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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were wry and catching, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're catching some wry right now.
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And the word of the day is: FLORUIT!
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The cows are now singing Cow Cow Boogie.
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And now - Dino at the piano.
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Will we never get to page two?
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No, we will never get to Page 2.
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No, we will never get to Page 2.
I agree - we should NOT progress to page two until the notes are fixed! We have Part ONE repeated twice, and no Part TWO. Absent Part TWo we have no topic for the day, and that leaves us all speechless!
der Brucer
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Even tho DR Pulliam accused me of nodding, I did manage to catch this epic moment:
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/RP18Ks.jpg)
der Brucer
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that leaves us all speechless!
Of course, that never stopped us before! :)
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DR RLP - very glad to hear that your dear Mom is OK. ***CONTINUED VIBES OF RECOVERY*** to the both of you!
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And FELICITATIONS and SALUTATIONS on your milestone achievement!!! :)
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DR JoseSPiano - thanks for the links re: The Last Lecture. I missed the broadcast, but now I can watch. And both Amazon and local Borders stores were temporarily sold out of the book version. That should make a nice nest egg for his family!
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BELATED BIRTHDAY WISHES for DR Cillaliz's Mom.
And yes, I've been to the Fairmont Opera House many times! In fact, my DH's parents, Fairmont residents, were some of the original movers & shakers who spearheaded the buying and restoring of the building.
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The Topic of the Day is that there IS no Topic of the Day.
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Does this mean I can choose a Topic of the Day?
If so, here it is:
What are your favorite two words that are totally different, yet somehow indisputably similar?
HOSPITAL / HOSPITABLE
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Where is everybody?
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Does this mean I can choose a Topic of the Day?
If so, here it is:
What are your favorite two words that are totally different, yet somehow indisputably similar?
HOSPITAL / HOSPITABLE
Different? Hospital/hospitable/hospitality - all come from the same latin root.
der Brucer
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OK, how about...
MANATEE / MATINEE
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OK, how about...
MANATEE / MATINEE
OK. That works!
Porpoise / purpose
der Brucer
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Dolphin / dauphin
der Brucer
One a fish, the other a frog :D
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I should be in bed! :P
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Yesterday, I received a DVR/DVD burner that I got through eBay. Last night, I recorded "Battlestar Galactica" on my Comcast DVR, and then I watched it as I recorded it to my new (to me) DVR/DVD burner. It has a 100 GB hard drive, so I was able to cut out the commercials and make a DVD! It all worked! :D It is a bit cumbersome to go through all the steps and menus, but as long as it works, I'm not too concerned.
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Today's notes should be called
DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN
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Now of course the above posting will mean nothing to those who read it after BK's notes are fixed
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DR MATT
I see that Lawrence of Arabia is being re-release on Tuesday. (I think it is this coming Tuesday) Will that be on Blu Ray and/or SDVD?
Although not a favorite of mine Bridge on the River Kwai is also being released.
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The last working Saturday (in the tax office, anyway) of the 2008 tax season
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Birthday weekend vibes to Cilla's mom
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I read the first part twice.
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It is a work day today, Saturday. And there is no sunshine today. In fact there might be some snow flurries tomorrow.
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The Kvetcher in the Y - that's my new novel about a complaining tax accountant who stays at the local Y while his apartment is being redone
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And one for Salinger
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Or should that be the Pitcher in the Y?
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I suspect the Y has catchers and pitchers
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Shocking news about the orchestra....which turns out to be the kind that Rosalind Russell was told about in the movie GYPSY.
Rose: Do you have a pit?
Theater Manager: Yup, three pieces. Piano, stool, and cover.
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Similar words:
Ship and shop.
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Off to work.
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Saturday morning greetings! It's nice to have a weekend off - I don't have any plans for these 3 days. Maybe I can get some puttering done.
Similar words: Biography and Bibliography
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And the word of the day is: FLORUIT!
And The Song Of The Day Is: EXTRAORDINARY
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... I'm up, I'm up...
*That was in homage to today's notes. ;)
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Good morning, all! BK, congratulations. Why do something once if you can do it twice?
I'm in the midst of laundry. Both in the basement and down the street at my local laundromat.
DR Jose, when you get out of bed or get home, call me about the movie.
Today, I need to write about Harlequinades and other aspects of 19th Century British pantomime. I got to get a move on Duke Ellington as well.
DR RonPulliam, I hope your mother is all right now.
I used to confuse anecdote and antidote.
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Similar words:
Ship and shop.
And also FLIP and FLOP.
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Today is a day for laundry and taxes.
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...or for procrastinating by hanging around HHW. :)
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DR JoseSPiano - thanks for the links re: The Last Lecture. I missed the broadcast, but now I can watch. And both Amazon and local Borders stores were temporarily sold out of the book version. That should make a nice nest egg for his family!
You're welcome, DR singdaw. I was really caught off guard by just how incredible his story and his "lecture" was and is. Talk about putting things in perspective! I can honestly say that I'm truly changed after watching him last night. -Well, at the very least, I want to change. -Heck, I've never felt this way after watching "Oprah". ;)
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DR Jose, when you get out of bed or get home, call me about the movie.
You know me so well. Hmm... Maybe I should get a Blackberry. ;)
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Everything is now in dryers and I Steri-Fabbed the mattress and box springs to keep Bug Central secure. I have yet to mop the bathroom and I'm waiting till the apartment seems ventilated enough that all the chemicals won't kill me.
I ended up liking much of the new MANSFIELD PARK. Like the one from the 1990s with Jonny Lee Miller and Frances O'Connor, the plot is heavily condensed but the tone is wrong. Both versions telegraph too much about the sexual aspects of the story and Maria Bertram's adultery far too early and blatantly. The Crawford's also speak far too openly about their evil aspirations. I suppose I'm glad the writers didn't explore what seems to me an oblique incestuous relationship in the novel; they're a rather perverse set of siblings. I like the cast of the 1997 version better - it's certainly more glamorous - but there are some excellent performances in this one. I liked very much Douglas Hodge and Jemma Redgrave as Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram, although she's not the whining fool that she is in the novel, but he's really spot on.
Like the last PRIDE AND PREJUDICE with Kiera Knightly, I wish they'd given us 30-45 minutes more to smooth out things and give Mrs Norris, who's right up there with Dickens' Murdstones for evil and inhumane behavior to our heroine, a chance to step into the foreground again and do petty, mean things. If only Alison Hayes had lived to play such a role!
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DR Jose, we'd talked about the simon Pegg movie and I see there's a showing at 68th Street at 12:50 and 3:50.
I'd prefer the later time if you'd like to catch it.
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The movie on my agenda for today is Lifetime's adaptation of Kim Edwards' book The Memory Keeper's Daughter (http://www.mylifetime.com/on-tv/movies/memory-keepers-daughter?CMP=RAC-MKDNYT). My book group read it last year and we're all interested to see this version.
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DR Jose, we'd talked about the simon Pegg movie and I see there's a showing at 68th Street at 12:50 and 3:50.
I'd prefer the later time if you'd like to catch it.
Then 3:50 it shall be! -We'll tawk.
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BELATED BIRTHDAY WISHES for DR Cillaliz's Mom.
And yes, I've been to the Fairmont Opera House many times! In fact, my DH's parents, Fairmont residents, were some of the original movers & shakers who spearheaded the buying and restoring of the building.
They may know my sister-in-law, she sells advertising for KEYC in Mankato and I think Fairmont is in her territory, I could be wrong about that. Anyway, she and my brother got my parents season tickets for Christmas, so the four of them go to all the shows together.
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Thanks Singdaw and FJL for the birthday wishes
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Oh I hear the cell phone ringing down stairs....better run
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I'm up, I'm up. Don't have a clew what happened with the notes - the cut and paste of part two must not have worked. Fixing right now.
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DR MATT
I see that Lawrence of Arabia is being re-release on Tuesday. (I think it is this coming Tuesday) Will that be on Blu Ray and/or SDVD?
Although not a favorite of mine Bridge on the River Kwai is also being released.
Neither is a Blu-ray release. Fans of the films are clamoring for the movies in Blu-ray, but so far nothing has been announced from Columbia/Sony.
I already have both on sDVD, and while they should both make great viewing in high definition, I wouldn't be in a hurry to add either Blu-ray to my collection. I'd probably wait around for a sale.
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Notes are fixed so you can read part two.
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Topic is there.
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The notes still weren't fixed when I came around, but I'll check them out again later.
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The Brain just called me telling me his alarm didn't go off and that he's just leaving. Well, that was ten minutes ago and he still hasn't left.
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Good morning!
We had a horrific thunderstorm last night with heavy rains for a couple of hours. Still overcast this morning, and today will be the last of our warm days for awhile. Falling back into the 50s and 60s starting tomorrow.
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Bretty's topic:
conscience/conscious
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He also tells me that unless we wait for him he's not making the drive to the theater. This is a person I have driven to the theater every single rehearsal. Not happy in the City of Studio, but I only have four hours today and I'm not losing an hour of them because he can't get his ass out of the house.
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Page Three Yellow Brick Road Dance!!!
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He also tells me that unless we wait for him he's not making the drive to the theater. This is a person I have driven to the theater every single rehearsal. Not happy in the City of Studio, but I only have four hours today and I'm not losing an hour of them because he can't get his ass out of the house.
My goodness, there are divas on both coasts and likely all over America! I cannot fathom having this kind of attitude working within a company of other actors.
::)
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Today I'll be reviewing THE RED BALLOON which is a short film and doesn't appear to have much in the area of bonus features on the DVD.
That should leave plenty of time for HIT THE DECK at some point today.
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TV Reminder:
[size=10]TORCHWOOD!!![/size][/glow]
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BK's topic:
When I was young, there was a creek a couple of blocks from my house that wound its way through the neighborhood and town for miles. All around it was dense foliage with hanging vines that could easily support our weight. We (brother and neighborhood friends) spent many a Saturday morning and afternoon wandering the creek's path and swinging across it on those vines, pretending to be Tarzan (the movies of which conveniently came on every Sunday afternoon and which occupied years of my time).
Sometimes we'd even pack a lunch of sodas and sandwiches and spend literally all day at that creek. How wonderful and carefree those days were then!
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Guess I'll head down now and mop the kitchen floor which I didn't get to yesterday. Then, I'll think about what's for lunch.
WBBL.
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As for todays topic, I suppose it was the huge field behind our house, which was the remaining section of Old Man Lopane's farm before most of it became a new housing subdivision around 1948, when my dad started building our house on the new Goldman Avenue. About half a mile back through the weeds, corn, whatever Mr Lopane was growing that year, were abandoned and falling down outhouses like small barns - most likely for chickens and other livestock - which were great places to hide out and pretend. I have no idea where on the original property his main barn was located or what other buildings were originally in that field. it was quite large.
When I'd walk home from junior high, I'd come down through the field and i was like taking a walk with DR Laura: both spring and autumn there were wild flowers, beautiful butterflies, grasshoppers and praying mantises wherever you'd look. and at night hundreds of fireflies, moths, junebugs, and bats circling the streetlamps to catch them. Around 1963 or so, the property was sold and a new subdivision begun. By 1970 most of the field had been eaten away by houses and new streets. By 1975, whatever flora and fauna filled the area were completely gone.
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TOD:
Once again, BK's topic has taken me back through the internet to find wonderful remembrances of something from my childhood. We lived not far from
The Ford Rotunda (http://automotivemileposts.com/autobrevity/fordrotunda.html)
and would go there to see the Christmas display. One of the things I remember best is the display of
Goodfellow Dolls (http://wycd.com/pages/804158.php?)
What I didn't realize until this morning is that the day the Rotunda reopened after its post-WWII remodeling, June 16, 1953, was the day my family moved from Portland, Oregon (where I was born) to Detroit (where I grew up). I remember vividly how sad it was the day the building burned.
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Good Morning, once again!
As for DR BrettySpaghetti's Topic du Jour....
Composer/Andrew Lloyd Webber
;D
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Hello, everyone.
I've got work to do and can't stay and chat.
Will try to check back later; so far the TODs are quite interesting.
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As for The Topic of the Day...
Well, since we moved around almost every year and a half to two years, well...
However, I do remember when we lived in Gales Ferry, CT - when my dad was stationed at the Coast Guard Academy/Base in New London, CT - there was a big rock somewhere along the paths in our "backyard". At times it was it a fort, other times a castle, and sometimes it was just a sittin' rock.
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Good health vibes to both DR Ron and his mother.
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Magical Places?
When I was young, my family spent our summers in Soap Lake, a small town in central Washington State. The waters in the lake are suppose to cure a variety of ailments.
Although I didn't feel that way at the time, my wamest childhood memories are centered on Soap Lake and some of the people that I knew there.
In fact, Soap Lake and its people provided the background for my first novel, NOBODY DROWNS IN MINERAL LAKE (1999. The Center Press).
If you're interested, it's still in print and available through Amazon.com.
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George and Singdaw, your music is on the way.
Re: Title of Day. Perhaps MattH has seen this, but there's this new set of DVDs out, all with classic book titles, including The Catcher in the Rye, whose content consists entirely of either blue screen or green screen. That's it. ???
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From today's New York Times - Some "local" news for DRs Ginny and elmore.
Columbus Symphony Orchestra Plays Through Its Troubles (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/12/arts/music/12symp.html?ref=music)
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I got an email from Amazon today saying that because I bought The Marx Bros, Animal Crackers they suggested.....
Wait for it
It's coming
Peter Coffin is a Douche
Anyone know anything about this movie. There is no summary at Amazon and IMBD doesn't have a listing for it.
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Good morning, everyone!
Spring in Tacoma didn't merely arrive, it exploded. Yesterday was a lovely day with temperatures in the 60s. But today, the temperature is supposed to reach 70, the skies are a beautiful shade of blue, and it looks like thousands of people are heading down the street to Point Defiance Park, which is one block from my house.
I am trying to remember (after only one cup of coffee) what event may be taking place in the Park. The Daffodil Parade is in downtown, the Spring Fair is out in Puyallup; so, possibly, the crowd is for the Bluegrass Festival?
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Good Morning, once again!
As for DR BrettySpaghetti's Topic du Jour....
Composer/Andrew Lloyd Webber
;D
Similar to Orchestrator/Coughlin?
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DR Jose - thanks for the link to the Columbus Symphony story. Isn't that a great photo of the historic Ohio Theatre?
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If you enjoy swimming pools, have you seen pictures of the World's largest swimming pool, built on the coast of Chile at San Alfonso del Mar?
http://spluch.blogspot.com/2007/10/worlds-largest-swimming-pool.html
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Bretty's T.O.D.
Marry / merry
Well, you knew I was going to say it.
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I am trying to remember (after only one cup of coffee) what event may be taking place in the Park. The Daffodil Parade is in downtown, the Spring Fair is out in Puyallup; so, possibly, the crowd is for the Bluegrass Festival?
Uh....TCB, you invited them all over for breakfast, remember?
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The good news: it is also sunny and gorgeous in Portland.
Bad news: that means I have to do yardwork.
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My goodness, there are divas on both coasts and likely all over America! I cannot fathom having this kind of attitude working within a company of other actors.
::)
DIVAS ACROSS AMERICA.....sort of like hands across America, only a lot less friendly
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Uh....TCB, you invited them all over for breakfast, remember?
Gee, JMK, you may be correct. I can't find any other activity scheduled for Point Defiance today, except the City Zoo is holding a Job Fair for sumemr employment opportunities.
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Thanks, DR JMK!! :)
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DIVAS ACROSS AMERICA.....sort of like hands across America, only a lot less friendly
But far better attired!
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DR TCB is hosting a brunch and didn't invite us??
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TOD - hmmm Camp Foster comes to mind. I loved that place.
There was a tree I used to climb in the woods behind out house. I pretended I was invisible when I was up there. No one ever came looking, so who knows maybe I was
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FIELD TRIP...
...to San Alfonso del Mar! :)
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DR TCB is hosting a brunch and didn't invite us??
You are always welcome, Coleslaw!
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The movie on my agenda for today is Lifetime's adaptation of Kim Edwards' book The Memory Keeper's Daughter (http://www.mylifetime.com/on-tv/movies/memory-keepers-daughter?CMP=RAC-MKDNYT). My book group read it last year and we're all interested to see this version.
Having read the book I really don't feel like revisiting the story. Please let me know what you think of the movie.
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DR Ron, best wishes for mother. Since you were going through such an ordeal yourself, this was one of those rare times when it was nice not to know.
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Hmmm, we have been celebrating, all of this week, Angel's 15th Birthday. Perhaps the crowd is waiting for her to make her Eva Peron-style appearance on the balcony this morning?
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I hope I don't have any place that I need to go today; or, at least, any place I need to get to go in a hurry. The traffice is backed up all the way from the park, past my house, and beyond.
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Perhaps the crowd is waiting for her to make her Eva Peron-style appearance on the balcony this morning?
Each of her nine lives will be dressed?
[ dressed up to the nines... ]
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Hmmm, we have been celebrating, all of this week, Angel's 15th Birthday. Perhaps the crowd is waiting for her to make her Eva Peron-style appearance on the balcony this morning?
Happy Birthday Angel!!
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Each of his nine lives will be dressed?
[ dressed up to the nines... ]
HER!
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Vibes to DR Ron's mother
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If you enjoy swimming pools, have you seen pictures of the World's largest swimming pool, built on the coast of Chile at San Alfonso del Mar?
http://spluch.blogspot.com/2007/10/worlds-largest-swimming-pool.html
8)
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Having read the book I really don't feel like revisiting the story. Please let me know what you think of the movie.
OK, DR Jane. I just got off the phone with my mother and was going to recommend the movie to her. But I realized that it's the kind of story that she wouldn't like, either.
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Happy Birthday Angel!!
Angel says thanks, Cillaliz, not only for the birthday greetings, but also for the suggestion of tuna in oil for her birthday dinner.
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HER!
Spoo...sorry! :-[
You know how much trouble I have with pronouns!
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Angel says thanks, Cillaliz, not only for the birthday greetings, but also for the suggestion of tuna in oil for her birthday dinner.
She is most welcome. My girls love it and I think it helps with ....well you know..
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HAPPY 15TH BIRTHDAY TO DC ANGEL!!![/color]
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She is most welcome. My girls love it and I think it helps with ....well you know..
Yes, but now she expects it for dinner every night.
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HAPPY 15TH BIRTHDAY TO DC ANGEL!!![/color]
Thanks, Jane, I credit you and Science Diet for giving her these last three years of health. If you hadn't sent that dry food to me, I would never have caught on to the fact that she was literally starving to death on that Iam's Cat Food.
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OK, DR Jane. I just got off the phone with my mother and was going to recommend the movie to her. But I realized that it's the kind of story that she wouldn't like, either.
;D I didn't exactly dislike it, but I wasn't sorry to see it end.
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bk, I checked, and The Sondheim Review's email distribution list is "protected," so there's no way to do an email blast about Primrose unless they instigate it themselves.
They did it in August '06 for an event at Ravinia, so there is precedent. And a CD release that everyone can participate in is far more worthy of being announced, methinks.
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Thanks for cluing us in, DR Druxy. I've just ordered two of your books! :)
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I grew up in Florida, so of course there was Disney World.
But let me tell you about the most magical place of all.
It was the 7-11 near my house.
What, you ask, was so great about that?
Well, I'll tell you.
Every week came the arrival of fresh Archie comic books.
Archie, Laugh, PEP, Archie's Pals 'n' Gals, Jughead, Reggie and Me, Betty & Veronica, and on and on. Twenty cents each, and I'm here to tell you, I've never had a bigger thrill in my life than going there and checking out all the new titles, taking them home and losing myself in their carefree teenage adventures.
I shan't have an experience like that ever again.
But I can come close: Now that I'm in my 40s, I can go online and buy Archie comics on eBay cheap and totally relive my childhood.
Is that pathetic?
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Is that pathetic?
Nope. :)
Didn't you also read MAD?
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TCB-It was a joint effort between myself, Keith and Bogie.
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Thanks for cluing us in, DR Druxy. I've just ordered two of your books! :)
Yes, Coleslaw, and you got Amazon's last copy of NOBODY DROWNS IN MINERAL LAKE.
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I grew up in Florida, so of course there was Disney World.
But let me tell you about the most magical place of all.
It was the 7-11 near my house.
What, you ask, was so great about that?
Well, I'll tell you.
Every week came the arrival of fresh Archie comic books.
I also loved ARCHIE Comics when I was a kid. Of course, they only cost a dime when I bought them.
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TCB-It was a joint effort between myself, Keith and Bogie.
(http://www.haineshisway.com/community/YaBBImages/avatars/At%20Pisa%20-%20HHW%20110x150.jpg)(http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_yQe6zAQzzEf7M:http://eric.b.olsen.tripod.com/images/bogart1.jpg)
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I also loved ARCHIE Comics when I was a kid. Of course, they only cost a dime when I bought them.
Same here, DR TCB! Weren't there super editions, too, that cost a quarter?
I also read Katie Keene comics.
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We had it all, just like Bogie and Bacall...........
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Yes, Coleslaw, and you got Amazon's last copy of NOBODY DROWNS IN MINERAL LAKE.
But there are used copies starting from .90 ....... :)
And I'd be willing to bet that the author would be willing to sign one!
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DR TCB is hosting a brunch and didn't invite us??
Well, he invited me, that's how I knew about it. ;D
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Same here, DR TCB! Weren't there super editions, too, that cost a quarter?
I also read Katie Keene comics.
Yes, your right, Ginny. I had to hit my Mom up to buy me those expensive comics.
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Well, he invited me, that's how I knew about it.
And you just happened to invite a few friends along? :)
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I think I'll just hang out here at HHW all day, and avoid doing my taxes altogether.
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Oops, it was Katy, with a Y, Keene:
Katy Keene (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katy_Keene)
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I was standing in the checkout line at Safeway the other day, and among their collection of STAR, ENQUIRER, etc; they had a small pocket size collection of Archie and Jughead. I almost bought it for myself. But since I have a friend who opened his own comic book store, I think I will wait and buy some from him.
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I was standing in the checkout line at Safeway the other day, and among their collection of STAR, ENQUIRER, etc; they had a small pocket size collection of Archie and Jughead. I almost bought it for myself. But since I have a friend who opened his own comic book store, I think I will wait and buy some from him.
Oh, and the one at Safeway was a little more than a quarter.
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Yes, but now she expects it for dinner every night.
Tell me about it....I just got back from a Tuna run.
My mother gave me a welcome mat a few years ago. It says
If you ever want to see these people again, bring 5 pounds of tuna in a brown paper sack. Signed The cat
I never dreamed it would come true. I have the mat in my garage and laugh every time I'm coming home from a tuna run
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I also loved ARCHIE Comics when I was a kid. Of course, they only cost a dime when I bought them.
I was a member of the Official Archie Fan Club...and the Official Banan Splitz Fan Club or was it Banana Splits?
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Good Afternoon!
It's Hot Up Here... In "upstate" Manhattan. ;)
I just went for a walk, and practically feels like summer outside. The temp is around 70 degrees, and the humidity is high too - and there are thunderstorms predicted for this afternoon. -And from the look of the clouds, I have a feeling those predictions will come true.
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It's Splits ...and here they are
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It is snowing here. Not enough to amount to anything, but it is snowing
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It's Splits ...and here they are
Wow, some legendary voices for The Banana Splits.......... Paul Winchell, Daws Butler, Allan Melvin.
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Not sure how this will work size wise
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spoo, I forgot Don Messick.
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We wrote many-a tax check this morning--the hazards of being partly self-employed. Oy.
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Though my tax preparer does do an awesome job of expensing my freelance income down to virtually nil. ;)
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Think I'll go read for awhile. I can't remember the last time I sat down in the middle of the day to read a book that has nothing to do with work I'm reading Things We Couldn't Say http://www.amazon.com/Things-Couldnt-Say-Diet-Eman/dp/0802847471/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208022185&sr=8-1 (http://www.amazon.com/Things-Couldnt-Say-Diet-Eman/dp/0802847471/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208022185&sr=8-1) It's the story of the woman from the Dutch Resistance I saw the other night. Amazing story
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Actually, I think it's I who does the awesome job of doing that. ;)
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Here's an interesting approach to the culture wars (http://www.advocate.com/print_article_ektid53250.asp)!
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(http://www.porthalcyon.com/features/200505/images/bacall.jpg)
We had Bogie's sister, Bacall. It didn't seem right calling his sister Bacall, but nothing else went so well with Bogie.
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Think I'll go read for awhile. I can't remember the last time I sat down in the middle of the day to read a book that has nothing to do with work I'm reading Things We Couldn't Say http://www.amazon.com/Things-Couldnt-Say-Diet-Eman/dp/0802847471/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208022185&sr=8-1 (http://www.amazon.com/Things-Couldnt-Say-Diet-Eman/dp/0802847471/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208022185&sr=8-1) It's the story of the woman from the Dutch Resistance I saw the other night. Amazing story
I have added this book along with NOBODY DROWNS IN MINERAL LAKE to my list of books to read. :)
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We had it all, just like Bogie and Bacall...........
We did, we do :D
I still miss our personal Bogie
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I miss having a Christmas tree. It has been three years since we have had one, darn wish those kids would come here for the holidays. ;D
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We wrote many-a tax check this morning--the hazards of being partly self-employed. Oy.
Not as bad as being fully self-employed.
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Puttering update:
Hang out at HHW
Put away china used for Easter dinner - check
Hang out at HHW
Pack away Easter decorations - check
Hang out at HHW
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Hang out at HHW
Check.
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Great story from Best Friends (http://news.bestfriends.org/index.cfm?page=news&mode=entry&entry=F56A3D75-19B9-B98A-E28DAEF8C1499623)
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I've written about classic British pantomime and the Harlequinade, I'm almost through my Act III notes and I'm about to leave for the movies with DR Jose. We'r seeing the new Simon Pegg comedy, which I hope is even half as wonderful as HOT FUZZ.
I'm thnking about watching tonight either the 1997 or earlier BBC miniseries of MANSFIELD PARK. It's my leas favorite Austen novel but I am thinking about reading it again.
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Well, I need to look into some birthday presents for my niece, Alyssa, and I think I shall do some looking before - and after - this afternoon's movie outing with DR elmore. So...
Laters...
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I have to say the most magical place I went to as a child was Disneyland.
Another magical place for me was the home of my father’s good friend Joe. Joe and his wife, an Olympic diving champion (at least competitor, but I think she was a champion) lived in a mansion. The house was large and beautiful, however it was the pool and yard that were magical. Their pool was so large it even had steps to sit on in the deep end. Of course they had a high diving board. Behind the pool was a park, at least it seemed the size of a small park, with a double glider swing & gardens and a wooded area to play in.
Joe was a one of kind, bigger than life person who liked to have major family parties with loads of food & fun. On the 4th his fireworks were terrific. There were always plenty of children to play with.
It was his wife who spent hours & hours patiently teaching me to dive. Patience was required as she had much harm to undo after a guest decided to teach me how to dive from the high board. I was fearless as he held me upside down and dropped me into the water. The fear began after I belly flopped & had my breath knocked out of me. I know I was unconscious my rescue. My stomach hurt the rest of the day.
These were wonderful people and the magic all ended when Joe suddenly died of a heart attack. The last time I went to the magical mansion was with my mother to make a condolence call.
I often think of these wonderful generous people & wonder where their children are today.
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I have to say the most magical place I went to as a child was Disneyland.
Another magical place for me was the home of my father’s good friend Joe. Joe and his wife, an Olympic diving champion (at least competitor, but I think she was a champion) lived in a mansion. The house was large and beautiful, however it was the pool and yard that were magical. Their pool was so large it even had steps to sit on in the deep end. Of course they had a high diving board. Behind the pool was a park, at least it seemed the size of a small park, with a double glider swing & gardens and a wooded area to play in.
Joe was a one of kind, bigger than life person who liked to have major family parties with loads of food & fun. On the 4th his fireworks were terrific. There were always plenty of children to play with.
It was his wife who spent hours & hours patiently teaching me to dive. Patience was required as she had much harm to undo after a guest decided to teach me how to dive from the high board. I was fearless as he held me upside down and dropped me into the water. The fear began after I belly flopped & had my breath knocked out of me. I know I was unconscious my rescue. My stomach hurt the rest of the day.
These were wonderful people and the magic all ended when Joe suddenly died of a heart attack. The last time I went to the magical mansion was with my mother to make a condolence call.
I often think of these wonderful generous people & wonder where their children are today.
What a lovely story, Jane.
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Here's an interesting approach to the culture wars (http://www.advocate.com/print_article_ektid53250.asp)!
I have always thought this to be the best approach, for me.
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Spent the morning having breakfast with my buddy Jim, who just returned from his trip to Asia last night. We then hit a few estate sales...he bought some old sheet music and I bought two pairs of 1940s rayon men's pajamas.
Now it is time to dig into the yard work...it is so beautiful outside!!!!
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What a lovely story, Jane.
Indeed!
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Last night's edition of Theatre Talk on PBS featured a very interesting discussion with Harvey Fierstein talking about his adaptation of A Catered Affair, soon to open at the Walter Kerr theatre.
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1940s rayon men's pajamas.
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I believe that in the 940's they were actually mail pajamas. (No groaning, or Groening, allowed).
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Apropos the tuna discussion earlier...
THIS (http://carmina.ytmnd.com:80/) starts off there, but then gets a little kooky... :)
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I believe that in the 940's they were actually mail pajamas.
:D
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You are just too quick, DR JMK... ;D
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I also loved ARCHIE Comics when I was a kid. Of course, they only cost a dime when I bought them.
So did I, and I also loved the DC comics (SUPERMAN and all the others featuring him and his pals, BATMAN, etc.)
I remember how stunned we were to go into the dime store one Saturday and there were the new month's editions only they were priced at 12 cents!
Then and there, I got my mother to help me to subscribe to all my favorites so I could get them at a reduced rate and delivered right to my door.
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I've had a rich afternoon of viewing delights, helped by the fact we had more rain this afternoon which didn't make me feel guilty for spending the afternoon inside instead of outside.
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I began by finshing up the two-part episode of THE CLOSER from the Season 2 set. Always loved that outcome and Brenda getting back in the murder room with her squad intact.
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I went back and rewatched another CLOSER episode on the same disc, the one with the prisoner trying to get out of jail based on a kid's eyewitness account of the real murderer. Always loved this episode, too, especially when Estelle Pope comes charging into the murder room hurling invective at Brenda.
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Next, I watched another MR. WONG film. The title of it escapes me, but it was the last one made by Karloff. The always wonderful Henry Brandon played a lawyer in the film, and I was also very pleased that I guessed the identity of the murderer in this one, too, though I had a partially wrong motive.
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Next, I watched THE RED BALLOON. It's only 34 minutes long, but it's a completely charming, whimsical little French trifle. It's obviously packaged by Criterion, but they're not taking credit for it. It's released under the Janus Film label. Gorgeous Technicolor transfer in Academy ratio. Oddly, the trailer is in anamorphic widescreen showing that the film could have been soft matted and anamorphically enhanced for a widescreen DVD release. I'm not sure which I would have preferred. I suspect if it had been anamorphic, there wouldn't have been that slight bit of line twitter when the child would pass by certain wrought iron fences. Most of the line structures on steps, bricks, etc. are solid as can be.
Amazingly, this won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay of 1956 (over such weightier contenders as LA STRADA, THE BOLD AND THE BRAVE, and THE LADYKILLERS).
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I ended my afternoon watching BATMAN BEGINS upconverted in anticipation of the upcoming Blu-ray release of this film this summer. I really cannot wait to see this in true high definition. I've been tempted to get it on HD-DVD, but I'm holding off for the Blu-ray since allegedly there are to be additional special features combined with what was on the previous HD release.
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All alone, I'm so all alone. . . .
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I've got to do a little writing now. I'll be back in a little while to sign off until late evening.
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Tell me about it....I just got back from a Tuna run.
My mother gave me a welcome mat a few years ago. It says
If you ever want to see these people again, bring 5 pounds of tuna in a brown paper sack. Signed The cat
I never dreamed it would come true. I have the mat in my garage and laugh every time I'm coming home from a tuna run
I must get that welcome mat!
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Happy weekend. Vibes and well wishes to all who need them.
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At long last I have pictures of the new cat condo. This is of Pierre and Killbot.
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Here are Pierre and his visiting girlfriends, Lucy and Summer.
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Thanks, Jane, I credit you and Science Diet for giving her these last three years of health. If you hadn't sent that dry food to me, I would never have caught on to the fact that she was literally starving to death on that Iam's Cat Food.
What?? :o
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Similar to Orchestrator/Coughlin?
Conductor/he of "Limited Talent and Limitless Ego"?? ::)
;)
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bk, I checked, and The Sondheim Review's email distribution list is "protected," so there's no way to do an email blast about Primrose unless they instigate it themselves.
They did it in August '06 for an event at Ravinia, so there is precedent. And a CD release that everyone can participate in is far more worthy of being announced, methinks.
Maybe if you dropped them a line - I wrote them, they wrote back, I sent them a much abbreviated version of the press release, but as far as I can tell, have never sent it. Maybe if you explained to them why they should run it they'd see the light.
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Rehearsal was fun - worked through problems in act two, which we'll continue doing tomorrow.
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We're still going back and forth on the band, but I may be losing that battle unless I pay for two more musicians myself, which I'm certainly not in a position to do.
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PAGE SEVEN DANCE!!
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Topic of the Day: we used to live in Ft. Carson, Colorado (when my dad was in the army) which is fairly close to Garden of the Gods (http://www.gardenofgods.com/). We'd go there a couple of times a year and my sister and I loved it...exploring through all the rocks...it was a lot of fun. :D
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My relaxing day....
Go to HHW
Go to HyVee Cafe,
get paper and coffee
Paul arrives
Order food
Drink more coffee
eat food.
come home
visit HHW
Finish book
Visit HHW
Play with cats
Visit HHW
make home made apple sauce
visit HHW
put pork roast in over
make long grain rice
Visit HHW.
Nice day
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I thought Arnolds Park Amusement Park was pretty magical
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I'm back from RUN FAT BOY RUN, which is a very funny feel-good movie with a wonderful cast and some silly outrageous situations. I had quite a celebrity day waiting for DR Jose to show up. When I got to the theatre, my longtime Drama Book Shop friend Conan McCarty was waiting for his girlfriend. I was both happy and surprised to see him since I thought he'd relocated for THE CLOSER, in which he appears as the ass Det. Ross. He said he's in this season but they haven't started shoting anything with him. He also said he wouldn't relocate but just goes out to LA or the work. He was waiting for his lady friend and they were seeing LEATHERHEADS. While we were talking, Mia Dillon of the original Broadway cast of CRIMES OF THE HEART and her husband Kier Dullea came out of the theatre and joined us. They had been to see THE VISITOR, which they loved.
We chatted and Conan's lady friend arrived and we all went our separate ways. About 5 minutes later, DR Jose showed up and missed all of this.
After the movie, we walked abit up Amsterdam Avenue and DR Jose headed to Fairway. I walked on home and here I am.
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So did I, and I also loved the DC comics (SUPERMAN and all the others featuring him and his pals, BATMAN, etc.)
I remember how stunned we were to go into the dime store one Saturday and there were the new month's editions only they were priced at 12 cents!
Then and there, I got my mother to help me to subscribe to all my favorites so I could get them at a reduced rate and delivered right to my door.
I don't think my mother's single-parent teacher's salary allowed for comic book subscriptions (or very much else), so I settled for buying them when I could.
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Maybe if you dropped them a line - I wrote them, they wrote back, I sent them a much abbreviated version of the press release, but as far as I can tell, have never sent it. Maybe if you explained to them why they should run it they'd see the light.
Having written for said tome, I can tell you they are not exactly the model of a modern major magazine--they're just a trifle discombobulated most of the time.
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visit HHW
put pork roast in over
make long grain rice
Visit HHW.
Nice day
Did you put it in wrong the first time?
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We're still going back and forth on the band, but I may be losing that battle unless I pay for two more musicians myself, which I'm certainly not in a position to do.
Did you tell them that you were going to withdraw your offer to donate your salary?
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I'm back from RUN FAT BOY RUN, which is a very funny feel-good movie with a wonderful cast and some silly outrageous situations. I had quite a celebrity day waiting for DR Jose to show up. When I got to the theatre, my longtime Drama Book Shop friend Conan McCarty was waiting for his girlfriend. I was both happy and surprised to see him since I thought he'd relocated for THE CLOSER, in which he appears as the ass Det. Ross. He said he's in this season but they haven't started shoting anything with him. He also said he wouldn't relocate but just goes out to LA or the work. He was waiting for his lady friend and they were seeing LEATHERHEADS. While we were talking, Mia Dillon of the original Broadway cast of CRIMES OF THE HEART and her husband Kier Dullea came out of the theatre and joined us. They had been to see THE VISITOR, which they loved.
We chatted and Conan's lady friend arrived and we all went our separate ways. About 5 minutes later, DR Jose showed up and missed all of this.
After the movie, we walked abit up Amsterdam Avenue and DR Jose headed to Fairway. I walked on home and here I am.
You Know Keir Dullea???
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Vibes for DR RonP's mother. ~~~~~~~~~~
Happy birthday to angel!
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Vibes for DR RonP's mother. ~~~~~~~~~~
Happy birthday to angel!
Angel says thank you, Jennifer.
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At least, I think that is what she said. It could have have been a spoiler from The Biggest Brother or Dancing with the Idols.
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A Very Happy Birthday to TCB's Angel! :D
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Well, I'm at work, but I'm not really working, so I'm going to leave (and adjust my timesheet appropriately). In about an hour and a half, I need to be at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts (http://www.washingtoncenter.org/) to work concessions for Fansipan - A piano concert with Dang Thai Son (http://www.washingtoncenter.org/calendar/calendar_detail.asp?event_id=965). Here's Dang Thai Son's bio:
Dang Thai Son was the first Asian to be awarded the First Prize and Gold Medal at the 10th International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, Poland. Since then, his career has spanned over forty countries. He has performed with an exhaustive list of world-class orchestras at many prestigious venues. Dang Thai Son is frequently invited to give master classes around the world and has sat as member of the jury on prominent piano competitions.
Should be a good concert (if instrumental music didn't usually bore me ::))
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Have a good day, all!
;D
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You Know Keir Dullea???
Not well.
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He's really a sweetheart, but I hardly know him. Mia worked with the New Amsterdam Theatre Company with me around 1983-84. I haven't seen her in years except on a LAW & ORDER SVU episode based on the JT Leroy fraud. He and Mia, on their way uptown, found a hat and were asking folk in front of the theatre if it were theirs or if they wanted it. I told them I already was wearing one but they tried to convince me I needed another.
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Did you put it in wrong the first time?
Lol, no I just typed it wrong.
About once a year while I"m in the grocery store I think "Why don't I ever get pork roasts?" My mother makes them quite often. Then I make one, like I did today and I remember that I don't particularly like pork roasts. You'd think I'd remember that
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Should be a good concert (if instrumental music didn't usually bore me ::))
;)
Maybe Wing will sing.
der Brucer
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Muchas gracias to DR SINGDAW for his card with the lovely thought that arrived today.
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The is the opening number of my new musical:
"Keir Dullea Has Found a Hat!"
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DR LAURA - here in the cold cold Midwest, COPS has been pre-empted this evening by NASCAR.
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Loved seeing the Kitty Condo de Pierre et Killbot.
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After the MANSFIELD PARK debate, I've settled on the new BBC production of NORTHANGER ABBEY.
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I"m thinking about going to Smart People. Has anyone seen it?
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TPunk. Cool Kitty condo and great cat photos
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You Know Keir Dullea???
They met when Larry portrayed the monolith in 2001.
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Ways to spend your idle hours:
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der Brucer
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Thanks Cillaliz and JRand.
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The 2008 tax season madness seems to be pretty much over, with a mad rush of returns today. The next three days until April 15 should be relatively calm, I hope.
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If I withdraw the offer of my salary, we'll have just piano, and that is REALLY not acceptable. So, we're in a quandary and it is now clear to me why they've been dragging their feet in hiring the band. I've told them they must have the bass and drums by Tuesday, and we'll go from there.
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Orders have slowed up, of course, but are still trickling in, which is good. If the damn Sondheim Review people would simply send the e-mail, we'd probably sell out instantly. If we sell out before the magazine comes out with its review, I can't imagine any of its subscribers would be happy that they could have had knowledge of this and didn't. In fact, I'd say they'd lose subscribers over it.
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Watched a DVD entitled The 11th Hour, a documentary about how screwed the planet is - guess who the major villain of the piece is?
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If you can't guess, just go get gas tomorrow.
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Welcome ten GUESTS.
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After rehearsal, a few of us went across the street to the Knowlwood Cafe - excellently excellent.
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I had a Philly cheese and fries and that's all I'm eatin' today.
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BK - Are there really no emails where the size of the band, and the reason you were donating back your salary, were discussed?
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Shocking news about the band.
DR CILLA LIZ - I don't know nothin' bout no smart people, fer shur.
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I am working on the theatre website (I like the new software I am using, but it is still touch and go so to speak, the results are variable, but at least the news is THERE!).
I am watching a Stanley Cup Playoff game.....the Stanley Cup presented by and named for one of my English cousins, the Earl of Derby.
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A Very Happy Birthday to TCB's Angel! :D
Thanks, George, Angel and I appreciate that.
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Not well.
Does he call you Lar?
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They met when Larry portrayed the monolith in 2001.
And you were the orbiting space station? ;)
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Good Evening!
As DR elmore already mentioned, we both thought "Run Fatboy Run" to be quite a charming movie. It's not a spoof/tribute like "Shaun of the Dead" and "Hot Fuzz" were, but it is very much in the vein of the classic "the underdog becomes an over-dog" movies.
*And it was nice to see that Hank Azaria has been working out lately. ;)
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Oh... And I'm wondering if the slap-fight between Simon Pegg's character and his buddy was a sort of nod to "Friends"... since the movie was directed by David Schwimmer. ;)
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DP Colin and I enjoyed "Run Fat Boy Run".
Recommended - "Spaced" Simon Pegg's TV show - (Now about to have a USA version). It is off the wall funny and has some wonderful references to so many films and TV shows etc. The episode that is a tribute to "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" was a delight.
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Next, I watched THE RED BALLOON. It's only 34 minutes long, but it's a completely charming, whimsical little French trifle. It's obviously packaged by Criterion, but they're not taking credit for it. It's released under the Janus Film label. Gorgeous Technicolor transfer in Academy ratio. Oddly, the trailer is in anamorphic widescreen showing that the film could have been soft matted and anamorphically enhanced for a widescreen DVD release. I'm not sure which I would have preferred. I suspect if it had been anamorphic, there wouldn't have been that slight bit of line twitter when the child would pass by certain wrought iron fences. Most of the line structures on steps, bricks, etc. are solid as can be.
Amazingly, this won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay of 1956 (over such weightier contenders as LA STRADA, THE BOLD AND THE BRAVE, and THE LADYKILLERS).
Oh, "The Red Balloon" (ou "Le Ballon Rouge")! When I was in grade school, we would watch that every year. I will definitely be purchasing a copy for myself when it gets released at the end of the month.
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If I withdraw the offer of my salary, we'll have just piano, and that is REALLY not acceptable.
Oh, I'm sure if you just add an Accordian/Harmonica player Elmore could craft some imaginative orchestrations; or -
Use pre-recorded music - Susan Stroman did it!
Have the cast play their own damn instruments - Doyle did it!
And if you have the cast just hum instead of sing, you can cut down on rehearsal time - Puccini did it!
der Brucer
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PAGE SEVEN DANCE!!
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...I still remember seeing "Seven" the day after I had just seen "The Usual Suspects". I had no idea there would be a sort of overlap between the movies. It sort of creeped me out.
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Well, I'm at work, but I'm not really working, so I'm going to leave (and adjust my timesheet appropriately). In about an hour and a half, I need to be at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts (http://www.washingtoncenter.org/) to work concessions for Fansipan - A piano concert with Dang Thai Son (http://www.washingtoncenter.org/calendar/calendar_detail.asp?event_id=965). Here's Dang Thai Son's bio:
Dang Thai Son was the first Asian to be awarded the First Prize and Gold Medal at the 10th International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, Poland. Since then, his career has spanned over forty countries. He has performed with an exhaustive list of world-class orchestras at many prestigious venues. Dang Thai Son is frequently invited to give master classes around the world and has sat as member of the jury on prominent piano competitions.
Should be a good concert (if instrumental music didn't usually bore me ::))
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Hmm... Well, after looking at his program, I'm pretty sure I would enjoy it. At least not bore me. ;)
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My memory of "The Red Balloon" is that it was shown here as the support feature for "Giselle" (The Bolshoi Ballet?).
I would have been your typical 12 year old at the time. NOT
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I just spent an interesting(?) hour or two browsing some of the contents of ebay. Mostly I was looking thru the Broadway and celebrity autograph sections. There used to be one of their ebay speciality shops called Broadway, but I'll be damned if I can figure out how to get to it now.
I was amazed at some of the crap that they are currently selling. I did find Paris Hilton's napkin from Prague with an opening bid of $10.00. There was a whole slew of Playbills going for up to $5.00 a piece for shows that are still running and not even autographed. One individual had listings for, I think, eight posters for different musicals signed by the cast, with each one selling for a starting bid of $35.00. That sounded okay until you read the description and found out that they were signed by the cast of the touring company that happened to come thru Tennessee. Not that there is anything wrong with a touring company, but $35.00 for a group of signatures of people whose signatures you can't even read or recognize?
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Orders have slowed up, of course, but are still trickling in, which is good. If the damn Sondheim Review people would simply send the e-mail, we'd probably sell out instantly. If we sell out before the magazine comes out with its review, I can't imagine any of its subscribers would be happy that they could have had knowledge of this and didn't. In fact, I'd say they'd lose subscribers over it.
bk - The press release was already posted on the Sondheim listserv - and could probably be posted there again. Most, if not all, of the listserv members are subscribers to "The Sondheim Review", and I'm sure the word is getting around.
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Hmm... Well, after looking at his program, I'm pretty sure I would enjoy it. At least not bore me. ;)
Isn't it difficult for a pianist without a vocalist to carry the load?
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Isn't it difficult for a pianist without a vocalist to carry the load?
der Brucer
Nah. That's why a lot of pianists hum along while the play. ;)
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Shocking news about the band.
DR CILLA LIZ - I don't know nothin' bout no smart people, fer shur.
Here's the website http://www.smartpeople-themovie.com/
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Nah. That's why a lot of pianists hum along while the play. ;)
A suggestion for the Chance theatre folks?
der brucer
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Thanks for sharing the Kitty Condo, DR TPunk! :)
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OH! And as DR elmore is my witness: I actually walked by Levain, and did NOT go in and buy a cookie!
;D
*However, I did do some grocery shopping at Fairway, and picked up some supplies to make some cookies. -And said cookies are happily cooling away on the dining room table. AND I haven't had one of those either!
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Maybe if you dropped them a line
I will try that.
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Oh, "The Red Balloon" (ou "Le Ballon Rouge")! When I was in grade school, we would watch that every year. I will definitely be purchasing a copy for myself when it gets released at the end of the month.
DITTO! :)
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OH! And as DR elmore is my witness: I actually walked by Levain, and did NOT go in and buy a cookie!
;D
And, but were they open?
der Brucer
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And, but were they open?
der Brucer
Yes, they were. For about another hour and 15 minutes.
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When we first met about the show we discussed the band. Initially they said they were thinking just piano and I said that wouldn't work. I then agreed to donate my salary for the reed and second keyboard and they said they'd go to their board and ask them to match my offer with the bass and drums. And that's what I assumed was going to happen. Apparently their board said no. But, I didn't know this until yesterday - if I'd known it weeks and weeks ago I might have been able to do something about it - but with under three weeks left I'm at a loss. The head guy is supposed to call me in the next couple of days to discuss - he's in Vietnam right now visiting his family, but will make the time to chat about it. I'm concerned on any number of levels, not least of which is that I don't think our musical director can play all the reed and synth lines that he'd need to cover if it's just a trio - he's got his hands full just trying to play his piano part.
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I really would not have agreed to do the show had I known this upfront - that's how important I think the "sound" of the band is.
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I shall now watch another DVD, this one with hopefully a bit more entertainment value.
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Will we never get to page ten?
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Welcome eleven GUESTS.
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Moses was high on drugs (http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080304120710.ad7gm7i6&show_article=1)
High on Mount Sinai, Moses was on psychedelic drugs when he heard God deliver the Ten Commandments, an Israeli researcher claimed in a study published this week.
Such mind-altering substances formed an integral part of the religious rites of Israelites in biblical times, Benny Shanon, a professor of cognitive psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem wrote in the Time and Mind journal of philosophy.
"As far Moses on Mount Sinai is concerned, it was either a supernatural cosmic event, which I don't believe, or a legend, which I don't believe either, or finally, and this is very probable, an event that joined Moses and the people of Israel under the effect of narcotics," Shanon told Israeli public radio on Tuesday.
Moses was probably also on drugs when he saw the "burning bush," suggested Shanon, who said he himself has dabbled with such substances.
Does this explain Val Kilmer's portrayal?
der Brucer
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I really would not have agreed to do the show had I known this upfront - that's how important I think the "sound" of the band is.
At this stage in Bain's development I would think no performance would be better than an inferior one!
der Brucer
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At this stage in Bain's development I would think no performance would be better than an inferior one!
der Brucer
Who is Bain?
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I have been watching BROADWAY: THE MUSICAL on Netflix online. I had never gotten around to seeing it before. I am enjoying it a great deal. I just finished Part 5, about the changes from the tradional musical to the new modern musical, such as A CHORUS LINE or COMPANY. One thing I found so strange was in the footage of the recording of the original Braodway cast of COMPANY. And of the actors standing next to Elaine Stritch during the recording is actually smoking a cigarette.
Boy, have times changed. We used to smoke onstage, backstage, at work, in the movie theaters. Things have certainly changed. Now, at least in Washington State, about the only place you can smoke besides your house and your car, is in the Indian casinos - because they are a sovereign nation and do not have to follow state laws.
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Who is Bain?
Oh, sorry. Never mind.
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I really would not have agreed to do the show had I known this upfront - that's how important I think the "sound" of the band is.
bk - Is there anyone the Festival you could contact to add some leverage?
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Moses was high on drugs (http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080304120710.ad7gm7i6&show_article=1)Does this explain Val Kilmer's portrayal?
der Brucer
Umm... Having seen The Ten Commandments live at the Kodak Theater, well... I think it would have been a much better show if the audience was on drugs. ;)
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I have been watching BROADWAY: THE MUSICAL on Netflix online. I had never gotten around to seeing it before. I am enjoying it a great deal. I just finished Part 5, about the changes from the tradional musical to the new modern musical, such as A CHORUS LINE or COMPANY. One thing I found so strange was in the footage of the recording of the original Braodway cast of COMPANY. And of the actors standing next to Elaine Stritch during the recording is actually smoking a cigarette.
Boy, have times changed. We used to smoke onstage, backstage, at work, in the movie theaters. Things have certainly changed. Now, at least in Washington State, about the only place you can smoke besides your house and your car, is in the Indian casinos - because they are a sovereign nation and do not have to follow state laws.
Iowa just passed the public building smoking ban - with the same exceptions. I can't wait! I hate going into a restaurant to eat and smelling someone else's smoke. I am very excited to return to some of the places I quit going to because of the smoke
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Who is Bain?
Actually it is "Bane" - the villain alien race from the Sarah Jane Adventures.
der Brucer
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Iowa just passed the public building smoking ban - with the same exceptions. I can't wait! I hate going into a restaurant to eat and smelling someone else's smoke. I am very excited to return to some of the places I quit going to because of the smoke
Our resort cities are now considering a beach and Boardwalk smoking ban - which will no doubt infuriate about 25% of the tourists!
der Brucer
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Under our new ban you can't smoke in an outdoor setting if it's the place of an event or attached to the restaurant like outdoor seating or a beer garden
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Of the new BBC Jane Austen's I think NORTHANGER ABBEY is the best of the lot. It's very funny, which the book is, and the heroine Catherine Morland, like Voltaire's Candide one of the great idiots of literature, does not come off as the nincompoop she is in the book and that's a good thing.
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DR Ginny, Thanks for telling us about The Memory Keeper's Daughter. I've had the book for a long time and just couldn't bring myself to read it. It wasn't an easy movie to watch, but it was good.
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I will be apprising the Festival head of this development, just to see if she has any ideas.
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Good Evening!
As DR elmore already mentioned, we both thought "Run Fatboy Run" to be quite a charming movie. It's not a spoof/tribute like "Shaun of the Dead" and "Hot Fuzz" were, but it is very much in the vein of the classic "the underdog becomes an over-dog" movies.
*And it was nice to see that Hank Azaria has been working out lately. ;)
Lately?
He's had that rockin' body for quite a few years now. Even though I know he has it, it always rocks my world every time I see him in a production and he takes off his shirt for some reason.
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I had planned on watching HIT THE DECK today, but since I was enjoying BATMAN BEGINS upconverted so much, I went ahead and finished it As I said earlier today, I cannot wait to get the Blu-ray disc of it when it comes out this summer.
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Thanks, JRand. But we had our first wedding at the church today, so I would have missed COPS anyway. NASCAR is here in town tonight, I believe.
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Editing this post (it made no sense since it's not at a page-turn at this point since something got deleted :) )
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And since I edited the last post, I might as well edit this one, too :)
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Tonight, I watched FRACTURE on HBO-HD. This was the mystery/courtroom/cat and mouse drama with Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling. I didn't see it in theaters, nor did I see the DVD, so this was my first experience with it. I enjoyed the back and forth between the two men, but I have to confess that I did guess the central surprise of the film long before the cell phones gave it away. Still, it was a satisfying face off between these two fine actors.
Anthony Hopkins has really started to look his age, however. I guess we all give way to the ravages of time eventually.
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TORCHWOOD had an excellent episode tonight. I enjoyed all of the backstories, but I honestly would have loved it even more if we could have had an entire hour of Captain Jack backstories. He's so fascinating. And, yes, I enjoy looking at John Barrowman.
Season finale next Saturday! Oh, it's ended all too quickly!
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I spent the remaining time tonight watching selected musical numbers from STAR! upconverted. I watched "Burlington Bertie," "Dear Little Boy," "Has Anybody Seen Our Ship," "Limehouse Blues," and "Jenny."
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So, tomorrow's DVD agenda: HIT THE DECK for fun and WHITE MANE for work.
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BK, I hope the chinchy bassas come to their senses about the band SOON.
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Good day one and all!!!
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Congrats to Ron on his new lofty perch!
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Heading downstairs to bed now.
Good night!
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Suffering from fried brain here.... Not even sure at this moment what day it is....
btw, if anyone every comes across a Soap Opera Digest that is dated April 27, 1993... Grab it, please!
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Vibes to Ron's mother...
Belated Birthday wishes to Cilla's mum
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Happy birthday DC ANgel and i hope you get lots of tuna....
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TOD:
When I was growing up one of my favorite places to go and sit and watch the world go by... It was an big old rock below an apple tree. Grab an apple and lay on the rock contemplating different things and imagine imaginary beasts in the puffy white clouds.
Another place I liked was an old restauarant that was in the town near my grandparents and you could sit outside on the benches with an ice cream cone...
The closest to that experience I can to that memory was when I was at Judds' store in St. George Utah.
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Had to laugh this past week in class
The guest lecturer was warbling on about bell curves and she made an example using beta tapes and she asked why they were not adopted. Both me and another classmate commented that it was the expense of beta tapes and the porn industry....
I wish I had a camera for the face she gave at the porn industry comment. She thought we were joking and the other person who said it pulled up an article that was posted here a while back.
It was classic... She did not believe me initially...
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Iowa...
Speaking of which -
We've all read about the effect of $6 corn on the cost of other food stuffs (the current corn shortage exacerbated by the Federal requirement for added corn based bio fuels). Beef, dairy products, chickens, candy, cereals, etc). (Did you know that most of out food "citric acid" is a corn product?)
Well, expect things to get worse - our farmers are actually planting LESS corn this year than last (estimates are about 8% nationwide). Seems that even at $6/bushel, corn is a less profitable crop than soy beans. (Soy seed cost less, requires less fertilizer, and requires less irrigation - which is pricey because of rising fuel costs for the pumps.) Our DelMarVa penninsula used to be major corn exporter - no more. Now we have to import tons of the stuff to feed out broiler chickens. (Our county produces more broiler chickens than any other in the whole of the USA!)
Well, at least the IOWA farmers will be happy (until they go to the supermarket).
der Brucer
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Tell me about it....I just got back from a Tuna run.
My mother gave me a welcome mat a few years ago. It says
If you ever want to see these people again, bring 5 pounds of tuna in a brown paper sack. Signed The cat
I never dreamed it would come true. I have the mat in my garage and laugh every time I'm coming home from a tuna run
Cute...
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Speaking of which -
We've all read about the effect of $6 corn on the cost of other food stuffs (the current corn shortage exacerbated by the Federal requirement for added corn based bio fuels). Beef, dairy products, chickens, candy, cereals, etc). (Did you know that most of out food "citric acid" is a corn product?)
Well, expect things to get worse - our farmers are actually planting LESS corn this year than last (estimates are about 8% nationwide). Seems that even at $6/bushel, corn is a less profitable crop than soy beans. (Soy seed cost less, requires less fertilizer, and requires less irrigation - which is pricey because of rising fuel costs for the pumps.) Our DelMarVa penninsula used to be major corn exporter - no more. Now we have to import tons of the stuff to feed out broiler chickens. (Our county produces more broiler chickens than any other in the whole of the USA!)
Well, at least the IOWA farmers will be happy (until they go to the supermarket).
der Brucer
Actually, people here are planting more corn and are seeking to take land out of CRP (conservation reserve program) acres so they can plant it in corn. There are stories in papers and on the radio by environmentalists encouraging them not to do it.
And yes, we're paying more for everything at the grocery store
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Great kitty pics Tpunk!
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There is actually a huge concern in South Dakota about the loss of CRP acres to corn. It could devastate their pheasant hunting season. (that wouldn't make me cry) but apparently pheasant hunting brings tons of $$ to South Dakota and the loss of CRP land means loss of habitat for pheasants
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IT is the same situation here in Cilla...
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MattH--tell me what you think of the Hit the Deck soundtrack. Methinks it has some problems, but eager to hear your verdict.
I have been cranking out reviews all day. First up was the superb My Boy Jack, about Rudyard Kipling and his son, starring David Haig and Daniel Radcliffe. Then I went to Bollywood for Saawariya, which is big and colorful, if largely empty from a plot standpoint. And then there was the really good The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, based on one of only two novels of the youngest Bronte sister, Anne.
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Ways to spend your idle hours:
(http://www.petegoldlust.com/images/carvedcrayons_06-carvedc-16.jpg)
der Brucer
someone has far too much time on their hands....
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Many thanks to all who offered vibes and good wishes for my mom's health and mine. My mom is quite well and relieved that she didn't have a heart attack. She knows, of course, that this A-fibrillation is just one more thing she must attend to. She's lived longer than her parents and grandparents and she's healthy as a horse, otherwise. And, for me, I've inherited the genetic combo of her hypertension and my dad's propensity for prostate cancer. I'm treating one and doing annual checks for the other. And I reckon I might have A-fibrillation to look forward to.
Sigh.
I haven't yet had an uncomfortable moment "post-op", and I put in quite a busy day, shopping for four hours this morning, and then napping three hours this afternoon. I've also managed to watch/clear a number of last week's TV shows from my DVR cache including "Eli Stone"and "Ghost Whisperer" both of which had excellent stories this week.
I've just finished watching "Lifeforce" on Universal HD TV. Still a fascinating film to watch in spite of/because of its flaws.
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someone has far too much time on their hands....
I'd say that someone has a dazzling future in the offing. That's brilliant work!
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TORCHWOOD had an excellent episode tonight. I enjoyed all of the backstories, but I honestly would have loved it even more if we could have had an entire hour of Captain Jack backstories. He's so fascinating. And, yes, I enjoy looking at John Barrowman.
Season finale next Saturday! Oh, it's ended all too quickly!
I, too,enjoyed the show. I had just enough of Captain Jack in this episode. I'm not fascinated by Barrowman, although he's a very talented singer.
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IT is the same situation here in Cilla...
In your case. we're going to dig you up for oil!
ASSOCIATED PRESS (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,349728,00.html)
Huge Oil Reservoir May Lie Under Northern Plains
BISMARCK, N.D. — The government estimates up to 4.3 billion barrels of oil can be recovered from the Bakken shale formation in North Dakota and Montana, using current technology.
The U.S. Geological Survey calls it the largest continuous oil accumulation it has ever assessed.
An assessment by USGS in 1999 found the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge had 10.3 billion barrels of recoverable oil, said Brenda Pierce, a geologist for the agency
The Bakken Formation encompasses some 25,000 square miles in North Dakota, Montana, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
About two-thirds of the acreage is in western North Dakota, where the oil is trapped in a thin layer of dense rock nearly two miles beneath the surface.
Companies use pressurized fluid and sand to break pores in the rock and prop them open to recover the oil.
der Brucer
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I'd say that someone has a dazzling future in the offing. That's brilliant work!
The artist, PETE GOLDLUST (http://www.petegoldlust.com/#) has lots of neat stuff:
(http://www.petegoldlust.com/images/home_06-index_120_sel.jpg)
der Brucer
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I've just written long letters to the head of the LA Festival and David Wechter, apprising them of the situation, so they can give me their feedback.
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Any idea how to cite a serialized program? APA manual is very vague....
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In your case. we're going to dig you up for oil!
ASSOCIATED PRESS (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,349728,00.html)der Brucer
There are those in ND who think we should build our own refinery adn take care of us and then the rest of the country
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I gotta tell you.
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At long last page eleven.
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Page 11 dance!
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Welcome eight GUESTS. Looking for anything special? :)
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Nobody here but us chickens.
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Should be a good concert (if instrumental music didn't usually bore me ::))
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Maybe Wing will sing.
der Brucer
Fortunately, no one sang. The pianist was very good, but it's just not what I'm interested in.
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Hmm... Well, after looking at his program, I'm pretty sure I would enjoy it. At least not bore me. ;)
Horse racing. ;D
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TOD: The movie theaters were the most magical place I went to. Other than the movies, the magic came when I read books.