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Title: THE LONG WEEKEND
Post by: bk on May 25, 2012, 12:16:29 AM: Well, you've read the notes, the notes were the notes, and now it is time for you to post until the Memorial Day cows come home.
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Post by: bk on May 25, 2012, 12:18:23 AM: And the word of the day is: INGEMINATE!
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Post by: bk on May 25, 2012, 12:21:08 AM: And here are the two new Kritzerland releases. Release one -

Kritzerland is pleased to present a new world premiere limited edition soundtrack – two great scores on one great CD:

I MARRIED A MONSTER FROM OUTER SPACE
Music Composed by Victor Young, Franz Waxman, Hugo Friedhofer, Aaron Copland, Hans J. Salter, Roy Webb, Nathan Van Cleave, Daniel Amfitheatrof, Leith Stevens, and others

and

THE ATOMIC CITY
Music Composed and Conducted by Leith Stevens

Bill and Marge – happy as clams, in love and about to be married. He’s affectionate, a dog lover, thoughtful – the perfect man. Until… he’s not. It’s a girl’s worst nightmare – the loving man she just married is suddenly not the man she thought he was. Why is he suddenly no longer affectionate? Why is he not affectionate to the dog? Why is he not affectionate to anything? Stranger still, why are some of the other men in their town behaving the same way? If only she’d seen the poster for this film, she’d have known exactly what was going on – because there’s no mistaking it with a title like I Married a Monster from Outer Space. Made in 1958, I Married a Monster from Outer Space is not as lurid as its title would suggest. It’s actually a very well made, thoughtful, low-budget sci-fi film with an excellent script, which has gathered a loyal following over the years. Starring Tom Tryon and Gloria Talbott, the film is a textbook example of how to make a terrific little film on a terrifically low budget.

One of the most interesting aspects of the film is its wonderful score. The film carries no credit for music at all, despite having really effective music and quite a bit of it. The reason for the lack of a music credit is simple: In 1958 there was a musicians’ union strike. And so Hollywood studios had to go outside the United States and Canada to record music for their movies. In certain cases, especially in the case of the very low-budget I Married a Monster from Outer Space, they would re-record selections from existing scores that were owned by the studio’s publishing companies. Therefore, what we have is a score composed by Victor Young, Hugo Friedhofer, Aaron Copland, Franz Waxman, Leith Stevens, Daniel Amfitheatrof, Walter Scharf, Lyn Murray, Nathan Van Cleave, Roy Webb – well, you get the idea. The surprising thing is how well it all works and how seamlessly it all plays. Today, it would be called temp tracking, but back then it was born out of necessity and budget. It’s actually kind of a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence, where several of the greatest film composers of all time have music in the same film.

The music, housed in the Paramount vaults, was in mostly excellent condition. A little wow and flutter on a couple of tracks was the only problem and we’ve left it as is because the music is so good and the problems only last for a few seconds.

Our second feature is a tense little low-budget thriller from 1952 called The Atomic City, starring Gene Barry, Lydia Clarke and Nancy Gates. The basic plot is simple: Enemy agents kidnap the son of a nuclear physicist in Los Alamos, New Mexico; their ransom demand isn’t money, however – the bad guys want the physicist to turn over the formula for the H-bomb. Directed by Jerry Hopper, the screenplay was written by Sydney Boehm, a great writer who wrote several great films, including When Worlds Collide, The Big Heat, Union Station, Violent Saturday, The Tall Men, The Revolt of Mamie Stover, Shock Treatment and many others. His screenplay for The Atomic City was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Story and Screenplay – very unusual for a low budget programmer in 1952.

The superb music was composed by Leith Stevens. Stevens made his mark in the early 1950s, beginning with two sci-fi scores that became instant classics – Destination Moon and When Worlds Collide. After The Atomic City, he would go on to write great scores to some iconic films, including War of the Worlds and The Wild One. He worked in almost every genre, turning out scores for such films as the noir classic The Hitch-Hiker, Scared Stiff, Private Hell 36, World Without End, Julie, But Not for Me, The Interns, A New Kind of Love and many others, as well as for such classic television fare as The Twilight Zone, Have Gun – Will Travel, Gunsmoke, The Untouchables, Burke’s Law, The Time Tunnel, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Land of the Giants, and on and on. His music for The Atomic City is greatly responsible for the tense atmosphere and keeping the film an edge-of-the-seat thriller.

The music was thankfully preserved on a set of acetates in excellent condition. These were transferred as carefully and lovingly as possible, and we hope you’ll be pleased with the result.

I Married a Monster from Outer Space/The Atomic City is limited to 1000 copies only. The price is $19.98, plus shipping.

CD will ship the first week of July – however, never fear, preorders placed directly through Kritzerland usually ship one to five weeks earlier (we’ve been averaging four weeks early). To place an order, see the cover, or hear audio samples, just visit www.kritzerland.com.

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Post by: bk on May 25, 2012, 12:22:14 AM: Release number two:

Kritzerland is pleased to present a new world premiere limited edition soundtrack CD:

WHEN A STRANGER CALLS
Music Composed and Conducted by Dana Kaproff

“HAVE YOU CHECKED THE CHILDREN?”

With that repeated line of dialogue, audiences seeing When a Stranger Calls in 1979 were put on the edge of their seats in one of the most nail-bitingly suspenseful opening scenes ever put on film. Between that film and Alien, it was a 1979 double whammy of suspense and chills. Oh, it’s easy from today’s perspective to sit in judgment and say, “Oh, it’s not so scary,” much the same way that kids today seeing Psycho don’t think that’s scary. Why? Because these films have been ripped off so many times, and the envelope they were pushing has now been pushed so much further, that the classic chillers of old look positively quaint today. The fact that most new movies look and sound exactly the same makes movies like When a Stranger Calls even more unique – a truly low-budget film ($700,000) that came out of nowhere and went on to be an audience and box-office sensation (grossing over $21 million when that actually meant something). And quaint it wasn’t in 1979.

When a Stranger Calls is sometimes called one of the first slasher films – only it’s not a slasher film at all and there were certainly many that came before – in fact, if you want to talk slashing, Psycho would probably be at the top of the list. When a Stranger Calls has no slashing – what it has is pure suspense – there is literally no gore, just some blood in a flashback, but you never see any violence committed. Gore is easy – suspense, pure suspense, is hard.

When a Stranger Calls began life as a short film called The Sitter, directed by Fred Walton. The Sitter was basically the first act of When a Stranger Calls. After the success of the 1978 John Carpenter film, Halloween, it was decided to expand the short film into a feature, starring Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Coleen Dewhurst, Rachel Roberts, and Tony Beckley. The film was instantly influential and many low-budget copycat films happened for quite some time thereafter, including the same director’s sequel, this one for TV, When a Stranger Calls Again. It was also remade in 2006, but the remake stretches out the original’s opening twenty minutes to feature length – and guess what? It doesn’t work.

When a Stranger Calls was Dana Kaproff’s second film score – his first was for Bert I. Gordon’s Empire of the Ants (released by Kritzerland) – and Kaproff deserves a good deal of the credit for the film’s suspense level. It is simply unthinkable to imagine this film without his score because his score is as much a leading player as any of its cast. It’s relentlessly suspenseful music – there are no pretty themes to lull you and give you security – just dread, pure dread, and then almost psychotic music for those moments when things, well, get out of hand. The score is written for strings, prepared piano, and percussion. It is a superb genre score and a classic.

This is the world premiere release of the soundtrack to When a Stranger Calls. The film, of course, was mono, as is this recording, taken from the original session tapes. We present every note of music Kaproff wrote, in film order, as that’s the way it plays best – like a symphony of dread and terror.

When a Stranger Calls is limited to 1000 copies only. The price is $19.98, plus shipping.

CD will ship the first week of July – however, never fear, preorders placed directly through Kritzerland usually ship one to five weeks earlier (we’ve been averaging four weeks early). To place an order, see the cover, or hear audio samples, just visit www.kritzerland.com.

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Post by: bk on May 25, 2012, 12:24:04 AM: Both titles will be live on the site at six in the morning CA time. If you want them before that they're 19.98 each, and 3.75 covers shipping for both - paid via paypal to kritzerland at adelphia dot net.
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Post by: Ben on May 25, 2012, 03:45:11 AM: Morning all.

That is all.
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Post by: Michael on May 25, 2012, 04:44:17 AM: good morning to all
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Post by: Michael on May 25, 2012, 04:45:00 AM: taking the long weekend off. Friends are flying and driving down for this holiday weekend.
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Post by: John G. on May 25, 2012, 04:48:06 AM: Good morning, all.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 25, 2012, 04:51:40 AM: CD's ordered!

It seems to me that I MARRIED A MONSTER FROM OUTER SPACE reuses a basic house set from THE PARTY CRASHERS which producer William Alland also made for Paramount in 1958.
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Post by: John G. on May 25, 2012, 04:52:31 AM: Thanks, MBarnum, for the tip on "American East." Will look for it. Sounds good.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 25, 2012, 04:53:19 AM: Early travel vibes for DR FJL who is headed to the left coast.....

And D.C. vibes for DR GINNY and RICHARD.

From somewhere I hear that DR JOSE's director has moved the setting of THE MUSIC MAN to the 1930's.....but I may have dreamed that.....if I didn't - I am reticent...oh yes....I am reticent.
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Post by: Ben on May 25, 2012, 05:01:00 AM: Larry mentioned it here earlier in the week.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 25, 2012, 05:04:42 AM: Good morning, all! I ended up watching the season finale of BONES last night so I didn't get to bed until 10, but I had a tough time getting to sleep, some time after 11:30, so I slept in this morning.

Today's agenda includes a trip to City Center to pick up orchestra parts from Joshie, who is heading out for a long weekend with friends. I will tote everything down to Toyland, where I will spend most of my weekend, taping these orchestra parts together. In whatever free moments I have, I must continue reading Samuel Lover's novel Rory O'More and rereading the libretto for EILEEN, both of which need completion by next weekend.

I hope I can get some time ro watch a few of the accumulating DVDs; too many Netflix items sit here.

BK, the Backstage article sounds interesting. I look forward to reading it.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Good Weekend Vibes to all! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Post by: Michael on May 25, 2012, 05:05:51 AM: TOD

Listening to my academy award collection of songs. Doing some slight edits at the start and finish of the ones taken from the soundtracks.

Spent several hours doing research last night (even finding a soundtrack recording) of the Otto Preminger film: "The Moon Is Blue" without finding out who sang the title song on the soundtrack. I have a 60's recording by Alma Cogan, but want to know who sang it in the film.

Does anyone know who sang it?
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 25, 2012, 05:10:12 AM: Here are some photos, including Marian wearing slacks!
http://www.arenastage.org/shows-tickets/the-season/productions/the-music-man/media/
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 25, 2012, 05:23:38 AM: Quote from: Ben on May 25, 2012, 05:01:00 AM
Larry mentioned it here earlier in the week.

I was hoping it was a dream....thanks for reminding me DR BEN.....and DR ELMORE...I wish I could say thanks for the photos....but....well.....

Now I am not just reticent....I am appalled
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 25, 2012, 05:29:14 AM: Off to work. It's Friday. Oh well.

Oh

TOD:

DVD - The Day the Earth Stood Still
CD - Ravel.....listening to Berceuse sur le nom de........
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 25, 2012, 05:39:45 AM: I am listening to Charlotte Rae's "Songs I Taught My Mother."
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Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on May 25, 2012, 05:51:26 AM: Quote from: bk on May 25, 2012, 12:18:23 AM
And the word of the day is: INGEMINATE!

And The Song Of The Day Is: OVER AND OVER AGAIN
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 25, 2012, 06:17:31 AM: Here's the review in the Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/arena-stages-music-man-is-iowa-stubborn-and-washington-smooth/2012/05/24/gJQAACnOoU_story.html
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Post by: bk on May 25, 2012, 06:35:29 AM: I'm up, I've announced, I'm going back to bed.
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Post by: John G. on May 25, 2012, 06:42:03 AM: Quote from: elmore3003 on May 25, 2012, 06:17:31 AM
Here's the review in the Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/arena-stages-music-man-is-iowa-stubborn-and-washington-smooth/2012/05/24/gJQAACnOoU_story.html
Thanks for sharing that. I'm glad the one comment so far has to do with the orchestra, which the reviewer fails to mention.
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Post by: John G. on May 25, 2012, 06:42:43 AM: TOD:

Italian lessons, "Company" recordings, the same old.

At least I have symphony tickets for Saturday night to break up the routine.
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Post by: ChasSmith on May 25, 2012, 06:45:44 AM: Good morning, world. Wow, those CDs! Ordering in a moment.

The two movies I'd found utilizing music of several composers: "The Black Castle" (1952, with Karloff) and "Cave of Outlaws" (1951, William Castle!) -- both Universal. Haven't seen the latter, but I'm told it's a hoot. And I like hoots.

DVD: "Attack of the Puppet People" -- watched last night, thanks to y'all getting me going on Bert I. Gordon -- man, these films are lovable. More tonight.

CD: One more Proust disc, then I resume the actual reading of the books for probably an hour a day.
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Post by: Kerry on May 25, 2012, 06:51:33 AM: I am very glad it's Friday. In fact, I thank God it's Friday!
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Post by: Doug R on May 25, 2012, 07:04:58 AM: TOD:

DVD - "World on a Wire" - I thought I'd try another Fassbinder film but I'm afraid I didn't care for this TV film at all. Not helped by the softish picture quality due to being filmed on 16mm.
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Post by: Doug R on May 25, 2012, 07:12:31 AM: I'm pleased to see that one of the episodes from the Russian TV series of Sherlock Holmes; The Hound of the Baskervilles starring Vasili Livanov has just been released in the UK (also on Amazon.com). I bought a DVD when I was last in Moscow which contained several episodes, although didn't have English sub-titles (not surprisingly!). The series is very well made and authentic looking.
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Post by: Ginny on May 25, 2012, 07:18:38 AM: Friday morning greetings from Thomas Circle! We are easing into the day and will head out shortly to the National Museum of the American Indian. We'll spend the afternoon there before making our way to River City.
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Post by: Druxy on May 25, 2012, 07:19:13 AM: TOD:

At Big Lots yesterday, I picked up a copy of THE CRUCIFER OF BLOOD w/Charlton Heston as Sherlock Holmes, so I'll be watching that over the weekend.
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Post by: Druxy on May 25, 2012, 07:23:31 AM: With my Basil Rathbone book once again in print, I'm getting back into a Sherlock Holmes mode.

Wednesday night, we watched Rathbone's THE PEARL OF DEATH.

I'm booked to speak at the Baker Street Pub here in Austin on June 19th, and to the local Sherlock Holmes Society in November.

Last night, I watched an Improv group do a Sherlock Holmes sketch at Austin's H.I.D.E.O.U.T. Theater, which was very funny.
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Post by: Ginny on May 25, 2012, 07:45:59 AM: Just bought tickets for Sunday evening's performance of THE TAMING OF THE SHREW at the Folger Shakespeare Library!
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 25, 2012, 08:02:35 AM: Quote from: John G. on May 25, 2012, 06:42:43 AM
TOD:

Italian lessons, "Company" recordings, the same old.

At least I have symphony tickets for Saturday night to break up the routine.

The best "Italian Lesson" is Ruth Draper's!
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 25, 2012, 08:05:14 AM: And greetings from Toyland! Suggesting I purchase a large piece of rolling luggage to tote orchestra parts about was one of Joshie's best ideas for mne. I picked up the printed material and found a cab right outside the City Center offices. So, I'll be here for a bit organizing everything.
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Post by: Doug R on May 25, 2012, 08:06:04 AM: Too hot to eat a lot. I went out and had a tasty cheese and mushroom toastie and cappuccino for lunch.
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Post by: John G. on May 25, 2012, 08:31:14 AM: Quote from: elmore3003 on May 25, 2012, 08:02:35 AM
Quote from: John G. on May 25, 2012, 06:42:43 AM
TOD:

Italian lessons, "Company" recordings, the same old.

At least I have symphony tickets for Saturday night to break up the routine.

The best "Italian Lesson" is Ruth Draper's!
I love that. I wish that was what I was listening to.
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Post by: JMK on May 25, 2012, 08:40:12 AM: TOD:

CDs: Lots of stuff, including the second Doc/Hank collaboration, some Hugo Montenegro, The Alfred Deller Consort and Mediaeval Babes. Yes, I'm eclectic.

BDs/DVDs: Lots of stuff, including the new Olive Paramount westerns that I'm reviewing. Watched the first episode of WALLANDER last night and Betsy and I are also watching an old BBC series called THE AGATHA CHRISTIE HOUR, which dramatizes some of her non-mystery short stories. etc. Right before I went to bed last night I started streaming a great doc on the National Film Registry through Netflix. Got about 30 minutes in.
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Post by: ChasSmith on May 25, 2012, 09:12:14 AM: Awfully quiet in here.
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Post by: John G. on May 25, 2012, 09:13:51 AM: Yesterday, there was a problem accessing this website. Today, my yahoo email account is acting up. Is this a wave?
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Post by: ChasSmith on May 25, 2012, 09:22:14 AM: And...it's another Benadryl day.
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Post by: JMK on May 25, 2012, 09:27:39 AM: Quote from: John G. on May 25, 2012, 09:13:51 AM
Yesterday, there was a problem accessing this website. Today, my yahoo email account is acting up. Is this a wave?

Yes. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ReWM0zHIow)
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Post by: Ginny on May 25, 2012, 09:57:29 AM: We have just finished a FAB-ulous lunch at the Mitsitam Native Foods Cafe here at the NMAI. Relaxing with a waterfall view before taking the highlights tour at 1:30.
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Post by: John G. on May 25, 2012, 10:02:42 AM: Quote from: ChasSmith on May 25, 2012, 09:22:14 AM
And...it's another Benadryl day.
Ugh. Breathe more freely vibes.

What are you allergic to?

My list includes, but is not limited to: grass, oaks, ragweed, pigweed, mold and cats. So, Mother Nature doesn't like me.
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Post by: John G. on May 25, 2012, 10:03:23 AM: Quote from: JMK on May 25, 2012, 09:27:39 AM
Quote from: John G. on May 25, 2012, 09:13:51 AM
Yesterday, there was a problem accessing this website. Today, my yahoo email account is acting up. Is this a wave?

Yes. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ReWM0zHIow)
Thanks.

I can always use a midday Sergio break.
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Post by: Jane on May 25, 2012, 10:03:39 AM: DR Jeanne I've read "In The Woods" and then "The Likeness" by Tana French. I guess I didn't feel the need to read anymore of her books though I wouldn't say no to them. Which one did you buy?
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Post by: Jane on May 25, 2012, 10:04:07 AM: DR Ginny I would have be very hungry to eat that microwave popcorn.
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Post by: John G. on May 25, 2012, 10:05:48 AM: Roger Ebert is also raving about Wallender:

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120523/REVIEWS/120529987
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Post by: Jane on May 25, 2012, 10:05:54 AM: DR MBarnum I really like the birthday card you gave DR Jeanne. :)
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Post by: Jane on May 25, 2012, 10:07:51 AM: From DR George:
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As for the actual performance, Rus (the guy whose mic crapped out) actually can project quite well, so that all worked out. The theater is fairly small and it really wasn't a problem for him.

This is a relief to hear.
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Post by: Jane on May 25, 2012, 10:18:21 AM: Last night we watched "It Came from Beneath the Sea". I laughed a lot. I'm a bit stunned with the relationship of the heroine with the two hero's of the movie.
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Post by: bk on May 25, 2012, 10:34:19 AM: I slept another three hours. Must now print and then meet dear reader Jeanne for lunch.
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Post by: Jane on May 25, 2012, 10:48:42 AM: It is either feast or famine with my eBook library. Just because I want to read a paperback on the flight to Chicago I currently have 1,076 pages of library books to read and I'm expecting another book to be available before we leave. I hope I'm wrong. This doesn't include "Issac's Storm" by Eric Larsen I got bored with after 38 pages. I figured I would return to it after I finished another book first. As the books accumulate I suspect it will be due before I can finish it.
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Post by: George on May 25, 2012, 10:55:52 AM: Quote from: bk on May 25, 2012, 12:24:04 AM
Both titles will be live on the site at six in the morning CA time. If you want them before that they're 19.98 each, and 3.75 covers shipping for both - paid via paypal to kritzerland at adelphia dot net.

Both CDs have been orderd!
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Post by: George on May 25, 2012, 10:56:18 AM: Quote from: Ben on May 25, 2012, 03:45:11 AM
Morning all.

That is all.

Ditto.

And ditto.

:)
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Post by: George on May 25, 2012, 11:15:16 AM: Quote from: Jane on May 25, 2012, 10:07:51 AM
From DR George:
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As for the actual performance, Rus (the guy whose mic crapped out) actually can project quite well, so that all worked out. The theater is fairly small and it really wasn't a problem for him.

This is a relief to hear.

Yup...it's interesting. I know they want to use mics to gently support the performers, but I've performed in many shows in that theater and never used a microphone. Not that I personally could project the most, but it's seems that it's only recently that theater groups feel the need to use mics in such a small place. Rus and his wife Kim (who's in the show, too) can both project quite well. I'm sure that if the director and/or theater group had made the decision, the show could've been done without mics at all...and no one would've had any trouble. They would've had the month and a half or so of rehearsal time to practice projecting.

It seems like it's either a totally new or a completely abandoned concept. :-\
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Post by: JMK on May 25, 2012, 11:34:52 AM: It has turned into an incredibly lovely day here. I just took a long walk around the neighborhood. Not too hot, not too cold, just right. :)
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Post by: JMK on May 25, 2012, 11:49:33 AM: FedEx, USPS and UPS all just arrived in tandem and I am awash with "product". Oy.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 25, 2012, 12:26:14 PM: Time to head home. I'll come in tomorrow and Sunday mornings and stay the whole day.
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Post by: Druxy on May 25, 2012, 12:59:21 PM: I just received a nice 3 DVD box set for review:

JEKYLL & HYDE:The Musical
PUTTING IT TOGETHER
SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE

I will add them to my list of weekend watching.

I saw JEKYLL & HYDE on stage at the Pantages, but have never seen the other two.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 25, 2012, 01:13:34 PM: TOD:

CD: Lady in A Cage, Rosemary's Baby and Mommie Dearest; Porgy and Bess (New Broadway Cast)

DVD: The Woman in Black (Blu-ray)
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 25, 2012, 01:13:45 PM: Page 3
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Post by: Ginny on May 25, 2012, 02:00:50 PM: We are back at our hotel for a little R & R after a delightful afternoon at the National Museum of the American Indian. Here's the luncheon platter that Richard and I shared:

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Post by: Ginny on May 25, 2012, 02:03:42 PM: The items in the center were hot. Top to bottom: salmon, sweet potato hash, buffalo. The cold items on either side were (L) beet & apple salad and (R) wild rice salad.
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Post by: Ginny on May 25, 2012, 02:05:18 PM: And here's the lovely view from our lunch table:

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Post by: Ginny on May 25, 2012, 02:07:00 PM: And while we were sitting there, a wedding took place outside our window:

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Post by: Jennifer on May 25, 2012, 02:47:41 PM: Quote from: Jane on May 25, 2012, 10:48:42 AM
It is either feast or famine with my eBook library. Just because I want to read a paperback on the flight to Chicago I currently have 1,076 pages of library books to read and I'm expecting another book to be available before we leave. I hope I'm wrong. This doesn't include "Issac's Storm" by Eric Larsen I got bored with after 38 pages. I figured I would return to it after I finished another book first. As the books accumulate I suspect it will be due before I can finish it.

I would think that ebooks would be perfect for the plane. Why carry real books?

Can you put your place on hold for ebooks (like you can for regular books)? Also is there such a long wait? Couldn't you just put yourself at the end of the line?
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Post by: Jeanne on May 25, 2012, 03:01:26 PM: Hello, everyone.

Back from a fun lunch with BK. Am now doing laundry. (What else?)
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Post by: Jeanne on May 25, 2012, 03:03:02 PM: Media check:

DVD: SINGLE-HANDED

CD: THE GOOD OLD BAD OLD DAYS
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Post by: Jeanne on May 25, 2012, 03:04:33 PM: Thank you, MBarnum, for the birthday wishes last night. I am completely at a loss, though, to know how you found the picture of me from high school. ;) Very cute.
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Post by: Jeanne on May 25, 2012, 03:07:36 PM: Quote from: Druxy on May 25, 2012, 07:23:31 AM
With my Basil Rathbone book once again in print, I'm getting back into a Sherlock Holmes mode.

Wednesday night, we watched Rathbone's THE PEARL OF DEATH.

I'm booked to speak at the Baker Street Pub here in Austin on June 19th, and to the local Sherlock Holmes Society in November.

Last night, I watched an Improv group do a Sherlock Holmes sketch at Austin's H.I.D.E.O.U.T. Theater, which was very funny.

How fun.
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Post by: Jeanne on May 25, 2012, 03:10:38 PM: Quote from: Jane on May 25, 2012, 10:03:39 AM
DR Jeanne I've read "In The Woods" and then "The Likeness" by Tana French. I guess I didn't feel the need to read anymore of her books though I wouldn't say no to them. Which one did you buy?

"In the Woods."
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Post by: Jane on May 25, 2012, 03:11:59 PM: Quote from: JMK on May 25, 2012, 11:34:52 AM
It has turned into an incredibly lovely day here. I just took a long walk around the neighborhood. Not too hot, not too cold, just right. :)

Cold & dreary here with more snow on the mountains. At least the rain stopped by the time I was done swimming.
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Post by: Jane on May 25, 2012, 03:12:38 PM: Quote from: Jeanne on May 25, 2012, 03:10:38 PM
Quote from: Jane on May 25, 2012, 10:03:39 AM
DR Jeanne I've read "In The Woods" and then "The Likeness" by Tana French. I guess I didn't feel the need to read anymore of her books though I wouldn't say no to them. Which one did you buy?

"In the Woods."

Good place to start. Let me know if you like it.
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Post by: Jeanne on May 25, 2012, 03:12:43 PM: Quote from: Jane on May 25, 2012, 10:05:54 AM
DR MBarnum I really like the birthday card you gave DR Jeanne. :)

So do I.
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Post by: Jane on May 25, 2012, 03:14:43 PM: DR Ginny I like your view during lunch. :)
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Post by: Jeanne on May 25, 2012, 03:15:06 PM: Quote from: JMK on May 25, 2012, 11:34:52 AM
It has turned into an incredibly lovely day here. I just took a long walk around the neighborhood. Not too hot, not too cold, just right. :)

Are you traveling?
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Post by: bk on May 25, 2012, 03:19:14 PM: Jeanne and I did indeed have a lovelier than lovely lunch, then I came back and went to the mail place and picked up one package and an important envelope, did some banking, and am now home for the rest of the day and evening.
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Post by: Jeanne on May 25, 2012, 03:19:46 PM: I've never been to the American Indian Museum in DC, but I did go to one in British Columbia, which I enjoyed very much. That was Inuit and such, not American Indian. Very interesting art.
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Post by: Jeanne on May 25, 2012, 03:20:17 PM: Must attend to the laundry.
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Post by: Jane on May 25, 2012, 03:35:13 PM: Quote from: Jennifer on May 25, 2012, 02:47:41 PM
Quote from: Jane on May 25, 2012, 10:48:42 AM
It is either feast or famine with my eBook library. Just because I want to read a paperback on the flight to Chicago I currently have 1,076 pages of library books to read and I'm expecting another book to be available before we leave. I hope I'm wrong. This doesn't include "Issac's Storm" by Eric Larsen I got bored with after 38 pages. I figured I would return to it after I finished another book first. As the books accumulate I suspect it will be due before I can finish it.

I would think that ebooks would be perfect for the plane. Why carry real books?

Can you put your place on hold for ebooks (like you can for regular books)? Also is there such a long wait? Couldn't you just put yourself at the end of the line?

I have a few paperbacks to be read and figure it is easier to read them on a plane than at home at night with a flashlight. Plus there are my preferred reading when I fly to distract me from the motion. I'll take one anyway in case I use up my Nook battery or it crashes.

I can't put on hold on my eBook holds like I can with the regular library books. For our last trip I did put myself to the back of the line on a few books, thing is the next book up is Lisa Gardner's "The Survivors Club" which I do consider a good flying book. If it comes in before I leave I'll check it out. It has a short wait list so I can easily start over, or have Craig download it to my computer if it is available while I'm gone.

Some books takes months to become available & I find it very frustrating not to have the ability to put a temporary wait on them if I'm traveling.
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Post by: KevinH on May 25, 2012, 03:41:21 PM: Isn't it typical? I live in the DC area and have never been to the Museum of the American Indian. I'll have to make it a point to visit!
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Post by: TCB on May 25, 2012, 04:17:25 PM: Quote from: George on May 25, 2012, 11:15:16 AM
Quote from: Jane on May 25, 2012, 10:07:51 AM
From DR George:
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As for the actual performance, Rus (the guy whose mic crapped out) actually can project quite well, so that all worked out. The theater is fairly small and it really wasn't a problem for him.

This is a relief to hear.

Yup...it's interesting. I know they want to use mics to gently support the performers, but I've performed in many shows in that theater and never used a microphone. Not that I personally could project the most, but it's seems that it's only recently that theater groups feel the need to use mics in such a small place. Rus and his wife Kim (who's in the show, too) can both project quite well. I'm sure that if the director and/or theater group had made the decision, the show could've been done without mics at all...and no one would've had any trouble. They would've had the month and a half or so of rehearsal time to practice projecting.

It seems like it's either a totally new or a completely abandoned concept. :-\

Sadly, that has become the norm, rather than the exception, in theaters of all types.
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Post by: TCB on May 25, 2012, 04:20:32 PM: Quote from: Ginny on May 25, 2012, 02:03:42 PM
The items in the center were hot. Top to bottom: salmon, sweet potato hash, buffalo. The cold items on either side were (L) beet & apple salad and (R) wild rice salad.

The water looks good.
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Post by: TCB on May 25, 2012, 04:26:18 PM: Quote from: KevinH on May 25, 2012, 03:41:21 PM
Isn't it typical? I live in the DC area and have never been to the Museum of the American Indian. I'll have to make it a point to visit!

Kevin, if you change your mind about seeing Ms. Streisand in Brooklyn, I will be happy to buy your ticket from you.
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Post by: KevinH on May 25, 2012, 04:35:28 PM: I'm not sure if you're joking, TCB, but last I heard there are still tickets available!
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Post by: KevinH on May 25, 2012, 04:36:54 PM: I guess I should think about packing for my weekend trip to Buffalo.
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Post by: George on May 25, 2012, 04:50:19 PM: Time for me to head to the theater. I'm getting there early to work with the stage manager and the microphone guy to see if we (really, they) can fix whatever happened to the mic last night.

Be back later!
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Post by: Laura on May 25, 2012, 05:16:14 PM: Here's where I spent part of my day:
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Post by: Laura on May 25, 2012, 05:18:07 PM: I had three monarch butterflies that eclosed over the past couple of days. The Monarch Scientist and I decided to give them a head start on their migration north. So we took them with us when we went up to monitor the milkweed up north. They all took off, but one stopped to nectar for a little while.
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Post by: bk on May 25, 2012, 05:23:28 PM: Just had an unexpected snooze.
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Post by: bk on May 25, 2012, 05:24:22 PM: Trying to figure out the viewing for this evening - I have the Secret World of Arietty here so maybe that or maybe The Big Heat or maybe the last of the Swedish films I have - the prequel to The Bomber from the book by Liza Marklund.
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Post by: JMK on May 25, 2012, 05:35:52 PM: Quote from: Laura on May 25, 2012, 05:18:07 PM
I had three monarch butterflies that eclosed over the past couple of days. The Monarch Scientist and I decided to give them a head start on their migration north. So we took them with us when we went up to monitor the milkweed up north. They all took off, but one stopped to nectar for a little while.

We e-closed on our refinance earlier this year. ;D
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Post by: Jane on May 25, 2012, 05:50:20 PM: Quote from: TCB on May 25, 2012, 04:20:32 PM
Quote from: Ginny on May 25, 2012, 02:03:42 PM
The items in the center were hot. Top to bottom: salmon, sweet potato hash, buffalo. The cold items on either side were (L) beet & apple salad and (R) wild rice salad.

The water looks good.

;D
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Post by: Jane on May 25, 2012, 05:51:30 PM: DR Laura you had a beautiful day.
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Post by: KevinH on May 25, 2012, 06:02:36 PM: What a terrific photo of the butterfly, DR Laura!
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Post by: Laura on May 25, 2012, 06:19:26 PM: Thank you. It is windy today. The wind was blowing the flowers that the butterfly was on. I was lucky I got one decent shot. It was also up in a tree.
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Post by: Cillaliz on May 25, 2012, 06:22:55 PM: It's been rainy here all day.
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Post by: Cillaliz on May 25, 2012, 06:23:31 PM: I did a lot of things on the "I'll do it later" list...well not really a list, just a bunch of things in my head I know need to be done
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Post by: Cillaliz on May 25, 2012, 06:24:57 PM: I also bought the paint for the room upstairs and a few supplies I needed. By the time I got back from errands I didn't feel like starting on the room. So I didn't.
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Post by: Cillaliz on May 25, 2012, 06:26:18 PM: Think I'll play the flute. I haven't had time to do that in a couple weeks
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Post by: Jane on May 25, 2012, 06:31:53 PM: Playing the flute sounds like a better evening activity than starting the room.
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Post by: Jane on May 25, 2012, 06:32:59 PM: ::) Another eBook became available & not the one I wanted. I didn't expect the extra 300 pages for a couple of more weeks. I don't want to go to the back of the queue since I would be number 34 on it.
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Post by: Jane on May 25, 2012, 06:33:13 PM: I had better go read.

'night
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 25, 2012, 06:36:46 PM: The repeat of GRIMM tonight is one I missed back in November. Fantastic!
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Post by: John G. on May 25, 2012, 06:41:02 PM: Tonight's film: Maneater of Hydra. Cameron Mitchell seems to be a vampire or something. Badly dubbed. Silly. Fun. And keeping me from work.
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Post by: John G. on May 25, 2012, 06:42:23 PM: Great photos, DRs Ginny and Laura.
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Post by: Danise on May 25, 2012, 06:45:40 PM: Lovely photos from DC, DR Ginny. I've never been there except for one plane lay over but I don't count that as really being there.

I broke down and bought another pillow today. I just can't seem to find something comfortable. I really bought 2--a Brookstone Bio Sense and a Tempur Pedic Suprima. The Brookstone is going back tomorrow. I knew as soon as I laid my head on it that it wasn't right. Way to thick. I'm hopeful about the Tempur Pedic. It's a thinner pillow with a curve in it for side sleepers. It felt pretty good but we will see how I feel though the night/morning.

Just call me Goldilocks. This one's to hard. This one is to soft. I hope I've found one that is just right. :)
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Post by: Danise on May 25, 2012, 06:46:37 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on May 25, 2012, 06:36:46 PM
The repeat of GRIMM tonight is one I missed back in November. Fantastic!
I thought I was the only person who liked the show. No one ever talks about it.
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Post by: Danise on May 25, 2012, 06:48:32 PM: I was able to get Stephen Kings "Under the Dome" for three bucks at the local Goodwill. There was more than that amount in the paper alone! It was one of those books I heard about and said I'd read "someday" so I couldn't pass it up.
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Post by: JMK on May 25, 2012, 06:55:06 PM: Quote from: John G. on May 25, 2012, 06:41:02 PM
Tonight's film: Maneater of Hydra. Cameron Mitchell seems to be a vampire or something. Badly dubbed. Silly. Fun. And keeping me from work.

That last bit is the most important. ;D
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Post by: John G. on May 25, 2012, 06:55:28 PM: At the food truck gathering tonight to raise money to fight cancer, the hit was a deep-fried soft-shell crab po'boy. And oh boy, was it good.

(http://www.savorsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/boardwalk-on-bulverde-whereyatsa-soft-shell-crab.jpg)
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Post by: John G. on May 25, 2012, 06:56:54 PM: Quote from: Danise on May 25, 2012, 06:48:32 PM
I was able to get Stephen Kings "Under the Dome" for three bucks at the local Goodwill. There was more than that amount in the paper alone! It was one of those books I heard about and said I'd read "someday" so I couldn't pass it up.
I enjoyed that one a lot. Read a lot of it on a plane trip.
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Post by: John G. on May 25, 2012, 07:01:36 PM: Quote from: JMK on May 25, 2012, 06:55:06 PM
Quote from: John G. on May 25, 2012, 06:41:02 PM
Tonight's film: Maneater of Hydra. Cameron Mitchell seems to be a vampire or something. Badly dubbed. Silly. Fun. And keeping me from work.

That last bit is the most important. ;D

Oh, yeah, and despite the title, this is not one of Elmore's video leftovers.
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Post by: Danise on May 25, 2012, 08:06:34 PM: Quote from: John G. on May 25, 2012, 06:56:54 PM
Quote from: Danise on May 25, 2012, 06:48:32 PM
I was able to get Stephen Kings "Under the Dome" for three bucks at the local Goodwill. There was more than that amount in the paper alone! It was one of those books I heard about and said I'd read "someday" so I couldn't pass it up.
I enjoyed that one a lot. Read a lot of it on a plane trip.
I just hope it's not like "Dream Catcher". It's funny that SK either writes books I really, really like (The Talisman, The Stand) or things I can't stand (Dream Catcher).
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Post by: John G. on May 25, 2012, 08:09:11 PM: Quote from: Danise on May 25, 2012, 08:06:34 PM
Quote from: John G. on May 25, 2012, 06:56:54 PM
Quote from: Danise on May 25, 2012, 06:48:32 PM
I was able to get Stephen Kings "Under the Dome" for three bucks at the local Goodwill. There was more than that amount in the paper alone! It was one of those books I heard about and said I'd read "someday" so I couldn't pass it up.
I enjoyed that one a lot. Read a lot of it on a plane trip.
I just hope it's not like "Dream Catcher". It's funny that SK either writes books I really, really like (The Talisman, The Stand) or things I can't stand (Dream Catcher).
This one was closer to The Stand, which was one of my favorites. Multiple stories. Interesting characters.
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Post by: John G. on May 25, 2012, 08:13:43 PM: Just finished the story. Need to go off to the paper again.
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Post by: John G. on May 25, 2012, 08:13:58 PM: But not before we move this to page five.
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Post by: John G. on May 25, 2012, 08:14:20 PM: Got a symphony ticket for tomorrow and not a clue about what's being performed.
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Post by: John G. on May 25, 2012, 08:14:34 PM: Sounds like my life.
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Post by: John G. on May 25, 2012, 08:14:45 PM: One more.
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Post by: John G. on May 25, 2012, 08:14:56 PM: Page Five!
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Post by: bk on May 25, 2012, 08:24:11 PM: But page five will not DO.
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Post by: bk on May 25, 2012, 08:24:30 PM: Finished watching a beautiful motion picture on Blu and Ray.
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Post by: bk on May 25, 2012, 08:25:02 PM: I had spaghetti and meatballs for lunch, and a small salad. Shouldn't really eat anything else, but I do have a little sweet tooth.
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Post by: John G. on May 25, 2012, 10:19:08 PM: Not making enough progress this evening. Only five pages written. And I'm fading. I want this paper to write itself before I go on vacation next week.

The new semester started this week, and my books haven't arrived in the mail, so I'm already behind. Ugh.
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Post by: John G. on May 25, 2012, 10:19:34 PM: Night, all.
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Post by: bk on May 25, 2012, 10:59:00 PM: Had some low-fat low-cal ice cream. Watched the prequel to The Bomber - or the first half and it's so much better than The Bomber.
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Post by: vixmom on May 25, 2012, 11:06:36 PM: just got home from work

bleh
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Post by: vixmom on May 25, 2012, 11:06:54 PM: I am so tired
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Post by: vixmom on May 25, 2012, 11:07:36 PM: so the good news is no one was hurt
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Post by: vixmom on May 25, 2012, 11:07:56 PM: the bad news is it will cost $2100 to fix the car
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Post by: vixmom on May 25, 2012, 11:08:19 PM: I was neither driver nor passenger
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Post by: vixmom on May 25, 2012, 11:08:40 PM: in fact not anywhere near the place at the time
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Post by: vixmom on May 25, 2012, 11:08:54 PM: nor am I the owner of the car
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Post by: vixmom on May 25, 2012, 11:09:20 PM: yet I am gonna be footing the bill
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Post by: vixmom on May 25, 2012, 11:09:56 PM: this whole sandwich generation thing is not working out for me is what I say
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Post by: vixmom on May 25, 2012, 11:10:42 PM: I need a lottery win
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Post by: vixmom on May 25, 2012, 11:11:01 PM: nothing huge i dont need to be a millionaire
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Post by: vixmom on May 25, 2012, 11:11:38 PM: if I could clear a couple of hundred thousand that would do me
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Post by: vixmom on May 25, 2012, 11:12:03 PM: ah well
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Post by: George on May 25, 2012, 11:46:49 PM: Quote from: George on May 25, 2012, 04:50:19 PM
Time for me to head to the theater. I'm getting there early to work with the stage manager and the microphone guy to see if we (really, they) can fix whatever happened to the mic last night.

Be back later!

Well, we had a great show tonight and the mic that was bad last night worked perfectly tonight. No one knows what happened, though. We couldn't reproduce the problem, but everything went well. The show, the audience, the cues...all were very good. :D