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Re:THE COUNTDOWN CONTINUES
« Reply #120 on: December 29, 2006, 12:41:50 PM »
Quote from: Edisaurus on December 29, 2006, 09:28:20 AM
I had hoped that we would celebrate DH's 50th birthday there on Jan 28th, but we may not be ready then. But, then again, with all this time off...

Perhaps JRand can provide a "youthening elixir" for DH to buy you more time.

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« Reply #121 on: December 29, 2006, 12:46:17 PM »
Quote from: JoseSPiano on December 29, 2006, 10:07:36 AM
Including the complete boxed sets to five different TV/Cable series.  Yes, Five!  Guess how I'll be spending my 2007?  ;)


In indentured servitude to VISA ???

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Re:THE COUNTDOWN CONTINUES
« Reply #122 on: December 29, 2006, 12:51:09 PM »
Quote from: DERBRUCER on December 29, 2006, 12:46:17 PM
In indentured servitude to VISA ???

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Well... I've actually been a "good boy", and I have not used any or my credit cards for my recent - and not so recent purchases.  It's all been on ATM/Debit/CheckCard.   -Of course, that's only because I used to be an indentured servant to VISA... And MC.  :-\
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« Reply #123 on: December 29, 2006, 12:55:38 PM »
Quote from: JoseSPiano on December 29, 2006, 10:13:44 AM
Hmm...

And do you think a pianist who actually likes to play for 900 actors/actresses over a three day time period would make a good subject for a documentary?

;D

Suggested title: "One Flew Back to the Cuckoo's Nest"

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« Reply #124 on: December 29, 2006, 12:58:24 PM »
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Re:THE COUNTDOWN CONTINUES
« Reply #125 on: December 29, 2006, 01:01:45 PM »
Quote from: George on December 29, 2006, 11:38:13 AM

And I can't believe that other people in the place you're leaving would allow that sort of construction to happen!  That's just wrong!

What is it about the efficacy of political corruption you folks don't understand?

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« Reply #126 on: December 29, 2006, 01:09:01 PM »
A friend called me last night who was in NYC the Friday before Christmas and scored tickets for SPRING AWAKENING. He liked it a lot, but he said I probably wouldn't care much for it.

Who else has seen it and has opinions?
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« Reply #127 on: December 29, 2006, 01:10:29 PM »
Quote from: Ginny on December 29, 2006, 12:27:55 PM
DRs Jane and Jose - thanks for the DC info.  I've pasted it all into an email and sent to myself at home.

The butternut squash soup at ZAYTINYA was delicious as well as beautiful.
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« Reply #128 on: December 29, 2006, 01:11:31 PM »
I began my viewing this afternoon with another CSI episode from the set. This was a George Eads-centered story, probably his best episode from last season concerning the search for a missing child involved in the massacre of her family. Beautifully written and performed, it's one of my favorite episodes from last season.
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« Reply #129 on: December 29, 2006, 01:12:59 PM »
Hello from Fabulous Las Vegas! We didn't have internet connection here because I am too cheap to pay what the hotels charge for it. We are in a coffee lounge just about to head back home.

We have some swell photos waiting to be posted upon our return.
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Re:THE COUNTDOWN CONTINUES
« Reply #130 on: December 29, 2006, 01:13:47 PM »
Quote from: JMK on December 29, 2006, 08:17:50 AM
I've always loved Jerry Goldsmith's theme to Room 22222.


Last night TV was showing "Wind and the Lion" which has neat Goldsmith score - a tad intrusive, but loads of fun.

A rolicking movie with Sean Connery doing his fine Scots brogue as a Berber Pirate, and Candace Bergen managing to keep an outrageously contrived up-do (think "Hepburn") in place whilst spending days traveling by camel over the desert.

Teddy Roosevelt's "My Way or the Highway" foreign policy threw echos to the present.

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Re:THE COUNTDOWN CONTINUES
« Reply #131 on: December 29, 2006, 01:14:30 PM »
Damn, I bent down to reach something at pulled my hip or sciatica, not sure which yet, and I can hardly move.  Just in time to take Sherlock for a walk.  At least Keith is going with me and can walk Sherlock, it will be all I can do to walk myself, plus we are driving to this walk, getting down & back up from a sitting position isn’t all that easy either.  
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« Reply #132 on: December 29, 2006, 01:15:13 PM »
The rest of the afternoon was given over to the recent remake of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. What a beautiful film this is! Exquisitely photographed (some of those vistas in the second half of the movie just took my breath away), and the last 20-25 minutes of the movie worked its magic on me the way the story always has and had me in tears.

I recorded this off of HBO-HD, so the panoramic sweep of the photography was presented in superb detail. It's a movie I'll want to see again soon.

Nope, can't replace the Jennifer Ehle/Colin Firth version, but for a quick Cliff's Note version of the story, it's really outstanding and well worth seeing.
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« Reply #133 on: December 29, 2006, 01:15:40 PM »
DrLaura & Sandra, have a safe & fun drive home.
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« Reply #134 on: December 29, 2006, 01:16:53 PM »
I had planned to watch CORPSE BRIDE tonight, but I'll start with FANTASTIC FOUR on Blu-ray (which came today) and save CORPSE BRIDE for later.

Both of these are supposed to have superb transfers.
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« Reply #135 on: December 29, 2006, 01:16:53 PM »
Oh, DR Jane, I'm so sorry you're experiencing back pain.  Been there and it's not fun.
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« Reply #136 on: December 29, 2006, 01:17:52 PM »
Oh, yes, back pain is no fun at all, so my deep empathies go to you, DR Jane.
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« Reply #137 on: December 29, 2006, 01:18:25 PM »
Feel better, Jane!
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« Reply #138 on: December 29, 2006, 01:33:39 PM »
Quote from: Matt H. on December 29, 2006, 01:15:13 PM

Nope, can't replace the Jennifer Ehle/Colin Firth version, but for a quick Cliff's Note version of the story, it's really outstanding and well worth seeing.

That's sort of how I felt; I would have liked 20 minutes more to fill out the strange gaps.  I also loved Donald Sutherland, but he wasn't the sarcastic, unhappy-in-choice-of-dumb-wife that Austen imagined.
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« Reply #139 on: December 29, 2006, 01:36:33 PM »
TOTD: We ended up watching " Das Boot"  which turned out not to be the sequel or prequel to "My Left Foot".

We'd not seen this movie since 1981. An extra hour and the movie still does not drag - not sink.

A wonderful film.
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« Reply #140 on: December 29, 2006, 01:55:54 PM »
Nor was the movie written by Hugh Leonard.
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« Reply #141 on: December 29, 2006, 02:00:30 PM »
Today's listening may be  to Alfred Drake and Doretto Morrow in "The Adventures of Marco Polo"
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« Reply #142 on: December 29, 2006, 02:02:10 PM »
Doretta Morrow get to sing that wonderful Olivia Newton John song "Xanadu.
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« Reply #143 on: December 29, 2006, 02:03:56 PM »
I wonder if any DRs have seen the movie. (TV). Columbia recorded the soundtrack.
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« Reply #144 on: December 29, 2006, 02:04:51 PM »
Perhaps I should watch "Das Boot - The Musical"
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« Reply #145 on: December 29, 2006, 02:11:11 PM »
So, I'm about to leave work and won't be back until 2007.  Is it bad luck to change my calendars now?  Or should I wait until Tuesday morning?
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« Reply #146 on: December 29, 2006, 02:14:43 PM »
Good Afternoon!

Well... I'm currently working my way through a quite delicious chocolate bar.  It's crystallized ginger in dark chocolate - although, the main label lists it as "Ginger Crystallized in Dark Chocolate'.  In any case, it really is quite good, and the chunks of ginger are still sort and moist too.  Great tastes and textures...

I have two 'rows' left, and I believe I shall save that for my post-show snack.  :)
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« Reply #147 on: December 29, 2006, 02:15:28 PM »
Quote from: Tomovoz on December 29, 2006, 02:04:51 PM
Perhaps I should watch "Das Boot - The Musical"

Well, there is one floating out there somewhere.  Just not sure if it's available on video/DVD/etc.

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« Reply #148 on: December 29, 2006, 02:16:03 PM »
DR Jane - I hope your pain goes away as fast as it came on.
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« Reply #149 on: December 29, 2006, 02:25:25 PM »
Quote from: JoseSPiano on December 29, 2006, 02:15:28 PM
Well, there is one floating out there somewhere.  Just not sure if it's available on video/DVD/etc.

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"Val Kilmer is Das Boot"

That maybe something else on my list of to see in the New Year - (Moses) with a group of "select" friends.
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