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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were gibberish, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're currently studying gibberish.
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And the word of the day is: PNEUMA!
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Is available at any video store near you, BK.
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I just returned from a midnight shopping trip to Walmart.
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Hmm...dreams....probably the strangest dreams I had, or used to have, were ones where the Night of the Living Dead zombies were chasing me and my friends/relatives/aquaintences. I used to have this scenario as a dream on a semi-regular basis, but not for about 10 years now.
My other stranges dreams are of being back in high school because I find out I did not really graduate.
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One of my best recent dream involved my former across the street neighbor Rod. However, I don't think this is the place to discuss it.
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Why not?? ::)
;D
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Good news from DR Edi about her Dear M-I-L!!!!! :D
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I just returned from a midnight shopping trip to Walmart.
Did anyone give you their phone number?
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DR MBarnum, what is the name of that handsome French actor that stars in OSS 117?
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TOD: I rarely dream. But I just had a disturbing dream that is the reason why I have been awake for a couple of hours now.
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This may sound nuts, but I think that, in dreams, we are sometimes "visited" by people who are gone.
From time-to-time, I've had those kinds of visitations from deceased family members or friends.
For example, 3-4 years ago, an actor friend died. A few months later, I had a couple of very vivid dreams about him. It was like he was trying to tell me something.
I spoke to his daughter, told her about the dreams, and told her that I thought her father was trying to tell me that he was "okay".
After that, the dreams stopped.
Strange, I know. But, it happened.
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DR DRUXY that is a fine interpretation.
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DR SINGDAW the pride of French Intelligence is played by Jean Dujardin who began by playing comedy roles on French television and is now one of that country's top box office stars. Here he is demonstrating his pistol technique to the Egyptian princess in OSS 117. Oh those French are subtle..... ;D
(http://i.cnn.net/v5cache/TCM/Images/Dynamic/i67/2006-04-19_oss3_zoom_060620081158.jpg)
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I lked THE WRESTLER.....haven't gotten to see SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE yet, will probably wait for the DVD....but Rourke and Tomei were both so very good....didn't really care much for the actress playing the daughter....but it may be because her character was such a one note b---h.
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Northern California Creature Feature host Bob Wilkins has passed away. Not sure if any DR ever watched his program....
http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2009/01/11/the-loss-of-a-local-legend/ (http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2009/01/11/the-loss-of-a-local-legend/)
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Quiet around here this morning.
Sounds like 2009 is shaping up to be a gala year for Mr BK.
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Thanks, DR JRand58!! :)
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TOD
Shortly after I found the pictures of the group of us having breakfast in Studio City the first weekend of the LA Premiere of The Brain From Planet X. I had a couple of dreams involving several of the participants. One wacky. One embarrassing (to me) what the contents of the dream was.
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Another dream was so weird that after I woke up I wrote down and it eventually became a short story. But the people in the dream were people I never seen before and had no idea where my brain created them or the plot of the dream
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We discussed dreams here once long ago, and someone kindly provided the term for the state where you are semi-aware that you are dreaming, and you can actually influence how you yourself are acting in the dream. I found that fascinating and had intended to do some further research, but can't remember now the terminology for it. :P
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I can rarely remember my dreams. The dreams that I do seem to remember better are the ones that occur when I've gotten up early in the morning, gone back to bed, and have dreamed in the short window just before awakening.
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That is the REM-dream state, DR SINGDAW.
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Off to do some Monday things.....before Tuesday!
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That is the REM-dream state, DR SINGDAW.
Thanks, DR JRand58, but the term given - I think by you! - was more specific. It involved the state of not just dreaming and observing, but actually being able to affect how the dream played out - deciding to move here, or do this or that, and having the dream reflect those decisions.
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And the word of the day is: PNEUMA!
And The Song Of The Day Is: WITH EVERY BREATHE I TAKE
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We could celebrate today's topic title by typing all of our posts in gibberish.
I wonder if anyone would even notice the difference...
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Well, at least no one can say we didn't get to Page 1.
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That is the REM-dream state, DR SINGDAW.
Thanks, DR JRand58, but the term given - I think by you! - was more specific. It involved the state of not just dreaming and observing, but actually being able to affect how the dream played out - deciding to move here, or do this or that, and having the dream reflect those decisions.
DR singdaw, I think the term you're looking for is lucid dreaming. I've been able to do this myself only once or twice, but not to any real interesting effect that I recall.
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I dreamt last night that we were at the end of Page One...
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...but I woke up before we got to Page Two.
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I Love Lucid - the name of my new sitcom where the star has her real hair color
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The meaning of my last post is unclear
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Page Two All That Nightmare Jazz Dance:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/freddy-dancing.jpg)
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TOD:
I can't recall at the mo' exactly what was my most extraordinary dream, but I've had a lot of interesting ones. In fact, last week I had one which I kept meaning to relate here: in it, I somehow found myself playing the lead in a professional and prominent production of SWEENEY TODD. It was opening night, and I kept telling the director (it must have been John Doyle) that I was familiar with the role and that I probably knew the lyrics to most of the songs, but there was no way that I was prepared to actually perform the show. He kept saying, "Don't be such a worry wart--you'll be fine!" and he walked away to wish some backstage person good luck. My anxiety increased as I began to realize that there were only two other cast members (which is why I'm sure the director was Doyle.) As I was standing backstage waiting for the curtain to rise, someone told me that I was supposed to be out on stage playing the opening organ music. I peeked onto the stage and saw that the organ was the size of the Wanamaker organ here in Philly! That's when I woke up.
I really don't expect DR JRand to run all the dreams he comes across here today on the Dream-O-Matic 6000. I'm pretty sure I have an idea that this dream means that I'm over-anxious about undertaking some task that I should actually enjoy. That, and I have issues about John Doyle.
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DR singdaw, I think the term you're looking for is lucid dreaming.
Thanks, DR DtM!!! That's not the term that I remember, but the description certainly sounds accurate.
I have had some erotic dreams in this state that were...well, interesting. :)
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I'm pretty sure I have an idea that this dream means that I'm over-anxious about undertaking some task that I should actually enjoy. That, and I have issues about John Doyle.
...OR...
It could just mean that you like large organs.
(http://www.ctsfw.edu/_images/chapel/organ.jpg)
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DR singdaw, this is the Wanamaker Organ.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/wanamakerorgan.jpg)
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Ah, there's an actual Friends of the Wanamaker Organ (http://www.wanamakerorgan.com/) website!
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Yes, DR DtM. I have been there and heard it played live. It is most impressive!! :)
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"Yes, it is an impressive organ!", he agreed enthusiastically.
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Ah... Another - and final - news conference...
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I am indeed watching President Bush's previously unannounced, final news conference.
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I am indeed watching President Bush's previously unannounced, final news conference.
And is he speaking in gibberish, in honor of the title o' the day at HHW?
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I am indeed watching President Bush's previously unannounced, final news conference.
And is he speaking in gibberish, in honor of the title o' the day at HHW?
No.
*But I am wondering if his lack of "prettification" - not the usual grooming and TV-friendly make-up - is on purpose.
**And I'm also wondering if all the reporters had to check their shoes this morning? ;D
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WOW?!?!?
I just had to switch to CNN since the NBC affiliate just switched back to "regular programming": the fourth hour of "The Today Show" with Kathie Lee and Hoda. ::)
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Wow. That organ is even bigger than DR MusicGuy's organ.
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And now, I am off to have my blood drawn so I can fail the cholesterol test again.
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***SUCCESSFUL TEST VIBES***
for Laura DR :) :) :)
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That organ is even bigger than DR MusicGuy's organ.
I don't see any tulips on it, however.
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Good morning!
Beautiful morning though cold and only getting to 50 today. I'll be bundling up when I go out to lunch later with best friend John.
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So... Now that the news conference is done, I have a choice of watching "Maury" (which I didn't realize was still on), "The Doctors" (where they are doing a cervical procedure, and showing the results of a "full body lift"), or "Regis and Kelly" (not the fourth hour of "The Today Show" which comes after "R&K"). Hmmmm....
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Since I retired, I have had a series of dreams about being back in the classroom but always with unruly students which I really didn't have much of when I was actually teaching. (I ran a very tight ship.) The dreams seem to come in spurts, a few during the course of a couple of weeks and then none for months at a time. I really hate those dreams.
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I remember one dream I used to have all the time in my younger years. I was asleep on the edge of the world and could feel myself slipping off and falling into space. Then I'd wake up. It wasn't like I was on the side of the bed about to fall off or anything. Never could figure that dream out or why I had it so often. I haven't had it for decades, but I remember I woke up dozens of times from that same nightmare.
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On TV Tonight!™
CBS - comedies, CSI: MIAMI
NBC - SUPERSTARS OF DANCE, MOMMA'S BOYS
ABC - THE BACHELOR, SAMANTHA WHO?, TRUE BEAUTY
FOX - '24' (two hours)
CW - GOSSIP GIRL, ONE TREE HILL
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DR JOSE you forgot to say it was an INCREDIBLE EPISODE OF MAURY!!!!!!!!!!!
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As I mentioned last night, today I'll be watching MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION, Douglas Sirk's 1954 melodramatic adaptation of the book, first filmed in 1935. That original version is also in the set (on disc two). With both films in the package plus a bunch of other bonus features and a commentary, I'm not sure I can get the entire package finished today. We'll see how well I progress this afternoon.
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Monday morning greetings! It appears that a deposit from the retirement system has been made in my bank account - now I can exhale.
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Good morning, all! My final edits initiated a panic attack so I've been doing riot control this morning. I hope things are fine now.
DR Nursie, I loved IN BRUGES; very funny, rather violent, but I love the writer Martin McDonagh's sense of humor. His LIEUTENANT of INISHMORE was one of the funniest plays I've ever seen but also one of the bloodiest. And Colin Farrell was really wonderful in IN BRUGES.
Today, more Frank Loesser and my walk.
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That is GREAT news, DR Ginny!!!! :)
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So...
Where are you taking us all to lunch? ;)
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interesting descriptions of dreams:
http://www.astraltraveler.com/dream-states.html (http://www.astraltraveler.com/dream-states.html)
And some definitions of Brain Wave Activity during sleep.
Beta is the first stage of sleep. During this time the brain begins to shift the mind from it waking consciousness to prepare it to enter into the next level of sleep. The body automatically lowers the heart rate, blood pressure, and body temperature and the muscles of the body begin to relax.
Alpha is the condition we enter during the time between the stage of being awake and actually drifting off to sleep. During this state we often feel the sensation of drifting. Most of our dreams happen during this stage of sleep. It is easily recognizable by rapid eye movements (REM) which can last several minutes.
The Theta stage is when the body is fully engulfed in sleep. During this stage brain waves move quickly from theta to delta waves. If we are awakened during this state, we often become disoriented because it takes the body several minutes to snap back into its conscious state.
Delta is the deepest level of sleep. Most people don't dream during this state.
Of course it is training our brain waves that allows us to have an OBE....if we wish.
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I have the Criterion ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS and WRITTEN ON THE WIND, so I may have to get the MAGNFICENT OBSESSION as well......
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For those who watch, the Season 3 premiere of "KYLE XY" is on television tonight, at least in the U.S.
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(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wGr8njEWjtI/SV5rjKCYRsI/AAAAAAAABfo/AnC3dKvjdak/s400/LIFE+dog+cake.jpg)
This looks like what Mamie Eisenhower put out when Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip visited the White House in the mid 50's.
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I am looking forward to the pilot episode of DR FJL's series I LOVE LUCID......
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Speaking of the TOD - last night I had a dream I ran into DR Jose, DR Elmore and DR Vixmom near a subway station in NYC. It was like we were old pals. I don't remember why I was there or what I was doing, it was all nondescript, as most dreams are. All I can remember is meeting them on the street.
Today, I have a funeral service to do (part of the job) and then the DP and I are going to IKEA.
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I have not yet read the posts on the Golden Globes. But my 2 favorite moments last night were:
1. Tina Fey's speech. So funny. I wish more speeches could be funny.
2. Kate Winslet the 2nd time. So gracious. So elegant. What a fantastic speaker even when nervous and flustered. Loved it.
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Ah, well...
It looks like I missed the 10:00am broadcast of "Bollywood Unlimited" - "Reports on the movie industry in India."
;)
*DR MBarnum - One of the local public television outlets carries this program here in Richmond. Is there a chance it might be available in your neck of the woods too?
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On tv tonight for me:
Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill.
I also will probably record True Beauty.
I am looking forward to MTV's The City and the very first The City Aftershow.
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So...
Where are you taking us all to lunch? ;)
Hmm, Skyline Chili, followed by Graeter's for dessert?
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Skyline Chili, followed by Graeter's for dessert?
Works for me!!! :D
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Since we were talking about food... -Well, aren't we always? ;)
Actually this is more about "Food Writing". The New York Times recently instituted some changes to their Food pages in the NYT Magazine. One of the new monthly columns is "Cooking with Dexter". -Dexter if the four-year old son of the writer. I thought the first installment which appeared last weekend, well... It brought a smile to my face.
Orange Genius (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/magazine/04food-t-000.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink)
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Skyline Chili, followed by Graeter's for dessert?
Works for me!!! :D
Me too!
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Chili is not on my diet......
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I have not yet read the posts on the Golden Globes. But my 2 favorite moments last night were:
1. Tina Fey's speech. So funny. I wish more speeches could be funny.
2. Kate Winslet the 2nd time. So gracious. So elegant. What a fantastic speaker even when nervous and flustered. Loved it.
Um, I have to disagree with #2, DR Jennifer. I would have expected so much more eloquence from someone like Winslet. And I really don't understand all the emotion involved. For one thing, she is a critics' darling who should be used to heaps of praise she's received over the years of her career and for another--it's just the Golden Globe.
I adore Kate Winslet and I don't begrudge her double win at all, but I think she's too much of a veteran to fall apart over the Golden Globes.
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And speaking of food (again)... ;)
Saturday morning, I happened to get caught up in a mini-marathon of "Man v. Food" (http://www.travelchannel.com/TV_Shows/Man_v_Food) on the Travel Channel. I was surprised I had never come across the program before, especially since the host basically has one of my "dream jobs". ;) However...
I really have to wonder if the host, Adam Richman, evens bothers going in for a physical or blood tests after taking on some of the "challenges" he does:
-A 2-1/2 pound Dagwood Sandwich at the Ohio Deli, or the "Thurmanator" at the Thurman Café in Columbus, OH (http://www.travelchannel.com/TV_Shows/Man_v_Food/ci.Columbus.show?vgnextfmt=show)
or
-The 11-pound(!!!), 30-inch(!!!) pizza from Big Pie in the Sky in Kennesaw, GA, just outside of Atlanta (http://www.travelchannel.com/TV_Shows/Man_v_Food/ci.Atlanta.show?vgnextfmt=show)
*DR edisaurus - Have you ever been there?
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I am afraid DR DtM that I agree with you about Ms Winslet's speech...I only saw one of them....for the movie with Leo DiCaprio.
Her reaction seemed somewhat effusive for the honor..... Do you think that's how she reacts when she gets her change back from the cashier at the grocery store?
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Thanks to MR BK for the unique and euphonious Cd I received in the mail today.
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I am afraid DR DtM that I agree with you about Ms Winslet's speech...I only saw one of them....for the movie with Leo DiCaprio.
Her reaction seemed somewhat effusive for the honor..... Do you think that's how she reacts when she gets her change back from the cashier at the grocery store?
When it's the correct change, surely.
And then again, maybe she was drunk like the rest of 'em.
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I Love Lucid - the name of my new sitcom where the star has her real hair color
Debra Messing is the "new" Lucid.
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There was a funny heading in the paper today. It said that Dexter married his sister!
Well actor Michael C Hall married his Dexter sister, Jennifer Carpenter (i think that is her name).
I did not even know they were a couple. And because of that the headline startled me!
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I want all of my celebrities to give speeches like Linda Lavin did when she won the Tony for BROADWAY BOUND.
I couldn't find a clip of Ms Lavin accepting her award on YouTube, but here's a nifty clip of Chita Rivera on the Hollywood Palace (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXz9i6XG-bI). Dig the cool Pop Art scenery!
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I have not yet read the posts on the Golden Globes. But my 2 favorite moments last night were:
1. Tina Fey's speech. So funny. I wish more speeches could be funny.
2. Kate Winslet the 2nd time. So gracious. So elegant. What a fantastic speaker even when nervous and flustered. Loved it.
Um, I have to disagree with #2, DR Jennifer. I would have expected so much more eloquence from someone like Winslet. And I really don't understand all the emotion involved. For one thing, she is a critics' darling who should be used to heaps of praise she's received over the years of her career and for another--it's just the Golden Globe.
I adore Kate Winslet and I don't begrudge her double win at all, but I think she's too much of a veteran to fall apart over the Golden Globes.
I completely disagree.
Just because you have gotten praise for 2 roles does not mean that anyone would ever expect to win 2 times on the same night.
I thought she seemed stunned. It seemed totally genuine to me. I think it's nice to see someone surprised and with a little humility vs a totally prepared non-emotional speech.
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Twister Mat dresses (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkdFAC8lRQg)! I wish I thought of that!
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Chili is not on my diet......
Well, DR JRand, Skyline does have some interesting new salad choices, all with seasoned fajita chicken.
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I have the Criterion ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS and WRITTEN ON THE WIND, so I may have to get the MAGNFICENT OBSESSION as well......
I am really expecting it to look magnificent. I hope I'm not overexpecting.
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DR DtM - wild clip there......of course the trouble with YOU TUBE is that one leads to another....I also watched Chita do a song from BRING BACK BIRDIE!
Not so surprised and stunned that she couldn't read the paper in her hand, DR JENNIFER. The only people on TV that seem phonier to me than Winslet last night are the dumb bells on THE HILLS.
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What strikes me at every "awards" show is that folks can dress themselves up, deck themselves out and even "look" every inch a goddess/god, but when they open their mouths to talk it becomes painfully obvious how much they rely upon screenwriters to weave their magic.
There was a time when every actor's training included speaking extemporaneously...and speaking with style.
Listening last night to many of the presenters (and they were a GHASTLY lot) and awardees, it was clear that even if you can make a silk purse out of a sow's ear (except in the case of Mickey Rourke), the purse will still go "oink".
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I have the Criterion ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS and WRITTEN ON THE WIND, so I may have to get the MAGNFICENT OBSESSION as well......
I am really expecting it to look magnificent. I hope I'm not overexpecting.
My fingers are crossed.....I love Agnes Moorehead in OBSESSION and Rock was SO handsome....
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Page 4 "Who Cares About those Stinkin' Golden Globes" Dance
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Kate Winslet has had heaps of praise during her career and has been oft-nominated for Golden Globes, SAGs, and Oscars, but she's never won any of them. Her first wins against major competition I think is what floored her. I find it completely understandable. After years of showing up (and sometimes being the favorite as in SENSE AND SENSIBILITY), and to go home empty handed, it shocking to finally hear your name called.
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Wow! Those Twister Mat dresses rock! And the dance was pretty cool.
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I have not yet read the posts on the Golden Globes. But my 2 favorite moments last night were:
1. Tina Fey's speech. So funny. I wish more speeches could be funny.
2. Kate Winslet the 2nd time. So gracious. So elegant. What a fantastic speaker even when nervous and flustered. Loved it.
Um, I have to disagree with #2, DR Jennifer. I would have expected so much more eloquence from someone like Winslet. And I really don't understand all the emotion involved. For one thing, she is a critics' darling who should be used to heaps of praise she's received over the years of her career and for another--it's just the Golden Globe.
I adore Kate Winslet and I don't begrudge her double win at all, but I think she's too much of a veteran to fall apart over the Golden Globes.
I completely disagree.
Just because you have gotten praise for 2 roles does not mean that anyone would ever expect to win 2 times on the same night.
I thought she seemed stunned. It seemed totally genuine to me. I think it's nice to see someone surprised and with a little humility vs a totally prepared non-emotional speech.
I thoroughly agree with you, DR Jennifer. There were some truly stinky acceptance speeches last night -- not to mention some truly awful "presenter banter" -- and Winslet stood out and above the rest of the pack. So did Tina Fey.
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I must head down now and get cleaned up for my later lunch outing.
WBBL.
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DR DtM - wild clip there......of course the trouble with YOU TUBE is that one leads to another....I also watched Chita do a song from BRING BACK BIRDIE!
Not so surprised and stunned that she couldn't read the paper in her hand, DR JENNIFER. The only people on TV that seem phonier to me than Winslet last night are the dumb bells on THE HILLS.
If you think the young girls of THE HILLS are bad, you have to watch BROMANCE.
Actually, you don't have to watch it--I wouldn't want anyone to have to go through that.
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For those who watch, the Season 3 premiere of "KYLE XY" is on television tonight, at least in the U.S.
Yes, DR George would never forgive us if we forgeot to remind him.
In addition to the broadcast at 9 PM tonight, it will be rebroadacst late Wed night/Thur morn at 12.
And if George is lucky, he now gets ABCFAM in HD (our Comcast carries it).
der Brucer
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And then I had to watch the Hullaballoo dancers do their BATMAN routine.
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Kate Winslet has had heaps of praise during her career and has been oft-nominated for Golden Globes, SAGs, and Oscars, but she's never won any of them. Her first wins against major competition I think is what floored her. I find it completely understandable. After years of showing up (and sometimes being the favorite as in SENSE AND SENSIBILITY), and to go home empty handed, it shocking to finally hear your name called.
And besides, so many folks walk off with a Golden Globe only to be passed over for an Oscar nomination (anyone remember Madonna winning for "Evita"?). No guarantees that this wouldn't be "it" for a long time. To have two films for which she received nominations AND recognition had to be a very overpowering thing for her last night.
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I haven't watched BROMANCE yet....it seems kind of scary.
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I remember one dream I used to have all the time in my younger years. I was asleep on the edge of the world and could feel myself slipping off and falling into space. Then I'd wake up. It wasn't like I was on the side of the bed about to fall off or anything. Never could figure that dream out or why I had it so often. I haven't had it for decades, but I remember I woke up dozens of times from that same nightmare.
At the risk of being indelicate...
Youngsters often have "almost falling" dreams as a result of a full bladder and a fear of bed-wetting - they work - you usually wake up in time.
der Brucer
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Well just like that I am now in PRODUCERS mode. Auditions are this Saturday, so I finally pulled the DVD off the shelf and watched it (not too impressed, I'm sorry to say), and have spent the morning reading through the score with the OCR so that I can start to map out what Keys II will handle. Elmore, how much of this score is *really* Besterman? Just the little stuff, like the recit on "We Can Do It," seems awfully harmonically complex, not that Mel isn't a certified compositional genius. ;)
I must say it's fun doing a show this new--the books from MTI are SPOTLESS. ;)
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I on the other hand will be in Tams Witmark hell ALL summer with Kiss Me Kate and Man of La Mancha.
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Well just like that I am now in PRODUCERS mode. Auditions are this Saturday, so I finally pulled the DVD off the shelf and watched it (not too impressed, I'm sorry to say), and have spent the morning reading through the score with the OCR so that I can start to map out what Keys II will handle. Elmore, how much of this score is *really* Besterman? Just the little stuff, like the recit on "We Can Do It," seems awfully harmonically complex, not that Mel isn't a certified compositional genius. ;)
I must say it's fun doing a show this new--the books from MTI are SPOTLESS. ;)
A good chunk of it is also the work of Larry Blank.
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It's time for a break and my walk: I went to make the bed and found I'd already done that! Too much BABES IN TOYLAND angst already this morning. I think we're all under control now.
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BABES IN ANGST.....coming this summer on E!
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I got a nice copy of MR BK's SHAKESPEARE ON BROADWAY for about $10 including shpg.....
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--the books from MTI are SPOTLESS.
To offset the reputation of the MD, no doubt. ;)
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This looks like what Mamie Eisenhower put out when Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip visited the White House in the mid 50's.
I thought it was a picture of DR MBarnum's most recent birthday cake.
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Regular programming has come to a halt in the Indianapolis market. Breaking news - earth shaking news....hold on to your hats:
Tony Dungy is leaving as Head Coach of The Colts....or as they are called by some in Indiana - The Indianapolis Coats......
Hopefully programming will return forthwith.....Coach Dungy is in the complex saying Goodbye to the players.
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BABES IN ANGST.....coming this summer on E!
Starring Miss Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli?
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Well just like that I am now in PRODUCERS mode. Auditions are this Saturday, so I finally pulled the DVD off the shelf and watched it (not too impressed, I'm sorry to say), and have spent the morning reading through the score with the OCR so that I can start to map out what Keys II will handle. Elmore, how much of this score is *really* Besterman? Just the little stuff, like the recit on "We Can Do It," seems awfully harmonically complex, not that Mel isn't a certified compositional genius. ;)
I must say it's fun doing a show this new--the books from MTI are SPOTLESS. ;)
I believe most of Act One is Doug and most of Act Two is by Larry Blank.
Most of the harmonization of the score, I would guess, is by Glen Kelly, who is a genius in my book.
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BABES IN ANGST.....coming this summer on E!
Starring Miss Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli?
No they are rehearsing my new play Born in a Funk.
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DR JRand--have you checked out the clips from VILLAGE OF THE GIANTS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy40TT_i7us) yet? I dimly recall seeing this movie and now I am compelled to see it again!
I think DR MBarnum might also appreciate it.
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Well, apparently, the "no spoilers" rule was not in effect for the GOLDEN GLOBES; either that, or it was too difficult to curb our East Coast members enthusiasm. Fortunately, the Oscars are covered live, but I will be sure and stay away form HHW during all other awards shows.
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Yes, DR DtM - I have this Bert I Gordon production on DVD, but saw it twice at the drive in theater!
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uh oh.....Channel 8 Noon News....on the spot reporter says: "Tony Dungy is saying goodbye to Football" - cut to footage of President Bush's news conference.
First day on the switching panel, I guess.
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I had a dream - a wonderful dream, Hainsies - all about posts on a whole lotta pages
Talking of dreams in their various stages
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I had a dream - and now I'm up.
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Well DR TCB you know how we are when we are enthused!
Sorry if any of my posts let cats out of bags for you.
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I'm going to try to start the long jog by ten, so I can get in some good writing time.
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I had a dream - a wonderful dream, Hainsies - all about posts on a whole lotta pages
Talking of dreams in their various stages
And here you ARE!
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Northern California Creature Feature host Bob Wilkins has passed away. Not sure if any DR ever watched his program....
http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2009/01/11/the-loss-of-a-local-legend/ (http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2009/01/11/the-loss-of-a-local-legend/)
I watched him every Saturday night!
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DR Nursie, I loved IN BRUGES; very funny, rather violent, but I love the writer Martin McDonagh's sense of humor. His LIEUTENANT of INISHMORE was one of the funniest plays I've ever seen but also one of the bloodiest. And Colin Farrell was really wonderful in IN BRUGES.
OK, I'll add it to my queue.:) Reading about it I expected a depressing movie.
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Ah, well...
It looks like I missed the 10:00am broadcast of "Bollywood Unlimited" - "Reports on the movie industry in India."
;)
*DR MBarnum - One of the local public television outlets carries this program here in Richmond. Is there a chance it might be available in your neck of the woods too?
I checked the listings and couldn't find it, unfortunately.
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DR Edi-good news & vibes your mother-in-law will soon be home.
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Well, apparently, the "no spoilers" rule was not in effect for the GOLDEN GLOBES; either that, or it was too difficult to curb our East Coast members enthusiasm. Fortunately, the Oscars are covered live, but I will be sure and stay away form HHW during all other awards shows.
Perhaps we should all vote on which awards show results constitute "spoilers."
To me, the Golden Globes aren't in a spoilage category. Couldn't care less about them except as one of those fascinating things to watch, like a car pileup.
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Maybe that's a good idea - a vote. Since I loathe the Golden Globes I didn't really care, but if others do then spoilers are fine.
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DR TCB - I'm sorry if any of us spoiled the GG's for you. I actually wasn't sure if they were being broadcast live on the West Coast, until I started seeing "Oh, it's now on" posts. I thought that since bk was asking for a play-by-play, that they were on live on the West Coast - and that he just didn't want to turn his TV on.
*Did you happen to notice if Darren Aronofsky's "finger" got blurred out during the West Coast feed?
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I think I will watch a couple of Luise Rainer movies on TCM.....I have not seen DRAMATIC SCHOOL or TOY WIFE....
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The finger flew proudly here in the East!
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In a strange bit of kismet, I went out at lunch time to buy a small, small calander to hang on the wall by my desk here in the office. The pickings were extremely thin, even at the calander store where I shopped. I decided on somthing called "Challenge--featuring motivational themes and inspirational quotes".
I just unwrapped it at my desk and flipped it open to January. The theme for the month: DREAM.
Spooky, ain't it?
(The inspirational quote is by Goethe: "Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now." The inspirational picture is that of a skier, flying off the edge of a mountan, almost certainly to his death.)
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DR TCB - I'm sorry if any of us spoiled the GG's for you. I actually wasn't sure if they were being broadcast live on the West Coast, until I started seeing "Oh, it's now on" posts. I thought that since bk was asking for a play-by-play, that they were on live on the West Coast - and that he just didn't want to turn his TV on.
*Did you happen to notice if Darren Aronofsky's "finger" got blurred out during the West Coast feed?
The screen blacked out for about 7 seconds. It was extremely obvious and unprofessional that we were being handed a "hack job".
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A hack job on a whack job... how poetic!
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From Notes (re Dark Night);
I liked this one a bit better, but I just grow weary of the pounding drums and droning chords of the music, of the mumbling actors, of the angst. ...
The DVD transfer, at least on the screener I received, is really atrocious, and I’ve been of the opinion that studios are doing this on purpose to try to get people to go Blu-Ray. If that is true (and it has to be because there is no excuse for a transfer of a current motion picture to look anything other than stellar), I hope they all go out of business very soon, because it’s like spitting in the face of loyal consumers who made DVD the hit it is.
I watched DarkNight on our Blue-Ray set - up (which is a 26" LCD HDTV (720) using just the TV set sound.
The sound was crisp and clear - and audible under the title sequences.
The dialog was also clear and understandable - no mumbling at all.
The transfer was spectacular - the IMAX scenes were come-touch me perfection!
Now, DR MattH has suggested that the BD was a decided improvement over the SD version.
It would then seem that one needs to either see the movies in theatre or, if at home, in BD, in order to make a value judgment.
Bk's concerns about studios deliberately dumbing down SD to promote BD. it would seem that the studios would insist on BD screeners if they want to encourage votes.
As a signs that BD is "taking over":
Wal-Mart is now packaging BD 2-fers (I got Cloverfield and Sleepy Hollow for under $30). Wal-Mart is also putting budget BDs in their end-cap displays. I saw T-II, Stargate, and Total Recall each for only $10.
der Brucer
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I didn't post about the Golden Globes last night, but i assumed they were on live on the West Coast just like the Oscars.
I think though that even with the Oscars, a lot of the details are mentioned here. And even if the exact winner is not mentioned it's often easy to figure out who won. So i'd say if you are gonna watch the show then wait and read/and post at HHW after.
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Some people had asked about the Shark steam mop.
I got the distilled water on friday and tried it this weekend.
It is very easy to use. And quite an interesting experience.
You turn it on, wait a few seconds and pump it and it starts working.
At first i wasn't sure if it was working. Because i was seeing steam. And when i'd walk over that area it felt hot. But it dried almost instantly.
I think it depends what kind of flooring you have. But so far i tried it in the bathroom. And it was a pleasure to do it. IT took way less time, was much easier and it dried right away. And it wasn't disgusting looking at a sink full of gross water.
I also tried it in the entrance way. And it cleaned a lot and easily.
I'm just not sure how well the piece that comes off (to be washed) will clean. It got quite dirty.
So i'll have to see for that part.
The kitchen (maybe tomorrow) is next. But so far i like it. It's very easy and quick. But unlike a hand steamer, not that much water comes out. So no big watery mess!
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So no big watery mess!
You obviously haven't seen me after a Lifetime movie.
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So no big watery mess!
You obviously haven't seen me after a Lifetime movie.
A benign blob of bubbering blubber :D
der Brucer
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So no big watery mess!
You obviously haven't seen me after a Lifetime movie.
It's the Hallmark Hall of Fame movies that get me all the time.
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And speaking of food (again)... ;)
Saturday morning, I happened to get caught up in a mini-marathon of "Man v. Food" (http://www.travelchannel.com/TV_Shows/Man_v_Food) on the Travel Channel. I was surprised I had never come across the program before, especially since the host basically has one of my "dream jobs". ;) However...
I really have to wonder if the host, Adam Richman, evens bothers going in for a physical or blood tests after taking on some of the "challenges" he does:
-A 2-1/2 pound Dagwood Sandwich at the Ohio Deli, or the "Thurmanator" at the Thurman Café in Columbus, OH (http://www.travelchannel.com/TV_Shows/Man_v_Food/ci.Columbus.show?vgnextfmt=show)
or
-The 11-pound(!!!), 30-inch(!!!) pizza from Big Pie in the Sky in Kennesaw, GA, just outside of Atlanta (http://www.travelchannel.com/TV_Shows/Man_v_Food/ci.Atlanta.show?vgnextfmt=show)
*DR edisaurus - Have you ever been there?
Not yet, but I'm putting it on my "to do" list. I did have a giant slice of pizza last week but it was light. It certainly could have come from a 30 in pan, though.
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I dreamt last night that we were at the end of Page One...
I dreamed last night I was on the boat to heaven.
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Maybe that's a good idea - a vote. Since I loathe the Golden Globes I didn't really care, but if others do then spoilers are fine.
As soon as a winner was announced, the name went up on IMDB for all to see so, while I did not watchthe program, I checked in every so often to see what/who had won.
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I dreamt last night that we were at the end of Page One...
I dreamed last night I was on the boat to heaven.
I hope you took your dice.
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So no big watery mess!
You obviously haven't seen me after a Lifetime movie.
Or after a a tasty plate of chicken livers.
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My blood was drawn without incident (I actually had an incident once). I celebrated with a breakfast consisting of imitation egg-food product and unbuttered toast.
Note: Spell check suggests that I changed "unbuttered" to "unbuttoned."
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I dreamt last night that we were at the end of Page One...
I dreamed last night I was on the boat to heaven.
I hope you took your dice.
By some chance, I did!
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Unbuttoned toast simply will not do.
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I've had dreams....dreams that came true and dreams I pray never come true.
I've dreamed the obvious things based on things that worried me in real time.
I've dreamed of solutions to problems.
I've dreamed of meeting people I later met.
And I've also dreamed of speaking with friends/loved ones who had passed on.
I've had fantastic dreams -- UFOs in full formation in the night skies....and horrific dreams of a nuclear winter with me searching for my parents.
Some dreams have actually helped me change behavioral patterns.
And some dreams have scared the crap out of me.
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Page 6 "With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming" Dance.
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Hey, your toast is unbuttoned!
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I had a dream, a dream about you, baby...
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My blood was drawn without incident (I actually had an incident once). I celebrated with a breakfast consisting of imitation egg-food product and unbuttered toast.
Note: Spell check suggests that I changed "unbuttered" to "unbuttoned."
Tell "Spell check" to kiss your grits!
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Dream a little dream of me...
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My favorite dream is the one I've had many times where I discover a new room or wing or story in a house that I never knew was there. I think it comes from living in tiny houses for the last 30 years, but it's a dream I always enjoy when I'm having it.
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Last night I had a dream; you were in it, and I was in it with you. (A Randy Newman reference...)
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Back from the long jog and shall now do some writing. Gorgeous day out.
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Oh my.....one of my top ten - or top FIVE - saddest things I have seen on TV:
Edith Bunker's passing on ALL IN THE FAMILY....and Archie goes home and finds her slippers under the bed.
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With my eyes wide open, I'm dreaming.
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Why shouldn't I make a value judgment about The Dark Knight DVD - it's crap, and it needs to be said. Blu-Ray, I hate to tell you, is still very much a niche product, just like laserdisc used to be. Maybe it will take over, maybe it won't. But that is NO reason to foist substandard transfers on the MAJORITY of the people, who still have normal DVD. In fact, it's spitting in their collective faces.
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The sun spit morning into Julian's face...............
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MR BK did you ever audition or get a call for a production of THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT?
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For Edisaurus:
See, we have Southern Gentlemen connections:
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/BneutSmalll.jpg)
der Brucer
And. yes, he was very aware our relationship!
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My favorite dream is the one I've had many times where I discover a new room or wing or story in a house that I never knew was there. I think it comes from living in tiny houses for the last 30 years, but it's a dream I always enjoy when I'm having it.
DR Edi--you mentioned this one before and I have the same kind of dream. I find a very thin opening near a corner in a room and when I slip though it I find a cozy (though often dusty) room or new part of the house that is mine, all mine.
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Why shouldn't I make a value judgment about The Dark Knight DVD - it's crap, and it needs to be said. Blu-Ray, I hate to tell you, is still very much a niche product, just like laserdisc used to be. Maybe it will take over, maybe it won't. But that is NO reason to foist substandard transfers on the MAJORITY of the people, who still have normal DVD. In fact, it's spitting in their collective faces.
BK, is it possible that because this was a screener that it was purposely low-resolution to prevent piracy?
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Am I right side up or upside down?
And is this real or am I dreaming?
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Why shouldn't I make a value judgment about The Dark Knight DVD - it's crap, and it needs to be said. Blu-Ray, I hate to tell you, is still very much a niche product
I did not question your value judgment on the DVD, I question making a value judgment on the film based on the SD DVD.
Blu-Ray is a very big niche - and growing daily; that it will overtake SD shortly seems inevitable. With the switch to all HDTV broadcast TV, Blu-Ray DVD players will be the norm. In 18 months, SD will be the niche.
der Brucer
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I have dreamed that your arms are lovely,
I have dreamed what a joy you'll be.
I have dreamed every word you whisper.
When you're close,
Close to me.
How you look in the glow of evening
I have dreamed and enjoyed the view.
In these dreams I've loved you so
That by now I think I know
What it's like to be loved by you,
I will love being loved by you.
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Am I right side up or upside down?
And is this real or am I dreaming?
To the first - ask Tomovoz.
To the second - consult JRand
der Brucer
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To the first - ask Tomovoz.
To the second - consult JRand
At HHW we have a bevy of experts, ready and willing, on almost any subject! :)
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Owl and the Pussycat - I didn't appreciate that movie when I was a child, but loved it when I caught up with it years later.
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I have dreamed that your arms are lovely,
I have dreamed what a joy you'll be.
I have dreamed every word you whisper.
When you're close,
Close to me.
How you look in the glow of evening
I have dreamed and enjoyed the view.
In these dreams I've loved you so
That by now I think I know
What it's like to be loved by you,
I will love being loved by you.
Aaah, I bet you sing this to all the guys!
der Brucer
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Remember the ad campaign? "Barbra is the cat on the right."
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I think I shall go for a walk. It's a beautiful day!
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Why shouldn't I make a value judgment about The Dark Knight DVD - it's crap, and it needs to be said. Blu-Ray, I hate to tell you, is still very much a niche product
I did not question your value judgment on the DVD, I question making a value judgment on the film based on the SD DVD.
Blu-Ray is a very big niche - and growing daily; that it will overtake SD shortly seems inevitable. With the switch to all HDTV broadcast TV, Blu-Ray DVD players will be the norm. In 18 months, SD will be the niche.
der Brucer
There was a recent article in Variety that says the opposite. Whether it will or won't remains to be seen. A lot of people have spent a lot of money on DVDs and do NOT want to buy into another format at this point. I've had a hi-def TV long before you and I still have not seen the necessity to buy a Blu-Ray player - the best of the SD transfers are great. I'm sure I'll eventually get a player and maybe sooner than later - we'll see. In the meantime, whether I see a bad transfer of The Dark Knight or a great transfer of The Dark Knight, it's not going to change my opinion of the FILM.
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Now I can't get "I Have Dreamed" to stop playing in my head.
But at least it's playing in the proper tempo.
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Why shouldn't I make a value judgment about The Dark Knight DVD - it's crap, and it needs to be said. Blu-Ray, I hate to tell you, is still very much a niche product, just like laserdisc used to be. Maybe it will take over, maybe it won't. But that is NO reason to foist substandard transfers on the MAJORITY of the people, who still have normal DVD. In fact, it's spitting in their collective faces.
BK, is it possible that because this was a screener that it was purposely low-resolution to prevent piracy?
That was the first thing that crossed my mind, but I'd already heard many complaints about the SD transfer, and I don't know why they'd do a completely separate thing for screeners, but you may well be right.
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I've written a little over three pages, and am now trying to figure out a nice segue into the next sequence.
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I just removed my wedding rings...
...but only because I'm about to make a meat loaf for dinner. Smushing up meat loaf is the only time I take my rings off.
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Now I can't get "I Have Dreamed" to stop playing in my head.
It should at least have the decency to play out in the street, with all the children.
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I've had my walk and now I have to make a trek to the market.
That should be fun.
After that, back to Mr Loesser and his 1956 musical.
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I just removed my wedding rings...
In some countries, if you then just turn around three times...
...You'll be divorced! ;)
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I just removed my wedding rings...
...but only because I'm about to make a meat loaf for dinner. Smushing up meat loaf is the only time I take my rings off.
That spoiler space can sometimes cause a heart attack...............
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Time for one big collective, "Awwwwwwww..."... :)
Cute Things Falling Asleep (http://www.cutethingsfallingasleep.org/)
:)
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*Alas, there are no Bollywood, Hollywood or TV stars on that site. :-\
;)
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*Alas, there are no Bollywood, Hollywood or TV stars on that site.
How about Dear Readers? ;)
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*DR Sandra - The next time you make scrambled eggs, and you find yourself out of milk, just do without it. Cook the eggs low and slow, and gently fold the eggs over themselves in the pan as they cook. Oh, and cook them in a good amount of melted butter... Then dot the almost cooked eggs with some cream cheese... :) -Otherwise, whipping cream in scrambled eggs.. YUM! -But that may not be the best thing for your cholesterol test results.
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My blood was drawn without incident (I actually had an incident once). I celebrated with a breakfast consisting of imitation egg-food product and unbuttered toast.
Note: Spell check suggests that I changed "unbuttered" to "unbuttoned."
;D
When will you have the results?
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One time, when I searched for "STARFIGHTER," the search engine's spell-check asked if I meant "straighter"
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Why shouldn't I make a value judgment about The Dark Knight DVD - it's crap, and it needs to be said. Blu-Ray, I hate to tell you, is still very much a niche product, just like laserdisc used to be. Maybe it will take over, maybe it won't. But that is NO reason to foist substandard transfers on the MAJORITY of the people, who still have normal DVD. In fact, it's spitting in their collective faces.
BK, is it possible that because this was a screener that it was purposely low-resolution to prevent piracy?
That was the first thing that crossed my mind, but I'd already heard many complaints about the SD transfer, and I don't know why they'd do a completely separate thing for screeners, but you may well be right.
Actually, some of the screeners are simply just that, "screeners". They are not meant to be "home theatre experiences". A friend of mine who is a SAG member, has done side-by-side comparisons for some films, the screener vs. the commercial release, and most of the time, he's found that the screeners are a bit lacking. It all seems to depend just how many extras end up being on the final commercially-released DVD. The more extras, the better the screener. In other words, it all depends just how prepped the commercial DVD is at the time that the screeners are sent out.
Makes sense to me.
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I didn't post about the Golden Globes last night, but i assumed they were on live on the West Coast just like the Oscars.
I think though that even with the Oscars, a lot of the details are mentioned here. And even if the exact winner is not mentioned it's often easy to figure out who won. So i'd say if you are gonna watch the show then wait and read/and post at HHW after.
I didn't even set them to record so I didn't realize they weren't live. As much as I like spoilers it it does seems difficult to keep putting them up during the awards.
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A lot of people have spent a lot of money on DVDs and do NOT want to buy into another format at this point. I've had a hi-def TV long before you and I still have not seen the necessity to buy a Blu-Ray player - the best of the SD transfers are great.
I'm not sure you've had a hi-def TV long before us (the TV I was posting about was a second set for the bedroom). I suspect I'm in the upper 1%-tile of DVD owners (over 1000 titles). My opting for a Blu-Ray player for the bedroom did not obsolete my collection - indeed it enhanced it. We needed to get an up-convert player for the new TV anyway, so the upgrade to Blue Ray cost about $100. Now with the new player and TV all our SDs look better than ever, and we have to option of playing BD as well. (I would not have sprung for a hi-def player until they standardized on the format.) Look back in time and see how long it took CDs to move from "niche' to standard . The market will be driven by DVD buyers - most folks buying DVDs regularly will all have HDTV shortly; the prices on BDs is rapidly moving to what was the norm for SDs and I would expect a $99 Blu Ray player shortly. I have seen no serious debate as to whether or not BD will become a standard, just discussion on the timetable.
der Brucer
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I just removed my wedding rings...
...but only because I'm about to make a meat loaf for dinner. Smushing up meat loaf is the only time I take my rings off.
That spoiler space can sometimes cause a heart attack...............
Sorry, DR JRand. My rings are back where they belong and Richard and I are still married. However, he's been without his wedding ring since the day after Christmas. He needs to have it resized and the jeweler recommended that he let his finger adjust for a few weeks before they make a size determination.
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Why shouldn't I make a value judgment about The Dark Knight DVD - it's crap, and it needs to be said. Blu-Ray, I hate to tell you, is still very much a niche product
I did not question your value judgment on the DVD, I question making a value judgment on the film based on the SD DVD.
Blu-Ray is a very big niche - and growing daily; that it will overtake SD shortly seems inevitable. With the switch to all HDTV broadcast TV, Blu-Ray DVD players will be the norm. In 18 months, SD will be the niche.
der Brucer
I seem to remember that argument being the one a year ago when folks were hee-hawing over the demise of HD-DVD.
BD is still a very small percentage of the DVD market.
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It is simply beautiful here; not a cloud in the sky. It was a bit chilly at lunch, but it IS January so it's to be expected.
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MR BK did you ever audition or get a call for a production of THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT?
Owl and the Pussycat - I didn't appreciate that movie when I was a child, but loved it when I caught up with it years later.
The night Keith told me he loved me was the night we saw THE OWL & THE PUSSYCAT with Bill Bixby. I wish I had the ticket stub for that night. That was in April, 1966. :)
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*DR Sandra - The next time you make scrambled eggs, and you find yourself out of milk, just do without it. Cook the eggs low and slow, and gently fold the eggs over themselves in the pan as they cook. Oh, and cook them in a good amount of melted butter... Then dot the almost cooked eggs with some cream cheese... :) -Otherwise, whipping cream in scrambled eggs.. YUM! -But that may not be the best thing for your cholesterol test results.
Cottage cheese works as well.
der Brucer
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I spent all afternoon working on MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION. First I watched the movie proper. Mostly beautiful transfer at the proper ratio (2:1) with light to moderate grain structure very similar to the grain structure in IMITATION OF LIFE. I only saw a couple of places where the registration of the Technicolor went off and one brief shot where it looks like they were using an old dupe or something which was soft, faded, and weird surrounded by all that lush Technicolor and clarity in the other shots.
I had seen the 1954 version several times before, and it's never been my favorite Sirk. I like all of his other Rock Hudson pictures better than this one, and, of course, IMITATION OF LIFE is in a class by itself for lush, over-the-top melodrama. MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION is SO noble and earnest. It's just not much fun to watch, and honestly, I don't have the tear-streaked emotional reaction to it that I have to other similar melodramas.
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Why shouldn't I make a value judgment about The Dark Knight DVD - it's crap, and it needs to be said. Blu-Ray, I hate to tell you, is still very much a niche product
I did not question your value judgment on the DVD, I question making a value judgment on the film based on the SD DVD.
Blu-Ray is a very big niche - and growing daily; that it will overtake SD shortly seems inevitable. With the switch to all HDTV broadcast TV, Blu-Ray DVD players will be the norm. In 18 months, SD will be the niche.
der Brucer
There was a recent article in Variety that says the opposite. Whether it will or won't remains to be seen. A lot of people have spent a lot of money on DVDs and do NOT want to buy into another format at this point. I've had a hi-def TV long before you and I still have not seen the necessity to buy a Blu-Ray player - the best of the SD transfers are great. I'm sure I'll eventually get a player and maybe sooner than later - we'll see. In the meantime, whether I see a bad transfer of The Dark Knight or a great transfer of The Dark Knight, it's not going to change my opinion of the FILM.
Pardon my interruption into this discussion, but I would love to have something clarified that I have long wondered about.
I know you've had your high-def TV for a long time, BK, but it's being high-def only matters if the signal you are watching on it is a high-def signal, and my confusion is that I have long held the impression that you do not receive any high-def signals on your TV.
The set, being high-def, can only give you a high-def signal if you "receive" high-def broadcasts...either via an antenna/rabbit ears or via a cable package. I''ve had the impression that you don't watch much TV at all and that you haven't subscribed to a high-def package.
Without that signal...and without Blu-ray or HD-DVD playback of BD or HD DVDs...you're watching analog TV on a set ready for high-definition broadcasts.
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Then, I went back and listened to about 25 minutes of the commentary. I'll finish it later today, but it's OK. Definitely not a commentator who's falling all over himself cooing about the color and style and stars.
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*DR Sandra - The next time you make scrambled eggs, and you find yourself out of milk, just do without it. Cook the eggs low and slow, and gently fold the eggs over themselves in the pan as they cook. Oh, and cook them in a good amount of melted butter... Then dot the almost cooked eggs with some cream cheese... :) -Otherwise, whipping cream in scrambled eggs.. YUM! -But that may not be the best thing for your cholesterol test results.
I believe you mean DR Laura ;)
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There are interviews with two female filmmakers who pay tribute to Sirk's style. The only other thing remaining on disc one is the trailer.
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I don't know who is in the path of the winter weather onslaught....did Cilla ever weigh in or whether she got the blizzard or merely a snowfall?
Here in Oakland, the weather is gorgeous and warm. Too warm. It's in the mid-70s, there are some gusting winds and the sky is blue, blue, blue.
I'd love it if the winds didn't wreak havoc with my sinuses! For some reason the more air that rushes around me decreases the pneuma I need inside me.
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BD is still a very small percentage of the DVD market.
At the moment. The driving force will be the major retailers: Best Buy, Wal-Mart, etc. WalMart is clearly moving toward BD based on shelf space, product placement, and pricing policy. The $10 BDs are getting prime shelf space while the $7.50 SDs are thrown in an aisle bin.
der Brucer
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RLP - correct.
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Wrote another page, but found something I have to change in an earlier chapter - I love what I wrote, but I unfortunately used the same thing elsewhere, and need to have this be different. So, I have to deal with that at some point. I'm finding it difficult to get to the next little scene - don't know why, but I'm sure I'll be there by the end of this evening.
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RLP - correct.
Is your DVD player one that "up-converts" the image of Standard DVDs? Because watching upconverted SDs on a high-def set is the next best thing!!!
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*DR Sandra - The next time you make scrambled eggs, and you find yourself out of milk, just do without it. Cook the eggs low and slow, and gently fold the eggs over themselves in the pan as they cook. Oh, and cook them in a good amount of melted butter... Then dot the almost cooked eggs with some cream cheese... :) -Otherwise, whipping cream in scrambled eggs.. YUM! -But that may not be the best thing for your cholesterol test results.
"...may not be..."?? Why not just tie off her major arteries and call her time of death?
Use Egg Beaters. If you want to use some milk, use fat-free or 1%.
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MR BK did you ever audition or get a call for a production of THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT?
Owl and the Pussycat - I didn't appreciate that movie when I was a child, but loved it when I caught up with it years later.
The night Keith told me he loved me was the night we saw THE OWL & THE PUSSYCAT with Bill Bixby. I wish I had the ticket stub for that night. That was in April, 1966. :)
Who played "Doris"?
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Page 8 "People Let Me Tell Ya 'Bout My Best Friend" Dance.
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*DR Sandra - The next time you make scrambled eggs, and you find yourself out of milk, just do without it. Cook the eggs low and slow, and gently fold the eggs over themselves in the pan as they cook. Oh, and cook them in a good amount of melted butter... Then dot the almost cooked eggs with some cream cheese... :) -Otherwise, whipping cream in scrambled eggs.. YUM! -But that may not be the best thing for your cholesterol test results.
"...may not be..."?? Why not just tie off her major arteries and call her time of death?
Use Egg Beaters. If you want to use some milk, use fat-free or 1%.
;D
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MR BK did you ever audition or get a call for a production of THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT?
Owl and the Pussycat - I didn't appreciate that movie when I was a child, but loved it when I caught up with it years later.
The night Keith told me he loved me was the night we saw THE OWL & THE PUSSYCAT with Bill Bixby. I wish I had the ticket stub for that night. That was in April, 1966. :)
Who played "Doris"?
I'm not sure. I wish I could find information on the show. All I remember is that the actress was the daughter of Nat King Cole. I can't tell you which one.
The show was great!
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Hello all. I began trying to catch up a littel earlier today but had to leave for my chemo hydration appoinment before I had a chance to post.
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Now I am all hydrated and caught up.
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VIBES for Laura that her test come back better this time.
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MR BK did you ever audition or get a call for a production of THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT?
Owl and the Pussycat - I didn't appreciate that movie when I was a child, but loved it when I caught up with it years later.
The night Keith told me he loved me was the night we saw THE OWL & THE PUSSYCAT with Bill Bixby. I wish I had the ticket stub for that night. That was in April, 1966. :)
Who played "Doris"?
I'm not sure. I wish I could find information on the show. All I remember is that the actress was the daughter of Nat King Cole. I can't tell you which one.
The show was great!
I think it was Carol.
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BD is still a very small percentage of the DVD market.
At the moment. The driving force will be the major retailers: Best Buy, Wal-Mart, etc. WalMart is clearly moving toward BD based on shelf space, product placement, and pricing policy. The $10 BDs are getting prime shelf space while the $7.50 SDs are thrown in an aisle bin.
der Brucer
I've read a bit about the declining SD marketplace (to which I attribute too many reissues of the same titles...folks being frustrated about not getting the best possible quality the first time, etc.) as well as the sluggish acceptance rate of Blu-ray.
The BD format seems to be doing gangbusters in other countries, especially Australia where it seems to have outpaced SD discs in the past year.
The U.S. has GOT to make the shift to the new broadcasting format...and it needs to happen NOW, as scheduled. I recently read, however, that Obama has lent his support to a movement that would -- AGAIN -- delay the start of the new standards. I hope that doesn't happen because we'll never be readier than we are now.
Once folks find themselves between the rock and the hard place, they'll do what they need to do to get the proper converter signals into their sets.
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DR Vixmom I have very happy you are staying hydrated. Are you keeping the cans down?
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Well, I must hop off-line now and do some writing. Then back to watch the 1935 version of MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION and whatever bonus features are on the second disc.
WBBL.
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The Vixter brought in the project she spent all weekend working on and the teacher was absent.
Oh well.
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DR Vixmom I have very happy you are staying hydrated. Are you keeping the cans down?
So far I have been managing three cans a day. The doctor really wanted 4 but said he understands how difficult that is. He was also pleased I hadn't lost any more weight so he said as long as I was doing at least 3 and didn't feel hungry not to force myself to consume the 4th can.
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The Vixter's best friend managed to break her ankle slipping on the ice in her driveway. Now she is trying to navigate the high school hallways on crutches.
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I have had that hidden room dream myself quite a few times. It is a happy, happy dream!!
Lately though I just dream about drinking juice - particularly OJ.
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Well I have got to get another can in, I only had one so far and it's getting late.
LATERS!!!
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It was Sandra who made the scrambled eggs using canned whipped cream.
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I get my results at my appointment next week.
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I have never had a hidden room dream.
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...the sky is blue, blue, blue.
Not if Warner Bros gets a hold of it!
der Brucer
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I just removed my wedding rings...
I took mine off in 1983 when I was in a family way. I never could get them back on. My fingers never got small enough afterwards. (Nor did any other part of me, come to think of it.)
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Ok. I have heard of high def. I have heard of Blue Ray.
What is BD?
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DR MATTH - I have the IMITATION OF LIFE on the Universal DVD release....is there a Criterion for it?
DR derBRUCER in the WalMart today, I saw a mid-price RCA Home Theater system that included a subwoofer and an UPCONVERT DVD player.....for $98.98.
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Ok. I have heard of high def. I have heard of Blue Ray.
What is BD?
It's the abbreviation "the industry" or "the fans" have been using to shorten "Blu-ray disc"...ie., "BD". For me, the logical abbreviation would be "BVD"....but whatcha gonna do!
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Are you keeping the cans down?
Or at least the contents :)
der Brucer
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Thanks, Ron Pulliam.
Are you feeling better today?
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I just removed my wedding rings...
I took mine off in 1983 when I was in a family way. I never could get them back on. My fingers never got small enough afterwards. (Nor did any other part of me, come to think of it.)
They can "stretch" those rings.
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Oh my....never mind, I just read some of the customer reviews for the system......
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I have never had a hidden room dream.
I've had "large living space" dreams...
I always awaken in the same small condo, though.
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That was in April, 1966.
:o You've been married almost as long as I've been alive!!
Congratulations! :)
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Thanks, Ron Pulliam.
Are you feeling better today?
I'm at work. I'm lucid.
I guess.
But I still have the hacking cough (just not as often)...and not much "Glop" comes up any more.
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Page 9 "I'm not doing the Tuna Glop Dance" Dance!
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The first 15 minutes of the local evening news has been Colts owner Tony Irsay talking way too much about life and spirituality and football and belief systems and faith and I can't understand a word he's saying.....
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I recently read, however, that Obama has lent his support to a movement that would -- AGAIN -- delay the start of the new standards. I hope that doesn't happen because we'll never be readier than we are now.
Once folks find themselves between the rock and the hard place, they'll do what they need to do to get the proper converter signals into their sets.
From your lips to whomever is listening
's ears!
der Brucer
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Now I am all hydrated and caught up.
A moist vixmom....that's the ticket!
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The first 15 minutes of the local evening news has been Colts owner Tony Irsay talking way too much about life and spirituality and football and belief systems and faith and I can't understand a word he's saying.....
Football speak is on a separate plane of existence.
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I'm lucid.
You're giving Debra Messing a run for her money, eh?
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VIBES for Laura that her test come back better this time.
Thanks. We just had Christmas, though. I wonder if that one meal will haunt me.
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Football speak is on a separate plane of existence.
And in Oakland, it is owned by Al Davis.
der Brucer
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As much as I'd love to get Criterion's "Magnificent Obsession", I can't help but wonder WHY, WHY, WHY the label didn't release it in Blu-ray as well. I just know they're going to go that route and I won't buy it twice.
It's bad enough they're issuing previously issued titles on BD...and that means if there is something we truly want on BD, we have to buy it again.
But why not at least give use the immediate choice on the new titles?
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I'm lucid.
You're giving Debra Messing a run for her money, eh?
I'm the new Debra Messing, I guess.
Somebody....PLEASE.....shoot me!
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WOW?!?!?
I just had to switch to CNN since the NBC affiliate just switched back to "regular programming": the fourth hour of "The Today Show" with Kathie Lee and Hoda. ::)
Well it is NBC. They don't like to cover what they don't like
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We just had Christmas, though. I wonder if that one meal will haunt me.
If it involved green jello with red maraschino cherries, it should!! :)
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Haunt you, I mean.
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Looks like Matthew Morrison's going into a tv series for Fox:
http://www.fox.com/futurefox/blogs/index.php/2008/12/15/were-already-singing-for-13/
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That was in April, 1966.
:o You've been married almost as long as I've been alive!!
Congratulations! :)
Up until that night we were best of friends. His parents gave him the tickets for his 17th birthday & were concerned it wasn't an appropriate play for me to see. :). We didn't get married until we were 20.
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re: scrambled eggs.
I like it with milk and cheese. But if i'm watching my milk intake i've found/and read that you can substitute water. It works.
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DR TCB - I'm sorry if any of us spoiled the GG's for you. I actually wasn't sure if they were being broadcast live on the West Coast, until I started seeing "Oh, it's now on" posts. I thought that since bk was asking for a play-by-play, that they were on live on the West Coast - and that he just didn't want to turn his TV on.
*Did you happen to notice if Darren Aronofsky's "finger" got blurred out during the West Coast feed?
I was in the same boat as DR Jose. I even asked if it was being broadcast live and no one answered. I just assumed with no response that it must have been. Sorry.
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I just removed my wedding rings...
In some countries, if you then just turn around three times...
...You'll be divorced! ;)
Does your spouse need to know? If you turn the other way are you married again?
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Just got back from Reb Aryeh's service (Dan in Toronto's cousin). It was held in the largest synagogue in Portland and there was barely enough room, even with SRO. They've set up a Wordpress site for remembrances:
http://rememberingrabbiaryeh.wordpress.com/
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Been thinking about the little change I have to make and I've finally figured out the substitution, which I'll probably try to write later tonight.
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MR BK did you ever audition or get a call for a production of THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT?
Owl and the Pussycat - I didn't appreciate that movie when I was a child, but loved it when I caught up with it years later.
The night Keith told me he loved me was the night we saw THE OWL & THE PUSSYCAT with Bill Bixby. I wish I had the ticket stub for that night. That was in April, 1966. :)
Goodness, I hope he's said it more than once! ;)
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I would really have liked to have seen Bill Bixby's Felix.
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I don't know who is in the path of the winter weather onslaught....did Cilla ever weigh in or whether she got the blizzard or merely a snowfall?
Here in Oakland, the weather is gorgeous and warm. Too warm. It's in the mid-70s, there are some gusting winds and the sky is blue, blue, blue.
I'd love it if the winds didn't wreak havoc with my sinuses! For some reason the more air that rushes around me decreases the pneuma I need inside me.
We were expecting some snow and temps warm enough to crust it over so the 50 mph winds wouldn't blow it around. Guess again....we left the office around 3:00. It was pretty nasty and is still bad out. I don't know if we're officially having a blizzard here, but it's snowing the wind is 35-50 mph and you can't see very well.
BTW the word blizzard was first used in my home town, Estherville, Iowa, by the then editor of the newspaper.
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*DR Sandra - The next time you make scrambled eggs, and you find yourself out of milk, just do without it. Cook the eggs low and slow, and gently fold the eggs over themselves in the pan as they cook. Oh, and cook them in a good amount of melted butter... Then dot the almost cooked eggs with some cream cheese... :) -Otherwise, whipping cream in scrambled eggs.. YUM! -But that may not be the best thing for your cholesterol test results.
"...may not be..."?? Why not just tie off her major arteries and call her time of death?
Use Egg Beaters. If you want to use some milk, use fat-free or 1%.
Or you can use one whole egg and a couple egg whites. Tastes the same and cuts down fat and cholesterol considerably
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In more mundane news, I took the Frances Farmer jewelry into a gemologist this morning to get some feedback on its worth. The ring alone is worth almost what I paid for everything, so I'm happy. The worth of course doesn't even take into account its historical "worth" (can that even be measured), or the documents that came with it.
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The public schools in Norfolk, NE (pronounced Nor Fork) aren't letting kids leave school until a parent picks them up. I keep wondering about what happens to the kids if no parent shows up
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Has anyone heard from Dakota?
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MR BK did you ever audition or get a call for a production of THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT?
Owl and the Pussycat - I didn't appreciate that movie when I was a child, but loved it when I caught up with it years later.
The night Keith told me he loved me was the night we saw THE OWL & THE PUSSYCAT with Bill Bixby. I wish I had the ticket stub for that night. That was in April, 1966. :)
Goodness, I hope he's said it more than once! ;)
Correction, the first of many, many times he said he loved me ;)
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I would really have liked to have seen Bill Bixby's Felix.
He was SOOOOOOOOOOOO cute!
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I don't know who is in the path of the winter weather onslaught....did Cilla ever weigh in or whether she got the blizzard or merely a snowfall?
Here in Oakland, the weather is gorgeous and warm. Too warm. It's in the mid-70s, there are some gusting winds and the sky is blue, blue, blue.
I'd love it if the winds didn't wreak havoc with my sinuses! For some reason the more air that rushes around me decreases the pneuma I need inside me.
We were expecting some snow and temps warm enough to crust it over so the 50 mph winds wouldn't blow it around. Guess again....we left the office around 3:00. It was pretty nasty and is still bad out. I don't know if we're officially having a blizzard here, but it's snowing the wind is 35-50 mph and you can't see very well.
BTW the word blizzard was first used in my home town, Estherville, Iowa, by the then editor of the newspaper.
Interesting.
I'm glad you are home.
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Cillaliz will hate me for saying this, but it is 71F and sunny here.
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MR BK did you ever audition or get a call for a production of THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT?
Owl and the Pussycat - I didn't appreciate that movie when I was a child, but loved it when I caught up with it years later.
The night Keith told me he loved me was the night we saw THE OWL & THE PUSSYCAT with Bill Bixby. I wish I had the ticket stub for that night. That was in April, 1966. :)
Goodness, I hope he's said it more than once! ;)
Correction, the first of many, many times he said he loved me ;)
I knew that, I just had to tease you :D
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Cillaliz will hate me for saying this, but it is 71F and sunny here.
DR Laura...the truth is I love blizzards. I'm wishing we had more snow
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MR BK did you ever audition or get a call for a production of THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT?
Owl and the Pussycat - I didn't appreciate that movie when I was a child, but loved it when I caught up with it years later.
The night Keith told me he loved me was the night we saw THE OWL & THE PUSSYCAT with Bill Bixby. I wish I had the ticket stub for that night. That was in April, 1966. :)
Goodness, I hope he's said it more than once! ;)
Correction, the first of many, many times he said he loved me ;)
I knew that, I just had to tease you :D
I know, I was playing along ;) :)
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Well, then, cuddle up with the girls in front of the fire and enjoy!
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I wonder how scrambled eggs made with chocolate milk would taste.
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The public schools in Norfolk, NE (pronounced Nor Fork) aren't letting kids leave school until a parent picks them up. I keep wondering about what happens to the kids if no parent shows up
What a mess at the schools while the parents collect the children. Is that all levels?
When we lived in Pennsylvania the elementary school would not let children leave with anyone but their parent without a signed note from the parent. One stormy day my neighbor showed up at the door with my boys before I knew I should have picked them up. The kids were in the same grades & one of our teachers was outside & let my friend take them. Boy was I happy!
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Why am I suddenly reminded of the film The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T?
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A dream I remember from my childhood:
Once upon a time, a brutish king and queen banned all color in their kingdom/queendom. There were six children who could not stop living in color, so they were each encased in transparent bubbles, to contain their colors (one each for the primary and secondary colors, btw). The children discovered that they could direct how and where their bubbles floated, and soon were crashing willy-nilly into the buildings and people and everything else that they could. Color splattered everywhere, and the king and queen were unable to enforce their ban.
It was a very vivid dream - I must have been all of four or five when I dreamed it, and I remember it still.
And I have always dreamed in color.
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Well, then, cuddle up with the girls in front of the fire and enjoy!
I am. I like when they say "NO TRAVEL STAY HOME" my response is "GREAT!" In the winter I bring work home. I rarely do it, but if there is a storm and I need to stay home, I can still get work done if I want to or if I need to do it before the roads clear.
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The public schools in Norfolk, NE (pronounced Nor Fork) aren't letting kids leave school until a parent picks them up. I keep wondering about what happens to the kids if no parent shows up
What a mess at the schools while the parents collect the children. Is that all levels?
When we lived in Pennsylvania the elementary school would not let children leave with anyone but their parent without a signed note from the parent. One stormy day my neighbor showed up at the door with my boys before I knew I should have picked them up. The kids were in the same grades & one of our teachers was outside & let my friend take them. Boy was I happy!
Not sure what levels. The news said that it was fine at 1:30 PM but then the wind came up and the superintendant decided it wasn't safe even for town kids (versus country kids) to walk home from school
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I wonder how scrambled eggs made with chocolate milk would taste.
Do you wonder enough to try it and let us know?
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I remember lots and lots of dreams, all kinds. Most of the time I don't remember them very long. I have had dreams where I didn't like what was happening and said "This is my dream, stop it" and it changes.
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Wow, both the airport and the shopping mall are closed and they are pulling the plows off the road. It must be worse than I thought out there
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We had a pretty free day today in Austin, so we decided to go to the movies and see SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE.
We bought our tickets, went into the theater and were surprised...actually shocked to discover that they serve food in the theater...right during the movie.
I'm not not talking about popcorn and cokes. I'm talking about salads, hamburgers, steak sandwiches, etc. And, the waiters keep serving right during the film, bringing the check 45 minutes before the picture ends.
I don't know about you, but when I go to a movie, I want to see the movie. I don't want the guy next to me fiddling with his food...which might have garlic in it.
The upshot was that, before the movie started, we got a refund, then went out to look at our new house once more before we come home tomorrow.
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I am about to make myself some hot chocolate. But I am not putting eggs in it.
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that they serve food in the theater...right during the movie.
I'm not not talking about popcorn and cokes. I'm talking about salads, hamburgers, steak sandwiches, etc. And, the waiters keep serving right during the film, bringing the check 45 minutes before the picture ends.
What a horrible idea! :(
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Did the theater have regular seating or comfy loves seats & other living room types of seating?
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LOL Singdaw. Now I want hot chocolate with marshmallows. I will not have any since I just had ice cream.
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I have not yet read the posts on the Golden Globes. But my 2 favorite moments last night were:
1. Tina Fey's speech. So funny. I wish more speeches could be funny.
2. Kate Winslet the 2nd time. So gracious. So elegant. What a fantastic speaker even when nervous and flustered. Loved it.
Um, I have to disagree with #2, DR Jennifer. I would have expected so much more eloquence from someone like Winslet. And I really don't understand all the emotion involved. For one thing, she is a critics' darling who should be used to heaps of praise she's received over the years of her career and for another--it's just the Golden Globe.
I adore Kate Winslet and I don't begrudge her double win at all, but I think she's too much of a veteran to fall apart over the Golden Globes.
As opposed to Bette Midler, who held up her two awards for The Rose at chest level and said "How do you like these Golden Globes!"
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...Her reaction seemed somewhat effusive for the honor..... Do you think that's how she reacts when she gets her change back from the cashier at the grocery store?
She hasn't yet, to my knowledge.
But then, I haven't seen her at the store....at least, not so far!
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I'm doing a little experiment with my diet this week. With WW you get 35 "bonus" points to use anytime during the week. I haven't been using them and have been losing weight. I decided to eat more this week, use at least some of the points and see what happens. i'm hoping for good news
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I'm slowly catching up on all the posts from yesterday and today.
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Great news about DR Elisaurus' M-I-L!!
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I thought Kate Winslet's reaction was genuine. It was nice to see someone so surprised and so happy. I didn't find Tina Fey's speech to be funny. It seemed a bit pathetic to think she spends her time keeping track of bloggers or posters on the internet who don't like her.
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Did the theater have regular seating or comfy loves seats & other living room types of seating?
Normal (uncomfortable) seats with sort of a wood bar in front of us.
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I thought Kate Winslet's reaction was genuine. It was nice to see someone so surprised and so happy.
After all the talk here I had to find the the clip on YouTube. I also compared her reaction, & speech, for her supporting actress win. I found it obvious she was completely surprised to win best actress. If not by her expression before the announcement, then by the simple the fact she had not prepared a speech.
I found her unrehearsed reaction & the delivery of her acceptance speech delightful. :)
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I asked DR Druxy because Bryan always wanted us to go to a theater in Portland that had comfy seats & served pizza, beer & I don't know what else. He never mentioned food was served during the movie. I'm pretty sure he would have found that annoying.
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I guess it is dinner theater. I wonder if they serve unbuttoned toast?
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I made the most yummilicious chicken stew, and now I have enough to feed an army. I hope I can fit it all into the fridge and the freezer.
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Didn't Joan Crawford make that golden Globes joke at one point?
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...As a signs that BD is "taking over":
Wal-Mart is now packaging BD 2-fers (I got Cloverfield and Sleepy Hollow for under $30). ...
der Brucer
I did warn him about Cloverfield. ::)
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For Edisaurus:
See, we have Southern Gentlemen connections:
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/GEORDIEMC/BneutSmalll.jpg)
der Brucer
And. yes, he was very aware our relationship!
Danged if I don't look like a terrorist in that photo!
Oh, and that look on der B's face? Newt had just goosed him.
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For those who watch, the Season 3 premiere of "KYLE XY" is on television tonight, at least in the U.S.
I'll be watching!
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Trip to IKEA was great. Got some of this and some of that, and more of this and not a lot of that. DP got a work table for the kitchen so he can attempt to start his wedding cake business. It's been a day.
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The Vixter's best friend managed to break her ankle slipping on the ice in her driveway. Now she is trying to navigate the high school hallways on crutches.
The trick is to get that "cute guy" to carry her books for her!
Backpacks can be a real bother in these circumstances.
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I have never been to an IKEA
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Back from my lunch meeting with the head of the LACC Theatre Academy. I wish I could say it's a done deal for Nudie Musical to be done there, but it isn't. He's had to approach it a different way from what we'd originally thought, mostly because of what's happening in community colleges right now. He's still feeling positive, however, and therefore so will I. I know he'd really like for it to happen for many reasons, including that the department would keep all box-office monies, which they desperately need. He'll also be getting me some dates so I can book the next LACCTAA events - I have three in mind, plus a fourth, if I can pull it off.
And here is where we ate.
(http://i43.tinypic.com/2ed4h8j.jpg)
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I had a cheeseburger and fries, just because I felt like it.
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I wonder how scrambled eggs made with chocolate milk would taste.
Do you wonder enough to try it and let us know?
Um, no.
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I have not yet read the posts on the Golden Globes. But my 2 favorite moments last night were:
1. Tina Fey's speech. So funny. I wish more speeches could be funny.
2. Kate Winslet the 2nd time. So gracious. So elegant. What a fantastic speaker even when nervous and flustered. Loved it.
Um, I have to disagree with #2, DR Jennifer. I would have expected so much more eloquence from someone like Winslet. And I really don't understand all the emotion involved. For one thing, she is a critics' darling who should be used to heaps of praise she's received over the years of her career and for another--it's just the Golden Globe.
I adore Kate Winslet and I don't begrudge her double win at all, but I think she's too much of a veteran to fall apart over the Golden Globes.
As opposed to Bette Midler, who held up her two awards for The Rose at chest level and said "How do you like these Golden Globes!"
Very as opposed. Midler entertained me, Winslet bored me.
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For those who watch, the Season 3 premiere of "KYLE XY" is on television tonight, at least in the U.S.
Yes, DR George would never forgive us if we forgeot to remind him.
In addition to the broadcast at 9 PM tonight, it will be rebroadacst late Wed night/Thur morn at 12.
And if George is lucky, he now gets ABCFAM in HD (our Comcast carries it).
der Brucer
I DO get ABCFamily in HD! ;D And not only will I be watching it, the HD broadcast will be on at 6:00 pm (but I have to record it).
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MR BK did you ever audition or get a call for a production of THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT?
Owl and the Pussycat - I didn't appreciate that movie when I was a child, but loved it when I caught up with it years later.
The night Keith told me he loved me was the night we saw THE OWL & THE PUSSYCAT with Bill Bixby. I wish I had the ticket stub for that night. That was in April, 1966. :)
A month before I was born. ;)
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There is absolutely no correlation between those two events. :D
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Here's Bette Midler's "pair of Golden Globes" moment with the attribution to Joan Crawford
[unfortunately, there's a very quick little car commercial you have to watch first, but it's worth it for what Midler starts to do with the trophy :) ]
http://www.nbc.com/golden-globes/video/clips/a-pair-of-golden-globes/878281/
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I thought Kate Winslet's reaction was genuine. It was nice to see someone so surprised and so happy. I didn't find Tina Fey's speech to be funny. It seemed a bit pathetic to think she spends her time keeping track of bloggers or posters on the internet who don't like her.
re: tina fey
Did people think she was naming off real internet posters?
To me it came across like she was just making up random names to be funny.
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I guess it is dinner theater. I wonder if they serve unbuttoned toast?
That would be most appropriate during The Full Monty. ;D
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Here's Bette Midler's "pair of Golden Globes" moment with the attribution to Joan Crawford
[unfortunately, there's a very quick little car commercial you have to watch first, but it's worth it for what Midler starts to do with the trophy :) ]
http://www.nbc.com/golden-globes/video/clips/a-pair-of-golden-globes/878281/
Cute :)
I didn't get the commercial, lucky me.
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Here's Bette Midler's "pair of Golden Globes" moment with the attribution to Joan Crawford
[unfortunately, there's a very quick little car commercial you have to watch first, but it's worth it for what Midler starts to do with the trophy :) ]
http://www.nbc.com/golden-globes/video/clips/a-pair-of-golden-globes/878281/ (http://www.nbc.com/golden-globes/video/clips/a-pair-of-golden-globes/878281/)
That was hysterical!
And I didn't have to watch the commercial, either.
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One of my best recent dream involved my former across the street neighbor Rod. However, I don't think this is the place to discuss it.
Sounds like a plot for one of Elmore's videotapes. ;)
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Good Evening!
Christmas is put away. Well, almost put away. My dad went to a homeowners association meeting, and once he gets back, we'll place the various bins and boxes in the attic.
I was sort of surprised that my mom was not too "careful" putting away some of the ornaments. She basically placed most of them in a single layer in a box, then covered them with a layer of paper towels, then placed the cover on the box. I was actually prepared for a bit more wrapping-up of individual things, but I guess as long as the boxes don't get jostled around over the next 11 months, the decorations should be fine.
*And my parents already have their tree for next Christmas. They bought a full-size, pre-lit artificial tree last week. ;)
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I thought Kate Winslet's reaction was genuine. It was nice to see someone so surprised and so happy. I didn't find Tina Fey's speech to be funny. It seemed a bit pathetic to think she spends her time keeping track of bloggers or posters on the internet who don't like her.
re: tina fey
Did people think she was naming off real internet posters?
To me it came across like she was just making up random names to be funny.
The names were semi-random, and semi-made-up. Just check the NBC discussion boards. ;)
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Hmm... In-N-Out Burger... Hmm...
*And, apparently, that's what Beyoncé wanted after last night's Golden Globe Awards. -The things you learn while watching the fourth hour of "The Today Show". ::)
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The Vixter's best friend managed to break her ankle slipping on the ice in her driveway. Now she is trying to navigate the high school hallways on crutches.
The trick is to get that "cute guy" to carry her books for her!
Backpacks can be a real bother in these circumstances.
Actually, backpacks don't have to be carried on one's back. And I hardly see anyone actually "wearing" a backpack using both straps anymore, usually it's just a one-sided deal lately.
*And there's something romantic about a young man having his own backpack slung over one shoulder, and another one over his other shoulder.
;)
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I asked DR Druxy because Bryan always wanted us to go to a theater in Portland that had comfy seats & served pizza, beer & I don't know what else. He never mentioned food was served during the movie. I'm pretty sure he would have found that annoying.
There's a mini-chain in DC of "Cinema and Drafthouses" - where they show movies - usually second-run - and serve food and beer during the movie. However, they have actual tables set up, and with the way the levels are set up, the waiters are hardly ever in your sightlines.
But what DR Druxy described... Hmm... I probably would have walked out too.
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Oy, more work! Brent Barrett just called about his Las Vegas concert in March, and my publisher is engraving three of my scores so I'll be getting those to proof soon.
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DR Cillaliz - I hope you and your neighbors stay safe and warm tonight.
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I wonder how scrambled eggs made with chocolate milk would taste.
Umm.. I don't know about that, but I do know how scrambled eggs made with eggnog tastes. Unfortunately.
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I wonder how scrambled eggs made with chocolate milk would taste.
Umm.. I don't know about that, but I do know how scrambled eggs made with eggnog tastes. Unfortunately.
Ew. :P
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I Dreamed A Dream
Words & Music by Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg
There was a time when men were kind
When their voices were soft
And their words inviting
There was a time when love was blind
And the world was a song
And the song was exciting
There was a time
Then it all went wrong
I dreamed a dream in days gone by
When hope was high
And life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving
Then I was young and unafraid
And dreams were made and used and wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung, no wine untasted
But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they tear your hope apart
As they turn your dream to shame
He slept a summer by my side
He filled my days with endless wonder
He took my childhood in his stride
But he was gone when Autumn came
And still I dream he'd come to me
That we will live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms we cannot weather
I had a dream my life would be
So different from this Hell I'm living
So different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed.
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Topic of the Day...I rarely remember dreams. It's been years since I could remember anything for more than a few moments after waking up. :-\
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I must say that price-wise In 'n' Out is pretty amazing.
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Oy, more work! Brent Barrett just called about his Las Vegas concert in March, and my publisher is engraving three of my scores so I'll be getting those to proof soon.
Just be glad no one is pestering you with a little job like a song for church.
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DR Cillaliz - I hope you and your neighbors stay safe and warm tonight.
Thanks DR Jose. We're pretty used to this stuff. I'm sure unless they HAVE to be out, everyone is home where they should be!
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Listening to the latest film score by Philippe Rombi - just gorgeous. This guy puts everyone working in America to shame. And I hope he's never corrupted by US producers who will bastardize his talent with their temp track crap.
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I want to see the film it's from, too - with Belmondo and a dog.
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re: scrambled eggs.
I like it with milk and cheese. But if i'm watching my milk intake i've found/and read that you can substitute water. It works.
Isn't that an omelet? ;)
I used to add a splash of milk or water to my scrambling eggs, but eventually just stuck to "plain" eggs. However, I do remember going through a "phase" of sorts where I researched whether it was better to add milk and/or water to scrambled eggs. It was amazing to come across various recipes and theories basically forbidding the addition of either liquid. Eventually, I found that if I gave the eggs a thorough beating/scrambling before I cooked them, and cooked them properly, they came out light and fluffy. No additional "thinner" needed.
*The one trick/hint I did come across was that the eggs should form a nice even "drip/stream" when you pull the fork out of the mixture. And, yes, it is possible to overbeat, over-aerate eggs for basic scrambled eggs.
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My goodness, sixty more posts to a rather lovely new plateau.
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I've written about six pages today - that may or may not be it, depending on how I feel when I get home from tonight's meeting. These meetings with the planning committee for the charity do tend to go on for quite a while, so I think I'll try to bail after an hour, IF they get to the entertainment portion by then.
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My mom likes to beat the egg whites then fold in the yokes I can't remember it she adds water (which is what I always thought of as an omelet) or milk (which to me is scrambled eggs). She says that's a REAL omelet
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I figured out a nice segue into my new scene, and also rewrote the little section I had to, which actually came out pretty well, I thought.
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WOW?!?!?
I just had to switch to CNN since the NBC affiliate just switched back to "regular programming": the fourth hour of "The Today Show" with Kathie Lee and Hoda. ::)
Well it is NBC. They don't like to cover what they don't like
I was chatting online with some friends in NYC at the time, and they said that they did not cut away at the top of the hour (in NYC). I'm guessing since the 10:00am slot here is taken by "Regis and Kelly" - thus breaking up the four hours of "The Today Show" - they had more concerns about their syndication broadcast deal. -And the news conference did end around 10:05, as it was.
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I'm very happy that my cable company finally took HGTV and Food TV in HD off of the special subscription. I wasn't going to pay the extra for them and now I don't have to
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Looks like Matthew Morrison's going into a tv series for Fox:
http://www.fox.com/futurefox/blogs/index.php/2008/12/15/were-already-singing-for-13/
Yep, Matt's series pilot got picked up for 13 episodes. He flew right to L.A. after his final performance in South Pacific for some work, but then to Hawaii for some vacation before things kick into full swing. I wonder if he's been watching all those show choir clips on YouTube? ;)
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Oh Cool - Blue Bunny is on Unwrapped. They are in the Ice Cream Capitol of the World, LeMars, IA
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It was Sandra who made the scrambled eggs using canned whipped cream.
I didn't realize it was canned whipped cream?!?!?!?!??!
ROTFL!!!! :D
*So, did she mix it into the eggs? or just use it as a topping? -And I really do hope it was canned whipped cream, and not canned "whipped topping". ;)
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I asked DR Druxy because Bryan always wanted us to go to a theater in Portland that had comfy seats & served pizza, beer & I don't know what else. He never mentioned food was served during the movie. I'm pretty sure he would have found that annoying.
There's a mini-chain in DC of "Cinema and Drafthouses" - where they show movies - usually second-run - and serve food and beer during the movie. However, they have actual tables set up, and with the way the levels are set up, the waiters are hardly ever in your sightlines.
But what DR Druxy described... Hmm... I probably would have walked out too.
I don't know about waiters in the Portland theater/theaters, but the older movies sound right. If we hadn't had Sherlock with us we would have all gone to see CASABLANCA.
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Time to leave work, go home and watch the season premiere of "Kyle XY," among other shows.
Until later!
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She squirted the canned whipped cream into the Magic Bullet with the eggs.
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Growing up our scrabbled eggs always had a little milk in them. They were fluffy & lightly cooked. Keith prefers his eggs well done & asked me to leave out the milk. I still cook mine light though I rarely add milk anymore. I only use a smidgen of olive oil in the pan, just enough to keep them from sticking. Since I eat a lot of eggs I use the ones from vegie-fed chickens.
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I want to see the film it's from, too - with Belmondo and a dog.
Hey, I know Belmondo's good looking, but that's no reason to dis his co-star!
;D
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She squirted the canned whipped cream into the Magic Bullet with the eggs.
Just when I thought the story couldn't have gotten any better... ;D
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I don't have nightmares in my sleep. i live them! >:(
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She squirted the canned whipped cream into the Magic Bullet with the eggs.
Just when I thought the story couldn't have gotten any better... ;D
;D
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'night
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Good night, Jane.
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It doesn't surprise Kerry in the least, I'm sure.
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Oh... As for the Topic of the Day...
There are a few I remember from my childhood and early teens - bad ones - and I've found that if I actively remember them again, I tend to re-dream them, so...
:-X
*There was one recurring dream that actually made me not want to go to sleep since I didn't want to dream it again. It made me dizzy in my dream, and dizzy when I woke up.
Otherwise, I don't think I've ever had a flying dream. I don't think I've ever dreamt that my teeth were falling out. However, I have had bunches of dreams where seemingly random people meet up and embark on some sort of adventure - either extraordinary or mundane.
Oh, and when I have "rehearsal dreams", then that's usually a sign that I should just concentrate more on the good than the bad.
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She squirted the canned whipped cream into the Magic Bullet with the eggs.
Just when I thought the story couldn't have gotten any better... ;D
:D
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When I was little I used to have a recurring dream about a gorilla that was behind a billboard at the top of the hill near where we lived.
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I Dreamed A Dream
Words & Music by Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg
There was a time when men were kind
When their voices were soft
And their words inviting
There was a time when love was blind
And the world was a song
And the song was exciting
There was a time
Then it all went wrong
I dreamed a dream in days gone by
When hope was high
And life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving
Then I was young and unafraid
And dreams were made and used and wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung, no wine untasted
But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they tear your hope apart
As they turn your dream to shame
He slept a summer by my side
He filled my days with endless wonder
He took my childhood in his stride
But he was gone when Autumn came
And still I dream he'd come to me
That we will live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms we cannot weather
I had a dream my life would be
So different from this Hell I'm living
So different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed.
To be horribly didactic, DR George, Schoenberg and Boublil wrote only the music; the words are by Herbert Kretzmer. What B&S wrote were the words to J'Avais Rêvé d'une Autre Vie ("I dreamed of another life.")
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Oh, let's get really didactic! Schoenberg wrote the music. Boublil wrote the French libretto. (Kinda like Hammerstein wrote Ol' Man River, and Kern wrote Dah-Dah-Da-Dah.)
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I'm in real trouble.
Der Brucer has discovered 24, and is already showing signs of addiction.
I don't know why he didn't pick up on the series before, but the telemovie 24: Redemption caught his eye, and now he's watched the first four hours of the new season over the last couple of nights.
My hunch is, he'll want to collect and watch the DVDs of the previous seasons very soon, just so he'll know what's happened previously.
I'm doomed.
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DR MATTH - I have the IMITATION OF LIFE on the Universal DVD release....is there a Criterion for it?
No. But the quality of transfers for both movies is similar.
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We're going into the studio to record the Jermey Piven/Zip/Fish parody tomorrow at noon.
If anyone has suggestions about parts which needs last-minute tightening, I'd appreciate it if you'd PM me, and I could probably rewrite some sections, or else take some replacements out of alternates that I've been keeping. Here again for the first time is the whole parody lyric:
Parody lyric by Fred Landau (tune of "Zip!" by Rodgers and Hart)
[verse]
I’ve dined with the A.R. Gurneys
Spent New Year’s at Julia Murney’s
I’ve met every stage star livin’
But my happiest moment
Is the tete-a-tete I had
When I ate with Jeremy Piven
I met him outside his thee-ter
And he couldn’t have been much sweeter
I said “Mr. P you are such a trooper
Tell me how you never miss
How do you do eight shows a week?”
And he said “When I act
My mind goes something like this.”
[chorus 1]
Fish!
The sashimi wasn't brilliant today
Fish!
Does McDonald's have to fry its filet?
Fish!
I was eating Arthur Treacher's last night
Fish!
And I think that Arthur Treacher's not right
I have eaten at Kodama
That's what started all this drama
Fish -
I love every morsel
Anything that's in the ocean
If they sell it at Petrossian
Fish -
I am poly-dorsal
Fish!
I had more than any doctors allow
Fish!
What the hell is Speed-the-Plow?
[2nd chorus]
Fish!
Why does seafood come in so many brands?
Fish!
David Mamet sometimes eats with his hands
Fish!
English people don’t say fries, they say chips
Fish!
Lizzie Moss has such spectacular lips
I don't want a Nathan's weenie
Get beluga on a blini
Fish!
I’d be so ecstatic
I don't need to call a gal up
Just get me a giant scallop
Fish!
I’m so damn aquatic
Fish!
It took mercury to make me so meek
Fish!
I can't do the show this week!
[big finish]
Fish!
Lincoln Center’s South Pacific's a find!
Fish!
Yeargan’s ocean set brought clambakes to mind!
Fish!
I think Flipper on the stage would kick ass
Fish!
With Bill Finn’s great songs and starring Lance Bass!
I could go for any marlin
Blue or Brando would be darlin’
Fish
Let me have my quota
You can hook it, you can trawl it
Anything if you can call it
Fish!
Get me Abe Vigoda
Fish!
Tell my dresser to run out for some shark
Fish!
Where the hell is Marky Mark?
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Looks like Tina Fey was naming real people who said she didn't deserve a Golden Globe. The comments aren't even that bad. You'd think someone who is so unforgiving in her portrayal of others would have thicker skin
http://omg.yahoo.com/news/tina-fey-to-real-life-internet-critics-suck-it/17477
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DR FJL - If you want to get really "in", you could always change the second line to: "Had pancakes at Julia Murney's" (a Seth Rudetsky reference). ;)
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Thanks, Jose, we'll try to hear how that sings tomorrow!
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OH! And if you got Seth Rudetsky to sing it!....
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Ooh, found the "pancakes with Julia Murney" Playbill article
http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/article/124855.html
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What do the flying and tooth loosing dreams mean?
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I enjoyed the 1935 MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION, especially Robert Taylor whose emotions were so much on the surface that they affected me deeply. I can see why my dad liked this version so much.
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Ooh, found the "pancakes with Julia Murney" Playbill article
http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/article/124855.html
I was just about to post the "proof" myself! ;)
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Should it be:
I've dined with the A.R. Gurneys
Had pancakes at Julia Murney's
or
I've partied with A.R. Gurney
Had pancakes with Julia Murney
Guess we'll have to do a few takes!
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:)
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I prefer the second version - only because it doesn't "possessive-ize" the surname.
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There was also an 82-minute documentary on Sirk. In German, he didn't talk at all about MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION but seemed to prize WRITTEN ON THE WIND as his best American film.
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Then I watched the two hour '24' which after an interesting and fun but less than gripping two hours last night, ratcheted up the tension tonight to the levels that '24' usually achieves. Now, I'm back in the midst of the show in a big, big way.
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I prefer the second version - only because it doesn't "possessive-ize" the surname.
I think the second version sounds better, FWIW
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I guess tomorrow I'll finally get back to that suspect National Lampoon movie STONED AGE (aka HOMO ERECTUS) as my work project. I am anxious to get that one wrapped up as quickly as I can.
I will also have Sunday's BROTHERS & SISTERS and today's AS THE WORLD TURNS to catch up with tomorrow.
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I prefer the second version - only because it doesn't "possessive-ize" the surname.
I think the second version sounds better, FWIW
The tone is certainly more consistent in the second one. I was just surprised how it didn't affect me emotionally as much as the 1935 version did.
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I think we'll be able to try both Gurney/Murney versions and see which sings better.
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Back from the charity meeting and then a quick trip to Gelson's. Must now eat a little snack.
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Just realized, we have actually partied with A.R. Gurney (and about 30 other people), but never dined with the A.R. Gurneys. So that should give the second the edge anyway.
We've had coffee with Julia Murney, but never the pancakes.
But then the song is not about me. :)
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NEVER THE PANCAKES - my new foodie sequel to NEVER THE SINNER
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Wow! It's much later than I thought. I must head down to bed now.
Good night!
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Good night all, thanks Jose for that suggestion, it feels like a keeper.
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Good night all, thanks Jose for that suggestion, it feels like a keeper.
You're welcome - and then be sure to send a copy to Seth! :)
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OK... Me sleepy.
Goodnight.
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I wrote a couple more pages - I did close to eight today, which makes up for the one I did yesterday.
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At long last page fourteen.
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I Dreamed A Dream
Words & Music by Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg
There was a time when men were kind
When their voices were soft
And their words inviting
There was a time when love was blind
And the world was a song
And the song was exciting
There was a time
Then it all went wrong
I dreamed a dream in days gone by
<SNIP>
To be horribly didactic, DR George, Schoenberg and Boublil wrote only the music; the words are by Herbert Kretzmer. What B&S wrote were the words to J'Avais Rêvé d'une Autre Vie ("I dreamed of another life.")
Larry, you are absolutely correct. I knew that...I just copied the lyrics (and the credit) from a website that I found through Google and didn't pay attention. My bad.
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Listening to the latest film score by Philippe Rombi - just gorgeous. This guy puts everyone working in America to shame. And I hope he's never corrupted by US producers who will bastardize his talent with their temp track crap.
I'd heard it would soon be available. I just ordered a copy from Amazon France!
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I just watched ABC's "Nightline" and they did a segment on the price of houses and what $100,000 can buy. Has anyone ever been to www.zillow.com? It's a site that estimates the value of houses. Right now, it says that my condo is worth $15,000 less than what I paid for it. BUT since I don't every plan to move, I don't really care.
Just had to share.
;)
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Some town was in the news last week with houses going for about $1,000 each.
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Some town was in the news last week with houses going for about $1,000 each.
Wow! :o That's some discount!
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We're so close to 400 that it would be a shame not to get there.
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If my house was selling for $1,000, I would purchase it immediately.
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Are we there yet?
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I think we are.