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Well, you've read the notes, you d-voured the notes, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're not very d-pendable.
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And the word of the day is: LEXIPHANES!
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Will we never get to page two?
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(http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/photoessay_2521_images/1024070040_M_102307_halloween_fire1.jpg)
Oct. 23: A scarecrow and Halloween pumpkins are seen in front of a burning house at the corner of Highway 330 and City Creek Road in Running Springs, Calif.
der Brucer
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`My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!'
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
(http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/photoessay_2521_images/1023071307_M_102307_wildfires5.jpg)
der Brucer
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LATIMES (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-et-showbiz7-23oct23,0,5726083.story?coll=la-home-entertainment)
Seven clues that 'Potter's' Dumbledore was gay
By Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
October 23, 2007
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1. His pet. "Fawkes, the many-colored phoenix,
is 'flaming.'
2. His name. "While the anagram to 'Tom Marvolo Riddle' is 'I am Lord Voldemort,' as my good friend pointed out, 'Albus Dumbledore' becomes 'Male bods rule, bud!'"
....
"No matter how many 'clues' I can put down that Dumbledore was gay, no matter how many millions of people have read these books again and again, Rowling surprised even the most die-hard fans with the announcement that Dumbledore was gay. And in the end, the fact that we never would have guessed is what makes Dumbledore being gay so real. So many times I have encountered friends who are gay that I never would have predicted. It has shown me that one's sexual orientation is not some obvious 'lifestyle choice,' it's a precious facet of our multi-faceted personalities. And in the end whatever the differences between our personalities are, it is time that our world heeds Dumbledore's advice: 'Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.' Today as I write this, I believe that it's time for our aims to be loyal to what the greatest wizard in the world would have wanted them to be: love."
der Brucer
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DaVinci Meets Dante
(http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2007-10/33417856.jpg)
der Brucer
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Good morning! It's
bright dark and early here, but I have much to do today and since I don't seem to get it done when I bring work home at night, I'm going to try to get my day started before everyone realizes I'm awake.
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So, I'm off to start my day. Laters
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Greetings, all.
The choral concert in NYC last night was utterly wonderful. I am taking the day off to go back into the city to spend time with my friend Richard.
Smooches, kidz!
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Morning all.
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And the word of the day is: LEXIPHANES!
And The Song Of The Day: BRING ME MY BRIDE
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I saw Young Frankestein last night.
I had a very good time. It was a lot of fun. It's not a "blow me away" show but it's lots of fun and full of laughs. There are some very nice effects (the horses are funny) and Puttin' on the Ritz is a standout. I don't know how much it's changed since George saw it in Seattle but it's now running at a little less than 2 and a half hours. I sat in the next to the last row of the balcony in the old Apollo and Lyric Theatres, then called the Ford Center for the Performing Arts and now called The Hilton Theatre. I had no problem seeing with and without my binoculars.
Roger Bart is out for an undetermined amount of time due to a back problem but I was very happy with Matthew LaBanca (making his Broadway debut). I would like to see the show with Roger Bart but if I don't I won't be disappointed. He was quite good and I think they have a good cover if Bart is out for a while.
The show is basic Brooks, full of rat-a-tat jokes, some funny and some falling flat (of course Thomas Meehan had a hand in that also, being the book writer). Lots of the jokes come straight from the movie. Happily, we did not have the stupid and annoying behavior of the film fanatics who come to a show and scream when a favorite scene is about to take place (can you tell how much I dislike that infantile conduct ;)).
The weakest part of the show (IMHO) is the score. It's not bad by any means, but it's not particularly memorable. There are some very funny numbers (besides POTR) but I don't see them surviving outside the show.
My other "complaint" about the show is Megan Mullaly. She's fine in the the show and I know the role in the movie is small but she doesn't do a lot AND (my real complaint) for me, she was channeling Karen Walker (her character from Will and Grace) a lot. The role seems to be written that way to take advantage of the audience familiarity with her but it doesn't always work for me.
All in all, I had a good time. I left the theatre with a smile and what more can you ask for for $51.50 nowadays.
I wanted to buy a souvenir for my nephew but they were all out of the Young Frankenstein baseball cap, all they had left were the Abby Normal hats. I will go back and see if I can find a Young Frankenstein hat before Christmas. What I would really like to get is the new book by Thomas Schumacher. I saw it advertised in the Playbill. It's called "How Does the Show Go On: An Introduction to the Theater". It's geared toward kids and I think builds on the success of "High School Musical". My nephew has discovered the joys of musical theatre (he's 12) and I think he will enjoy this book. It's not due out until December 18th. I suppose I could get it that day and mail it out so it arrives before Christmas. We shall see. I'm getting my niece (his sister) something from Little Mermaid, which I see on November 14th.
And that, dear friends, with a slight detour, is my brief report on Young Frankenstein. I don't know that it will be a blockbuster but it should do well and I hope it does do well.
And now, back to the Willard L. Eccles Charitable Foundation.
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Ah, Forum! I love that show.
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Good Morning and au revoir Mr. Brockman and Mr. Simbulan
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Good Morning. That is all.
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Good morning, everyone. Have a nice day.
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Good Morning All
The other people in my house persist in hogging the whole computer and the boss persists in his belief that I should be working while at work so my E & T ness continues
VIBES for all... you are all inmy prayers particularly you dear TCB that your pain be relieved, you dear Elmore that the McBeths will cease to be a thorn in your side, and that everyone in safe from flames, floods tornadoes, hurricanes and illness, bad fortune and mean people
and off to work I go
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Good morning, all! I am back to Encores! this morning, but I've been asked to not show up until 11 am, and I've got work to do here. This is also my last day on the project before Saturday's read down, and I want it to go as well as possible for the conductor and the orchestra as well as the editrix, who will have to face the problems she's generated.
DR Jose, thanks for the offer but I have to go it alone: this is a project that can hardly afford my exorbitant demands.
So, I have a couple of hours to work on the David Burnham orchestra parts and I can use it.
BK, I emailed you the info you requested.
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Good Morning All
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Today - now - I get to pick up my car from the shop!!!
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Thanks for the Frankenstein Report, DR BEN.
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Quick Wednesday morning greetings! Came in early this morning, because I was not ready for the October edition of Grantseeking Basics, which starts in 36 minutes. Handouts are now assembled, props are gathered, and I'm about to head up to the Auditorium to try to get the AV to work. Pray for Rosemary's baby.
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I am taking the day off to go back into the city to spend time with my friend Richard.
Taking a day off work? How will you keep up with HHW??
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Good morning, everyone.
The window washer is here today. Of course, that means we're getting the first rain we've had in months of near-drought conditions. Sometimes I feel like my life is a permanent Mercury retrograde. What say JRAND to that?
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I'm tired. I didn't sleep well last night and it shows. I find that when I'm worn out even ordinary chores can seem daunting. Don't mind me; I just need a break.
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I had a rock bottom situation with Artie's last night: some idiot behind the counter got a bit of the macaroni salad mixed in with the rice pudding. It was god-awful.
Well, I can work another 30 minutes here before I head downtown.
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Good morning!
The deluge of rain that we were hoping for hasn't come. It drizled just a bit eysterday, and so far today, it's humid but not raining, and the overcast from this morning seems to be clearing a bit. So who know what will eventually happen. It should start to get cooler starting tomorrow, however. I had to sleep with both the attic fan and the ceiling fan last night because the house felt a bit clammy.
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I got the den cleaned this morning (may have a friend drop by after lunch), and I got another L-WORD episode watched. I thought I only had two left, but actually NOW I only have two left. There are also a couple of bonus features on the disc.
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I haven't yet bought the Blu-ray versions of 2001 or THE SHINING (the two Kubricks I plan on getting). I thought I'd wait for a sale since I like both movies but don't often revisit them (not as much as I revisit certain musicals or the Harry Potter or James Bond films).
Just to have THE SHINING in an anamorphic widescreen (1080p) version rather than an open matte nonenhanced standard version should be quite wonderful.
I'll be looking to see some informed reviews of what the discs look like, say from JMK's review site rather than the fanboy stuff on imdb.
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I'll be on ABC all night for PUSHING DAISIES, PRIVATE PRACTICE, and DIRTY SEXY MONEY. All three shows are on shaky ground with me as far as continuing to watch them each week, so tonight's episodes may decide their fates in my mind.
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And, yes, I'm already back from you know where. :)
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Good Morning, One and All, and All and One.
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Page Two Sirius Black Dance!!!
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So... Are Forty-Eight D's, the equivalent of Twenty-Four Double-D's? Or Sixteen Triple-D'? Or, god forbid, Twelve Quadruple-D's?
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I hope to get started on WYATT EARP on Blu-ray at some point today. I was a fan of the film (not many were; most preferred TOMBSTONE which I also liked), so I'll be eager to see how the film looks in HD.
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And, yes, it is raining here in NYC. However, it's been a nice gentle rain, drizzle all morning so far at least in my neck of the woods. It's supposed to get a little heavier as the day goes on, which is OK. However, we're not supposed to dry out until the weekend, so... Too bad we can't send some of this precipitation to Southern California.
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DR MattH - The Virgin Megastore continues to offer "Buy 2, Get 1 Free" on Blu-Ray discs. Just sayin'. ;)
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DR elmore - Hope all goes well at City Center today.
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I'm tired. I didn't sleep well last night and it shows. I find that when I'm worn out even ordinary chores can seem daunting. Don't mind me; I just need a break.
Hmm.. Maybe you are in retrograde?
;)
In the meantime, sip some green tea.
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DR Ben - Thanks for the Young Frankenstein report.
I'm actually tempted to sign up for the ticket lottery, but I'm not too tempted to wait with a crowd of 500 people at the 42nd Street/Times Square McDonald's.
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DR Jane - I hope you and your wrist slept well last night.
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Ooohh... DR JRand will be back on the street on again in his car... Alert the proper authorities!
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Ooohh... DR JRand will be back on the street on again in his car... Alert the proper authorities!
It is in the carport looking like new!!!
$594!!!
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Quien sabe, DR JEANNE.....
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Green tea is good for everyone....DR JOSE is correct.
And today the sun moves into Scorpio.....no wonder DR ELMORE had macaroni salad in his rice pudding.
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I'm tired. I didn't sleep well last night and it shows. I find that when I'm worn out even ordinary chores can seem daunting. Don't mind me; I just need a break.
Want to join me out in the rain for some pancakes?
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This morning I shall go for a walk. Perhaps I'll have a photo or two later.
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Hopefully leaf photos will be taken on Friday, DR LAURA.....if the wind doesn't blow them all away at the moment they change color!
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Hopefully DR GINNY's program is going well this morning.
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I am anxious for the return of THE AMAZING RACE as written about yesterday BUT BUT BUT....I hate that it is on Sunday evenings when because of crazy FOOTBALL - you never really know when it is going to start. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
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Is that a "someone left my pancakes in the rain" reference?
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I am anxious for the return of THE AMAZING RACE as written about yesterday BUT BUT BUT....I hate that it is on Sunday evenings when because of crazy FOOTBALL - you never really know when it is going to start. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
I hate that with COLD CASE, but I've decided this year that if the show doesn't start on time, I'm just going to miss it. I have too many other thigns to watch to try to program the DVR to catch everything.
Of course, with TAR, I know you don't want to miss an episode because of eliminations. Glad I don't watch it any more so I don't have that worry.
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Thank you, DR Jose. My problem is that often there aren't three discs I want at one time. I guess I could "store up" a list of titles, but I'm not THAT well organized.
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Received a PayPal phishing email today. If you receive an email from PayPal and it asks you to click a link to verify your account....DON'T DO IT.
Forward it to Spoof@Paypal.com and they will let you know if it came from them.
It NEVER does. Don't click the link.
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Guess I'll write a little bit, and then head down to check the mail, fix lunch, and then start back in with L-WORD and last night's BOSTON LEGAL and SVU.
WBBL.
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DR MATTH - I have given up on shows for reasons known only to me....but they know who they are...
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My question for ASK BK day....
Have you seen MAD MEN yet?
You haven't lived until you have seen the prettiest mom in the neighborhood out in the backyard in her peignoir, Salem hanging from her mouth, making short work of the neighbor's pigeons with a shotgun.
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We haz slowed to a crawl.
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Miss Blue Moon is at the grooming palace today getting a beauty treatment. She loves all of the attention. And when the truck rolls up the driveway and she sees Bryan, the groomer, she is at the door ready to go.
She usually races him to the van.
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Well, this should do it....
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And it appears it did do it...
Welcome to Page Three!!!
Everyone Do The Elliptical Dance!!!!
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DR MattH, BOSTON LEGAL was not on last night due to a news update on the California fires.
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I'm trying to click on that link that DR Der Brucer gave last night (re: the fires). it's probably just me but when i click i get nothing. :(
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I mean it won't click at all (not that the page turns up blank).
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In other news, it appears I will be spending a bit of time with the upcoming Boston production of White Christmas next week. Alas, I will be rehearsing here in Manhattan, but I'm looking forward to some "Irving Berlin Immersion". :)
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DR Jennifer - If you Google for Los Angeles and San Diego area TV stations, you should be able to pull up their sites, and most of them have Evacuation Zone updates.
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Wow, DR Cillaliz we are still agreeing on DANCING WITH THE STARS? :)
So who are your favorites?
I would say my clear favorite is helio and julianne. I am impressed with sabrina (i think she's good but i'm not voting for her). I am starting to like Cameron. I think jennie is improving a lot. I also think mel is good. But i'm also not voting for her.
Who do you think will be F3? And how much longer do you think marie osmond will last?
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Hmm.. Maybe you are in retrograde?
;)
In the meantime, sip some green tea.
Perhaps I am. I've been told that Geminis are particularly sensitive to Mercury retrograde.
Right now I'm sipping some tomato bisque soup.
Oh, and one of the phone lines isn't working. sigh. See?
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Want to join me out in the rain for some pancakes?
Thank you, Laura. Believe me, if we were closer I'd say YES!
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Thanks DR Jose. I did do what you suggested. But i see updates and random places for evacuations. For some reason i do not see an entire grid or anything like that.
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Everyone Do The Elliptical Dance!!!!
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My stationary bike is just a few feet away, workout towel neatly resting on the chair back, bottle of water conveniently nearby--and Jeanne saying, "No way today, Jose."
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I'm trying to click on that link that DR Der Brucer gave last night (re: the fires). it's probably just me but when i click i get nothing. :(
Same for me, Jennifer--nothing.
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I know what I need: CHOCOLATE!
wbb in a few minutes.
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LATIMES (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-et-showbiz7-23oct23,0,5726083.story?coll=la-home-entertainment)der Brucer
And did Dumbledore miss an opportunity, ever, to ask the developing Potter: "Is there something you want to tell me, Harry?"
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DRs Jennifer and Jeanne - Here's the most recent Fire Map from CNN.com:
CLICK HERE (http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/23/fire.map/index.html)
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My question for ASK BK day....
Have you seen MAD MEN yet?
You haven't lived until you have seen the prettiest mom in the neighborhood out in the backyard in her peignoir, Salem hanging from her mouth, making short work of the neighbor's pigeons with a shotgun.
I haven't seen it. Do I get the channel it's on?
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DR Jennifer
[size=8]SPOILER[/size]
In "Heroes" on Monday evening, Kristen Bell's character "murdered" Ricky, brother of Caitlin, in his own pub just to extract information from him.
I don't quite know how you interpreted this act on her behalf, but if a red-hot poker were pointed at me, I'd have to say her character is e-v-i-l!
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I haven't seen it. Do I get the channel it's on?
Do you get AMC?
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It's on AMC - but I watch it the next day ON DEMAND from Comcast....if you have ON DEMAND it's usually under TV ENTERTAINMENT.
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WOW!
I just finished watching the season finale of "Damages" courtesy of the DVR...
WOW!
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I believe we have had some informed opinion on the transfers in the new Kubrick box set - by me, who is a hell of a lot more informed than most of the people who write for these websites - not you, MattH, but the kids who have no idea what these films looked like when they were originally shown. Instead, we get comments like "black levels are pitch." The blather about The Searchers' transfer told the tale a lot more eloquently than I could - with everyone tripping over themselves to say how brilliant it was because it was SHARP. Sharp doesn't mean a transfer is great, it means it's sharp. But for almost every "reviewer" at these sites, that's all it took to get a rave, and they said the color was magnificent. Only people who actually knew what The Searchers' color is supposed to look like stood up (me included) and loudly proclaimed the transfer a four-star disaster - the color being a sad joke and looking nothing like the IB Tech prints of that film. Same with The Nun's Story, same with Breakfast At Tiffany's and the same with others. If those are informed opinions, I'll eat a chocolate donut.
Oh, good - I'm now eating a chocolate donut.
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MAD MEN:
Joan: (top secretary to Peggy, new secretary) And here is your typewriter. I know it looks very complicated, but it's actually easy to use.
Peggy: (looking) Oh, dear.
Next post to see what she was looking at.
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(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/IBM_Selectric.jpg/280px-IBM_Selectric.jpg)
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And now on to "The Young & The Restless: Out of the Ashes".. From the sublime to the ridiculous.
*Although, I have to say that it looks like CBS splurged on this disaster scenario.
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I never liked a typewriter that had a moving typing ball instead of a moving carriage.....
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What movie, if any, are we looking forward to as the BIG MOVIE SEASON approaches.
I am intrigued of course by SWEENEY TODD.....
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I believe we have had some informed opinion on the transfers in the new Kubrick box set - by me, who is a hell of a lot more informed than most of the people who write for these websites - not you, MattH, but the kids who have no idea what these films looked like when they were originally shown. Instead, we get comments like "black levels are pitch." The blather about The Searchers' transfer told the tale a lot more eloquently than I could - with everyone tripping over themselves to say how brilliant it was because it was SHARP. Sharp doesn't mean a transfer is great, it means it's sharp. But for almost every "reviewer" at these sites, that's all it took to get a rave, and they said the color was magnificent. Only people who actually knew what The Searchers' color is supposed to look like stood up (me included) and loudly proclaimed the transfer a four-star disaster - the color being a sad joke and looking nothing like the IB Tech prints of that film. Same with The Nun's Story, same with Breakfast At Tiffany's and the same with others. If those are informed opinions, I'll eat a chocolate donut.
FWIW, few people who enjoy "The Searchers" on DVD -- and it looks absolutely vibrant and colorful to them because it IS -- have any "memory" of what it "might have" looked like in Technicolor.
And, of course, no one whose memory of it says otherwise will ever be able to prove how much more brilliant it was because, to date, no Technicolor print seems to exist.
Perhaps if those who have the perfect memories of colors more vibrant, more thrilling, more revelatory than those on the current DVD were to actually do a proper restoration, then maybe that would show "us" how terribly stupid "we" are. After all, "we" can only discuss what we see with our own eyes.
We cannot possibly view the DVD through the eyes of 50-plus-year-old memories.
The color that IS there, however, is dazzling compared to the washed-out crap we get today.
I, for one, apologize to all and sundry here on this board for having any positive opinion upon which you have already pronounced yourself the one and only expert whose opinion is the only one that matters
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And the word of the day is: LEXIPHANES!
I like my friend Roget. HE EXPLAINS what he means concisely and clearly, and never resorts to LEXIPHANES.
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FWIW, few people who enjoy "The Searchers" on DVD -- and it looks absolutely vibrant and colorful to them because it IS -- have any "memory" of what it "might have" looked like in Technicolor.
And, of course, no one whose memory of it says otherwise will ever be able to prove how much more brilliant it was because, to date, no Technicolor print seems to exist.
Perhaps if those who have the perfect memories of colors more vibrant, more thrilling, more revelatory than those on the current DVD were to actually do a proper restoration, then maybe that would show "us" how terribly stupid "we" are. After all, "we" can only discuss what we see with our own eyes.
We cannot possibly view the DVD through the eyes of 50-plus-year-old memories.
Sorry, Ron, you can get as defensive as you like, but I don't look at these things through fifty year old memory - I know what I'm talking about, having owned both 16mm and 35mm IB Tech prints. If you are happy with vibrant greenish skies, great. I am not. If you are happy with the color yellow being predominant, great. I am not. Winton Hoch was one of the greatest color cameramen ever and this transfer is a travesty of his work. Those skies should be bluer than blue - they should be ACHINGLY blue. Look at the original DVD transfer. No, it's not as SHARP and DETAILED as the new transfer, but the COLOR is what it should be. Why? Because the people who DID that transfer back in the laserdisc days USED an IB Tech studio print (yes, Ron, Warners has an IB Tech perfectly-colored studio print and guess what - THEY DIDN'T USE IT when they were doing the new transfer - they forgot - they didn't care - and that comes right from Mr. Robert Harris' mouth), and they got the color as close as possible back in those days. Had those people done this new transfer we'd ALL be raving.
It's like Warners' new transfer of Singin' In The Rain - people rave. It's all brown and looks nothing like IB Tech prints of that film (of which I've owned several) - they rave because it's SHARP. And I'm telling you, SHARP is wonderful, but color is more important.
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Oh, I see you've edited your post and got even more defensive. No one's laughing at you or anyone else. Why is it that when people try to inform they are derided as being mean and uppity? My opinion isn't the be-all and end-all, for God's sake. But it IS informed, and I'm not the ONLY one who has it. Mr. Harris agreed with me (eventually back-pedaling when Warners asked him to, but the posts where he agreed with me stand), scholars of the film agreed with me, and many people who were at the screening of the D-5 digital master at the Academy agreed with me.
You don't, and that's fine - no need to get snippy about it.
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Sorry, Ron, you can get as defensive as you like, but I don't look at these things through fifty year old memory - I know what I'm talking about, having owned both 16mm and 35mm IB Tech prints. If you are happy with vibrant greenish skies, great. I am not. If you are happy with the color yellow being predominant, great. I am not. Winton Hoch was one of the greatest color cameramen ever and this transfer is a travesty of his work. Those skies should be bluer than blue - they should be ACHINGLY blue. Look at the original DVD transfer. No, it's not as SHARP and DETAILED as the new transfer, but the COLOR is what it should be. Why? Because the people who DID that transfer back in the laserdisc days USED an IB Tech studio print (yes, Ron, Warners has an IB Tech perfectly-colored studio print and guess what - THEY DIDN'T USE IT when they were doing the new transfer - they forgot - they didn't care - and that comes right from Mr. Robert Harris' mouth), and they got the color as close as possible back in those days. Had those people done this new transfer we'd ALL be raving.
It's like Warners' new transfer of Singin' In The Rain - people rave. It's all brown and looks nothing like IB Tech prints of that film (of which I've owned several) - they rave because it's SHARP. And I'm telling you, SHARP is wonderful, but color is more important.
See, here's the thing. I don't get greenish or yellowish anything.
What I see on my TV and what others say they see on theirs -- and given your negative comments about films that, on my TV, look spectacular with true colors popping off the screen -- I have to say I'm suspicious of whoever calibrated your equipment.
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Oh, I see you've edited your post and got even more defensive. No one's laughing at you or anyone else. Why is it that when people try to inform they are derided as being mean and uppity? My opinion isn't the be-all and end-all, for God's sake. But it IS informed, and I'm not the ONLY one who has it. Mr. Harris agreed with me (eventually back-pedaling when Warners asked him to, but the posts where he agreed with me stand), scholars of the film agreed with me, and many people who were at the screening of the D-5 digital master at the Academy agreed with me.
You don't, and that's fine - no need to get snippy about it.
On the Sunday of the Tony Awards, you posted that you were "laughing at my ravings" over "The Searchers" and "Oh! What A Lovely War!"
I think I merit a "snippy" retort now that you've dredged up your rant about "us" idiots again.
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I see you've edited your post again. My TV is just fine and transfers that have correct color look amazing on my TV (a 65" Mitsubishi hi-def tv). Re The Searchers, many people who were raving about the new transfer posted screen caps and when compared to screencaps of the older transfer the color on the older transfer blew them away - not the sharpness, not the detail, just the color. And, on one forum, someone actually put a few frames from the new transfer into a sophisticated computer program and added blue to the screencaps and took out some of the yellow - and guess what - it was perfect.
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...All in all, I had a good time. I left the theatre with a smile and what more can you ask for for $51.50 nowadays....
Well, for $52.86 I can get eight books over at Jessica's Biscuit, all but one of them in hardback. (That's the next batch on my wish-list - get ready, der B, it's almost ordering time again!)
Given how much a trip to NYC can set us back, it doesn't sound like Young Frankenstein is going to get us to drive up. Seeing two new musicals and a large number of friends, like we did on our last trip - that was priceless.
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On the Sunday of the Tony Awards, you posted that you were "laughing at my ravings" over "The Searchers" and "Oh! What A Lovely War!"
I think I merit a "snippy" retort now that you've dredged up your rant about "us" idiots again.
I don't think you're an idiot. I think you are not necessarily aware of what these transfers should look like, color-wise. It's no crime. Oh, What A Lovely War is a very nice transfer with very faded colors.
You don't get greenish or yellowish anything because you have nothing to compare it to. If I had never seen The Searchers, if I didn't know what that film should look like, had I never seen it projected in IB Tech, I'd be raving too, I have no doubt. I rave about the sharpness - gorgeous sharpness. Color? As the Duke would say, "Not hardly."
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Taking a day off work? How will you keep up with HHW??
Lately it seems like my days off from work are the only days I get to catch up with HHW!
(Der B usually keeps me informed of the major stuff going on.)
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I had a rock bottom situation with Artie's last night: some idiot behind the counter got a bit of the macaroni salad mixed in with the rice pudding. It was god-awful.
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I can understand rice salad, but macaroni pudding just doesn't sound right.
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So... Are Forty-Eight D's, the equivalent of Twenty-Four Double-D's? Or Sixteen Triple-D'? Or, god forbid, Twelve Quadruple-D's?
This is beginning to sound like something out of an inane and lustful sci-fi flick.
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I am glad I watch ALL of my movies in b/w.
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Hopefully DR GINNY's program is going well this morning.
It did, DR JRand! 15 people in attendance, all of whom had great questions and comments that led directly into the next thing in my script. I love when that happens!
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Is b/w short for Beautiful Wife, as in Earl Wilson's column?
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It did, DR JRand! 15 people in attendance, all of whom had great questions and comments that led directly into the next thing in my script. I love when that happens!
I love that, too. I try to be that kind of audience! Congrats!! ;D
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Is b/w short for Beautiful Wife, as in Earl Wilson's column?
Not in column A or column B, either. ;D
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That's Earle, folks.
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B/W stands for Bottom Width, something some of my customers should be more concerned about. It does not go well with polyester.
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We have had rain here in Rehoboth Beach.
Nothing torrential, just a nice wetness.
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Or was it That's Earl, Brother?
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The situation in California is one reason I'm glad I'm no longer living there. Earthquakes never really bothered me, but brushfires scared the bejezus out of me.
When I was growing up, we could watch the brushfires across the San Fernando Valley from my parent's room (which had the best uninterrupted views), particularly at night. Orange on black is so not my favorite color combination - no wonder Halloween doesn't thrill me much.
And it's a double whammy, because the odds are that there will be little in the way of rain between now and the torrential rains that come in the spring. That'll mean mudslides, which can destroy whatever the fires missed.
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Earl is what they drill fer in them desert places.
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DR JRand, the only upcoming theatrical movies that I am aware of are some new releases of Bollywood films...and of those I am very much looking forward to the John Abraham film NO SMOKING, which I hope will show on the big screen here. The ghost film BHOOL BHULAIYAA and the reincarnation comedy musical blockbuster OM SHANTI OM are both scheduled to play at theaters in November, and I am looking forward to seeing both of those as well.
I already own the CD soundtracks to all three films.
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A Nice Wetness. That is the title of my next novel about assorted teenagers dreams.
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That was rather unseemly, wasn't it.
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I hope dear Ron knows I wasn't trying to be antagonistic - color in film is something I'm passionate about, and something I'm pretty knowledgable about.
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Unseemly, yes, but it brought back some wonderful memories! ;D
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I hope dear Ron knows I wasn't trying to be antagonistic - color in film is something I'm passionate about, and something I'm pretty knowledgable about.
I know it is (color is your passion), I know you weren't (being antagonistic), and I love you to death no matter how snippy I get.
I'd love to see what you saw in the orignal showing of "Oh! What A Lovely War" because I love the way my DVD looks. If the colors could pop even more, I'd certainly love to see that. As it is, however, I don't see the colors as "faded" in this pristine (smooth edits, no dirt) transfer because they are consistent throughout to my eyes. Perhaps "muted" is more what they are?
I'm quibbling and not arguing, though.
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Well I tried to call the vet this morning about Callie. First I was put on hold for about 4-5 minutes. I hung up and called back and when she asked me to hold, I said I had been for about 5 minutes, She said "Well it will be a minute more" and put me on hold. After 2-3 minutes more, I hung up again and called back. It was 7 minutes from when I really started paying attention.
This ordinarily could be excused, but then after I identified myself and she clearly didn't know a thing about Callie (who has been inpatient for a total of almost 5 days from mid September until now) I asked to speak with anyone familiar with her case. She said they were ALL in surgery. So there wasn't a receptionist, a tech, not one employee who wasn't in surgery???? All I wanted to do was explain the symptoms and see if she needed to go in. It didn't seem to me that explaining this to someone who knew nothing of her history made much sense, especially since I had to get to federal court.
Anyway, it was the last straw. I stopped on the way to work and picked up her file - the receptionist was nice enough to copy Boo's file too. Then I asked around and made an appointment with a vet that was highly recommended by 2 different people I trust.
So then I called and asked for Callie's x-rays, which they provided. I just took them and left. Then I called back and said I wanted the vet to call me so I can explain to him why I'm getting a different vet. There was this really long pause and then she said "I'll give him the message" Bet she doesn't do it.
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Reports are surfacing from some people who saw a screening of Sweeney Todd. Though I'm suspicious of these reports, they are encouraging. Of course, we had similar encouraging screening reports for Dreamgirls (which I found wanting), Rent, The Producers, etc. But, I've felt from the beginning that Burton is at least a director who understands film and he's interesting visually. Though I haven't really liked any of his films from the last decade, I think Sweeney has a shot.
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I am not one who normally breaks into tears, but it's happened 2 of the last 3 times I've dealt with these people. AND the first of the three times, I was told that I could drop Callie off but no one could see her until late afternoon. I did it and when the vet called he said she had gotten an enema at 10:00 AM! So, the receptionist made me think Callie was suffering all day for no good reason.
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I know it is (color is your passion), I know you weren't 9(being antagonistic), and I love you to death no matter how snippy I get.
I'd love to see what you saw in the orignal showing of "Oh! What A Lovely War" because I love the way my DVD looks. If the colors could pop even more, I'd certainly love to see that. As it is, however, I don't see the colors as "faded" in this pristine (smooth edits, no dirt) transfer because they are consistent throughout to my eyes. Perhaps "muted" is more what they are?
I'm quibbling and not arguing, though.
Actually, "muted" is an apt description - it's just on the brown side, especially noticable because the whites aren't as white as they should be. It wasn't that way originally. I agree that the transfer is pristine in every other way.
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End of rant, but I will say that I was beginning to think I needed a second opinion anyway. She isn't getting better and I think there are just too many meds and that's taking away her appetite...nothing in..nothing out...
Hopefully we can get a fresh perspective on her problems. I'm hoping
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(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/IBM_Selectric.jpg/280px-IBM_Selectric.jpg)
I never liked a typewriter that had a moving typing ball instead of a moving carriage.....
When I was in high school, I got an old electric typewriter at a library suplus sale (before I ever worked for the library). It was older than the Selectric model shown above. I found this image (below) that was the exact kind of typewriter that I had. The ad is from 1951!! I never knew that it was that old! And JRand, you might like it...this doesn't have a moving typing ball but it does have a moving carriage! ;)
(http://i9.ebayimg.com/06/i/000/7d/9c/3524_1.JPG)
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So, I am going to pack up a bag and head home. I have a lot of work to get done before my client's asylum interview in Omaha tomorrow, but I think I'll just do it at home after Cal's appointment.
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Good Afternoon!
Time to forage for late lunch.
Laters...
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Almost forgot...for you politicos out there, I thought this was an interesting article on the impact of the Iowa Caucuses
http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071024/NEWS09/710240377/1001/NLETTER01 (http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071024/NEWS09/710240377/1001/NLETTER01)
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Busy morning. I'm hungry.
That is all.
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I had a rock bottom situation with Artie's last night: some idiot behind the counter got a bit of the macaroni salad mixed in with the rice pudding. It was god-awful.
Well, I can work another 30 minutes here before I head downtown.
YUCK!
have a good day
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I am sending good thoughts and vibes your way, DR CILLA LIZ.
Kitty Callie, I am sure will be in good NEW hands.
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Miss Blue Moon is at the grooming palace today getting a beauty treatment. She loves all of the attention. And when the truck rolls up the driveway and she sees Bryan, the groomer, she is at the door ready to go.
She usually races him to the van.
wow, i have never had a dog that enjoyed getting groomed. sherlock is good but he doesn't like it. he is our first pet that enjoys going to the vet.
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"Sweeney Has A Shot" - sounds like an Our Gang short.
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This, from The Secret Life of Lobsters, by Trevor Corson. Just because I like to share.
(Talking about lobster fishing. A "notcher" is a female lobster that has had a notch cut into her tail, to identify her to future fishermen as one that has or can bear eggs, protected from fishing by law.)
Once, the monotony of Mark Fernald's day was broken when he hauled up a big notcher that was dressed in a Barbie-doll outift, complete with high-heeled sandals. Mark had to lift her skirt to see her V-notch. Another lobsterman caught her again about a week later - she had walked three miles in heels.
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Vibes for Callie
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Der Brucer wants to get onto the computer. Later.
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I've done my first pass at an order and structure for the show - some of it is good and much of it isn't. I will now spend the rest of the day fixing what isn't.
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Wow DR GEORGE....what a great typewriter! Was yours blue?
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Callie and Cilla vibes!
I hope you make sure your vet knows what happened, maybe if you send a letter marked personal.
Good luck with the new doctor.
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The last typewriter I had at work was in the early 1990's at the Indiana School for the Deaf.
It was an IBM Wheelwriter.
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DR Jane - I hope you and your wrist slept well last night.
thank you. it was a semi rough night. i did manage to meet up with my hiking group this morning & we had a lovely long walk around the lake...the almost lake-it is exceptionally low at the moment.
while i have definitely had a set back it is somewhat better now than it was this morning.
Jrand, mbarnum, & cilla, thank you as well.
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ginny, i'm glad it went well today. did you manage not to cough?
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The last typewriter I owned was the Brother Electronic AX-100.
(http://images.ryman.co.uk/images/medium/1230012261.jpg)
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JRand and George, you guys were very modern...this is the typewriter I owned during my Jr. high and high school years. In fact I had it until just after I moved to Salem.
(http://www.whois-bolithoblane.de/pictures/speculation6.jpg)
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I do miss my IBM Selectric - what a great typewriter that was.
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ginny, i'm glad it went well today. did you manage not to cough?
Thanks, Jane. Yes, surprisingly I did not cough as much as expected. However, now I have no voice.
Sorry to hear you've had a set-back, but glad to hear you got out for a hike today.
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JRand and George, you guys were very modern...this is the typewriter I owned during my Jr. high and high school years. In fact I had it until just after I moved to Salem.
(http://www.whois-bolithoblane.de/pictures/speculation6.jpg)
Did you wear a green visor when you used it?
"Hello, sweetheart, get me rewrite!" ;D
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I think I will watch a movie.
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thanks ginny and rest your voice so it returns quickly.
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Wow DR GEORGE....what a great typewriter! Was yours blue?
Yup...that exact color. :) Right now at work, I use a SilverReed EZ50 memory typewriter. I don't use it very often at all, anymore, but it's still needed once in a while.
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Yup...that exact color. :) Right now at work, I use a SilverReed EZ50 memory typewriter. I don't use it very often at all, anymore, but it's still needed once in a while.
Sometimes it's easier to type one label on a typewriter than it is to crank up the computer and print out one label from a sheet of labels.
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george, i've been watching for u. did u get a vet appointment?
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Sometimes it's easier to type one label on a typewriter than it is to crank up the computer and print out one label from a sheet of labels.
Ain't it the truth! I keep an electronic typewriter at home for just that purpose, and addressing single envelopes and filling out forms, too.
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I cannot argue about what THE SEARCHERS looked like originally. I never saw it on a screen. I can tell you that there are NO green skies in the Blu-ray version of the movie that I have, and it remains, almost a year after I got involved in high def movies on disc, among the two or three best transfers I have in my collection.
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As DR Jennifer mentioned earlier, BOSTON LEGAL did not come on last night as I found out when I tried to play it back while eating lunch this afternoon and found a special edition of 20/20 instead.
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Page Six Ron Weasley Dance!!
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BK, I did not mean to imply that I didn't find your thoughts on films informed. The point I was making was that I'm not going to buy the disc you were commenting on - the standard definition version. I'm eager to read some informed comments on the Blu-ray versions of THE SHINING and 2001. I read Peter Bracke's review this morning on THE SHINING, and he was overall pleased with the video quality and not so pleased with the audio.
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So, since BOSTON LEGAL was lost to me, I watched last night's SVU. A pretty good episode, a perplexing case involving the "controlled" torture of suspected terrorists. Steven Weber played the defense attorney.
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Next, I watched the last two episodes of THE L-WORD. Though some of the stories were uber-maudlin or predictable, I was very surprised to become invested in the Jennifer Beals-Marlee Matlin story.
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The bonus features were beyond pathetic: a 1 1/2 minute plea from two of the actresses on the show for support of Much Love Animal Rescue, and biographical text pages (they still do these?) on all the major actresses on the show.
They also included the premiere episodes of THE TUDORS and CALIFORNICATION but nothing about the behind-the-scenes making of the episodes of the season.
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I watched today's A THE WORLD TURNS. Yes, the gay boys were on, but looks like tomorrow, it's just Luke's parents in the spotlight.
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I spent the last 40 minutes of the afternoon watching GIRL CRAZY. Since I've seen it so much, I turned on John Fricke's excellent audio commentary while I watched. The film looks a bit grainier than the BABES films in the set (haven't watched STRIKE UP THE BAND yet), and I saw some scratches and specks, but overall, it looked fine.
I am so glad to have these and not have to rely on the VHS versions any more.
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And I'll start the Blu-ray WYATT EARP when I go back down.
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October's walk of the month
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This October day couldn't have been more glorious if it had been auditioning for Autumn Morning of the Year. Up in the beech woods that overhang the village the trees were on the turn, a fretwork of old gold against the blue sky. Spiders' webs sagged between sprigs of old man's beard, heavy with diamonds of sunlit dew.
Yews stood in the shade of beech and oak, with thick veins of ivy twisted round their limbs. "I love the smell of the woods at this time of year," Jane murmured, "that rich damp savour they've got after a bit of rain in the night.
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Read all about Jane's walk in the woods at the TELEGRAPH (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/main.jhtml;jsessionid=MANUI23W2EZCBQFIQMGCFGGAVCBQUIV0?xml=/travel/2007/10/20/et-sept-walk-sussex.xml&DCMP=ILC-traffdrv07053100)
der Brucer
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george, i've been watching for u. did u get a vet appointment?
Yes! Tomorrow (Thursday) at 2:30. We'll see what he says.
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Sometimes it's easier to type one label on a typewriter than it is to crank up the computer and print out one label from a sheet of labels.
Well, it's not so much address labels, but I have to fill out return authorization forms from book sellers and those are not on-line or in some document file. I still NEED a typewriter. And the one I have isn't long for this world. :-\
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wow, i have never had a dog that enjoyed getting groomed.
They are happier when they get picked up in a limo!
der Brucer
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good news george. i hope he/she can do a biopsy right then. echo had several done during office visits. GOOD LUCK!
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i'll read the entire walk in a few minutes, very pretty. he could also have been referring to my english cousin jane.
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good news george. i hope he/she can do a biopsy right then. echo had several done during office visits. GOOD LUCK!
Thanks!
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I have some writing to finish up and then back down for a meeting with Mr. Earp.
WBBL.
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good news george. i hope he/she can do a biopsy right then. echo had several done during office visits. GOOD LUCK!
To continue...I guess what I really need with this second opinion is confirmation that there really is a tumor. The vet on Saturday only had Ebonie in the back for 10-15 minutes (cleaning the claw) and she didn't tell me what it was that made her suspect that there was a tumor, as opposed to it just being an infection or abscess. :-\
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Ebonie has been home now for four days and her affected paw doesn't seem to feel any different than the other ones. She doesn't have any problem with me holding it and, from the outside of her body and with my completely untrained eyes, it looks normal.
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george, i think your vet should have explained herself, and done a biopsy. if it is a tumor, and it isn't growing, and it is benign, then maybe it doesn't need to be removed. on the other hand, if it is a cancerous tumor, urgency may be needed. i think overall she seemed to casual about it all, and slightly uninterested.
i hope whatever it is, the new doctor spends time talking and explaining everything to u. it might help if u take a list of questions with u.
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To the sick kitties.
I hope your vet calls, Cillaliz, and understands how the front office staff is treating clients.
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keith asked me to pick up mushrooms in the dog run. i didn't see any, but then i didn't see the dog crap before i stepped in it. ::)
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george, i think your vet should have explained herself, and done a biopsy. if it is a tumor, and it isn't growing, and it is benign, then maybe it doesn't need to be removed. on the other hand, if it is a cancerous tumor, urgency may be needed. i think overall she seemed to casual about it all, and slightly uninterested.
i hope whatever it is, the new doctor spends time talking and explaining everything to u. it might help if u take a list of questions with u.
That's always been my problem...knowing what to ask. If you have any other suggestions, besides what I've mentioned, please feel free to e-mail them to me! :D
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keith asked me to pick up mushrooms in the dog run. i didn't see any, but then i didn't see the dog crap before i stepped in it. ::)
:o
:P
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I will not be watching anything in Blu-ray in the near or immediate future.
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I will not be dining out tonight.
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I will not laugh everytime I see Jane use "u" for "you" because I know why she's doing it.
And it ain't because she's reading up on internet lingo.
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I will not watch anything on TV tonight at 10 p.m. EXCEPT "Life", which is my favorite new TV series.
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I will not walk around my condo in the nude this evening.
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I will not eat anything sinfully decadent/rich/fattening tonight.
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I will not do a page 7 dance.
Don't ask me.
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I will not stay up past midnight tonight even though I've stayed up past midnight every night since last Wednesday.
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I will not buy any wine before its time.
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I will not allow my laundry to pile up before washing it/taking it to the cleaners.
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I will not ignore all the shirts that still need ironing.
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I will not post anything to encourage Dr. SPiano
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I will not be afraid to post singular thoughts in singular posts.
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I will not fear making mindless statements.
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I will not care if I do make mindless statements.
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I will not stay at work one minute past five o'clock.
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Six hours today and we have 8 numbers to be read through on Saturday. We're printing out an original set of parts as she gave them to us riddled with errors and some major editorial problems. If the editrix gets uppity, I'm going to have the orchestra read the parts. I look forward to her face when she hears the trumpets playing the melody in a different key from everybody else.
Poor Josh, who's stuck with correcting the errors, had a meltdown at 5 pm, and I understand the stress he's running under.
I don't miss working in the theatre area on matinee days at all: a packed bus, an obnoxious kid who proved once again that kids in comas cause no problems and whose nanny should have put her in check. I thought if she didn't stop yelling to her baby brother "hello, hello, hello . . ." over and over for at least 1o minutes straight I would pay the driver good money to run over her.
And now I'm home.
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I will not call Larry Moore at home and prank him with suggestive comments and rude noises.
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Nothing of significance to report from the land of OZ except:
DP Colin and I enjoyed watching "Show Business" last night. (and we've only seen one of the shows).
I am enjoying reading "Son Of A Witch".
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I will not call Larry Moore at home and prank him with suggestive comments and rude noises.
Are you gonna call him and say "Hello, hello, hello" in you best baby-voice?
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I have never seen "The Searchers". I'm quite happy about that.
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I am enjoying reading "Son Of A Witch".
I hope you continue to enjoy it. :D
I'm reading the Repairman Jack series of novels by F. Paul Wilson and enjoying THE TOMB tremendously - it's a novel which I would heartily recommend to DR MBarnum. ;)
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Are you gonna call him and say "Hello, hello, hello" in you best baby-voice?
Whatever happened to Baby Ron.
(I was listening to Debbie Burton's "title" song to Baby Jane just the other day).
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I have never seen "The Searchers". I'm quite happy about that.
I have seen THE SEARCHERS in repertory houses, on vhs, on laserdisc and on two dvd releases; next to RIO BRAVO, my favorite John Wayne movie.
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Repairman Jack = sort of Tom of Finland meets Bob The Builder.
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Whatever happened to Baby Ron.
(I was listening to Debbie Burton's "title" song to Baby Jane just the other day).
I suppose the same thing that happened to Baby Rose Marie - whose VitaPhone short on THE JAZZ SINGER dvd is adorable!
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I do not care to see John Wayne in any movie.
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Repairman Jack = sort of Tom of Finland meets Bob The Builder.
LOL
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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I do not care to see John Wayne in any movie.
You should at the very least see THE CONQUERER. ;)
DR tomovoz, you HAVE to see MEET THE ROBINSONS. ;)
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I've not seen The Searchers but I do have a copy of "Caravans". I think the stories are supposed to be similar.
At least the soundtrack for "Caravans" is great listening.
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The last typewriter I owned was the Brother Electronic AX-100.
(http://images.ryman.co.uk/images/medium/1230012261.jpg)
I think that is the model I had, too. I thought I had reached the peak of the computer age.
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I'm not even sure that "Meet The Robinsons" has had a cinema release here. I have ordered that and "Ratatouille" on DVD
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JRand and George, you guys were very modern...this is the typewriter I owned during my Jr. high and high school years. In fact I had it until just after I moved to Salem.
(http://www.whois-bolithoblane.de/pictures/speculation6.jpg)
This could be the reason that he only dates antiques.
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We (as in my students) used the Brother electronics in the last years of "Typing Classes".
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This morning I went for a walk, and this is what I saw:
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And:
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But Ron...what will you do??
;)
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The sycamore trees are turning color:
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Thank you DR Laura.
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A sycamore leaf:
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Out of curiousity, what do DRs think of John Wayne's film career?
I see that DR tomovoz holds a major dislike for Wayne, while I find him a fascinating "movie star." A world without the films Wayne made with Howard Hawks would seem a very sad world to me. St. Patrick's Day without THE QUIET MAN would be most unseemly.
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Oooooh! Lovely photos, as always, DR DearReaderLaura! ;D
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my walk yesterday. Ok so it's the garden here.
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Yes, DRTCB....I thought I was as up to date as I could possibly get. Imagine getting a different FONT just by changing your daisy wheel? And you could use correction tape right ON the page. No more messy white out.
Wonders why DRJANE says "u" - but I won't ask.
Miss Blue is back from the doggie beauty parlor, wearing her lovely newly brushed coat and a witch and goblin scarf.
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Wild Beast in garden.
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What a beautiful doggie!!!
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I love the way the leaves slope toward the ground in the garden, DR TOMovOZ!
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DR LAURA that looks like the mountain in CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND.
Hmmmmmm.....was DRRLP parodying my posts?
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the doggie is Magnus.
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DR tomovoz - is there a fairy who lives in your garden?
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Well, DR td - since I am not writing any reviews that I know of - I have lots of time to watch DVD's.
As for Mr Wayne.....I like several of his films for various reasons:
TRUE GRIT
THE SEARCHERS
THE CONQUEROR
STAGECOACH
RIO BRAVO
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More wildlife in the garden yesterday.
DP Colin and our friend Peter (the one I have been visiting so often in hospital this past year).
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the doggie is Magnus.
Yes he is. ;D
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More wildlife in the garden yesterday.
DP Colin and our friend Peter (the one I have been visiting so often in hospital this past year).
More wild animals in their natural habitat. ;D
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DR tomovoz - is there a fairy who lives in your garden?
Plural!
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Magnus is named for "Sir Magnus Pimm" - "a Perfect Spy"
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Well, I took Callie to the new vet today. The "senior" vet in the office was out so I went to a young woman who seemed to be right out of school. I gave her the xrays and the notes from the other vet and she seemed a bit overwhelmed by it, but went in the back for awhile and came back with some really practical solutions.
She also noticed that Callie had a temp and thinks she has an infection of some sort right now, so we're treating her with antibiotics. She gave her some fluids, told me she would show me how to do it and could give me a set up for them so I could give them to her if there was an emergency. She told me about 2 prescription foods that are low residue and gave me samples of both to try. She did an exam and Callie isn't going because she isn't eating...no problem there.
So, I'm not sure exactly what's wrong right now, but I gave her the antibiotic tonight and we'll see how it goes. She isn't well, but....
The young vet is going to consult with the other vet tomorrow and will get back to me. It's like going from the high tech modern vet hospital to the mom and pop vet clinic. So far I like it. Much more teaching me how to manage the situation .
The most telling thing was Callie purred the entire time we were there.
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The other vet didn't call, but he usually has Wednesday afternoons off, so I didn't expect him to.
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I"m cautiously optimistic about this vet. I am hoping that she spends more time on each case if she is fairly new at this. The other vet at that office is the one who was so highly recommended. I'm willing to give her a chance. We'll see what happens. She did tell me to add a little more lactalose and skip the pill that Callie chokes on. We'll see how that works out.
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Vibes to DC Callie.
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But Ron...what will you do??
;)
I will not say. Not at this time. No.
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I will not say. Not at this time. No.
If you won't dance, will you sing?
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She gave her some fluids, told me she would show me how to do it and could give me a set up for them so I could give them to her if there was an emergency.
Are we talking lactated ringers here?
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If you won't dance, will you sing?
Why....yessssss, preciousss.....I will sing for you.
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Are we talking lactated ringers here?
Huh? We're talking fluid under the skin with a needle and an i v bag
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Out of curiousity, what do DRs think of John Wayne's film career?
I see that DR tomovoz holds a major dislike for Wayne, while I find him a fascinating "movie star." A world without the films Wayne made with Howard Hawks would seem a very sad world to me. St. Patrick's Day without THE QUIET MAN would be most unseemly.
"The Quiet Man" is most tolerable. My favorite.
But.....WAIT FOR IT!.....I find I have to once again AGREE with DR Tomovoz.
I don't know whether it's because I'm getting older or Tom is wearing me down or what.
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I will not laugh everytime I see Jane use "u" for "you" because I know why she's doing it.
And it ain't because she's reading up on internet lingo.
;D feel free 2 laugh
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Thanks for the vibes and for being there while I was totally stressing out. This isn't over, but the other vet had me so convinced that it was a dire emergency if thing didn't happen just so. I don't feel that way anymore. Now to give her lots of love so she will be well.
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Huh? We're talking fluid under the skin with a needle and an i v bag
Yes...that's what I'm talking about, too. Rehydration fluids I gave Miss Vickie when she was dehydrated were called "lactated ringers." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactated_Ringer's_solution)
I dreaded giving Miss Vickie those treatments because I was always afraid I would hurt her. But she always sat and allowed it and she always felt much better afterward.
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;D feel free 2 laugh
I will not now feel the need to pay to laugh.
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;D feel free 2 laugh
I would NEVER laugh at you, DR Jane.
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A sycamore leaf:
u do get color!
one of those imported trees that changed arizona from an allergy free area to live
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Oooooh! Lovely photos, as always, DR DearReaderLaura! ;D
yes
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Wonders why DRJANE says "u" - but I won't ask.
Miss Blue is back from the doggie beauty parlor, wearing her lovely newly brushed coat and a witch and goblin scarf.
r u joking? ;D
photos please
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Yes...that's what I'm talking about, too. Rehydration fluids I gave Miss Vickie when she was dehydrated were called "lactated ringers." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactated_Ringer's_solution)
I dreaded giving Miss Vickie those treatments because I was always afraid I would hurt her. But she always sat and allowed it and she always felt much better afterward.
i forgot that.
cilla, ron was very helpful with advice while i was learning to do this with bogie. u have at least two people who can give u helpful suggestions, if u need it.
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tomovoz, your garden is a beautiful place 2 walk, but u really should go a bit farther ;D
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Good Evening!
When I headed out earlier, I really wasn't sure where I wanted to go, nor what I wanted to do. Well, I decided to take the D Train to 7th Avenue, and then walked over to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). I remembered a small blurb about a new Seurat exhibit starting there this week; in fact, it started today. For MoMA members at least. So, I went ahead and signed up, got my new membership card, and proceeded up to the sixth floor to view:
Georges Seurat: The Drawings (http://moma.org/exhibitions/exhibitions.php?id=3960&ref=calendar)
What a wonderful exhibit of some lesser-known pieces of a not-so-lesser-known artist. There were a few drawings that literally had me in awe of not only the beauty of them, but also of the technique of them. The use of "negative space", as well taking advantage of the texture of the Michallet paper, Seurat's preferred "canvas" for this drawings. Never before have I become aware of how drawings and paintings are made of up not only the pencil, crayon, paint, but also of the existing canvas.
The final room of the exhibition concentrates on some of the studies for his larger paintings. Of course, some studies for "La Grande Jatte" are included.
I also enjoyed the various placards placed throughout the exhibit that described life in Paris during Seurat's lifetime, and how the urbanization of Paris started the "fleeing to the suburbs". -Who knew that the train could stand for so much?
I will definitely head back for a second and possibly third viewing, and I may even splurge on the accompanying book - especially since Members get a discount. :)
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r u joking? ;D
photos please
She decided she wanted to sleep outside in her dog house tonight, but I will take some photos tomorrow.....before work. 8)
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DR JOSE S PIANO is a Moma Member.
DR CILLA LIZ - what a fine Vet vet.
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Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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...And since I had not yet had lunch, I proceeded down to Terrace 5 (http://www.themodernnyc.com/t5/t5.html) for a late(!) lunch/early dinner.
Since it was not too chilly, I opted for a table outside overlooking the sculpture garden. However, it will be nice to go back there in warmer, sunny weather. In any case, I opted for the Fall Tasting menu: Beet Salad, and Slow-Roasted Salmon. Oh, and Yes, dessert was also included: I chose their Pecan Tarte with Vanilla Ice Cream from among the many dessert choices. Oh, and Dark Chocolate Hot Chocolate with Homemade Marshmallow. Well, it turned out to come with three homemade marshmallows which were presented on a small swewer. And there were three different types: Vanilla Bean, Pistachio and Coconut. -I think they were my favorite part of the meal.
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Shifty champion has been replaced by Plastic Face champion on Jeopardy. I like Plastic Face Champion better - we shall see what happens tonight.
I think I may watch Phenomenon.
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DR DearReaderLaura - As always, Thank You for the lovely photos.
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DR Tomovoz - Lovely pictures of your garden and the "wildlife". Peter looks in very good health. :)
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OH! And Members also get a discount in the Cafes too. :)
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Last night, DR RLP said: "I hate the after-effects."
Such as people finding you irresistibly attractive? ;)
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I almost stayed for a screening of David Strohmaier's Cinerama Adventure (http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/film_exhibitions.php?id=6150&ref=calendar), but I really wanted to head home since the rain was starting up.
Should I have stayed? Apparently this was the film's NYC debut - it was made in 2002.
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Thanks Jose. Pete is still having problems but at least is putting on a little weight. He is much better than at this time last year.
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DR Ben - thanks for your theatre report. DR JoseSPiano, thanks for your museum report.
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DR Cillaliz - ~~~~~CONTINUED CAT CALLIE VIBES~~~~~
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This morning I had a physical. Other than needing to lose some more weight [which I already knew], my doctor was very happy with all the numbers, etc., etc.
I had a wonderful time at last night's choral concert. I spent most of today at the Yale Club with my friend Richard: eating, laughing, and catching up. Richard is a male alto and has lived in the UK long enough that he is now elligible for dual US/UK citizenship.
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While flipping the channels just now, I came across a couple of "entertainment news" programs... I think seeing Marie Osmond faint and fall just once, and from one camera angle was more than enough. :-\
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DR JRand57 - congrats on getting your car back. Even if you are now a bit more poor.
DR Jeanne - hope your day got better as it went along.
Sorry about your vet troubles, DR Cillaliz...hoping things keep improving for you and DC Callie!
***PAIN-FREE VIBES*** to DRs Jane and TCB!
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I will not walk around my condo in the nude this evening.
And you can prove this how?
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Beautiful photos! Thanks, DRs Laura and Tomovoz! :)
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I will not walk around my condo in the nude this evening.
Disturbing image.
Very disturbing image.
Of course, it could be worse. You could be walking around the outside of your condo in the nude this evening.
;D
:o
::)
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Tomovoz and DearReaderLaura, those are very nice pictures! :D
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And you can prove this how?
Watch tomorrow evening's edition of Entertainment Tonight!
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Visiting chocolate lab Cody is a dear, but he does BARK his head off at, seemingly, nothing.
Very un-seemingly.
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Repairman Jack = sort of Tom of Finland meets Bob The Builder.
Hey, something I can read with the grandlads!
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Well I would read it. I've always enjoyed Tom of Finland's "writing".
And I do have my Bob The Builder CD.
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Jane, we went to a slightly higher elevation. The sycamores are native in a higher elevation and riparian area.
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Thank you for the garden photos, as always, Tomovoz.
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Can we fix it? Yes we can.
A Bob the Builder reference.
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thank u singdaw and i'm glad u had such a healthy report.
tomovoz, nice to know peter is better than last spring.
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Glad to hear about Callie. I hope the new vet turns out to be much better for her.
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Thanks Jane. Indeed it is.
The toxicity of his medications is the major issue at present. He is "off" most medications to give his liver some recovery time!
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Jane, we went to a slightly higher elevation. The sycamores are native in a higher elevation and riparian area.
nice
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peter must be enjoying his break from the meds
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Caught up, and just saying hi.
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Can we fix it? Yes we can.
A Bob the Builder reference.
Not necessarily something you want to see on a sampler in a vet's waiting room, though...
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DR Tomovoz, do you know if that is actually David Campbell on the left, or just a model?
(http://www.middle8.com/mem/img/productImages/image1/OnlyHeav.jpg)
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td would be the David Campbell authority. I would think NOT.
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DR Tomovoz, do you know if that is actually David Campbell on the left, or just a model?
(http://www.middle8.com/mem/img/productImages/image1/OnlyHeav.jpg)
You would call either of those guys "just" a model?
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Thanks, sing, for you good wishes. After the window washer left I laid down and fell asleep for two hours. I needed that! And I'm pleased to hear that your physical went well.
Thanks, Jose, for the CNN link earlier.
Tomovoz, your friend Peter does appear much better than I expected. Hope this continues.
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You would call either of those guys "just" a model?
8)
Not what I meant, but point well taken.
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I should start getting dinner on the table.
Battered cod, baked french fried potatoes, and zucchini fritters.
(Yes, it is fish!)
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Continued healthy-kitty vibes to DCs Callie and Ebonie.
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DR Tomovoz, do you know if that is actually David Campbell on the left, or just a model?
(http://www.middle8.com/mem/img/productImages/image1/OnlyHeav.jpg)
This is one of two CDs that I wanted to buy from www.middle8.com but my debit card wouldn't work. :( I have since found this on www.footlight.com (I thought that they were totally closing) for half the price...but I haven't ordered it, yet.
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Continued healthy-kitty vibes to DCs Callie and Ebonie.
Thanks!
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And I've sent der B my second list of books to order from Jessica's Biscuit.
One of them is by Ogden Nash, a volume titled Food.
I'm thinking/hoping the younger grandlad might like it.
After all, anyone who can rhyme "A little talcum / is always walcum" has to have something good to say about food and such.
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Bob
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This is one of two CDs that I wanted to buy from www.middle8.com but my debit card wouldn't work.
Yes, DR George, I know...I ordered it from them because you made me aware of it with your post. And my copy arrived last week. :P Sorry! I do like it.
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Yes...that's what I'm talking about, too. Rehydration fluids I gave Miss Vickie when she was dehydrated were called "lactated ringers." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactated_Ringer's_solution)
I dreaded giving Miss Vickie those treatments because I was always afraid I would hurt her. But she always sat and allowed it and she always felt much better afterward.
Ok, the vets have always just referred to them as subcutaneous fluids. I wasn't familiar with the lactated ringers term
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What, DR Tomovoz...no picture of Tom of Finland, too? ;)
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i forgot that.
cilla, ron was very helpful with advice while i was learning to do this with bogie. u have at least two people who can give u helpful suggestions, if u need it.
Thanks! I'm looking forward to working with this vet. None of the "do at home" treatments were ever discussed at my other vet. Even if I don't ever have to do it, I will feel much better knowing I have what I need to take care of her.
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I should start getting dinner on the table.
Battered cod, baked french fried potatoes, and zucchini fritters.
(Yes, it is fish!)
Baked!?!?!?!? Hmm, it seems to me that you could do the initial fry before you fry the cod and zucchini fritters, and then give them a second fry (a.k.a. The Belgian Treatment). -Hmm...And then if you can whip up some tzatziki... YUM!
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Glad to hear about Callie. I hope the new vet turns out to be much better for her.
Me too.
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i took my splint off for a heavenly shower. i should have expected all the bruising, don’t know why I didn’t. ;D I have been concerned the inside of my wrist, on the inside just the wrist-that bone that goes up to the thumb, hasn’t looked good. I called the doctor, who was out, & thy said to take the splint off and ice it. I have been icing it but the splints were in the way. Now I can really get to it, and feel the cold. I think it is a little better.
It is odd the side with the little crack is much worse than the opposite side with the break. Not more painful, just looks worse. I don’t want my hand to look like this forever, and i don't want a more confining splint or cast ???
sorry to complain but i'm sitting here with the cold ice and nothing else to do ;D
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Ok, time to finish what I need to write for tomorrow. I'll be back later
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VIBES TO DR JANE
VIBES TO EVERYONE WHO HAS NEEDED THEM WHILE I'VE BEEN SELF ABSORBED :)
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I'm sure you have your own available DR KingPawn.
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Ok, the vets have always just referred to them as subcutaneous fluids. I wasn't familiar with the lactated ringers term
Somehow LACTATED RINGERS just sounds like the sort of phrase you'd find here at HHW.
BK, surely you can do something with that. ;)
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cilla i hope u never have to do the iv and that the changes u make work. did callie like her new food?
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Baked!?!?!?!? Hmm, it seems to me that you could do the initial fry before you fry the cod and zucchini fritters, and then give them a second fry (a.k.a. The Belgian Treatment). -Hmm...And then if you can whip up some tzatziki... YUM!
Isn't tzatziki what I eat on my falafels? If not, it's a similar name.
Oh, I know the anti-falafel contingent here will be cringing.
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Oh, I know the anti-falafel contingent here will be cringing.
And they are quite militant.
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Isn't tzatziki what I eat on my falafels? If not, it's a similar name.
Oh, I know the anti-falafel contingent here will be cringing.
Hmm.. I guess you could put tzatziki - greek yogurt, shredded cucumbers and garlic(!) on falafel... Sound yummy to me. However, falafel is usually served with tahini - sesame seed paste. Although, a garlic cream is also a common falafel condiment.
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VIBES TO DR JANE
VIBES TO EVERYONE WHO HAS NEEDED THEM WHILE I'VE BEEN SELF ABSORBED :)
that is sweet, u didn't forget-just didn't remember.
i know i'm not the only one here who knows how stressful this is.
we have been in your situation. when bogie began his serious problems we switched vets 3 times until we found the one we use now. the other vets weren't bad, just not good enough.
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Cilla, I'm a big believer in at-home care. Many years ago one of my cats had distemper. I took her to the vet, who, of course, said it was useless and wanted to put her to sleep immediately. I refused and we got into quite an arguement. I took her home, gave her water and liquid baby vitamins with an eyedropper every half-hour, kept her warm, and cuddled her. She got through it just fine. About a month or two later, a friend who worked for the vet and knew of our words, stopped by my house and asked what happened to the cat. "That's her," I said, referring to the kitty who was happily running all around. She couldn't believe it.
There's a lot to be said, I think, for an animal being at home with loved ones and getting much care and attention, versus an institutional environment.
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And they are quite militant.
;D
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And then there's that semi-mysterious "White Sauce" that the Halal Food Carts here in NYC top their offering with. It seems to be a combo of yogurt, sour cream, mayonnaise, dill, garlic, etc. Although each cart chef seems to have his own secret formula.
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i like tahini, hummus and cucumbers on my falafels
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Hmm.. I guess you could put tzatziki - greek yogurt, shredded cucumbers and garlic(!) on falafel... Sound yummy to me. However, falafel is usually served with tahini - sesame seed paste. Although, a garlic cream is also a common falafel condiment.
Yes, that's it. PERFECT PITA, near me, serves their falafels that way. It's quite good, actually. My favorite falafels, however, are at ALADDIN, in Shirlington. Know the place, Jose?
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Hmm... Just finished watching tonigh's "Pushing Daisies"... Hmm...
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jeanne, that vet was very wrong. 36 years ago My Sin had distemper when she walked into our apartment and adopted us. the vet said one more day and she would have been gone. he didn't hesitate to treat her & we had her 17 wonderful years.
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Yes, that's it. PERFECT PITA, near me, serves their falafels that way. It's quite good, actually. My favorite falafels, however, are at ALADDIN, in Shirlington. Know the place, Jose?
I know Alladin very well from my days working at Signature Theatre. Yummy!
Have you tried the Amsterdam Falafelshop (http://www.falafelshop.com/) in Adams-Morgan? Very good falafel, and the toppings bar is full of other goodies too which you can pile on to your heart's delight. And since they do not provide silverware nor plasticware, one learns to stack and balance things accordingly. :D
*And they're open till 4:00AM on the weekends!
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OMG am I D E N S E - I just realized why DR JANE is typing the way she is typing....whew!!!!
Vibes to DR JANE....
Watched the first act on Phenomenon and thought his mentalist routine was actually quite interesting. Uri Geller thought he did fine, but he was dissed my illusionist Criss Angel....big time.
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jeanne, that vet was very wrong. 36 years ago My Sin had distemper when she walked into our apartment and adopted us. the vet said one more day and she would have been gone. we had her 17 wonderful years.
Jane, I think there are cases where the animal CAN get well, but it takes more care than can be given in the typical animal hospital, where the staff is limited and has many animals to care for.
I'm glad you were able to keep My Sin.
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Did DR RLP (who is not nude this evening) mention that WITH A SONG IN MY HEART and I'LL CRY TOMORROW are up for preorder?
I have been looking at those DVD's. I remember SONG on the old NBC Saturday Night at the Movies....I may just have to have that movie!!!
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Yes, DR George, I know...I ordered it from them because you made me aware of it with your post. And my copy arrived last week. :P Sorry! I do like it.
Don't be sorry! I should apologize because it's half the price at Footlight.com than from all the way from Australia. I should've looked around on-line before I tried to buy it overseas. :-\
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I know Alladin very well from my days working at Signature Theatre. Yummy!
Have you tried the Amsterdam Falafelshop (http://www.falafelshop.com/) in Adams-Morgan? Very good falafel, and the toppings bar is full of other goodies too which you can pile on to your heart's delight. And since they do not provide silverware nor plasticware, one learns to stack and balance things accordingly. :D
*And they're open till 4:00AM on the weekends!
No, I'll keep that in mind.
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Thelma Ritter rocks!!
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And now...off to rehearsal! Until later. :)
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But since we're so close...
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PAGE 12 DANCE!!
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Did DR RLP (who is not nude this evening) mention that WITH A SONG IN MY HEART and I'LL CRY TOMORROW are up for preorder?
I remember I'LL CRY TOMORROW from college. It had quite an impression on me.
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Jane, I think there are cases where the animal CAN get well, but it takes more care than can be given in the typical animal hospital, where the staff is limited and has many animals to care for.
I'm glad you were able to keep My Sin.
so true.
we are too, she was a great cat with loads of personality, the one that watched out for the boys when they were babies.
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DR Tomovoz, do you know if that is actually David Campbell on the left, or just a model?
(http://www.middle8.com/mem/img/productImages/image1/OnlyHeav.jpg)
It's David, I do believe. About the same time as this show, he posed nude in BLUE magazine. He looks about the same as he did when I worked with himin 1999.
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OMG am I D E N S E - I just realized why DR JANE is typing the way she is typing....whew!!!!
Vibes to DR JANE....
lol-u weren't joking.
thanks 4 the vibes.
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Hmmmm....I know that Susan's singing voice belonged to Jane Froman, but were these numbers specifically recorded for the film, or were they previous recordings? And if so were they somehow re-recorded with new orchestrations?
I remember the title song being beautifully sung and orchestrated....
And of course, DR JEANNE - what I remember most from I'LL CRY TOMORROW is "When the Red Red Robin Comes Bob Bob Bobbin' Along" - sang it for weeks after seeing the movie. It was the first time I ever heard that song.
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BLUE magazine?
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DR Tomovoz, do you know if that is actually David Campbell on the left, or just a model?
(http://www.middle8.com/mem/img/productImages/image1/OnlyHeav.jpg)
At that point in his career, David had no qualms about nudity, as BLUE magazine could prove.
I always assumed that it was Mr. Campbell.
And yes, I have that cd, and yes, I enjoy it tremendously.
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BLUE magazine?
Omigod! I was posting about BLUE magazine while you were questioning BLUE magazine!
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Oh David Campbell is starring as Bobby in Company in Australia. That David Campbell?
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Baked!?!?!?!? Hmm, it seems to me that you could do the initial fry before you fry the cod and zucchini fritters, and then give them a second fry (a.k.a. The Belgian Treatment). -Hmm...And then if you can whip up some tzatziki... YUM!
True, but that makes for a lot of fried stuff on the plate. Even I have my limits!
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Just checked out his site.
http://www.davidcampbell.com/
Now I want the CD, too.
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Isn't tzatziki what I eat on my falafels? If not, it's a similar name.
Oh, I know the anti-falafel contingent here will be cringing.
I thought Falafel was the hound dog on the Nestle's Chocolate commercials of my childhood, the one who proclaimed "N-E-S-T-L-E-S, Nestle's makes the very best
CHAWwwww-Klet!"
::)
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Hmm... Just finished watching tonigh's "Pushing Daisies"... Hmm...
Yes, it was a thoroughly disarming episode.
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Oh David Campbell is starring as Bobby in Company in Australia. That David Campbell?
That David Campbell, but, I'm almost certain that production of COMPANY has long since shuttered.
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Jose, Dave Strohmaier is a pal of mine - known him since the mid-70s. His film is excellent - I've written about it here at least twice.
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Just checked out his site.
http://www.davidcampbell.com/
Now I want the CD, too.
Talk nicely to me. . . .
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MattH - when I say greenish/yellowish skies, I'm not sure if it's something you'd notice unless you had the original DVD to compare it to. But, even more of a question would be - given the amount of flack there was when the SD version came out (with Bob Harris taking my side, and Ned Price admitting they hadn't looked at their tech reference print or ANY reference print and admitting there was a yellowish cast to the whole film), well, I do wonder if they quietly redid and fixed the transfer for Blu-Ray and HD-DVD? Because I've read elsewhere that it looks great on hi-def, although I could swear I remember reading that the HD version, at least, was the same. I think you said you had the Blu-Ray, right? Can you do screen caps? Because if they corrected it for Blu-Ray (or HD-DVD) that would almost get me to get into hi-def.
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That David Campbell, but, I'm almost certain that production of COMPANY has long since shuttered.
Oh...well...thanks for letting me know, most handsome poster here at HHW. ;D
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Oh...well...thanks for letting me know, most handsome poster here at HHW. ;D
You young sweet-talker, you! :-*
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Jose, Dave Strohmaier is a pal of mine - known him since the mid-70s. His film is excellent - I've written about it here at least twice.
Well, if the MoMA ends up screening it again... -Or is it available on DVD?
*I also was a little bit unsure of seeing a movie about Cinerama on small screen.
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DR Jose, re: The Young & The Restles: Out of the Ashes. I haven't found it ridiculous or sublime. I've loved every bit of it!
Sorry i hit send too fast. I meant I haven't found it ridiculous. But it has been sublime!
I think a lot of people have mixed feelings about what they've done (they had a one week stunt where a garage collapses with different people being featured/rescued each day).I've loved it. BUt some have not.
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Okay, let's see if we can make some illustrative screencaps work. First, the main title from the original DVD - forget the SHARPNESS and DETAIL, which is truly lacking - look at the color of the bricks - that is the color they've always been in every single IB Tech print I've ever seen, from back in 1956 through the ones I've owned and seen through the years.
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Now, here's the Blu-Ray version (which matches the Ultimate Edition DVD transfer, and, I assume, the HD version). Note the YELLOW - this main title has NEVER looked like that.
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want to know what they "really" do when you call for tech help
click here-you tube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrOmTrXmi-I&NR=1)
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My experience with distemper in cats:
Adults: They can recover.
Kittens: Most of them die; but if they live, they usually have neurological damage. I never had any survive.
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I can understand rice salad, but macaroni pudding just doesn't sound right.
Kugel?
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Kugel?
:D
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sad, my sin was 4-6 months old.
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laura, that is sad. my sin was 4-6 months old.
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These only work if they're back to back and one went to the new page, so I'm posting them again.
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Here's a shot from the old transfer, from the laserdisc master - the IB Tech reference print was used for timing. Note the blue skies - that's what IB Tech blue skies look like.
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The last typewriter I owned was the Brother Electronic AX-100.
(http://images.ryman.co.uk/images/medium/1230012261.jpg)
I had this same typewriter. Once a year, little termites would hatch and crawl out of it (probably because it was the only warm thing in the kitchen) and immediately die. It was very "Andalusian Dog"!
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td - Do you know David Campbell? If so, tell him Skip Kennon says hello.
Skip worked with David Campbell in 1998, when there was a reading directed by Joe Mantello of a (now defunct, the underlying rights long since expired) musical of Don Juan Demarco, in which David played the title role and John Cullum played the doctor. Skip wrote the music, Craig Lucas wrote the book, and Ellen Fitzhugh wrote the lyrics.
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Now the same shot from the new transfer, where no reference print was used. Sharper, of course, but with not enough blue and too much yellow.
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I do miss my IBM Selectric - what a great typewriter that was.
I used the Selectric at work at the Video Music Channel. I loved it, it was big---and LOUD!
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I liked tonight's (well last night's for me) PUSHING DAISIES.
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I love kitties.
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And another shot from the new transfer, which is so orange and yellow that it's like a cartoon. It should not look like that. It looks like Ward Bond has jaundice.
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this is how tech help worked in the past....
Click Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buHmE_8UmJA&NR=1)
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i'm having connection problems
'night
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Yews stood in the shade of beech and oak, with thick veins of ivy twisted round their limbs...
...slowly choking the tree to death.
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My DH and I had dinner at a nearby Italian place. When we went to pay our bill, we were informed that it had already been paid by someone who was sitting a few tables away from us. He didn't even want them to tell us who paid for it.
I didn't even notice anyone sitting to the side of us, but that was certainly a nice suprise. I wonder if it's someone who was influenced by the Dali Lama's visit this week?
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I have a question for those of you who watch the Food Network.
There is a show here that just started airing on the Canadian Food Network. The Next Iron Chef. I was wondering (without giving any spoilers) if anyone knew how long ago this show originally aired. I've seen one episode and i really like it.
Thanks.
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OMG DR Edisaurus. That is so weird (for someone else to pay for your dinner). I've never heard of that happening in real life!
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Vibes to Ebonie and Callie! It sounds like you will both be better off at your new vets!
We took Gris-Gris to the vet in Marietta today for her monthly allergy shot. I know we should start going to our local vet, but everyone in Marietta loves to see her and they give her the shot for free. It is a longer drive, but I know she loves all the attention she gets there. The vet, the coffee shop and the French bakery are the 3 things that I wish I could relocate to Atlanta!
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Oh btw, I was wondering if anyone in LA has seen Alice Ripley in LITTLE FISH.
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I will not eat anything sinfully decadent/rich/fattening tonight.
Since we got a free dinner, we had gelato! Yummmm!
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The kittens we had that died of distemper came to us with the disease. They were always babies too tiny to have had their shots yet. We didn't know it when we got them, but it became apparent soon after. :(
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my walk yesterday. Ok so it's the garden here.
Is that wisteria, Tom?
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Huh? We're talking fluid under the skin with a needle and an i v bag
Our ancient cat needed that once a week for several years. We never could get up the nerve to do it ourselves, but plenty of my friends do it for their cats.
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Hello, I caught up to today!
VIBES to Cilla and her Callie, sounds like ou made teh right decision in changing vets
Wrist healing Vibes to Jane
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Ben thanks for the Young Frankenstein Report... I was wondering if it was worth the visit... it is one of Vixdad's favorite movies
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Ben did you ever get the new quarter?
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Well I am enjoying reading about the new SWEENEY TODD movie on Talkinbroadway. I cannot wait to see this!
Plus here's another link from that thread:
http://cinefantastiqueonline.com/2007/10/24/sweeney-todd-preview
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Oh! It's ladies night! hello Edi, Laura and Jennifer!
name your poison.. Tupperware, Candles, Jewelry, Lingerie?
Do men ever gather together at someones home to buy stuff?
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I am looking forward to Sweeny Todd as well... I hope the bloodletting will not earn it a R rating
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Ah Laura has left our group, no doubt to eat pancakes in the rain....but FJL has come to play... so tell me sir.... do men ever gather at one another 's homes to buy stuff?
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name your poison.. Tupperware, Candles, Jewelry, Lingerie?
Bailey's Irish Cream...
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FJL...
Foot
Just
Lovely, I hope!
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Pain-free wrist vibes to Jane!
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And another shot from the new transfer, which is so orange and yellow that it's like a cartoon. It should not look like that. It looks like Ward Bond has jaundice.
John Wayne and Ward Bond on The Simpsons, perhaps?
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Today the producer I'm working with on the gold museum documentary and I met with a potential composer. I've never used him before, but he has a nice demo and is an old Marietta boy. When I worked at the country club 30 years ago, his family was one of the few that treated me like a person, not like "the help" or that I was "beneath" them.
It was so rare to be treated as an equal that I remember everyone who did! And I remember this guy as a 12 year old skinny kid.
Now he's a 6' 4" skinny adult with grey hair and several kids!
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I have a question for those of you who watch the Food Network.
There is a show here that just started airing on the Canadian Food Network. The Next Iron Chef. I was wondering (without giving any spoilers) if anyone knew how long ago this show originally aired. I've seen one episode and i really like it.
Thanks.
Three episodes of six have aired here in the States.
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The composer came from a family of dentists and had a very lucrative dental practice but decided to give it up, move to a smaller house (Alton Brown bought his gorgeous, immense old house) and just compose music.
He's eager to do some film scoring (so far he's done a lot of gaming music). He sent me his demo package, which has a huge book on midi scoring that he wrote. He said that I could use it for a doorstop if I like. I liked his attitude, so I hope he'll agree to our measley budget!
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I've an early call to work tomorrow... I start at six in the morning! So I'd better get to bed. (Fletcher needs someone to cuddle
with upon!)
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The composer came from a family of dentists and had a very lucrative dental practice but decided to give it up, move to a smaller house (Alton Brown bought his gorgeous, immense old house) and just compose music. ...
Inspired by Bells Are Ringing, perhaps?
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Was Mrs. Measly the cheaper doll, from Family Affair?
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I haven't been to a sales party in years; I quit going to them completely.
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Well, I want to get to the gym before I head downtown to play auditions tomorrow morning, so...
Goodnight.
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I began my evening tonight by watching the first 100 minutes of WYATT EARP. I've always been a fan of the film, and I'm enjoying the new high definition transfer quite a lot. When I finish, I'll put in the SD to do some A/B comparisons. While the Blu-ray looks very nice, I wouldn't say it's as dimensional as newer transfers that I've seen lately, but it is better than others.
The supplements are exactly the same as those on the SD version. In fact, they've just ported them over from the SD. None of the supplements are in HD at all.
The sound isn't an upgrade either. Standard Dolby Digital 5.1 (though the bitrate for it may be high than on the SD disc. I'll have to check that later.)
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I haven't been to a sales party in years; I quit going to them completely.
Me too, I was a Tuperware lady myself for a few months about 20 years ago... I also gave Avon a shot... I am really not a good salesperson though... I found it hard to tell people that they should spend too much money for crap they don't need
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DR edisaurus - A free meal is always nice. An unexpectedly free meal is VERY nice.
*And, yes, I've had my meal "comped" before by someone else. I've also treated some friends at another table before too. And I remember one time where the people I was treating ended up treating me too. :)
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How is your foot Mr L?
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Oops... I have some laundry I should fold before heading to bed...
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Next, I watched ABC's entire line-up of the evening starting with PUSHING DAISIES. This will be my last episode of the show. For what it is (a fantasy with mystery elements), it's well done, but I'm just not getting with the program. So, that will free up an hour for me.
I will hate missing Raul Esparza when his character returns to the show, but I'm going to let this one go.
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Oh, FJL I have a story for Skip...
I asked Vixter the other day what she wanted for dinner... she said she was really craving fried chicken but woul;d settle for pork chops... I replied I would be happy to make her some fried chicken and she said. "Not to be mean Mom, but really. when it comes to making fried chicken, you're no Skip Kennon"
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PRIVATE PRACTICE again had interesting cases (I guessed about the black girls early on) but absurd stuff with Addison this week. Falling out of bed three mornings in a row having sex dreams? Someone gets paid to write this?
I have really become very fond of Paul Adelstein on the show, so I'm sticking around for him and the interesting patients.
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DIRTY SEXY MONEY moved some of the characters forward quite well tonight, so I'll stay with it another week, too.
I did record CSI: NY and LIFE, both of which I'll watch tomorrow along with finishing up with WYATT EARP.
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cilla i hope u never have to do the iv and that the changes u make work. did callie like her new food?
Boo ate it.
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vixmom - I'm sure Skip will love that story!
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I didn't want Boo to eat it, but Callie is hiding out tonight and Boo found where I set it and she ate it. I didn't have much in the dish, so I'm sure it won't hurt her. Heck with her stomach issues, maybe it will help.
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Callie hasn't been eating at all. I'm guessing that the medicine is bothering her stomach. Since she hasn't eaten, there's really no reason for her softener tonight. So I'm going to give her the night off. It's the only bed time med. So I'm going to cut her some slack. Hopefully here appetite will return tomorrow.
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SHTUPPERWEAR - the name of my new clothing franchise
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Doing some writing now and then heading down to bed.
Good night!
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vixmom - I'm sure Skip will love that story!
How could I be mad? The kid was right!
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SHTUPPERWEAR - the name of my new clothing franchise
Can't wait to find out about the free hostess gift!!
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Poor Callie.
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T-shirts folded, socks paired, shirts put on hangers...
Once again...
Goodnight.
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Bed time for me too....
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Oh she's actually looking more chipper tonight. She went up to the cat's bedroom (It has a litter box and a place to put food) It's where I usually put them when they are recovering and/or need to be separated from each other. It's supposed to be a guest room, but it's not. Anyway, she is acting like she's feeling better but doesn't want to risk me giving her any more medication. I stop by and pet her and talk to her. I'll take her a dish of food tonight.
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Boo is being a really good girl tonight. After weeks of claws on the sofa, I figure it must be the lower stress level in the house and that Callie may be getting better. Between Callie purring at the vet and Boo being good, I'm guessing I did things right today
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Well I managed to write the documents I needed to get done to take tomy client's asylum interview in Omaha tomorrow and organized some of the supporting documents. I have time to polish it and put it together tomorrow. One more level of stress is gone. Time for me to get some sleep~!
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Give Callie and Boo a pat on the head for me.
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td - Do you know David Campbell? If so, tell him Skip Kennon says hello.
Skip worked with David Campbell in 1998, when there was a reading directed by Joe Mantello of a (now defunct, the underlying rights long since expired) musical of Don Juan Demarco, in which David played the title role and John Cullum played the doctor. Skip wrote the music, Craig Lucas wrote the book, and Ellen Fitzhugh wrote the lyrics.
David Campbell and I share the same birthday, of course NOT the same birth year.
I only met David once, but thanks to another friend Down Under I've kept in touch with him, and that was when he performed at Rainbow & Stars; we had a very, very long chat, which was only interrupted by the very wacky MaryAnn Lapinto.
DR tomovoz is not the Aussie in my circle of friends, but if he were, I'd still be a very happy man for knowing him.
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Is that wisteria, Tom?
Yes - a profusion of white and the usual purple.
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Do men ever gather together at someones home to buy stuff?
Do slave auctions count?
der Brucer
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For something different:
Oz movie "Ten Canoes" is certainly worth a viewing. (but please with the subtitles and not the English dubbed version)
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Thank you DR td. Very sweet man that you are. (Betrothed though you may be to that fellow in Tacoma).
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Oy gevalt.
Is it November 6th yet?
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Oy gevalt.
Is it November 6th yet?
Ha! - YOUR work has only just begun!!
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What the...
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Why I oughta...
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Will we never get to page sixteen?
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Not at this rate.
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Ha! - YOUR work has only just begun!!
Again: oy gevalt.
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What the...
But that's impossible!