Topic: PACKING A WALLOP (Read 17211 times)

bk · « **Reply #90 on:** July 24, 2005, 06:07:10 PM »

We had a board-full of people and not one of them could be bothered to post?

Well, perhaps we'll achieve our new all-time low tonight. You'd think it was a lazy Sunday or something.

bk · « **Reply #91 on:** July 24, 2005, 06:08:11 PM »

Shortly I shall be on my way to sup with Miss Adryan Russ and Mr. Doug Haverty. I'd say keep the home fries burning until my returning but I am learning that I'll most likely be yearning for posts which will simply not be here.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #92 on:** July 24, 2005, 06:19:37 PM »

The local parrots are very hungry today. Don't they realise that it has been many years since bird seed was tuppence a bag.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #93 on:** July 24, 2005, 06:20:01 PM »

At least it was a post!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #94 on:** July 24, 2005, 06:20:36 PM »

All right, I'm checking in!

I just finished everything on DOTD but the huge "Putney-on-the-Thames" and its two reprises. I can't believe I worked out the Exit Music and finished "Butler in the Abbey," because accomplishing anything today has been like rolling a boulder up hill. Tomorrow will be a better day, I do hope.

Good night, all! And pleasant dreams.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #95 on:** July 24, 2005, 06:21:21 PM »

I'm now leaving for a few hours. Preliminary investigations re proposed journey to the Elmore Follies - Septembr/October 2006.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #96 on:** July 24, 2005, 06:22:30 PM »

I vote DR Elmore as darling of the day.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #97 on:** July 24, 2005, 06:30:46 PM »

Good Evening!

Doing laundry... it's one of those stackable deals here in the apartment. However, with the way the thing is set up - and wired - you can only wash or dry. You can not wash and dry at the same time. Hmm... So... I'm drying my first load right now. Guess I'll save the rest for tomorrow. Ah, well...

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #98 on:** July 24, 2005, 06:31:05 PM »

...At least it was a post.

George · « **Reply #99 on:** July 24, 2005, 06:32:44 PM »

For the past few hours, I have been looking for a DVD from Netflix that I ~~lost~~ misplaced and I watched one of the other Netflix DVDs that I have, "Regular Guys," which is a German comedy about a very straight cop who is kicked out of his apartment by his (now former) girlfriend and becomes roommates (strickly platonic...maybe

) with a gay auto mechanic who reconditions stolen cars. How's that for complicated? It's actually a delightful comedy that doesn't have the stereotypical characters that American mainstream movies tend to have. Read the reviews on Amazon.com.

FJL · « **Reply #100 on:** July 24, 2005, 07:02:09 PM »

How does it work when people edit their posts? Don't you run the risk that later posts won't make sense if they're responding to the post as it existed before it was edited?

Had a lovely dinner party today, no soup just chicken and pasta. And just as it looked like things were going to break up, I trotted out the Unseemly Trivia question, at which I've made dozens of stabs, none of which have panned out. But it contributed an hour of fun-filled frolic to out little gathering, and since I have no shot at the Sparkling Prize this week, I'll have to content myself with that special hour of fun guessing-games as my prize. I have to call everyone who was here with the answer on Tuesday morning, though - we're all convinced it'll one of those where we smack our heads silly and say "D'oh!"

Rodzinski · « **Reply #101 on:** July 24, 2005, 07:17:27 PM »

The trick is editing your post quickly, which usually involves noticing a mistake just after you posted. It occasionally does happen that someone responds to part of a post that no longer "exists," but that's life in the HHW fastlane.

George · « **Reply #102 on:** July 24, 2005, 07:21:22 PM »

Yup. There is always the possibility that someone will comment on something and then you (or whoever) could edit the original post. That's happened, but it is rare. If I'm going to edit something, I try and do it quickly. If it's a slow day, it doesn't matter. Either way, you can only edit posts on the day that you post them. When BK creates the next day, he locks out the previous day so that it can't be changed.

Otherwise, when you originally create your post, you have the option to "preview" your post and see what it's going to look like before you're done with it. You can preview as many times as you want...up until BK changes the day. There have been more than a few of us who tried to sneak one in at the last minute (or didn't realize how close it was to the end of the day) and when we clicked on the "Post" button, we got the message saying that we can't post...and we've lost our post. I hate it when that happens.

Rodzinski · « **Reply #103 on:** July 24, 2005, 07:21:55 PM »

Saw a movie today entitled WEDDING CRASHERS, which was not without its amusements. Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson have been doing variations on these characterizations in several movies, but there are some funny gags in this, mainly by Vaughn. As I tend to feel these days, this movie would have been better with 30% more subtlety, because the comic premise was solid, but the filmmakers had to go for broad laffs to please the assumed masses. And so, a mixed bag.

I spied BK collaborator Vinnie C in the credits.

Rodzinski · « **Reply #104 on:** July 24, 2005, 07:25:56 PM »

Afterwards, I was inspired by a scene in the movie, and pigged out on scrambled eggs at the Theatre Row Diner.

My fave soup is chicken corn chowder.

Rodzinski · « **Reply #105 on:** July 24, 2005, 07:27:52 PM »

Roll out those Lazy Hazy Crazy days of summer...

I would say today was at least two of those three things.

TCB · « **Reply #106 on:** July 24, 2005, 07:46:21 PM »

Oh, good Heavens. With four hours to go until the day is over, I seriously doubt we will reach an all-time low.

Rodzinski · « **Reply #107 on:** July 24, 2005, 07:49:52 PM »

The Suzanne Somers show last night reminded me of Dora T. Hall who is a woman I have three LPs by. Perhaps some of you remember her. Dora Hall's husband was President of the SOLO drinking cup company, and for a time in the 60s and 70s, if you bought SOLO cups, you could get a free record by Dora Hall and join her fan club. Now, Dora was like a 60-plus year-old lady, but her husband believed in her talent, and she did albums of teen pop, country, show tunes, all given away with SOLO cups... Her husband even produced splashy syndicated TV specials with her and luminaries like Rich Little and Phil Harris. You could get tapes of these with the drinking cups as well. If you've ever seen any of these, they are quite staggering.

To read more about Dora Hall, go here:
http://www.dorahall.tvheaven.com/

TCB · « **Reply #108 on:** July 24, 2005, 07:54:20 PM »

Just got back from ourt fourth and final performance of the weekend. We are now dark, for the next 11 days, while Tacoma Musical Playhouse heads off to Monocco as the United States representative to the World Community Theater Festival / Contest. Ironically, the show they are presenting is I LOVE YOU, YOU]RE PERFECT... NOW CHANGE.

George · « **Reply #109 on:** July 24, 2005, 07:54:57 PM »

Right now, I'm listening to the Manhattan Transfer compilation CDs that I made for DR Tomovoz. Reading his PMs to me, I forgot that he has some of the songs that I've included. I hope he doesn't mind, but he has most of the duplicates on vinyl, so he may appreciate getting them on CD. I'll find out soon enough. I'm going to (finally) mail them out tomorrow.

Rodzinski · « **Reply #110 on:** July 24, 2005, 07:56:54 PM »

A Dora Hall LP

TPunk · « **Reply #111 on:** July 24, 2005, 08:10:11 PM »

I heart soup. Especially cream based soups. Some of my favorites are clam chowder (in a bread bowl of course), cream of mushroom, cream of broccoli, and tomato soup.

I sometimes also get a craving for ramen noodles.

TPunk · « **Reply #112 on:** July 24, 2005, 08:11:17 PM »

If turkey chili qualifies as a soup, that's also a favorite.

TPunk · « **Reply #113 on:** July 24, 2005, 08:17:29 PM »

Before meeting up with Rodzinski for the movie and dinner, I went down to Brooklyn to do one of my favorite volunteer jobs. My friend and I went to the Brooklyn Animal Rescue Coalition (BARC) to help socialize cats. Basically that means petting them and giving them lots of love.

There is basically this long room full of cats, some in cages and some just roaming free. Today my favorites were two different sets of kittens. There were a brother and sister that were waiting to be picked up by their new parents. There was also a set of five kittens in a cage crawling all over their foster father. They kept trying to suckle his back.

Sounds weird I know, but it was adorable.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #114 on:** July 24, 2005, 08:18:43 PM »

...And it's very possible to make a small meal just by sampling the day's selection of soups at Hale & Hearty here in Manhattan. Some of the locations have as many as 16 selections each day. And they actually encourage sampling.

I've never done it myself, but I've witnessed it.

Matt H. · « **Reply #115 on:** July 24, 2005, 08:18:45 PM »

Oh, brother! Both SIX FEET UNDER and QUEER AS FOLK left me limp by the end of the hour.

SFU had one surprise after another and one of the most shocking endings to any episode in its run! I was speechless when that hour ended (and they showed NO previews for next week).

QAF had me crying happy tears and tears of relief. Only two more episodes of it left. Oh, the pain, the pain. (almost a FANTASY ISLAND reference).

TPunk · « **Reply #116 on:** July 24, 2005, 08:19:44 PM »

After the cats, my friend and I went to this amazing restaurant for brunch. No soup was served, but I did have a glass of white sangria and eggs benedict with crab cakes substituted for the canadian bacon. Yum!

TPunk · « **Reply #117 on:** July 24, 2005, 08:21:09 PM »

Okay, one more soup: lobster bisque.

Michael · « **Reply #118 on:** July 24, 2005, 08:22:26 PM »

Quote from: Matt H. on July 24, 2005, 08:18:45 PM

Oh, brother! Both SIX FEET UNDER and QUEER AS FOLK left me limp by the end of the hour.

Maybe some Viagra will help

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #119 on:** July 24, 2005, 08:23:30 PM »

...And the Hale & Hearty Soup Crackers are also pretty darn good too.

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