Topic: CURMUDGEON (Read 29553 times)

Edisaurus · « **Reply #180 on:** May 28, 2009, 01:10:23 PM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on May 28, 2009, 12:06:05 PM

Quote from: Edisaurus on May 28, 2009, 11:46:02 AM
How did I miss that? I will investigate...

I await the results of your investigation!

Sublime Doughnuts

It happens to be very close to Turner, and if things keep going the way they are right now, I may be working there sooner than later!

Matt H. · « **Reply #181 on:** May 28, 2009, 01:19:59 PM »

It gets sunny and then clouds over for awhile, then the sun comes back out. Very weird afternoon. But no rain thus far.

Miss Karen · « **Reply #182 on:** May 28, 2009, 01:20:26 PM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on May 28, 2009, 01:01:27 PM

Quote from: Miss Karen on May 28, 2009, 12:48:58 PM
Quote from: Ron Pulliam on May 28, 2009, 12:43:01 PM
Let's have a rousing chorus of "Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News"!

I hate (well, actually, sort of delight) in being the curmudgeonette, BUT I just read this bad news DR RonnieP -- scientists think some volcanic activity in China caused that mass extinction millions of years ago (sorry, but I thought you'd want to know even after or in spite of that rousing chorus)

Which mass extinction?

Uh-oh, this is gonna be a really bad news day, so you may want to sit down for this one, DR Ronnie P (unless of course you're an anti-evolutionist and find all this science stuff pipe dreams) -- As the story goes, the Earth experienced a really bad extinction -- the one about 260 million years ago called the Guadalupian Mass Extinction (the one they now think was caused by a Chinese volcano) ...

...and more bad news if you're a Betty fan, Archie finally picked Veronica (she got the ring after 65 years)....

Matt H. · « **Reply #183 on:** May 28, 2009, 01:21:07 PM »

I recorded LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT from last night thinking it was the same as last Sunday's broadcast on USA, but it wasn't. It was the Norbert Leo Butz episode from two weeks ago, so I deleted it.

Matt H. · « **Reply #184 on:** May 28, 2009, 01:23:09 PM »

So, while I ate lunch, I watched an episode from the NCIS Season 5 box set. This was the one with a couple trying to hide the fact they had paid for a surrogate mother to carry their baby after the baby got stolen. A bit off the beaten path for NCIS, but it was still entertaining.

ArnoldMBrockman · « **Reply #185 on:** May 28, 2009, 01:23:12 PM »

Quote from: DAW on May 28, 2009, 12:07:50 PM

Quote from: DERBRUCER on May 28, 2009, 11:59:20 AM
UP yours

I wonder if DR Ginny's DH Richard will appropriate that into his liturgy?

The Lord light up your life!

And up yours, also!

Quote from: DAW on May 28, 2009, 12:07:50 PM

Quote from: DERBRUCER on May 28, 2009, 11:59:20 AM
UP yours

I wonder if DR Ginny's DH Richard will appropriate that into his liturgy?

The Lord light up your life!

And up yours, also!

UP YOUR HONOR, BIT BY BIT

ArnoldMBrockman · « **Reply #186 on:** May 28, 2009, 01:24:56 PM »

Quote from: Miss Karen on May 28, 2009, 12:45:27 PM

Mid-Day BD Wishes For DR Arnold (better late than never as they say)

and many more!

THANK YOU DR MISS KAREN

Matt H. · « **Reply #187 on:** May 28, 2009, 01:25:05 PM »

Then I began on my work project: CANNON, Season 2, Volume 1. I was able to get three entire episodes watched plus half of a fourth one. (There are 12 episodes in the set). None so far have been first rate procedurals; I don't think CANNON was as slick or as exciting as HAWAII FIVE-O, so the episodes aren't as much fun to watch as those.

Matt H. · « **Reply #188 on:** May 28, 2009, 01:26:11 PM »

Among the guest stars in the four episodes I've watched thus far today: Michael Tolan, Larry Linville, Richard Hatch, Lloyd Bochner, Jessica Walter, and Robert Webber.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #189 on:** May 28, 2009, 01:26:57 PM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on May 28, 2009, 01:01:27 PM

Which mass extinction?

Efforts of the Reformation?

der Brucer

Matt H. · « **Reply #190 on:** May 28, 2009, 01:27:59 PM »

One thing I found very interesting. In the third episode, Micky Dolenz played one of Lloyd Bochner's henchmen. Only Micky wasn't listed among the guest stars in the episode. He was relegated to bottom first page billing after the episode concluded. What a shock! Starring in a network series for a couple of years and then a couple of years later, he can't even rate guest star billing on a network series.

Matt H. · « **Reply #191 on:** May 28, 2009, 01:28:43 PM »

With nothing coming on TV tonight for me to watch, looks like I'll get five or six more of these watched today. That should make it very easy to finish up with the set tomorrow.

Matt H. · « **Reply #192 on:** May 28, 2009, 01:30:32 PM »

I did get my box set of THE CLOSER in the mail today. (Not to review; I bought it for pleasure.)

I did get the Blu-ray of THE SEVENTH SEAL from Criterion in the mail today, but it doesn't come out for a few weeks, so I won't be starting on it until I get at least one more TV box set finished. The next one up is Benjamin Bratt's A&E series THE CLEANER which should be fun to watch since I've never seen a single episode.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #193 on:** May 28, 2009, 01:37:34 PM »

And I'll add my felicitations to DR Arnold B.

der Brucer

JMK · « **Reply #194 on:** May 28, 2009, 01:37:47 PM »

Well, hopefully I don't jinx things by mentioning this, but though official contracts are not signed, we did manage to get Dave Frishberg for the second season of Rave in the Nave. I hope any of you left coasters might consider coming to Portland on November 21 for this very rare concert opportunity (and cheap, too, at $15). Dave is about to play the Feinstein Room for a few days in NYC, where the cost will be significantly more than $15

, and then he's off to Chicago and other points east. I'm really, really excited about this--I've loved Dave since I was a kid and he played with the TJB, and I adore his sides with Lani Hall, which are among the best things she did post B66. And of course Dave was best friends with BK's close personal acquaintance, the late Julius Wechter (though Dave told me he doesn't think he's ever met you, BK).

elmore3003 · « **Reply #195 on:** May 28, 2009, 01:39:53 PM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on May 28, 2009, 12:39:03 PM

Are we going to have to BEG for you to tell us what it's all about or are you simply going to continue making cryptic references?

I'm guessing late payment/final check.

ArnoldMBrockman · « **Reply #196 on:** May 28, 2009, 01:43:18 PM »

THANK YOU FOR THE WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY WISHES

GINNY

KERRY

JMK

M. BARNUM

MATT H,

and The 1st HHW GOD(Now Classified as HERO MEMBER) RON PULLIAM

Miss Karen · « **Reply #197 on:** May 28, 2009, 01:44:02 PM »

TOD:

Manipulators -- (just tell me what you want, and I'll tell you if I want to do it or not)
Stupid drivers -- (i.e. -- slow drivers, dangerous drivers, idiot drivers)
Buttinskis -- (people who cut in line -- well, in general, people who think they are entitled -- divas)
Unreliables -- (people who don't keep their word/won't do what they tell you they will do)

When working at the theatre:

Divas!
Mess Pots (folks who don't leave things as they find them -- leave a mess for you to clean up)
Folks who move, play with, or take (steal) other folks' props/costumes (especially after you tell them your golden rule is "don't mess with other people's stuff")

ArnoldMBrockman · « **Reply #198 on:** May 28, 2009, 01:45:28 PM »

Thank You DR DER BRUCER For Your Birthday Wishes

elmore3003 · « **Reply #199 on:** May 28, 2009, 01:46:06 PM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on May 28, 2009, 12:48:51 PM

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on May 28, 2009, 12:39:03 PM
Are we going to have to BEG for you to tell us what it's all about or are you simply going to continue making cryptic references?

In short: roommates, lease, security deposit.

I wasn't even close. Speaking of Mr Farrow and Mr Newport, they sure dislike our occasional DR Noel!

I got back from the grocery with heavy bags of groceries, and while I was waiting for the elevator to come down to the first floor I dropped one of the bags and ended up with $10 worth of broken jars, a lot of groceries bathed in applesauce, jelly, and other things, and all because the rude shits on the upper floor of my building are not considerate enough to send the elevator back down when they get off on their floor. This has been a frustration for 30 years but the elevator cannot be programmed to return to the first floor and, while there have been too many times in 30 years I've waitied - as other tenants have - with arms ful of laundry, grocieries, other shopping bags, or books, this is the first time I've ended up dropping something and breaking it. Pisses me off.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #200 on:** May 28, 2009, 01:50:13 PM »

Why the hell is my computer suddenly running so slowly in the past two days? Is it the rain? Spyware? Too many porn downloads?

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #201 on:** May 28, 2009, 01:52:55 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on May 28, 2009, 01:46:06 PM

- with arms ful of laundry, grocieries, other shopping bags, or books, this is the first time I've ended up dropping something and breaking it. Pisses me off.

Is there no room for a table by the elevator on which to set parcels while waiting?

der Brucer

Matt H. · « **Reply #202 on:** May 28, 2009, 02:07:46 PM »

I guess I'll do some writing and then head back down for more adventure with Frank Cannon.

WBBL.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #203 on:** May 28, 2009, 02:13:50 PM »

Quote from: DERBRUCER on May 28, 2009, 01:52:55 PM

Quote from: elmore3003 on May 28, 2009, 01:46:06 PM
- with arms ful of laundry, grocieries, other shopping bags, or books, this is the first time I've ended up dropping something and breaking it. Pisses me off.

Is there no room for a table by the elevator on which to set parcels while waiting?

der Brucer

Not all New York apartments are as fantastic as those in sitcoms. No table, no ledge, nada.

Edisaurus · « **Reply #204 on:** May 28, 2009, 02:17:55 PM »

Still trying to figure out how to read bk's notes from days past. Anyone?

JMK · « **Reply #205 on:** May 28, 2009, 02:18:32 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on May 28, 2009, 02:13:50 PM

Quote from: DERBRUCER on May 28, 2009, 01:52:55 PM
Quote from: elmore3003 on May 28, 2009, 01:46:06 PM
- with arms ful of laundry, grocieries, other shopping bags, or books, this is the first time I've ended up dropping something and breaking it. Pisses me off.

Is there no room for a table by the elevator on which to set parcels while waiting?

der Brucer

Not all New York apartments are as fantastic as those in sitcoms. No table, no ledge, nada.

In one of the buildings my uncles owned on W. 11th where I used to stay it had one of those inner "cage" doors on the elevator, and the elevator would not come hither if the cage were not completely closed. Which meant if you pressed the call button and nothing happened, you had to walk up flights of stairs to track down what floor the damned thing was on, close the cage, and then go back down and wait for it. (Little joke there).

JMK · « **Reply #206 on:** May 28, 2009, 02:19:54 PM »

I've just been perusing the talent agency that handles Frishberg. Interesting clientele, everyone from Eldar to Jessica Molaskey.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #207 on:** May 28, 2009, 02:24:22 PM »

Quote from: DAW on May 28, 2009, 10:41:18 AM

And speaking of Ed Asner, and the title o' the day:

And the LATIMES says it's one of Pixar's best!

der Brucer

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #208 on:** May 28, 2009, 02:31:52 PM »

Quote from: Edisaurus on May 28, 2009, 02:17:55 PM

Still trying to figure out how to read bk's notes from days past. Anyone?

Go to TODAY'S NOTES click on "Column Archives" - a link at the left under unseemly Linkage.

der Brucer

Edited by JMK

Link fixed.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #209 on:** May 28, 2009, 02:35:02 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on May 28, 2009, 02:13:50 PM

Quote from: DERBRUCER on May 28, 2009, 01:52:55 PM
Quote from: elmore3003 on May 28, 2009, 01:46:06 PM
- with arms ful of laundry, grocieries, other shopping bags, or books, this is the first time I've ended up dropping something and breaking it. Pisses me off.

Is there no room for a table by the elevator on which to set parcels while waiting?

der Brucer

Not all New York apartments are as fantastic as those in sitcoms. No table, no ledge, nada.

Well then, hand the parcels to the Concierge.

der Brucer

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