaime and Cara, I am really turned off by Jamie's ugly American attitude towards the people of the countries in which she is a guest. And while I had been a huge fan of Margie and Luke, I am not so much now since seeing how immature Luke is and how much of an enabler his mother is. At this point, I could stop watching and it would be no big loss for me.
I feel this way, but a little less strongly than you DR Dan. If you want REAL entertainment, you should be watching Celebrity Apprentice...no wait, that's temper tantrums, acting immature and being smug and condescending....But it's a lot funnier....
I think it's funny that it seems like every week the promos are showing Joan Rivers spitting out "You are a despicable human being!" Has she really said that every week?
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What an interesting evening of viewing I've had.
I began by watching the next in my stack of Warner Archive movies: POSSESSED, the 1931 version with Joan Crawford and Clark Gable. I'm not sure I had ever seen this before. It's a typical rags to riches Crawford saga that she seemed to make over and over during those years of her career. Gable was still new enough in the business that he wasn't billed over the title yet. Both do very well with the soapy material.
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The transfer looked like it came from an old videotape master. It was cleaner than some of the older Archive DVDs I've gotten, but decidedly soft, and the sound was really rocky, full of hiss and crackle.
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DR FJL - I want to sing "I'm Still Queer"!!!
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After I finished that relatively short movie, I watched last night's episode of THE TUDORS. This was the episode that featured the birth of Edward and the death of Queen Jane. Looks like we're going to get to Anne of Cleves very quickly.
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Next, I started watching last night's LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT, but I only got about halfway through before I needed to begin tonight's primetime line-up I wanted to watch. I'll finish it tomorrow. Jeff GOldblum joined the cast in the episode.
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Something like that, yes.
Wasn't that simply fascinating? Aren't all my youtube videos fascinating?
They are Cugat!
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DR Laura, I love that you are now filming the wildlife as well as photographing it! What fun!
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CHUCK's season finale did indeed change the playing field if the show gets another season.
If his resignation from Buy More stays put, that will be the biggest asset the show could achieve. I wouldn't care if I never saw another one of those characters.
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Next came tonight's '24' episode. Another tense hour with some good scenes particularly between Sutherland and Voight and Sutherland and Garafalo.
And, of course, bringing Chloe back into the picture is ALWAYS a plus.
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And I completed my evening with tonight's MEDIUM. I LOVED the way they resolved Allison's dilemma. Great two-part episode.
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So... Here's the short list:
Central Park - Gorgeous afternoon!
East Village/St. Mark's Place - Dinner at Kenka, a Japanese place. There were portraits of classic Japanese movie stars along the wall, and old Pachinko machines. Fun atmosphere, a huge menu (both in size and offerings), and make-your-own cotton candy for dessert - they give you a small cup of the sugar to pour into the machine. I believe I will take DR MBarnum here the next time her visits NYC.
Union Square - A Toasted Marshmallow Milkshake at Stand (http://www.standburger.com)
And, most importantly, I experienced all of the above with some friends - old and new. *And since none of them had been to Stand before... After they had either the Toasted Marshmallow Shake or the Apple Pie Shake, well... "The Enabler" strikes again!
;)
*And the Apple Pie Shake is basically a piece of apple pie dumped into a blender with some ice cream and milk. Truly decadent and tasty.
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Oh... And it does look like I'll be heading to Chicago for a "long weekend" visit this weekend. Details to follow...
If you eat someplace that would be perfect for a wedding with about 40 guests, please let me know.
OK... I'm a little lost...
DR Jane - Where is the wedding? NYC or Chicago?
-Do you need an actual event space? Or are you only looking for a place to have the rehearsal dinner and/or reception?
In either case, I could scout for a place here in NYC you. And, as for Chicago, well, one of the friends I'm planning to visit this weekend is a VP with a local restaurant group...
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OH!
Have you seen today's Google (http://www.google.com) logo?
*I'm not sure if it will change at Midnight EST or PST. Or if it changes according to your time zone.
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OH!
Have you seen today's Google (http://www.google.com) logo?
*I'm not sure if it will change at Midnight EST or PST. Or if it changes according to your time zone.
Looked like morse code.
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OH!
Have you seen today's Google (http://www.google.com) logo?
*I'm not sure if it will change at Midnight EST or PST. Or if it changes according to your time zone.
Looked like morse code.
...In honor of the birthday of Samuel Morse. :)
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That's interesting to know. I had no idea!
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Well, I'm going to head downstairs now to bed.
Good night!
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Last evening, DR Jennifer said:
And yes DR Jrand, it was a good TAR tonight! I"ll be curious to see who people are rooting for now. There are some interesting dynamics and i could see some people disliking certain teams now.
Well, I guess I'm still pulling for Margie and Luke, but after last week's bitch-fest, it's more like they are my least disliked of the remaining teams. I don't like Kisha and Jen for their part of the bitch-fest and because I don't think they are Final Three worthy. I don't like Tammy and Victor because I find them smug and condescending. While I sort of like Jaime and Cara, I am really turned off by Jamie's ugly American attitude towards the people of the countries in which she is a guest. And while I had been a huge fan of Margie and Luke, I am not so much now since seeing how immature Luke is and how much of an enabler his mother is. At this point, I could stop watching and it would be no big loss for me.
I feel this way, but a little less strongly than you DR Dan. If you want REAL entertainment, you should be watching Celebrity Apprentice...no wait, that's temper tantrums, acting immature and being smug and condescending....But it's a lot funnier....
I think it's funny that it seems like every week the promos are showing Joan Rivers spitting out "You are a despicable human being!" Has she really said that every week?
After about week 2, I'd say yes. She's said a lot worse than that, but the person she is saying it to is being a manipulative bitch - and pretty much admitted as much Sunday night, so ...
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DR Jose, glad you're home....there's no place like home...
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I brought some work home, so I better get to it.....night
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Well, it seems like Ruth Reichl, the editor of "Gourmet" magazine, has been trying to get back into the restaurant-reviewing biz:
Ruth Goes Undercover (http://www.gourmet.com/food/video/2009/04/ruth_goes_undercover)
;D
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Commendations to FJL - a very difficult rhyming scheme done really well with no cheating.
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Finished the Lelouch film and am now listening to CDs.
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And printing orders.
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I suspect a lot of people won't open their eBlasts until morning.
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Well... After only getting four hours of sleep last night... And flying back to NYC earlier today... And then spending a few hours walking around town earlier tonight... Well... I'm sleepy.
Goodnight.
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Just a late good evening everyone.
My think system is not working today.
Must be Monday.
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For the topic of the day:
1984 LA summer Olympics, Royal Opera "Peter Grimes".
This would be the one that blew me away.
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Must now try and read today's post.
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See you Tuesday.
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One more: Hi George, congrats on Romeo & Juliet.
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Since it's a slow news night, here's the latest version of "I'm Still Queer," which I believe was "inspired' by Jose saying he had a burger and beer, or some such thing.
(draft parody of "I'm Still Here")
<SNIP>
Very funny!! ;D
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One more: Hi George, congrats on Romeo & Juliet.
Thanks Sam!
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For the topic of the day:
1984 LA summer Olympics, Royal Opera "Peter Grimes".
This would be the one that blew me away.
"Peter Grimes" reminds me of another for my list for the Topic of the Day...when I was going to Western Washington University, we would drive up to see the Vancouver Opera to see their final dress rehearsal for only $5 Canadian! The one year that I remember, we saw "La Boheme" (and got to see the second act twice!), a not very good production of "Don Giovanni" (the singers were good but the set was simple and very stupid), and probably the best opera production that I've ever seen: Benjamin Britten's "Turn of the Screw." It was incredible. The set was sparse but unlike "Don Giovanni," it was beautiful and very effective. The singers were fabulous. I was riveted the entire time. :D
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I suspect a lot of people won't open their eBlasts until morning.
I read mine! But I already ordered it. ;)